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Mr_Lasastryke posted...

someone like scarlet can correct me when i'm wrong but from what i remember, the lee/ditko peter was very insecure and not all that sarcastic (there's a reason he got bullied in high school). what you're describing is more like the later, mature peter. sure, tobey was bad at playing that peter but i thought his portrayal of an old-school peter was fine (even though he obviously looked too old to be in high school).

(sorry for necrobumping, i just now saw this topic)

While that's true, that Spiderman was also less sarcastic, in tune. My point wasn't that Peter needs to be sarcastic, just that it's the most glaring example of Peter and Spiderman seeming almost nothing alike. When Tobey's Peter becomes Spiderman, it suddenly feels like he's reading a part made for somebody else. Tobey's Spiderman doesn't feel like a more confident version of Tobey's Peter, basically. It feels like he's getting possessed.