Given Gwen’s style, one Reddit user wondered whether this character was actually trans. Now, can we have a film where we’re not getting into this? She’s just a teenage girl. The Redditor said they thought that teenagers have more to think about their gender identity than Pythagoras’ theorem. I countered – No, the former is nothing I had to concern myself with when I was at school, and was too busy trying to speak to girls, instead. After a battle with the Vulture, which also brings in Spider-Man 2099 ( Oscar Isaac) into it, but there’s a lot more interaction when The Spot ( Jason Schwartzman). Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse has opening credits which are like a bubblegum nightmare with pastel shades of colour. As such, I also didn’t understand the way the years work in this film, as the ‘present day’ in Brooklyn, is set in 1610 AD, plus there’s other multiverses such as a LEGO universe in 13122 AD. Plus, there’s even one in Mumbai – as Mumbatten, not Manhattan; and Neva York 998 AD.

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The first film was a shade under two hours, which could’ve been reasonable, but this one is140 minutes, and really drags. Available now is the Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse: The Art of the Movie Art Book Hardcover and Funko Pop. Amongst all the multiverses, in this one, it begins with Peter being dead at the hands (or claws) of the Lizard. Her cop Dad, George Stacy ( Shea Whigham), wants to take in the culprit, and thinks it’s her (albeit, he doesn’t know her real identity because she’s in a masked outfit), but that would make for a very short film. I’m quite glad I didn’t see the first film, in the end, since I’d have struggled to sit through it if it’s just more of the same, flashing a load of nonsense before my eyes, but with the easy option to switch it off.Selected items are only available for delivery via the Royal Mail 48® service and other items are available for delivery using this service for a charge. Occasionally, descriptive text pops up onscreen, such as describing the word ‘Hammerspace’ when it’s mentioned,plus with someclever dialogue, such as when one character says “Go to Helvetica!”, another responds, “Bold!” As stated, as well as having not seen ‘ Into the Spider-Verse‘, I have no knowledge of the ‘2099’ character since I don’t read the comic books. Hey, I’m just killing an afternoon to watch this.