Spider-Man: Homecoming has received a lot of positive reviews from critics and enthusiastic support from fans for enjoying Tom Holland’s new youthful style. Not only that, perhaps this is the first time that the Spider-Man suit looks so interesting, so advanced.
Perhaps there is no more suitable occasion for us to take a look at how Spider-Man’s Spider-Man suit has evolved with a 42-year history of appearing in movies. For details on the list, please follow the article below.
1/ SPIDEY SUPER STORIES (1974-1977)
In the children’s television series Electric Company, followed by its sequel Sesame Street, performed by PBS television. The series also aims to help children read and write more fluently, so it includes the appearance of famous comic characters.
One of them is our Spider-Man, appearing in “Spidey Super Stories”. Played by a dancer and puppeteer named Danny Seagren. In those episodes, Spider-Man will fight against evil, solve shady mysteries… so busy, but Spider-Man doesn’t say a word. The number is that PBS wants to help children read and write more fluently, so Spider-Man has to suffer the dumb fate but has to speak through crosswords like in comics.
Because it is essentially just a part of a 70s TV series, the investment budget for Spider Man can be said to be almost… non-existent. That’s why our Spiderman’s suit looks so tattered. Purely cloth-and-cloth, it looked like a baby’s overalls, with the actor’s face, bulging eyes, nose, and ears showing through the mask.
Even in the 70s, this can still be said to be a very shabby, bad outfit. But anyway, it also helps the education of millions of children, so it can be called a little bit worth it.
Fun fact: The Spider-Man copyright is provided by Marvel to Sesame Workshop, the production unit of Sesame Street and Electric Company, completely… free of charge.
2/ SPIDER-MAN (1978-1979)
Toei, the company behind legendary Japanese film productions such as Dragon Ball, Sailor Moon, Battle Royal, etc., signed a 3-year contract with Marvel Entertainment in the 1970s allowing the two companies to freely use it. Use each other’s characters as they see fit.
As a result, the Japanese side made a brand new Japanese version, with a new plot, new identity, new setting, completely new.
The story revolves around Takuya Yamashiro (played by Shinji Todo), yes, not the naive reporter Peter Parker but a young motocross boy who witnessed a spaceship named Marveller crash into Earth. Land. When he went to investigate, he found Garia, the last surviving warrior of the Spider Planet. He was injected with his own blood by Garia, giving Takuya the superhuman strength of a spider, allowing him to gain enough strength to win an epic battle with the Monster Professor and his demonic Iron Cross legion. him. Oh, Takuya also inherited the Marveller spaceship which later demonstrated the ability to transform into a giant robot named Leopardon.
Although the plot is bold…. Gao Ranger, but fortunately the Spider-Man suit still looks quite intact and similar to the original in the American TV series, Amazing Spider-Man. The suit also looks sleek, well invested, isn’t it
The only difference is that his eyes are a bit… he’s hip like a Japanese, and the Spider-Man glove is not only big, shiny, and can shoot silk, activating the transformation into a Spider-Man suit, but also controlling the super robot Leopardon. again.
3/ THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN (1977-1979)
We often consider ourselves this decade as the reign of superhero movies. But actually the superhero culture wave has been around since the 1970s, full of TV series like The Incredible Hulk TO Wonder Woman and of course The Amazing Spider-Man.
The first solo, serious, non-educational, not-for-fun movie version of the movie sells quite closely to the original comic book, with the only difference being that Peter Parker is a student. college instead of still in high school. The suit is still made of fabric but looks decent, detailed and tight with beautiful shiny glasses.
In short, the Spider-Man suit in The Amazing Spider Man can be considered like the Batman suit in director Tim Burton’s 1989 Batman version, the premise for the sequels to learn and transform.
