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Although web-slinging levels in the 2002 game still had the character perish if he fell too close to the ground, the game featured a mix of the level types, boasting more intuitive aerial and ground combat sections. While 2000's Spider-Man and 2001's Spider-Man 2: Enter Electro had introduced limited 3D gameplay after a decade of side-scrollers, there were still major kinks to be worked out in the transition the 2000 title didn't even let players fight enemies on the ground while its sequel restricted levels to grids. Outside of the main story, Vulture and Shocker also launch their own crime spree through Manhattan, putting them on a collision course with Spider-Man when the wall-crawler wasn't dealing with Norman's schemes. Additionally, the Xbox version of the game includes an exclusive subplot with Norman hiring Kraven the Hunter to track down and capture Spider-Man, which leads to a cage match between the two in the city zoo. Over the course of the game, Spider-Man discovers that one of these individuals is Scorpion, who's also on the run from OsCorp robots tasked with bringing him in. In addition to the battle between Spider-Man and the Green Goblin through the streets and rooftops of Manhattan, the game expands the scope of the film's story to reveal that there are actually two superpowered figures in New York with arachnid DNA. As Spider-Man continues to elude him, a desperate Norman uses the untested serum on himself and transforms into the Green Goblin, arming himself with experimental weapons technology.
Concurrent with Peter's aspiring superhero career, Norman Osborn develops a super soldier serum to help his struggling defense company OsCorp and seeks to hunt down the web-slinger to examine him due to his superhuman abilities. Ably saving MJ, he has an emotional moment on the ground, recalling the Spider-Man love interest he couldn’t catch.As loose adaptation of the movie, Spider-Man details Peter Parker's origins as the Marvel superhero following the murder of his beloved Uncle Ben. Earlier in the film, he recalls how he couldn’t save his girlfriend Gwen (Emma Stone) in The Amazing Spider-Man 2, and is still visibly guilty about his failure.īut when MJ (Zendaya) is similarly plummeting to the ground, and Holland’s Peter is unable to catch her, he springs into action. Sadly, he notes that he’s less impressive than his counterparts (archly hinting at his two-movie franchise’s more muted reception), only for Maguire and Holland to assure him, “You are amazing” – itself a reference to the ‘Amazing Spider-Man’ branding for both his movies.Īnd soon, Garfield’s Spidey gets the chance to redeem himself. In a very meta moment ahead of the final battle, the three Spider-Men compare notes, with both Maguire and Holland’s incarnations noting they’ve fought aliens (the latter in space), much to the chagrin of Garfield’s version. “With great power, there must also come great responsibility,” she tells him – and the quote is later picked up by fellow alternate-universe Spider-Men Tobey Maguire and Andrew Garfield when they turn up to help (though the latter never heard that exact quote in his film series).Īndrew Garfield in The Amazing Spider-Man (2012) It’s subtle, and most easily noticed during Doc Ock’s first appearance on the bridge, but the old scores are there (and acknowledged as such in the credits).Īfter avoiding it thus far, Holland’s Spider-Man finally hears his most famous mantra when May (Marisa Tomei) delivers one final message. In the years since Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man trilogy swung onto screens, a dedicated community of fans has been sharing iconic quotes from the films back and forth – and even if this film wasn’t trying to cater to them directly, there’s still plenty of familiar lines.Īlfred Molina’s Doc Ock drops his classic “The power of the sun…in the palm of my hand” quote TWICE (overdoing it a bit, Doc) while Willem Dafoe’s Norman Osborn is happy to confirm that he’s “something of a scientist self,” among other familiar villain quotes.Īlso returning from the Sam Raimi films are key musical motifs originally composed by Danny Elfman, including the themes used for Doc Ock and Green Goblin and the main Spider-Man theme used in the earlier trilogy. Alfred Molina plays Doctor Octopus in Spider-Man 2