Gobbledygeek 103, "Does Whatever a Reboot Can"
Gobbledygeek - A podcast by Paul Smith and Arlo J. Wiley
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The year's second big superhero movie, following The Avengers--which you may remember we discussed and AJ even wrote a review of--is The Amazing Spider-Man, rebooting the franchise that sputtered to an end but five years ago. Paul and AJ, both opinionated Spider-Man fans, are at odds over Marc Webb's new film; Paul considers it the best big screen Spidey yet, AJ not so much. Is Andrew Garfield's Peter Parker a faithful representation of the one in the comics? Do Spider-Man's jokes work? Is the Lizard a good starter villain for this new wall-crawler? Is Emma Stone completely adorable? (Spoiler: they agree on that last one, at least.) Plus, the boys geek out over the announcement of more Sandman and share their experiences of seeing Singin' in the Rain on the big screen. Next: We’re back, back in the Gotham groove. Paul and AJ rise up to discuss Christopher Nolan’s Bat swan song, The Dark Knight Rises.