Fast-Track The Origin Story
As much as the origin of Spider-Man is key to his story, the fact is it’s been done on screen twice in great detail since the turn of the millennium. With that in mind, this new Marvel Cinematic Universe version of the character should get past that stage of Peter Parker’s life as quickly as possible.
It still needs to be shown – there’s no use in having a kid inexplicably demonstrating spider-like abilities – but there’s no need to go into it in great depth. Pretty much everyone gets the gist of how Spider-Man obtained his powers now.
On that note, a post-credits scene in Ant-Man showing a young boy getting bitten by a radioactive spider on a school trip would do the job. Even a Marvel One-Shot short movie depicting the bite scene between now and Spider-Man’s first appearance in Captain America: Civil War would work.
Not only will it help to make this Spider-Man less repetitive, it’s also pretty much essential to do it this way, given that the character is getting thrown into the mix during the Civil War movie – it’s not as if a powerless Peter Parker would be relevant during that event after all.
What do you think? Do you agree with these ideas? What else should be done to differentiate this new Spider-Man from past versions? Have your say below.
