Stephen Thompson

Yep.

I mean, yeah, you're right.

He's been making films for 50 years.

He is 79 years old now.

Just from the trailer, it feels like this is more in the Minority Report, War of the Worlds, Spielberg, less about wonder and awe, more about dread and uncertainty because he is wrestling with mortality and legacy.

I don't think you get to this movie without going through the Fablemans, which creatively was kind of a look back for him, a kind of a taking of stock.

I think he's wrestling with stuff he didn't wrestle with as a young director.

So I'm in.

That's true.

And look, of course I'm in.

I'm me.

But the promotional materials make reference to Peter Parker undergoing, quote, a surprising physical evolution, unquote, which it's a dog whistle for the OG nerds out here.

I think that is in reference to a certain run of Spider-Man back in 1971 that I'm not going to spoil here in case I'm right.

But just let it be known.

All hands on deck.

Let's put it that way.

Yeah, this has been an extremely online cause celeb for years now.

So this is vindication.

That's always good to see.

It also means there's a lot more expectations for this film now than there ever would have been.