Nothing makes my feel my age like the fact that the cinematic Aunt May is now portrayed by someone just a few years older than me. Don't get me wrong, Marisa Tomei is pleasant to watch, but I'm used to the frail elderly Aunt from the comics. Rosemary Harris from the first Spider-Man trilogy was like the character had walked right off of the page, still one of the best comic book movie castings ever, in my opinion.
Wonder Woman and Spidey first crossed paths in STF #572...
Awesome!
ReplyDeleteYeah, I'm with you on Marisa Tomei...
There's a hilarious scene in one of the Marvel/DC All Access crossovers with Spidey and Wonder Woman - something about Peter's height and eye level, and MJ being somewhat jealous...
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Wow! Brilliant. Now this is really blowing my tiny mind. Aunt May an Amazon! There's SO much potential here. Ross, you really have to follow this one up!
ReplyDeleteUntil I saw those word balloons, I thought--maybe even hoped--Wonder Woman had been put under a love spell and Spidey was being abducted as a result (lol)!
ReplyDeleteSeriously, though: I agree with you concerning the cinematic May Parker. I love how her comic book depiction was modernized so that she stopped dressing and behaving like Grandma Walton and started acting more self-confident and assertive. Like a silver-haired Reba McIntire!
But, a slightly middle-aged cougar played by Marisa Tomei? I don't know. That still seems like bad miscasting.
I always wondered about a teenage Peter Parker having a frail, grey-haired Aunt May who looked to be in her seventies. I was a late-adopted baby, and my mother's oldest sister (who coincidentally bore a vague resemblance to May Parker) wasn't that old when I was a teen. Yes, I agree that Rosemary Harris was the most like the May Parker of Earth-616, but the somewhat younger, more modern-minded Earth-1610 version seemed more reasonable, and Marisa Tomei's casting as Peter's "surprisingly attractive aunt" is pretty close to that version. Sally Field was a logical casting choice (she and Andrew Garfield actually made me believe Spider-Man was from Queens), but I actually like Marisa's version better than the original comics version.
ReplyDeletePS: Since AirDave mentioned All Access, I'd really love to see Access himself sharing a cover with Iron Beetle.
BUT THEN THE question is How old is May Parker?
ReplyDeleteDiana's interactions with Peter are a lot more FUN than the other couplings with her. Her comment in their first real DC/marvel meeting was hysterical. "You have to admit you have a creepy act." Beautiful.Io
Was that the 2nd Supes and Spidey team up or Marvel vs DC?
DeletePS: When I first heard about the upcoming Andor series on Disney+ (starring Diego Luna, reprising his role of Cassian Andor from Rogue One), I immediately thought of the moon-world of the same name in the Star Trek Universe. When the series is close to actually premiering, Ross, maybe you could have the man visit the moon (and maybe even call it "The Man or the Moon?").
ReplyDeleteOr, better yet, have some kind of transporter malfunction transfer Cassian from Endor to Andor!
ReplyDeleteOr Endor to Andor to Kandor?
ReplyDelete@Bob Buethe: probably not. Pardon my "Kandor!"
ReplyDeleteCassian borrowing Simon Williams' powers to explore caverns under the bottled Kryptonian city after it's been enlarged on the island near where the second Death Star crashed would be "Wonder Andor Wander Under Kandor, Endor!"
ReplyDelete(Okay, I'll stop now.)
Thank you. I was nearing the limit of my mental "Endor-ance."
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eye think the 2nd. Too bad May never met Kent.
ReplyDeleteClark...or Jonathan?
ReplyDeleteMore likely Martha (having come out of the proverbial closet after dear old Jonathan's death).
ReplyDeleteMartha did seem to be special, no matter which one she was.
ReplyDeleteParker-Wayne-Kent? What a combo that would be.
Hey, if Liz Taylor could do it...
ReplyDeleteTrue. She had the art of marriage all sewed up.
ReplyDeleteI will never understand why she and Mickey Rooney didn't cut out all the middlemen (and women) and just marry each other.
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