The Amazing Spider-Man Engages in a Bit of Amazing Superdickery
Kellogg’s is doing a Spider-Man promotion where people get to see oddly formatted, low-res clips of the movie if they scan cereal boxes. One of the clips is above, where Spider-Man trolls the shit out of a random thug. While I’m delighted to see Spidey being funny and making fun of crooks, I wonder if this is a bit much. I mean, I genuinely wonder, because I have no idea — what do you Spider-fans think? Is Spidey being kind of a dick, or is this perfect? (Via Nerd Bastards)
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