I feel like part of the metatext is that both Miguel and Miles have lessons to learn as the protagonists of their own stories. Miles does need to learn that he can't do both, that Spider-man doesn't always do both. But Miguel needs to learn that Spider-man always puts forward the best effort attempt to save everyone, even if he doesn't succeed. The point isn't succeeding. The point is caring. And not just caring in a broad text of "The fate of the multiverse" that makes the other Spider-mans brains die a little. Caring in the very real sense of RIPeter starting with "I want to save Manhattan, so I have to save the multiverse" and Miles' "I want to save dad, so I have to save the multiverse" Basically, it all comes down to love. Our traditional understanding of Spider-man is founded in tragedy, yes, but that tragedy is rooted in love. Peter loved his aunt and uncle deeply, and through an ironic twist lost one of them through his own selfishness. The lesson was that you have to protect people you don't know like you would your loved ones because we're all interconnected. Meanwhile, Miles has that loving environment. It's not tragedy that makes the spider-man. It's the love his expresses and exhibits. This love is also what roots his tragedies. That's what life is. No one lives a life without tragedy. Spider-man experiences tragedies because he is human, because even when you do your very best to do everything exactly as you think they should be done, you will still lose people through accidental deaths, senseless deaths, breakups, fallings out, the slow decay of time after you both move to different cities. It would be strange for Spider-man to not have these tragedies, but they need not be inflicted on him by the spider-society for him to feel this gravity and to do the good he does. That's, I think, where Pavitr fits in. He didn't lose police inspector, Singh, no, but he still felt the weight of that potential loss. That near miss made him a better Spider-man, one who will take things a little more seriously going forward.
I love this Miguel is like the old ways of viewing who spiderman is and Miles is a newer version of it. Ive always wonder why does Spiderman HAVE to have such a unhappy ending. A part of it is cause they writers and audience love seeing the characyers struggle but at the same time I feel like they love seeing a character in dispair a lot more because we can connect with them. Ive also fallen to this perspective, at the same time I want to see my characters win and im seeing that shift as well in media. Give us the struggle but also a happyish ending, life isnt just one note so pur stories shouldnt either. Thats why I also love Peter B. his story was fallowing spidermans canon of being alone and sad, but bucause of meeting Miles his journey changed and so did he(for the better in my opinion)
Nah. Miguel missed what the younger spiders clocked right away; once the multiverse opened up, there was more than one cake. Or, more than one spider-person to handle problems. Just like the 3 other spider people being in Mumbatton saved more people than Pav on his own ever could. Or how, because of Miles, all the other spider people could get back to their home dimensions alive in ITSV. The older Spiders' generational trauma is strangling the new growth the younger Spider People could have.
9:57, The specific theme of acceptance and rejection definitely works to connect all the characters and plot lines together, and not just with the primary protagonists in Miles and Gwen, but also the primary antagonists in Miguel and Spot. Miguel first stayed in another reality too long because he felt he could only have a life and a family there, wether correctly or otherwise, but his attempts to find belonging and happiness only ended up costing the destruction that entire reality and everyone in it, hence his determination to maintain order at all costs, sacrificing any further search for happiness and targeting anything or anyone that threatens to repeat his mistakes. Spot’s motivation for being a supervillain is purely based on the desire for validation of his suffering after losing his form and previous life to his condition and being rejected by his family and peers and though he comes to embrace it due to his growing abilities, he simply uses it and his obsession with being Miles’ nemesis as a crutch to cope with his loss, a loss he wants Miles to share in. Meanwhile, Miles and Hobie, and by extension Gwen’s “band”, each are able to embrace their own identities without fear of rejection from others (though in Miles’ case, he may have more to go as he faces the consequences of the anomaly that deprived another Miles the fate of being Spiderman and doomed his reality to being infested with crime). But the fact that “canon” is valued so heavily means that there is a limit as to how far any of these people can diverge from their stories before their realities disintegrate, before their stories become unrecognizable and stop “mattering”. That would mean the Miles likely won’t be able to save his father outright and would need a “technicality”, just as Gwen’s father quitting being a police captain supposedly saved him from dying. It is possible to change these stories, but not without preserving what gives them value, what makes the journey and struggle worth the destination.
I love how Hobby from the start wanted miles to break the cannon and always supported him when he did something "wrong"(in Miguels eyes). He even gave Gwen tge watch and reminded Miles how tonescape that red energy prison using his palms.
I disliked Hobie when the movie first introduced him. Then I saw what he did and how was systematically dismantling the "fascism" he saw in the spider society from within it. He built the watches by dismantling pieces of Miguel's tech. He stayed true to his interpretation of what it meant to be "Spider-Man" and that made him amazing.
Great video! The only thing that I would've added is for the metatextual analysis. Specifically, the real life resistance from toxic parts of the fandom to Miles Morales being Spider-Man based on racism. Miles being treated as a second class Spider-Man, if not worse, was to me a clear inspiration for the direction of the story and a well deserved middle finger to those who have been complaining about him for that reason. Otherwise, spot on. I don't disagree with anything that's in the video.
_Specifically, the real life resistance from toxic parts of the fandom to Miles Morales being Spider-Man based on racism._ _This can't be...the best Spiderman film ever made...it - just "can't" be!!!_ -Incel review of SpiderVerse.
