# Guess what I saw - clue "Your friendly neighborhood..." SPIDERMAN! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 2, 2002, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-what-i-saw-clue-your-friendly-neighborhood-spiderman/106784 "2002-05-02T03:00:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Poysyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Poysyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Poysyn)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2002, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-what-i-saw-clue-your-friendly-neighborhood-spiderman/106784/1 "2002-05-02T03:00:27Z")
YAY! I got to go to the premiere. i really liked it. Any one else have any comments? The effects were excellent and the casting great! I know, I’m a slave to Hollywood hype, but do you think i could get away with a Spiderman costume for Halloween? ---
**Author:** ![Rysdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7cd45c/32.png) [@Rysdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysdad)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2002, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-what-i-saw-clue-your-friendly-neighborhood-spiderman/106784/2 "2002-05-02T03:05:11Z")
I am so looking forward to taking my son to see that. _Friday!_ ---
**Author:** ![Poysyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Poysyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Poysyn)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2002, 11:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-what-i-saw-clue-your-friendly-neighborhood-spiderman/106784/3 "2002-05-02T11:57:15Z")
Rystad - How old is your son? I didn’t take my nephew because I think he may be too young (The Green Goblin is pretty scary). ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2002, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-what-i-saw-clue-your-friendly-neighborhood-spiderman/106784/4 "2002-05-02T14:12:42Z")
You mean[Spider-man](http://www.uclick.com/client/wpc/ft/2002/04/30/index.html) . ---
**Author:** ![Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e19adc/32.png) [@Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2002, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-what-i-saw-clue-your-friendly-neighborhood-spiderman/106784/5 "2002-05-02T15:25:49Z")
I’ve got two friends who work for Mainframe, which is doing the TV series spinoff. Their company has rented a local movie theatre so every employee can watch the film tomorrow morning. Bastards! ---
**Author:** ![Silentgoldfish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@Silentgoldfish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silentgoldfish)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2002, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-what-i-saw-clue-your-friendly-neighborhood-spiderman/106784/6 "2002-05-02T21:48:23Z")
I hate all of you. The stupid f\*\*cks in charge of movie distribution have decided to keep it back a month here. ---
**Author:** ![DMark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2002, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-what-i-saw-clue-your-friendly-neighborhood-spiderman/106784/7 "2002-05-03T00:04:27Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Silentgoldfish \* > **I hate all of you. The stupid f** cks in charge of movie distribution have decided to keep it back a month here. \*\* Geez…I can only imagine what Loudgoldfish would have to say about it. ---
**Author:** ![Lightnin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lightnin/32/180_2.png) [@Lightnin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lightnin)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2002, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-what-i-saw-clue-your-friendly-neighborhood-spiderman/106784/8 "2002-05-03T00:27:47Z")
Wow- Mainframe’s doing the series? I LOVE those guys- ever since ReBoot. That’s the first animated series that made me get all misty-eyed. And DAMMIT, I want season four! ---
**Author:** ![N9IWP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/n9iwp/32/3154_2.png) [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2002, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-what-i-saw-clue-your-friendly-neighborhood-spiderman/106784/9 "2002-05-03T19:04:03Z")
If Stan Lee has a cameo? (He did in X-Men, was the hot dog vendor on the beach where the blobby guy got out of the water) Brian “greetings, true believers!” ---
**Author:** ![DuhMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e9c0ed/32.png) [@DuhMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DuhMan)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2002, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-what-i-saw-clue-your-friendly-neighborhood-spiderman/106784/10 "2002-05-03T19:08:01Z")
Doh! Just posted a quick review in the other Spider-Man thread. The movie was great. I’ve been told that Stan Lee does have a cameo, but I totally missed it when watching the movie. I’d have to see it again and pay more attention the background to catch him I’m sure. The cameo by Bruce Campbell was great though. ---
**Author:** ![ResIpsaLoquitor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b3f665/32.png) [@ResIpsaLoquitor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ResIpsaLoquitor)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2002, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-what-i-saw-clue-your-friendly-neighborhood-spiderman/106784/11 "2002-05-03T19:08:34Z")
I didn’t notice Stan Lee anywhere. And I was actively looking for him, too. ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2002, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-what-i-saw-clue-your-friendly-neighborhood-spiderman/106784/12 "2002-05-03T19:12:18Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by N9IWP \* > **If Stan Lee has a cameo? (He did in X-Men, was the hot dog vendor on the beach where the blobby guy got out of the water)** Smilin’ Stan appears in a crowd scene. He apparently had a larger cameo where he saves someone, but it was cut out of the film, I hear. ---
