Whether or not the genre can continue to keep itself alive remains to be seen. 3 nothing more than its final, cathartic last breath, then Across the Spider-Verse might as well be the shot of adrenaline that has brought it back to life. To put that another way: If Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania felt like the final nail in the superhero genre’s coffin and Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. While it’d be a stretch to say that it’s taken just one movie to turn things around, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse has done a lot to improve moviegoers’ and critics’ shared perception of the genre that has more or less dominated Hollywood for the past 20 years. Reboots and parallel universes, then, are a mere element of the character, and not a cynical cash grab by a studio eager to do the cinematic equivalent of publishing "a new issue #1." Reboots are merely a look at a new guy. Thanks to "Across the Spider-Verse," the Sam Raimi films, the "Venom" films, and the Marc Webb "Spider-Man" films are now all officially canonical.Things weren’t looking good for the superhero genre earlier this year. Of course, in a world where thousands of Spider-People can meet, which Spider-Man counts as the "main" one? The answer: all of them!Įvery Spider-Man is the canonical center of the franchise.
"Across the Spider-Verse," meanwhile, features a character obsessed with Spider-Man canon (Spider-Man 2099 analyzes the Spider-Man origin story from within), and Miles has to heroically state that canon doesn't much matter when saving lives is on the line. The 2018 film stated outwardly that being Spider-Man was a matter of heroism rather than canon. The "Spider-Verse" gimmick of "infinite inclusion" also tapped into the movies' thematic underpinnings.
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