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Can I ask you something kid. What makes the best writers the best writers and what makes the worst writers the worst writers? For all of your ambition. And youthful enthusiasm to become a great Gen Z Storyteller I sense that you’ve never asked yourself this priority one question.
My dream Spider-Man story has been fully planned out. A tv series set in the high school years, as Peter really discovers his identity as Spider-Man. You see his moral code change and develop as he becomes more experienced each season (different high school year). Every episode would be a separate month in the year. With season 1 primarily focusing on the emotional impact of Uncle Ben’s death as I think it’s severely overlooked and can help bring depth to the character Then there would be film setting up the sinister 6 throughout his college career, eventually leading to him defeating them (with a lot in between), then going towards Miles and Ben Reilly’s Spider-Man
Let's not lose hope on it, someone might make it happen one day. I'm a writer myself and I'm a huge huge spiderman fan, so maybe one day, I'll make it happen.
I would love an adult Spider-Man who's married and has kids. I think Spider-Man's story's are at their best when Peter's responsibilities in his personal life mirror his responsibilities as Spider-Man. Something that hasn't been touched on in movies so far is Peter disappointing his kids. Imagine how cool it would be if Peter had a little boy who loved Spider-Man, but his relationship with his dad was strained due to him not being there.
Hearing this take on Spidey just reminds me why I love the character of Peter Parker. To me what made Peter Parker so appealing wasn’t the fancy suits or quips or even the powers . But how grounded he is . His day to day struggles are something we all can relate to. His struggles feel real and believable( minus the super hero stuff) What makes Peter Parker great is that he can never have a good life. He never gets a break. That is why he is such a beautiful character. He is the most relatable character in comic book history. Being Spider-Man doesn't make his life better it makes it worse. But despite all that he still keeps on fighting, he remains optimistic and still chooses to be Spider-Man despite the consequences outweighing the benefits. His character is the type of role model kids even adults can look up to and reminds us that we might not be able to be Spider-Man but we can definitely be more like Peter Parker.
I write my own stories (fantasy/sci-fi) but as of late, I’ve been envisioning how I’d personally shape a long running Spider-Man series. Still mostly focused on other projects with my own characters and worlds and such, but that series does kind of live rent free in my mind now.
@@Evorush- not even close to finishing it, but it's not public, not yet at least, I have a pitch for each season and many ideias, but an actual script is the hardest part
it's so tragic when you see these kind of young people who has nothing but love ans passion for spider-man and comic books can do nothing but dreaming about lovely senarios. i hope one day someone makes a change. we all love you alex. thank for sharing your great stories and thoughts. we ALWAYS need more.
I especially loved the mention of how Spider-Man's Rogue's Gallery sees Peter more than his own friends and thus would probably be like "Oh Hey Spider-Man How's it hanging.... NOW DIE WEB HEAD!" Also never forget that a huge part of Peter, of Spider-Man is trying to convince these criminals to change the direction of their lives inbetween quips!
Smallville is a once in a lifetime kind of show, it just couldn’t be made today in any way shape or form. Which sucks because I think the format of a live action show fits every superhero. Great video!
It really is. I never saw a show that evolved in such a unique way like this show did over the years. It's still the best Superman adaptation for me to this day
One of the reasons why TV is arguably a better medium for superheroes in general is because it’s easier to depict the true scope of their rivalries with some of their villains without leaving their other villains out. For example, the only way to properly do Batman and Joker’s long-running rivalry on film would be to make Joker the villain of all three films in a trilogy. That wouldn’t work because there are plenty of other Batman villains who are overdue for the cinematic spotlight. But in a TV series, you can have Joker be villain of the week every few episodes while gradually building the tension between them.
it did sort of start the surf dracula "character has to earn a costume and superhero name" trend but it's sincere enough about it that it doesn't really bother me
@@lewisholiman9237imagine spectacular spider-man but 20+ min of runtime each episode and you'd prolly get the definitive superhero show along with daredevil
I mean it's because Smallville was made with the mindset of just focusing on Clark Kent & not Superman because the showrunners weren't well versed with the comics so they didn't want to piss off fans by doing something that wasn't faithful to the source material. That's why they decided to only have Superman get his suit & fly around in the finale.
I'll die by the belief that Spider Man belongs and should always be set in the early 2000s (post 9/11). It is the perfect time for someone like Spider Man to come up and get an understanding of what kind of hero he wants to be. Early 2000s aesthetic would also slap on Spider Man.
and also the lack of high quality smartphones would make seeing spider-man on camera much harder. i love the idea of a manual camera that peter shoots pictures with. that aesthetic is spider-man for me
So he’d be about….34 if he began in 2000…About the same as the new Ultimate Spiderman age. Also he’d probably be a dad and it wiuld be a pretty good tome to have miles as a protege
This is genuinely so rad, man. I would watch the shit out of this if you got to make it. I’ve been getting back into Spidey more and more, and this video illustrates exactly why I love the character so much. Thank you once again, Alex!
I didn't watch the whole video yet but skimming through really quickly I see theres Smallville clips and The Perks of Being a Wallflower clips in this video which I would love if a Spider-Man show felt like a mix between those two. I think the perfect tone and vibe for a Spider-Man series would be the perfect mix of Smallville and The Perks of Being A Wallflower plus the Spectacular Spider-Man TV show too because that in my opinion is still the best version of Spider-Man we have ever gotten outside of the comics. Also in some ways I feel like Smallville did take inspiration from Spider-Man too which is why I think I love Smallville so much and it's my favorite adaptation of Superman even with all of it's flaws
This is something that a lot of Spidey fans would love to see. Also, I love that you take as a combination of Smallville, The Perks Or Being A Wallflower, and taking the best elements from the live action Spidey films. Especially, with the POV of a boy makes it both refreshing and inspiring as well. It may never happen,but your pitch sounds amazing. I would totally watch it!🤟🕸️
A live action series is such a good idea! a three movie trilogy just isn't enough with all the good storylines Spider-Man has to explore. You can have a main overarching villain like Green Goblin for maybe 2 seasons, and each episode you can have a smaller lesser threat villain. Sometimes they take 2 episodes, just like the 90's animated series.
As soon as you mentioned Euphoria and The Perks of being a wallflower i was hooked. The cinematography of Euphoria needs to be studied for the ages, the perks of being a wallflower with the energy of all the characters would work so well. But the spontaneousness and looming fear of the villians need rebrand. Now they dont have to be violent and over grotesque with gore galore. But if we started seeing more of the villians eminate the brutality of both homelander and omniman, It would be insane. This could work with Kraven, Jackal, Doc Ock, and Green Goblin. Lastly, Keep the drama and action balanced, have a few episodes slow burn like Breaking Bad. Deep Lore and surreality of adventure time because New York is one big mystery on its own. And keep the characters evolving at a balanced rate. Boom you got one of the greatest Spider-man stories ever
Can I just say: What an amazing idea. I knew from the start that this would be a college story, but that was an easy guess lol. I love the idea of MJ being the co-lead, I love the idea of Peter narrating to us and ESPECIALLY seeing Spider-Man and his world from a civilian perspective. Hell, my own idea for a Spider-centric show was about Spidey AND the people of New York: How their lives have changed through their entanglement, whether we see them become better people, or see them turn into the worst versions of themselves-maybe even villians. (I also think it'd be fun if the person under the mask was someone completely new, cuz then the show could have this mystery element, with you wondering if the person you're following IS Spidey or not.) It is pretty different from what we've gotten and it...probably won't happen in our lifetime, but man you're right, it's so damn fun to think about.
