Translator of original ‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day’ text criticises new film
by Nathan Cowley 3 months ago 
A university scholar who translated the ancient text of ‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day’ has criticised the new film, calling it a ‘travesty’.
Simon Williams, the academic whose 2017 translation of ‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day’ was cited as an influence for the film adaptation, has written a scathing review of newest outing from Marvel.
“It’s a little gimmicky,” said Simon Williams, riding on the coattails of Emily Wilson’s criticism of The Odyssey.
“This is clearly just a money grab. There was no real attempt to stay true to writers’ themes and ideas. For example, the original text had speech bubbles coming out of the character’s mouths, but lo and behold, Tom Holland doesn’t have a single bubble for the entirety of the film.
“It’s a real slap in the face to every scholar studying ‘Brand New Day’.
“The source material has been treated with no real delicacy or care. It’s just all been shoved in there carelessly by the scriptwriter. Look, I understand that they can’t use every single line from the original text, but this film should’ve been at least ten hours. Condensing everything into two and a half hours is a complete insult.
“I just hope future adaptations are handled with a little more thought and consideration.”
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