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Originally Posted by Dr Kain

It depends. I am a Gwen Stacy fan and I hate MJ to death. I think killing Gwen off in the comics was lousy and almost as bad as One More Day. The only thing that saves it is Marvel did not retcon everything back then. Thankfully JMS gave us a great apology about ten years ago for Marvel cranking up the stupid back then.

As such, killing her off in the movie rages my fire because it is absolutely unacceptable!

But the fact you're having a strong reaction is kinda the whole point I'm trying to make. So much of The Winter Soldier was - in my books at least - forgettable even if it was a great movie. I can still remember Amazing Spider-Man so clearly because it did elicit such a strong emotional reaction from me and not in another eye rollingly Marvel Studios way of undermining and undoing something bold a few scenes later for fear of altering the status quo they've established.

Maybe it isn't fair to call Amazing Spider-Man 2 "good" because of one water cooler moment decision, but the fact that ASM2 proved that it was willing to take HUGE risks gives the franchise going forwards an edge. Whether they'll capitalise on that edge or not going forwards is unknowable at this point, but it gets me excited for ASM3 in a way I'm just not for Captain America Three this one will really be about the Winter Soldier.