Is it just me, or should super-suits go back to basics?

Spider-Man: No Way Home
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There’s plenty that’s implausible about 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Sam Raimi’s first Spider-Man, from the genetically modified arachnid bite and organic web-shooters, to all that swinging between skyscrapers. But the movie’s biggest curveball is how a high-school student with zero tailoring experience crafts himself a slick, figure-hugging spandex outfit. How Tobey Maguire’s Peter Parker upgrades his tie-dye tracksuit to a snazzy raised-web design is never explained. Unless 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:The Incredibles’ Edna Mode stepped in to fill the mentor-shaped void left by Uncle Ben’s passing, it ma♌kes no sense.

And yet I’ll happily take old🐬-school Spidey’s unlikely haute couture over the fantastical nanotech costumes from the MCU. The days of diligently hiding your super-suit under your civvies are long gone, now that Lycra, weaponised armour and robot spider legs can materialise from microscopic particles floating in the ether.

Since 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Black Panther brought futuristic Wakandan technology into the MCU, Marvel has given up on keeping its fashion believable. T’Challa’s bulletproof Vibranium togs fit conveniently inside a necklace. And where Iron Man once hid his armour in a briefcase, his 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Avengers: Infinity War update was housed in the ARC rea🥃ctor on his chest, before enveloping his body in a cascade of glitte🥂ry CG effects. When a whole arsenal of powerful weapons can be conjured from thin air – where is all that mass coming from? – it’s safe to assume none of the Avengers are putting luggage in the cargo hold when they travel.

While the Batsuit in Christopher Nolan’s 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Dark Knight movies is home to an unꦑlikely array of gadgets, his Kevlar suit and memory-cloth cape do at least seem convincingly tactile. Such utilitarian tailಌoring even came with the wonderfully mundane trade-off that Bruce Wayne couldn’t swivel his neck.

Does the ending of 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Spider-Man: No Way Home suggest a homemade, hand-stitched comeback? Let’s hope so. Marvel’s waඣrdrobe of computer-enhanced super-suits have an air of comic-book magic, but for Spidey and his amazing friends, surely it’s time to get back to basics with some gܫood, old-fashioned spandex. Or is it just me?

Richard is a freelancer journalist and editor, and was once a physicist. Rich is the former editor of SFX Magazine, but has since gone freelance, writing for websites and publications including GamesRadar+, SFX, Total Film, and mor🔴e. He also co-hosts the pไodcast, Robby the Robot's Waiting, which is focused on sci-fi and fantasy.