I do think it's ridiculous that two people in the same universe could develop an almost identical, positive mutation as a result of ionising radiation. Ionising radiation causes random mutations to DNA, usually resulting in cancer. However, in the world of Spiderman, it's not that unbelievable that the mutations could result in spider powers. The odds are low, but it's possible. (Obviously it's not possible to gain premonition as a result of any genetic mutation, but Spiderman's other powers like swinging and super strength could potentially be replicated in the real world with careful genetic modification. Or just firing beta radiation at someone and getting extremely lucky.) But the odds of it happening twice are practically nonexistent. It's impossible. Although, with multiverse stories, stuff happening against near-impossible odds can be brushed away with "There are septillions of universes in existence, and we chose to show you the only one where this happened because the others just aren't that interesting."
I hear comic Miles is boring though and the fans think the writers are trying to replace Peter with him, so I don't see the racism angle so much as bad writer intentions.
I hear comic Miles is boring though and the fans think the writers are trying to replace Peter with him, so I don't see the racism angle so much as bad writer intentions.
Into the spider verse was about becoming Spider man and now Across the Spider-verse is how you choose to be spider man that what matters and Beyond the spider verse will probably be how you accept the challenges in Spider man righting your stories and doing your own thing
Concerning the canon as tropes, I think there's something to be said about the nuance of the story in that tropes CAN be helpful. Miguel's story where he subverted a trope only for his entire world, his entire narrative to fall to pieces, that CAN happen. Tropes exist for a reason, the best tropes work, they can be great devices and just like anything else can be the thing that if missing will cause a story to crumble. And yet when tropes become not a tool, but a comfort, a place to retreat to and refuse to diverge from, you don't get new stories and each successive one just becomes worse and worse and worse because you've already seen it before. When you can't unstick yourself from all that is familiar to you, you can't grow or change. Which where Miles comes in, because he is like the black Spider-Man. People actually got mad about this. That wasn't Spider-Man, he's supposed to be whi-.... uhhh... Peter Parker. Even if you take the worst reactions to it, racism is just that: An aversion to the unfamiliar, the different. Fundamentally the same thing that goes on in the mind of the comic fan who gets mad whenever they get something new. What goes through the minds of corporate executives who want to see money and decide that doing the thing you did last time is how to get it. It's the sort of thing that the people in charge of the Comics Code Authority were thinking. The same Comics Code Authority that both Spiderverse movies decided to stamp the start of their movies with in ironic fashion.
@@lainiwakura1776 I don't think it's irrelevant in the initial conversation. if you bring up racism in contexts where it doesn't matter, yeah that's not great. but this matters for the context
Every time I watch your videos, I cannot believe that you don't have more subscribers. The way you bring everything to life, the way you deliver your lines, the editing, it's all so amazing. I can't wait until more people find you and you are shown how great of an essayist you are.
One of the most important themes in this movie is control. All of the characters exhibit their thoughts on control and have things happen to them because of control. Miles became spiderman out of his control but when he seemingly starts to control his ability to be capable and bold as spiderman, he starts to lose focus on his normal life causing his parents to assert their dominance over him so that he can get things in "control". Going from the first movie we already know that he struggled with the feeling of responsibility and how it weighed him down, this film adds more weight onto him by having his parents expect him to be a good student and son in their own perspective. Miguel then shows up telling him that he's a mistake and that everything he ever worked for was inauthentic and he was at fault for Peter's death... All of this control and lack of control that was thrown at him is what causes him to say the iconic "Nah imma do my own thing"
Gwen was explored deeply in this film. We get to see her dynamic and her lack of "control" over what occurred in her life with the loss of Peter and her father pinning her as the primary suspect. She joins the spider society as a jobber doing things and it isn't until she gets back home that she and her dad have that heart to heart. In her dad's pursuit of doing what was right, he forget about his other more important job which was to care and to nurture his daughter. After he releases that false sense of control and justice, he then finally resonates with her and they make up. PS. There's more to discuss about control with gwen as she accepts the fact that things happen out of their control as a means to cause Miles to not save the inspector in Pravitar's universe but she then realises that the major difference between her and Miles' Canon event is that she tried to save Peter whereas they want him to allow his father to just die.
Miguel is the epitome of control in this film. From his assumption of leadership over the whole spider society to his aggression, we find out a lot about himself. He is bent on order due to his mistake that led to the destruction of a universe. There isn't much else to say about him as we don't really spend much time with him but that's it. Moving on to Hobie, he's a rebel through and through and all of his monologues and one liners all involve rebelling or being against controlling powers. He is quite literally the only reason Miles escaped in the first place.
Once I saw that iconic thumbnail with one word to encapsulate the video essay, I knew this would be a good watch. The movie was such a great experience in the movie theater and I can't wait to see how this whole trilogy will be wrapped up!
spiderman and this movie changed many things, it changed the animation industry for the better, it changed the reputation of many multiverse flims, and most importantally of all, it changes lives
Ah yes, my regualarly mandated 'Crying to a StoryStreet video' session. You tru;y have an incredible way with words. Thank you for everything you do and who you are to create this art for us
Into the spider verse and across the spider verse and two of my most favorite movies ever made. I was absolutely blown away by across the spider verse when I first saw it. I still think deeply about those movies and I really hope the third movie is even better and makes this trilogy go down as one of the best in film history. I know I will come back to it a lot when I start writing my stories.
It feels like I have stumbled upon a gold mine of great and masterful content. You have made video essays that have truly touched me and have left feeling that I missed a new angle in a story. You remind of a UA-cam channel called “every frame a painting” where they also made top tier content about movies and whatnot. Please never stop what you do. You are one of the best in UA-cam.
I found you nearly two hours ago with the Kung Fu Panda video, and you are instantly in my top 3 favorite content creators of all time. Good shit my guy, keep it up.