I need this made, you truly have a talent for story telling. You paint a beautiful picture of what this show could be like. It’s the perfect Spider-Man.
my god i say this so often but i ADORE your way with words man. for example describing peter's spidey sense as a migrane, a headache, i envy how well you can put an image in someone's head with your words. or little things like that you wrote "the voice" the first time we hear spidey in your first scene THAT'S SO COOL AND IT HAS SO MUCH IDENTITY!!!! "The rustle of panic consumes our ears" BUT ACTUALLY THE WHOLE SCENE IS SO AMAZING, IT'S SO PERFECT AND I GOT EMOTIONAL JUST LISTENING TO YOU i really love your work and you are such a big inspiration to me
Psst. The 'Coffee Bean' Saga. aka the 'ESU" saga. Pete. Harry. MJ. Gwen. Flash. I would love to see a show mostly revolving around this friend group and how Spider-Man essentially strengthens and strains these relationships, during their time at ESU. - Pete and Flash initially instigate each other (from old high school wounds), needing Gwen to act a big sis to mediate them. - Peter initially meets chem. major Gwen, but unfortunately fashion major MJ enters the mix. (*insert Spider-Man: Blue love triangle) - Gwen keeps the friend group in check, supportive and a bit of a leader. (like her dad) - Harry tries to be like his dad goes for a bach. of commerce. could lead to him discovering his father's criminal motivations. - Flash's redemption arc and enlisting to the army (because of Spider-Man) is one I NEED to see on screen. - Captain Stacy's death would completely stagger Pete's relationship with Gwen and his morals are questioned. Pushed even further as Gwen dies not knowing Pete's secret, convinced that Spider-Man killed her dad. - Death of Gwen leads to friend group basically broken. Harry into substance abuse. Flash gone into enlistment. MJ desperately trying to avoid any drama and 'party like there's no tomorrow'. - eventually we get the famous Romita panel where MJ refuses to be neglectful anymore and actually try to console a grieving peter and help out a broken harry while she still can. Slowly healing the friend group as much as she can. I'd love to see something that reflects modern day frustrations of college students. Why am I even here? Who am I really? But this could also reflect the thought of HOW we grow up and the people we grow up WITH. Something like this isn't likely to happen, but the idea of Spider-Man basically a drama/soap opera is needs to be more mainstream. Amazing video like always man. cheers
You hooked me at Coffee Bean. As someone who is using that location in my own TASM3 fan script outside of ESU I loved this. I love how all the characters are well thought out and layered. Spider-Man Blue is my favourite Spidey comic and that being the main pitch was great to see. Honestly, a whole season could just be Spider-Man: Blue with the build up to Kraven. I support this pitch. (I also support Spider-Man: Blue being adapted in any way possible…..it’s what I did hours ago)
This!! Absolutely this. You get it. I genuinely had the exact same idea. It's starts with the coffee bean gang. And we see them becoming friends and eventually these are seen as the good ol' days. But even then life wasn't great. Harry with his dad. MJ surviving away from home. Peter and Spider-Man. Gwen eventually with her dad's death. And there's a build up to them unraveling. But it happens after Gwen dies. Like you said. I see this as the first season. In a smallville esque type show. But with a lot more focus on the characters and drama rather than your villain of the week.
I've always wanted a Spider-Man series that takes place in the 60s or 70s so it could have that Ditko/Romita vibe to it and its just peter and his friends hanging out, what Marc Webb tried to do.
My pitch? Kingpin being envolved in the drug business and breaking havoc amongst young people. The war on drugs reaches Harry and that is where Spider-Man comes in.
I already like this, you're a true fan and coming from a Batman & Spidey fan, I appreciate this a lot. I love this, hope the studios come across your videos, they're amazingly soulful. Keep it up 👍🏻.
I'm making a simliar youtube Spider-Man fan film series thats "Euphoria" esc about a Filipino spiderman variant who grew up in the hoods of Toronto. I posted a lil trailer on my channel!!
It would also be awesome to get a Spider-Man show like Superman & Lois. Where Peter is a parent juggling his responsibilities as a hero and a father: It could open with Peter heading into an auditorium, all dressed up and giddy. He's arrived early to make his way into the front row. But then, his spider-sense tingles. He hears sirens as squad cars race by. With a deep sigh, he exits the auditorium, runs into the alley, suits up, and jumps high into the sky, following the squad cars as they race into danger. It's Rhino (Or a villain you can use on a TV budget). He's doing Rhino things, spouting Rhino dialogue, Rhinoing all over the place. Spider-Man gets knocked around, says some quips, and slowly wears Rhino down, all the while constantly checking his watch as the minutes count down. Peter beats Rhino, sarcastically thanks the villain for making him late, then races back to the auditorium. He clumsily throws back on his now wrinkled suit and makes it back, but when he arrives, he finds everyone leaving. At the entrance of the auditorium, Peter finds MJ. Their eyes meet and she gives Peter a faint smile, hiding that she is upset. And standing beside her: A young girl with red hair who isn't doing as good at hiding that she is upset. A young girl holding a violin case. A young girl named Mayday. Peter goes over and apologizes for missing her performance before they drive home in silence. MJ puts Mayday to bed and tells Peter it isn't his fault. His powers come with a lot of responsibility, only for Peter to reply: "So does being a father". CUT TO TITLE: SPIDER-MAN & MJ (Or something). Just an idea I randomly had 😁
We NEED someone who cares about Spider-Man this much to take Spidey into his next chapter. More importantly, we need someone’s pure, unadulterated vision.
Spider-Man gets me in a way nothing else can. Every superhero story I've ever written, dreaming of the day where I'm sitting in the director's chair for my own superhero project, has been me writing a story for Spider-Man. His optimism and down-to-earth character reaches my emotional core unlike any other character ever because I relate to that feeling of wanting to make jokes and stay optimistic in the face of the entire world telling you that everything is so messed up that there's no point in hoping anything will get better. But like any version of Spider-Man, I wake up every day saying "No, there's going to be change and I'll be there when it happens."
Love the one-er intro but I find it funny that you wanted a relatively condensed budget then pitched the most production-unfriendly scene ever lmao. But it’s all in good fun to dream about!
Imagine a live action spiderman series in the 2000s around a time where one tree hill, The OC, Buffy vampire slayer, charmed, smallville and gossip girl around the That time.
these videos always bring me to tears, just thinking about how personal they make peter's life through a series with the right creative team just drives me crazy, I wish something like this was truly possible.
“I’m not reinventing the wheel” you’re not; but I think that’s why this feels so perfect. Alex this video is exceptional. This is what I’ve been saying; Spider-Man should and would work in Television. Honestly this pitch was perfect and I would love to see it come true, with some touches that would obviously be made making the final product better in some aspects and possibly less better in others, but the point of is, this was wonderful. Seeing your videos since back in the day, I’ve seen your love and passion for this character. There’s a sense of true love, passion, and thought being presented that I wish would be present in more Spidey media. Despite having to agree with you on the low chances of it being made, I truly hope that in an age where there is a Spider-Verse, multiple Batmen, and audiences that understand what is happening, that a series following that Wall-Crawler can be made. It’s such a perfect idea, that who knows, may happen one day. I also greatly loved what you said about realism, and not treating this Spidey like someone who has to be family friendly, but can feel real; and yet should also not be sent to the great Euphoria TV-MA extreme, because despite having stories that can go that far, Spider-Man isn’t a character who’s meant to be for mature audiences only. The smallville type realm is where I see him; somewhere around TV-14 with possibly some areas testing the limits. I just loved this video. I don’t feel sad that this may never happen, I’m just happy I got to experience this story you presented, I’m happy I could imagine this what if story, and who knows, may just happen. Thanks for the Story Alex. Thanks for the Video, and it goes without saying but Great Job as always; looking forward to seeing Jason when it comes out!! 🕷️🕸️
This is the kind of Spider-Man show that we need. With remnants of all the previous films with touches of old school and modern school New York. With our characters including their chemistry staying timeless and relatable. Whilst keeping the same action and beautiful camera style. Basically just mix Tobey, Andrew, Tom, Spectacular and ITSV Miles into this show and its damn near perfect. I couldnt have described a better show Alex, well done.
