Spoiler Alert! Uncle Ben Dies in The Amazing Spider-Man!
Fri, May 13, 2011 You get an actor like Martin Sheen as Uncle Ben in The Amazing Spider-Man, and you automatically know that 1) we're going to hear the "With great power comes great responsibility" speech and B) we'll definitely see him croak.
Some snap-shots taken of Sheen and newbie web-slinger Andrew Garfield on set (as per On Location Vacations) confirm the latter.
Interesting to note Marc Webb & Co. opted to make the same dramatic call as Sam Raimi and his team did ten years ago by having Peter Parker present to see his dear old uncle die.
Not a bad call in the slightest, I remember seeing Spider-Man in theaters and thinking, "Hey that's different from the comics!" but in a good way. To have him being told "Oh yeah, by the way, your uncle just got shot off-screen" may be fine for a comic-book, but that shit doesn't fly for a movie.
Reader Comments (3)
DANG HE DIES!?!?!?!?! WHO WOULD HAVE GUESSED THAT!!!!
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Mike
Different when compared to the Spider-Man comics, sure. Different from other comic book characters, now. Parents of superheroes dying has is almost like ComicBook 101 unfortunately.
I am a little disapointed he is getting killed in the street. Would have liked to see something different then how raimi did it. Would have been nice to see killed at home like in the comics.