Six observations about the new ‘Amazing Spider-Man’ images

Posted by Rick Marshall on August 1st

Columbia Pictures kicked off a new week by releasing six high-res images from “The Amazing Spider-Man” featuring Andrew Garfield as the web-slinging superhero Peter Parker and Emma Stone as his first love, Gwen Stacy. While the images don’t offer much new information about the film, there’s at least one good question, observation, or prediction that each photo suggests.

What are they? Well, I’m glad you asked…

You can check out each photo below, with some notes below each image:

When it was announced that the upcoming reboot of the Spider-Man franchise was going to feature Gwen Stacy instead of Mary Jane Watson, there was a lot of speculation regarding the sort of updates the character would receive. A product of the swingin’ 1960s, Gwen was Peter’s first love in the Marvel Comics universe, and some fans worried that the tweaks necessary to bring her into modern world. While we got to see some footage of Emma Stone as Gwen in the “Amazing Spider-Man” teaser, this photo offers a nice indication of how the updated character will look — complete with the iconic black headband she was always pictured with in the comics.

While this image offers a nice look at the redesigned logo Spider-Man will sport on his costume, it also provides a nice, up-close look at the mask he’ll wear, too. Spidey’s new headwear appears to feature smaller, goggle-style eyes instead of the large, white eyes used in the previous franchise’s Spider-suit.

After a poster seen at Comic-Con revealed a red logo for Spider-Man’s costume, then a second poster showed off a black logo, fans weren’t quite sure what to think about the final design for Spidey’s rebooted suit. In this photo, we see that the red logo is on the back of the costume (with the black logo appearing in the previous photo on the front of the suit). Mystery solved! Moving on…

Possibly the most question-provoking image of the bunch, this pic shows Gwen tending to Peter’s wounds. What we don’t see, however, is any sign of the Spider-Man costume. Were Peter’s wounds inflicted during that brawl with The Lizard we heard about during the Comic-Con panel? Does Gwen know Peter is Spider-Man? These are the questions that bother me so…

There’s been much debate about the casting of Andrew Garfield, but it’s easy to see in this image that he fits the mold of the wiry, wall-crawling, nerd-turned-superhero Peter Parker. Originally intended to be your classic 98-pound weakling, Peter took on a more average-guy build in the studio’s prior Spider-Man films starring Tobey Maguire. In the new film, skinny Peter is back. This photo also offers another nice look at the meshy, streamlined version of the costume we’ll see in the film.

The other big thought-provoking image of the bunch is this shot of Peter Parker clinging to the ceiling of a subway car. Why is he out of costume? And what is he looking at? Given my own subway-riding experience, I’m actually not surprised the person in the background is sleeping through the entire scene, but still… what is going on here?!

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