10 Things That Were Changed From THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN 2 Script Anonymous 07/1

4/14(Mon)20:58:09 No.46596016?
Pretty interesting read.
http://badassdigest.com/2014/07/14/10-things-that-were-changed-from-the-amaz
ing-spider-man-2-script/
1) Mary Jane.
>As we all know Shailene Woodley was cast as Mary Jane Watson, shot some day
s and then was cut from the movie. The original script includes all of the MJ sc
enes, and she's introduced as the Parker's new next door neighbor. Her dad is an
abusive drunk and she's a waitress who builds motorcycles in her spare time. Sh
e has a Spider-Man tattoo on her wrist, and she's clearly interested in Peter, w
ho is totally hung up on Gwen. At one point Spider-Man confronts MJ's dad, telli
ng him to lay off the girl. At the end of the script Gwen comes to Peter's house
before heading to London; he's gone but she meets the new neighbor. They have a
friendly exchange and MJ says that she always attracts dickheads and asks Gwen
what her advice is to get a guy like Peter. "Date a nerd," Gwen says before head
ing off to die, basically giving MJ the okay to get with Peter.
2) Electro's mom.
>In the script Max Dillon lives at home with his wheelchair-bound mom, who d
oesn't think much of him. He has to take care of her, and after he "dies" in the
accident that gives him powers he comes home to find his mom standing up and ge
tting a big payout from Oscorp. He gets angry and begins using his powers, which
is what sets off his confrontation with the police in Times Square.
3) J Jonah Jameson.
>JJJ's in the original script, as is Robbie Robertson. We see Peter, who is
a student at Empire State University, bring his first Spider-Man pictures to JJJ
, who gives him a tour of the Daily Bugle. JJJ complains that the internet is ki
lling the newspaper business; later, Spidey and Electro's first fight send them
crashing through the Daily Bugle offices and the printing presses.
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4) Peter's blood.
>In the original script, Peter actually gives his blood to Harry Osborn. Thi
s is a huge improvement over the finished film, where Harry just injects himself
with spider venom. In the original script the Goblin suit is better explained -
it isn't for military use but was specifically built in secret for Norman Osbor
n. When Richard Parker wouldn't give his blood to Osborn (the Parker DNA still b
eing the key to it all), the suit went into Norman's boathouse where Harry finds
it.
5) Dr. Kafka and Electro's escape.
>In the finished film, Dr. Kafka, the scientist torturing Electro at the Rav
encroft Institute, is a man. This is a genderswap, as Dr. Kafka is a woman in th
e comics - and in the original script. She is absolutely specified as a female c
haracter; why Webb chose to change this detail is beyond me. Also, Electro break
s himself out of Ravencroft, and he approaches Harry Osborn at Norman's grave in
an attempt to kill him. When he sees that Harry is now The Goblin the two team
up.
6) One year later.
>In the original script there's an entire year gap between the high school g
raduation and most of the rest of the film. This year gap makes Peter's forlorn
attitude towards Gwen cute instead of creepy, and it establishes that they're co
llege students. This makes Gwen's application to Oxford make more sense - in the
finished film it's like she decided to go to college at the last minute.
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7) Dr. Ratha.
>In "The Amazing Spider-Man" the character of Dr. Ratha seems to have been k
illed in deleted scenes, but the actual movie leaves him alive at the end. He sh
ows up in the script for "The Amazing Spider-Man 2", filling the same role as Do
nald Menken, Colm Feore's character. Having Ratha appear as the Oscorp stooge wh
o engineers Harry's dismissal from the company lends a nice continuity to the fi
lm, which in many ways feels like a reboot of the reboot in the first place. All
of the basic elements of Ratha's role are in the finished movie, there's just a
different name attached to the character.
8) Little Spider-Man.
>One of the best sequences in the movie has Spidey helping a nerdy little ki
d who is getting picked on by bullies. That kid shows up at the end, in a Spider
-Man costume, to confront the rampaging Rhino. That kid isn't in this script. An
d the Rhino barely is either; he's just a cameo at the end, with no connection t
o the truck heist at the beginning of the film.
9) The death of Gwen Stacy.
>It plays out mostly the same in the original script... but Gwen, back broke
n, hangs on to life long enough to demand that Peter never give up.
10) "With great power..."
>The finished film has a bit at the end where Peter quits Spider-Man for a b
unch of months, and this time passes by in a montage. The same thing happens her
e. But instead of finding a tape of Gwen's graduation speech, Peter is approache
d by... his dad! Yes, Richard Parker shows back up at the end of the script, and
he tells Peter he's been watching him for years. He's seen him become Spider-Ma
n and everything. It's Richard who convinces Peter to become Spider-Man again, a
nd in his last scene in the movie he tells Pete "With great power comes great re
sponsibility," FINALLY working the famous phrase into this new series.