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    Peter Parker was bitten by a radioactive spider as a teenager, granting him spider-like powers. After the death of his Uncle Ben, Peter learned that "with great power, comes great responsibility." Swearing to always protect the innocent from harm, Peter Parker became Spider-Man.

    Can somebody explain what's with all the hate?

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    Ascended

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    Spider-man 1 and 2 were the best comic book movies when they came out back in 2002-2004. Everybody watched them at the movie theaters and on DVD and gave positive reviews about them because they were entertaining enough to be watched. While the quips of Spider-man may not have been there all the time, the actions were very much intense and enjoyable. Those films brought superhero movies to the Hollywood franchise besides Spider-man itself.

    Why all of a sudden everybody is hating on those movies now? Is it because they are not that great to match with the new Spider-man movies? The Raimi/Maguire films were good at the time they came out. Both Spider-man came out at different time periods.

    First people like them, and now they hate them. What is going on?

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    I didn't know anyone hated Spider-Man 1 or Spider-Man 2. Spider-Man 2 is widely recognized as one of the top tier superhero films ever.

    If you are hearing some hate it may be because everyone likes something new. For some, maybe they feel they can better relate with the newer stuff? Sort of like people who argue that LeBron James is greater than Michael Jordan. It's rubbish, but you smile and nod, because it is simply where they are at.

    Spidey 3 was so awful though, such a letdown, that may have soured some folks on the first two.

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    when more announcements of the reboot arrived with an interesting concept, original retelling, adapting from the ultimate storyline, using a talented director, talented writers, talented and promising actors, and a well known music composer fans of the raimi films still hound them like they were the devil's children. so fans of the comics including the supporters of the movie had no choice but to retaliate on the fans and sam raimi. a war like that scarred some if not most people. seriously, after all these years you people still haven't figured it out yet? it's very easy to tell

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    @marvelman92: They're going to be doing the same thing to the new trilogy too in a couple of years from now I bet.

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    Don't know of anyone who hates the original films....maybe people are hating the constant comparisons with the old and new.....

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    @bezza said:

    Don't know of anyone who hates the original films....maybe people are hating the constant comparisons with the old and new.....

    people hate number 3

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    Everybody hates Spider-Man 3. Sam Rami hates Spider-Man 3. I hate the Amazing Spider-Man movies more than I hate Spider-Man 3 'tho. And judging my ticket sales alot of people feel that way.

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    Some people hate anything that isn't "the latest".

    So they hate the Toby MacGuire Spider-Man just because Andrew Garfield is the one in the theaters this week. So they hate Chris Reeves Superman just because Zack Snyder's Man of Steel is the one in the theaters recently. So they hate seventy years of DC continuity just because New 52 is the one that's in the comic book rack this week. So they hate every TV iteration of Star Trek just because the reboot is the one that's in the theaters this year. So they hate the girlfriend they couldn't stop talking about every single day of last month because they're dating someone else this month.

    And when Spider-Man is inevitably rebooted again, they will turn on Andrew Garfield as remorselessly as they turned on Toby MacGuire. When a new Superman appears, they will turn on Snyder's vision as snidely as they turned on Chris Reeves' performance. When DC reboots in ten years, because DC pretty much reboots every ten years, they will have as little fidelity and loyalty to New 52 as they had to the pre-New 52 DC. When there's a different Enterprise crew, they will mock Chris Pine and company as much as they now mock William Shatner's era. And, of course, when they break up next month with the girl they had been dating this month, the one they can't stop praising, they will hate her without a second thought.

    We live now in the age when everything is disposable and no one understands what loyalty, history, or context mean any more. Ten years of listening to what people say and reading what they post online has taught me this, and reading fans of the odious New 52 defend it as the one and only DC worth reading made certain I would never forget that lesson.

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    @ascended: People who haven't seen them,hate on them because they think ASM is better.

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    it's because before the release of the first movie despite some great and interesting concepts including ones inspired by the ultimate comics and 616, a well enough casts, a good director, and 3 brilliant writers from the first 2 spiderman films, zodiac, and harry potter people for some reason still harp on the movie AND MOSTLY THE CASTS like the devil's children for so many stupid reasons it'd make the fanbase go crazy and that's where you'll see all of the hate including ignorant ones from both sides. so not only does the blame mostly go to sony but it also goes to the people who harped on the film for the craziest reasons and ways possible.

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