Behind The Scenes: Spider-Man 2 - 8 Arms To Hold You

A behind the scenes look at the making of Columbia Pictures' 2004 film directed by Sam Raimi.

[@GarrettWatts]

No joke this goes down in history as one of the coolest mostly-practical effects in a movie ever. This floors me. So incredible to see this amount of effort and it really, really shows in the final product.

[@Cant-Tell-Corvus]

I couldn't agree more!

[@minecraftmilker6929]

Hi Garrett how's Shane and the gang?

[@Frankie-wg6rh]

Ooooh yess!

[@rexbeiro]

Garrett wtf 😂 I never expected to see u here weird coincidence

[@H3H3PodMemes]

omg! garrett are you obsessively watching spider man content bc you’re so excited about the new spider man coming out?! i can’t stop.

[@kirkreviews7774]

"Heroes or Villains, It's always fun to see them again" -Stan Lee After almost 2 decades, No Way Home lives up to this quote.

[@GHanBax]

Hello Peter

[@JayJrP]

Genuinely did not think anyone else came here after the trailer

[@Chuked]

@@JayJrP i was recommended this

[@Chuked]

@@JayJrP i was recommended this

[@SebastianHernandez-ox6mz]

Indeed

[@chris9095794]

that’s crazy when that producer was like “yea we threw in that dr strange reference because approximately 20 years from now we’ll do a multiversal crossover with a huge franchise, i can’t go into details but it’s sick af”

[@wilburdemitel8468]

what

[@Animoshun]

@@wilburdemitel8468 there's a scene in Spiderman 2 where the Daily Bugle are thinking up of names to call Dr. Otto Octavius and Hoffman suggests "Dr. Strange" to which Jameson responds "No that one's taken". A small reference to the rest of the MCU.

[@j.yossarian6852]

Also there’s a Bleeker Street address

[@LordVader1094]

@@Animoshun Not the MCU, just other Marvel comics. The MCU didn't exist at the time

[@cgijokerman5787]

@@LordVader1094 that's the joke...

[@RamiroBelmaresJr]

These puppeteers gave arms that have no faces emotions, and made me believe in those emotions based on what Doc Ock was feeling as well even when they seemingly disagreed with him. No words, no eyebrows, just sound effects and technology.

[@datboi42]

Ramiro Belmares yep

[@zzzarkka]

Those arms had more emotions than Kristen Stewart in Twilight.

[@Snavels]

They had quasi mouths, like when he said "He's right" about Peter saying he should destroy the reactor, one of the arms is open in such a way that it looks like it's open mouth scowling at him

[@marcusward6235]

"Spider-Man is the geek gone good, Doc Ock is the geek gone bad." ...this quote, man.

[@ThePhantomKing]

More like nerds gone good and bad.

[@wyattcole5452]

…that quote, man.

[@qt4090]

Disappointing to realize that if we ever see Doc Ock in live-action again, those arms are going to be completely digital. This was the last of its kind. Even Spidey 3 was consumed by digital effects.

[@wolverineiscool7161]

well how else would you do venom and sandman...can't use practical effects for venom

[@qt4090]

Venom can definitely be done with a MIX of digital and practical effects, but it seems like filmmakers just default to digital. Imagine it working like the way the Xenomorph was done in the original Alien and Aliens. Sandman is definitely a digital character though haha

[@aydenburgess905]

@@qt4090 Yeah...he could easily be done practical with a suit and the head CG'd on. Similar to how the Iron Man movie used small parts of a real suit (head, chest, gloves) then used CG for the rest of the suit.

[@yutrops2193]

Venom in Spider-Man 3 for the most part is made up of practical effects though

[@pyrof1lth]

They actually were going to use a animatronic venom prop, but I guess they ended up scraping that idea. There is a picture online that you can find.

[@SJ_RANKS]

Doc ock is my personal favourite spiderman villian

[@TyMarshall007]

same

[@princemohapatra8343]

Mine is Goblin but Doc Oc is awesome too.

[@kaylalezabeth7175]

He is very handsome.

[@sealionstudios8597]

My top 5 are: 1. Kingpin 2. Venom 3. Green Goblin 4. Doc Ock 5. Vulture

[@wyattjohnson9846]

SAMMMME!

[@HalloWitch93]

As a kid it broke my heart that Doc Ock died at the end of this movie, and the ending of this BTS segment gave me hope that somehow, he'd turn out okay. Twenty years later the man is coming back like nothing ever happened.

