Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse Movie REACTION 

fun fact: the lego scene was actually animated by a 14 year old boy who caught the attention of the filmmakers after he reanimated one of the spider-verse trailers with legos

The Spider-Verse franchise is proof that we are not tired of superhero movies, we are tired of bad superhero movies.

Fun fact: Hobie only had around 4 minutes of screentime in this movie yet he is an absolute fan favorite character. He's just the GOAT.

I adore how Miles sees Hobie as having a crush on Gwen but really it's most likely that Hobie has any given number of a half dozen people who need a place to crash rotating through his home. He looks out for people, he wants to help, of COURSE he'll let you crash and leave your stuff at his place for if you need it again. It's what any good Punk would do!

Donald Glover is actually the reason Miles exists in the first place. Brian Michael Bendis (creator of Miles) saw that episode of Community where Glover was wearing Spider-Man pajamas, and it inspired him to create Miles. Glover also voiced Miles in the Ultimate Spider-Man tv show, so he did somewhat achieve his dream.

Fun facts about Miguel: He doesn’t have a spider sense He can’t stick to walls His suit is heavily tech based (as you saw) He has claws He’s physically stronger than Peter He has a venom bite (which is why he was about to bite bro’s face off at the beginning of the movie) Facts about spider punk: He fights the fascist dictator of his world (who is Norman Osborn aka the green goblin) He also kills Norman by BEATING HIM TO DEATH with his guitar He’s gay (at least in the comics) He can use sound to attack

In the first movie, they actually teased that Miles was originally supposed to be the Prowler in his universe. When he first met his Peter, his Spider Sense was green and purple, the Prowler's colors, then turns red and blue, Spiderman's colors

I think that Spider-Verse finally managed to make some people start to realize that animation is an almost limitless art form that can do so much if you can only think of it. This movie absolutely wouldn't work in live action, and if it did, it wouldn't be half as effective or visually interesting. This is basically art at its purest.

The scene of Gwen being shocked yet flattered by Miles' drawings of her may be awkward or creepy, but personally, I think it's really sweet

Just to let you know: Miguel's not a vampire. His DNA was mixed with a spider in some kind of DNA splicer and it gave him organic webbing (obviously not here), retractable talons, and fangs. Also I think he's lacking a spider sense too.

So the animators have said Hobie took 3 YEARS to sort out in terms of how to animate him and then doing it. He's got like a full paragraph of rules. I also love that if you go back knowing his feelings on everything (that what Miguel's doing is fucked) you can clear see him trying to quietly and then increasingly loudly stop Miles from ever going there.

The way Spot started off as a goofy silly little villain to a genuinely terrifying one is just * aggressive chef kiss *

I had an incredible theatre experience during this movie, the second time I saw it when Gwen was having her big heart to heart with her dad at the end a fly landed on the projector and was casting a small circular shadow around the screen. a little kid did not know it was a fly and said OUT LOUD "oh no Gwen its the spot"

For those unaware, the original ETA for Beyond the Spider-Verse was speculated by many to be 2026, but the escalation of the Hollywood Writers’ Strike put the movie on an indefinite delay. I was already content beforehand with waiting longer given the phenomenally high bar and passion put into these movies (and the fact I’d be astounded to hear how the hell they would top what we’ve seen in Across the Spider-Verse), but as someone who has been striving to enter the animation industry for years, hearing how film and animation companies ignore these protests makes me scared shitless about the future of animation. And this is more excruciating to hear NOW as the disrespect has grown higher than before and has been a topic of discussion for me to hear/think of everyday.

Fun Fact: The Spot was an incredibly minor joke villain in Spiderman's rogues gallery and never saw much in terms of good writing. His powers, especially here, are actually terrifying though. The man is basically a walking black hole that can travel the multiverse at will. You wouldn't get that from the comics however.

Hobie was stealing parts and low key trying to convince Miles not to meet Miguel bc he knew the situation was janky.

Kick me if Im wrong or if it was obvious, but I think Gwen's character was definitely written to be emotionally repressant. As someone who also does it, its so clear to see it on her. Snapping out of nowhere, waiting to be openly anxious until no one is around, physically distancing herself from really big emotional problems like her dad and only expressing those feelings later, etc. And its cool to see cause in her line of work, that would make sense, especially after her Peter's death.

Another detail I never noticed is Gwen is aware of Miles’ through her spider-sense because of their personal connection. She was the only one that can sense what was happening to miles and it happened multiple times. Cool detail to show how many layers go into having Spidey-sense.

