By Keith Walsh
What we know so far about the film “Spiderman – No Way Home” is that there’s a strong chance that it will feature three versions of Spiderman – as portrayed by Tobey MacGuire, Andrew Garfield and of course Tom Holland—as well as the villains introduced in earlier iterations of films. Marvel has done a spectacular job of teasing the details, while the actors have been tight-lipped. Ticket sales have been astronomical, crashing servers worldwide and offering hope that theaters will once again be packed in the age of COVID. To be released on Dec 17, it’s the film that everyone seems to be talking about.
In 1964, Beatlemania swept the world. Just months earlier, in November of 1963, Western Democracy was crippled with the assassination of U.S.president John Fitzgerald Kennedy, and Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson was sworn in quickly. We find ourselves with a similar existential crisis of leadership in the U.S., following the hollow, egomaniacal reign of Donald Trump and now with an increasingly frail, elderly man in charge. Could Spider-mania help the world find its way in these crisis-ridden times?
MCU Phase 4
Marvel has announced Phase 4 of the MCU (Marvel Cinematic Universe), a change after the series of events leading to “Avengers: Endgame.” MCU’s Phase 1 began with 2008’s “Iron Man,” and each following phase has lasted anywhere from 3 to 5 years. Will Phase 4 of the MCU bring us the consciousness changing revelations that the mind-bending 8 year run of The Beatles brought the world? With “No Way Home” we are promised the live action introduction of the Multiverse, first revealed in the animated instant classic “Spiderman –Into The Spiderverse” from 2018. Here’s the first look at the upcoming sequel to that film.
Will “Spiderman – No Way Home” and the ensuing Marvel Multiverse change the world by bringing the very real scientific paradigm of string theory, with its concepts of multiple, intertwined simultaneous realties, into mainstream consciousness, changing the lives of billions? How could it not? I say, “Let It Be.”
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