As much I loved Spider Man 2 but I have to admit that this guy is probably The most pointless character/plot device in any spider man movie
What I mean is that this guy has the most poorly written introduction to an absolutely pointless character when j jonah jameson says he needs Peter Parker for the big party for an American hero his son the astronaut even it’s so weak even j Jonah Jameson couldn’t save it because it’s probably the most forced unnatural introductory line of my son the astronaut
Let me repeat this not only is this guy an astronaut but he’s also The son of Peter Parker’s boss J Jonah Jameson And he’s also marring Mary Jane Watson there some big qualities about him
Like here’s the question what does he even do what do you remember about him you can’t because you don’t know a god damn thing about him and you might think this guy would be interesting and probably play a big part seeing what an impact he makes on everybody and i guess he really doesn’t make an impact on anybody
Mary Jane and him share maybe two scenes together him and his father (JJJ) don’t even share any scenes together at all And we never even see him do anything space related like What is the Purpose of this guy? Just someone for Mary Jane to leave that’s pretty lame on its own
Mary Jane says that he scene her show five times which is strange and weird even came backstage to borrow cash which is odd for someone who came to their show five times
And yes I know he has a name in the film (John) but it was mentioned two times in the entire movie but honestly that is all he is in this film Son The Astronaut he’s the only plot device I think it’s legit bad in this movie because you could cut him out and you wouldn’t miss a thing
He’s barely in the movie, there’s no reason to make him J Jonah Jameson’s son, he has no personality as there no time to give him one and there’s no reason to have him marry MJ except that’s what every 90s rom com was doing so they think it’s perfect for a 2004 flick for some reason
I guess the idea is to build up all the rough and bad stuff happening with Peter Parker but the more I rewatch spider man 2 there’s already enough you can cut him out and still get the Same amount of pressure and guilt if anything it makes Mary Jane look douchey she’s apparently at a point where she’s ready to marry this guy but she’s still putting the moves on Peter Parker I mean what was this a month ago even when aunt may says that “miss you can you believe that in two years next month says he was taken” yeah that scene didn’t even happen yet so it’s safe to say she’s ready to marry this guy and yet She’s Still hitting on Peter Parker (her ex boyfriend) not even ex boyfriend just ex friend friend
In the deleted scenes and even the extended cut of the movie they did explain this a bit more at least adding to her character a bit but in the theatercal cut This Is Entirely Pointless
And I don’t know why but I thought maybe this guy is going to be Venom and wouldn’t that make a lot of sense? You could have him go to outer space find the symbiote and then have it get attached to him and he would have a possible reason to go after Peter Parker who stole MJ from him it’d be a lot better than getting topher grace from that 70s tv show (that should not be named) and hatedly putting a backstory together for At least this guy did have a backstory going for him even if it did lead to no character Hell Bruce CampBell was more developed than this guy
But what are your guys thoughts?