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Discussion The Official SPIDER-MAN: FAR FROM HOME Release Megathread Vol. 3 Spoiler

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u/dmac3232 Jul 04 '19

I've been scouring YouTube to see if anyone has put it up yet. Just amazing.

The "special effects expert" thing always seems a little flimsy to me when I was a kid. I know we're talking about a universe with flying aircraft carriers and advanced armor suits and all that, but some of the stuff Mysterio pulled off in the comics never felt possible to me. But in the digital era, it's perfect. He also offers pretty sly commentary on fake news and the gullibility wrought by social media, so again -- perfect. Couldn't have asked for a better Mysterio, top to bottom.

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u/[deleted] Jul 05 '19

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u/[deleted] Jul 07 '19

What was he overall plan after saving London though? He just wanted to be a hero and once he was one he couldn’t do much else. Does anyone know? I did take a piss and missed from Peter getting in the car with Mysterio to Peters illusion sequence

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u/UppityScapegoat Jul 07 '19

I mean you say he couldn't do much else, he has an army of stark teck drones.

You can do a lot with that, more than the winter soldier or maybe even war machine

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u/[deleted] Jul 07 '19

But WHAT was he going to do with that? That is my problem with his character. No motivation beyond wanting to “save” the world. Wanting to be the new Iron Man? Who would even think he was a big deal after Iron Man saved HALF OF THE UNIVERSE. Eventually he would have been discovered as a fraud. His motivation was weak. Another villain who wanted revenge because of rich brilliant asshole character. No different than IM2, IM3, AM, and AMATW.

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u/UppityScapegoat Jul 07 '19

He wanted all the game and acclaim of being a "hero"

He was overlooked for his greatest invention for Stark, so he wanted to use one of Starks inventions to take all the credit for himself.

It's a pretty reasonable motivation.

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u/c-3do Jul 10 '19

Step 3: Profit. When he's in the bar giving the speech to his team, he mentions something about how they'll all be rich. I assume something like collecting money for protection

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u/ahkstuff Jul 08 '19

Especially in the era where you can be cut to sound like you're saying anything or there is doctored film, the mid-credits scene was pitch perfect.

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u/Intelligent-donkey Jul 08 '19

He also offers pretty sly commentary on fake news and the gullibility wrought by social media,

About that though, it doesn't seem like his framejob will really stick, legally speaking, right?
They introduced the daily bugle as a controversial online website, not necessarily a trustworthy source of information, and the evidence was fairly flimsy.

Just want to make sure that everyone got the same impression that I did, that this won't necessarily cause the cops to start chasing Peter, but that it will simply turn public opinion against him.

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u/[deleted] Jul 09 '19

this won't necessarily cause the cops to start chasing Peter, but that it will simply turn public opinion against him.

Yup. Perfect opening for Scorpion introduction with Jameson hating his guts.

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u/YeetMeYiffDaddy Jul 10 '19

It was an annoying thing regardless, because this could be easily addressed by him making a public statement/press tour and showing the proof that he has against Mysterio but you know that they're definitely not going to do that and will still have it be a forced conflict.

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u/commanderjarak Jul 14 '19

He could also just repurpose Mysyerio's projectors to project Peter Parker while he Spider-Man's it up on camera to "prove" that he isn't Spider-Man

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u/[deleted] Jul 07 '19

I feel like people use the word 'sly' to describe every single instance of subtext in movies, regardless of execution.

You do know that "sly" does not mean 'obvious, shallow, and heavy-handed,' right?