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It's just that comics struggle against easily falling into camp mode on the big screen, because they have that stereotype going for them. Its why they have to redo their costumes for the big screen, could an audience really take someone wearing skin tight bright spandex seriously even if the tone is deathly serious.
It's like, if we were watching one of the somber Star Trek movies and suddenly a big squid appeared, we would roll with it because it is sci-fi that takes itself seriously, we've had 40+ years of Star Trek to be able to except it's quirks and leaps of faith no questions asked.
A squid appearing in the comic movie is so fantastical, that i think it would mess with an audience expectation of suspension of belief. That's really the fault of mainstream impression of comics themselves and previous movie flops.
Now, we all now comic book movies are hardly believable, lol. But the current 'golden age' of comics movies they have tried its best to humanize the characters. Superman's a deadbead dad. Peter Parker is sooouper nerdy, not as snarky funny. etc.
Like, bringing it back to Spiderman and the organic webslingers. You add the fact that Peter Parker can create military grade personal weapons, I don't think you would be wrong to think you might lose the audience a bit. Good writing, acting, directing will keep them there, but in the back of your mind you might be like 'Wait, he's getting herbed in science class but he can build shit like this in two weeks from trips to the home depot?'.
Thus, organic webslingers were born.
Spiderman series overall was above average, and probably if they added the fact he could whip out such high technology easily might have been a moot point and quickly forgotten. But it's a choice which I can't hate they made, even in hindsight.
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