For some reason I've been thinking a lot about this very topic lately. I think writing about pre-existing characters is a great writing exercise. So this is how I would write a Spider-man. My own idea was to have a trilogy of films starring an adult Peter who already has a formalized relationship with MJ who serves as his friend, emotional support and accomplice in his adventures. Peter is someone who dropped out of college to focus on his duty as the hero of New York, he is going through the typical financial problems of Spider-man so he must take photos for the daily Bugle like he did years ago. Have him face lesser-known villains at the beginning such as the Chameleon, Screwball, Shocker, Jackal, etc. Make him a father. In his second film let's give him his own version of the clone saga. Not the Ben Reilly version, but the Ultimate universe Jessica Drew version, it would be great to have a character that serves as an LGBT+ metaphor by being a female clone with the mind of a boy, but who also serves as a projection of Peter's fears upon becoming a father. Finally in its third installment, Spider-man faces his ultimate nemesis, the green goblin. Who here would be Harry Osborn from the beginning. Harry would be presented from the beginning of the trilogy as a friend of Peter and MJ and his duality as the Green Goblin would be seen as a drug addiction. Everything would culminate in a fierce battle (similar to the final battle of Raimi's first film) from which Spider-man would emerge victorious; however, this would be a bittersweet ending since Peter would not be able to save whoever was his friend. Finally Peter decides that enough was enough for him, he retires from being Spider-man to be closer to his family, the trilogy ends with the promise of new adventures, this time from the amazing Spider-woman.
It's baffling to me how nearly every adaptation of Spider-Man media (barring a few tv shows) completely fails to properly adapt MJ. She's, in my opinion, the most ionic superhero love interest and that's entirely due to her character, personality, and relationship with Peter. MJ became so popular in the comics for a reason, why are so many adaptions afraid to commit to that original characterization?
I love this video so much. I’ve been working on my own Spider-Man fan series. I’m in the midst of the casting for it right now and it’s so exciting! Though mine is animated, this actually sounds a lot like what we’re working on. Seeing this got me so fired up and confident about what I’m doing. So thanks man! 😁🕷️
Those ideas are all fantastic imo. The only thing I think might not work would be the narration by Peter, but it could work. I just think, given how the Ultimate Spider-Man cartoon handled Peter constantly breaking the 4th wall to explain things and make jokes to the audience, that would probably be one of the most challenging things to attempt with a series like this, and if done poorly, could be detrimental to the whole show. Anyways though, awesome stuff. I really like how you planned out the connections and relationships between Peter, Harry, and MJ.
This is my favorite video you've ever made, the story you're weaving really emotionally moved me at multiple moments. I hope something like this can be a full-fletched reality, someday
I’m annoyed that it took the RUclips algorithm a whole 24 hours to recommend this MASTERPIECE to me… We need this to happen one day, Spidey’s story deserves to be told in a TV series format. Hope you’re on that creative team!
Hey dude. I was a huge fan of your videos in highschool. I mean HUGE, but afterword's I kind of fell out of them - nothing on your part I was just a lot less critical of media. I've been getting your stuff recommended again now, and this video really rocks. Totally on point with the ego-death comment, you're very self-aware of those who disagree with your style, and you totally welcome it - or at least the script seems like it. Anyway, I just think this is a banger Vid... I was edging the whole time.
There's no way Hollywood could even scratch this level of writing. Only couple of times a year, someone manages to sneak in a good script, get it funded, get it directed, and get it released.
That first scene is actually a wet dream of mine! Great job man! Perfectly captures the attributes of spidey and is mannerisms. And he has so many other attributes!
Series does make a lot of sense but making one with really good or even OK special effects probably would be pretty expensive. And starting with high school does make sense but probably just 2 or maybe 3 years of it before moving on.
I actually like these ideas a lot. And I’ve wondered how one could do the classic “Green Goblin” costume. Do you come with a reason for the mask to fit and move on his or do you just let it be what it is? I don’t know but I’d love to see it.
Love the idea of Peter and Mary Jane at some point interacting like Jesse and Celine, although I think that would probably work better with them not having known each other for long before a show started.
I have a felling with Sony getting thier incompetent hands with handling Spider-Man in live action it's going to be a rough couple of year's for Spider-Man,with the fighting between what Marvel wants and what sony wants for Spider-Man 4 and those god awful sonyverse movies like Madame web....Luckily we're getting Beyond the spider-verse
things Spider-Man needs: - allowed to have a family (most recent comic iteration is on the good path here, although I won't be surprised if they mess it up) - funny quips are only for no-threat enemies or times when Spidey is nervous/uncertain. He has a dark side too, and not only during the symbiote arc - tech and gadgets, but limited due to time and money constrains. Otherwise he gets too close to Iron Man or Batman, but no organic webs either (ew... plus, bring back the 'oh no! run out of web fluid!' problem) - street crime is Spidey's domain too. Not everything he faces has to be supervillians and/or existential threats I think most Spidey fans will agree with that. Now, a more risky take: - clones can be ok, if done right. They can emphasize how great Peter is at fulfilling the Uncle Ben motto. Plus, Scarlet Spider's outfit is just so damn cool. Perfect for film.
Nooooooo you also hate the green goblin suit from 2002, god damn. Why does everyone hate the suit? It looks cool, it looks tactical kinda, and it serves the story. Also it doesn’t look like a power ranger.
Personally, I would love to see more focus on high school life and see it progress to college life. The Spectacular animated show did it and I remember loving it and hoping that one day a movie or TV show would focus on that. Start with Peter, Gwen and Harry being childhood best friends , with Peter and Gwen having feelings for one another, but clearly being too shy to do something about it, while Harry can see what is going on and makes fun of both of them. Flash and Liz being the popular kids with their own issues, who bully Peter due to him being poor and a nerd. It would be interesting to see Mary Jane being an outsider and slowly get more focus as the show goes on. She was transfered to Peter's school and becomes Gwen's best friend and starts a relationship with Harry. It would be interesting to start with her being kind of shallow and having a party girl personallity, but as time goes on we learn about her father's abusive behaviour and after Gwen dies and Harry starts to deal with drug addiction, she grows closer to Peter, starts to get her shit together and becomes his new best friend. Eventually, they start dating.
From the first V.O. you get the idea of just who Spidey is. He asks "how are you," but the phrase means something more to him. It's not just a greeting. He's legitimately asking about you. He cares for you and about you, and it's the first thing on his mind. Behind the mask and the suit is an sympathetic man who care about people, who puts others before himself. There's a man behind that mask, and we get to learn about him in a *single V.O.* amidst a black screen. Simple and amazing writing! The writing here is superb, and I wish Hollywood wrote Spidey the way you did! You gotta give tutorials for screenwriting or something, man! Good shit!
You always say "thank you all for watching" but in reality we should be the ones thanking you for creating these amazing videos. Your channel has ignited a flame within me, a burning flame that yearns to tell stories. Thank you for making these videos man, I can't say that enough.
Love this idea. Another thing that would be cool is if we had entirely new characters with different plots. While the original characters are amazing, they have been overused, in that anytime we are introduced to Harry we know green goblin, or doctor octavious being doc ock. New characters would allow for new stories to captivate the audience
I think if you want to make Spidey friends with some of his villains I think the best choice would be shocker, let them talk like their just both doing the job, Peter doing it because it’s what he does, and Herman just doing it because he needs the money.
For years I’ve had this dream of my own superhero show, and this pitch was just everything that I’ve ever wanted from it. We need a show and a hero depicted like this, whether it be Spider-Man or someone completely new.
The comedy landed really well in this video, great video script. I completely agree with Spider-Man being made a series. Edit: I completely understand that this is my fan servicey idea, but in a hypothetical middle of the show. Let’s say he shows up randomly only to be beaten the shit out of aggressively by Peter. Have the Goblin beaten at the beginning of the episode, and explore why Peter was so angry at him during the fight for the rest of the episode. Perhaps we get some Gwen lore, the main thing I’d want to see is the contrast between Peter’s regular Spidey persona, versus how aggressive, and cruel he is when fighting the Goblin.
