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The Best Spider-Man Memes in the Multiverse

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The Best Spider-Man Memes in the Multiverse

Spider-Man has always been popular. With the character’s creation in 1962, by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko, it’s inarguable that the character has made a significant impact on the comic book community. Not all heroes break into pop culture, but with the first mainstream Spider-Man movie hitting theaters in 2002, the character rose to popularity right as the internet surged, making it a mainstay in certain spheres online as well. Spider-Man has longevity.

With the recent release of Spider-Man: No Way Home, let’s revisit the best Spider-Memes across the Spider-Verse, and take a look at the jokes and humor immortalized by funny people on the internet.

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Spider-Men Pointing

Coming from a 1960’s episode of the cartoon Spider-Man, this meme has been popular for a while, but exploded once news about Spider-Man: No Way Home started breaking. With the idea of versions of Spider-Man appearing from past franchises, as well as the multiverse introduction from Into the Spider-Verse, fans began to add more copies of the hero into the image. This also is a popular shorthand for other catch-22 situations, adding a bit of humor into frustrating situations that may be impossible to escape.

Something of a Scientist

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With William Dafoe‘s iconic return to the character of Norman Osborn/Green Goblin, it was impossible for us to leave this one out. Coming from his appearance in Spider-Man, various parts of his performance has become immortalized, including his iconic line. This one has been adapted to usually show confidence in technological/scientific tasks, where in reality, the task may have not been too difficult. But, hey — we’ll take the wins where we can get them.

Mephisto

Throughout the airing of WandaVision, Marvel fans were committed to the idea that Mephisto, a character who has ties to Wanda Maximoff (Elizabeth Olsen), was the secret big bad of the limited series and possibly remain one in properties to come. Unfortunately, that did happen. But ever since, at least the fans can make light of it, joking about Mephisto showing up in different shows for outrageous reasons, like a devil-like figure appearing in a stained glass window in Loki. This has extended all the way to No Way Home, fans continuing to make jokes about devil references in posters shown in the movie to the shape of the spider on Peter’s costume.


Peter Dancing

If you haven’t seen the dancing GIF of Peter Parker (Tobey Maguire), then where have you been? This meme has made the rounds, becoming one of the most classic celebratory expressions on social media. The moment comes from a montage sequence in Spider-Man 3 where the symbiote’s harmful effects on Peter become more pronounced as it draws out personality traits that are only best in moderation. While dancing is probably best in copious amounts, Peter’s attitude in this scene is a serious problem. But, we love his sweet moves.

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Lonely

An offshoot of a meme making the rounds a few weeks ago that showed a sad passenger on one side of the bus and a happy passenger on the other, this meme points out Andrew Garfield‘s Peter’s unluckiness when it comes to love. While both Tobey Maguire and Tom Holland‘s Peters end their trilogies with at least both of their love interests alive, Gwen Stacy (Emma Stone) is not so lucky. Although Peter was able to catch her with his web, the force of the fall still broke Gwen’s back, becoming Peter’s most haunting guilt, and resulting in ‘Peter 3’ being the emo one.


Oh, Snap

This meme combines the MCU era of Spider-Man with the final film of the Sam Raimi trilogy. In Avengers: Infinity War, the film ended with the tragic conclusion of Thanos collecting all 6 of the Infinity Stones, resulting in the erasure of half of all living things, including Peter Parker. Aesthetically similar to the visuals of Sandman (Thomas Haden Church) and his ability to reform his body with the substance, it’s pretty impossible not to make the comparison.

My Body is Ready

Not much is known about this meme, save for the fact that it comes from the 60s Spider-Man cartoons. But, if it isn’t relatable, then what is? With Spider-Man all posed up in a provocative position, this meme reminds us all of the somewhat awkward and amusing situations that our love lives can bring. With popular culture becoming much more sex-positive in recent years, this retro image is the perfect ironic and safe-for-work template for users online to vent and relate to each other, showing that Spider-Man can show up in the most unexpected of spheres.


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Sony v Marvel

Thankfully, Peter Parker’s future fate is known, to a degree. Tom Holland is confirmed to anchor another trilogy with Sony and Marvel both collaborating on future projects. However, the future wasn’t always so secure. There was a period of time where the two major companies were vying over the character before coming to an agreement. Naturally, fans reacted the only way they could — humor. With plenty of posts going around with different templates, fans knew what an impasse would mean: yet a new Spidey once again. These memes are much better now that they are but a distant memory.