Just another homerun, you've very quickly become one of my favorite writers and media analysts. The first time it swapped between the different layers i couldn't help but smile. The charm and personality you put into your videos never fails to get that warm and fuzzy response, fantastic job and I can't wait to see what you do next.
Huge fan of your essays. And the way you handled this particular video has only solidified that further. I love how you've broken down one of my favorite movies this year, and the way you've described the angles and interpretations was fantastic. A wonderful reminder of why I loved the writing in this movie so much, and how, to me, it surpasses the first one in quality. I look forward to what you cover next.
It is not often that I press the like button on a video. It is even less often that I comment, and exceptional that I add a video to my playlist of special, wonderful and impactful videos... But this video, this video has earned all three. Thank you for this thorough analysis. It was just as impactful and joyful to watch as the movie itself. Keep up your great work, and I hope the rest of your day, your year, your life treats you well.
Several times during my viewing of this movie, I found myself absolutely awestruck by how gorgeous it is. The way certain moments wrap you in colorful softness and gentle themes is something I’ve never experienced.
Everyone here must have surely told you how cleverly you structured this video and they are right. But for me, this is one of the most important pieces you've ever made. For an aspiring storyteller like myself, this is a VERY IMPORTANT reminder to never forget the people. As clever and engaging as our themes are, the characters are what make it all stand and fall. I'm so grateful for all your work, but I have to thank you especially for this video. It matters to me greatly, even if it's but one tiny piece of the blurry picture that is the internet.
I disagree about Gwen’s dad’s motivation for trying to arrest her. I don’t think he chose duty over his love for his daughter, instead he put all of his faith in a system meant to distinguish the innocent from the guilty. He thought that if Gwen goes on the run, she won’t get the opportunity to clear her name. If he arrests her, her innocence will be exposed because that’s what the system is meant to do.
Hey man, I just wanted to let you know how much I have been enjoying your videos lately. I have gone back and watched several of them now and I really appreciate the effort you put into them. The way that you talk about the source material is very thought provoking and interesting. Also I really hope that the Last of Us Part 2 video is still in the works, as I also really enjoyed the game and your other videos on the series are really spectacular. Please dont stop anytime soon and thank you for the great content!
saw this in theaters 4 times 1 including 4D what an experience best movie of 2023 everything was perfect even if the ending felt like a bad heart break and getting blue balled all at the same time. GG sony GG
good video man, almost brought me to tears. format was amazing and well thought out. I like how I can tell you put work into the theatrics of this video.
i also see "a lot but also a little" in terms of the animation. it can go so fast with so much movement, but they do not miss a beat when it comes to micro expressions/gestures and using as little movement as possible to express the most significant emotions or personality. they pay attention to how every single muscle would move in ways that are very individual to the characters and successfully do this with so many at that. i enjoy the way you said intimate and personal, when a character is important, this team doesnt just want them to have their own importance in the story but they work very very hard to make sure theyre all seen as individuals we can connect to in an unprecedentedly detailed way. This brings me to another contradiction I enjoy where it practices realism while also doing the exact opposite. theres a very impactful and addicting mixture of this and theyre cearly very purposeful with each one instead of lazily trying to fulfill some quota for making a Good Movie
I feel like like I watched the movie all over again. Something about the way you write, way you present point to point is so…potent. I can just feel the impact of the words your saying so vividly. I don’t really have anything of super high value to add to this video, but…amazing work. This video really stands to represent what this movie truly is, and I wouldn’t have it any other way. Not in this universe.
I love across the Spider-verse it was freaking fantastic and also a bonus seeing my favorite character mayday parker spider-girl from the comics finally adapted into animation made me so happy that I am very excited to see more of her in the future, especially seeing more of her even as a baby mayday parker the future spider-girl helping out her dad fight against the spot and saving there best friend Miles Morales Spider-Man from the prowler is going to be really awesome and badass in my opinion.
The first video of yours I saw was Batman and it made me cry actual tears. This one moved me in ways and levels I'm not sure you really intended to. But it still touched me in a very personal sense because I can sense your empathy, kindness and your willingness to connect. I don't know you but I like how you think and what you're trying to do. You're a net positive in the vast world and the internet and the space of creation/art.
Honestly man, you're one of the best video essayist(?) ive seen (and heard). They way you just make a story with just a simple essay, with the emotions and its own twists too 😭 ❤
maybe its me but i think when we get the love we always been longing from someone, for few minutes everything around us just doesnt matter that gwen dad hug scene thats what i understood
I’m glad that Rio doesn’t undermine or commands Jeff in a nagging or condescending manner like most wives, she respects him and actually cares his job and reputation and himself
Hope you make a video on Spider-man 2 for the PlayStation. Been really enjoying these and very curious about your analysis and thoughts on it. Much love ❤ God bless
the identity/race/gender allegory stood out to me first bc im not a teenager anymore, im a black queer adult now. Rio's speech about being told we don't belong somewhere/not taken seriously/discriminated against is very common to black/brown experiences, specifically having to get a speech from our parents sometime in our lives about racism. ther'es also the confirmed allegory about people not wanting miles to be called spiderman bc of his race. navigating life as spiderman can be seen as a general allegory for being stealth/being in the closet but especially with gwen's speech that also had word choices very similar to being queer along with the trans flag in her room and the trans colors
18:15 .. he is wrong but not for being worries about the consequences of what can happen.. he is wrong because he has allow guilt to cloud his judgment and protect his self hate on miles to avoid looking at himself . miles is a subconscious way for Miguel O'Hara to avoid responsibility .. i dont believe he is aware he is doing this but his dislike of miles has nothing to do with miles himself.. the fear of what can happen if miles save his dad is real... that part about his argument against miles is not misguided but his hostility toward him is.
