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The True Moral of Spider-Man

There's a reason why, of all of Marvel's heroes, Peter Parker is known as the Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man. With great power comes great responsibility - but what does that really mean? In celebration of the release of Insomniac's Spider-Man game for the PlayStation 4, let's take a look at the moral of Peter Parker's story. This is a video that is entirely Kotor's doing, for better or (let's face it) worse. It's something he's been wanting to do for quite a while, and he had visions of it being a big, lengthy hour-long documentary. He was going to interview religious leaders and eight year old kids, all in service of figuring out how Spider-Man has affected generations and why his message matters so much. Spider-Man is, after all, one big bundle of ethical education, wrapped up in funky red and blue pyjamas. Alas, this wasn't meant to be, so you'll have to settle for the miniature version of the video, recorded in a hotel room because it's been another busy week of traveling the country for us. We also didn't get this finished in advance of the launch of the new Spider-Man game, but oh well. Here's hoping this video doesn't seem too weird. Kotor's tried something new, and to be honest, it doesn't entirely work, but it is what it is. Hopefully all these fair use images and audio make for a compelling, educational watch. Lots of love, Kotor (http://twitter.com/kotorcomics) and BretonStripes (http://twitter.com/bretonstriped) CC-BY Music: Life Is by Scott Buckley – www.scottbuckley.com.au Organic Meditation by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ CC-BY Footage of Spider-Man 2: The Game: Spider-Man 2 - Longplay Full Game Walkthrough (No Commentary) (Gamecube, Ps2, Xbox) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vGDhKEXtH4s) Book Displayed (selections used under Fair Use education and review copyright terms): Marvel Spider-Man Magical Story ISBN-10: 1472331966 ISBN-13: 978-1472331960 Opening audio (selections used under Fair Use education and review copyright terms): Spider-Man 2 (2004) distributed by Columbia Pictures Video game trailer (selections used under Fair Use education and review copyright terms): Marvel's Spider-Man (2018) developed by Insomniac Games Additional game footage (selections used under Fair Use education and review copyright terms): Spider-Man (also known as The Amazing Spider-Man vs The Kingpin) for the Sega Master System (1990) developed by Technopop Also a bunch of comics, also used under Fair Use, which are too PS if there are errors in this video, know that it took a LOT of work and this is something we've never really tried before, so it might be a bit odd. Kotor's done his best but this is a new skill and it's a work in progress, so hopefully it's not too terrible! Please be kind? :)