Earth vs. the Spider | Dan Aykroyd, Devon Gummersall | The Path Spiderman Could Have Stumbled Upon

Earth vs. the Spider | Dan Aykroyd, Devon Gummersall | Move Over Spider-Man!!

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Earth vs. the Spider

	Earth vs. the Spider Dan Aykroyd, Devon Gummersall Sony Pictures, 2002 average customer review:based on 14 reviews view larger image
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The Path Spiderman Could Have Stumbled Upon

Ever want to be a superhero? Well, Quentin certainly did, dreaming about being a hero like his idol, the "Arachnid Avenger." He found himself very inadequate in real life, however, with his job as a lowly security guard at a biotech company not allowing him to live his dreams. He couldn't stop local crime in his neighborhood, get the dream girl living in the apartment next door, or even feel good about himself. Still, all of this changes when the company he works for is infiltrated and things go terribly wrong, leaving him with a dead partner, a former occupation, and the chance to inject himself with a secret weapons research project involving extracts from spiders. That's when things go wonderfully wrong.
To me, this movie felt like a classical superhero story at first, with the challenges of life inflicting someone who found themselves in a position of inferiority. Then, out of the blue, a chance to become more presents itself and Quentin, being obsessed with the idea of having superpowers, can't pass it up. With them comes instant gratification, and he finds himself becoming something he never dreamed of, a man with strength, speed, and other, stranger (spider-like) abilities. Still, the bubble bursts soon enough when he finds that Stan Winston isn't interested in a superhero at all, and that Creature Features are just that.
Having seen all the hype behind Spiderman's impending release, I found this movie a bit too fun to pass up. I know how Winston gets with his monsters, and I knew that the "boy wonder" wouldn't have that happy ending he had been longing for. Despite being a bit predictable, the movie still had a lot to offer, and you can actually taste everything going wrong at first and began to wonder when everything would stop going wrong by the end. I really wasn't disappointed in the least, except in one small regard, the fact that I could have used a bit more of that wonderful finished monster product. Still, its a worthy "remake" and definitely worth buying.

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Move Over Spider-Man!!

Amazingly, "Earth vs. The Spider," has eye-poping special effects, thanks to monster-maker Stan Winston (Jurassic Park III, A.I. Artificial Intelligence, Aliens). At first, I didn't know what to expect when I bought the "Earth vs. The Spider" DVD. I just knew that it would be a good flick, because of Stan Winstan and co-star Dan Aykroyd!

If you've never heard of "Earth vs. The Spider," this is a story about a man named, Quentin who loves comic books. He works as a security guard at a biotech research lab. He spends his nights at home dreaming of becoming his favorite comic book superhero: The Arachnid Avenger. A spider-man like human that goes about saving the city from evil-doers, much like "Spider-Man." Only more like a "real spider-man."

When some thugs ambush the lab, and kill his partner. He injects himself with a top-secret drug made from the blood of a laboratory spider. Slowly, the effects of the injection changes his body. Instead of trying to become like a superhero he once dreams of, he becomes more like spider insticts that infect his body.

Hmmm...interesting.

All in all, this is an excellent monster movie, that will make the hairs on your neck stand up...

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Spiderman Gone Bad

I ordered this DVD thinking it was either an enhanced version of the 1950's black and white sci-fi flick "Earth vs. the Spider" or a remake of that same classic. It was neither. In tune with the relase of the box-office smash "Spider-man" this two year earlier horror film has a plot completely contrary to the comic book character. This human turned spider is a bad guy...and instead of having normal hands and legs that give him the ability to climb walls, he grows EIGHT new limbs. It, too, has a love interest storyline. Dan Akroyd is the detective. This is a great film to see AFTER "Spider-man". I would, however, love to see the original 50's classic of "Earth vs. the Spider" on DVD.

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