I think people like Rio is because shes a mom. As much as we dont like our parents being in our business or so involved in pur lifes at a certain point, we know they do care. And this is me thiking on it from a adults perspective; I know parents have it hard when their kids become independent. They become walking contradictions while trying their best not to. At the same time their experience and slight know it all point of view shines more and so at times causes a rift and makes them more stren than necessary. Rio reminds me of my own mom and how I try to keep a distincnt line but because there really wasnt one to begin with it becomes a weird dancenof telling her to trust that ill tell her what she needs to and not tell her what I dint want her to know even if all I wanna do is cry and complain to her. At a certian point we can all connect to Miles because of that and the responsibilities he has but still wanting to connect with his faimily even at times when he has to break promises because they collide and ine HAS to be more important than the other. Just like most peoples parents, to Rio family is more important, as even though I agree with that emotionally, logically thats not possible and its heartbreaking when you have to disappoint them.
And what’s so crazy about this canon events thing is that Peter is okay with all of this! And when Miles asked him if he would’ve turned away if he knew about his death, and he replied with,”if not for Uncle Ben, most of us wouldn’t be here Miles.” Yeah he only died because of a stupid, selfish decision that you made, and now you’re doing it again. Ben would be ashamed.
I think most screenwriters, directors and editors are aware that Characters are important, and that plot and the rest comes 2nd. Just because the spiderverse movies are amazing at being efficient and doing more with less screentime, doesn't mean that other movie makers aren't trying.
It’s a beautiful film of coming out to parents, the way they except that, parents realising their children need to grow up as well and it’s also about you asking yourself the question “why does life have to be this way? Can it be changed” Miles is doing something I’ve never seen a Spider-Man do, he is trying to prevent the tragedy that makes him Spider-Man. Is Spider-Man based on tragedy or based on a pure heart within? Both sides are shown here. I think the third film will show all this. I think we see the other Gwen’s. The butterfly effects of life with Earth 42 Miles. We see that Gwen doesn’t want to fall in love because her falling in love with Spider-Man and then dying is a cannon event in her eyes. I think we could also see Spider-Man India loose his world and maybe step up to be the Spider-Man in Earth 42. The Spider-Man without a world stepping up in a world without a Spider-Man. I would have loved to see Yu I believe is how you spell his name from Spider-Man Fake Red. I have the manga but haven’t read it yet but what I know is he is from an earth where Peter goes missing (and becomes Venom) and he finds the Spider-Man costume and just, becomes Spider-Man. Great Power isn’t the fact he has spider powers, his power is his bravery and hope to do good and his responsibility is putting that to use. That character would be fantastic to see in a Spider-Verse film
My two hopes for the finale:
1. It doesn't get cancelled.
2. Sony treats its artists better.
Why would it get cancelled?
I agree
Because of number 2 not happening @@TheMrblessed
Why is everyone talking about Sony cancelling something? Has it happened in past?
@@TheMrblessedWorking conditions are AWFUL for the animators. Really, it goes hand-in-hand with the second one
Glitching into different categories to analyze the movie by literal, allegorical, and metatextual was insanely smart. Love the thematic analysis.
Not only that but the way he starts each one makes it sound like it’s a different universe the video is being made.
At last. Someone who gets the multiverse.
That was so freaking cool to re/watch
LOVE IT.
I feel like part of the metatext is that both Miguel and Miles have lessons to learn as the protagonists of their own stories. Miles does need to learn that he can't do both, that Spider-man doesn't always do both. But Miguel needs to learn that Spider-man always puts forward the best effort attempt to save everyone, even if he doesn't succeed. The point isn't succeeding. The point is caring. And not just caring in a broad text of "The fate of the multiverse" that makes the other Spider-mans brains die a little. Caring in the very real sense of RIPeter starting with "I want to save Manhattan, so I have to save the multiverse" and Miles' "I want to save dad, so I have to save the multiverse"
Basically, it all comes down to love. Our traditional understanding of Spider-man is founded in tragedy, yes, but that tragedy is rooted in love. Peter loved his aunt and uncle deeply, and through an ironic twist lost one of them through his own selfishness. The lesson was that you have to protect people you don't know like you would your loved ones because we're all interconnected. Meanwhile, Miles has that loving environment. It's not tragedy that makes the spider-man. It's the love his expresses and exhibits. This love is also what roots his tragedies. That's what life is. No one lives a life without tragedy. Spider-man experiences tragedies because he is human, because even when you do your very best to do everything exactly as you think they should be done, you will still lose people through accidental deaths, senseless deaths, breakups, fallings out, the slow decay of time after you both move to different cities. It would be strange for Spider-man to not have these tragedies, but they need not be inflicted on him by the spider-society for him to feel this gravity and to do the good he does. That's, I think, where Pavitr fits in. He didn't lose police inspector, Singh, no, but he still felt the weight of that potential loss. That near miss made him a better Spider-man, one who will take things a little more seriously going forward.
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I love this Miguel is like the old ways of viewing who spiderman is and Miles is a newer version of it. Ive always wonder why does Spiderman HAVE to have such a unhappy ending. A part of it is cause they writers and audience love seeing the characyers struggle but at the same time I feel like they love seeing a character in dispair a lot more because we can connect with them. Ive also fallen to this perspective, at the same time I want to see my characters win and im seeing that shift as well in media. Give us the struggle but also a happyish ending, life isnt just one note so pur stories shouldnt either. Thats why I also love Peter B. his story was fallowing spidermans canon of being alone and sad, but bucause of meeting Miles his journey changed and so did he(for the better in my opinion)
Nah. Miguel missed what the younger spiders clocked right away; once the multiverse opened up, there was more than one cake. Or, more than one spider-person to handle problems. Just like the 3 other spider people being in Mumbatton saved more people than Pav on his own ever could. Or how, because of Miles, all the other spider people could get back to their home dimensions alive in ITSV.
