

One reader at, posted "Organic wasn’t in my comics don’t want it in my movie, don’t care what this 'PC' world thinks."Īnother replied, "It just does not make sense when a teenage kid invents something like that, and it's better if he actually the superhuman ability to shoot webs." ( A similar argument was made by a fan on a thread at .)Ī reader posited, "I hate the whole idea of organic webbing. (At one point, a fan site called existed.) When the new movie's co-star Emma Stone first confirmed that there would be mechanical web-shooters in this movie, many fans rejoiced. Mechanical versus organic web-shooters has been a hot topic of debate for comic book readers for the past decade. This organic web-shooting power was also briefly given to Parker a few years ago in the comics. In 2002's Sam Raimi-directed "Spider-Man," Parker's web shooting ability was part of the package. In the original comics, Peter Parker's interest in science and mechanics led to him to create his own web-shooters to go along with his spider-powers (climbing up walls, spider agility and the like). With fan anticipation high for another glance at "The Amazing Spider-Man" (though the stars didn't have much to say at a recent press conference, director Marc Webb hinted that another trailer for this summer's reboot of the "Spider-Man" movie franchise is on its way soon), there's a chance we may get a closer look at Spidey's mechanical web-shooters in action.
