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  • 15 Male Fashion Trends That Need to End Right Away

    15 Male Fashion Trends That Need to End Right Away

    Fashion trends come and go, but not every look earns universal praise. Some styles catch on overnight thanks to social media, celebrities, or influencers, while others leave people wondering how they became popular in the first place. From questionable haircuts to accessories that divide opinions, plenty of men’s fashion trends inspire more eye rolls than admiration. In one Reddit discussion, users shared the looks they think have overstayed their welcome, and while not everyone will agree, a few of these complaints came up again and again.

    Here are 15 male fashion trends that need to end right away.

    The post 15 Male Fashion Trends That Need to End Right Away appeared first on Den of Geek.

    The essence of Spider-Man can be boiled down to one phrase, and it was written down at the end of his first appearance in 1962’s Amazing Fantasy #15 (albeit in a slightly, wordier form): With Great Power, Comes Great Responsibility. That statement means that Spider-Man must always do the right thing with the amazing abilities thrust upon him, even if it means he cannot live the life he wants.

    As the final trailer for Spider-Man: Brand New Day reminds us, the life he wants, more than anything else, is to be with MJ. In fact, much of the final trailer consists of footage from the previous MCU Spider-Man movies starring Tom Holland, showing everything he’s sacrificed before building to the cruelest loss of all, having all knowledge of his existence wiped from everyone, including MJ. As Zendaya told Den of Geek in this month’s exclusive cover story (order your copy here!), Brand New Day finds Peter “more vulnerable and intense than we’ve seen before,” having to “face all these challenges alone.” Turns out, the hardest challenge is being away from MJ.

    Believe it or not, Mary Jane Watson wasn’t originally part of Spider-Man’s supporting cast on the page. For the first few years of Amazing Spider-Man, Peter dated Betty Brant, Gwen Stacy, and often, no one at all. Mary Jane initially appeared as something of a running joke, as her Aunt Anna, best friend to Aunt May, would cajole Peter about taking her niece out on a date. Sensing a responsibility he did not need to take on, and afraid that he wouldn’t find MJ attractive, Peter would duck the suggestions. In fact, from 1965’s Amazing Spider-Man #25 onward, MJ appeared only in silhouette or with her face obscured, leading readers to assume that he was right.

    All of that changed with the final page of 1966’s Amazing Spider-Man #42, by Stan Lee and John Romita Sr. There a beaten Peter finally agrees to take MJ on a date. He pulls open the door to find the beautiful Mary Jane waiting for him. She then delivers the iconic line, “Face it Tiger, you just hit the jackpot.” Despite that initial date, Peter and MJ weren’t immediately a couple. She stayed within his friend group and dated his best friend Harry Osborn for a while, meanwhile Peter stayed with Gwen Stacy. Even after Gwen’s death, the two couldn’t accept being together.

    Yet once they did get together and finally married in 1987’s Amazing Spider-Man Annual #21, by David Michelinie, Jim Shooter, and Paul Ryan, the couple seemed inseparable.

    So important has the relationship been to Spider-Man stories that it’s driven most adaptations, including the Sam Raimi movies. As Tobey Maguire‘s Peter Parker tells us in the first lines of the 2002 film, his story is “all about a girl… Mary Jane Watson.” Peter’s connection to MJ provides the emotional core of those three movies, resulting in memorable images, such as the rainy upside kiss from the first movie or MJ returning to him in her wedding dress at the end of Spider-Man 2.

    The Amazing Spider-Man movies tried to distinguish themselves by pairing Peter with Gwen Stacy, but that only worked because of Andrew Garfield‘s electric chemistry with Emma Stone, and even then it all built to a tragic end.

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    More successful have been the MCU movies’ attempts to distinguish themselves by casting Zendaya as a different type of MJ. Michelle Jones is the cynical intellectual whose cool reserve won over the excitable Peter Parker; for her part, MJ could not help but be charmed by Peter’s boundless optimism. The slow romance built over three movies before a heartbreaking conclusion in No Way Home, setting up Peter’s dire new status quo in Brand New Day.

    Making matters worse is the fact that Marvel seems determined to keep Peter and MJ apart in the comics as well. Ever since Marvel editorial demanded that the marriage be dissolved in the abysmal 2007 miniseries Spider-Man: One More Day—which led to the (really good!) comic book storyline that gives the latest movie its subtitle,Brand New Day—Peter and Mary Jane have been kept apart by everything from new beaux (including the dreaded Paul!), supervillain body swaps, and multiple superhero identities (fun fact: Mary Jane is Venom in the current continuity).

    All of which makes the final trailer for Brand New Day more exciting. Will Peter find a way to reunite with Ned and connect again with MJ? Or will the cavalcade of guest stars such as Punisher, Hulk, and a gaggle of Hand Ninjas keep them apart? In a sizzle reel that both promises “a brand new day” and a kind of ending to Holland’s vision for the character, can Peter and MJ do what the Marvel eidtorial gods have long denied? Prove they’re endgame for each other.

    Only Kevin Feige and the creators of Brand New Day have the power to make that happen. We’ll have to see if they’ll take on the responsibility of letting Peter be with MJ again.

    Spider-Man: Brand New Day swings into theaters on July 31.

    The post Final Spider-Man: Brand New Day Trailer Confirms Peter and MJ Will Always Be Endgame appeared first on Den of Geek.

  • 15 Signs That Clearly Weren’t Designed By Anyone  Literate

    15 Signs That Clearly Weren’t Designed By Anyone Literate

    You probably don’t notice most signs during the day. They’re designed to give directions, share important information, or help people avoid making mistakes. But every now and then, someone gets the wording spectacularly wrong, and the sign becomes far more memorable than the message it was supposed to deliver. Sometimes it’s a typo. Other times it’s an unfortunate translation, confusing phrasing, or two instructions that completely contradict each other. Whatever the reason, these signs ended up making people laugh instead of helping them.

    Here are the signs that clearly weren’t designed by anyone literate.

    The post 15 Signs That Clearly Weren’t Designed By Anyone Literate appeared first on Den of Geek.

    The essence of Spider-Man can be boiled down to one phrase, and it was written down at the end of his first appearance in 1962’s Amazing Fantasy #15 (albeit in a slightly, wordier form): With Great Power, Comes Great Responsibility. That statement means that Spider-Man must always do the right thing with the amazing abilities thrust upon him, even if it means he cannot live the life he wants.

