Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man puts a surprising twist on Peter Parker’s origin story from the comics and movies.
This post contains spoilers for the first two episodes ofYour Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man.
Right from its opening credits,Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Manteaches viewers what they can expect.
The show applies that approach to everything, including Peters origin story.
That is, until a radioactive spider bites Pete and gives him the ability to whatever a spider can.
The MCU version of Spider-Man doesnt ignore that origin, but it does go in a slightly different direction.
Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Manmakes references to both origins, but takes them in very different directions.
Yet all he finds is a sandwich, not the costume and web-shooters we were expecting.
Thats because Peter doesnt yet have his powers, which is a bit of a surprise to long-time fans.
On the surface, this timeline change doesnt matter much.
The fact that Uncle Bens death didnt teach Peter about power and responsibility lessens some of Spideys goodness.
The decision to be good seems to come easily toYour Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man.
InCivil War, that guest is Tony Stark, the invincibleIron Man.
InYour Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man, its Norman Osborn, the Green Goblin.
Could it be Norman, not Stark or Uncle Ben, who teaches Peter about power and responsibility?
And, if so, how far will the villainous Green Goblin push Peter while teaching that lesson?
That would be too annoying and woke.
Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man streams every Wednesday on Disney+.
