I recognize most of those villians from Power Rangers.  I love Power Rangers!  First season pink ranger... Hubba hubba!   Where the Fk are the Power Rangers in this musical?!

I think I nearly peed myself laughing at the Bono monster.  Holy crap. It was funny enough and that U2y guitar riff was spot on. Then he walked out in the shades. Wow.

Thoughts on the preview footage:

1.) Arachne looks much better as a succubus than as the leader of a bunch of dancing shoes.

2.) I agree, Peter's hair is bizarre and vaguely disturbing.

3.) Who's playing Jameson? He looks familiar to me in a geeky sort of way...

4.) Look at all those people being vaguely amuzed!!! (A clever touch for the marketing, showing people actually enjoying the show. Sort of.)

5.) So, is there a clone of Peter looking at his costume while the real Peter is singing "Rise Up"? THIS IS THE CLONE SAGA ISN'T IT!!!!?

(I'm guessing that's a shot from a reprise later in the play. But editing for the preview led to that reaction from my subconscious...)

6.) My God, he not only looks like G'Kar, he sort of sounds like G'Kar!!

7.) My mind boggled at hearing someone in the comments mention Black Cat in the villain lineup. I have to admit, this the sole reason I watched the preview--morbid curiosity. I didn't see here, though. I think the poster really did see a streetwalker dressed like she was from the 80s. (I saw one with a white furry ruffle, which in a quick shot might look like BC.)

8.) Wow--the songs are mind-numbing.

9.) Did anyone else think it was ironic that the set behind the MJ/Peter duet featured a marque calling Mary Jane's performance "a triumph"?

What I find most idiotic (aside from the concept of this show in the first place) is that they put it on Broadway.  It's not that I don't think it could be done well, but the show is basically a glorified circus arts show.  It's got trapeze artists. It's got gymnasts. It's got cloth trapeze artists.  It's probably got fire performers in there somewhere (oh, wait, they all went to do that new idiotic Phantom sequel).

...Why in the hell wasn't this show done in Vegas?

*It could have been a great staple at the NY, NY casino*It would have been the only big-budget thing there to really give Cirque some competition*It's campy enough that Vegas audiences would probably pay to see it

Idiotic as I think this show is, it could have had a much bigger audience in Vegas and probably would have made shit loads of money, instead of going on Broadway for a few weeks and shutting down. 

I wouldn't mind owning the SpiderJacket, but I bet it's going to be expensive as hell.

All I want to say is that I want that jacket he is wearing at 4:42... something fierce ... SPIDERJACKET!

Grover as Spider-Monster = perfection.

scary to see that the thing after all its twist and turns and becoming a horror film of a musical is actully opening. seeing that preivew almost makes me  want to see the thing. even with the green goblin looking like the love child  of the joker and a porcupine on acid. as for the bono muppet figure hope some one does indeed  get the sesame street license again.just to get the fortune it would cost rob to buy that many bono muppet figures.

The Green Goblin looks like Oderus Urungus' gay cousin.

You know, I just realized that the Green Goblin's song is really the JOKER'S song.

If you're looking for a  night on the town, you just found me/I'm a 65-million-dollar circus tragedy/I'm Coney Island and all the rides are open and free/All the weirdos in the world are here right now in New York(Gotham) City!"

Too little, too late for me. Loved the "Sesame Street" parody, though.

Is it just me, or does that audience member in the Sesame Street clip sound a little like Stan Lee?  Just me then...

i wish atleast someone used those micro cams to record the original version before the re-write...this way we could all have had a good hearty laugh. maybe they did , and it will be at conventions....i actually cried when i saw the Kraven uniform  =/ the goblin *still as bad as i thought, but you know a job is a job XD*

I pray the show ends with Batman go on stage and Spider-man slapping hard in the face

 Salvage Cars

I was worried about this show, after the song about the shoes and the awful super villain costumes how could I not. But when I recently went to New York I knew I had to see it for myself.  So . . .It was kind of amazing.  I mean you're not supposed to read Spiderman on a page, you're not supposed to see him on a screen. I was sitting in the third row and let me tell you, that was how you should see it. It's how Spider-man was meant to be seen. Watching him swing above your head, and wondering where he'll go next.The whole thing was so much FUNIs it corny, campy? Yeah, you bet. But no more so than the Rami films. At least I felt a stronger connection to some of the characters. Just wanted to offer another perspective

