With all the buzz and hype around the new Amazing Spiderman movie, I thought it timely to introduce you to another of my writing buddies: Yes, Peter Parker himself, albeit with slightly (just a bit) enlarged head and groovy costume!
The Headknocker from Neca is an ideal paperweight on my desk and looks super-heroingly cool (is that a word? No, I didn’t think so). With a little bit of encouragement (a quick flick of the finger on his bonce), Spidey will nod an affirmative to whatever question I ask: Should I really drink this next beer? Of course, he eagerly nods.
Great for encouragement; he always loves my first drafts!
It’s the least he can do for my loyal following since childhood – religiously watching the original cartoons and purchasing (well, my mum did) countless comics, and even suffering the original Spiderman movies in the 80s with Nicholas Hammond.
CGI has come a long way since then and only now is the technology really available to bring Stan Lee’s and Jack Kirby’s creation to the big screen – after all, it was a half-hearted attempt with the Green Goblin parading as a sickly Power Ranger (not a good look).
Let’s hope this next movie truly is amazing.
I was bitten by a spider once and all I did was scream like a girl, but at least my brightly-coloured spandex costume looks good in the bedroom!
Like Nacho Libre said: “Sometimes, a man likes to wear stretchy pants! It’s for fun”
Simon Whitmore 