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post #1 of 32
12/9/10 at 9:30pm
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Gwen Stacy has a face...and a rain protection device.

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post #2 of 32
12/9/10 at 9:33pm
I approve of the "Sins Past" reference, although it still to this day inspires a tremor of fanboy rage in me whenever that particular arc is mentioned.
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post #3 of 32
12/9/10 at 9:34pm
I'm so used to her with red hair. I'm assuming that red is her natural hair color. What's with the Spider-man movies where they cast blondes as redheads and redheads as blondes!?
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post #4 of 32
12/9/10 at 9:34pm
Hmmmmm....
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post #5 of 32
12/9/10 at 9:37pm
Actually, I believe she is a natural blonde. Either way, she adorable.
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post #6 of 32
12/9/10 at 9:37pm
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Originally Posted by mcnooj82 View Post
I'm so used to her with red hair. I'm assuming that red is her natural hair color. What's with the Spider-man movies where they cast blondes as redheads and redheads as blondes!?
Seriously. Biiiig mistake. Emma would have been a PERFECT MJ...
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post #7 of 32
12/9/10 at 9:52pm
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Actually, I believe she is a natural blonde. Either way, she adorable.
Yeah, they revealed that when she first got cast as Gwen. I totally prefer her as a redhead, because that's my ish, but she's definitely still a stunner blonde. And either way she'll most definitely be aces in the role.

And tangentially, not that I have any problems at all with Brie Larson (at ALL), but seeing these pictures immediately made me wonder what Stone would have done as Envy Adams.
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post #8 of 32
12/9/10 at 10:02pm
Wait is this back in high school now? i thought it had been changed to colledge?
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post #9 of 32
12/9/10 at 10:05pm
Just to get my superficial disappointment out...

Bryce Howard was the perfect Gwen in the third film. I mean, from comic page to silver screen, her look was on. It was a shame how her character was misused, but the look was great.

I'll give Emma a chance, but on first blush (which means nothing in the long run), I can't help but feel we already had the best Gwen, even if it was an older version.
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post #10 of 32
12/9/10 at 10:28pm
I still don't understand why she isn't Mary Jane.
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post #11 of 32
12/9/10 at 10:40pm
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I still don't understand why she isn't Mary Jane.
Rebooting MJ as well would only serve to make the whole enterprise seem staler than it already is.
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post #12 of 32
12/9/10 at 10:44pm
Didn't she specifically ask to be Stacy?
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post #13 of 32
12/9/10 at 10:47pm
Emma Stone looks...Perfectly cast as Gwen Stacey, whom will always be, Peter Parker's...True Love! MJ, started as, Harry's gal, and eventually moved on to Peter.
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post #14 of 32
12/9/10 at 11:44pm
This shows how much of a comics fan I am, as it hadn't even occurred to me that Mary Jane might not be in the reboot at all.
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post #15 of 32
12/10/10 at 3:29pm
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Just to get my superficial disappointment out...

Bryce Howard was the perfect Gwen in the third film. I mean, from comic page to silver screen, her look was on. It was a shame how her character was misused, but the look was great.

I'll give Emma a chance, but on first blush (which means nothing in the long run), I can't help but feel we already had the best Gwen, even if it was an older version.
Bryce Dallas Howard as Gwen didn't really sway me either way because she had so little of consequence to do. As far as looks are concerned, I think Emma has a stronger resemblance to my image of Gwen.

EDIT: Furthermore, due to the presence of somber-looking officers at the funeral (assuming they are not just there for security before filming, but that's doubtful), I think it's a pretty safe bet that Denis Leary has a one-picture deal, unless he returns Willem Dafoe-style.
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post #16 of 32
12/10/10 at 3:35pm
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Bryce Dallas Howard as Gwen didn't really sway me either way because she had so little of consequence to do. As far as looks are concerned, I think Emma has a stronger resemblance to my image of Gwen.
I'm too lazy to search for it but there's a side by side picture of Stone as a blonde and Gwen Stacy and it's pretty much spot on.
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post #17 of 32
12/10/10 at 3:50pm






Yeah, Emma has the slightly stronger look that I would associte with a character like Gwen. Not necessarily masculine, but whereas Bryce's face suggests more warmth and femininity, Emma appears a bit tougher, a bit more believable as someone who regularly "hangs out with the boys", if you will. It's like comparing an elf to someone with a bit of orc in their blood.
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post #18 of 32
12/10/10 at 3:59pm
Pretty. Blonde. Bangs. Can fall off a bridge.