[@wolverineiscool7161]

This level of passion is what was missing in all spiderman movies after this

[@traptionist5115]

Yeah, even homecoming just felt like a stepping stone movie

[@Grandmaster_Dragonborn]

@@traptionist5115 Homecoming was not good, period.

[@TheHManShow]

Alfred Molina said it himself! Sam Raimi doesn’t get lost in the special effects but puts the story first

[@b1xst3r65]

*Spider-Man.

[@c0mpu73rguy]

Except Spider verse (but you didn’t knew about this film when you posted that).

[@scottbruckner4653]

These guys could not have done a better job on otto's character.

[@2H2521]

Scott Bruckner Agreed!

[@anthonyhenderson8371]

Scott Bruckner facts

[@boy2laviste584]

That's why he's back

[@scottbruckner4653]

@@boy2laviste584 You right.

[@Green_Justice5389]

They really could've. I don't understand his character all that much in S-M2, but he could've been done better.

[@hathawayamato]

This movie meant everything to me growing up.

[@jarred1k579]

Yes I am who I am today because of this movie 🤟🏿

[@andrewrivera190]

To this day I can't get over how amazing the claw design on the tentacles is. What's so cool about them is they have multiple joints so they can make little claws if they are partially closed.

[@TheJoker27780]

Doc Ock is still the best villain of the Spidey movies by far.

[@whothehellisreadingthiscra263]

Old Trafford Champions Section "spidey movies" also I never thought doctor doom was properly represented as well in the movies.

[@Skittles1987]

Definitely

[@SirGalahaad]

20:38-21:19 really brings a different meaning now that the Spider-Man: No Way Home trailer is out

[@EternityIl]

Yeah that’s what i was thinking 😔

[@amworld6643]

Exactly what I was thinking

[@xaviersepeda3404]

Bro I just thought the same thing, was seeing the comments if anyone else thought so too

[@clashwithstorm413]

Yes

[@pho.phonic]

My thoughts exactly

[@oj92]

What a cool ending, sort of "teasing" a return for Doc Ock. Well, it took 17 years, but it finally happened. Also, there's Kevin Feige in the credits!

[@BooBop1987]

You got that right!😊

[@CosmicGaijin]

Whenever anyone says "How on earth can Raimis films compete to the MCU?" I show them the DVD commentaries for Spider-Man 1 and this one for 2. Because we will never get Spider-Man like this ever again.

[@NinjaWiener]

Facts!!

[@SB992REBORN]

and the making of 3 tooo

[@goji253]

Apparently Feige wants Raimi to make another Spider-Man project. So who knows, maybe we'll be lucky.

[@ramonabdiel10]

@@goji253 Really? If that’s true i’m so hyped!

[@superbanner145sundercovera7]

I believe they’re doing just that

[@Elloignika]

This should be a reminder to most of the comicbookmovies that no matter how much CGI they use, sometimes is shit compared to practical effects.

[@tennisawareness3404]

Cgi isn't used to show how cool technology is, it is used as a gimmick and a cheap way out

[@Webshooters1]

Yes unfortunately but when merged with practical effects like in this movie and Jurassic Park it looks great.

[@Spider-Bread]

I think they tried to do a Jurassic park movie without practical effects, but it failed unfortunately

[@Latitz]

Yeah, i feel you. Producers demand more movies and rush directors. They go for easy way for CGI. Even worse they sometime rush CGI.

[@afzalhakimbinzairini956]

@@Webshooters1 Agreed while I like Jurassic world,something for me looks of about the CGI for the dinosaurs.Hell even The MCU Spiderman movies has alot of CGI.Always question sometimes why some people think that MCU Spiderman movies are the best spiderman movies ever.Are they paid by Disney? Or they can't accept criticism for MCU Spiderman movies?

[@alessiodelcastillo1613]

Rest in Peace Stan Lee and Steve Ditko. Thank you so much for creating Spider-Man

[@dhruvasharma478]

I have a one problem for Stan Lee and Steve Ditko and that problem was why did Stan Lee and Steve Ditko not create female super heroine version of spiderman and that female superheroine version of spiderwoman's character alter ego name was peteri parker and made peteri parker was wife of peter parker/spiderman and first and last true love interest of peter parker/spiderman in Marvel Comics

[@BigiGuyyyy]

@@dhruvasharma478 Why don’t you create Spider women and make it work like how Spider Man Did. You comment is very stupid

[@swimteamizzle1114]

The practical tentacles were absolutely worth the effort

[@alungcugil]

I need about 15 years to finally see how the tentacles is made!! This is crazy, that's why it's look so realistic than any movie these days..

