The Worst of the Best Podcast

Ryan and guests Ed and Aaron from State Your Take join to dissect Spider-Man movie franchises under the show's signature lens of finding the "worst" amid the best, tracing the web-slinger's cinematic journey from Sam Raimi's groundbreaking 2002 Spider-Man trilogy with Tobey Maguire, through the divisive Andrew Garfield Amazing Spider-Man reboots, to Tom Holland's MCU-integrated triumphs in Homecoming and Far From Home; the trio celebrates iconic villains like Willem Dafoe's Green Goblin and Michael Keaton's Vulture, laments studio meddling that crammed too many antagonists into films like Spider-Man 3 and Amazing Spider-Man 2, and crowns Holland's youthful, quippy Peter Parker as the ultimate portrayal while debating box-office impacts, chemistry with love interests like Kirsten Dunst's MJ and Zendaya's Michelle, and the heartbreak of Gwen Stacy's death.