Final week, I used to be listening to an episode of a podcast wherein one of many hosts referred to “the second Spider-Man,” and I had completely no thought what they meant. Was it the upcoming PlayStation 5 recreation Marvel’s Spider-Man 2? Or might it have been Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man 2 (2004)? They most likely weren’t referring to the forgotten center youngster of the film Spider-Mans, Andrew Garfield’s The Wonderful Spider-Man 2 (2014), however possibly they meant Spider-Man: Far From Residence (2019). Because the podcast went on, it lastly turned clear that the host was referring to an possibility that hadn’t even occurred to me: Spider-Man: Throughout the Spider-Verse (2023), the second film within the Spider-Verse animated movie sequence.
That’s too many Spider-Mans 2. Spider-Man 2s. Spiders-Man, Spider-Males, no matter! It’s too many, OK?
I’ve no concepts on how one can repair this drawback, and it’s not going to finish anytime quickly. Thursday at San Diego Comedian-Con, there was a Spider-Man 2 panel — concerning the PS5 online game. However you could possibly be excused for assuming that it was both about Throughout the Spider-Verse and even the MCU, even if Hollywood writers and actors are on strike and never at SDCC.
I suppose it’s remotely doable that you could possibly’ve thought that SDCC panel was concerning the online game tie-in for the Sam Raimi film Spider-Man 2, additionally titled Spider-Man 2 (2004). In fact, there’s additionally the sport tie-in for The Wonderful Spider-Man 2, which is — once more, in fact! — additionally titled The Wonderful Spider-Man 2 (2014). Or it might’ve been concerning the Sport Boy Coloration recreation Spider-Man 2: The Sinister Six (2001), or maybe even the PlayStation title Spider-Man 2: Enter Electro (additionally from 2001). The Sport Boy recreation was truly the first-ever “Spider-Man 2” — until you rely comedian guide points, however individuals would not less than say “Spider-Man #2” in that state of affairs, in order that’s roughly wonderful.
Most of these examples usually are not a Spider-Man 2 that anyone can be looking for on Google in 2023. However nonetheless, it’s a reasonably goofy drawback in an period of reboots and sequels for beloved characters invented many years in the past. Failing an precise resolution to this necessary societal challenge, I like to recommend that everyone assume that the phrase “Spider-Man 2” refers back to the 2001 Sport Boy Coloration recreation until explicitly advised in any other case.