I definitely would love to see a college story. I’d use Gwen as Peters love interest and Flash as Peters enemy turned friend. Gwen’s mother died when she was young and her father wasn’t there at her last hours. He dug himself deeper and deeper into his work. Gwen began to resent her father due to this. During a lecture by her father she runs out of the hall and goes up to the roof to get some air. Peter follows her and asks if somethings wrong. Gwen truly opens up to Peter breaking down in front of him. Peter comforts her. At his core he is a flawed man trying to do his best. Gwen and Peter truly understand one another. Gwen however is scared of losing Peter and she runs into the same problem that she ran into with her father. After so many missed dates and parties Gwen leaves Peter with an ultimatum. Tell her what’s really going on or they break up. Gwen is angry that she opened up to Peter and Peter refuses to do the same. So Peter reveals his identity as Spider-Man to Gwen and they agree there won’t be any secrets between them. Flash has dealt with an abusive home life. His father beats him and his mother left due to this father’s actions. Flash perceives himself as weak and he projects that onto Peter. He bullies him to feel a sense of control that he never felt before. However after a while he realises he’s just like his father and he is disgusted by that. He attempts to ask for forgiveness and of course Peter forgives him. The two develop a friendship. Flash moves out from his father’s house and moves in with Peter and his life slowly gets better until he joins the military and Peter and Flash share their heartfelt goodbye.
Love this idea and have thought about it for years! But i would like to follow Peter from the very beginning. The origin Story is important imo and it can be fleshed out more. Would be cool to follow him year for year in school like Harry Potter.
Spidey definitely deserves a webseries. I myself had read the spidey comics and always thought a movie cannot deliver everything. We could get so much more through the series. being a kid I had always wanted to see much more of a spidey stuff but as an adult I'm much more interested in Pete, his life , his problems( not binded with the mcu) his relationships, and much more. Also wanna say your video essays are something I adore very much. I always had issues with the mcu Spiderman, it was just like, I couldn't explain why homecoming didn't work for me. But that homecoming video of yours has portrayed whatever I had feeled.
Took me a while, but I’m finally watching your sick and twisted video, Alex!! 🔥 Still fire stuff, as always, my guy. I always love your choice of words and phrases and edits. You provide entertainment and influence for me and I’m very grateful. Your channel is why I wanna pursue filmmaking. I hope you know that, boss-man 🔥 keep up the good work and I cannot wait for your Jason project 👌🏼
Oh god.... I said to myself, "Please, Jesus Almighty, if he says make a Spidey show I'm gonna freakin' puke." And LOOK! IT'S THE FIRST THING HE SAYS!!!!!! The trend of people wanting everything to be a freakin' show is just....so tired. TV is absolutely choking on a glut of forgettable and instantly disposable "limited series" and truncated seasons of TV as it is. And superheroes on TV don't have the best track record. Yea yea people loved Netflix Daredevil but like, it's a seasons worth of decent TV at best spread across three seasons of poor pacing, annoying characters, and a tone some performatively grim and gritty it just feels up its own ass. The last thing Spidey needs is some micro-managed show where the production needs to limit suit time and action scenes to 2mins an episode to save money and shit. Nah fam. Spidey is cinema.
Literally one of the absolute best Spider-Man adaptations we've ever gotten, "The Spectacular Spider-Man", was a TV show... Are you just trying to be a contrarian just for the sake of it lol...?
My pitch ‘Friendly Neighbourhood’ Spider-Man Taken from the origins of the new Ultimate Spider-Man series (and a lot of plot ideas). An older Peter who instead of working at the Bugle is a school teacher but got his start at the Bugle but still feels dissatisfied with his life. He here’s Harry talking about how he is working on this new formula, well his team anyway. A spider that when bites you could modify you. The spider escapes and Peter chooses to let it bite him knowing what it will do. He is responsible but wants the power. Uncle Ben is alive here. Loosing Aunt May due to cancer. He is the driving force for Peter’s choices still (like the comic) Peter is with MJ and they have two kids. This show would be about parenthood, what it should be, shouldn’t be and could be. The comic had Peter adopted at 15. I want that here. I want a whole episode based around the love and care Ben tried to give to Peter who was young enough to need it but old enough to not want it. I want an episode with Fisk and MJ, two characters with abusive families but one grew up, became an adult mentally whilst the other is still a child in an adults body. Fisk is about to be a dad but isn’t ready. It was an accident, he didn’t even want to become a dad. He didn’t choose for it. I also want fun stories of Peter saving a kid from a collapsing building thanks to an attack from Electro but trying to do it in time to pick up May from school. The series builds to Miles introduced. Mid 20’s and he has a fiancé and she is pregnant and he gets bitten by the spider as well, Peter helps him become Spider-Man like an adult (not a father son thing) but also tips on how to be a parent. Mistakes he made and things he did well. I believe the dynamic that ONE issue of Ultimate Spider-Man gave me MY Spider-Man, it’s a pitch I want to work on more and this one universe of Spider-Man I want to see. Themes Adulthood Parenting Finding satisfaction
Personally for me all I want is Peter parker Spider-Man to have his wife Mary Jane and they have there daughter mayday parker spider-girl which would be really awesome and fantastic in my opinion.
I love the idea of Spidey kinda being buddies with the villains in a way The version of Spider-Man I'm developing has a relationship with his villains similar to Wally and the Rouges
The fact that there hasn't been a live-action Spider-Man series is just baffling to me, as well. Actually, a lot of superhero stories are more suited for television. Like, why hasn't there been a live-action Batman TV Series? You could take almost every episode of _Batman: The Animated Series_ and place it into an episodic format, and you'd have something that'll rival _Game of Thrones_ in the ratings. It's the simplest thing WB could do, and they don't want to do it.
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Thank you for watching! What is your dream Spider-Man Story?
Ok.
I do wonder who would you cast to be your spider man tv series.
Can I ask you something kid. What makes the best writers the best writers and what makes the worst writers the worst writers?
For all of your ambition. And youthful enthusiasm to become a great Gen Z Storyteller I sense that you’ve never asked yourself this priority one question.
My dream Spider-Man story has been fully planned out. A tv series set in the high school years, as Peter really discovers his identity as Spider-Man. You see his moral code change and develop as he becomes more experienced each season (different high school year). Every episode would be a separate month in the year. With season 1 primarily focusing on the emotional impact of Uncle Ben’s death as I think it’s severely overlooked and can help bring depth to the character
Then there would be film setting up the sinister 6 throughout his college career, eventually leading to him defeating them (with a lot in between), then going towards Miles and Ben Reilly’s Spider-Man
Dude you need to write this show and pitch it. I'd love to see this and I'd personally love to do some casting for this show.
3 years later someone makes a video on youtube "Why Peter Parker: Spider-Man Is A Bad Spider-Man Show"
What?
@@thegreatacolyt1277a reference to his video on why Homecoming was a bad Spider-Man movie
@bobbyshewan4229 it wasn't bad just mid
@@bobbyshewan4229 Homecoming was kinda mid
@@The_Blue_OtakuTrue, but tbh it was better than FFH.
The fact that we’ll never have this is genuinely upsetting
it seems very easy to mess up though, i mean it’s definitely been thought of but I just think it’s so hard to accomplish
@crispyy5980 breaking bad quality should be applied to these iconic characters, but that will never happen lol.
you never know
Series does make a lot of sense except for kind of the special effects and more yeah the profits potential.
Let's not lose hope on it, someone might make it happen one day. I'm a writer myself and I'm a huge huge spiderman fan, so maybe one day, I'll make it happen.
This is something I wanted for a long time. But never thought of a series, maybe every season is a year in college
I’m writing a series on Spider-Man just like this. Good to know creative ppl think alike bru
@@RDCWorldTV wanna share it when Ur done?
A more grounded and much more realistic life struggles of Peter Parker like the Spider-Man 2 from 2000s is probably the closest we can get in Cinema
I liked how it felt like a soap opera at times. Obviously I would want it a bit more modern and a little gritty.
I would love an adult Spider-Man who's married and has kids.
I think Spider-Man's story's are at their best when Peter's responsibilities in his personal life mirror his responsibilities as Spider-Man.
Something that hasn't been touched on in movies so far is Peter disappointing his kids.