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So MJ is not in this? Stone seems to have that slightly snarky, fiery, "face it, tiger" spark, I was disappointed she was playing Gwen and not her.
Maybe Gwen will be more of the ultimate comics Gwen.
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post #19 of 32
12/10/10 at 4:07pm
Putting Gwen Stacy front-and-center (for the first movie, at least) and essentially disregarding MJ is actually what made me really anticipate this reboot. If they do her character any justice, it could be a refreshing move.
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post #20 of 32
12/10/10 at 4:14pm
There's some month-old news out there about Zooey Deschanel and Betty Brant, but I guess it's been debunked or something?
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post #21 of 32
12/10/10 at 4:23pm
It seems obvious that they're putting Gwen front and center as the love interest to distance themselves from the Raimi series. I'll be really surprised if Gwen dies in this movie. I'm willing to bet they are setting up a trilogy, the last of which will feature the Green Goblin death of Gwen Stacy storyline.

Emma Stone is right for both MJ and Gwen because she looks like a John Romita drawing and he drew MJ & Gwen's faces exactly the same.

After Gwen dies, they should just recast Stone as MJ.
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post #22 of 32
12/10/10 at 4:23pm
As far as I'm aware that rumor has neither been confirmed nor denied by anyone close to the production. Apparently the role was only offered to Deschanel, who has worked with Webb before, so it's either a lie, she declined to take it for whatever reason or has been cast and the announcement has just not been made yet. Brant is probably not going to be a major character anyway, but if the role is cast, then I suppose official word for it will come around the same time when they make public the identity of the actor for Jameson.

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the last of which will feature the Green Goblin death of Gwen Stacy storyline.
If they set up Van Atter as the Proto-Goblin, this could be a very real possibility for the sequels.
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post #23 of 32
12/10/10 at 5:16pm
Don't know much about SM comics, but IMHO MJ is a far more interesting character than Gwen Stacy, based on what I've gleaned from articles and the SM films

I'm sad to see they're going for a traditional 'dream girl' rather than giving Peter the chance to fall in love with someone who may be emotionally damaged but has unique virtues that may not be readily apparent to those unwilling to look. The Peter/MJ relationship from the Raimi SM films was always my favorite part of that series. I thought it was a disastrous misstep when they sidelined MJ for the bland Bryce Dallas Howard in SM3, and it's frustrating to see that they are continuing down the same road for SM REDUX. With the cast they had been assembling, I'd been building up some cautious hope that maybe the film wouldn't be a waste of time retread
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post #24 of 32
12/10/10 at 5:21pm
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I'm sad to see they're going for a traditional 'dream girl' rather than giving Peter the chance to fall in love with someone who may be emotionally damaged but has unique virtues that may not be readily apparent to those unwilling to look.
Uh..., Kate where exactly are you getting this impression? If they cast someone like Megan Fox for the role, I would consider this soulless possibility in that Gwen Stacy will simply be a vessel without any substance, sure. But I think Emma Stone, as an actress, has enough credibility to play a character who fits your description sufficiently, if not absolutely. Surely she's going to be more than a pretty face with the obligatory "dark past" if one of the scenes in the movie involves the death of her father, potentially opening up a long-running, emotionally complex antagonistic female relationship with Spiderman that provides a nice contrast to MJ's acceptance of him in the first Raimi movie.
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post #25 of 32
12/10/10 at 5:21pm
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Originally Posted by Draco Senior View Post
Putting Gwen Stacy front-and-center (for the first movie, at least) and essentially disregarding MJ is actually what made me really anticipate this reboot. If they do her character any justice, it could be a refreshing move.
This always makes me laugh. Gwen Stacy has no more depth of character than Mary Jane. The only interesting thing she ever did in the comics was die.
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post #26 of 32
12/10/10 at 5:22pm
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I'm sad to see they're going for a traditional 'dream girl' rather than giving Peter the chance to fall in love with someone who may be emotionally damaged but has unique virtues that may not be readily apparent to those unwilling to look. The Peter/MJ relationship from the Raimi SM films was always my favorite part of that series. I thought it was a disastrous misstep when they sidelined MJ for the bland Bryce Dallas Howard in SM3, and it's frustrating to see that they are continuing down the same road for SM REDUX. With the cast they had been assembling, I'd been building up some cautious hope that maybe the film wouldn't be a waste of time retread
In the comics, Gwen was much closer to the MJ of the Raimi films. I love the Raimi series, but that was not the MJ of the comics, FYI. MJ in the comics was a sassy, tough-talking indepenedent gal with a soft side.

