After the response to the Amazing reboot wasn’t what Sony had hoped for, the studio decided to correct the direction of the series with a new tone, a new costume, and new writers, but also a new series of creative demands for director Marc Webb.

With shared universes being all the rage, Sony wanted a piece of the pie, so it became the responsibility of 2014’s THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN 2 to introduce multiple concepts for possible spin-offs while also adapting one of the most beloved Spider-Man stories of all time: The Night Gwen Stacy died.

The result? A trainwreck that derailed all of their best-laid plans and may have single-handedly ruined the career of Dane DeHaan.

Nick and Scott try to make sense of the complicated plot, wacky characters, and tonal whiplash that makes the second (and final) Webb/Garfield film the hot mess that it is.

(NOTE: This episode features material originally released on Patreon in November of 2021.)

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