Imagine how cool it would be if Peter had a little boy who loved Spider-Man, but his relationship with his dad was strained due to him not being there.
crazy how you call spiderman 2 grounded and realistic
@@kntgaf just the depiction of Peter Parker's life felt really grounded
@@kntgafI mean besides spiderman 1, there's no other spiderman film more realistic than either lol
That first scene had me in tears idk why but I have a vivid imagination and I know how much that scene would mean to me I can't really explain it
Hearing this take on Spidey just reminds me why I love the character of Peter Parker. To me what made Peter Parker so appealing wasn’t the fancy suits or quips or even the powers . But how grounded he is . His day to day struggles are something we all can relate to. His struggles feel real and believable( minus the super hero stuff) What makes Peter Parker great is that he can never have a good life. He never gets a break. That is why he is such a beautiful character. He is the most relatable character in comic book history. Being Spider-Man doesn't make his life better it makes it worse.
But despite all that he still keeps on fighting, he remains optimistic and still chooses to be Spider-Man despite the consequences outweighing the benefits. His character is the type of role model kids even adults can look up to and reminds us that we might not be able to be Spider-Man but we can definitely be more like Peter Parker.
As someone who writes scripts for a Spider-Man series that will never happen... This made me tear up :)
As someone who makes Spider-Msn fan casts that are what if scenarios, this one subverted my expectations.
I write my own stories (fantasy/sci-fi) but as of late, I’ve been envisioning how I’d personally shape a long running Spider-Man series. Still mostly focused on other projects with my own characters and worlds and such, but that series does kind of live rent free in my mind now.
use ai and turn them into comics
Oh hell yeah man. I’m writing my own screenplay for my own version of Tom holland’s Spider-Man 4.
@@Evorush- not even close to finishing it, but it's not public, not yet at least, I have a pitch for each season and many ideias, but an actual script is the hardest part
it's so tragic when you see these kind of young people who has nothing but love ans passion for spider-man and comic books can do nothing but dreaming about lovely senarios. i hope one day someone makes a change. we all love you alex. thank for sharing your great stories and thoughts. we ALWAYS need more.
Money over passion. Heartbreaking.
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I especially loved the mention of how Spider-Man's Rogue's Gallery sees Peter more than his own friends and thus would probably be like "Oh Hey Spider-Man How's it hanging.... NOW DIE WEB HEAD!" Also never forget that a huge part of Peter, of Spider-Man is trying to convince these criminals to change the direction of their lives inbetween quips!
Smallville is a once in a lifetime kind of show, it just couldn’t be made today in any way shape or form.
Which sucks because I think the format of a live action show fits every superhero. Great video!
It really is. I never saw a show that evolved in such a unique way like this show did over the years. It's still the best Superman adaptation for me to this day
One of the reasons why TV is arguably a better medium for superheroes in general is because it’s easier to depict the true scope of their rivalries with some of their villains without leaving their other villains out. For example, the only way to properly do Batman and Joker’s long-running rivalry on film would be to make Joker the villain of all three films in a trilogy. That wouldn’t work because there are plenty of other Batman villains who are overdue for the cinematic spotlight. But in a TV series, you can have Joker be villain of the week every few episodes while gradually building the tension between them.
it did sort of start the surf dracula "character has to earn a costume and superhero name" trend but it's sincere enough about it that it doesn't really bother me
@@lewisholiman9237imagine spectacular spider-man but 20+ min of runtime each episode and you'd prolly get the definitive superhero show along with daredevil
I mean it's because Smallville was made with the mindset of just focusing on Clark Kent & not Superman because the showrunners weren't well versed with the comics so they didn't want to piss off fans by doing something that wasn't faithful to the source material. That's why they decided to only have Superman get his suit & fly around in the finale.
I'll die by the belief that Spider Man belongs and should always be set in the early 2000s (post 9/11). It is the perfect time for someone like Spider Man to come up and get an understanding of what kind of hero he wants to be. Early 2000s aesthetic would also slap on Spider Man.
Spider-Man existed for 40 years before the 2000s
@@megasystem8473he said what he said
and also the lack of high quality smartphones would make seeing spider-man on camera much harder. i love the idea of a manual camera that peter shoots pictures with. that aesthetic is spider-man for me
And he should never speak again! @@BayHarbo
So he’d be about….34 if he began in 2000…About the same as the new Ultimate Spiderman age.
Also he’d probably be a dad and it wiuld be a pretty good tome to have miles as a protege
This is genuinely so rad, man. I would watch the shit out of this if you got to make it. I’ve been getting back into Spidey more and more, and this video illustrates exactly why I love the character so much. Thank you once again, Alex!
I didn't watch the whole video yet but skimming through really quickly I see theres Smallville clips and The Perks of Being a Wallflower clips in this video which I would love if a Spider-Man show felt like a mix between those two. I think the perfect tone and vibe for a Spider-Man series would be the perfect mix of Smallville and The Perks of Being A Wallflower plus the Spectacular Spider-Man TV show too because that in my opinion is still the best version of Spider-Man we have ever gotten outside of the comics. Also in some ways I feel like Smallville did take inspiration from Spider-Man too which is why I think I love Smallville so much and it's my favorite adaptation of Superman even with all of it's flaws
This is something that a lot of Spidey fans would love to see.
Also, I love that you take as a combination of Smallville, The Perks Or Being A Wallflower, and taking the best elements from the live action Spidey films.
Especially, with the POV of a boy makes it both refreshing and inspiring as well.
It may never happen,but your pitch sounds amazing.
I would totally watch it!🤟🕸️
A live action series is such a good idea! a three movie trilogy just isn't enough with all the good storylines Spider-Man has to explore. You can have a main overarching villain like Green Goblin for maybe 2 seasons, and each episode you can have a smaller lesser threat villain. Sometimes they take 2 episodes, just like the 90's animated series.
so just spectacular spider-man?
@@ForeverDakota1 Pretty much. But in live action, and more adult.
I just wanna say I love your videos man and the heart put into them, Been watching since the homecoming critique
Thank you for sticking with me!
@@HiTopFilmshope you make that a fucking movie
Basically just a better version of cw flash
“sam raimis style of earnest melodrama and sincere heroism will never be topped”
tops it after the first scene.
Exactly
Editor deserves a raise, all the scenes picked from other films go so well with alex's ideas wow!!
Was legit thinking that! The editor knocked it out of the park
As soon as you mentioned Euphoria and The Perks of being a wallflower i was hooked. The cinematography of Euphoria needs to be studied for the ages, the perks of being a wallflower with the energy of all the characters would work so well. But the spontaneousness and looming fear of the villians need rebrand. Now they dont have to be violent and over grotesque with gore galore. But if we started seeing more of the villians eminate the brutality of both homelander and omniman, It would be insane. This could work with Kraven, Jackal, Doc Ock, and Green Goblin. Lastly, Keep the drama and action balanced, have a few episodes slow burn like Breaking Bad. Deep Lore and surreality of adventure time because New York is one big mystery on its own. And keep the characters evolving at a balanced rate.
Boom you got one of the greatest Spider-man stories ever
Can I just say: What an amazing idea.
I knew from the start that this would be a college story, but that was an easy guess lol. I love the idea of MJ being the co-lead, I love the idea of Peter narrating to us and ESPECIALLY seeing Spider-Man and his world from a civilian perspective.
Hell, my own idea for a Spider-centric show was about Spidey AND the people of New York: How their lives have changed through their entanglement, whether we see them become better people, or see them turn into the worst versions of themselves-maybe even villians.
(I also think it'd be fun if the person under the mask was someone completely new, cuz then the show could have this mystery element, with you wondering if the person you're following IS Spidey or not.)
It is pretty different from what we've gotten and it...probably won't happen in our lifetime, but man you're right, it's so damn fun to think about.
I need this made, you truly have a talent for story telling. You paint a beautiful picture of what this show could be like. It’s the perfect Spider-Man.
my god i say this so often but i ADORE your way with words man. for example describing peter's spidey sense as a migrane, a headache, i envy how well you can put an image in someone's head with your words. or little things like that you wrote "the voice" the first time we hear spidey in your first scene THAT'S SO COOL AND IT HAS SO MUCH IDENTITY!!!! "The rustle of panic consumes our ears" BUT ACTUALLY THE WHOLE SCENE IS SO AMAZING, IT'S SO PERFECT AND I GOT EMOTIONAL JUST LISTENING TO YOU
i really love your work and you are such a big inspiration to me
Psst.
