Honestly, in the comics JJ finds out that Peter is Spider-Man and absolutely turns his life around for Pete's sake and it is so wholesome, he's actually a really good guy
I feel like this was one of the big themes of the Raimi Spiderman Films; that all the people who are gruff and unpleasant in Peter's life all are good people when it counts.
Jonah Jameson would have died to protect Peter when assaulted by the Goblin, the New Yorkers attack the Goblin by throwing everything they can at him from the bridge, telling the Goblin that Spidey is one of them. The people that he saves in the train protect his identity and stand between him and Doc Ock to protect him. Peter's Slavic landlord that harasses him worries for him and tells everyone how good a kid he is in Spiderman 3.
I don't think that Flash Thompson is well featured after Peter leaves highschool in the Raimi films, but in the comics it is demonstrated that the jock that tries to bully Peter always wanted to be a hero and just needed the right example. Spiderman becomes his idol, and he later becomes close friends with Peter, and becomes rather heroic himself in a quieter more realistic way. (Until the Agent Venom storyline, then he becomes a legitimate superhero.)
I think that the films were trying to make a point about how people are inherently good, and worth protecting, even if they don't seem so on the surface.
Jolly_Tab_Rancher on October 10th, 2019 at 15:07 UTC »
Always protect the source.
KreonTheSleepy on October 10th, 2019 at 16:39 UTC »
Honestly, in the comics JJ finds out that Peter is Spider-Man and absolutely turns his life around for Pete's sake and it is so wholesome, he's actually a really good guy
O7Knight7O on October 10th, 2019 at 16:54 UTC »
I feel like this was one of the big themes of the Raimi Spiderman Films; that all the people who are gruff and unpleasant in Peter's life all are good people when it counts.
Jonah Jameson would have died to protect Peter when assaulted by the Goblin, the New Yorkers attack the Goblin by throwing everything they can at him from the bridge, telling the Goblin that Spidey is one of them. The people that he saves in the train protect his identity and stand between him and Doc Ock to protect him. Peter's Slavic landlord that harasses him worries for him and tells everyone how good a kid he is in Spiderman 3.
I don't think that Flash Thompson is well featured after Peter leaves highschool in the Raimi films, but in the comics it is demonstrated that the jock that tries to bully Peter always wanted to be a hero and just needed the right example. Spiderman becomes his idol, and he later becomes close friends with Peter, and becomes rather heroic himself in a quieter more realistic way. (Until the Agent Venom storyline, then he becomes a legitimate superhero.)
I think that the films were trying to make a point about how people are inherently good, and worth protecting, even if they don't seem so on the surface.