So... that spiderman shirt... (new job tease)

[TarynH]

People said the Sam Raimi theory was far fetched...

And it still is. Just because it was right, doesn't make it a good hint. The bandwagon went that way. ->

[Berethos]

And it still is. Just because it was right, doesn't make it a good hint. The bandwagon went that way. ->

It was no less far fetched than the Blue Mage theories.

One was a theory based on word play, the other was a theory based on a single thematic element of a character.

[Kaedan]

It was no less far fetched than the Blue Mage theories.

One was a theory based on word play, the other was a theory based on a single thematic element of a character.

Umm... absolutely yes it was far more far-fetched.

Just because it ended up being the case doesn't change that it was completely far-fetched. All you had to do was look at precedent. All of the previous hints were extremely obvious and straightforward. Dark Knight = Batman (the Dark Knight). Red Mage = Scarlet Witch. Gun user = 007. And I believe there was even a hint with Naruto when NIN was going to be released.

Sam Raimi was incredibly far-fetched and odd. Spiderman is a HUGE intellectual property spanning many forms of media. Sam Raimi was a minor fraction compared to the whole. Going by past precedent, it should have been more obvious. Thus Spiderman, who got his powers from being attacked, screamed Blue Mage. Hell, even Dancer was much more plausible than Samurai.

Yes, you can feel good that you were correct. But that doesn't change the fact that it was the least likely option based on past precedent.

[Yukiko]

Umm... absolutely yes it was far more far-fetched.

Just because it ended up being the case doesn't change that it was completely far-fetched. All you had to do was look at precedent. All of the previous hints were extremely obvious and straightforward. Dark Knight = Batman (the Dark Knight). Red Mage = Scarlet Witch. Gun user = 007. And I believe there was even a hint with Naruto when NIN was going to be released.

Sam Raimi was incredibly far-fetched and odd. Spiderman is a HUGE intellectual property spanning many forms of media. Sam Raimi was a minor fraction compared to the whole. Going by past precedent, it should have been more obvious. Thus Spiderman, who got his powers from being attacked, screamed Blue Mage. Hell, even Dancer was much more plausible than Samurai.

Yes, you can feel good that you were correct. But that doesn't change the fact that it was the least likely option based on past precedent.

To be fair: Batman was related to Dark Knight because the film in cinema, not because Batman is using a sword or getting his ability from magic...
Spiderman is similar with the upcoming Samurai theme in the comics in japan!
Same as with 007 and his gun moving pose he added the hint with the "3 original films" that resulted in Sam Raimi.

[Kaedan]

To be fair: Batman was related to Dark Knight because the film in cinema, not because Batman is using a sword or getting his ability from magic...
Spiderman is similar with the upcoming Samurai theme in the comics in japan!
Same as with 007 and his gun moving pose he added the hint with the "3 original films" that resulted in Sam Raimi.

1) Batman has been known as "The Dark Knight" for far, far, far longer than the movie.
2) There is no Spiderman Samurai comic. There is a figurine that has Spiderman in Samurai armor. They did one for Batman too.
3) 007 was a direct, blatant hint of a "Gun user" (what it's called in Japanese). Just like Dark Knight, Scarlet Witch and Naruto.

[Lambdafish]

Sam Raimi was incredibly far-fetched and odd. Spiderman is a HUGE intellectual property spanning many forms of media. Sam Raimi was a minor fraction compared to the whole. Going by past precedent, it should have been more obvious. Thus Spiderman, who got his powers from being attacked, screamed Blue Mage. Hell, even Dancer was much more plausible than Samurai.

You would be right if not for the fact that it was instead Yoshi Ps comments that formed the basis of the theories. It wasn't that he wore the shirt, it was that he said "I love spiderman, especially the Sam Raimi films", and given that in japan that Sam Raimi's name is said very closely to the way that Samurai is said, it wasn't a difficult leap.

[Berethos]

Umm... absolutely yes it was far more far-fetched.

Really, Blue Mage was the more far fetched theory.

The idea behind that class is willful learning of techniques from a variety of enemies - if we're gonna pick a superhero that fits that bill, Rogue is a less far fetched hint. Spider-Man was bitten once, by accident, and never sought out abilities from other creatures.

Compare that to a specific mention of a name, that when written in Japanese?

Samurai - サムライ

Sam Raimi - サム・ライミ

At BEST, that gives them equal weight as theories, but if we're really saying one is more far fetched...sorry, it was Blue Mage.

[TarynH]

It was no less far fetched than the Blue Mage theories.

One was a theory based on word play, the other was a theory based on a single thematic element of a character.

Adding a U to the middle of a pitiful director's name, who ran his own Spider-man series into the ground with whatever Spider-man 3 was.

Or an origin story that relates to just about any Spider-man medium ever created.

I'd say the safe bet was with the spider bite theory. Wrong as it turned out to be, it was the more logical guess.

The hint/tease itself was a rather weak choice if anything. Which in turn spawned an even weaker theory. There were so many other things he could have used, other than trudging up a director who hasn't struck gold since 2002. Relating the comic book hero to a single director (even with cutesy word play) is like making the Batman hint out to be Timburt as a new job. It related in no way to the actual character of Spider-man, or anything about him.

So yes, it was a bad hint. Either way, I'm not disappointed. Any job is a good job. I'll level them all anyway. And I was already in love with RDM before any of this.

Also, your suggestion about Rogue. She takes powers from other mutants, not creatures, AFAIK. So Spider-man still fits BLU far better than her. Last I checked, BLU didn't sing to the birds to get them to cooperate. They had to have the ability used against them; or in other words attacked by them.

[Domeric]

And it still is. Just because it was right, doesn't make it a good hint. The bandwagon went that way. ->

But, I mean, if it was a bad hint wouldn't people have not immediately figured it out?