The older Spiders' generational trauma is strangling the new growth the younger Spider People could have.
9:57, The specific theme of acceptance and rejection definitely works to connect all the characters and plot lines together, and not just with the primary protagonists in Miles and Gwen, but also the primary antagonists in Miguel and Spot.
Miguel first stayed in another reality too long because he felt he could only have a life and a family there, wether correctly or otherwise, but his attempts to find belonging and happiness only ended up costing the destruction that entire reality and everyone in it, hence his determination to maintain order at all costs, sacrificing any further search for happiness and targeting anything or anyone that threatens to repeat his mistakes.
Spot’s motivation for being a supervillain is purely based on the desire for validation of his suffering after losing his form and previous life to his condition and being rejected by his family and peers and though he comes to embrace it due to his growing abilities, he simply uses it and his obsession with being Miles’ nemesis as a crutch to cope with his loss, a loss he wants Miles to share in.
Meanwhile, Miles and Hobie, and by extension Gwen’s “band”, each are able to embrace their own identities without fear of rejection from others (though in Miles’ case, he may have more to go as he faces the consequences of the anomaly that deprived another Miles the fate of being Spiderman and doomed his reality to being infested with crime).
But the fact that “canon” is valued so heavily means that there is a limit as to how far any of these people can diverge from their stories before their realities disintegrate, before their stories become unrecognizable and stop “mattering”. That would mean the Miles likely won’t be able to save his father outright and would need a “technicality”, just as Gwen’s father quitting being a police captain supposedly saved him from dying. It is possible to change these stories, but not without preserving what gives them value, what makes the journey and struggle worth the destination.
No, our Miles deprived 42's Peter Parker of being Spider-Man, hence why no one has heard of him in that universe.
I love how Hobby from the start wanted miles to break the cannon and always supported him when he did something "wrong"(in Miguels eyes). He even gave Gwen tge watch and reminded Miles how tonescape that red energy prison using his palms.
Hobie stole every scene he was in
I disliked Hobie when the movie first introduced him. Then I saw what he did and how was systematically dismantling the "fascism" he saw in the spider society from within it. He built the watches by dismantling pieces of Miguel's tech. He stayed true to his interpretation of what it meant to be "Spider-Man" and that made him amazing.
I literally can't get enough of this movie, I've watched like 70% of all the videos covering this movie on youtube
Fr, me too
Me too
Using glitching to transition from one part of the video to another ??? What a genius . This is becoming one of my most favorite channels
StoryStreet and TheOldBlood are the best analysis channels on the planet. It's always a special day when they upload a video.
@@bryceconner2663i looked up theoldblood and couldnt find anyone
23:19 "We don't remember the times spider-man has saved his loved ones"
Shows the scene that has awakened something for most boys at 6~7 years old
23 19!!! we got a 23 19!!!!
@@BernStooginWhat are you talking about
@@seventhsorcerer2885 found the guy born after 2008
Great video! The only thing that I would've added is for the metatextual analysis. Specifically, the real life resistance from toxic parts of the fandom to Miles Morales being Spider-Man based on racism. Miles being treated as a second class Spider-Man, if not worse, was to me a clear inspiration for the direction of the story and a well deserved middle finger to those who have been complaining about him for that reason.
Otherwise, spot on. I don't disagree with anything that's in the video.
_Specifically, the real life resistance from toxic parts of the fandom to Miles Morales being Spider-Man based on racism._
_This can't be...the best Spiderman film ever made...it - just "can't" be!!!_
-Incel review of SpiderVerse.
I do think it's ridiculous that two people in the same universe could develop an almost identical, positive mutation as a result of ionising radiation. Ionising radiation causes random mutations to DNA, usually resulting in cancer. However, in the world of Spiderman, it's not that unbelievable that the mutations could result in spider powers. The odds are low, but it's possible. (Obviously it's not possible to gain premonition as a result of any genetic mutation, but Spiderman's other powers like swinging and super strength could potentially be replicated in the real world with careful genetic modification. Or just firing beta radiation at someone and getting extremely lucky.)
But the odds of it happening twice are practically nonexistent. It's impossible.
Although, with multiverse stories, stuff happening against near-impossible odds can be brushed away with "There are septillions of universes in existence, and we chose to show you the only one where this happened because the others just aren't that interesting."
I hear comic Miles is boring though and the fans think the writers are trying to replace Peter with him, so I don't see the racism angle so much as bad writer intentions.
I hear comic Miles is boring though and the fans think the writers are trying to replace Peter with him, so I don't see the racism angle so much as bad writer intentions.
i love your writing more than anything, and hearing you talk about one of my favorite movies so passionately? perfection.
Into the spider verse was about becoming Spider man and now Across the Spider-verse is how you choose to be spider man that what matters and Beyond the spider verse will probably be how you accept the challenges in Spider man righting your stories and doing your own thing
Concerning the canon as tropes, I think there's something to be said about the nuance of the story in that tropes CAN be helpful. Miguel's story where he subverted a trope only for his entire world, his entire narrative to fall to pieces, that CAN happen. Tropes exist for a reason, the best tropes work, they can be great devices and just like anything else can be the thing that if missing will cause a story to crumble.
And yet when tropes become not a tool, but a comfort, a place to retreat to and refuse to diverge from, you don't get new stories and each successive one just becomes worse and worse and worse because you've already seen it before. When you can't unstick yourself from all that is familiar to you, you can't grow or change.
