If this means no Dunst, I am happy ! 

The reason Spiderman 3 was so bad was because the Sony Pictures told Raimi to add Venom to the movie. The original script only had Sandman and Harry/New Goblin. In other words, the new direction you are seeking is being headed up by the jackasses that screwed up Spiderman 3.

This.

So they use Gwen Stacy, big deal

theyre not done spiderman 4 yet?? they've had 3 years since the 3rd one came out! And know theres no marry jane? so pretty much peters the only person we'll know...

You haven't heard?!

They cancelled Spider-Man 4 and they intend to make a reboot of the franchise (wtf?) with a whole new crew and cast.

And yes, no Mary Jane = BIG DEAL

Spiderman 3 was a piece of shit so a reboot was inevitable.

If they are going to honor the source material this time, then they have no choice but to exclude Mary Jane from this first movie.

You are rather mislead. Spider-Man 3 was simply amazing.

But I'm not suprise that a forum user on the internet dislike the Spider-Man movies.

After making the thread about Spider-Man 4 being cancelled a while ago, I came to the conclusion that people on the internet are most of the times very geeky and that's why they disliked Sam Raimi's take on the franchise.

They don't need to stay true to the source material, they can make it better and more suitable for a movie adaptation and that's what Raimi did and I'm glad he did.

He totally captured what makes Spider-Man such an amazing hero.

It makes sense! in spidys early life Gwen Stacy was love interest till she was killed by Green goblin( or spiderman) MJ was created after her... This movie is a reboot more in line with the comics, they have confirmed spidey will be witty *yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay*

BTW christen dunz is ugly as hell and a terrible actress for the sexy MJ!

X-Men: first Class gonna rock!