Spider-Man Lotus - A Film Born From Spite

The kid who held onto the DMs FOR YEARS to get revenge for the guy no longer being his friend is crazy. He's literally a real life Syndrome LMAO

Finding out that all the drama was exposed because someone felt wronged at 10 years old is the craziest part of this whole saga to me

BRUH, I CAN'T BELIEVE SOME 10-YEAR-OLD SPENT 5 YEARS COLLECTING DMS OF ONE GUY JUST FOR REVENGE. THAT'S SOME ARCH-NEMESIS LORE RIGHT THERE.

This whole film is ironically inspirational. It tells young filmmakers "hey. This shit got made. I can probably do something better, if not easier."

"my dad wasn't around much, but when he was...he was around" incredible writing 10/10

I love the inclusion of the "COSMONAUT QUICKIEEEEEE!" intro for a near 40 minute video.

Say what you want about TASM2, but the one 15 second cut of Peter in front of Gwen's grave over the course of the seasons has more nuance, maturity and subtlety in handling her death than this entire two hour fan film.

Seeing Spiderman go "I can't do this!" and freak out /trauma dump at what is basically a make-a-wish event is so funny to me. That is literally something I would expect to see on robot chicken.

The story about the kid who felt spited by the production is a better story than the movie itself

I’m impressed that this guy found a way to include actual loading screens from like a video game into the movie.

"You saved people." "And how many others died because of it?" Well, at least he acknowledges his use of human shields

In terms of depicting how Spider-Man deals with death, Marvel's Spider-Man PS4 has always hit home for me. I may be biased, since it came to me shortly after the passing of a loved one, but Peter's line, "Do what you think is right, even if it hurts like hell," followed by his final interaction, "I don't know what to do." "Yes, you do", with Aunt May before having to let her die has always been one of my favorite depictions of Peter's character. He knows what's right, and will put himself through hell and back to do it.

I loved when miles showed up and lotus said "you could never be Spider-Man"

Having MJ say to Peter "nobody wants to go out with me" while standing over Peters GFs grave is fucking wild 💀💀💀

18:43 fun fact actual no joke. When my tv is on sleep mode, this is the exact city drone shot that plays.

A few notes on the depiction of Spider-Man here just like from a writing perspective 1. Spider-Man is def the type of character who when faced with grief internalizes it and blames himself, not someone who lashes out at everyone around him. He takes responsibility even when its not his fault, thats the whole idea 2. When it comes to the kid he would, without question, try to be normal and quippy and stuff but without putting his heart in it and when it gets too much to take, like the kid asks too many things or brings up too many bad memories, he would either excuse himself or just bounce when he's not looking. He'd beat himself up over that decision later, but thats what he'd do. 3. Peter ain't cool. He's got a good social circle and I could see people being amazed that he gets the attention of a few popular girls, but I don't think folk would naturally find themselves being jealous of him or wishing they had what he had. Frankly the most accurate version of showing Peter hanging out with his friends would be like him DMing a DND session at his house with like at most Harry, MJ, and whatever the extremely nerdy friend du jour is. The reason Peter has charisma is because he has a mask to hide behind, in his day to day life people probably just see him as a quiet geeky kid. Also just like general notes is because people process grief in different ways it would be good to show that? Like MJ would probably be very openly sad, Harry would probably get mad, and Peter would probably wall himself off. Play in that space and see how these three different coping methods interact and intersect with one another and the strain it puts on their relationship and for gods sake show us what normal looks like before then

To be fair, few things are more comic book accurate than taking a beloved story arc from decades ago and running it into the ground.

“My dad wasn’t around much but when he was….he was around” 10/10 writing

Ive never watched buffy before but your segment struck me so hard. I lost my mom in 2020 and her delusions of them saving her mother and everything fixing itself is the most realistic bit of grieving ive seen in tv.

the moment of "Buffy Time" actually reflected to me, i just lost my grandma and it's too hard to think about how can i carry on