I'm guessing Gwen in the reboot will be pretty close to MJ in the Raimi series. So basically I don't think they're taking a different tact at all with the reboot, they're just swapping out the love interest. It's a superficial difference.
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post #27 of 32
12/10/10 at 5:24pm
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Uh..., Kate where exactly are you getting this impression? If they cast someone like Megan Fox for the role, I would consider this soulless possibility in that Gwen Stacy will simply be a vessel without any substance, sure. But I think Emma Stone, as an actress, has enough credibility to play a character who fits your description sufficiently, if not absolutely. Surely she's going to be more than a pretty face with the obligatory "dark past" if one of the scenes in the movie involves the death of her father, potentially opening up a long-running, emotionally complex antagonistic female relationship with Spiderman that provides a nice contrast to MJ's acceptance of him in the first Raimi movie.
Ah, OK, well I didn't know that about Gwen Staci's character (that her father dies) so I guess that does add some depth. I am mostly basing my opinion of her off what I saw in SM3. I don't have anywhere nearly as much confidence in Emma Stone as the rest of CHUD seems to (I thought she was woefully out of her depth in ZOMEBIELAND), but then again I've not yet seen EASY A so maybe I don't have enough data to give her a fair assessment
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post #28 of 32
12/10/10 at 5:27pm
How was Emma Stone "woefully out of her depth" in ZOMBIELAND? You're a weirdo.
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post #29 of 32
12/10/10 at 5:30pm
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This always makes me laugh. Gwen Stacy has no more depth of character than Mary Jane. The only interesting thing she ever did in the comics was die.
I'll actually disagree with that. I think Gwen's a far more interesting character than MJ and, on her own, has more potential for a greater female character arc with the death of her father and her antagonistic relationship with the male lead.

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I am mostly basing my opinion of her off what I saw in SM3.
Please don't take that into consideration. Raimi's adaptation of Gwen as basically some brief dramatic intrustion into Peter's relationship with MJ is a pale reflection of her most common portrayals in the comics. In my opinion, she seemed like nothing more than an insubstantial insert with no comprehensible character arc to justify her being in the film as "Pretty Girl from University Who Peter Fools Around With". Her relationship with Eddie seemed to be the only genuine attempt to give her some sort of relevance in the storyline.
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post #30 of 32
12/10/10 at 5:38pm
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It's like comparing an elf to someone with a bit of orc in their blood.
Would that make Clint Howard the orc? (EDIT: Oh, gotcha, you meant Stone.)

Stone looks utterly beautiful there. What else could one really say at this point?
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post #31 of 32
12/10/10 at 5:49pm
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How was Emma Stone "woefully out of her depth" in ZOMBIELAND? You're a weirdo.
She didn't seem like she was appropriately frightened by the situation she found herself in. Compared to Jesse Eisenberg, her acting felt less than naturalistic

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Please don't take that into consideration. Raimi's adaptation of Gwen as basically some brief dramatic intrustion into Peter's relationship with MJ is a pale reflection of her most common portrayals in the comics. In my opinion, she seemed like nothing more than an insubstantial insert with no comprehensible character arc to justify her being in the film as "Pretty Girl from University Who Peter Fools Around With". Her relationship with Eddie seemed to be the only genuine attempt to give her some sort of relevance in the storyline.
That is goot to hear then, because I too felt that she was barely a character in SM3
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post #32 of 32
12/10/10 at 7:54pm
The whole idea of her character in Zombieland is that she projects a much tougher facade than Eisenberg's character is capable of. She's a much more capable character in general. That's like impossible to miss.
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