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Amazing Spider-Man: Five Predictions

First of all, it should be said for readers just arriving that there may potentially be spoilers […]

First of all, it should be said for readers just arriving that there may potentially be spoilers here. After all, if you’re going to have predictions, then any of them might turn out to be true and ruin the surprise. Additionally, when we use the existing trailers or the comics to support our positions, those comics will be spoiled. You’re warned.Now that we’ve seen a little bit of what to expect from Sony’s upcoming film The Amazing Spider-Man, it seems as good a time as any to make some marginally-informed predictions about what might come out of the flick. We’ll try to keep the totally baseless speculation to a minimum, but there’s bound to be a bit of it. And as far as (forty year old) spoilers for the comics, the first prediction is a biggie so if you don’t want any idea what might happen, now’s the time to turn around.

1. Captain Stacy will probably die.

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The kid was fine, so we guess on one hand he wasn’t too late–but at the same time, he died from injuries sustained in that moment. What makes us think there’ll be a falling chunk of building in Captain Stacy’s cinematic future, you ask? Well…

From the recent Amazing Spider-Man trailer
2. We’ll either see, hear of or be set up for Spider Slayers. 3. A return to Peter’s “science prodigy” roots. 4. To Be Continued…
Back to the Future 5. Captain Stacy will steal some Bill Hicks jokes. It’s Denis Leary