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On one hand it's ridiculous how man Spiders Men I have seen in my lifetime. On the other MAN are rapid onset superpowers a great analogy for puberty

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I think I'm more in the tank for Spider-Man than for any other male comic book character, so much so that I'm happy to see pretty much any iteration of the character (except Andrew Garfield, sorry, bud! it wasn't you, it was me!)

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My boyfriend gets moderately annoyed at how quickly Miles's dad's seemingly lifelong vendetta against Spider-Man evaporates the second he sees him fighting Kingpin but I actually think that's ONE OF THE BEST THINGS

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he still doesn't approve of Spidey's methods!

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I love that this movie is fundamentally about how to be a member of a healthy, loving family

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Sep 23, 2019Liked by Dame Sophie, Dame Margaret

Yes, and I love that he doesn't just automatically exclude Uncle Aaron from that because he finds out about his secret identity too. It's more complicated than that.

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Sep 23, 2019Liked by Dame Sophie, Dame Margaret

Yep

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Spider-Noir and the Rubic's Cube: a couple for the ages

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Sep 23, 2019Liked by Dame Sophie, Dame Margaret

Love Looks Better in Color

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it's a great ship

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"DO I WANT KIDS???" is not not something I ask myself every time I interact with an especially great teen (c.f. Dame Sophie's perfect daughter)

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Peter B. losing his shit about the bread

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Sep 23, 2019Liked by Dame Sophie, Dame Margaret

He just needs another chance to give her the bread she deserves :(

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AHHHHH YES HERE IT IS MY FAVORITE

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I absolutely lost my shit when we saw this in theatre

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MY PIZZA JUST GOT HERE THANK GOD

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Sep 23, 2019Liked by Dame Sophie

Spoken very much like Peter B. Parker.

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I relate to the man for good reason

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Lily Tomlin voicing Aunt May makes her canonically gay, which means she and Doc Oc definitely dated

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We don't need the monitor is a

TRUE CLASSIC

Spider-Man quip

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crying over seahorses I just die

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got hit by a drone

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STAY FOR THE END CREDITS

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and the post-credit scene

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the best credit scene EVER

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this soundtrack is so good

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IF I EXERCISED it might be to this

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Sep 23, 2019Liked by Dame Margaret

I mean, personally I would recommend listening to it in more relaxing settings, but yes, as a theoretical matter, it would be great for working out.

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THIS SCENE

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RETROACTIVE OSCAR FOR BRYAN TYREE HENRY

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who is also a wildly gifted comic actor AND can sing like the dickens

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Future EGOT Bryan Tyree Henry

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IF DAME JUDI HAS ONE SO INDEED SHOULD HE

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Prowler STILL doesn't know Miles is Spidey ughhhh my heart

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MY HEART

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it feels so terrible every time

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IT IS NOT YOUR FAULT MILES YOU STOP THAT RIGHT NOW

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and now Bryan Tyree Dad-ry thinks spidey killed his brotherrrrrrrrr

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MAN IN MOTION! Fellow Young Olds will appreciate this song placement

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In another universe there’s a Peter B. Parker movie with an 80s butt-rock soundtrack.

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it's THIRTY MORE MINUTES until Mine Own pizza gets here and I am not sure how I am supposed to survive

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I BELIEVE IN YOU (but I might need to get myself a snack too)

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thoughts & prayers

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tyyyyy you two

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DAD!

BOD!!

PETER!!!

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DID YOU KNOW SEAHORSES MATE FOR LIFE MAKING IT WORK????

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SHOUT OUT TO THE EXTREMELY LOVING PARENTS

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Wanna give a shout-out to Shameik Moore's performance, too (I'm going to do this with everyone, probably). He's great in Hulu's Wu-Tang: An American Saga, in a wildly different role (as the future Raekwon the Chef). I love what he's doing with his voice in this performance -- it's so recognizably a young teen caught between his innate sweetness & desire to BE somebody

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yess! and the movie Dope!

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YES! He's a star, no question

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if I had a car with a loudspeaker

this is EXACTLY how I'd use it

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Sep 22, 2019Liked by Dame Margaret

characterization rings true

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The dimensions colliding makes me think of the cover for Taffy Brodesser-Akner's Fleishman Is In Trouble

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SAME!!!

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QUELLE SURPRISE!!

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John Mulaney is perhaps the most inspired voice casting in an extremely well-cast movie

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Although I still can't believe they got Nicholas Cage for Spider-Man Noir

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Sep 23, 2019Liked by Dame Margaret

spidey-five

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on the other hand...Nic Cage tho

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yeah, Nicolas Cage, who literally named himself after Luke Cage (and then named his son Kal-El) is a PRETTY great get

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Sep 23, 2019Liked by Dame Sophie

I am guessing he must have been very psyched to be asked.

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I read an interview or something where originally he was less intense about his line readings and the director asked him for more and he was like "Oh, you want me to go Full Cage?"

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Yes! I saw that interview and laughed out loud when I read that.