Fun fact, Gwen's theme has a high-pitched and sped up electric guitar that played the original spider man theme.another fun fact is when her dad says, "Go easy in the penguin" it's a metaphor to gwen , because in the peter porter's universe gwen is a penguin so in reality , the dad saying that means "go easy on yourself" Also, I feel like they are mistaking timeliness with time travel

Fun Fact: Miles' roommate was apparently playing an early build of Spider--Man 2 that Insomniac let them use for the scene, lol

Here's something that will blow your mind. In the comics, Miles Morales comes from Earth-1610 where his uncle, Aaron Davis is the villain known as the Prowler. Earth-1610 was created in 2000, but the character of the Prowler existed as far back as the 1970s in the main Earth-616 universe. The Prowler of the Earth-616 universe is more of an anti-hero who is an ally of Peter Parker's Amazing Spider-Man most of the time, but occasionally an enemy. 616 Prowler also isn't Aaron Davis, who was a unique character to Earth-1610, and was created as an antagonist for Miles Morales's Ultimate Spider-Man. 616 Prowler is... Hobie Brown.

In case you didn't notice, At the end there Miles was constantly speaking to Miles G. while rubbing against the chains with his hands. So in the next movie, he's most likely going to escape using the *"Don't watch the mouth, watch the hands"* As Peter showed him that trick while he was tied to that exact punching bag.

For the record. Almost all of the spiders are canon to some degree. Look up the Spider-Rex, you’ll be surprised

The animators spent 3 years learning/trying to animate Hobie, I love how you guys appreciate how cool it is!

i'm so glad the entire spiderverse fanbase is united by our love for hobie (and btw - the spiderpunk comics r so much fun, if you want more of him!)

The scene with Childish Gambino isnt a Cameo just because he inspired the creation of Miles, its because he plays Miles uncle in Tom Hollands Spiderman Homecoming. There was a deleted scene in Homecoming where he called Miles to tell him he'd be late.

This movie is one of those rare sequels that is able to ascend above the heights of it's predecessor (which was already a masterpiece), honestly it my just be one of the best movies I've ever seen.

Spider-Verse is one of the living proof that an animated movie can give 100x better than a live action one. It gave us the magic, the feels, the mixture of uniqueness of different variations of art style, the music score, the music album and most of all the animators that worked on this movie to create a CINEMATIC MASTERPIECE.

14:00 Spider-Man 2099 (Miguel O'Hara) actually does mention the MCU in this movie when he talks about "Dr. Strange and the little nerd back on Earth -199999".

"I can do both" Having you cake and eating it too. That's why he gets 2 cakes at the beginning.

Thank you! Yes, Miguel isn't a bad guy. He's angry, he's had to make a lot of effed up decisions, and all of them revolve around the Spider that bit Miles. At first, he tried to be sympathetic and understanding, but when Miles turned it into a chase, he just decided to unleash everything on him, cause he was furious at how selfish Miles was being, knowing what it would lead to. People act like Miguel drew his conclusions from nothing, like he hasn't tried to go against this, like there isn't a reason he's doing things this way, when the movie makes it clear that he HAS tried, and FAILED, and is trying to save the most people he can. It's astonishing the number of people who just say he's a bad guy who's wrong about how canon and canon events work. And the next movie may prove that true. But that doesn't make Miguel a bad guy who's purposefully wrong and forcing tragic events on other Spider-Men because he wants them miserable too.

There was a Big push for Gambino (Glover) to play Peter in a movie not Miles, the importance of that is that push for Glover is the thing that got Miles made in the first place. he kind of manifested the character

Fun fact: I think pretty much all of the spider-men are from the comics and other media. So much love and research put in this.

"What's important is not standing by while allowing someone to suffer or die because you do nothing if you don't get that then you don't know the first thing about being spider-man" -spider-man edge of time I kid you not this quote came to my head during the "intervention" scene and as a long time spider-man fan it made the experience of watching this movie in theaters much more epic

i'm so glad you guys loved Hobie as much as I did. He was actually voiced by a UK singer :) (Edit: guys i’m stupid, I got him mixed up with someone else😭I was referring to ‘Dizzee Rascal’ 🤦🏻‍♂️ but still Daniel Kaluuya did an amazing performance! Can’t wait to see (or I guess hear) him more in the next one 🙂)

I don't think Miguel is Miles' "villain." Miguel is just his antagonist in this story right now because their motivations clash. He's not trying to do anything "bad" so he's not a villain. The Spot on the other hand, is a villain. Also, I reckon that most of them are pre-existing characters. But I don't think they all have their own comics dedicated to them. They must have been featured in different ways. Like, a multi-verse Spider-man comic series can feature so many of them in one series. They don't have to have separate ones. Only the most prominent versions have their own- Miles, 2099, Gwen, Scarlet, etc.

