Um, they *are* based on...comic books, after all...even if The Batman was originally conceived as a gritty, vigilante-type figure (hence the reason why *many* super-heroes back then NEEDED to have a Secret Identity)
In regards to the Tobey MacGuire controversy here...The original characterisation of Spider-Man is one that MacGuire (As wellas director Raimi) tried to portray as accurately as possible; In the original comics, even though Spidey was a valiant as they come, Peter was *still* being picked on and harrasses, as well as having trouble paying the rent...
I remember one scene in the books where a *very* anguished Peter, on the roof of his apartment building, thought about challenging Flash Tomson to fight him....all the while clutching onto the brick wall barrier..
As he thought about making the challenge...his grip tightened upon the brick motif...breaking the motif apart as he became more and more anguished, as he thought: "...but he'd never accept the challeng because...he'd think I was too weak for him!" .. as, ironically, he has crushed the bricks into flinders..
And that's where the mass appeal of Spidey originated from Back In The Day. None of that Hair-Combed-Perfectly-Into-Place-And-Being-Magnificently-Proper-And-Infalliable-Like-Superman stuff; Spidey, whilst being a true hero...was still invariably Everyman...that people could identify with..
Just my tuppence, m8's..
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LOL!! C'mon, have some pity on your boy...I'm just calling it like I see it...they both are missing something in their scrotum....balls!!
Yeah, I know you dig'him D-Dub. But you know I think he's a certified sissy. Him and Frotto from Lord of the Rings should don skirts and high-heels, it would be more fitting.
