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I did mention in the previous entry that I might write about the new Spiderman, and I will do exactly that for this entry. Just to get my preconceptions out of the way, I do not like Marvel movies. I think the dialogue is extremely cringe worthy and that they just make way too many of these. So it was surprisingly pleasant when I actually enjoyed this film. There are multiple reasons for this but I think the biggest is having a villain that is just pure evil. However, that's also one of the biggest issues with the film as well. I will dive into this, and much more, in this entry.

One of the things that made this film enjoyable was the whole everyone having forgotten Spiderman in the previous film. This trope has really always had a major effect on me ever since I first saw it in Bakugan. If you are unfamiliar with Bakugan, it's this Japanese anime that was created to sell toys. Well, I guess that doesn't explain much, since there are so many of those, so I'll explain a bit more. In Bakugan, the characters throw little balls on cards which causes the balls to turn into big monsters and battle each other. This all started one day when the cards were falling from the sky for whatever reason. Our main character in Bakugan is some guy whose name I can't remember. In fact, I don't remember much about him, apart from him being a total rip-off of Ash from Pokemon. To be completely honest, I'm not sure if I'm thinking of the main character from Beyblade, Dinosaur King, any of the Transformers Cybertron trilogy characters, or even Ash himself. It's pretty clear that I spent a significant portion of my childhood watching anime that was purely created to sell overpriced toys to children. Well the main character of this show isn't all that interesting, the ones that stuck with me most were the main antagonist and his love interest. I remember their names quite well, Alice and Masquerade. If you couldn't tell, the villain's name is Masquerade. This guy shows up out of nowhere, and starts dominating the game of Bakugan. Our main character goes on this massive quest to defeat Masquerade. Along his side, are his best friend, and Alice. I will be completely honest, I have no idea if Alice was his love interest. It sort of seems illogical for a children's show, correct? Back to the main topic. Alice is a very meek and mild mannered girl. She somewhat reminds me of Hinata from Naruto if you've ever seen it. Alright long story short, the main character defeats Masquerade, who is revealed to be Alice. Now Alice isn't evil or anything, she just did not have control over herself for whatever reason. Alright, now that I've established a bit about Bakugan, I'll explain how this all ties back to the being forgotten trope. There is an episode where Alice has to be forgotten by everyone. The main character tells her he'll find her again, in any life, any dimension, no matter what. Well, I'm not quite sure what he said, but it was something to that effect. Seeing a scene like that at such a young age had a profound effect on me. I believe it is one of the reasons Steins Gate is my favourite anime, despite me not having rewatched it since middle school. Everyone forgetting Spiderman showed us a side to being a superhero that's probably closer to what it would be like in real life. There would be no way to disappear for large periods of time from family, friends, and especially work and school. You would essentially need to be forgotten, not only as Spiderman, but Peter Parker.

Alright, I want to write more about this next week so goodbye for now. Next time I will cover Jean Grey, and why an X-Men mutant made such a good Spiderman villain. Not only a good villain, but one of the most evil and sadistic I have ever seen. Almost on the level of King Joffrey, which sort of ruined the movie for me but that's alright, because I'll get to talk more about this next week. Adios for now