Sony Pictures has just released its newest trailer for The Amazing Spider-Man, the first film in a rebooted franchise. Hundreds of fans lined up this evening for a sneak peek 3D screening at Event Cinemas on George St, Sydney. Were ya there? Did ya see it?
I’m a total sucker for superhero movies (OK, Green Lantern sucked), so I’ve been looking forward to the trailer for the new Spidey reboot. But damn, this first trailer is a totally rip off of EA’s Mirror’s Edge game. See for yourself:
The Spider-Man musical. It’s cursed! Or at least very poorly conceived. Either way, to get cartoonishly caught up on everything that’s gone tragi-hilariously wrong with Julie Taymor’s über-expensive production of Turn Off the Dark, look no further.
The Spider-Man Broadway musical is looking like a really bad idea. After one actress suffered a concussion and two actors injured themselves, yesterday Spider-Man himself crashed from a bridge into an open pit.
Apparently, the Japanese violated turned Spider-Man into a billionaire with motorcycles and Voltron-esque flying robots in the late ’70s. He also enjoys Karaoke and interpretive dance.
Details are scant, but the idea’s pretty sweet: Nicola Pugno, professor of structural mechanics at Italy’s University of Turin, wants to use self-cleaning, sticky carbon nanotubes to make a Spider-Man-like suit that would let you scale walls and toss off invisible cords you could use to swing from building to building. He’s kind of bashful, calling the design “the possibility of a Spider-Man suit,” but it’s a possibility we like. Hopefully, though, if it comes in black it won’t turn you into an emo bitch. [Discovery via Fark]
If you’re too cheap to buy your kid action figures and walkie-talkies, these Spider-Man III walkie-talkies will allow you to feel like you’re still a decent parent. Shaped like Spider-Man and Venom, they’ll allow Junior to pretend he’s part of the movie, if the characters in the movie caused horrible feedback squawks whenever they got close to each other. [Product Page]
What if Uncle Ben were never shot? Peter Parker would have never learned his lesson, fought the Green Goblin or made movies. Instead, he might have become a successful real estate tycoon with the goals of making lots of money every day and banging Mary Jane every night. And he would have used this phone patent.
Finally, pillows to match our pajamas. The $17.99 Spider-Man Speaker Pillow is a simple device. Requiring no batteries, a 3.5mm audio jack is all you need to have the sweet lullabies of Tobey Maguire sing you to sleep. Essentially a headphone speaker shoved in polyester and spandex, we’re not real excited about the audio potential, but to those who may have forgotten—it’s the official pillow of your favorite superhero. Just remember, if you are using the pillow in hopes of developing your own super powers, we’ll make fun of you…but silently fear the day when you strike back.
[product via shinyshiny]
