With three different live-action iterations of the web-slinging hero appearing across six different films over the span of the last 15 years, it was hard to work up enthusiasm for another. But fresh characterizations and an appealing cast set the new Spider-Man film apart.
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Confirmed: Spider-Man crew member beaten, robbed while in Rochester
I told you a week or so ago that the grapevine was reporting an incident involving a member of the Spider-Man film crew, which was shooting scenes for the franchise’s next installment a few weeks ago in downtown Rochester. Now, the Rochester Police Department has confirmed the buzz. According to a police spokesperson, a 26-year-old […]
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Spider-Man crew member robbed in Rochester?
Seriously, what good is having Spider-Man around if he can’t stop a common street mugging? According to the minutes of the May 13 NBN Sector 6 meeting — and confirmed by someone who was at the meeting — a member of the Spider-Man film crew was the victim of an alleged street robbery while the […]
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‘Spider-Man’ forces changes to city bus routes
Regional Transit Service will change bus routes during the filming of the Amazing Spider-Man 2 in Rochester from April 30 through May 9. RTS buses will bypass all stops and service on Main Street between Chestnut Street and Plymouth Avenue. Bus transfer points at the intersections of Main Street and Clinton Avenue and Main Street […]
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FILM: “Amazing Spider-Man 2” scenes to be filmed in Rochester
This morning Governor Andrew Cuomo announced that productionof the upcoming film “The Amazing Spider-Man 2” will take place entirely in NewYork State – and that some sequences will be filmed in Rochester. The pressrelease, which appears below, says that locations in the Rochester area will bescouted on Friday. Additionally, a piece posted on the Wall […]
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The fantasy of the other self
After 40 years of comic books, generations of readers, and as much publicity as the hypemeisters, assisted by their kind friends in the media, can generate, and even after a long, unexplained, but politely ignored delay, Spider-Man simply cannot fail. It doesn’t really matter whether the picture is particularly good in any way, only that […]
