Now that Spider-Man is back in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, we’ve learned a lot. Andrew Garfield will be recast, prompting us to eulogize both The Amazing Spider-Man films. We learned the new Spidey would first appear in Captain America: Civil War, and several Marvel films got new release dates.
More importantly, there were jokes. We’ve collected our 30 favorite Twitter reactions and offer this friendly neighborhood summary.
People had theories about how the deal went down:
How the Marvel/Sony deal went down to bring Spidey home. #WelcomeHomeSpidey pic.twitter.com/OrNYrBkehh
— ManaByte (@ManaByte) February 10, 2015
https://twitter.com/misterpatches/status/565006192200925185
The director of Ant-Man got in on the action:
— Peyton Reed (@MrPeytonReed) February 10, 2015
Others joined the fun:
Man, when Kanye finds out they added Spider-man to the MCU but not Moon Knight? Dude's gonna FREAK.
— Patton Oswalt (@pattonoswalt) February 10, 2015
https://twitter.com/badmachinery/status/565139698075856896
And just a few people made the connection between Spider-Man and Jon Stewart leaving The Daily Show.
It worked, guys! Everyone tweeting "Jon Stewart quit to be Spider-Man" at the same time stopped the deadly meteor from hitting the Earth!
— Anthony Carboni (@acarboni) February 11, 2015
The #PutSpiderManInEveryMovie hashtag was started by Chuck Wendig and held some sway.
https://twitter.com/ChuckWendig/status/565213425480241152
https://twitter.com/saladinahmed/status/565249016255229953
The Perks Of Being A Wallcrawler #PutSpiderManInEveryMovie
— 🦇VaginoplASCII🦇 (@nataliereed84) February 10, 2015
PARKER. Based on the Novel 'Thwip' by Sapphire #PutSpiderManInEveryMovie
— Daniel Solis (@DanielSolis) February 10, 2015
Weblash #PutSpiderManInEveryMovie pic.twitter.com/hMStApCXbo
— Fandom (@getFANDOM) February 10, 2015
People had strong opinions on The Amazing Spider-Man 2 and reboots in general:
https://twitter.com/JeffRubinShow/status/565018608690950145
A Spiderman film that reboots itself mid-movie.
— Trevor Moore (@itrevormoore) February 11, 2015
https://twitter.com/davidehrlich/status/565174887585959936
https://twitter.com/kumailn/status/565016788547563520
https://twitter.com/mikeryan/status/565013830032711680
Imagine if Hollywood recast James Bond every 7 years in order to remake Thunderball. That's Spider-Man.
— matt ufford (@mattufford) February 10, 2015
People offered plot advice for the reboot:
I'm not ready for another Spider-Man movie until I'm ABSOLUTELY SURE how he became Spider-Man.
— Josh Gondelman (@joshgondelman) February 10, 2015
https://twitter.com/BillCorbett/status/565182630602088448
You don't have to reboot Spider-Man. He just shows up. He's a 1.3 Billion international IP. People have uncles they know less about.
— Da7e Gonzales (@Da7e) February 10, 2015
I hope Sony takes the lessons it’s learned from the previous Spider-Man films to heart. MORE VILLAINS. 40 VILLAINS PER MOVIE! 50! 100!
— Joel Watson (@hijinksensue) February 10, 2015
I hope in Avengers 3 Spider-Man traps and eats Ant-Man and doesn't even apologize.
— Philly M. Nerd (@PhillyMovieNerd) February 10, 2015
And people had plenty of casting ideas:
So I think we can all agree that Channing Tatum should be the new Spider-Man.
— Philly M. Nerd (@PhillyMovieNerd) February 10, 2015
Bold choice to play Spider-Man #spiderman #marvel http://t.co/PH1la2xxGs
— Diaper Boyz (@JoeSinclitico) February 10, 2015
We've had lots of men play Spider-Man. I say it's time to let a spider try it!
— Philly M. Nerd (@PhillyMovieNerd) February 10, 2015
https://twitter.com/lindazge/status/565013566843940864
Scientists predict by 2019 there won't be enough non-threatening brown haired white boys to be a new Spider-man.
— @benjaminjs.bsky.social (@BenjaminJS) February 10, 2015
casting details attached pic.twitter.com/pB568KFNTH
— Jeff Gerstmann (@jeffgerstmann) February 10, 2015
https://twitter.com/MikeDuquette/status/565175210610270208
https://twitter.com/thwphipps/status/565145560424796161
