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421. Costume Concerns

Sameth

on June 25, 2012

This is something that kind of bothered me in Raimi's movies. He has a professional looking costume on a poor kid's budget.
I had a similar conversation on this message board. Someone had already seen Amazing Spider-Man because it was released in Japan, so I asked them if The Amazing Spider-Man made any mention of his costume and a couple of people (who hadn't seen the movie yet) thought I was just trying to create a fuss.
And some pointed out that people have made Spider-Man's costume from the movie, but I had argued that:
A. Those people had a bigger budget.
B. They had a longer time to work on it.
C. They had guides (behind the scenes documentaries, online guides, etc.)
D. Their costumes aren't made for the abuse that Spider-Man's is.
I have absolutely no problem with 616's Spider-Man creating his costume. It doesn't look specifically professional or homemade. And Ultimate Spider-Man explained that he got it from his wrestling day and Mary Jane did repairs on it.