• Loads. Construction, for one — being able to glue things together to keep it from toppling over without worrying about getting rid of the adhesive afterwards....

• There are indications in the Con footage that the film is following Ultimates in this regard. Which still doesn't explain the webbing from the wrist-to-neck (or vice versa!??!) in the teaser.

• Based on footage reports that they showed at the con, the writers understand very well that Spider-Man is meant to be funny. The jokes vs. criminals I've read about from Con footage impressed the reporters as addressing this issue successfully. (The AICN report particularly was very detailed.)

• The film looks horrible and I won't go see it unless it gets over a 90% on rotten tomatoes.  I've already had my spiderman fix in the last 3 film.

• Hayden Chirs...oh, the Spidey-guy...okay, I'll go see your movie...even with emo-Parker and footage from a game I already beat and jerky Lizard people...

• Sometimes an hour's all you need.

• It wasn't in reference to the hoodie, it was in reference to the skateboard he's apparently gonna have with him. Which is fine, I may not like it myself but it's certainly not an offensive or contradictory element to add to the character (like making him a jock, for example).

• He was in Nerd Mecca, it wasn't like anyone there mistook what he meant.  He didn't need to give us a detailed account of Spidey's brief inner turmoil before doing the right thing, we all know the story.  "With great power comes great responsibility", not "with great power comes the human urge to be selfish then realize you have to do the right thing since youre a fictional character in a comic book".  SIlly nitpickers.

• Alright, the kid scores some mad nerd cred, but I still dont want to sit through ANOTHER Spidey origin.  He looks like he'll do justice to the role, I just hope the rest of the cast and crew are as stoked as him. He looked emotional and nervous as hell.  Screen actors might not be used to being in front of so many people, so the notes are understandable.

• I reckon he could make a few bucks out of the bondage/fetish market.

• D'aww, that was sweet. It's rather strange watching someone express such seemingly genuine excitement for a role. Hell, Robert Downey Jr. was the last person I think who actually cared for his comic book to movie character role, so big props to Andrew. I have better hopes for this film now, and if it continues to at least show decent trailers, I'll watch it.

• Anyone wondering about the notes has never given a short speach is front of a crowd befor. Unless you have a prompter your not going to remember the speech unless you ha ive gone over it many times and actors are busy horing there projects to the public with 800 apperances a day so even though he's used to reading lines he's used to practicing them more. Was this obviously scripted yes is there proof that he's not a real fan no. Belive it or don't but analizing someones belifs from what they say has proven futile with politicians and most of them are crappy actors.

• After reading the interview he gave to Entertainment Weekly, in which he was supremely proud of owning a VF Graded Amazing Spider-Man #6 signed by Stan Lee, I'm willing to bet my balls that this is genuine and he only had a script because he wanted to get his message across properly. Could've been staged, but I'm pretty sure even if it was it was HIS brainchild and the feelings are genuine. Kudos Garf, now just get rid of the Hipster fauhawk/wild hair and I'll accept you 100%. 

• Even if he was acting part of or all of it, he still cared enough to go through with it. That's good enough for me.

• That would have been fantastic.

• Okay, Andrew. We can have sex now.

• I think the studdering and heavy breathing sells it

• Really? Because I see it the whole other way around. He's technically incorrect, but thematically, he's right on the money. It's only a two minute speech, so there's not a lot of room to go into detail. Is that a sufficient tl;dr for my previous comment?

• Isn't that super heroes do?  They inspire nerds that there's something better than their lonely bitter life. They give us hope.  They can keep us from despairing and offing ourselves.  Yeah. I say Spider-man certainly has saved a number of our lives.  Some people turn to Jesus.  Some people turn to Spider-man.

• Um.. has anyone ever tried going up at a convention or doing a panel? Hell, I oncetried doing a small panel about manga at a con and I was a mess without notes.