Which where Miles comes in, because he is like the black Spider-Man. People actually got mad about this. That wasn't Spider-Man, he's supposed to be whi-.... uhhh... Peter Parker. Even if you take the worst reactions to it, racism is just that: An aversion to the unfamiliar, the different. Fundamentally the same thing that goes on in the mind of the comic fan who gets mad whenever they get something new. What goes through the minds of corporate executives who want to see money and decide that doing the thing you did last time is how to get it. It's the sort of thing that the people in charge of the Comics Code Authority were thinking. The same Comics Code Authority that both Spiderverse movies decided to stamp the start of their movies with in ironic fashion.
But you're the one bringing up racism.
@@lainiwakura1776 so?….
@@lainiwakura1776 I don't think it's irrelevant in the initial conversation. if you bring up racism in contexts where it doesn't matter, yeah that's not great. but this matters for the context
Dude I swear. I'll like 'like' a movie, but then I watch your video essay on it, and then duuude, the chills man. Awesome job as always.
Every time I watch your videos, I cannot believe that you don't have more subscribers. The way you bring everything to life, the way you deliver your lines, the editing, it's all so amazing. I can't wait until more people find you and you are shown how great of an essayist you are.
I remember in the theater i was like "man... this is like the longest second Act ive ever seen, boy im sure loving this movi-" |To Be Continued| "-oh"
One of the most important themes in this movie is control. All of the characters exhibit their thoughts on control and have things happen to them because of control.
Miles became spiderman out of his control but when he seemingly starts to control his ability to be capable and bold as spiderman, he starts to lose focus on his normal life causing his parents to assert their dominance over him so that he can get things in "control". Going from the first movie we already know that he struggled with the feeling of responsibility and how it weighed him down, this film adds more weight onto him by having his parents expect him to be a good student and son in their own perspective. Miguel then shows up telling him that he's a mistake and that everything he ever worked for was inauthentic and he was at fault for Peter's death... All of this control and lack of control that was thrown at him is what causes him to say the iconic "Nah imma do my own thing"
Gwen was explored deeply in this film. We get to see her dynamic and her lack of "control" over what occurred in her life with the loss of Peter and her father pinning her as the primary suspect. She joins the spider society as a jobber doing things and it isn't until she gets back home that she and her dad have that heart to heart. In her dad's pursuit of doing what was right, he forget about his other more important job which was to care and to nurture his daughter. After he releases that false sense of control and justice, he then finally resonates with her and they make up. PS. There's more to discuss about control with gwen as she accepts the fact that things happen out of their control as a means to cause Miles to not save the inspector in Pravitar's universe but she then realises that the major difference between her and Miles' Canon event is that she tried to save Peter whereas they want him to allow his father to just die.
Miguel is the epitome of control in this film. From his assumption of leadership over the whole spider society to his aggression, we find out a lot about himself. He is bent on order due to his mistake that led to the destruction of a universe. There isn't much else to say about him as we don't really spend much time with him but that's it. Moving on to Hobie, he's a rebel through and through and all of his monologues and one liners all involve rebelling or being against controlling powers. He is quite literally the only reason Miles escaped in the first place.
Once I saw that iconic thumbnail with one word to encapsulate the video essay, I knew this would be a good watch. The movie was such a great experience in the movie theater and I can't wait to see how this whole trilogy will be wrapped up!
spiderman and this movie changed many things, it changed the animation industry for the better, it changed the reputation of many multiverse flims, and most importantally of all, it changes lives
This video has transcended the concept of mere analysis and I'm here completely immersed in this soul enlightening experience... thank you
I haven't even SEEN THE MOVIE & I learned a LOT !
Ah yes, my regualarly mandated 'Crying to a StoryStreet video' session. You tru;y have an incredible way with words. Thank you for everything you do and who you are to create this art for us
25:12 So basically Miles Morales is a multiversal fanfiction writer? Dope.
Also great video. So glad I subscribed to you.
Into the spider verse and across the spider verse and two of my most favorite movies ever made.
I was absolutely blown away by across the spider verse when I first saw it.
I still think deeply about those movies and I really hope the third movie is even better and makes this trilogy go down as one of the best in film history.
I know I will come back to it a lot when I start writing my stories.
It feels like I have stumbled upon a gold mine of great and masterful content. You have made video essays that have truly touched me and have left feeling that I missed a new angle in a story. You remind of a UA-cam channel called “every frame a painting” where they also made top tier content about movies and whatnot. Please never stop what you do. You are one of the best in UA-cam.
I found you nearly two hours ago with the Kung Fu Panda video, and you are instantly in my top 3 favorite content creators of all time. Good shit my guy, keep it up.
Just another homerun, you've very quickly become one of my favorite writers and media analysts. The first time it swapped between the different layers i couldn't help but smile.
The charm and personality you put into your videos never fails to get that warm and fuzzy response, fantastic job and I can't wait to see what you do next.
Huge fan of your essays. And the way you handled this particular video has only solidified that further. I love how you've broken down one of my favorite movies this year, and the way you've described the angles and interpretations was fantastic. A wonderful reminder of why I loved the writing in this movie so much, and how, to me, it surpasses the first one in quality. I look forward to what you cover next.
It is not often that I press the like button on a video. It is even less often that I comment, and exceptional that I add a video to my playlist of special, wonderful and impactful videos... But this video, this video has earned all three. Thank you for this thorough analysis. It was just as impactful and joyful to watch as the movie itself. Keep up your great work, and I hope the rest of your day, your year, your life treats you well.
