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I went into both movies with zero expectations. ASM was a pleasant surprise and was entertaining. MOS was boring, I wanted to leave before krypton exploded.
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Which reboot did it better?
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MOS......loved it.
Not really. Supes sucked so bad his sequel's now a Batman movie.
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I never thought of it that way
K07
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ASM wasn't a reboot. It was a remake. MoS didn't look like a remake of anything that came before it. Therefore it wins by default with the question as to which was a better reboot. Which was the better film is subject to debate. I haven't seen MoS but I hated ASM.
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Yes and they are both remakes of films that came before.
ASM and SM are both about Peter Parker's origin, down to his uncle getting killed, and a mentor/sympathetic scientist who uses green chemicals to turn him into a supervillain. There are superficial differences (Gwen Stacey, the Lizard, Peter's parents, etc.) but it's still a beat for beat retelling of the 2002 film.
Likewise, MOS is a high octane, re-imagining of SUPERMAN I and II with a darker coat of paint. Superman's origin from the first film, and the Zod conflict from the second. Yes, it's more convoluted with the codex plot, and there are no cellophane S's; but again, it's the same material. ********* truckers, Zod, Faora, Non (or Nam-Ek) leveling a small town, wanting to prove their dominance over Jor-El. Motivations are slightly different, but when you reuse the Phantom Zone crew, comparisons are inevitable. This would have been completely avoided if Brainiac or Doomsday were villains.
As poorly told as MOS was, I still give it the edge over ASM for daring to mix it up as little more. ASM brought NOTHING new to the table for me and was a waste of my time and money (but, it did get the tone of the universe right, which is more than I can say for MOS.)
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First off, I preferred both of these movies to their predecessors.
Secondly, to answer your question, it has to be ASM for me.
Secondly, to answer your question, it has to be ASM for me.
ASM, despite its similarities, clearly wasn't a remake to anything Raimi did. It had a fundamentally different villain and love interest, to start. Seems pretty much the definition of a reboot, as was Man of Steel. Keeping the same origin of powers intact does not make for a reboot IMO.
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Man of Steel for me.
I prefer the Raimi Spider-Man film series over the reboot movie. Maybe they'll get better as they go, but the first one didn't impress me at all.
I prefer the Raimi Spider-Man film series over the reboot movie. Maybe they'll get better as they go, but the first one didn't impress me at all.
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And Captain Stacy filled a role that wasn't present in SM1, plus no Harry Osborn, the cops hunted Spidey, He didn't graduate school or become a photographer yet.
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I made a list showing how the movie was basically a scene for scene remake with minor changes, and scenes moved up a few scenes later. But it follows the same basic formula. Which....was a bad move.
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He's Spider-Man, of course the origin of powers is going to be the same. Does Batman need to not witness his parents murdered in order for it to be a reboot? Don't be absurd. The source material is not the previous movies, it's the comic books. Even if it has similarities to the previous movies, that's not enough to qualify it as a remake, outside of some people's opinions. Even if you use the term remake, and it somehow aptly applies, it doesn't override the fact that both MOS and ASM are reboots. They reset the continuity of an existing franchise. That's a reboot.
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I liked ASM but like some have mentioned it was pretty similar to the 1st Raimi Spiderman movie. Saying that I did much prefer Garfield to Maguire as Spiderman, I'm sure the 2nd movie will be much better now the origion is out the way & can now move on.
MOS is my favourite though easily. I prefer it by far to any Superman movie. It's the Superman movie I've been waiting for
MOS is my favourite though easily. I prefer it by far to any Superman movie. It's the Superman movie I've been waiting for
I have to go with Amazing Spider-man. Man of Steel is up there, but I feel Amazing Spider-man did it better. Not ONLY with Peter Parker himself, but it also built the development of the REST of the cast, something that MoS lacked outside of Superman.
Coming out of both movies, I was much more pleased and excited about ASM than I was MoS. And considering how they're doing with Amazing Spider-man 2 and the excitement THAT is generating shows there was much more confidence behind that than what MoS did. Unfortunately Superman can't get a sequel on his own and Batman has to be thrown into the mix.
Coming out of both movies, I was much more pleased and excited about ASM than I was MoS. And considering how they're doing with Amazing Spider-man 2 and the excitement THAT is generating shows there was much more confidence behind that than what MoS did. Unfortunately Superman can't get a sequel on his own and Batman has to be thrown into the mix.
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