![]() I never turn down the opportunity to use this picture. I had a new Spider-Man shirt for every day of the week and one for when the other seven were getting washed, the JJJ figure with desk pounding action, and my second grade Spider-Man costume found itself taken out of storage and hung on my bedroom wall. While my fellow classmates were concerning themselves with graduation, tuxedos, dresses, and dates, my mind was laser focused on taking the ultimate spin. Even before I had secured my opening day tickets, it was all I could think about for months after the first teaser footage and the subsequent coverage in Wizard magazine began. ![]() I know the time because I still have the ticket, snugly tucked away in the GameCube case for the game of the same name.įor my entire life, I was waiting for my favorite superhero, Spider-Man, to get his own live-action feature film, and on May 3rd 2002, it had finally arrived. Luckily, the weather held up just enough for me to be entrusted with the family station wagon, and I was on my way to the 12:30 PM screening with my dearest friend at the time. ![]() For you see, that day was the day I was to see Spider-Man, and if the road conditions were unfavorable, there was no way my parents were going to let me drive into the city by myself to see it. After a week of mild spring weather, I woke up to snowfall which made my heart sink down to my feet. I can remember what it was like 20 years ago as if it was yesterday.
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