The Amazing Spider-Man 2 Super Bowl spots and trailer offered a lot to tease fans...but nothing as infuriating as the fate of Gwen Stacy.
Warning: there are potential Amazing Spider-Man 2spoilers throughout this article. For the most ardent Spidey fans, Super Bowl Sunday has meant an Amazing Spider-Man 2 buffet so overstuffed with new footage that even Colorado True Believers are still feeling pretty good. Between two “Part I” and “Part II” Super Bowl spots, as well as a three-minute sizzle reel of greatness, we saw everything from more classic Spidey wisecracking to Electro’s very Schumaucher-esque origin sequence. Yet at the same time, it was all based on sequences fans had seen snippets of before, whether in American promos or other international trailers.
However, there was one thing that was very new, and a very intentional tease for Marvel Zombies versed in their Amazing Spider-Man lore(particularly from 1973's issues 121 and 122), and that is the fate of Gwen Stacy.
The literal cut off point between Super Bowl ads “Part I” and “Part II” is Gwen Stacy--in a very green coat, and in a very purple outfit with brown boots—falling to an otherwise certain death if not for Spidey soaring directly behind her. And in “Part II” he…catches her for a visually stunning save through falling glass.
At this point, Sony is totally trolling us. They know that you know (SPOILER) Gwen Stacy dies when the Green Goblin throws her off a bridge and Spidey tries to save her with a web-line. And they know that we know this. Thus, I would dare say it’s not if Gwen will die, but when. Sony blatantly putting Gwen's "death" outfit not only in the marketing, but cutting an entire two-part Super Bowl spot out of it suggests that they want fans to sit on the edge of their seat every time Ms. Stacy ever so much as stubs her toe. Also, since that "the bridge" locale has been used in two previous Spidey movies (including 2012's The AmazingSpider-Man), it makes sense to move it to another spot. Say, a clocktower? And considering the broken glass matches battle footage from other trailer images of Spidey and Electro in a power plant, it could be old Sparky who does the deed.
If not for the fact that Green Goblin, in whatever form, doing the deed is still desperately necessary. And while Harry Osborn is suiting up in this movie, he's not the iconic Norman. So, perhaps Gwen will live in her special outfit, after all. At the very least she is going to fall several times, and Harry will play a role for maximum effect.
Or is Sony just trolling us again?
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