    As the final trailer for Spider-Man: Brand New Day reminds us, the life he wants, more than anything else, is to be with MJ. In fact, much of the final trailer consists of footage from the previous MCU Spider-Man movies starring Tom Holland, showing everything he’s sacrificed before building to the cruelest loss of all, having all knowledge of his existence wiped from everyone, including MJ. As Zendaya told Den of Geek in this month’s exclusive cover story (order your copy here!), Brand New Day finds Peter “more vulnerable and intense than we’ve seen before,” having to “face all these challenges alone.” Turns out, the hardest challenge is being away from MJ.

    Believe it or not, Mary Jane Watson wasn’t originally part of Spider-Man’s supporting cast on the page. For the first few years of Amazing Spider-Man, Peter dated Betty Brant, Gwen Stacy, and often, no one at all. Mary Jane initially appeared as something of a running joke, as her Aunt Anna, best friend to Aunt May, would cajole Peter about taking her niece out on a date. Sensing a responsibility he did not need to take on, and afraid that he wouldn’t find MJ attractive, Peter would duck the suggestions. In fact, from 1965’s Amazing Spider-Man #25 onward, MJ appeared only in silhouette or with her face obscured, leading readers to assume that he was right.

    All of that changed with the final page of 1966’s Amazing Spider-Man #42, by Stan Lee and John Romita Sr. There a beaten Peter finally agrees to take MJ on a date. He pulls open the door to find the beautiful Mary Jane waiting for him. She then delivers the iconic line, “Face it Tiger, you just hit the jackpot.” Despite that initial date, Peter and MJ weren’t immediately a couple. She stayed within his friend group and dated his best friend Harry Osborn for a while, meanwhile Peter stayed with Gwen Stacy. Even after Gwen’s death, the two couldn’t accept being together.

    Yet once they did get together and finally married in 1987’s Amazing Spider-Man Annual #21, by David Michelinie, Jim Shooter, and Paul Ryan, the couple seemed inseparable.

    So important has the relationship been to Spider-Man stories that it’s driven most adaptations, including the Sam Raimi movies. As Tobey Maguire‘s Peter Parker tells us in the first lines of the 2002 film, his story is “all about a girl… Mary Jane Watson.” Peter’s connection to MJ provides the emotional core of those three movies, resulting in memorable images, such as the rainy upside kiss from the first movie or MJ returning to him in her wedding dress at the end of Spider-Man 2.

    The Amazing Spider-Man movies tried to distinguish themselves by pairing Peter with Gwen Stacy, but that only worked because of Andrew Garfield‘s electric chemistry with Emma Stone, and even then it all built to a tragic end.

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    More successful have been the MCU movies’ attempts to distinguish themselves by casting Zendaya as a different type of MJ. Michelle Jones is the cynical intellectual whose cool reserve won over the excitable Peter Parker; for her part, MJ could not help but be charmed by Peter’s boundless optimism. The slow romance built over three movies before a heartbreaking conclusion in No Way Home, setting up Peter’s dire new status quo in Brand New Day.

    Making matters worse is the fact that Marvel seems determined to keep Peter and MJ apart in the comics as well. Ever since Marvel editorial demanded that the marriage be dissolved in the abysmal 2007 miniseries Spider-Man: One More Day—which led to the (really good!) comic book storyline that gives the latest movie its subtitle,Brand New Day—Peter and Mary Jane have been kept apart by everything from new beaux (including the dreaded Paul!), supervillain body swaps, and multiple superhero identities (fun fact: Mary Jane is Venom in the current continuity).

    All of which makes the final trailer for Brand New Day more exciting. Will Peter find a way to reunite with Ned and connect again with MJ? Or will the cavalcade of guest stars such as Punisher, Hulk, and a gaggle of Hand Ninjas keep them apart? In a sizzle reel that both promises “a brand new day” and a kind of ending to Holland’s vision for the character, can Peter and MJ do what the Marvel eidtorial gods have long denied? Prove they’re endgame for each other.

    Only Kevin Feige and the creators of Brand New Day have the power to make that happen. We’ll have to see if they’ll take on the responsibility of letting Peter be with MJ again.

    Spider-Man: Brand New Day swings into theaters on July 31.

    The post Final Spider-Man: Brand New Day Trailer Confirms Peter and MJ Will Always Be Endgame appeared first on Den of Geek.

  •  The Odyssey Completes a Career-Long Journey into Christopher Nolan’s Greatest Fear

     The Odyssey Completes a Career-Long Journey into Christopher Nolan’s Greatest Fear

    During one of the few scenes shared by Odysseus and Penelope in the new, staggeringly realized adaptation of Homer’s Odyssey, our married couple is in a state of mourning while lying in bed. The grief that snuffs their hushed whispers and moistens downcast eyelines is not due to a loved one who is lost, or […]

    The post  The Odyssey Completes a Career-Long Journey into Christopher Nolan’s Greatest Fear appeared first on Den of Geek.

    The essence of Spider-Man can be boiled down to one phrase, and it was written down at the end of his first appearance in 1962’s Amazing Fantasy #15 (albeit in a slightly, wordier form): With Great Power, Comes Great Responsibility. That statement means that Spider-Man must always do the right thing with the amazing abilities thrust upon him, even if it means he cannot live the life he wants.

    As the final trailer for Spider-Man: Brand New Day reminds us, the life he wants, more than anything else, is to be with MJ. In fact, much of the final trailer consists of footage from the previous MCU Spider-Man movies starring Tom Holland, showing everything he’s sacrificed before building to the cruelest loss of all, having all knowledge of his existence wiped from everyone, including MJ. As Zendaya told Den of Geek in this month’s exclusive cover story (order your copy here!), Brand New Day finds Peter “more vulnerable and intense than we’ve seen before,” having to “face all these challenges alone.” Turns out, the hardest challenge is being away from MJ.

    Believe it or not, Mary Jane Watson wasn’t originally part of Spider-Man’s supporting cast on the page. For the first few years of Amazing Spider-Man, Peter dated Betty Brant, Gwen Stacy, and often, no one at all. Mary Jane initially appeared as something of a running joke, as her Aunt Anna, best friend to Aunt May, would cajole Peter about taking her niece out on a date. Sensing a responsibility he did not need to take on, and afraid that he wouldn’t find MJ attractive, Peter would duck the suggestions. In fact, from 1965’s Amazing Spider-Man #25 onward, MJ appeared only in silhouette or with her face obscured, leading readers to assume that he was right.

    All of that changed with the final page of 1966’s Amazing Spider-Man #42, by Stan Lee and John Romita Sr. There a beaten Peter finally agrees to take MJ on a date. He pulls open the door to find the beautiful Mary Jane waiting for him. She then delivers the iconic line, “Face it Tiger, you just hit the jackpot.” Despite that initial date, Peter and MJ weren’t immediately a couple. She stayed within his friend group and dated his best friend Harry Osborn for a while, meanwhile Peter stayed with Gwen Stacy. Even after Gwen’s death, the two couldn’t accept being together.

