Superhero movies may not be known for their incredible attention to real-world logic and science, but it seems that Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man 2 surpassed expectations with its iconic train scene, which has gained high praise from an expert on the subject of superhero science. Jim Kakalios recently shared his views on several superhero scenes to assess their realism and accuracy, and he is in the perfect place to do so, having written a book, “The Physics of Superheroes,” and consulted on several comic book movies, including Andrew Garfield’s The Amazing Spider-Man.
In a video by Insider, Kakalios watched the scene in which Tobey Maguire’s Spider-Man uses his strength and web-slingers to prevent a speeding train ending up as a mangled mess of metal and bodies. It seems that the scene could not be much better than it plays out, as he explained:
“So here, Peter Parker/Spider-Man needs to stop a runaway elevated train. He shoots out multiple weblines, they stretch a great deal, but they don’t break, and he’s able to stop the train just in the nick of time. How strong does the webbing have to be for this to work?
We can look up the mass of a train. We can estimate its initial velocity by seeing how long it takes to pass city blocks. We can look at the distance over which the webbing stretches. We can estimate its diameter. We can count the number of weblines, and we come up with a tensile strength for the webbing that has to be about 1,000 megapascals, which is equivalent to 145,000 pounds per square inch.
But real spider silk has a tensile strength of 1,2000 megapascals. If Spider-Man’s webbing is anywhere as strong as real spider silk, then this indeed could happen. He’s shooting it out of his wrists, which is not what a real spider would do, but we’ll just leave that aside.”
Kakalios scored the scene 8/10 for its realism and accuracy to a “real-life” superhero situation.
Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man Movies Are Still Incredibly Popular
While both Andrew Garfield and Tom Holland have taken over the role since Maguire’s last (at the time) appearance in Spider-Man 3, fans still rate his movies among the best superhero films of all time. Naturally, this made it obvious that his return in Spider-Man: No Way Home would be one of the many highlights in the multiverse movie, and reignited fan demands for Raimi and Maguire to team up again and finally deliver a fourth Spider-Man movie from the original timeline.
Maguire has frequently said that the role of Peter Parker is one that is close to his heart, and he would certainly return to it if possible. This is certainly a good thing considering many people fully believe that both he and Garfield will make an appearance in Secret Wars.
In the meantime, as well as revisiting Maguire’s Spider-Man movies, fans can relive – and rebuild – the classic Spider-Man 2 train battle scene in a LEGO set that is set to be released in August for $49.99. There could certainly be worse ways to pass the time while waiting patiently for Maguire’s next, and probably last, appearance as Spider-Man in the MCU.
Source: Insider
Spider-Man 2
- Release Date
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June 25, 2004
- Runtime
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127 minutes
- Director
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Sam Raimi
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