The Amazing Spider-Man 2 -- just another reboot

Spider-Man 1 and Spider-Man 2 are two of my favorite movies. Spider-Man 1 is nostalgic, and Spider-Man 2 is, simply put, a damn good movie. It's better than any of the lead-ups to The Avengers, and The Avengers. It's on par with The Dark Knight, in terms of a rating out of 10, but that's not really a fair comparison. (Point: Lost and Sesame Street are equally good TV shows, but we can't objectively debate which is better).

Needless to say, I wasn't thrilled with The Amazing Spider-Man. It was almost a carbon copy of the first Spider-Man, in terms of structure. Watching the movie in theaters was entertaining mostly  because it brought me back to the originals. (I did like James Horner's score, despite the fact that it was suspiciously similar to the score from Spider-Man: The Game, an amazing video game based on the original movie.)

What was funniest about the lead-up to The Amazing Spider-Man was how hard the production team was trying to differentiate it from the original series...

Peter would be lankier... He would be in high school for the entire movie... Mary Jane wouldn't make an appearance... Peter would use mechanical web-shooters... His suit would be really weird...

We would be told The Untold Story.

But now, in the lead-up to The Amazing Spider-Man 2, we're apparently going back to basics...

Peter is facing at least two villains... Harry and Norman Osborn are back... So is Mary Jane...

The absolute best reversion, and what prompted me to write this post, is the change from Spidey's weird suit. Apparently, the sequel will have audiences believe that Andrew Garfield never even wore a weird suit to begin with.

The Amazing Spider-Man (2012)

Spider-Man 2 (2004)

The Amazing Spider-Man 2 Set Photo (2014)

Conclusion: I can't wait for the reboot of The Amazing Spider-Man! Or, as I predict it will be called, The (Different Adjective) Spider-Man. (Spectacular? Superior? Fantastic? I dunno).

(By the way, I have a theory that the next logical step after reboots will be "retroboots" -- attempts by studios to bring back series that have already been rebooted. For instance, Spider-Man 4 starring Tobey Maguire. To my credit, I theorized this before the announcement of the return of 24, which, in my eyes, had already been rebooted by its creators with Homeland).