Tell Me the Truth

The finale of the Raimi Spider-Man movie ends on the heartbreaking note of Peter pushing away Mary-Jane Watson (Kirsten Dunst) due to his role as the hero. This leaves MJ heartbroken, making way for this random but hilarious slew of memes. Taking the emotional moment, fans have used this three-panel image from the scene to show a disappointed reaction to an extremely wild, embarrassing, or unpopular opinion. And although this one started out a bit more NSFW, the meme expanded to cover everything from Applebee’s to Friends.


Distract Thanos

Part of the reason audiences fall in love with Marvel movies and shows is due to the actors and the chemistry they have with each other. Tom Holland and Zendaya are great examples of this. The couple (on-screen and off) have natural chemistry and their goofy personalities bring out the most fun in each other. Holland’s performance on Lip Sync Battle is clear evidence of this, and one of the appearances from the actors that will always be remembered and made jokes about, no matter what these actors end up doing in their careers.

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Review: SAMARITAN, A Sly Stallone Superhero Stumble

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Hitting the three-quarter-century mark usually means a retirement home, a nursing facility, or if you’re lucky to be blessed with relatively good health and savings to match, living in a gated community in Arizona or Florida.

For Sylvester Stallone, however, it means something else entirely: starring in the first superhero-centered film of his decades-long career in the much-delayed Samaritan. Unfortunately for Stallone and the audience on the other side of the screen, the derivative, turgid, forgettable results won’t get mentioned in a career retrospective, let alone among the ever-expanding list of must-see entries in a genre already well past its peak.

For Stallone, however, it’s better late than never when it involves the superhero genre. Maybe in getting a taste of the MCU (Marvel Cinematic Universe) with his walk-on role in the Guardians of the Galaxy sequel several years ago, Stallone thought anything Marvel can do, I can do even better (or just as good in the nebulous definition of the word).

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The property Stallone and his team found for him, Samaritan, a little-known graphic novel released by a small, almost negligible, publisher, certainly takes advantage of Stallone’s brute-force physicality and his often underrated talent for near-monosyllabic brooding (e.g., the Rambo series), but too often gives him to little do or say as the lone super-powered survivor, the so-called “Samaritan” of the title, of a lifelong rivalry with his brother, “Nemesis.” Two brothers entered a fire-ravaged building and while both were presumed dead, one brother did survive (Stallone’s Joe Smith, a garbageman by day, an appliance repairman by night).

In the Granite City of screenwriter Bragi F. Schut (Escape Room, Season of the Witch), the United States, and presumably the rest of the world, teeters on economic and political collapse, with a recession spiraling into a depression, steady gigs difficult, if not impossible, to obtain, and the city’s neighborhoods rocked by crime and violence. No one’s safe, not even 13-year-old Sam (Javon Walker), Joe’s neighbor.

When he’s not dodging bullies connected to a gang, he’s falling under the undue influence of Cyrus (Pilou Asbæk), a low-rent gang leader with an outsized ego and the conviction that he and only he can take on Nemesis’s mantle and along with that mantle, a hammer “forged in hate,” to orchestrate a Bane-like plan to plunge the city into chaos and become a wealthy power-broker in the process.

Schut’s woefully underwritten script takes a clumsy, haphazard approach to world-building, relying on a two-minute animated sequence to open Samaritan while a naive, worshipful Sam narrates Samaritan and Nemesis’s supposedly tragic, Cain and Abel-inspired backstory. Schut and director Julius Avery (Overlord) clumsily attempt to contrast Sam’s childish belief in messiah-like, superheroic saviors stepping in to save humanity from itself and its own worst excesses, but following that path leads to authoritarianism and fascism (ideas better, more thoroughly explored in Watchmen and The Boys).

While Sam continues to think otherwise, Stallone’s superhero, 25 years past his last, fatal encounter with his presumably deceased brother, obviously believes superheroes are the problem and not the solution (a somewhat reasonable position), but as Samaritan tracks Joe and Sam’s friendship, Sam giving Joe the son he never had, Joe giving Sam the father he lost to street violence well before the film’s opening scene, it gets closer and closer to embracing, if not outright endorsing Sam’s power fantasies, right through a literally and figuratively explosive ending. Might, as always, wins regardless of how righteous or justified the underlying action.

