Amazing Spider-Man Delivers New Stills of Peter Parker, Gwen Stacy

Agreed. Plus, Pete looks way too old.

Why does Peter Parker look like a hobo?

it’s prolly an homage to the ramones since they sang the spiderman theme song before

Emo spider-man

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I agree. Unless the story takes place in the late ’70s, it makes him too much of a hipster. Now, Devo, Talking Heads, or They Might Be Giants? Those I could see.

How is a teenager in this decade liking the Heads  any less “hipster” than liking the Ramones? That makes no sense at all.

He really doesn’t look older than any normal high school student.

While I can’t even pretend to have any idea how teenagers dress, I do think they could have gone for something a little more timeless. I look at Ultimate Spider-Man (I just started re-reading it) and there Peter is in T-shirt and jeans. From my perspective he looks like some little douchebag punk that I’d catch sitting on my car or doing some sort of skateboard “thing” outside a Starbucks. 

Peter Parker was an introverted geek, that kid looks like he’s selling drugs. He doesn’t look like a good kid and while I’m going to see the movie and I do hope it does well, I can’t help but feel that any version of Peter Parker that I consider calling the cops on is a misstep.

They are trying to make this reboot about a teenage Peter Parker in his high school days. Andrew Garfield is 28 years old. Tobey Maguire was 26 when Spider-Man was released and 25 when it was made. Garfield may be able to pull off being a teen in this film, but he’ll be at least 30 by the time they start filming a sequel.

Maybe the moving ends with Spider-Man accidentally freezing the world. Then in 2 years, when the sequel comes out, he’ll unfreeze the world and finish High School. 

Like he’s selling drugs? I’m not sure if you have a proper idea on who does drugs in middle America and who sells them. But there is no drug-dealers uniform, sorry to dispel your illusion of reality.

And the poster above you is correct, teenager dress just about the same regardless of interest. There are some variation along socio-economic and racial/ethnic boundaries. But “nerds” don’t wear sweater vest anymore, in actuality a hipster or fashion-forward person would probably dress in something like that.

The First Picture: “You don’t understand me! I’M TORTURED!!!”

The Ramones are in the rock n roll hall of fame… Sure they’re punk as can be, but they’re still a major classic. As it should be. And another thing about the current state of affairs “indie rock” etc. is now the mainstream, this kind of thing happens. I have no problem seeing Peter in a Ramones tee. Thumbs up even. He’s an outsider, a pariah. Heck Joey Ramone looks like a fricken’ spider ! And they’re a Queens, NYC band— DUH !!

Should be wearing a Smiths tee shirt – guilt and longing fit spidey hand in glove.

So far they’ve cast 2 redheads to play a blonde Gwen Stacy and a blonde to play Mary Jane, a redhead. Hollywood is stupid. And yes, I know hair colour shouldn’t matter over acting ability, but sometimes it takes you out of the moment. Did anyone really buy Jessica Alba as Sue Storm? She looked about as naturally blonde as RuPaul.

Yeah, except that Emma Stone is a natural blonde.  So does that mean that you are ‘back in the moment’ or just that you were going on about something silly?

Regardless of the last ten comments, I’m still excited. Amazing Spider-man looks like a dark adaptation, and I stress adaptation because from what i’ve seen it is loosely based and not so much like the Spiderman films that were relative to the origin. Garfield looks more modern geek than geeky geek, and yeah, maybe a little disheveled. He has me won over, thumbs up and all. 

I’m not sure who you are arguing with. I didn’t tell the above poster they were wrong, I didn’t even mention the sweater vest and I was pretty clear that I have no idea how kids dress these days.
 
As far as the drug issue, you’re right on that too. I’m an adult, I pay my takes, go to work on time and have a family of my own I have no idea about all that anymore. I do know that (and it may just be the angle presented) that this kid looks high. I wouldn’t let that guy go out with my daughter and while we won’t know a thing about how this movie will turn out, I do know that Peter Parker has never been the sort of character that you’d worry about around your daughter.