• Eh. Sounded more like nerves.  Now his scaley Welshg co-star on the other hand... http://www.bleedingcool.com/2011/07/23/rhys-ifans-the-lizard-in-the-amazing-spider-man-arrested-at-san-diego-comic-con-and-cited-for-misdemeanor-battery/

• skater / punk elements in it?  He's wearing a hoddie.  Hell, I'm almost thirty and even I wear hoodies.  I don't see how that really alters Peter's characters. Plenty of nerds wear hoodies.  Hell, they could have gotten away with giving him a sweater vest like the old comics but that might make him look even more like a hipster than the hoodie.   Eh. To me that's just them setting it in the modern day.

• One of the best nerd-baiting/publicity stunt ever devised. It would be much more awesome if they had security try to drag him off the stage and THEN revealed that he was Andy Garfield all along. XD

• Depends on which version of the origin you want to take...the "canonical" Amazing Fantasy #15, when he sets out to be a tv star? The Ultimate version (which the movie apparently wants to take heavily from), when he uses the money he earns from wrestling to help his uncle and aunt financially? The Raimi movie version when he does it just to get a car to impress a chick? I understand the desire to be cynical about Garfield and his cred as a fan, but the fact is he did this when many other actors of superhero films didn't for their respective roles (or did half-assed pandering like Ryan Reynolds with the Green Lantern oath). Clever marketing doesn't eliminate the fact that he's either genuinely passionate about the character (and all his interviews since he got it indicate so) or is just a really good actor, either of which is a good sign for the movie.

• I could care less about this actor being technically correct. It seemed to me that he was thematically  incorrect, which is a little (stress on little) offensive when you have been truly touched by the original.

• Ohemgee! He glossed over a technicality that is irrelevant to the point that he was trying to make about Spider-Man! Surely he can't be a real fan! You know, much like how someone who doesn't use the hyphen can't be a real fan! Way to crap on a guy over nothing. The point was that Peter decided to use his powers for good instead of getting corrupted, not that he never flirted with corruption from the start. The process that led to his heroism makes for a stronger story because he and the audience get to see how bitter the consequences of being a dick can be. If he was just a good guy automatically he wouldn't be half as strong a symbol for people like Andrew and myself, because he wouldn't be as relatable. Remember, that ability to relate to Spider-Man is the entire thrust of Andrew's speech.

• Yeah, I didn't think of that either, but the notes are really f#!%ng weird.  It wasn't like a single card for  a couple bullet points to hit upon, but rather several pages of notes, or his entire script to read in front of the now adoring nerd fans. Maybe I'm just overly cynical at this point, mostly because the trailer has that weird Twilight vibe going for it, but I am kind of interested they seem to be throwing in the "Peter Parker's parent's were actually spies" story-arc.  Not sure how instrumental it is, but when scriptwriters throw in comic minutae like that (although it appears to be the only bit they've added so far) it at least shows they have read a comic, or someone has told them what happens in the comics.

• I agree! Its like he never read Stan Lee's Spiderman,( or saw Sam Raimi's movie for that matter!). Spiderman "saved my life" by being human, having super powers ended none of his problems, and thus was relate-able.  Besides, what was that guy reading? He could not memorize how happy he was to be there and that he likes spiderman? (trap!)

• Peter tried to sell it! No one wanted a glue that dissolved shortly after it was applied...This happened really early in the comic.

• Am I the only one that's a bit cynical and thinks this is just a clever marketing ploy to make the lead character, and thus the movie, more likeable to the nerdy crowd?  I mean, he got one of the major things about Spiderman wrong off the bat.  When Spider/Peter got his powers, he didn't immediately set out to do good, quite the opposite.  He did start out getting corrupted be them (albeit a pretty minor corruption for the most part), and it wasn't until he had the major shock of watching his Uncle Ben die in part due to his own inaction that he really began using his powers for good. This is pretty much integral into any telling of Spiderman's history, and therefore no true Spiderman fan would fuck it up...

• Where was he when this happened? http://news.yahoo.com/spider-man-villain-ifans-arrested-comic-con-204500941.html It would have been cool to have him there to arrest Rhys Ifans.