Several times during my viewing of this movie, I found myself absolutely awestruck by how gorgeous it is. The way certain moments wrap you in colorful softness and gentle themes is something I’ve never experienced.
Everyone here must have surely told you how cleverly you structured this video and they are right. But for me, this is one of the most important pieces you've ever made. For an aspiring storyteller like myself, this is a VERY IMPORTANT reminder to never forget the people. As clever and engaging as our themes are, the characters are what make it all stand and fall. I'm so grateful for all your work, but I have to thank you especially for this video. It matters to me greatly, even if it's but one tiny piece of the blurry picture that is the internet.
This video is amazing!! I can’t express how creative this was and it shows how you understand Across the SpiderVerse!!!
I love the way you write and tell your story and feelings about a movie, they always feel so friendly and its just perfection. Love your content
I disagree about Gwen’s dad’s motivation for trying to arrest her. I don’t think he chose duty over his love for his daughter, instead he put all of his faith in a system meant to distinguish the innocent from the guilty. He thought that if Gwen goes on the run, she won’t get the opportunity to clear her name. If he arrests her, her innocence will be exposed because that’s what the system is meant to do.
If that's the case, why didn't he explain that to her when she returned?
@@me-myself-i787 I don’t know, maybe by that time it didn’t matter? Of course I could be wrong, it’s just an interpretation.
@@Mr_Case_Time That makes sense. She was gone for a long time.
Hey man, I just wanted to let you know how much I have been enjoying your videos lately. I have gone back and watched several of them now and I really appreciate the effort you put into them. The way that you talk about the source material is very thought provoking and interesting. Also I really hope that the Last of Us Part 2 video is still in the works, as I also really enjoyed the game and your other videos on the series are really spectacular. Please dont stop anytime soon and thank you for the great content!
After the first glitch in this video I was then watching the rest with a smile on my face. Brilliant story telling.
Damn this is such a good way of understanding this movie.
great intro, your're 100% bang on
Thank you for making this piece of art. Though I cannot see it through your eyes, mine are teary and fulfilled.
Damn StoryStreet, your videos just keep improving. You are amazing dude. Thanks
After that first glitch and it repeated I was like... "Clever guy" hoping you'd do the next one. You did not disappoint. Just Spidertastic!
saw this in theaters 4 times 1 including 4D what an experience best movie of 2023 everything was perfect even if the ending felt like a bad heart break and getting blue balled all at the same time. GG sony GG
good video man, almost brought me to tears. format was amazing and well thought out. I like how I can tell you put work into the theatrics of this video.
It is always a pleasure to listen to your video essays, bang on job.
Fantastic video man! Very well done
this has to be one of the most insightful and well thought out video essays ive ever watched. wow
i also see "a lot but also a little" in terms of the animation. it can go so fast with so much movement, but they do not miss a beat when it comes to micro expressions/gestures and using as little movement as possible to express the most significant emotions or personality. they pay attention to how every single muscle would move in ways that are very individual to the characters and successfully do this with so many at that. i enjoy the way you said intimate and personal, when a character is important, this team doesnt just want them to have their own importance in the story but they work very very hard to make sure theyre all seen as individuals we can connect to in an unprecedentedly detailed way. This brings me to another contradiction I enjoy where it practices realism while also doing the exact opposite. theres a very impactful and addicting mixture of this and theyre cearly very purposeful with each one instead of lazily trying to fulfill some quota for making a Good Movie
One of the most heartfelt looks at the ATSV movie I've come across. The care put into this is practically tangible. Amazing job :')
I feel like like I watched the movie all over again. Something about the way you write, way you present point to point is so…potent. I can just feel the impact of the words your saying so vividly.
I don’t really have anything of super high value to add to this video, but…amazing work. This video really stands to represent what this movie truly is, and I wouldn’t have it any other way.
Not in this universe.
I love across the Spider-verse it was freaking fantastic and also a bonus seeing my favorite character mayday parker spider-girl from the comics finally adapted into animation made me so happy that I am very excited to see more of her in the future, especially seeing more of her even as a baby mayday parker the future spider-girl helping out her dad fight against the spot and saving there best friend Miles Morales Spider-Man from the prowler is going to be really awesome and badass in my opinion.
This video was GD genius
I loved the quote in Tobey Maguires spider man. "No matter what in the end the ones I love are always the ones who pay."
great video bro made me cry twice
You have such a way of telling stories abd giving perspectivr yourself. The editing, the writing and how you deliver the words is outstanding to me.
The first video of yours I saw was Batman and it made me cry actual tears. This one moved me in ways and levels I'm not sure you really intended to. But it still touched me in a very personal sense because I can sense your empathy, kindness and your willingness to connect. I don't know you but I like how you think and what you're trying to do. You're a net positive in the vast world and the internet and the space of creation/art.
This video was the best review I've seen on Spiderman Across the Spiderverse. Well Done man.
I love it. Doing justice to the original material by putting the different parts together in this way is very clever - and entertaining. Chapeau!
Honestly man, you're one of the best video essayist(?) ive seen (and heard). They way you just make a story with just a simple essay, with the emotions and its own twists too 😭 ❤
This was a fantastic analysis!! And you mentioned the deviation of Gwen’s universe now that her pops has resigned.
I loved this format. Such a cool and in-universe structure.
That's why it's called an origin story: so that you have more time to explore all the figures in the next chapter.