    Yet once they did get together and finally married in 1987’s Amazing Spider-Man Annual #21, by David Michelinie, Jim Shooter, and Paul Ryan, the couple seemed inseparable.

    So important has the relationship been to Spider-Man stories that it’s driven most adaptations, including the Sam Raimi movies. As Tobey Maguire‘s Peter Parker tells us in the first lines of the 2002 film, his story is “all about a girl… Mary Jane Watson.” Peter’s connection to MJ provides the emotional core of those three movies, resulting in memorable images, such as the rainy upside kiss from the first movie or MJ returning to him in her wedding dress at the end of Spider-Man 2.

    The Amazing Spider-Man movies tried to distinguish themselves by pairing Peter with Gwen Stacy, but that only worked because of Andrew Garfield‘s electric chemistry with Emma Stone, and even then it all built to a tragic end.

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    More successful have been the MCU movies’ attempts to distinguish themselves by casting Zendaya as a different type of MJ. Michelle Jones is the cynical intellectual whose cool reserve won over the excitable Peter Parker; for her part, MJ could not help but be charmed by Peter’s boundless optimism. The slow romance built over three movies before a heartbreaking conclusion in No Way Home, setting up Peter’s dire new status quo in Brand New Day.

    Making matters worse is the fact that Marvel seems determined to keep Peter and MJ apart in the comics as well. Ever since Marvel editorial demanded that the marriage be dissolved in the abysmal 2007 miniseries Spider-Man: One More Day—which led to the (really good!) comic book storyline that gives the latest movie its subtitle,Brand New Day—Peter and Mary Jane have been kept apart by everything from new beaux (including the dreaded Paul!), supervillain body swaps, and multiple superhero identities (fun fact: Mary Jane is Venom in the current continuity).

    All of which makes the final trailer for Brand New Day more exciting. Will Peter find a way to reunite with Ned and connect again with MJ? Or will the cavalcade of guest stars such as Punisher, Hulk, and a gaggle of Hand Ninjas keep them apart? In a sizzle reel that both promises “a brand new day” and a kind of ending to Holland’s vision for the character, can Peter and MJ do what the Marvel eidtorial gods have long denied? Prove they’re endgame for each other.

    Only Kevin Feige and the creators of Brand New Day have the power to make that happen. We’ll have to see if they’ll take on the responsibility of letting Peter be with MJ again.

    Spider-Man: Brand New Day swings into theaters on July 31.

    The post Final Spider-Man: Brand New Day Trailer Confirms Peter and MJ Will Always Be Endgame appeared first on Den of Geek.

  • The 15 Best Computer Games Every 2000s Girl Played

    The 15 Best Computer Games Every 2000s Girl Played

    Growing up in the 2000s meant spending hours in front of the family computer, discovering games that were just as memorable as the cartoons and movies of the time. Some let you design outfits or decorate dream houses, while others had you solving mysteries, taking care of virtual pets, or exploring colorful online worlds with friends. Whether they came on a CD-ROM or lived on a browser, these games became part of countless childhood afternoons. Even years later, many people can still remember the music, characters, and little details that made them impossible to forget.

    Here are the best computer games every 2000s girl played.

    The post The 15 Best Computer Games Every 2000s Girl Played appeared first on Den of Geek.

    The essence of Spider-Man can be boiled down to one phrase, and it was written down at the end of his first appearance in 1962’s Amazing Fantasy #15 (albeit in a slightly, wordier form): With Great Power, Comes Great Responsibility. That statement means that Spider-Man must always do the right thing with the amazing abilities thrust upon him, even if it means he cannot live the life he wants.

    As the final trailer for Spider-Man: Brand New Day reminds us, the life he wants, more than anything else, is to be with MJ. In fact, much of the final trailer consists of footage from the previous MCU Spider-Man movies starring Tom Holland, showing everything he’s sacrificed before building to the cruelest loss of all, having all knowledge of his existence wiped from everyone, including MJ. As Zendaya told Den of Geek in this month’s exclusive cover story (order your copy here!), Brand New Day finds Peter “more vulnerable and intense than we’ve seen before,” having to “face all these challenges alone.” Turns out, the hardest challenge is being away from MJ.

    Believe it or not, Mary Jane Watson wasn’t originally part of Spider-Man’s supporting cast on the page. For the first few years of Amazing Spider-Man, Peter dated Betty Brant, Gwen Stacy, and often, no one at all. Mary Jane initially appeared as something of a running joke, as her Aunt Anna, best friend to Aunt May, would cajole Peter about taking her niece out on a date. Sensing a responsibility he did not need to take on, and afraid that he wouldn’t find MJ attractive, Peter would duck the suggestions. In fact, from 1965’s Amazing Spider-Man #25 onward, MJ appeared only in silhouette or with her face obscured, leading readers to assume that he was right.

    All of that changed with the final page of 1966’s Amazing Spider-Man #42, by Stan Lee and John Romita Sr. There a beaten Peter finally agrees to take MJ on a date. He pulls open the door to find the beautiful Mary Jane waiting for him. She then delivers the iconic line, “Face it Tiger, you just hit the jackpot.” Despite that initial date, Peter and MJ weren’t immediately a couple. She stayed within his friend group and dated his best friend Harry Osborn for a while, meanwhile Peter stayed with Gwen Stacy. Even after Gwen’s death, the two couldn’t accept being together.

    Yet once they did get together and finally married in 1987’s Amazing Spider-Man Annual #21, by David Michelinie, Jim Shooter, and Paul Ryan, the couple seemed inseparable.

    So important has the relationship been to Spider-Man stories that it’s driven most adaptations, including the Sam Raimi movies. As Tobey Maguire‘s Peter Parker tells us in the first lines of the 2002 film, his story is “all about a girl… Mary Jane Watson.” Peter’s connection to MJ provides the emotional core of those three movies, resulting in memorable images, such as the rainy upside kiss from the first movie or MJ returning to him in her wedding dress at the end of Spider-Man 2.

    The Amazing Spider-Man movies tried to distinguish themselves by pairing Peter with Gwen Stacy, but that only worked because of Andrew Garfield‘s electric chemistry with Emma Stone, and even then it all built to a tragic end.

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    More successful have been the MCU movies’ attempts to distinguish themselves by casting Zendaya as a different type of MJ. Michelle Jones is the cynical intellectual whose cool reserve won over the excitable Peter Parker; for her part, MJ could not help but be charmed by Peter’s boundless optimism. The slow romance built over three movies before a heartbreaking conclusion in No Way Home, setting up Peter’s dire new status quo in Brand New Day.

