Every kid grew up with a super hero and for me, mine was Spider Man. Nah! I didn’t devour the comics, never knew they existed until I reached Under Grad! I didn’t have any of his toys, or Tees, and any of that spider sense: all I had was a few cartoon series that I had secretly watched during one of my winter breaks as a kid and that was enough to make an indelible mark on my mind. I fell in love with his costume, red, blue and webby. Envied his super skills and being a science geek myself, I wished I could be him someday. Yeah, I still love that innocence I had as a kid.

Such heroes always inspired me. Either through their choice of fighting for and protecting the good or their sheer super human qualities. I never cared who the villains were, never knew their names nor his love interests. All I cared was seeing him in action, and in spite of all the ploys and tricks that the bad guys played against him, he always won. The visual ensemble, the colours and the sequence of the story always stretched my imagination and provided fodder to it. It gave me goosebumps and made me thirsty for more.

The movies eventually provided some relief to that thirst. The first movie was truly awesome, spectacularly played by Tobey Maguire as a loser, a nerd yet a hero. Brilliant action sequences and breath taking VFX. The sequel carried the legacy forward but the 3rd was an utter disappointment. It dwelled more into his personal life and tribulations rather than Spider Man. It killed my love for Spider Man when I saw Peter Parker cry for a girl. Yeah yeah his love interest. The difference between a movie and a super hero movie is that while watching the latter, every fan wishes to get into the skin of that super hero. Feel his flesh and blood and get a chance to play a super hero for those few minutes. He gets a chance to fight evil and win. Thats what the creators of the third edition got it all wrong. I saw myself playing a loser-super hero, crying for a girl and making her jealous. I saw myself playing a superhero who was during the human things. Shyah! a disappointment. The 3rd edition, bastardly killed my interest in the super-hero. While the love for him died, a new was born in the name of Batman Begins and The Dark Knight. I was Bruce Wayne in Batman Begins and the sequel.

As they say, you never forget your first love: nor have I. They are rebooting the Spiderman series and giving it a new flesh of life. I only hope that the creators have got it right this time. I wish to feel like Spiderman when I watch the movie. See what he sees, feel what he feels and think the way he does. The trailer shows that ‘coz I felt a rising heart beat, and I felt my hair stand. Check out the sequence in the later half of the trailer, the one where he is jumping skyscrapers and doing what we all love him for.

Trailer:
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The film is being directed by Marc Webb. The cast includes Andrew Garfield as Peter Parker, Emma Stone as Gwen Stacy and Rhys Ifans as Dr. Curt Connors. The film will portray Peter Parker as he is developing his super powers in high school. It is scheduled to be released in 3D and IMAX 3D on July 3, 2012.

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