There Were A Lot Of Wild Alternate Versions Of Spider-Man: Brand New Day

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Spider-Man: Brand New Day was a pretty solid film that seemed to know what it was doing from minute one. You’d hardly get that impression, though, from hearing about the […]
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There Were A Lot Of Wild Alternate Versions Of Spider-Man: Brand New Day

Spider-Man: Brand New Day was a pretty solid film that seemed to know what it was doing from minute one. You'd hardly get that impression, though, from

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[DerryCarpenter]

I always appreciated the ambition behind Spider-Man: Brand New Day, especially how it tried to shake things up with multiple storylines. But some of those alternate versions felt a bit disjointed and didn't land for me, like they were trying too hard to reinvent the wheel without knowing what made Spider-Man resonate in the first place. A clearer focus on character development would have made a huge difference.

 

[CrystalWarrior]

Some of these ideas are so strange that I almost wish they had made a collection of short Spider-Man specials instead of throwing everything into one movie. Give me ten minutes of Peter fighting someone over the Spider-Man trademark. Then another short story about Kraven setting traps around New York. Then Peter hallucinating a talking cat while recovering from surgery. I would absolutely watch that. Obviously, a normal feature film needs a story that can hold together, so I understand why most of these concepts disappeared. Still, I like seeing the weird ideas because they show that superhero movies are not created in one straight line. A movie can start with one basic concept, wander into completely different territory, and eventually circle back to where it started.

 

[FalconPunch77]

Man this is wild to read after watching the movie already. I can't believe they almost went with the talking bodega cat plot. That would have been so random for a Spider-Man film. I actually think the Die Hard style one day one villain idea sounds cool on paper but glad they didn't rush a villain choice just to make that work. Funny how Kraven kept following them around in every draft even when Sony said no to a solo movie. The Jean Grey timing being basically luck is kind of scary when you think how close this movie was to being something totally different. Three years writing and only 11 months to cast is insane pressure honestly.

 

[Dart]

The South East Asia gang boss version sounds like a completely separate movie honestly. I would watch that as its own thing not even as Spider-Man. Fixing a boat engine and making his own web fluid gives serious survival show vibes. Then the copyright lawsuit twist with Daredevil is actually pretty funny ngl.

 

[Juliet Starling]

This just proves writing a big franchise movie is basically controlled chaos behind the scenes. Every idea sounds fun until you realize they had to throw it away for legal reasons or rights issues. The mutant rights situation between Sony and Disney explains so much about why some characters never show up.

 

[gohan210]

British accent Tom from Queens pretending to be Ben Reilly is something I did not expect to read today. Glad that stayed in the writers room and not the final cut.

 

[GamerIsolation]

Reading this makes me respect the writers more. Everyone assumes these movies are planned out from day one with a clear vision but this shows how much trial and error goes into it. The Acme parody idea made me laugh out loud, especially Peter hiring Matt Murdock to deal with copyright issues. That is such a random but creative direction.

 

[Albuquerque_Adventurer]

Three years of writing just to end up back at the first draft is rough but also kind of comforting. It shows they were not afraid to explore weird ideas before settling on the right one instead of forcing a bad concept just to save time.