• Agreed. I keep pointing people to that film. This reminds me of all the Michael keaton hate before the Burton Bats film came out. Man, people were having strokes over it. I was okay, because I had seen Clean And Sober.

• That  is Ultimate Spiderman. In the straight forward Marvel U, Peter did it himself.

• With me, its a matter of rather having someone passionate about the project playing the part.

• I love him all the more!

• Its always comforting when the actor actually cares about the character he's playing. but, Spider-Man's much more of a character as a person. If he cares this much about that aspect, I don't think we'll be disappointed with this movie.

• People are idiots. This guy who's getting of millions for playing Spider-Man, starts slobbering and blabbering about how much he loves Spider-Man and suddenly fans think he's the motherfucking Jesus.

• I take back the bad things I said about him upon his first casting. I should have taken them back when I saw Social Network, but I just got around to it. Seriously, if this is his passion for the character, he might end up carrying the film on his back alone.

• Meh...I'd still rather have had Donald Glover

• Parker didn't create the web fluid. His father did. Pete (who is a genius) just followed his fathers equations and used what was around to make it.  Also remember he was the teachers golden boy so asking for chemicals from the chemistry teacher wouldn't have been considered odd. It also worked well in the emotional context of him reaching out to his missing father.

• What application is there for an adhesive that works for about an hour?

• Also, lets not forget that this is trailer 1. More to come. The funny will be there. I also am a lifelong Spidey guy, having named my son Parker, and I have faith in this movie.

• Alright kid, ya got guts. Ya got some moxie. I'm givin' ya a chance, see? Knock 'em dead tiger.

• Here's my webshooter theory for the new movie.  The actual goo is biological, and maybe comes out of the back of his neck.  The suit somehow collects and routes the goo to mechanical shooters on his wrists.  Thus Parker only has to create a trigger/nozzle gizmo, which isn't too unbelievable.  It was always the invention of the miracle web fluid that most defied logic - Parker could have gotten rich just selling that.

• I am probably the biggest Spider-Man fan on this message board. And I approve so hard of this. It's perfect. It's exactly what I would have said if I was Andrew Garfield.

• ...Nerd.    Seriously though, as much as that warmed my brooding heart, I'm still not optimistic about the movie. I'm sure it'll be pretty good, but far too similar to the Raimi movies to have even justified a reboot. It just looks to serious. Why do these film makers not understand that Spider-Man is meant to be funny? Seriously, I made more jokes when Rachel Dawes exploded than Spidey did in his entire fucking trilogy.

• Well, don't feed him. He'll just keep coming back for more.;p

• He sounds hungry.

• Yeah. My money is on this being a scripted event by Sony to win the hearts of any nerd who was hating the movie before. 

• Sure it was. he was reading from a script that was in his hands. Changes nothing.

• Oh, Hai Troll. How are you today?

• I'm now an Andrew Garfield fan. However, after seeing the trailer on the big screen before Captain America (which was AWESOME) yesterday, I still have no interest in the movie, and it makes me sad.

• Andrew Garfield is good.  I hope the Amazing Spider-Man does well because I like him and Emma Watson. *EDIT: I meant Emma Stone. I guess Hermione's red dress made more of an impact than I thought!

• I want to sleep with him even more now . . . . :D

• Or at least behind Garfield, wonder if he had been drinking.

• yeah, because that wasn't a planned thing or anything.

• This was a heartfelt, ballsy , wonderful video. I am all in on this film.

• http://www.slashfilm.com/15-learned-the-amazing-spiderman-panel/ Several elements I don't necessarily like (the skater/punk elements added in), but they're forgivable given that a couple of the issues we were worried about seemed to be addressed, namely the hope that he'll be a wiseass superhero. Above all, I agree, I think Garfield's genuine excitement over it is probably the best proof we have that it may all work out. Dedication and nerd love for the role has to have value. I mean, Ledger was obsessed with getting the Joker right, and he knocked it out of the park. So yeah, looking more forward to the actual trailer than the teaser.

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