Miguel is not a villain, he is an antagonist. That's the word you guys were looking for in your discussion :) Neither Miles nor Miguel is a hero or villain, they are the protagonist and antagonist of the story - they both think they're right in their own way.

I was a bit apprehensive when I first saw the trailer for portraying Miguel O'Hara aka Spider-Man 2099 in an antagonistic way because Miguel is a far cry from a villain and he's also my all-time favourite Spider-Man in the comics but the movie did an amazing job for portraying him not as the villain but more like an opposing force.

"Did he go to another dimension?" Me: "JUST PRESS PLAY!!!"

Not only did they give Donald Grover a cameo, if you've seen Spider-man Homecoming (the MCU's spider-man) he said in that movie that he's got a nephew: it's Miles Morales.

I love how you guys talk during the movie and theorize about what’s going to happen. It might frustrate some, but it’s your style and I dig it. I also find it funny whenever you guys pause and then talk about something that the answer is about to be said in the next scene 😂 it happens often and sometimes you guys are right on the money, but it’s funny when you’re off and then hit play to find out. It really does lead to good humor and you sometimes even comment that you should just let the movie play sometimes 😂 very self aware

You actually see spider 42 going to Earth 42's Miles during Spots flashback scene.

My mom and I walked into a random unnamed room to watch another movie after we finished watching another one in the theater (which I forgot the name of) and we saw that it was across the spiderverse. We stayed and I ended up loving every single second of it! I listen to the movie soundtrack every other day cause it’s just so good!

I'm so glad they took their time. I was so worried that they were going to rush the conclusion. This is a story that deserves its time.

@1:30:45 Empire Strikes Back did that. There's a little more resolution, but ultimately it just ends with the good guys having barely made it out by the skin of their teeth, on the run, and Han is frozen in Carbonite

Loved the reaction guys, I’ve been sick recently and your reactions make me feel a lot better. Also glad you like Hobie too. Speaking of Hobie, there is a whole lot of foreshadowing lines and snippets in both this and Into the Spider-Verse. Here are a few that I was able to find. 1. In Into the Spider-Verse, while Miles and Aaron are spray-painting, the 42 spider glitches. It also glitches when Miles finds it before knowing about the collider. This was foreshadowing that the spider wasn’t from Miles universe and almost everybody glossed over it until now. 2. Another thing from the first movie is that when the Peter of Miles universe saves him from falling and discovers that he’s also a Spider-Man. The colors for when Mile’s spidey-sense goes off change from purple and green to red and blue. This signifies that the Miles from Earth-1610’s fate of becoming the next Prowler would change to become the next Spider-man. It’s CRAZY how they were foreshadowing future events even in the first movie. 3. During Spot’s backstory, when the 42 spider transfers from it’s universe to Miles universe, you could actually see Earth-42 Miles in the background. This is another way to show that Earth-42 Miles and Earth-1610 Miles fates were swapped, the spider was about to bite 42 Miles but was transferred into another universe. 4. Before Miles and Miguel meet, Hobie begins taking mechanical equipment from the base. Now you would think he was only doing this for fun or out of boredom, but he was actually taking those parts to make Gwen’s new watch after she gets kicked out. He was also trying to get Miles from going with the other Spiders back to the base. He KNEW how things would play out. Hobie is the GOAT.

“How are they supposed to wrap this up?” THEY DONT! The AUDACITY!!! This movie was such a visual overload I loved it, it had me engaged 100% of the time.

Honestly this movie man. It’s literally the absolute pinnacle of animation, voice-acting, sound design, music and storytelling. This is the greatest animated movie of all time. This is the Infinity War of animation.

27:14 The 1st version has audio problems and it was replaced by the 2nd version with fixed audio couple of weeks after the initial release. The 3rd version changed little stuff that doesn't really affect the plot. For example, when Spider Man 2099 asked for backup, when Lyla said "But I enjoyed that", 1 version has her taking a selfie with him while the other has her fistbumping him

Miguel/Spider-Man 2099 is an Antagonist not a Villain. An Antagonist is someone who’s in the way of the protagonist, but it doesn’t mean that person is doing villain/evil things exactly but something that’s opposing the protagonist

Donald Glover in Spider-Man Homecoming also mentioned he had a nephew. Hinting to being Uncle Aaron/The Prowler.

