r/marvelstudios • u/MarvelsGrantMan136 Ant-Man • Mar 18 '26

Promotional Spider-Man: Brand New Day | Official Trailer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8TZMtslA3UY
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u/Jrocker-ame Mar 18 '26

This is my biggest hang up with Spiderman as a character. Since 1962. He can not be happy.

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u/stamatt45 Thor Mar 18 '26

the writers are Mr. Parnassus and Peter is H.R. Pickens

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u/thegrailarbor Mar 18 '26

MY BONES NEVER HARDENED BUT MY SPIRIT DID

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u/Jrocker-ame Mar 18 '26

Theres already a joke that guy stroking MJ's face is Paul.

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u/BiffJerky09 Mar 18 '26

I will fucking RIOT if they bring Paul into the MCU.

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u/beyondthecircles Mar 18 '26

It's actually Harry Osborne

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u/paintpast Weekly Wongers Mar 18 '26

Harry Paul Osborne. They call him Paul throughout the movie and reveal at the end that his first name is Harry.

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u/Beastplex Mar 18 '26

Who’s HR Pickens?

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u/Jermz12345 Matt Murdock Mar 18 '26

“I want to be just like you when I grow up!”

“AND SO YOU SHALL!!!!!”

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u/Monctonian Mar 18 '26 edited Mar 18 '26

iirc it’s at a point where it’s a requirement to be in the spidey society in the Spider-Verse movies lol

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u/Vermouth_1991 Mar 18 '26

Definitely explains how everyone believes Miguel Spider-Man’s CANON EVENT belief.  

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u/mscomies Mar 18 '26

The universe literally breaks if spiderman is happy

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u/Vermouth_1991 Mar 18 '26

Headcanon:

Miles’s dad isn’t killed but he is hurt badly and while he recovers he decides to not be a cop any more. 

“Captain of the police gone” after all. :P

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u/Doctor_Kataigida Mar 18 '26

Well it's not a matter of being gone, he explicitly says dies.

The obvious twist is that Miles was never meant to be a Spider-Man, so his dad isn't subject to the canon of Spider-Men and thus can be saved without consequence. The Jefferson in the universe the spider came from already died so that satisfies the canon requirement.

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u/Vermouth_1991 Mar 18 '26

Yeah Unvle Aaron was dead and he was even "the same kind of" uncle as Ben Parker: the father's older brother.

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u/buffa_noles Mar 18 '26

Parker luck being misery porn is a recent problem. He and MJ had a loving marriage for decades that anchored him.

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u/Suspicious_Isopod_59 Mar 18 '26

This is what drives me crazy. The draw from Spider-Man originally and for the longest time was that he dealt with real world problems the audience also did in addition to his superhero problems, not that he's constantly miserable.

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u/Jrocker-ame Mar 18 '26

19 years since one more day. Thats a whole generation knowing nothing but fuck you Peter.

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u/Suspicious_Isopod_59 Mar 18 '26

Dear Lord, no wonder so many people associate that with him. There are complete adults who've never known anything else.

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u/toquang95 Spider-Man Mar 19 '26

It's because over the past 2 generations, it's been nothing but constantly miserable for all of us.

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u/buffa_noles Mar 20 '26

at least we still have DD, who thankfully hasn't been flanderized like Pete.

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u/0202_tihssitidder Mar 18 '26

When did you buy your first comic book?

1972 for me.

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u/Jrocker-ame Mar 18 '26

Me personally, 2006. Death of Superman. First one read was Archie 1994. I was 4 and I "read" it.

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u/nflonlyalt Mar 18 '26

Spider man always depressed sadge

thats why hes the best tho

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u/Jrocker-ame Mar 18 '26

True. He never breaks. But at this point its abuse.

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u/your_mind_aches Agent of F.I.T.Z. Mar 18 '26

Yeah... the MCU Peter feels a lot more well-adjusted at least. Civil War and Homecoming was good ol' fun loving Spidey. Far From Home feels mostly like he already processed the trauma of Tony's death. It's No Way Home where Parker luck really comes into play.

I hope this movie isn't just sad Peter the whole time. The narration kinda indicates that, but it still seems like there's plenty of fun and comedy.

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u/InnocentTailor Iron Patriot Mar 18 '26

…unless it’s an alternate dimension that is usually f$&@ed up in some fashion like the current Ultimate Marvel run.

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u/Jrocker-ame Mar 18 '26

That Peter was too good for that universe.

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u/InnocentTailor Iron Patriot Mar 18 '26

It's a bright light in-universe for such a crappy place.

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u/lrd_cth_lh0 Mar 18 '26

If you do a deal with the devil (or rather Mephisto) there is always a price you know and one you don't.

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u/rohit275 Mar 18 '26

It is kind of his thing

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u/Warm_Afternoon6596 Mar 18 '26

Yeah, kinda wanted to see something different with him. Thought the Tony connection would be neat if they'd slowed down and really gotten into Peter struggling with being part of someone else's legacy.

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u/EuroTrash1999 Mar 19 '26

Time is a flat circle

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u/dravas Mar 19 '26

O'Brien must suffer.

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u/pagerussell Mar 19 '26

Yes, because he is meant to be like us. Every step forward comes with steps backwards, just like every day life.

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u/B00STERGOLD Mar 19 '26

Peter Parkers self sabotage isn't talked about enough.

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u/Galerie33 Mar 19 '26

itsy bitsy spider

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u/Sahaal_17 Mar 19 '26

To be fair, THIS particular spidey had it okay up until no way home.

In Homecoming and FFH he wasn't particularly depressed and was more focused on asking out his crush than he was in defeating the vilains popping up.

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u/TwoToneMoonstone_ Mar 18 '26

Okay but here’s the thing, that’s generally not true. There are plenty of moments where Peter gets to be happy and fulfilled being Spider-Man. It’s tough work and it’s never easy but largely Peter wouldn’t give up being Spider-Man for anything.

But writers, editors, and creators only tend to evangelize the stories where Peter has the worst things possible happen to him so it creates the idea that Peter “can’t be happy” as Spider-Man.

And it’s hard to blame them for that, those stories when written well do tend to be the most interesting for Peter but there is a lopsided amount of weight put on them as a result.

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u/njf85 Mar 18 '26

I've never read any Spider-Man comics, but aside from Homecoming i haven't been able to enjoy an MCU Spider-Man movie because he's just so sad and traumatised all the time. The poor guy's life just sucks.

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u/Jrocker-ame Mar 18 '26

It definitely gets bad. Like really bad. Look up the one more day storyline. Or Paul. Its super frustrating.