Marc Webb reveals why THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN has web-shooters!

Marc Webb recently spoke to the LA Times and revealed why the he chose not to use organic web-shooters in The Amazing Spider-Man. Instead he chose to stick closer to the comic-book portrayal in which the webs are shot out of devices built by Peter Parker. Webb apparently wanted to create a more traditional take on the film and reportedly sought the guidance from Stan Lee.

Here is what Webb had to say about his meeting with Lee:

 ”I had a meeting with Stan Lee and we talked about the web-shooters. I was curious about the incarnation of them [because] of course in the previous films [they went away from them] and we wanted to reestablish ourselves. That was one thing but the other thing was the fact that the web-shooters were able to dramatize Peter’s intellect and I thought that was really cool. … It was in the comics and we have a different design but it’s a cool element to have. It’s not something we over-use or over-exploit. To me, it’s something I remember from when I was a kid and thinking ‘It would be cool if I could build those.’”

Webb went on to reveal that the webbing issue was bundled in his mind with the Spider-Man costume.

“We paid attention to the question of ‘How would a kid make it?’ And obviously we took some license with it. We also wanted a design that would make the body longer and more lithe, more of an acrobat, someone incredibly agile, and the legs of the spider [symbol on the chest] were something we used to emphasize that. We made a bunch of different suits for different lighting conditions. I wanted something that worked in the night a little better. We paid attention to that and also made the webbing [on the costume] a little bit darker.  With the costume and the web-shooters we wanted to emphasize that these are things that Peter Parker made and that he is special himself even if he feels like he’s an outsider.”

After seeing the Comic-Con panel for the film, I am sold on the look and feel of this film. Andrew Garfield's heart felt speech was also awesome and I am sold on him being the perfect person to play Spidey. What are your thoughts?