Peter gave MJ flowers and they went straight to business 💀

This was hands down the best superhero movie of all time and it was a perfect sequel to an already near flawless movie.

LET'S GOOO! Not even exaggerating, I was having a crummy day and this reaction really cheered me up. Love seeing other people getting hyped about things I enjoy.

Miguel actually mentions the MCU when he talks about "Doctor Strange and that nerd on 19999" 19999 is the MCU.

Sad detail for yall: Miles has an obvious in interest and talent in art, yet he chooses physics in college in hopes that maybe one day he can do something to see his friends throughout the multiverse............. When they could contact him the entire time.......

Fun fact don glover was actually the inspiration for miles and even has voice acted him before

I just watched it for the second time and I still fully believe this is not only one of the best movies ever made, but I believe it's one of the most well-made movies ever. So perfect.

This movie hit me in the feels with the parents dynamic with Miles throughout, I had a lot of the same conversations and heard them argue about the same things when I was fooling around with some girl, and things went a little too far. watched this in the theatre with my buddies and was sobbing hearing it all over again, I live this movie, it means a lot to me although it's only half a story

I had a punk Spider-Man action figure as a kid. Never knew he was British, didn't even know he was a rebel. I just vaguely remember trying to look it up and only finding a small mention in years of disconnected comics.

Earth 1610 is the Ultimate comics universe. Earth-199999 is MCU (thus the No Way Home reference). Also: Donald Glover was given the cameo because he is Aaron Davis in Spider-Man Homecoming. Which is Prowler/Miles uncle. He even mentioned his nephew in Homecoming, referring to Miles.

An absolutely breathtaking movie! I can't wait to see the finale. I really hope that they can stick the landing!

Little overlooked plot detail: Miguel is right, imprisoning Miles was the best solution. Spot is only in Miles' world because he feels powerful enough to face him, he wants Miles. If Miguel did imprison Miles, Spot would've gone to HQ to fight him there and the canon event couldn't happen. Miles escaping is an unfortunate self-fulfilling prophecy.

The Donald glover scene is also a reference to Spider-Man Homecoming, the dude he plays that Spider-Man stops in the parking garage is Aaron Davis. He even mentions having a nephew that lives in the area

If it helps any, this movie actually did have a full arc. But it wasnt miles's, it was Gwens. The movie begins with her and ends with her. The story is about her relationship with her father and her secret identity. Miles story is a secondary storyline to this movie, but the main story over the whole trilogy

Earth 616 is the main Marvel Comics continuity. Earth 199999 is the MCU (Marvel Cinematic Universe). Earth 2099 is the universe that Miguel O'Hara is from. Earth 1610 is this Miles Morales' Earth.

Fun Fact. Miles only exists BECAUSE of Donald Glover. There was a big push online for him to play peter parker and to just have spiderman black. so in an episode of community (which if you haven't already you need to watch) he wears a spider-man suit. THAT SCENE is what inspired the creator of miles to MAKE miles. Because he liked the idea of a black spider-man so much.

The way I've been led to understand Miguel is that he's kinda like a good guy that wishes he wasn't a good guy, because if he wasn't he wouldn't have to put up with the responsibility that comes with being Spider-Man that he took upon himself because he didn't know anyone better for the job. Ironic that a character like that is now leading an organization of Spider-Men.

Into the Spiderverse was a 10/10, Across the Spiderverse became an 11/10, Beyond the Spiderverse can have whatever number it wants, whenever it comes out.

Ruff; Back to the Future 2 did that. continues exactly where 1 ends and then ends exactly where 3 starts and it says "to be continued"

53:03 No, Donald Glover plays Aaron Davis in the MCU. This was a nice easter egg to him eventually being the Prowler

Great story, Great album, Great visuals. I love this movie so much. I was smiling so happily at the end of the movie when I watched it with my friends at the cinema. 10/10

1:08:04 Fun fact!: the spiderman who says “there’s nowhere to run” was actually custom made for Metro Boomin as courtesy to him for making the ENTIRE SOUNDTRACK!

ONE person designed like 99% of the Spider people costumes in this movie (Kris Anka) and basically dozens of them are from real comics but there ARE multiples made up for the movie. The ones who exist apart from the main cast: Spider-Cat, Therapist Spidey (Ezekiel), Sun spider (wheelchair), Peter Parkedcar (Spiderbuggy), Spider-Man Unlimited, Webslinger (Cowboy), Maybelle (Steampunk Spider-woman), Ben Reilly, Kaine, Araña (big buff lady with the blue suit), some versions of the Mech Spiderman suits, Spider-Man Unlimited, The Bombastic Bag Man, Mayday Parker (Spider Girl). I don't remember the rest but there's a LOT more I'm missing.