**Author:** ![kellibelli](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e480ec/32.png) [@kellibelli](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kellibelli)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2002, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-what-i-saw-clue-your-friendly-neighborhood-spiderman/106784/13 "2002-05-03T21:23:03Z")
> [@](#): > > I’ve got two friends who work for Mainframe, which is doing the TV series spinoff. Dont toy with me. Are you SERIOUS??? Is it live action??? OMG just got home and it was FABULOUS!!! a bit scary for some of the toddlers who were there, GOOD I hope they are up all night screaming and the inbred parents who take TODDLERS to a PG rated movie learn not to do it again! Bwahahahahah HOW frigging cool was j jonah jameson!???!! ---
**Author:** ![Minor\_Irritant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Minor\_Irritant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Minor_Irritant)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2002, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-what-i-saw-clue-your-friendly-neighborhood-spiderman/106784/14 "2002-05-04T01:33:51Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by mobo85 \* > \*\* > > Smilin’ Stan appears in a crowd scene. He apparently had a larger cameo where he saves someone, but it was cut out of the film, I hear. \*\* I think The Man was shown saving someone. Didn’t he move that little girl out of the way? And how come the Goblin only used that “atomization bomb”, which he used to kill Oscorp’s board of directors, once? It could have come in handy a couple of times. ---
**Author:** ![TheeGrumpy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/779978/32.png) [@TheeGrumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheeGrumpy)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2002, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-what-i-saw-clue-your-friendly-neighborhood-spiderman/106784/15 "2002-05-04T03:18:04Z")
Er, maybe he only had one of them. For that matter, why didn’t he peek under Spidey’s mask when he immobilized him? Pardon the nitpick. I thought it was a great show. Little goofs like that don’t bother me (especially when it’s basically a convention of the genre). ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2002, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-what-i-saw-clue-your-friendly-neighborhood-spiderman/106784/16 "2002-05-04T04:32:43Z")
I saw it tonight too, and I have to say that I loved it – conditionally. I just love Marvel super heroes, so this movie could have been done with stick figure animations and Carrot-Top doing all the voice-overs and I would have loved it. My short review goes something like this: The acting was kind of blah (I almost chuckled when Toby M. was crying over his dead uncle – it seemed so forced). The action and the special effects were fantastic. And the story stayed pretty true to the legacy, except for the whole organic web-shooter deal (which I found worked well as a story point). This movie screamed at the top of its lungs in every language known to man for a sequel. Just the fact that we had Norman Osbourne as the Green Goblin and his son Harry courting MJ was a dead giveaway, even without the blatant announcement at the end – “Spider-Man will pay!!” I am very much looking forward to that sequel, and your darn tootin’ I’m buying this DVD the nano-second it hits the market. Recap: I recommend it to Marvel fans. If you’re looking for a great piece of cinematic art – forget it. ---
**Author:** ![lno](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a8b319/32.png) [@lno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lno)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2002, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-what-i-saw-clue-your-friendly-neighborhood-spiderman/106784/17 "2002-05-04T04:51:45Z")
Did you see the part where shot the webs from his wrists? Pfffffffft they went! And then he swung from the webs? Wow. Also, I wanted to smack him at the end of the movie, but, eh, whatchagonnado. ---
**Author:** ![BraheSilver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ecccb3/32.png) [@BraheSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BraheSilver)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2002, 6:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-what-i-saw-clue-your-friendly-neighborhood-spiderman/106784/18 "2002-05-04T06:24:13Z")
Woohoo, I just got back from it as well. I thought it looked great (it got a little cartoony at the very last sequence, but hell, it looked so nice I won’t complain). My friend absolutely hated the ending, but I’m thinking $equels! Tony Stark in the Quest suit accident - $equel! “Spider-man will pay”! - $equel!. Tie it in with the upcoming Hulk movie - $equel! Hey, drag Dolph Lundgren out from wherever he’s hiding and throw in the Punisher too - $equel! (okay, that may be reaching a bit) ---
**Author:** ![LorieSmurf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a587f6/32.png) [@LorieSmurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LorieSmurf)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2002, 7:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-what-i-saw-clue-your-friendly-neighborhood-spiderman/106784/19 "2002-05-04T07:23:21Z")
I saw it tonight!! I LOVED LOVED LOVED IT!!! ok…i’m spent…I’m going to smoke a cig now. toby got ripped for this movie. had a nice ass. ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2002, 11:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-what-i-saw-clue-your-friendly-neighborhood-spiderman/106784/20 "2002-05-04T11:02:57Z")
I liked it a lot! Real adrenaline rush. The balcony scene was the best, I thought, though I may change my mind on repeat viewings. Teared up a few times, too. Must remind self not to hate Kirsten Dunst. Only time I’ve heard Mr. Rilch comment on another woman’s breasts repeatedly; almost the only time I’ve heard comments at all. He claims to be so dazzled by mine, he rarely notices others. Speaking of Mr. Rilch, see my thread in the Pit (not against him). [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-what-i-saw-clue-your-friendly-neighborhood-spiderman/106784.md?page=2)