[WT Sharpe]

I like the first Spiderman cast, especially the actors who played Aunt May and "Jolly" J. Jonah Jameson. The Jameson actor in particular was uncanny in his resemblance to the comic character. I like continuity. I like seeing the same faces from film to film until the actors get too old for the parts. True, Spiderman 3 was a travesty, but that's because (1) they screwed with the legend in a major way by making the Sandman responsible for the death of Peter's uncle, (2) they attempted a feel-good ending by having Peter say in effect, "Oh well, you killed my uncle in a hold-up, but everyone makes mistakes. Love ya' anyway, big guy," and (3) with two villains on the loose, the movie wasn't more exciting, it was just more cluttered and our credulity strained even more. Why do movie makers persist in the mistaken belief that more equals better? Haven't they ever heard of the principle that less is more?

Speaking of which, does anyone remember the wedding of Sue Storm and Reed Richards? What should have been an unforgettable milestone was instead the lamest issue of the Fantastic Four ever. The writers accomplished that feat by having every super villain the Fantastic Four had ever fought attack the team in unison. The only way our heroes survived the attack was that Mr. Fantastic at the last minute invented a super-villain vacuum cleaner that sucked up all the bad guys in time for the wedding. Sheesh. SUPER-Sheesh!