Yeah OK, I bought the Blu-ray pack since there's a guy at the local flea market every weekend who sells stuff at excellent prices. Hey, it's how I finally caved to all the hoopla about Frozen. And why bother giving my money to Wal-Mart, when I can help this guy make an honest buck and still spend LESS!?
Of course, some stuff about the movie didn't look kosher even before the movie was released in theatres. I mean, you blackify one of the main Spider-Man villains and put him in a HOODIE. Yeah, no unfortunate implications there.
But after the Ferguson fiasco, some of the scenes now look even wronger. The first Electro scene has him confused and afraid, and Spider-Man is trying to talk him down. But oh, look at that, a sniper is now perched on a billboard platform, ready to take a shot. This now strikes a chord after thinking about it because Spidey has NO TRAINING in talking down distraught people capable of doing harm, unlike police officers who are (supposedly) trained for that sort of thing. But here, though Spidey is clearly winging it, he was doing quite well...until said sniper gets antsy and fires, and FUCKS everything up for the rest of the movie!
Oh yeah, and there's the fact that it seems the NYPD had a sniper rifle conveniently lying around in one of the squad cars. Best thing I can say about this scene is that it's a black cop who first accosts Electro, and though he freaks out and draws his weapon, he holds his fire.
And though you don't exactly see militarized police in the movie, even when it's time to take on the Rhino, you see beefed-up private security in Ravencroft, storming in to take out Harry Osborn. You also see private security decked out in military gear in Oscorp in deleted scenes, right after he becomes the Green Goblin and busts out. Militarized police is bad enough, but seeing private security so quickly and readily dressed for war is also disconcerting.