...I threw up in my mouth a little when Gobby opens his mouth to sing. Seriously, is that not the DOUCHIEST song in musicals EVER?!  Also, to be fair, I think the song at 4:30 sounded okay. Yeah, I'm a sucker for those type of music, "For You" by The Calling being one of my favorite songs when the Daredevil movie came out. But HOLY CRAP!! IS THAT THE LIZARD?!  WTF?!! XD

Also, kudos to Sesame Street, and thank you! Thank you for teaching innocent nerdlings the difference between crap and quality. XD

I saw the Lizard and all I could think was "REPTAR ON ICE!"

Ok, wait.. I saw the top one... oh that just sucked.. GG looks like G'Kar but green.

Wait, isn't that the guy that played Sam Flynn in the latest Tron movie???

This musical was not the most heinous thing.. but, wow, um... that sucked, Bono and the Edge should lose lots of awesome musician cred, just for this.

Wow, I only got this one and half minute thing.. is there a link I didn't follow?

Other than that, you know you suck when sesame street steps in and makes a better musical lol, which is only one and a half minutes long LOL!

I hope you remember me when you buy that one million action figures.

I'm surprised it was only mentioned once before. The hero of that entire five minute video is that Spider-Man jacket he is wearing at the end. Surely soon to be at Hot Topic. I predict it will be the one worthwhile thing to have come out of this entire musical. Essentially it cost $70 million to produce that jacket.

I take HUGE ISSUE with the Lizard's costume he looks like he just got done work at his second job as a mascot for some cutrate college football team with NO funding... and why the hell are there flowers growing out of the Sandman? And I think it's supposed to be Black cat but she looks more like a stereotypical Brooklyn hooker from 1985. Carnage looks... ok. Electro... not so much.

Why do Peter AND MJ have so much forehead? The odds of that are so slim....

Also:

You're welcome for the tip ;-)

Seems like they could have saved themselves a lot of headache by not having Spider-Man fly through the air, because you know, Spider-Man DOES NOT fly.

"Springtime, for Goblin, and Germanyyyyy...."

Hey look, direct link to the song... part of it.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...

I swear, this is just like the SImpsons' Planet of the Apes; The Musical

Watching that made me said because it really is a good idea just horrible execution. Its good to see Sesame Street minus Elmo still being entertaining.

I guess they couldn't be bothered to have Peter act...or even move while singing. Every single time they show him, he's just standing completely still. That's what you really want out of live theater. Statuesque ballads.

Damn, they look like Doctor Who villains. Only without the charm. And the "we're on a bbc-budget" excuse. 

Duke Nukem Forever came out today...it sucked.Spider-Man: Turn Off The Dark opened today...it sucked.Bad things always happen in threes...and the day isn't over yet. *shudder*

So, everyone else seems to be dancing around the issue:Why is that lab tech sodomizing a T-Rex?

No matter how many times they try to force "Rise Above" on us it's still a crappy song.  I also guess they think it's the best one, too, as it's gotten the most TV spots.  I shudder to think it's the best song in the musical.

I enjoyed Grover's song better.

What, no mention of how Turn Off The Dark's producer dropped dead yesterday, in a bit of cosmically appropriate timing?

Good lord, I think every one of those villain costumes are horrible.  And this is coming from someone who was voted one of the "Top Ten Worst Cosplayers Alive."

Caught "Dr. Horrible" on the netflix for the first time this weekend (i know, bad nerd)

I'm agnostic as far as the whole "whedon rules!/sucks!" thing, but having sat through "turn off" - I say let Joss and his bro retool the whole shebang.

Why would they even use Swarm?  And who was the villain with the spinning... hand... thing?

Where can I buy that Spider-Man jacket?

Yes, it looks and sounds dumb.  But only marginally more so than say, Cats...  It's going to make a billion dollars.  And then they'll start doing it to every comic fanchise they can think of.  Wolverine will be next, of course.