"You know, I guess one person can make a difference. 'Nuff said."

Spider-Man has finally been cast…and it’s Andrew Garfield…no, me neither, not a clue. We didn’t really know who Tobey Maguire was though, and that turned out ok, though I’m sure some people disagree. Googling Andrew Garfield was obviously the first task upon hearing this news. People may be sceptical that he is more or less English (born in the US but raised in England since he was three), but all the best heroes are Brits. Christian Bale, Aaron Johnson, Patrick Stewart, erm, Loan Gruffudd, and we could probably claim all the Australians too.

It isn’t the fact that Garfield is British that has my eyebrows raising, it’s the fact that he doesn’t look like Peter Parker. He’s too good looking for Peter Parker, and he’s got that posh Eton look about him, like he belongs in a Harry Potter film. Peter Parker is a loser, that’s what makes him likeable, and so appealing to every fan of Spider-Man, he is a character you can relate to. Not many people can say that their parents were murdered, or that they’re a billion dollar playboy genius with a drinking problem. Peter Parker works so well because we all know what it’s like to be him (to an extent), if he looks like the popular kid, we won’t buy it, and the film relies on how we all react to Peter.

That said, we don’t really know much about Garfield (apart from he likes Lasagne BOOM!), and we can only judge him on his looks for now. I’m more concerned that we are getting a reboot on the franchise so soon after the Raimi’s trilogy. After the third instalment, I think we all had enough of Spidey. Number 3 just wasn’t good, and had me laughing at certain scenes, and I genuinely don’t know if Raimi intended this.

We never got a fourth film from Raimi, possibly because of the standard of the third film, but more likely because Sony thought Tobey Maguire was “too old”. Garfield is 26, so we will probably have the same problem by the time they get to the inevitable Spider-Man 3D 3. Perhaps Spider-Man doesn’t have enough depth to last 3 movies, certainly not if you’re going to have multiple villains in every movie.

We also know that Marc Webb is directing. Having forged a career of making music videos, he made his movie debut with 500 days of Summer last year. I loved 500 days, I really loved it, but to jump to Spider-Man, and in 3D, is a huge leap, and certainly as much of a risk as casting Garfield. Still, it can’t be worse than U2’s musical version, or can it?

3D is a massive cash cow right now, and it seems like Sony are exploiting their rights to Spider-Man to cash in on the Benjamins. They are raping poor Spidey and there is nothing you can do about it. What can they bring to the franchise that Raimi didn’t? Peter Parker has to get bitten by a radioactive Spider, he has to love Mary Jane, he has to be friends with Harry Osbourne, he has to be responsible for Uncle Ben’s death, and there has to be a Stan Lee cameo. We’ve seen it all before, and this time round, my Spidey sense ain’t tingling.