It’s been more or less confirmed now that The Amazing Spider-Man 2 will use “The Death Of Gwen Stacy” as its storyline, and it has been confirmed that Shailene Woodley is going to play Mary Jane. As is par for the course when a woman is cast in a well-known role, her Tumblr tag and discussion elsewhere is full of “But she’s just not pretty enough!”, as well as what I’m starting to call the “Oh my god, only one woman per franchise!” style of misogyny…
But enough of that. I wonder how they’re going to do it. As a completely wild guess, I’d say Peter will meet MJ first as Harry’s girlfriend, meet Norman through Harry, and be having quite a nice time (sucker!) with his new friends when the inevitable happens. MJ will break up with Harry -although he probably won’t have a drug problem in this one- and go to comfort Peter after Gwen’s death, setting things up for their romance in the second sequel.
I’ll also bet my entire collection of hats that they’ll go the Ultimate Spider-Man route with the Green Goblin and have him just transform into a huge green demon thing, rather than attempting to do something new with a costume that probably won’t ever not look silly on the big screen…
Anyway, poor Gwen- we just met her and there’s already plans for her death. Ironically, the thing that saddens me most about that is the fact that she has a family in this one- a still-living mother and some kid brothers. (Whose addition I really love, incidentally.) They’ll barely be over the death of their father before their sister goes too. I don’t think this is going to be a fun movie!
And, of course, Gwen’s only seventeen in this one. I hope they set the sequel a good few years after the first movie, because I don’t think many people will be able to handle a summer blockbuster centering around the brutal killing of a teenage girl…
(Also on the topic of Gwen’s role in the Spider-Man movies: This.)
October 24, 2012 @ 5:08 pm
I guess we all saw it coming, but I really don’t want to see a movie where Gwen dies. I’ll probably see it anyway, because a) Spider-Man, b) the adorableness of Andrew Garfield, and c) MJ is awesome, too, but man, Gwen dying. I guess it could be a good movie in an angsty way, but that’s a lot of angst to heap on really fast, after three deaths in the last movie, and I really really liked Emma Stone as Gwen. (Although, maybe having that many deaths so fast, and not all ladies, makes it a little less fridge-y?) Oh wow, you’re right about the Stacy family, though. Poor little boys, and poor Mrs. Stacy. :( I don’t remember who was supposed to be prettier in the comics, Gwen or MJ, but that aside, Shailene Woodley is pretty darn adorable, and I imagine she can look vamp-y, too, if they want to go that route, since MJ is sort of half girl next door, half top model. And I’ve only seen her in The Descendants, but she was really good in that. I think she got nominated for an Oscar, even–nope, sorry, the internet tells me it was a Golden Globe. But still.
October 24, 2012 @ 10:21 pm
Oh wow, you’re right about the Stacy family, though. Poor little boys, and poor Mrs. Stacy. :( I love that she has a family in this! But…the thought of them losing her is awful. :( Shailene Woodley is pretty darn adorable, and I imagine she can look vamp-y, too, I found this awesome picture of her looking like a 40s pin-up! I think it’s on Tumblr somewhere… Although, maybe having that many deaths so fast, and not all ladies, makes it a little less fridge-y? Poor Peter. Almost EVERYONE HE KNOWS has died at some point. If Harry ends up dying as well, I’ll be a wreck.
October 24, 2012 @ 10:32 pm
Almost EVERYONE HE KNOWS has died at some point. That seems to be the way of superhero comics. But then people die and come back so often it kinda loses its meaning, too.
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