The 'Coffee Bean' Saga. aka the 'ESU" saga.
Pete. Harry. MJ. Gwen. Flash.
I would love to see a show mostly revolving around this friend group and how Spider-Man essentially strengthens and strains these relationships, during their time at ESU.
- Pete and Flash initially instigate each other (from old high school wounds), needing Gwen to act a big sis to mediate them.
- Peter initially meets chem. major Gwen, but unfortunately fashion major MJ enters the mix. (*insert Spider-Man: Blue love triangle)
- Gwen keeps the friend group in check, supportive and a bit of a leader. (like her dad)
- Harry tries to be like his dad goes for a bach. of commerce. could lead to him discovering his father's criminal motivations.
- Flash's redemption arc and enlisting to the army (because of Spider-Man) is one I NEED to see on screen.
- Captain Stacy's death would completely stagger Pete's relationship with Gwen and his morals are questioned. Pushed even further as Gwen dies not knowing Pete's secret, convinced that Spider-Man killed her dad.
- Death of Gwen leads to friend group basically broken. Harry into substance abuse. Flash gone into enlistment. MJ desperately trying to avoid any drama and 'party like there's no tomorrow'.
- eventually we get the famous Romita panel where MJ refuses to be neglectful anymore and actually try to console a grieving peter and help out a broken harry while she still can. Slowly healing the friend group as much as she can.
I'd love to see something that reflects modern day frustrations of college students. Why am I even here? Who am I really? But this could also reflect the thought of HOW we grow up and the people we grow up WITH.
Something like this isn't likely to happen, but the idea of Spider-Man basically a drama/soap opera is needs to be more mainstream. Amazing video like always man.
cheers
You hooked me at Coffee Bean. As someone who is using that location in my own TASM3 fan script outside of ESU I loved this. I love how all the characters are well thought out and layered. Spider-Man Blue is my favourite Spidey comic and that being the main pitch was great to see.
Honestly, a whole season could just be Spider-Man: Blue with the build up to Kraven.
I support this pitch.
(I also support Spider-Man: Blue being adapted in any way possible…..it’s what I did hours ago)
This!! Absolutely this. You get it. I genuinely had the exact same idea. It's starts with the coffee bean gang. And we see them becoming friends and eventually these are seen as the good ol' days. But even then life wasn't great. Harry with his dad. MJ surviving away from home. Peter and Spider-Man. Gwen eventually with her dad's death. And there's a build up to them unraveling. But it happens after Gwen dies. Like you said. I see this as the first season. In a smallville esque type show. But with a lot more focus on the characters and drama rather than your villain of the week.
I've always wanted a Spider-Man series that takes place in the 60s or 70s so it could have that Ditko/Romita vibe to it and its just peter and his friends hanging out, what Marc Webb tried to do.
The thing is, spectacular Spider-Man was already doing so much of this (without the realistic high school stuff)
It really was the perfect show
True
The fact he said swear on uncle Ben’s life in the sponsor tells me he had nothing to do with this company before the sponsor.
My pitch? Kingpin being envolved in the drug business and breaking havoc amongst young people. The war on drugs reaches Harry and that is where Spider-Man comes in.
Alex, we've got you covered!
Spider-Man: Alone COMING SOON 👀
I already like this, you're a true fan and coming from a Batman & Spidey fan, I appreciate this a lot. I love this, hope the studios come across your videos, they're amazingly soulful. Keep it up 👍🏻.
Your psychoanalysis for your version of Peter and MJ is perfect.
I'm making a simliar youtube Spider-Man fan film series thats "Euphoria" esc about a Filipino spiderman variant who grew up in the hoods of Toronto. I posted a lil trailer on my channel!!
The fact that the NPH/MTV Spider-Man series was referenced in this is *chefs kiss*
The last person that basically say they wanna made they own spiderman movie did....lotus
It would also be awesome to get a Spider-Man show like Superman & Lois. Where Peter is a parent juggling his responsibilities as a hero and a father:
It could open with Peter heading into an auditorium, all dressed up and giddy. He's arrived early to make his way into the front row. But then, his spider-sense tingles. He hears sirens as squad cars race by. With a deep sigh, he exits the auditorium, runs into the alley, suits up, and jumps high into the sky, following the squad cars as they race into danger. It's Rhino (Or a villain you can use on a TV budget). He's doing Rhino things, spouting Rhino dialogue, Rhinoing all over the place. Spider-Man gets knocked around, says some quips, and slowly wears Rhino down, all the while constantly checking his watch as the minutes count down. Peter beats Rhino, sarcastically thanks the villain for making him late, then races back to the auditorium. He clumsily throws back on his now wrinkled suit and makes it back, but when he arrives, he finds everyone leaving. At the entrance of the auditorium, Peter finds MJ. Their eyes meet and she gives Peter a faint smile, hiding that she is upset. And standing beside her: A young girl with red hair who isn't doing as good at hiding that she is upset. A young girl holding a violin case. A young girl named Mayday. Peter goes over and apologizes for missing her performance before they drive home in silence. MJ puts Mayday to bed and tells Peter it isn't his fault. His powers come with a lot of responsibility, only for Peter to reply: "So does being a father". CUT TO TITLE: SPIDER-MAN & MJ (Or something).
Just an idea I randomly had 😁
Spider-Man as a TV show would be really interesting
Ayo i absolutely loved the first scene , I genuinely exclaimed “this is so good” imagining it
June 2028, a Spidey project directed by HiTops gonna be released.
Imma come back to this in 5 years.
Bro the first 5 minutes in and I'm reminded why I expect your JASON film so much. Incredible storyteller
We NEED someone who cares about Spider-Man this much to take Spidey into his next chapter. More importantly, we need someone’s pure, unadulterated vision.
Spider-Man gets me in a way nothing else can. Every superhero story I've ever written, dreaming of the day where I'm sitting in the director's chair for my own superhero project, has been me writing a story for Spider-Man. His optimism and down-to-earth character reaches my emotional core unlike any other character ever because I relate to that feeling of wanting to make jokes and stay optimistic in the face of the entire world telling you that everything is so messed up that there's no point in hoping anything will get better. But like any version of Spider-Man, I wake up every day saying "No, there's going to be change and I'll be there when it happens."
I'd be interested to see your takes on "What If you wrote Batman", "What If you wrote Superman" etc... pitch videos for characters like that?
Love the one-er intro but I find it funny that you wanted a relatively condensed budget then pitched the most production-unfriendly scene ever lmao. But it’s all in good fun to dream about!
Imagine a live action spiderman series in the 2000s around a time where one tree hill, The OC, Buffy vampire slayer, charmed, smallville and gossip girl around the That time.
Whoa.......🥰
That opening scene was genuinely moving. Your videos are always incredible. Amazing stuff man
these videos always bring me to tears, just thinking about how personal they make peter's life through a series with the right creative team just drives me crazy, I wish something like this was truly possible.
“I’m not reinventing the wheel” you’re not; but I think that’s why this feels so perfect. Alex this video is exceptional. This is what I’ve been saying; Spider-Man should and would work in Television. Honestly this pitch was perfect and I would love to see it come true, with some touches that would obviously be made making the final product better in some aspects and possibly less better in others, but the point of is, this was wonderful. Seeing your videos since back in the day, I’ve seen your love and passion for this character. There’s a sense of true love, passion, and thought being presented that I wish would be present in more Spidey media. Despite having to agree with you on the low chances of it being made, I truly hope that in an age where there is a Spider-Verse, multiple Batmen, and audiences that understand what is happening, that a series following that Wall-Crawler can be made. It’s such a perfect idea, that who knows, may happen one day. I also greatly loved what you said about realism, and not treating this Spidey like someone who has to be family friendly, but can feel real; and yet should also not be sent to the great Euphoria TV-MA extreme, because despite having stories that can go that far, Spider-Man isn’t a character who’s meant to be for mature audiences only. The smallville type realm is where I see him; somewhere around TV-14 with possibly some areas testing the limits. I just loved this video. I don’t feel sad that this may never happen, I’m just happy I got to experience this story you presented, I’m happy I could imagine this what if story, and who knows, may just happen. Thanks for the Story Alex. Thanks for the Video, and it goes without saying but Great Job as always; looking forward to seeing Jason when it comes out!! 🕷️🕸️
Live Action Spiderman show:
One Comic Issue = One Episode.
