Spider-Man: No Way Home — More Than Fan Service
Spider-Man: No Way Home is remembered for bringing Tobey Maguire and Andrew Garfield back as Spider-Man, but Steven and Régine find that the movie has more going on beneath the nostalgia. Revisiting the film as part of WTR's Road to Doomsday, they look at how the multiverse finally becomes tangible in live action and how Peter Parker's attempt to save everyone ultimately costs him nearly everything.
Steven and Régine get into Willem Dafoe's Green Goblin performance, Peter's ideological clash with Doctor Strange, Aunt May's death, Peter's darker turn, the chemistry between the three Spider-Men, and Andrew Garfield's emotional redemption when he saves MJ. They also examine Peter's eventual return to his street-level roots and what the movie actually establishes for the MCU's larger multiverse storyline—and whether No Way Home is essential to the Road to Doomsday or simply a particularly memorable stop along the way.
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