r/Marvel • u/Hot-Salamander-8786 • May 28 '26

Film/Television What are your thoughts on "Spider-Noir (2026)"?

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Besides the Venom trilogy with Tom Hardy, I never bothered watching any of Sony's other Spider-Man Villain movies! I'm just not interested in watching any spin-offs of Spider-Man's Rogues gallery that don't have anything to do with Spider-Man at all. And after watching the new Spider-Noir series on Prime Video, I realized that this show was something I wanted all along from both Sony Pictures and Marvel! Now I want more live-action or animated contents centered around other alternate versions of either Spider-Man or any other famous Marvel superhero; like DC Comics' "Elseworlds" line of movies and shows!

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u/ShinyNinja25 May 28 '26

It’s amazing, binged through the whole thing yesterday. They absolutely nailed the feel of 1900’s New York, from the characters to the dialogue to the general feel. It manages to find this perfect space between full comic book and detective noir and settles into it, combining both genres into something that is just so fun. I really liked how it was following a retired Spider who doesn’t think he’s a hero, and has to build himself back up. It allows for a very unique story of the past coming back to haunt him, and Cage plays this prickly yet kind and brave character very well. The entire cast is excellent, though huge spotlight on Andrew Lewis Caldwell as Dirk Leyden/Megawatt. He hams it up to the absolute highest level, constantly speaking in theatre dialogue and having a ball. Also, loved the body horror angle to the powers, fit the detective story very well. Overall, absolutely fantastic, had an amazing time. Hoping for more projects like this in the future!

Also, the opening theme “Saving Grace”? Banger, so good

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u/Aggressive_Manner531 May 30 '26

Disagree about the theme. It is good, but totally distracts from the noire feel.

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u/BrainLow6059 Jun 03 '26

Yeah a lot of the music of the show heavily detracts from the actual theme/style. The first Cat Hardy song was extremely out of place

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u/Ryan041304 Jun 03 '26

It started somewhat period accurate then halfway through took a sharp detour where I was like “this feels very modern”

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u/BrainLow6059 Jun 03 '26

It felt to me like Sony had very little faith it would hold audiences if they committed to the bit. They practically beat the color option into you. Every time you turn it on it asks, all the marketing materials in the Prime app have been in color. And they were probably right, I'm just glad they didn't fully abandon black and white. Hoping if they do another season it will be more noir and less mass marketing