It’s what superhero audiences want, apparently, and what Samaritan uncritically delivers via a woefully under-rendered finale involving not just unconvincing CGI fire effects, but a videogame cut-scene quality Stallone in a late-film flashback sequence that’s meant to be subversively revelatory, but will instead lead to unintentional laughter for anyone who’s managed to sit the entirety of Samaritan’s one-hour and 40-minute running time.

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Samaritan is now streaming worldwide on Prime Video.

Samaritan

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  • Sylvester Stallone
  • Javon ‘Wanna’ Walton
  • Pilou Asbæk

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Matt Shakman Is In Talks To Direct ‘Fantastic Four’

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According to a new report, Wandavision’s Matt Shakman is in talks to direct the upcoming MCU project, Fantastic Four. Marvel Studios has been very hush-hush regarding Fantastic Four to the point where no official announcements have been made other than the film’s release date. No casting news or literally anything other than rumors has been released regarding the project. We know that Fantastic Four is slated for release on November 8th, 2024, and will be a part of Marvel’s Phase 6. There are also rumors that the cast of the new Fantastic Four will be announced at the D23 Expo on September 9th.

Fantastic Four is still over two years from release, and we assume we will hear more news about the project in the coming months. However, the idea of the Fantastic Four has already been introduced into the MCU. John Krasinski played Reed Richards aka Mr. Fantastic in Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness. The cameo was a huge deal for fans who have been waiting a long time for the Fantastic Four to enter the MCU. When Disney acquired Twenty Century Fox in 2019 we assumed that the Fox Marvel characters would eventually make their way into the MCU. It’s been 3 years and we already have had an X-Men and Fantastic Four cameo – even if they were from another universe.

Deadline is reporting that Wandavision’s Matt Shakman is in talks to direct Fantastic Four. Shakman served as the director for Wandavision and has had an extensive career. He directed two episodes of Game of Thrones and an episode of The Boys, and he had a long stint on It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia. There is nothing official yet, but Deadline’s sources say that Shakman is currently in talks for the job and things are headed in the right direction.

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To be honest, I was a bit more excited when Jon Watts was set to direct. I’m sure Shakman is a good director, but Watts proved he could handle a tentpole superhero film with Spider-Man: Homecoming. Wandavision was good, but Watts’ style would have been perfect for Fantastic Four. The film is probably one of the most anticipated films in Marvel’s upcoming slate films and they need to find the best person they can to direct. Is that Matt Shakman? It could be, but whoever takes the job must realize that Marvel has a lot riding on this movie. The other Fantastic Four films were awful and fans deserve better. Hopefully, Marvel knocks it out of the park as they usually do. You can see for yourself when Fantastic Four hits theaters on November 8th, 2024.

Film Synopsis: One of Marvel’s most iconic families makes it to the big screen: the Fantastic Four.

Source: Deadline

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Dan Aykroyd, Chevy Chase Star in ‘Zombie Town’ Mystery Teen Romancer (Exclusive)

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Dan Aykroyd and Chevy Chase have entered Zombie Town, a mystery teen romancer based on author R.L. Stine’s book of the same name.

The indie, now shooting in Ontario, also stars Henry Czerny and co-teen leads Marlon Kazadi and Madi Monroe. The ensemble cast includes Scott Thompson and Bruce McCulloch of the Canadian comedy show Kids in the Hall.

Canadian animator Peter Lepeniotis will direct Zombie Town. Stine’s kid’s book sees a quiet town upended when 12-year-old Mike and his friend, Karen, see a horror movie called Zombie Town and unexpectedly see the title characters leap off the screen and chase them through the theater.

Zombie Town will premiere in U.S. theaters before streaming on Hulu and then ABC Australia in 2023.

“We are delighted to bring the pages of R.L. Stine’s Zombie Town to the screen and equally thrilled to be working with such an exceptional cast and crew on this production. A three-time Nickelodeon Kids Choice Award winner with book sales of over $500 million, R.L. Stine has a phenomenal track record of crafting stories that engage and entertain audiences,” John Gillespie, Trimuse Entertainment founder and executive producer, said in a statement.

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Executive producers are Trimuse Entertainment, Toonz Media Group, Lookout Entertainment, Viva Pictures and Sons of Anarchy actor Kim Coates.  

Paco Alvarez and Mark Holdom of Trimuse negotiated the deal to acquire the rights to Stine’s Zombie Town book.

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