Lol he said "Idk how they're gonna wrap this up" seconds before they were gonna end it 😂

Just realized how Miguel saying what he is about canon events, is pretty much the least spider-man thing possible. If something bad happens and you have the power to stop it, yet do nothing. Then what happens next is Your Responsibility. With Great Power, Comes Great Responsibility.

2099 has never been a vampire. He has fangs like spiders which are his canines

2 things. A. Upon rewatching its crazy how much Hobie is trying to help Miles. He is legit looking out for him more than Gwen and Peter B. B. I think in the next sequel we are gonna learn that spider 42 was ALWAYS going to bite Miles Morales. It just bit a different one.

Well, actually the JK Simmons lines used in that LEGO scene weren't new. It's just a re-used audio from the Raimi movies

When Peter says Mayday: “I’m sorry for doing this. This is bad parenting” I literally yelled at theater “IF THIS IS A BAD PARENTING, THEN DON'T DO THAT! THAT'S EASY, DUMB ASS!” and everyone laugh so hard 🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂

MCU is Earth-199999...Miguel also references it when talking about Dr. Strange and Peter from No Way Home

Spider-man 2099 is 6ft 9 btw. I wonder if there's a universe where Uncle Aaron is Spider-Man instead of Miles. This is why if I become a superhero I'm telling my friends and family so I won't have to deal with these issues.

I really love that there is NOTHING out of left field. EVERYTHING is set up. "Your Spider was from a different Universe" early on, than the big reveal. When he jumped into the Sending Home machine, the Screen says "Earth-42" instead of "Earth-1910", than later the big reveal :)

(At 52:27) You want to know the sad part is? Before Aaron Davis, Hobart "Hobie" Brown was The 1st The Prowler in Earth-616 trying to turn his life around. THIS Hobie Brown… is from Earth-138. Also Aaron Davis does not exist in Earth-616. He came from the Ultimate Universe, as well as his nephew. I *think* that's about the sum of it, as far as I know?

The main comics are 616. The MCU is 199999. Miguel was talking about the MCU when he was complaining about Doctor Strange.

It’s too bad the next one got delayed indefinitely, hopefully all the strike stuff can get positively resolved soon so it won’t get too big of a delay😅

I love how we just gloss over the fact that Miguel was about to eat Vulture's face off lmao

1:30:27 Avengers Infinity War, The Empire Strikes Back, Matrix Reloaded, Back To the Future 2, LOTR, The Deathly Hallows...

Miles morales exist because of a Donald glover scene from community, so him being the prowler is so wholesome

Honestly I love that scene with all the spider men chasing Miles. Especially that pointing spider man meme

The scene where Miles’ mom is talking to him on the rooftop always gets me man bc it reminds me of my mom

Fun fact: When Gwen returns to her world and her father walks into her room, she shoots the penguin stuffed animal. The penguin stuffed animal is a reference to Gwen from another universe who is a penguin.

There's such a meta aspect to it as well, with how much backlash there was to Miles as a character when he was introduced in the comics. Even today you often see media that seems to go out of its way to refer to him as Miles Morales but not Spider-Man. For that reason I do think canon events still apply to Miles as Miguel seemed to think so. And with where the canon stuff is going, I think it's a deconstruction of the ideas a lot of fans have who want every spiderman story to be the same with uncle ben and him being a poor student, etc.

I always appreciate those who willing to wait for like... i dont know, 2 months, after the theatherical (I can't spell) release, just to make a reaction, and let us watch them reacting to the movie~ I called that commitment, and cool~ Cause like, I don't go to the movie cinema/theater often, but this is one those movies that I have to watch, and it was worth it to pay for~ Again, really grateful that you guys make a reaction for this~ keep up the good work! :D

The dinosaur Spider-Man is Pter Ptarker (yes, really), and he's in the comics since 2022. I love the fact that his "thwip" is written as "T-whip". 😁

To be continued... is all over hollywood. Back to the Future is probably the main one popping off in most people's heads.

He is right. There is a universe where Thomas Wayne becomes batman and Martha becomes Joker. You can see that universe in the Flashpoint Paradox movie.

In May 2023, co-director Justin K. Thompson confirmed that the film includes 280 variations of Spider-Man, 95 of which are unique and named characters.

There are 95 Spider-Man variants that have actual comics movies or games off them but in total there are 280 Spider-Man variants in this movie

Man, the ability to pause really takes the punch out of some scenes...