The TV Addict 

Not that we have much choice. In the recent months we’ve not only heard that James Vanderbilt (ZODIAC, THE RUNDOWN) is working on two scripts so that SPIDER-MAN 4 and 5 could be shot together, but that SPIDER-MAN 4 (according to producer Laura Ziskin) has an official release date of May 2011. All that’s left to do now, really, is figure out the casting.

Yet regardless of Sony’s greedy ambitions (remember when we were promised we’d only get a trilogy and that would be that?), I would like to know if anyone out there genuinely WANTS more SPIDER-MAN movies. Yes, I imagine on some level everyone – including myself – would love more adventures from one of the best superheroes ever, and a franchise that has given us one of the best comic book movies to date(SPIDER-MAN 2). Then again, on some level a lot of INDIANA JONES fans probably wouldn’t have minded another adventure, and that didn’t quite turn out so well either.

The thing is SPIDER-MAN 3 left a really bad taste in my mouth, and a severe bout of heartbreak. I remember turning to my friend after and sighing “Yeah, I think this franchise might be done.” Then again, who knows? Maybe the substantial time between now and 2011 could give the filmmakers a chance to “fix” the franchise, and things might turn out okay. Maybe we can hope the fourth will be good, and it in turn will possibly creatively reboot the franchise enough that we would want more films after that. The thing is, I can’t off the top of my head think of one single example where the fourth film in a franchise was not only great, but even necessary, merited, or wanted.

But it’s SPIDER-MAN, so there’s always hope he may pull through for us. Right?

What do you guys think? Do you enthusiastically embrace the idea of more Spidey movies? Are you hesitantly wanting one, hoping for the best? Or do you just think the franchise was run into the ground by SPIDER-MAN 3 and should be left dead?