Spiderman 3

We pretend Leland has been here the whole time, but also he’s very British so this might be hard. We will try our best o7
Introduction:
- L: “Good Sextidi, everyone, and welcome to part three (3) of Goth Angel Sinners, a podcast about anarchy, anarchists, and anarchism, and not about Lil Peep.”
- T: “Presented by @trewbot…“
- C: “…Χλόη (Chloe)…“
- L: “…and Leland.”
- T: “Today we’re talking about Spider-Man 3, the movie in which Spider-Man beats the shit out of his childhood friend so hard he cucks himself.”
Is Spider-Man a cop?
Is the fight between Harry and Peter symbolic of the fights within transhumanism and the false dichotomy between biological changes and technological augmentations?
- Peter is a “Spider”-Man, he relies on biological adaptation to be a superhero and whatnot.
- Harry got Buff™ using some biological agent but ultimately relies on tools to fight Peter, requiring us to ask the question: to what extent is tool use simple “human nature” and to what extent can it be viewed as an augmentation that brings one beyond their humanity and into a sort of transhuman state?
Flint Marco turning into sand is the original Infinity War meme.
The “dancing scenes”…?
- “Walk Like Tobey Maguire From Spiderman 3 down Rundle Mall”¹
  - “Tobey Maguire from Spiderman 3”
- Interview with Tobey Maguire about Spider-Man 3 brought up the scenes and the darker side of Spider-Man in the movie².
  - “[T]hat was Peter Parker dancing, not Tobey.”
  - “Any concern with being haunted by this role? I’m not really concerned about it.” — Tobey Maguire from Spider-Man 3
- I had another article about this³ but apparently the author of the piece (and editor-in-chief of it’s platform) sexually assaulted people⁴⁵, like it’s the only thing that shows up when you google “Devin Faraci” (though it’s mostly from his point of view which is bad).
Eddie Brock is an incel. This is not a question it is a statement of fact.
- All of the bits where Spider-Man is being edgy, Peter is actually doing what Eddie was trying to do but succeeding.
  - Flirting with Jameson’s secretary: she told Eddie to “go away” but with Peter she reciprocated.
  - The staff job at the paper: Eddie got it temporarily and under false pretenses, whereas Peter got it permanently.
  - Dating Gwen: Eddie claimed to have been dating her but really only went out for coffee once and she doesn’t really like him; Peter doesn’t really do this one well either since he takes her to the jazz cafe where MJ is working and she notices he’s doing it to get back at his ex.
The Stan Lee (dead guy) cameo has him saying “you know, I guess one person can make a difference,” to which I say: “we live in a society.”
Opinions of the film overall?
- It currently has a 6.2/10 on IMDb⁶, a 59% on metacritic⁷, and a 63% on Rotten Tomatoes’ “Tomatometer”⁸ (though we should just ignore Rotten Tomatoes because it sucks actually⁹).
- I (trew) thought it was pretty good; 5/10.

“Walk Like Tobey Maguire From Spiderman 3 down Rundle Mall”, Facebook Group. ↩︎
“Spider-Man 3 Interviews: Tobey Maguire,” SuperHeroHype, Apr. 22, 2007. ↩︎
Devin Faraci, “In Defense Of SPIDER-MAN 3’s Dance Scenes,” Birth. Movies. Death., Jul. 2, 2012. ↩︎
Marisa Guthrie, “Devin Faraci, Film Blogger Accused of Sexual Assault, Breaks silence in PBS Series on #MeToo,” The Hollywood Reporter, Feb. 2, 2018. ↩︎
Zach Sharf, “Film Writer Devin Faraci Says He Was ‘Suicidal’ After Being Accused of Sexual Assault,” IndieWire, Feb. 2, 2018. ↩︎
“Spider-Man 3 (2007),” IMDb, accessed Dec. 6, 2018. ↩︎
“Spider-Man 3 Reviews,” metacritic, accessed Dec. 6, 2018. ↩︎
“Spider-Man 3 (2007),” Rotten Tomatoes, accessed Dec. 6, 2018. ↩︎
Dan Olson (@FoldableHuman), “The problem isn’t just “oh, people don’t get it, they’re reading it wrong.” People don’t get it because Rotten Tomatoes is actively misleading them. User error is the intended behaviour.” Twitter, Nov. 21, 2018. ↩︎