Chapter 29: Spider-Man Origins! He's About to Sweep Hollywood!

Los Angeles, Sony Entertainment Headquarters, Galaxy Cinema.

Over 1,500 lucky audience members and more than 200 media representatives and film critics sat quietly, staring at the screen.

Everyone here was a seasoned film buff; having watched so many blockbuster special-effects action movies, none had ever given them such a novel experience like Spider-Man.

Hearing the faint commotion from behind, Xu Can almost lost his composure.

Although future Hollywood films would become increasingly lackluster, their art direction, music, and narrative styles would be pushed to new extremes.

Borrowing a few trendy elements from Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse would be enough to deliver a dimensional strike against the 2006 film!

The film continued; as Xu Can made his appearance, the Spider-Man story officially began.

Blending The Amazing Spider-Man with the 2002 version of Spider-Man, the story also started at school.

An ordinary neighborhood boy, high school student Peter Parker was an obscure tech geek.

As the school newspaper photographer, he often secretly took photos of the beautiful blonde girl, Gwen Stacy.

Suddenly, a disturbance erupted ahead; the towering school bully, Fletcher, was bullying a classmate.

Peter Parker was often bullied by Fletcher, yet he bravely stepped forward and stopped the bullying incident.

The result... the target of the bullying became him.

Fletcher punched Peter hard in the stomach, and he fell to the ground in pain.

Seeing the school bully prepare to kick him again, the blonde girl, like an angel, stepped in front of Peter.

"Hey! Stop it!"

Gwen Stacy stared at Fletcher with the look one gives trash.

"Sorry, I don't tutor violent students. Study on your own from now on! I'm very disappointed in you!"

The disdain from the top student Gwen made Fletcher lose face; he also didn't dare bully a female classmate in public.

"Whatever, doesn't matter."

Fletcher pouted and turned to leave; Gwen quickly helped Peter up.

"Are you okay?"

"Thanks, I'm fine. Go to class quickly." Peter was very stubborn and didn't want to lose face in front of his crush.

At this time, the two were not yet familiar; as classmates, they had hardly spoken.

In just two minutes, Emma Stone portrayed the Spider-Woman Gwen quite vividly.

Not only did the film buffs' hearts flutter for the youthful and beautiful "Stone Sister," but even the picky professional critics nodded repeatedly.

"Much better than expected; although the two leads lack experience, their acting is quite mature."

Renowned film critic Roger Ebert mentally drafted his review while watching.

On the other side, the just-risen Peter encountered the Osborn father and son at the school gate.

James Franco and Xu Can, two handsome men, stood together; the female fans present were practically drooling.

"So handsome!"

"Franco is handsome, but Xu Can is even more handsome!"

Indeed, standing beside Franco, Xu Can seemed to win by a tiny margin.

"Mr. Osborn, I've read your recent research; the parts on nanoscience and genetic science are truly inspiring."

"Wow, admirable. I'm sure your parents must be proud of you."

The mature and wise Norman Osborn had always been Peter Parker's idol.

Osborn also greatly appreciated this talented young man.

Harry, watching, felt a bit jealous and couldn't help but tease Peter:

"My dad would almost adopt you; just come to my house and be my little brother."

"No, my Uncle Ben and Aunt May would be heartbroken."

Seeing this, all the Marvel fans present couldn't help but sigh deeply.

As everyone knows, both the Green Goblin and the Green Goblin II are Spider-Man's archenemies.

The warmer it looks now, the more heartbreaking the clash of arms will be later.

Whether it was Marc Webb's camera direction or the script revisions Xu Can participated in.

The originally dull and tedious dialogue scenes at the beginning were filmed quite concisely and sharply.

A few words clearly introduced Peter Parker's ordinary high school life and interpersonal relationships.

Even viewers who hadn't seen Marvel could quickly connect with this character.

Next came the highlight of the film, the beginning of the Spider-Man dream.

"Hello everyone, you can call me Dr. Connors. Today, I will be your guide."

The camera shifted; students from Midtown High came to visit the Osborn headquarters' science laboratory.

Wearing a white lab coat and glasses, the refined Dr. Connors stood before the students.

Seeing his missing arm, the comic fans present almost cried out in surprise.

"This, this, this... the second villain appears so soon?"

"Huh?"

"It shouldn't be; the villain is probably the Green Goblin."

"It might be foreshadowing."

This was clearly Spider-Man's other archenemy, the Lizard!

Watching a comic-book adaptation, isn't it just to see interactions between various famous heroes and villains?

Whether it's an Easter egg or a real villain,

fans have already started getting excited.

This is indeed an Easter egg Xu Can deliberately left behind, so it can be used anytime when filming a sequel.

The main villain of the first part is still the Green Goblin; the origin story can't be too complicated, and having too many characters appearing would ruin the film's structure.

As everyone expected, Peter Parker was accidentally bitten by the super spider in the laboratory.

But he was only busy hitting on Gwen.

"Ah!"

A sharp pain shot through his neck; Peter felt unwell and had to leave the Osborn Building first.

Cut to Peter Parker dozing off on the subway.

A few dirty vagrants gathered around Peter.

"Huh?"

"Oh no!"

"Oh my God!"

The timid girls couldn't help but worry for Peter.

Everyone knows very well how chaotic the New York subway is—vagrants often steal things, and even use deadly weapons to rob and assault people.

A vagrant played a prank, placing a beer bottle on Peter's forehead.

The camera slowly followed the water droplet sliding down, the tense atmosphere gradually spreading, making the audience hold their breath.

The instant the water droplet was about to fall!