Hey folks, Harry here... Like all of you I'm so anxious to see SPIDER-MAN HOMECOMING starring ZENDAYA and tom holland. ZENDAYA is playing the Mysterious MICHELLE and tom holland is playing "puny" Parker. And this one STAR and punk got together to host one of those DISNEY XD 22 minute shows called A FAN'S GUIDE TO SPIDER-MAN HOMECOMING - and I have to say... I know this show wasn't shot for a 45 year old geek, so as I watched it, I found myself tumbling through time, trying to imagine watching this as a teenager in High School. Luckily, I know my nephew, Kublakhan - and spend enough time being that kid's coolest Uncle in the Universe, and there's a shot in this, where you see tom holland as pesky parker, with MARISA TOMEI standing behind him as AUNT MAY... And he's watching a YouTube video of how to tie a Windsor knot for his tie, inevitably for his Homecoming Dance... and it reminded me so intenesely of my nephew, who rarely ever asks his parents or me... HOW to do things. Like the rest of the world - they ask youtube and somebody somewhere has made a video for how to do it. My nephew learned to play Piano this way and rocks out. Meanwhile - all at once reminding me about Asking my parents about how to tie a tie. Mom would get behind me and in-between reaching around me to try and tie the tie - and then she'd annoyingly smooch my cheek. Which, of course, was the worst thing in the world, until you have it as a memory later in life after she's been dead for 24 years, in which case it fills one's heart with the biggest joy of all - and I wonder how having your own HITCHHIKER'S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY as we know it is for a kid.
At one level it makes them self-sufficient and non-dependent upon PARENTS, JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND. Anway back to A FAN'S GUIDE TO SPIDER-MAN HOMECOMING starring ZENDAYA. Oh and tom holland. Anyway, I love that the show is shot teasing tom holland as though he was actually a lowercase peter parker in his own SPIDER-MAN movie. That's sharp. I like that. Helps align the actor directly with the part he's playing - and I've always loved that SPIDER-MAN was like Rodney Dangerfield and couldn't get no respect at all. Oh and ROBERT DOWNEY JR is all over this! A sprinkle of MICHAEL KEATON - along with folks like KEVIN FEIGE, AMY PASCAL and director JON WATTS.
For me, I found this to be a great fun investment of time - in fact, I'll watch it again!
See isn't that fun? This flick can't get here soon enough!
Keep it cool,
Harry