    Making matters worse is the fact that Marvel seems determined to keep Peter and MJ apart in the comics as well. Ever since Marvel editorial demanded that the marriage be dissolved in the abysmal 2007 miniseries Spider-Man: One More Day—which led to the (really good!) comic book storyline that gives the latest movie its subtitle,Brand New Day—Peter and Mary Jane have been kept apart by everything from new beaux (including the dreaded Paul!), supervillain body swaps, and multiple superhero identities (fun fact: Mary Jane is Venom in the current continuity).

    All of which makes the final trailer for Brand New Day more exciting. Will Peter find a way to reunite with Ned and connect again with MJ? Or will the cavalcade of guest stars such as Punisher, Hulk, and a gaggle of Hand Ninjas keep them apart? In a sizzle reel that both promises “a brand new day” and a kind of ending to Holland’s vision for the character, can Peter and MJ do what the Marvel eidtorial gods have long denied? Prove they’re endgame for each other.

    Only Kevin Feige and the creators of Brand New Day have the power to make that happen. We’ll have to see if they’ll take on the responsibility of letting Peter be with MJ again.

    Spider-Man: Brand New Day swings into theaters on July 31.

    The post Final Spider-Man: Brand New Day Trailer Confirms Peter and MJ Will Always Be Endgame appeared first on Den of Geek.

  • 14 Movie Facts Even the Biggest Buffs Might Not Know

    14 Movie Facts Even the Biggest Buffs Might Not Know

    Watching a great movie is one thing. Learning what happened behind the camera is often just as entertaining. Some productions were shaped by last-minute decisions, unexpected accidents, or creative solutions that ended up becoming part of film history. Others introduced techniques that changed the way movies were made for years afterward. Even people who spend a lot of time watching classics or collecting behind-the-scenes trivia occasionally come across a fact they’ve never heard before. These stories aren’t always the ones that make the headlines, but they help explain why so many famous films turned out the way they did.

    Here are 15 movie facts that might surprise even dedicated film buffs.

    The post 14 Movie Facts Even the Biggest Buffs Might Not Know appeared first on Den of Geek.

    The essence of Spider-Man can be boiled down to one phrase, and it was written down at the end of his first appearance in 1962’s Amazing Fantasy #15 (albeit in a slightly, wordier form): With Great Power, Comes Great Responsibility. That statement means that Spider-Man must always do the right thing with the amazing abilities thrust upon him, even if it means he cannot live the life he wants.

    As the final trailer for Spider-Man: Brand New Day reminds us, the life he wants, more than anything else, is to be with MJ. In fact, much of the final trailer consists of footage from the previous MCU Spider-Man movies starring Tom Holland, showing everything he’s sacrificed before building to the cruelest loss of all, having all knowledge of his existence wiped from everyone, including MJ. As Zendaya told Den of Geek in this month’s exclusive cover story (order your copy here!), Brand New Day finds Peter “more vulnerable and intense than we’ve seen before,” having to “face all these challenges alone.” Turns out, the hardest challenge is being away from MJ.

    Believe it or not, Mary Jane Watson wasn’t originally part of Spider-Man’s supporting cast on the page. For the first few years of Amazing Spider-Man, Peter dated Betty Brant, Gwen Stacy, and often, no one at all. Mary Jane initially appeared as something of a running joke, as her Aunt Anna, best friend to Aunt May, would cajole Peter about taking her niece out on a date. Sensing a responsibility he did not need to take on, and afraid that he wouldn’t find MJ attractive, Peter would duck the suggestions. In fact, from 1965’s Amazing Spider-Man #25 onward, MJ appeared only in silhouette or with her face obscured, leading readers to assume that he was right.

    All of that changed with the final page of 1966’s Amazing Spider-Man #42, by Stan Lee and John Romita Sr. There a beaten Peter finally agrees to take MJ on a date. He pulls open the door to find the beautiful Mary Jane waiting for him. She then delivers the iconic line, “Face it Tiger, you just hit the jackpot.” Despite that initial date, Peter and MJ weren’t immediately a couple. She stayed within his friend group and dated his best friend Harry Osborn for a while, meanwhile Peter stayed with Gwen Stacy. Even after Gwen’s death, the two couldn’t accept being together.

    Yet once they did get together and finally married in 1987’s Amazing Spider-Man Annual #21, by David Michelinie, Jim Shooter, and Paul Ryan, the couple seemed inseparable.

    So important has the relationship been to Spider-Man stories that it’s driven most adaptations, including the Sam Raimi movies. As Tobey Maguire‘s Peter Parker tells us in the first lines of the 2002 film, his story is “all about a girl… Mary Jane Watson.” Peter’s connection to MJ provides the emotional core of those three movies, resulting in memorable images, such as the rainy upside kiss from the first movie or MJ returning to him in her wedding dress at the end of Spider-Man 2.

    The Amazing Spider-Man movies tried to distinguish themselves by pairing Peter with Gwen Stacy, but that only worked because of Andrew Garfield‘s electric chemistry with Emma Stone, and even then it all built to a tragic end.

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    More successful have been the MCU movies’ attempts to distinguish themselves by casting Zendaya as a different type of MJ. Michelle Jones is the cynical intellectual whose cool reserve won over the excitable Peter Parker; for her part, MJ could not help but be charmed by Peter’s boundless optimism. The slow romance built over three movies before a heartbreaking conclusion in No Way Home, setting up Peter’s dire new status quo in Brand New Day.

    Making matters worse is the fact that Marvel seems determined to keep Peter and MJ apart in the comics as well. Ever since Marvel editorial demanded that the marriage be dissolved in the abysmal 2007 miniseries Spider-Man: One More Day—which led to the (really good!) comic book storyline that gives the latest movie its subtitle,Brand New Day—Peter and Mary Jane have been kept apart by everything from new beaux (including the dreaded Paul!), supervillain body swaps, and multiple superhero identities (fun fact: Mary Jane is Venom in the current continuity).

    All of which makes the final trailer for Brand New Day more exciting. Will Peter find a way to reunite with Ned and connect again with MJ? Or will the cavalcade of guest stars such as Punisher, Hulk, and a gaggle of Hand Ninjas keep them apart? In a sizzle reel that both promises “a brand new day” and a kind of ending to Holland’s vision for the character, can Peter and MJ do what the Marvel eidtorial gods have long denied? Prove they’re endgame for each other.