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There is actually one other voice casting choice I like better, but it's a spoiler for anyone seeing this for the first time, so click/read this URL with caution: https://www.bustle.com/p/oscar-isaacs-into-the-spider-verse-cameo-introduces-a-spider-man-we-could-be-seeing-a-lot-more-of-13605268

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THANK YOU FOR ATTENDING OUR PARTY

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thank you for hosting! loved the decor

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spidey bells what a classic tune

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Sep 23, 2019Liked by Dame Margaret

batman WHO

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I love that Aunt May also calls it a goober

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They’re related

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YOU could wear the mask

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Sep 23, 2019Liked by Dame Sophie, Dame Margaret

i feel like best I could hope for is Guy in the Chair but it's a nice thought

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Spider-Man's emotions are both his REAL superpower AND his undoing

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I can't find it at the moment but there's a GREAT video explaining how the animators animated Peter's swinging differently than Miles, giving him way more frames per second to highlight hoe much more swing-proficient he is

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THWIP, release!

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Sep 23, 2019Liked by Dame Sophie

yes I saw this! Peter is swinging at a higher frame rate, and miles is at like every three frames!

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This scene is so genuinely scary-- Predator is so well-designed

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(I think that's what the baddie pursuing him is called)

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I think so, too. This whole part of the plot breaks my heart

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Sep 22, 2019Liked by Dame Sophie

the music and sound effects are spot on

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man when Miles sings along but doesn't know all the words, I just died

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Sep 22, 2019Liked by Dame Margaret

more like spider-MOOD

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RUDE TO POINT

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honestly p. considerate of Fisk to wait until Spider-Man gets up again

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instead of just finishing him of

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he has a CODE

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Emmys news thread for those who want it

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my sister just texted me that Phoebe Waller-Bridge won Best Actress in a Comedy for Fleabag!!!

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yrdsssssssssssss

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Hurrah!

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OTS WHAT SHE DESERVES

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yes please!

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this incredible bummer of a reveal

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SPIDER-GWENNNNNNN

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Doc Oc is the only women with white dreads who could get it

but she could

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if it's helpful, I think she just has a lot of magnificent hair volume, not actual dreads

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That’s what I was thinking

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i think peter ramsey definitely made them dreads as a foreshadowing device

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Sep 23, 2019Liked by Dame Margaret

both she and Charlize Theron in Furious 8 use them as a signal that they're villains...but hot villains

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I'm alarmed and amused by your fascination with doc oc, Margaret ;)

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THE PIZZA SLICE GLITCHING

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Doc Oc

Could Get the HELL Out Of It

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by which I mean I would let her nail me and be very intrigued by what she brings to the table, sex-toy-wise. Not that she she get out of the movie or anything.

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“Oh, it’s Liv.”

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Sep 22, 2019Liked by Dame Margaret

I love that they genderswapped Doc Oc from the standard.

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Is this actually Chris Pine singing as Spidey???

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Bryan Tyree Henry's Dadness is truly *chef's kiss*

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ONE OF TWO ROLES for which his work merited an Oscar nomination last year

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Miles' "that's not even how the saying goes!!!!"

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I hope everyone has hit play!

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Sep 23, 2019Liked by Dame Sophie, Dame Margaret

So glad they worked in an anvil joke for Peter Porker.

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Sep 23, 2019Liked by Dame Sophie, Dame Margaret

If you had asked me before this movie, I think I might have said that we did not need another Spider-Man origin story and I would have been ABSOLUTELY wrong. It really shows that the problem with so many reboots and origin stories isn't the fact of them, but that they aren't innovative enough.

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yeah, they need to go farther to the edges, not to some boring middle

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We don't need the SAME origin story over and over, but a new, fun, exciting one is amazing when it happens.

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Sep 23, 2019Liked by Dame Sophie, Dame Margaret

"My friends actually call me Liv. My enemies call me Doc Oc." is so amazing! One of my absolute favorite lines.

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same.

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Sep 23, 2019Liked by Dame Sophie, Dame Margaret

I love that singing a song he doesn't know the words to is what he does to relax. It is extremely relatable.

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Sep 23, 2019Liked by Dame Margaret

It’s the finger dance

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Sep 23, 2019Liked by Dame Sophie, Dame Margaret

I feel like if I went to an alternate universe I would also go to my favorite restaurants and stores that have closed...

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It would be my first stop

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Yep. Possibly even if a super villain was trying to end the world. You have to have priorities.

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bitches gotta eat!

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Sep 23, 2019Liked by Dame Sophie

“A child dressed like Spider-Man dragging a homeless corpse”

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lol that line cracks me up every time

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Sep 23, 2019Liked by Dame Sophie, Dame Margaret

This might be my favorite Stan Lee cameo. Seems very fitting - both the statement and that salesman portrayal.

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It always fits. Eventually.

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Such a fitting comment. But being a bit of a huckster salesman fits too, which I think he would have admitted.

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EXTREMELY fitting

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