Andrew Garfield's Catch Is The Only Good Thing About Spider-Man: No Way Home
It's been long enough since the release of Spider-Man: No Way Home that I think I can talk about it without a spoiler warning, but what the hell, spoilers follow for Spider-Man: No Way Home. The movie's big 'twist' is that the heroes and villains from the previous Spider-Man movies return, with Tobey Maguire and Andrew Garfield both back as the webslinger for one final outing - although since then, rumours have swirled that one or both of the stars could be back for real.
This always seemed to me a stupid idea. On the one hand, it made a lot of money, so it was very smart. While Tom Holland et al proclaim the artistic merits of the MCU, money is the name of the game. That was the reason to bring these heroes back, but it remains a stupid idea once you think about it for even a moment. The premise is that all the people who knew Peter Parker was Spider-Man were brought to the MCU's universe, but it just so happens that the only two universes in existence where that is true are the ones that we've already seen the movies from. It's the worst kind of pandering, and the most insidious part is the MCU doesn't even need to do it.
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Right now, Star Wars is desperately trying to rehash the glory days. The Mandalorian was an attempt to cash-in on how much the fans loved Boba Fett, only to then bring Boba back anyway and give him his own show. Luke Skywalker then shows up in both, de-aged in a way that's either magical or creepy, depending on your point of view. Ahsoka is getting her own show. Obi-Wan is getting his own show. The recent trilogy was constructed to give a movie each for the original trilogy's stars to shine, only for the final movie to
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