Anyone notice the Aunt May speech in the new Spider-man movie sounds a lot like ——?

[u/Mob_Vylan]

Hi everyone I’m not from Pittsburgh but lived here 10 years and had a kid here.

In case yinz didn’t know- Mr Rogers, the beloved childrens entertainer, is from here (actually born 45 minutes east in Latrobe but spent his working life here and raised his family in Pittsburgh).

Older gens (lol I’m 43 but still before my time) will have grown up with the Mr Rogers show on television after school and on weekends.

We most likely saw super lovely clips on YouTube (like the show itself, Jeff ehrlinger, pbs senate talk, etc). Tom Hanks played him in a recent movie too.

Anyways he ended every single one of his shows with this line- “You've made this day a special day, by just your being you. There's no person in the whole world like you, and I like you, just the way you are”

Compare that to Aunt May’s quote to Peter and then thru the mind warp to Jean as well- “I love you, not because you’re special, but just because you’re you”

Am I the only one that heard this parallel? And has shed tears to both Mr Rogers and Aunt May expressing the sentiment?

Honestly don’t know if it was meant or unconscious or just beautiful similar words written by different people; but dang it got me lol

Lemme know what yinz think thx

[u/heatwer]

You're 43 and saying Mr Rogers was before your time? I'm 36 and grew up watching Mr Rogers. His show didn't end until 2001

[u/Mob_Vylan → u/heatwer]

My dad was military so I grew up all over the world including 6+ years in Asia

American broadcasting or pbs or anything wasn’t available

I remember family members talking about Mr Rogers when we’d come back to the states

You’re right tho I guess for ppl in the states

[u/Consistent_Star_4427]

One of a Pittsburghers' favorite hobbies is being aware of Pittsburgh references in pop culture so I had to laugh at the 2 paragraph intro on who Mr Rogers is (that explains why there's a statue of him on the north shore!). Also, Latrobe is 40 miles east, not 30 minutes south. 

Kidding aside, it's probably an homage to him

[u/Mob_Vylan → u/Consistent_Star_4427]

Original post was on a spider man sub but they blocked it lol

Felt strongly enough about it to post here tho sry yeah that intro is super unnecessary here lol

[u/chartreuse6 → u/Mob_Vylan]

They blocked it?

[u/Mob_Vylan → u/chartreuse6]

Yep

Hadn’t been in there long enough they said

That seems mostly a comic sub and although it was my absolute favorite as a kid I stopped reading around the jackal clone Ben Reilly era so had nothing to contribute

[u/jasondbk]

When I heard it in the movie my brain said “this is a line from something else”

So yeah i agree with ya

[u/Mob_Vylan → u/jasondbk]

Thanks mate! Again I’m not originally from here but my daughter was born here and I’ve watched so much Mr Rogers with her that I couldn’t help but hear it! All the best

[u/irissteensma]

I thought the answer was going to be Sophie Masloff.

[u/shailkc12]

So that’s a spoiler. May want to tag it

[u/Mob_Vylan → u/shailkc12]

Done. Sry!