[@adammalkovich187]

Movie projects are very interesting to look at. When you see the final product on screen it's like this movie looks like it came from another universe, but when you actually see the development process it's easy to start identifying the practical areas where the developers are simply using their hands to move stuff around.

[@king__iopa6841]

A movie is an illusion

[@adammalkovich187]

+Юра Рыбочкин No, they are real. Otherwise RedBox wouldn't be full of them.

[@Skittles1987]

@@adammalkovich187 I think they meant it as a metaphor

[@ricardocorrea2270]

Hey Adam, you are back for Dread! :D

[@ThisFace]

Without an exaggeration, this is one of the best (if not the best) movie costume I’ve ever seen. I have been hooked to it as soon as I saw a poster featuring it. That evil, crimson socket, that heavy, biomechanical, well, mechanics!

[@jemert96]

This movie was the end of an era when it comes to extensive practical effects

[@armado9721]

20:54 This man is from the future(2022)

[@martinwinter4209]

No matter what kind of villain Marvel tries to use, Doc Ock well always be the Greatest Spiderman villain ever!!!

[@RonsaRRR]

Venom is the Greatest Spiderman villain ever. But not in the movies.

[@RonsaRRR]

@Little Orange Delivery Boy Yes.

[@harveyfleck2215]

I love that everyone just constantly praises Sam in the Special Features of these movies. Man is a legend.

[@robertrizov4247]

“Readers and audiences build up a feeling for the characters, heroes or villains, and it’s always fun to see them again.” Stan Lee True statement as evidence of Alfred molinas return to the character

[@lohnjanders]

I love that one of the puppeteers at 16:24 is wearing a spinal tap shirt.

[@eltorpedo67]

There's something about a team of expert craftsmen coming together like this to solve complex problems, experiment, innovate and practice until they nail what they were trying to accomplish. This was mind-blowing to see what they were able to achieve here.

[@thenonsenseguy2364]

this is still the greatest superhero movie ever , nothing from today can match it . like Sam Raimi's passion is clearly visible .

[@Nephilim27]

"I will not die a monster!" You didn't Doc... You didn't.

[@BooBop1987]

You got that right!

[@marshroanoke]

I love how the "flowers" on each arm are incredibly emotive

[@singulardude6453]

“It’s always fun to see them again”-Stan lee 2021 here we are

[@XxHUNT3RN4T0RxX]

Doc Ock is by far still the best movie Spider-Man villain to date.

[@Luthoran]

I like kraven better, if kraven the hunter got a movie he'd be a way better villain though.

[@arnavpremjith7492]

@@Luthoran now they're making one!!

[@LordVader1094]

@@Luthoran Big doubt

[@BooBop1987]

Yeah, so do I!

[@themoviemobster9148]

Factssss

[@cxmrn]

well i bet stan didnt know about no way home, your villains are still alive!!!!!

[@isaac.rivera.lpz2]

Yes, Stan, it will be fun to see Dock Ock again.

[@TheJohnBanks]

The villain returns 17 years later

[@andrewaigalew]

Like Stan the Man said, it's ALWAYS fun to see them again.

[@ordiscanet1833]

"It's always fun to see them again" oh boy yeah

[@christophervaughn3834]

20:55 This aged really well, now that hes finally coming back

[@stuv1996]

This is my childhood and definitely cemented Molina as one of my favorite actors.

[@TYSniper]

Seeing doc ock playing the piano with the tentacles in Spiderman 2 would have been cool. Perhaps a longer dialogue between him and Harry, and he sits down and plays, or stands lol.

[@videogra5645]

"Audience build up a feeling to the characters, heroes or villains. So it's always fun to see them again." We hear you, Stan! We are in 2021, and we listen to you!

[@pemo2676]

god some of those tests of the movement with 2 or 3 puppeteers per tentacle were really spectacular far less practical, but very very organic - particularly 13:18

[@socriabbas454]

It's kinda amazing that the final prop that was used in the movie wasn't a plastic or a foam, it's an actual working metallic animatronic arms

[@ThisFace]

Now I want a compilation of scenes where the tentacles are legitimately appearing on screen. I can pretty much draw the line, but never can fully distinguish it piece by piece. Puppeteers did a fantastic job making it organic.

[@T.G-HLL]

Best super hero movie ever in my opinion it’s perfect

[@basedbattledroid3507]

I love how effortless Stan Lee's creative process is, he just thinks up a name for a character in two seconds then he's already mapped out their motivations and everything, rip legend

[@jamess9890]

Stan Lee doesn’t want to kill off Doc Ock. Marvel brings the same character back 2021.

