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Spiderman 2 and Gold Money

Thought it was great, better than the first. I'll skip over writing a whole review (Jim Henley's got the goods on that one) and just pause to note one thing I haven't seen in a long time.

The first time Spiderman and Dr. Otto Octavius have a serious fight, it is in the lobby of a bank. Peter Parker was with his grandmother, helping her apply for a loan. Doc Ock storms in and attempts to rob the bank vault to pay for the laboratory facility he wants to build to recreate his "room temperature fusion" energy experiment. Parker runs off to change clothes and tries to stop Doc Ock.

Doc Ock is grabbing bags of money and sees Spiderman on the wall behind him. He pauses slightly, and then begins to bombard Spiderman with the bags. It becomes quite obvious what's in the bags when they impact their targets: gold coins.

I haven't seen a movie use gold coin in years. Even though it's obviously not the primary medium of exchange in the Spiderman world (there are scenes with paper dollars), it was nice seeing a bank actually hold reserves of gold. Austrians should be happy.

Posted by drizzten on July 6, 2004 10:07 AM |

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Actually, if you wanted to REALLY analyze it, you'd note that in the process, the gold worked to Spidey's benefit a little bit, but served Doc Ock the most. This is CLEARLY an allegory suggesting that gold in economic transactions is primarily the tool of the evil.

Posted by: Erik | July 6, 2004 11:29 PM

Clearly. I could almost see a deadening of Doc's expression as he greedily gripped his filthy lucre and contemplated the myriad vile uses he considered putting it towards. Damnable, soft, golden metal!!!

Posted by: Drizz | July 7, 2004 08:15 AM

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