    Only Kevin Feige and the creators of Brand New Day have the power to make that happen. We’ll have to see if they’ll take on the responsibility of letting Peter be with MJ again.

    Spider-Man: Brand New Day swings into theaters on July 31.

    The post Final Spider-Man: Brand New Day Trailer Confirms Peter and MJ Will Always Be Endgame appeared first on Den of Geek.

  • 15 Lame Horror Movies That Wouldn’t Frighten a Cat

    15 Lame Horror Movies That Wouldn’t Frighten a Cat

    Fear changes faster than almost any other part of filmmaking. A movie that once had audiences covering their eyes can end up feeling surprisingly tame a few decades later, especially after horror keeps finding new ways to shock people. That’s part of the fun of revisiting older scarefests. Some are packed with lovable monsters, others lean on effects that no longer fool anyone, and a few simply take themselves so seriously that they’re hard not to laugh at today. None of that means they’re impossible to enjoy. If anything, many have become cult favorites for entirely different reasons than their creators probably expected.

    Here are 15 horror movies that probably wouldn’t frighten a cat.

    The post 15 Lame Horror Movies That Wouldn’t Frighten a Cat appeared first on Den of Geek.

    The essence of Spider-Man can be boiled down to one phrase, and it was written down at the end of his first appearance in 1962’s Amazing Fantasy #15 (albeit in a slightly, wordier form): With Great Power, Comes Great Responsibility. That statement means that Spider-Man must always do the right thing with the amazing abilities thrust upon him, even if it means he cannot live the life he wants.

    As the final trailer for Spider-Man: Brand New Day reminds us, the life he wants, more than anything else, is to be with MJ. In fact, much of the final trailer consists of footage from the previous MCU Spider-Man movies starring Tom Holland, showing everything he’s sacrificed before building to the cruelest loss of all, having all knowledge of his existence wiped from everyone, including MJ. As Zendaya told Den of Geek in this month’s exclusive cover story (order your copy here!), Brand New Day finds Peter “more vulnerable and intense than we’ve seen before,” having to “face all these challenges alone.” Turns out, the hardest challenge is being away from MJ.

    Believe it or not, Mary Jane Watson wasn’t originally part of Spider-Man’s supporting cast on the page. For the first few years of Amazing Spider-Man, Peter dated Betty Brant, Gwen Stacy, and often, no one at all. Mary Jane initially appeared as something of a running joke, as her Aunt Anna, best friend to Aunt May, would cajole Peter about taking her niece out on a date. Sensing a responsibility he did not need to take on, and afraid that he wouldn’t find MJ attractive, Peter would duck the suggestions. In fact, from 1965’s Amazing Spider-Man #25 onward, MJ appeared only in silhouette or with her face obscured, leading readers to assume that he was right.

    All of that changed with the final page of 1966’s Amazing Spider-Man #42, by Stan Lee and John Romita Sr. There a beaten Peter finally agrees to take MJ on a date. He pulls open the door to find the beautiful Mary Jane waiting for him. She then delivers the iconic line, “Face it Tiger, you just hit the jackpot.” Despite that initial date, Peter and MJ weren’t immediately a couple. She stayed within his friend group and dated his best friend Harry Osborn for a while, meanwhile Peter stayed with Gwen Stacy. Even after Gwen’s death, the two couldn’t accept being together.

    Yet once they did get together and finally married in 1987’s Amazing Spider-Man Annual #21, by David Michelinie, Jim Shooter, and Paul Ryan, the couple seemed inseparable.

    So important has the relationship been to Spider-Man stories that it’s driven most adaptations, including the Sam Raimi movies. As Tobey Maguire‘s Peter Parker tells us in the first lines of the 2002 film, his story is “all about a girl… Mary Jane Watson.” Peter’s connection to MJ provides the emotional core of those three movies, resulting in memorable images, such as the rainy upside kiss from the first movie or MJ returning to him in her wedding dress at the end of Spider-Man 2.

    The Amazing Spider-Man movies tried to distinguish themselves by pairing Peter with Gwen Stacy, but that only worked because of Andrew Garfield‘s electric chemistry with Emma Stone, and even then it all built to a tragic end.

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    More successful have been the MCU movies’ attempts to distinguish themselves by casting Zendaya as a different type of MJ. Michelle Jones is the cynical intellectual whose cool reserve won over the excitable Peter Parker; for her part, MJ could not help but be charmed by Peter’s boundless optimism. The slow romance built over three movies before a heartbreaking conclusion in No Way Home, setting up Peter’s dire new status quo in Brand New Day.

    Making matters worse is the fact that Marvel seems determined to keep Peter and MJ apart in the comics as well. Ever since Marvel editorial demanded that the marriage be dissolved in the abysmal 2007 miniseries Spider-Man: One More Day—which led to the (really good!) comic book storyline that gives the latest movie its subtitle,Brand New Day—Peter and Mary Jane have been kept apart by everything from new beaux (including the dreaded Paul!), supervillain body swaps, and multiple superhero identities (fun fact: Mary Jane is Venom in the current continuity).

    All of which makes the final trailer for Brand New Day more exciting. Will Peter find a way to reunite with Ned and connect again with MJ? Or will the cavalcade of guest stars such as Punisher, Hulk, and a gaggle of Hand Ninjas keep them apart? In a sizzle reel that both promises “a brand new day” and a kind of ending to Holland’s vision for the character, can Peter and MJ do what the Marvel eidtorial gods have long denied? Prove they’re endgame for each other.

    Only Kevin Feige and the creators of Brand New Day have the power to make that happen. We’ll have to see if they’ll take on the responsibility of letting Peter be with MJ again.

    Spider-Man: Brand New Day swings into theaters on July 31.

    The post Final Spider-Man: Brand New Day Trailer Confirms Peter and MJ Will Always Be Endgame appeared first on Den of Geek.

  • Ryan Reynolds Drops Huge Deadpool 4 Update and Biggest Avengers Hint Yet

    Ryan Reynolds Drops Huge Deadpool 4 Update and Biggest Avengers Hint Yet

    Deadpool 4 is indeed happening. Star Ryan Reynolds confirmed that there will “eventually” be a fourquel for the Merc with a Mouth during an appearance this past weekend at Fanatics Fest in New York City, also noting that there is “stuff upcoming” for the character. Reynolds first told the crowd about some lingering Deadpool stories […]

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    The essence of Spider-Man can be boiled down to one phrase, and it was written down at the end of his first appearance in 1962’s Amazing Fantasy #15 (albeit in a slightly, wordier form): With Great Power, Comes Great Responsibility. That statement means that Spider-Man must always do the right thing with the amazing abilities thrust upon him, even if it means he cannot live the life he wants.

