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Peter Parker’s 1st Video
The video opens on the face of a young teenage boy wearing an oversized sweatshirt and a mop of unkempt brown hair.
He is sitting at a workspace in what looks like a lab, surrounded by mechanical tools and advanced looking technology strewn across the backdrop. In front of him is a pair of safety goggles, a wide bucket of water, a lighter, and a can of some unknown substance. He smiles, waves silently, and places his goggles on, adjusting them before giving the camera a thumbs up.
The kid grabs the can, shakes it quietly, then dunks it in the water, releasing a mess of bubbles from the canister that sit atop the water’s surface. Grinning like a fool, he quickly places the bottle off to the side and takes a second to pull up his sleeves and make sure everything is out of the way before dipping his entire arm in the water to cover it in as many bubbles as possible. The boy gawks at his success in doing so before hurriedly adjusting the camera to show someone sitting behind another workspace in the lab.
Tony Stark himself is concentrating heavily on a piece of machinery he is fiddling with only fifteen feet from the teenager, completely oblivious to the boy’s activities. The boy giggles mutely, readying himself and takes the lighter from his still dry hand. He positions his arm in front of the camera, making sure not to block Tony Stark from view, then holds the lighter up dangerously close to his bubbly forearm. His fingers countdown from three slowly then he sets fire to the bubbles.
Immediately all of the soapy liquid catches fire, engulfing the boy’s arm in flames that reach five feet in the air. “Oh my god, Mr. Stark!” he cries, a clear contrast to his silence throughout the beginning of the video. Tony looks up in alarm before dropping the tool in his hand with terror written all over his face. “Peter!” The video cuts off. It goes viral in 50 countries in under an hour.
Spider-Man’s 1st Video
The video opens with a beautiful view of the sunset from the top of a tall building overlooking a train station and a sea of apartment buildings. The warm light reaches out and touches the rooftop, providing a natural glow to make it a perfect filming spot. The camera pans around until you can see the skyline of Queens, New York.
You get a glimpse of the city without the loud wizzing of cars or people walking hurriedly to Point B. That is all now down below the camera’s view. It’s serene, an escape from the hustle and bustle of city life.
The camera drifts forward calmly, moving over the edge of the building and tilting downward to show the streets down below. Cars pass by underneath, the odd yellow taxi mixed within, while pedestrians dodge them to cross sidewalks and weave through even more people with places to be. It’s interesting enough of a view, almost facing completely downward at this point until you can clearly see the windows directly below the camera. How did this person even lean so far over without dropping the camera of toppling over the edge?
Suddenly, the camera is falling. Fast. Too fast. The ground comes closer and closer at an alarming rate now. But it’s not tumbling against the force of gravity. The camera view stays steady and focused. At one point, someone looks up and points in shock while the camera continues to plummet, but they aren’t worried. In fact, they smile and shout gleefully, but the wind flying past the camera drowns it out. Others look up happily and watch in wonder.
The ground is now about 80 feet from disaster when a red arm appears right from behind the camera and reaches out towards another building. A white, string-like substance flies out and attaches itself hundreds of feet out on a windowsill, immediately taking on the weight of whoever is holding the camera a little too skillfully to be human. It takes another moment as the camera soars through the air before it happens again, reaching out for the next building. Finally, you can hear the commotion from below as one child yells, “Spider-Man!” The video ends. It gains a billion views in two hours.