The first time it repeated, I was making my bed. I was confused to be sure, but then the second time I was like holy sh… this guy is a genius
maybe its me but i think when we get the love we always been longing from someone, for few minutes everything around us just doesnt matter
that gwen dad hug scene thats what i understood
I’m glad that Rio doesn’t undermine or commands Jeff in a nagging or condescending manner like most wives, she respects him and actually cares his job and reputation and himself
this might just be the best video essay i have ever seen wth
this must ve taken forever i applaud the work you put in
Babe wake up, new StoryStreet just dropped.
Hope you make a video on Spider-man 2 for the PlayStation. Been really enjoying these and very curious about your analysis and thoughts on it. Much love ❤ God bless
Structure of the vid paralleling the structure of the first movie, beautifully done 🤌🏽
Amazing video essay as always 👏🏼
Been waiting to watch this since I saw it in theaters, great work
the identity/race/gender allegory stood out to me first bc im not a teenager anymore, im a black queer adult now. Rio's speech about being told we don't belong somewhere/not taken seriously/discriminated against is very common to black/brown experiences, specifically having to get a speech from our parents sometime in our lives about racism. ther'es also the confirmed allegory about people not wanting miles to be called spiderman bc of his race. navigating life as spiderman can be seen as a general allegory for being stealth/being in the closet but especially with gwen's speech that also had word choices very similar to being queer along with the trans flag in her room and the trans colors
18:15 .. he is wrong but not for being worries about the consequences of what can happen.. he is wrong because he has allow guilt to cloud his judgment and protect his self hate on miles to avoid looking at himself . miles is a subconscious way for Miguel O'Hara to avoid responsibility .. i dont believe he is aware he is doing this but his dislike of miles has nothing to do with miles himself..
the fear of what can happen if miles save his dad is real... that part about his argument against miles is not misguided but his hostility toward him is.
As this video ended I just wanted to subscribe to you all over again. Thank you for this.
this is the first analytical video of atsv that managed to make me cry lol
The Duology Is Masterpiece As A Animation Movie
Alright....let's do this one more time
you said "Moving at a hundred miles" so many times yet never took the chance
Can't wait for your new spiderman video on mcu spiderman because i binge watch all your previous video now i really want to hear your take on that
29:43 hehe he whistled
NOW THATS A VIDEO ESSAY. HOLY HELL❤
I love this channel! Every time I get a notification I’m super excited to watch the latest video.
I think people like Rio is because shes a mom. As much as we dont like our parents being in our business or so involved in pur lifes at a certain point, we know they do care. And this is me thiking on it from a adults perspective; I know parents have it hard when their kids become independent. They become walking contradictions while trying their best not to. At the same time their experience and slight know it all point of view shines more and so at times causes a rift and makes them more stren than necessary. Rio reminds me of my own mom and how I try to keep a distincnt line but because there really wasnt one to begin with it becomes a weird dancenof telling her to trust that ill tell her what she needs to and not tell her what I dint want her to know even if all I wanna do is cry and complain to her. At a certian point we can all connect to Miles because of that and the responsibilities he has but still wanting to connect with his faimily even at times when he has to break promises because they collide and ine HAS to be more important than the other.
Just like most peoples parents, to Rio family is more important, as even though I agree with that emotionally, logically thats not possible and its heartbreaking when you have to disappoint them.
Damn this video was worth the wait! Keep up the great work!
And what’s so crazy about this canon events thing is that Peter is okay with all of this! And when Miles asked him if he would’ve turned away if he knew about his death, and he replied with,”if not for Uncle Ben, most of us wouldn’t be here Miles.” Yeah he only died because of a stupid, selfish decision that you made, and now you’re doing it again. Ben would be ashamed.
You sound like Nerdewriter, i mean that as a compliment, I love his videos and now i like yours
Another banger video!!
This video is amazing can't wait to see the next one. By the way will their be a video about telltale walking dead?
Into the spider verse was about anyone can wear the mask, but Across the Spider-verse shows us how your wear it that what matters
Amazing analysis
Great video as always
Haha smart video! I loved this.
I think most screenwriters, directors and editors are aware that Characters are important, and that plot and the rest comes 2nd. Just because the spiderverse movies are amazing at being efficient and doing more with less screentime, doesn't mean that other movie makers aren't trying.
Beautiful analysis :)
It’s a beautiful film of coming out to parents, the way they except that, parents realising their children need to grow up as well and it’s also about you asking yourself the question “why does life have to be this way? Can it be changed”
Miles is doing something I’ve never seen a Spider-Man do, he is trying to prevent the tragedy that makes him Spider-Man. Is Spider-Man based on tragedy or based on a pure heart within? Both sides are shown here.
I think the third film will show all this. I think we see the other Gwen’s. The butterfly effects of life with Earth 42 Miles. We see that Gwen doesn’t want to fall in love because her falling in love with Spider-Man and then dying is a cannon event in her eyes.
I think we could also see Spider-Man India loose his world and maybe step up to be the Spider-Man in Earth 42. The Spider-Man without a world stepping up in a world without a Spider-Man.
I would have loved to see Yu I believe is how you spell his name from Spider-Man Fake Red. I have the manga but haven’t read it yet but what I know is he is from an earth where Peter goes missing (and becomes Venom) and he finds the Spider-Man costume and just, becomes Spider-Man. Great Power isn’t the fact he has spider powers, his power is his bravery and hope to do good and his responsibility is putting that to use. That character would be fantastic to see in a Spider-Verse film
this is hy cross the spiderverse is my favorite spiderman film it challenges what you believe and want also to keep going towards what you want
Awesome analysis!
Hey Storystreet, are you going to do the spider man 2 analysis. I really like your videos
That time anomaly thing you did was clever.
MORE is exactly what I thought after seeing this movie .
Beautiful video.
OMG... This video is going to be awesome!!!
Love this video ❤