4/ SPIDER-MAN, SPIDER-MAN 2, AND SPIDER-MAN 3 (2002-2007)
After Sony bought the rights to Spider-Man in 1999, which had long been stuck in a state of “in production” by Marvel’s economic crisis. Sony immediately began production on the hugely invested and released series in 2002, directed by Sam Raimi titled for short: Spider-Man. As the first single on the big screen to feature the superhero Spider-Man, the film had a much larger budget than the X-Men, Fox’s previous competitor.
Obviously, a lot of attention has been paid to Raimi’s Spider suit and the film’s costume team. And like the previous TV versions, the crew tried their best to keep as close to the original original about the suit as possible. Due to a much higher investment budget, and the seriousness of the crew, the version of Spider-Man that actor Tobey Maguire wears is more seasoned, certainly, more detailed than its predecessors. It was as if it could really withstand the impact of friction.
This version also features a floating web made of spider silk that wraps around its body, and eyes that are see-through glasses. The computer-generated floating grid runs throughout the suit, a detail that has influenced many subsequent superhero movies, including Man of Steel. However, since this version of Spider-Man can shoot webs from his wrists, the suit doesn’t have any special functions.
5.THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN AND THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN 2 (2012-2014)
After Spider Man 3 was released in 2007, despite receiving skepticism and mixed reviews from fans and critics, it was still successful in terms of revenue, making it impossible for Sony to give up the second version. this very lucrative right.
So they re-booted the movie. New version, new actors, new director, new plot and of course…. a new outfit.
In the two reboots with actor Andrew Garfield as Spider-Man, the Spider armor has a darker tone than previous versions, many embossed motifs double Sam Raimi’s version, reducing the size of the Spider’s eyes.
The spider web motif has been changed to black, but it is concave compared to the red part, creating a highlight for the outfit in a style that is in stark contrast to Raimi’s design. In particular, the red and blue fabric is added with much more details to stand out for the new movie, the red fabric is decorated in an almost honeycomb style, and the blue fabric also uses this pattern. , but embossed with black hexagonal seam. The logo on the front of the chest is extended to the legs below to create a spider web pattern.
This combat costume was made by Peter Parker using Oscorp’s technologies, and because this version cannot produce silk on its own, the elbows are also fitted with web shooters closer to the original comic book. ,
Although it has changed quite a bit in terms of details in the costume, this version of Garfield’s suit is still a very nice, cool outfit with the most comfortable feature of Spider-Man, at least until… recently.
6. THE MARVEL CINEMATIC UNIVERSE (2016-)
Homemade suit: Before meeting Tony Stark, Peter Parker was a “spontaneous hero” who defeated small groups of bandits in the city. The guy’s self-made suit is quite “sniffing”, with bulging eyes made of goggles and a hoodie that reflects the character’s youthful and dynamic personality.
Tony Stark’s Spider-Man Suit: The suit first appeared in Captain America: Civil War, then “teacher” Tony Stark also allowed Peter Parker to keep this suit. Possessing the modern technologies of the Stark corporation, this is the “coolest” and most modern version of Spider-Man’s costume ever to appear on the big screen.
As seen in the “Civil War” Post-Credit, Peter Parker is fiddling around to find out what the high-tech suit Stark built for him can do?
Screenwriter Marc N. Kleinhenz suggests that the most obvious high-tech item Marvel Studio built for Spider-Man is the Spider-Tracer, which allows our Spider to track targets with tiny tracking devices. Other possible devices that may appear are:
The suit’s bulletproof ability
Masks can breathe underwater
Ability to surf, windsurf,
And a “Spider Arm” that can be used in combat or exploration.
When the news that Sony and Marvel would be collaborating to make this new version of Spider-Man was released, Marvel Studio showed its excitement when it was possible to “ship” the character image for the first time. since Stan Lee sold the film rights to The Amazing Spider-Man in the ’70s.
And that’s the history of the Spider-Man suit over the years, from lack of experience to looking sloppy, sloppy, even adding the Gao-Ranger feature; until the golden days when the costume was modified to look more eye-catching but not really close to the original so far. Spider-Man’s suit is not only cool – cool with many features but also really closer to the original than ever.