    As the final trailer for Spider-Man: Brand New Day reminds us, the life he wants, more than anything else, is to be with MJ. In fact, much of the final trailer consists of footage from the previous MCU Spider-Man movies starring Tom Holland, showing everything he’s sacrificed before building to the cruelest loss of all, having all knowledge of his existence wiped from everyone, including MJ. As Zendaya told Den of Geek in this month’s exclusive cover story (order your copy here!), Brand New Day finds Peter “more vulnerable and intense than we’ve seen before,” having to “face all these challenges alone.” Turns out, the hardest challenge is being away from MJ.

    Believe it or not, Mary Jane Watson wasn’t originally part of Spider-Man’s supporting cast on the page. For the first few years of Amazing Spider-Man, Peter dated Betty Brant, Gwen Stacy, and often, no one at all. Mary Jane initially appeared as something of a running joke, as her Aunt Anna, best friend to Aunt May, would cajole Peter about taking her niece out on a date. Sensing a responsibility he did not need to take on, and afraid that he wouldn’t find MJ attractive, Peter would duck the suggestions. In fact, from 1965’s Amazing Spider-Man #25 onward, MJ appeared only in silhouette or with her face obscured, leading readers to assume that he was right.

    All of that changed with the final page of 1966’s Amazing Spider-Man #42, by Stan Lee and John Romita Sr. There a beaten Peter finally agrees to take MJ on a date. He pulls open the door to find the beautiful Mary Jane waiting for him. She then delivers the iconic line, “Face it Tiger, you just hit the jackpot.” Despite that initial date, Peter and MJ weren’t immediately a couple. She stayed within his friend group and dated his best friend Harry Osborn for a while, meanwhile Peter stayed with Gwen Stacy. Even after Gwen’s death, the two couldn’t accept being together.

    Yet once they did get together and finally married in 1987’s Amazing Spider-Man Annual #21, by David Michelinie, Jim Shooter, and Paul Ryan, the couple seemed inseparable.

    So important has the relationship been to Spider-Man stories that it’s driven most adaptations, including the Sam Raimi movies. As Tobey Maguire‘s Peter Parker tells us in the first lines of the 2002 film, his story is “all about a girl… Mary Jane Watson.” Peter’s connection to MJ provides the emotional core of those three movies, resulting in memorable images, such as the rainy upside kiss from the first movie or MJ returning to him in her wedding dress at the end of Spider-Man 2.

    The Amazing Spider-Man movies tried to distinguish themselves by pairing Peter with Gwen Stacy, but that only worked because of Andrew Garfield‘s electric chemistry with Emma Stone, and even then it all built to a tragic end.

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    More successful have been the MCU movies’ attempts to distinguish themselves by casting Zendaya as a different type of MJ. Michelle Jones is the cynical intellectual whose cool reserve won over the excitable Peter Parker; for her part, MJ could not help but be charmed by Peter’s boundless optimism. The slow romance built over three movies before a heartbreaking conclusion in No Way Home, setting up Peter’s dire new status quo in Brand New Day.

    Making matters worse is the fact that Marvel seems determined to keep Peter and MJ apart in the comics as well. Ever since Marvel editorial demanded that the marriage be dissolved in the abysmal 2007 miniseries Spider-Man: One More Day—which led to the (really good!) comic book storyline that gives the latest movie its subtitle,Brand New Day—Peter and Mary Jane have been kept apart by everything from new beaux (including the dreaded Paul!), supervillain body swaps, and multiple superhero identities (fun fact: Mary Jane is Venom in the current continuity).

    All of which makes the final trailer for Brand New Day more exciting. Will Peter find a way to reunite with Ned and connect again with MJ? Or will the cavalcade of guest stars such as Punisher, Hulk, and a gaggle of Hand Ninjas keep them apart? In a sizzle reel that both promises “a brand new day” and a kind of ending to Holland’s vision for the character, can Peter and MJ do what the Marvel eidtorial gods have long denied? Prove they’re endgame for each other.

    Only Kevin Feige and the creators of Brand New Day have the power to make that happen. We’ll have to see if they’ll take on the responsibility of letting Peter be with MJ again.

    Spider-Man: Brand New Day swings into theaters on July 31.

    The post Final Spider-Man: Brand New Day Trailer Confirms Peter and MJ Will Always Be Endgame appeared first on Den of Geek.

  • 15 Actors & Actresses Only Your Grandparents Remember

    15 Actors & Actresses Only Your Grandparents Remember

    Fame doesn’t last the same way for every movie star. Some actors stay in the spotlight for decades, while others slowly fade from popular conversation as new generations discover different faces. That doesn’t mean they weren’t huge in their time. Many of Hollywood’s biggest names filled theaters, won major awards, and became household names long before today’s blockbuster franchises existed. Ask someone who grew up during the Golden Age of Hollywood, and chances are they’ll recognize every person on this list almost instantly.

    Here are 15 actors and actresses that younger movie fans may know only by name, if at all.

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    The essence of Spider-Man can be boiled down to one phrase, and it was written down at the end of his first appearance in 1962’s Amazing Fantasy #15 (albeit in a slightly, wordier form): With Great Power, Comes Great Responsibility. That statement means that Spider-Man must always do the right thing with the amazing abilities thrust upon him, even if it means he cannot live the life he wants.

    As the final trailer for Spider-Man: Brand New Day reminds us, the life he wants, more than anything else, is to be with MJ. In fact, much of the final trailer consists of footage from the previous MCU Spider-Man movies starring Tom Holland, showing everything he’s sacrificed before building to the cruelest loss of all, having all knowledge of his existence wiped from everyone, including MJ. As Zendaya told Den of Geek in this month’s exclusive cover story (order your copy here!), Brand New Day finds Peter “more vulnerable and intense than we’ve seen before,” having to “face all these challenges alone.” Turns out, the hardest challenge is being away from MJ.

    Believe it or not, Mary Jane Watson wasn’t originally part of Spider-Man’s supporting cast on the page. For the first few years of Amazing Spider-Man, Peter dated Betty Brant, Gwen Stacy, and often, no one at all. Mary Jane initially appeared as something of a running joke, as her Aunt Anna, best friend to Aunt May, would cajole Peter about taking her niece out on a date. Sensing a responsibility he did not need to take on, and afraid that he wouldn’t find MJ attractive, Peter would duck the suggestions. In fact, from 1965’s Amazing Spider-Man #25 onward, MJ appeared only in silhouette or with her face obscured, leading readers to assume that he was right.

