This. It’s the one Spider-Man franchise that makes no reference to the “great power, great responsibility” line - I think Garfield’s mangled the line into something else roughly equivalent - but it’s the one that really runs with the theme, for all it’s major characters. Peter has his powers, and thinks it’s his…

C.B “Akira Yoshida” Cebulski deserves it more. At worst Quesada is responsible for two of the worst Spider-Man stories ever written. Akira Yoshida pretended to be a Japanese person to get a job at Marvel.

I would pay good money to have Joe Quesada locked in a closet forever.

Ummm. I’m not a man, so...

As someone whose mother was pathological and whose father was a lifeline, I disagree. That said, let’s suppose the man in this story genuinely believed these kids might be his. She refused to do the test. If he is the father, and he wants to play a role in his kids lives (and perhaps even support them), what’s the man…

You’ve been arguing that men shouldn’t be able to get DNA testing through the courts. Her being right doesn’t matter. The only way he could know for sure is a DNA test. That the court ordered and she refused. What happened after is a system issue. Not a reason for men to have less parental rights than women. 

So, if a woman says a man is not the father he should just take her word for it? Why? How in the world is that a good solution?

For a role like that, you could get JK Simmons and let him riff off his old OZ character.  He’d have to tone it down by 90%+, though.

Also, you can’t read, can you? I wrote usually.

The sad truth is that usually dads are not that important.

I think you just made it very evident that dads are very important.

Well, I cannot agree with the last statement for some of us. My father was my saving grace; not all mothers are as enlightened as you, my dear chocolate.

Agreed, Keaton is really one of the most subtle of actors. He understands that the best type of threat or emotion is the one that’s hidden, unexpected. He does what he does better than anyone else. And yet he still had enough range to go full on crazy for Bettlejuice.

The way they light him with every line visible on his face is outstanding at reminding us that intelligence and experience can be even more formidable than reckless raw power.

I love this scene because it leans into Michael Keaton’s greatest strength as an actor. No one is better at playing someone who is saying one thing but is thinking another (see also: Batman, Beetlejuice, even the crappy Desperate Measures).

JK Simmons as JJJ might have been the most perfect casting in the history of film, and I say that without an ounce of hyperbole.

I really want JK back as JJJ, down the line.

Hell, the story is about his skills *rising* to the level of “just competent enough not to get killed,” haha.

That Peter Parker is a menace!

As a dad with teenaged kids, I’m not sure why you keep mixing up who is the hero and who is the villian in this scene.