Also, does Gwen Stacy exist in this universe?
This is the kind of Spider-Man show that we need. With remnants of all the previous films with touches of old school and modern school New York. With our characters including their chemistry staying timeless and relatable. Whilst keeping the same action and beautiful camera style. Basically just mix Tobey, Andrew, Tom, Spectacular and ITSV Miles into this show and its damn near perfect. I couldnt have described a better show Alex, well done.
I would watch it, on God.
The way this man’s brain works. I could almost SEE the first scene! AMAZING!
7:24 the “he needs you” line sold it for me. That’s the perfect embodiment of this character to me
Are you a Ninja Turtles Fan Hitop?
I just broke my arm and my only enjoyment in this waitingroom is your videos, thx for making times a bit more bareble.❤
Get well soon my dude
A tv show where peter parker is always narrating similar to scrubs would be insane.
For some reason I've been thinking a lot about this very topic lately.
I think writing about pre-existing characters is a great writing exercise.
So this is how I would write a Spider-man.
My own idea was to have a trilogy of films starring an adult Peter who already has a formalized relationship with MJ who serves as his friend, emotional support and accomplice in his adventures. Peter is someone who dropped out of college to focus on his duty as the hero of New York, he is going through the typical financial problems of Spider-man so he must take photos for the daily Bugle like he did years ago.
Have him face lesser-known villains at the beginning such as the Chameleon, Screwball, Shocker, Jackal, etc.
Make him a father.
In his second film let's give him his own version of the clone saga.
Not the Ben Reilly version, but the Ultimate universe Jessica Drew version, it would be great to have a character that serves as an LGBT+ metaphor by being a female clone with the mind of a boy, but who also serves as a projection of Peter's fears upon becoming a father.
Finally in its third installment, Spider-man faces his ultimate nemesis, the green goblin. Who here would be Harry Osborn from the beginning.
Harry would be presented from the beginning of the trilogy as a friend of Peter and MJ and his duality as the Green Goblin would be seen as a drug addiction.
Everything would culminate in a fierce battle (similar to the final battle of Raimi's first film) from which Spider-man would emerge victorious; however, this would be a bittersweet ending since Peter would not be able to save whoever was his friend.
Finally Peter decides that enough was enough for him, he retires from being Spider-man to be closer to his family, the trilogy ends with the promise of new adventures, this time from the amazing Spider-woman.
It’s always a good day when HiTop uploads
It's baffling to me how nearly every adaptation of Spider-Man media (barring a few tv shows) completely fails to properly adapt MJ. She's, in my opinion, the most ionic superhero love interest and that's entirely due to her character, personality, and relationship with Peter. MJ became so popular in the comics for a reason, why are so many adaptions afraid to commit to that original characterization?
I know right!? She is best female character of marvel with Power or no power.(emma frost too)
I love this video so much. I’ve been working on my own Spider-Man fan series. I’m in the midst of the casting for it right now and it’s so exciting! Though mine is animated, this actually sounds a lot like what we’re working on. Seeing this got me so fired up and confident about what I’m doing. So thanks man! 😁🕷️
we up.
Those ideas are all fantastic imo. The only thing I think might not work would be the narration by Peter, but it could work. I just think, given how the Ultimate Spider-Man cartoon handled Peter constantly breaking the 4th wall to explain things and make jokes to the audience, that would probably be one of the most challenging things to attempt with a series like this, and if done poorly, could be detrimental to the whole show.
Anyways though, awesome stuff. I really like how you planned out the connections and relationships between Peter, Harry, and MJ.
This is my favorite video you've ever made, the story you're weaving really emotionally moved me at multiple moments. I hope something like this can be a full-fletched reality, someday
I’m annoyed that it took the RUclips algorithm a whole 24 hours to recommend this MASTERPIECE to me…
We need this to happen one day, Spidey’s story deserves to be told in a TV series format. Hope you’re on that creative team!
Hey dude. I was a huge fan of your videos in highschool. I mean HUGE, but afterword's I kind of fell out of them - nothing on your part I was just a lot less critical of media. I've been getting your stuff recommended again now, and this video really rocks. Totally on point with the ego-death comment, you're very self-aware of those who disagree with your style, and you totally welcome it - or at least the script seems like it. Anyway, I just think this is a banger Vid... I was edging the whole time.
There are quite a few episodes of various Spider-Man shows that focuses more on Peter and his friends rather than the super villain of the week
I love to see Mary Jane get some respect and love, that was my favorite part of the video :D
There's no way Hollywood could even scratch this level of writing.
Only couple of times a year, someone manages to sneak in a good script, get it funded, get it directed, and get it released.
That first scene is actually a wet dream of mine! Great job man! Perfectly captures the attributes of spidey and is mannerisms. And he has so many other attributes!
Series does make a lot of sense but making one with really good or even OK special effects probably would be pretty expensive. And starting with high school does make sense but probably just 2 or maybe 3 years of it before moving on.
I actually like these ideas a lot. And I’ve wondered how one could do the classic “Green Goblin” costume. Do you come with a reason for the mask to fit and move on his or do you just let it be what it is? I don’t know but I’d love to see it.
I think either could work?
I love the idea of a mask that moves with the face, but an emotionless one could also be terrifying.
Love the idea of Peter and Mary Jane at some point interacting like Jesse and Celine, although I think that would probably work better with them not having known each other for long before a show started.
Yeah I really dig this
havent seen u in a long time bro but u inspire me alot pls keep up the good work
Thank you, man! Goes both ways. Could not have done it without your support.
I have a felling with Sony getting thier incompetent hands with handling Spider-Man in live action it's going to be a rough couple of year's for Spider-Man,with the fighting between what Marvel wants and what sony wants for Spider-Man 4 and those god awful sonyverse movies like Madame web....Luckily we're getting Beyond the spider-verse
things Spider-Man needs:
- allowed to have a family (most recent comic iteration is on the good path here, although I won't be surprised if they mess it up)
- funny quips are only for no-threat enemies or times when Spidey is nervous/uncertain. He has a dark side too, and not only during the symbiote arc
- tech and gadgets, but limited due to time and money constrains. Otherwise he gets too close to Iron Man or Batman, but no organic webs either (ew... plus, bring back the 'oh no! run out of web fluid!' problem)
- street crime is Spidey's domain too. Not everything he faces has to be supervillians and/or existential threats
I think most Spidey fans will agree with that. Now, a more risky take:
- clones can be ok, if done right. They can emphasize how great Peter is at fulfilling the Uncle Ben motto. Plus, Scarlet Spider's outfit is just so damn cool. Perfect for film.
Nooooooo you also hate the green goblin suit from 2002, god damn. Why does everyone hate the suit? It looks cool, it looks tactical kinda, and it serves the story. Also it doesn’t look like a power ranger.
Personally, I would love to see more focus on high school life and see it progress to college life. The Spectacular animated show did it and I remember loving it and hoping that one day a movie or TV show would focus on that. Start with Peter, Gwen and Harry being childhood best friends , with Peter and Gwen having feelings for one another, but clearly being too shy to do something about it, while Harry can see what is going on and makes fun of both of them. Flash and Liz being the popular kids with their own issues, who bully Peter due to him being poor and a nerd.
It would be interesting to see Mary Jane being an outsider and slowly get more focus as the show goes on. She was transfered to Peter's school and becomes Gwen's best friend and starts a relationship with Harry. It would be interesting to start with her being kind of shallow and having a party girl personallity, but as time goes on we learn about her father's abusive behaviour and after Gwen dies and Harry starts to deal with drug addiction, she grows closer to Peter, starts to get her shit together and becomes his new best friend. Eventually, they start dating.