    All of that changed with the final page of 1966’s Amazing Spider-Man #42, by Stan Lee and John Romita Sr. There a beaten Peter finally agrees to take MJ on a date. He pulls open the door to find the beautiful Mary Jane waiting for him. She then delivers the iconic line, “Face it Tiger, you just hit the jackpot.” Despite that initial date, Peter and MJ weren’t immediately a couple. She stayed within his friend group and dated his best friend Harry Osborn for a while, meanwhile Peter stayed with Gwen Stacy. Even after Gwen’s death, the two couldn’t accept being together.

    Yet once they did get together and finally married in 1987’s Amazing Spider-Man Annual #21, by David Michelinie, Jim Shooter, and Paul Ryan, the couple seemed inseparable.

    So important has the relationship been to Spider-Man stories that it’s driven most adaptations, including the Sam Raimi movies. As Tobey Maguire‘s Peter Parker tells us in the first lines of the 2002 film, his story is “all about a girl… Mary Jane Watson.” Peter’s connection to MJ provides the emotional core of those three movies, resulting in memorable images, such as the rainy upside kiss from the first movie or MJ returning to him in her wedding dress at the end of Spider-Man 2.

    The Amazing Spider-Man movies tried to distinguish themselves by pairing Peter with Gwen Stacy, but that only worked because of Andrew Garfield‘s electric chemistry with Emma Stone, and even then it all built to a tragic end.

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    More successful have been the MCU movies’ attempts to distinguish themselves by casting Zendaya as a different type of MJ. Michelle Jones is the cynical intellectual whose cool reserve won over the excitable Peter Parker; for her part, MJ could not help but be charmed by Peter’s boundless optimism. The slow romance built over three movies before a heartbreaking conclusion in No Way Home, setting up Peter’s dire new status quo in Brand New Day.

    Making matters worse is the fact that Marvel seems determined to keep Peter and MJ apart in the comics as well. Ever since Marvel editorial demanded that the marriage be dissolved in the abysmal 2007 miniseries Spider-Man: One More Day—which led to the (really good!) comic book storyline that gives the latest movie its subtitle,Brand New Day—Peter and Mary Jane have been kept apart by everything from new beaux (including the dreaded Paul!), supervillain body swaps, and multiple superhero identities (fun fact: Mary Jane is Venom in the current continuity).

    All of which makes the final trailer for Brand New Day more exciting. Will Peter find a way to reunite with Ned and connect again with MJ? Or will the cavalcade of guest stars such as Punisher, Hulk, and a gaggle of Hand Ninjas keep them apart? In a sizzle reel that both promises “a brand new day” and a kind of ending to Holland’s vision for the character, can Peter and MJ do what the Marvel eidtorial gods have long denied? Prove they’re endgame for each other.

    Only Kevin Feige and the creators of Brand New Day have the power to make that happen. We’ll have to see if they’ll take on the responsibility of letting Peter be with MJ again.

    Spider-Man: Brand New Day swings into theaters on July 31.

    The post Final Spider-Man: Brand New Day Trailer Confirms Peter and MJ Will Always Be Endgame appeared first on Den of Geek.

  • Final Spider-Man: Brand New Day Trailer Confirms Peter and MJ Will Always Be Endgame

    Final Spider-Man: Brand New Day Trailer Confirms Peter and MJ Will Always Be Endgame

    The essence of Spider-Man can be boiled down to one phrase, and it was written down at the end of his first appearance in 1962’s Amazing Fantasy #15 (albeit in a slightly, wordier form): With Great Power, Comes Great Responsibility. That statement means that Spider-Man must always do the right thing with the amazing abilities […]

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    The essence of Spider-Man can be boiled down to one phrase, and it was written down at the end of his first appearance in 1962’s Amazing Fantasy #15 (albeit in a slightly, wordier form): With Great Power, Comes Great Responsibility. That statement means that Spider-Man must always do the right thing with the amazing abilities thrust upon him, even if it means he cannot live the life he wants.

    As the final trailer for Spider-Man: Brand New Day reminds us, the life he wants, more than anything else, is to be with MJ. In fact, much of the final trailer consists of footage from the previous MCU Spider-Man movies starring Tom Holland, showing everything he’s sacrificed before building to the cruelest loss of all, having all knowledge of his existence wiped from everyone, including MJ. As Zendaya told Den of Geek in this month’s exclusive cover story (order your copy here!), Brand New Day finds Peter “more vulnerable and intense than we’ve seen before,” having to “face all these challenges alone.” Turns out, the hardest challenge is being away from MJ.

    Believe it or not, Mary Jane Watson wasn’t originally part of Spider-Man’s supporting cast on the page. For the first few years of Amazing Spider-Man, Peter dated Betty Brant, Gwen Stacy, and often, no one at all. Mary Jane initially appeared as something of a running joke, as her Aunt Anna, best friend to Aunt May, would cajole Peter about taking her niece out on a date. Sensing a responsibility he did not need to take on, and afraid that he wouldn’t find MJ attractive, Peter would duck the suggestions. In fact, from 1965’s Amazing Spider-Man #25 onward, MJ appeared only in silhouette or with her face obscured, leading readers to assume that he was right.

    All of that changed with the final page of 1966’s Amazing Spider-Man #42, by Stan Lee and John Romita Sr. There a beaten Peter finally agrees to take MJ on a date. He pulls open the door to find the beautiful Mary Jane waiting for him. She then delivers the iconic line, “Face it Tiger, you just hit the jackpot.” Despite that initial date, Peter and MJ weren’t immediately a couple. She stayed within his friend group and dated his best friend Harry Osborn for a while, meanwhile Peter stayed with Gwen Stacy. Even after Gwen’s death, the two couldn’t accept being together.

    Yet once they did get together and finally married in 1987’s Amazing Spider-Man Annual #21, by David Michelinie, Jim Shooter, and Paul Ryan, the couple seemed inseparable.

    So important has the relationship been to Spider-Man stories that it’s driven most adaptations, including the Sam Raimi movies. As Tobey Maguire‘s Peter Parker tells us in the first lines of the 2002 film, his story is “all about a girl… Mary Jane Watson.” Peter’s connection to MJ provides the emotional core of those three movies, resulting in memorable images, such as the rainy upside kiss from the first movie or MJ returning to him in her wedding dress at the end of Spider-Man 2.

    The Amazing Spider-Man movies tried to distinguish themselves by pairing Peter with Gwen Stacy, but that only worked because of Andrew Garfield‘s electric chemistry with Emma Stone, and even then it all built to a tragic end.

