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Lewis Kapell's avatar

Thank you for this post! There is a tension between the facts which are presented in the course of the story - facts which seem to support Miguel's interpretation of things - and the emotional/dramatic impact of the second half of the story, culminating in Miles' "magnificent moment of defiance" as you put it, which makes it impossible for us to simply accept Miguel's version of reality without question. You did a great job of dissecting this aspect of the film.

There's another bit of dialogue in that same scene which also strikes me as significant, the moment when we first (as I remember) see that Gwen is beginning to distance herself from Miguel's view. Gwen says something like "but my gut says..." and Jessica Drew says "then use your head". Now, if that exchange were taken out of context, it would be impossible to say which person is right, just on the basis of those words. After all, both gut feelings and rational considerations have their place. But in context, at that moment in the film, is it possible to doubt that Gwen is right? That was my reaction, anyway.

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Sean Ryan's avatar

Another fun and thorough post! I don’t know if it is worth mentioning that there’s a quick black-and-white shot in ATSV of the spider seemingly about to bite a relevant character in its native universe. Perhaps you didn’t feel the need to bring it up since it is likely a detail that will be confirmed or not in BTSV.

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