From the first V.O. you get the idea of just who Spidey is. He asks "how are you," but the phrase means something more to him. It's not just a greeting. He's legitimately asking about you. He cares for you and about you, and it's the first thing on his mind. Behind the mask and the suit is an sympathetic man who care about people, who puts others before himself. There's a man behind that mask, and we get to learn about him in a *single V.O.* amidst a black screen. Simple and amazing writing!
The writing here is superb, and I wish Hollywood wrote Spidey the way you did! You gotta give tutorials for screenwriting or something, man! Good shit!
I like the idea of Spider-Man as a tv show. I would just be too worried of it not getting written right, or going on too long.
You always say "thank you all for watching" but in reality we should be the ones thanking you for creating these amazing videos. Your channel has ignited a flame within me, a burning flame that yearns to tell stories. Thank you for making these videos man, I can't say that enough.
Love this idea. Another thing that would be cool is if we had entirely new characters with different plots. While the original characters are amazing, they have been overused, in that anytime we are introduced to Harry we know green goblin, or doctor octavious being doc ock. New characters would allow for new stories to captivate the audience
Genuinely do not think there’s something people would want to watch less than a Spider-Man series written by you
I think if you want to make Spidey friends with some of his villains I think the best choice would be shocker, let them talk like their just both doing the job, Peter doing it because it’s what he does, and Herman just doing it because he needs the money.
For years I’ve had this dream of my own superhero show, and this pitch was just everything that I’ve ever wanted from it. We need a show and a hero depicted like this, whether it be Spider-Man or someone completely new.
The comedy landed really well in this video, great video script. I completely agree with Spider-Man being made a series.
Edit: I completely understand that this is my fan servicey idea, but in a hypothetical middle of the show. Let’s say he shows up randomly only to be beaten the shit out of aggressively by Peter. Have the Goblin beaten at the beginning of the episode, and explore why Peter was so angry at him during the fight for the rest of the episode. Perhaps we get some Gwen lore, the main thing I’d want to see is the contrast between Peter’s regular Spidey persona, versus how aggressive, and cruel he is when fighting the Goblin.
22:19 Could not agree more.
Perfectly put. Same goes for Batman btw.
Give us a Smallvile Style Spider-Man show!!!
I definitely would love to see a college story. I’d use Gwen as Peters love interest and Flash as Peters enemy turned friend.
Gwen’s mother died when she was young and her father wasn’t there at her last hours. He dug himself deeper and deeper into his work. Gwen began to resent her father due to this. During a lecture by her father she runs out of the hall and goes up to the roof to get some air. Peter follows her and asks if somethings wrong. Gwen truly opens up to Peter breaking down in front of him. Peter comforts her. At his core he is a flawed man trying to do his best. Gwen and Peter truly understand one another. Gwen however is scared of losing Peter and she runs into the same problem that she ran into with her father. After so many missed dates and parties Gwen leaves Peter with an ultimatum. Tell her what’s really going on or they break up. Gwen is angry that she opened up to Peter and Peter refuses to do the same. So Peter reveals his identity as Spider-Man to Gwen and they agree there won’t be any secrets between them.
Flash has dealt with an abusive home life. His father beats him and his mother left due to this father’s actions. Flash perceives himself as weak and he projects that onto Peter. He bullies him to feel a sense of control that he never felt before. However after a while he realises he’s just like his father and he is disgusted by that. He attempts to ask for forgiveness and of course Peter forgives him. The two develop a friendship. Flash moves out from his father’s house and moves in with Peter and his life slowly gets better until he joins the military and Peter and Flash share their heartfelt goodbye.
Love this idea and have thought about it for years! But i would like to follow Peter from the very beginning. The origin Story is important imo and it can be fleshed out more. Would be cool to follow him year for year in school like Harry Potter.
Spidey definitely deserves a webseries. I myself had read the spidey comics and always thought a movie cannot deliver everything. We could get so much more through the series. being a kid I had always wanted to see much more of a spidey stuff but as an adult I'm much more interested in Pete, his life , his problems( not binded with the mcu) his relationships, and much more.
Also wanna say your video essays are something I adore very much. I always had issues with the mcu Spiderman, it was just like, I couldn't explain why homecoming didn't work for me. But that homecoming video of yours has portrayed whatever I had feeled.
Took me a while, but I’m finally watching your sick and twisted video, Alex!! 🔥 Still fire stuff, as always, my guy. I always love your choice of words and phrases and edits. You provide entertainment and influence for me and I’m very grateful. Your channel is why I wanna pursue filmmaking. I hope you know that, boss-man 🔥 keep up the good work and I cannot wait for your Jason project 👌🏼
Oh god....
I said to myself, "Please, Jesus Almighty, if he says make a Spidey show I'm gonna freakin' puke."
And LOOK! IT'S THE FIRST THING HE SAYS!!!!!!
The trend of people wanting everything to be a freakin' show is just....so tired. TV is absolutely choking on a glut of forgettable and instantly disposable "limited series" and truncated seasons of TV as it is. And superheroes on TV don't have the best track record. Yea yea people loved Netflix Daredevil but like, it's a seasons worth of decent TV at best spread across three seasons of poor pacing, annoying characters, and a tone some performatively grim and gritty it just feels up its own ass.
The last thing Spidey needs is some micro-managed show where the production needs to limit suit time and action scenes to 2mins an episode to save money and shit.
Nah fam. Spidey is cinema.
Literally one of the absolute best Spider-Man adaptations we've ever gotten, "The Spectacular Spider-Man", was a TV show... Are you just trying to be a contrarian just for the sake of it lol...?
Bro wide videos outside full screen are cursed. 1:51 Swear on Uncle Ben's life is soo good 🤣
My pitch ‘Friendly Neighbourhood’ Spider-Man
Taken from the origins of the new Ultimate Spider-Man series (and a lot of plot ideas). An older Peter who instead of working at the Bugle is a school teacher but got his start at the Bugle but still feels dissatisfied with his life.
He here’s Harry talking about how he is working on this new formula, well his team anyway. A spider that when bites you could modify you. The spider escapes and Peter chooses to let it bite him knowing what it will do. He is responsible but wants the power.
Uncle Ben is alive here. Loosing Aunt May due to cancer. He is the driving force for Peter’s choices still (like the comic)
Peter is with MJ and they have two kids.
This show would be about parenthood, what it should be, shouldn’t be and could be. The comic had Peter adopted at 15. I want that here. I want a whole episode based around the love and care Ben tried to give to Peter who was young enough to need it but old enough to not want it.
I want an episode with Fisk and MJ, two characters with abusive families but one grew up, became an adult mentally whilst the other is still a child in an adults body. Fisk is about to be a dad but isn’t ready. It was an accident, he didn’t even want to become a dad. He didn’t choose for it.
I also want fun stories of Peter saving a kid from a collapsing building thanks to an attack from Electro but trying to do it in time to pick up May from school.
The series builds to Miles introduced. Mid 20’s and he has a fiancé and she is pregnant and he gets bitten by the spider as well, Peter helps him become Spider-Man like an adult (not a father son thing) but also tips on how to be a parent. Mistakes he made and things he did well.
I believe the dynamic that ONE issue of Ultimate Spider-Man gave me MY Spider-Man, it’s a pitch I want to work on more and this one universe of Spider-Man I want to see.
Themes
Adulthood
Parenting
Finding satisfaction
No. No I'd rather not have him in avengers.
Great first scene, bro!!! F***ing Great! I would like to see it, truly)))
Personally for me all I want is Peter parker Spider-Man to have his wife Mary Jane and they have there daughter mayday parker spider-girl which would be really awesome and fantastic in my opinion.
I love the idea of Spidey kinda being buddies with the villains in a way
The version of Spider-Man I'm developing has a relationship with his villains similar to Wally and the Rouges
The fact that there hasn't been a live-action Spider-Man series is just baffling to me, as well. Actually, a lot of superhero stories are more suited for television. Like, why hasn't there been a live-action Batman TV Series? You could take almost every episode of _Batman: The Animated Series_ and place it into an episodic format, and you'd have something that'll rival _Game of Thrones_ in the ratings. It's the simplest thing WB could do, and they don't want to do it.