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    More successful have been the MCU movies’ attempts to distinguish themselves by casting Zendaya as a different type of MJ. Michelle Jones is the cynical intellectual whose cool reserve won over the excitable Peter Parker; for her part, MJ could not help but be charmed by Peter’s boundless optimism. The slow romance built over three movies before a heartbreaking conclusion in No Way Home, setting up Peter’s dire new status quo in Brand New Day.

    Making matters worse is the fact that Marvel seems determined to keep Peter and MJ apart in the comics as well. Ever since Marvel editorial demanded that the marriage be dissolved in the abysmal 2007 miniseries Spider-Man: One More Day—which led to the (really good!) comic book storyline that gives the latest movie its subtitle,Brand New Day—Peter and Mary Jane have been kept apart by everything from new beaux (including the dreaded Paul!), supervillain body swaps, and multiple superhero identities (fun fact: Mary Jane is Venom in the current continuity).

    All of which makes the final trailer for Brand New Day more exciting. Will Peter find a way to reunite with Ned and connect again with MJ? Or will the cavalcade of guest stars such as Punisher, Hulk, and a gaggle of Hand Ninjas keep them apart? In a sizzle reel that both promises “a brand new day” and a kind of ending to Holland’s vision for the character, can Peter and MJ do what the Marvel eidtorial gods have long denied? Prove they’re endgame for each other.

    Only Kevin Feige and the creators of Brand New Day have the power to make that happen. We’ll have to see if they’ll take on the responsibility of letting Peter be with MJ again.

    Spider-Man: Brand New Day swings into theaters on July 31.

    The post Final Spider-Man: Brand New Day Trailer Confirms Peter and MJ Will Always Be Endgame appeared first on Den of Geek.

  • Clayface’s Timeline Confirmation Raises Questions About the DCU

    Clayface’s Timeline Confirmation Raises Questions About the DCU

    Ever since he first debuted in 1940’s Detective Comics #40, Clayface has been one of Batman‘s most compelling villains. A master of disguise, Clayface can take any form and fit into any situation. The codename has been used by several different people, and Clayface even recently changed his moral alignment to join Batman in the […]

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    The essence of Spider-Man can be boiled down to one phrase, and it was written down at the end of his first appearance in 1962’s Amazing Fantasy #15 (albeit in a slightly, wordier form): With Great Power, Comes Great Responsibility. That statement means that Spider-Man must always do the right thing with the amazing abilities thrust upon him, even if it means he cannot live the life he wants.

    As the final trailer for Spider-Man: Brand New Day reminds us, the life he wants, more than anything else, is to be with MJ. In fact, much of the final trailer consists of footage from the previous MCU Spider-Man movies starring Tom Holland, showing everything he’s sacrificed before building to the cruelest loss of all, having all knowledge of his existence wiped from everyone, including MJ. As Zendaya told Den of Geek in this month’s exclusive cover story (order your copy here!), Brand New Day finds Peter “more vulnerable and intense than we’ve seen before,” having to “face all these challenges alone.” Turns out, the hardest challenge is being away from MJ.

    Believe it or not, Mary Jane Watson wasn’t originally part of Spider-Man’s supporting cast on the page. For the first few years of Amazing Spider-Man, Peter dated Betty Brant, Gwen Stacy, and often, no one at all. Mary Jane initially appeared as something of a running joke, as her Aunt Anna, best friend to Aunt May, would cajole Peter about taking her niece out on a date. Sensing a responsibility he did not need to take on, and afraid that he wouldn’t find MJ attractive, Peter would duck the suggestions. In fact, from 1965’s Amazing Spider-Man #25 onward, MJ appeared only in silhouette or with her face obscured, leading readers to assume that he was right.

    All of that changed with the final page of 1966’s Amazing Spider-Man #42, by Stan Lee and John Romita Sr. There a beaten Peter finally agrees to take MJ on a date. He pulls open the door to find the beautiful Mary Jane waiting for him. She then delivers the iconic line, “Face it Tiger, you just hit the jackpot.” Despite that initial date, Peter and MJ weren’t immediately a couple. She stayed within his friend group and dated his best friend Harry Osborn for a while, meanwhile Peter stayed with Gwen Stacy. Even after Gwen’s death, the two couldn’t accept being together.

    Yet once they did get together and finally married in 1987’s Amazing Spider-Man Annual #21, by David Michelinie, Jim Shooter, and Paul Ryan, the couple seemed inseparable.

    So important has the relationship been to Spider-Man stories that it’s driven most adaptations, including the Sam Raimi movies. As Tobey Maguire‘s Peter Parker tells us in the first lines of the 2002 film, his story is “all about a girl… Mary Jane Watson.” Peter’s connection to MJ provides the emotional core of those three movies, resulting in memorable images, such as the rainy upside kiss from the first movie or MJ returning to him in her wedding dress at the end of Spider-Man 2.

    The Amazing Spider-Man movies tried to distinguish themselves by pairing Peter with Gwen Stacy, but that only worked because of Andrew Garfield‘s electric chemistry with Emma Stone, and even then it all built to a tragic end.

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    More successful have been the MCU movies’ attempts to distinguish themselves by casting Zendaya as a different type of MJ. Michelle Jones is the cynical intellectual whose cool reserve won over the excitable Peter Parker; for her part, MJ could not help but be charmed by Peter’s boundless optimism. The slow romance built over three movies before a heartbreaking conclusion in No Way Home, setting up Peter’s dire new status quo in Brand New Day.

    Making matters worse is the fact that Marvel seems determined to keep Peter and MJ apart in the comics as well. Ever since Marvel editorial demanded that the marriage be dissolved in the abysmal 2007 miniseries Spider-Man: One More Day—which led to the (really good!) comic book storyline that gives the latest movie its subtitle,Brand New Day—Peter and Mary Jane have been kept apart by everything from new beaux (including the dreaded Paul!), supervillain body swaps, and multiple superhero identities (fun fact: Mary Jane is Venom in the current continuity).

    All of which makes the final trailer for Brand New Day more exciting. Will Peter find a way to reunite with Ned and connect again with MJ? Or will the cavalcade of guest stars such as Punisher, Hulk, and a gaggle of Hand Ninjas keep them apart? In a sizzle reel that both promises “a brand new day” and a kind of ending to Holland’s vision for the character, can Peter and MJ do what the Marvel eidtorial gods have long denied? Prove they’re endgame for each other.

    Only Kevin Feige and the creators of Brand New Day have the power to make that happen. We’ll have to see if they’ll take on the responsibility of letting Peter be with MJ again.

    Spider-Man: Brand New Day swings into theaters on July 31.

    The post Final Spider-Man: Brand New Day Trailer Confirms Peter and MJ Will Always Be Endgame appeared first on Den of Geek.