[@lazydoctorr]

How'd you know this 10 months ago?

[@IHATEYANKS41]

I can’t get over how beautiful those practical arms are

[@cameronsharp2022]

It's like there was a hidden message in this telling us he was going to come back

[@Vykandar]

I mean, the guy in the chair is just one fried neurochip away from actually becoming doc oc.

[@madhgraham]

RIP Stan Lee, our childhoods would not have been the same without him, every last person here has spent countless hours as a kid dressed like Spider-man trying to shoot spiderwebs.

[@kbatraful]

I can see why the vfx won an Oscar. Man I really wish more comic book movies would win an Oscar in this category.

[@Karma-pq9fi]

Wow I didn’t know Spider-Man 2 won an Oscar.

[@swapnill3270]

What a dedication of each person.. Hat's off.. Now days movies like just CGI stuff.

[@juangal7569]

That "Dock Ock Lives" couldn't be any more true today since the NWH trailer

[@ItsDefinitelyNotSpider]

20:39 Foreshadowing much? 18 years later and he's back

[@GeneralHeavy]

He predicted the future

[@bhimaniamaan6924]

I recently read JMS's memoir, and his run on Spider-Man has been my favorite for a long time, so seeing him pop up in this behind the scenes clip was an unexpected but very very pleasant surprise lol

[@Sayo7MaE]

Yes Alfred Molina is immensely likeable

[@volkad9608]

This production team is the best that couldve happen to marvel ever.

[@imben5008]

Doc Ock with a beard would have been badass

[@ejproduction6744]

I think he looks better without it

[@itsali64xx16]

Yea lol

[@SB992REBORN]

yo

[@nicko1738]

nah

[@chillchillin9784]

You'll get your bearded doc ock when u fix this damn multiverse!!!!

[@CategoryCollective]

Shout out to the whole team who made it happen , great stuff

[@ianamos6630]

Yes Stan It is always fun to see them again.

[@MrLynamYT]

It was incredible to see him on the big screen once again

[@Benjamin.R.H.J.Williams2024]

12:49 *5 ways to use a mechanical arm* play billiards Answer the phone play a piano bring a notebook pick up a pen Serve a glass of cola

[@marvalcomicsfan123]

And here we are in 2021 and Doc Ock is returning, so the ending of this documentary hits home.

[@KiyokaMakibi]

All that work for these tentacles. Amazing :D

[@Blumist]

20:38 Amazing how from so many years ago, Stan Lee would be the one to hint at Spider-Man Far From Home :)

[@FreedomExalia]

*No Way Home

[@Blumist]

@@FreedomExalia yea that

[@KinoBrava]

Interestingly enough, I worked with Aaron Sculley when I was in college shooting a promo video for the theatre department. He told me about how he was surrounded by Raimi, the costume designer, the production designer, and the conceptual artists while wearing those big black tubes. He also liked to say that he was the original Doc Ock. 😄

[@timonayibaduba965]

Arguably one of the greatest Supervillains in Comic book history 😌

[@jarred1k579]

I love how marvel Spider-Man took heavy inspiration from this

[@joshpemberton8128]

jarred ross I love what they did in that game. You knew ock would be the villain but you still didn’t expect the twist and it was genius

[@stefano4166]

It's so curious how at the end Stan Lee And Joe Quesada talk about them not wanting to kill a good supervillain to being able to use it again or finding out they weren't really gone only to discover them appear in a future story some time later... And it's just AMAZING how this words get SO MUCH resonance now that after 17 years we are seing this amazing villain as Doc Ock is being part of the new spiderman movie. So freaking excited!! 🔥 🔥 🔥

[@KiraKamiya]

I am excited to see Alfred Molina return as Doc Ock, but without Raimi and the rest of this team I fear the performance just won't have the same emotions.

[@RonsaRRR]

Are you excited now?

[@GhostsGenocide]

@@RonsaRRR oh boy yeah

[@-lirif-1783]

Sam Raimi was confirmed to be brought into the production as an advisor for the characters he previously handled, which is a good sign, we just don’t know to what extent his influence went in.

[@ThePatchedVest]

"death flower" is the coolest name for the tentacles claws lol

[@Lifad2011]

And now we are gonna see him again! So excited!

[@ezpz4me562]

Man this video makes we love Spider-Man 2 even more and doctor octopus as well, he’s such a cool villain

[@jefvarnadore2267]

Doc ock was always my favorite spider man villain.. really second behind Joker for all time villain.

[@frecklepad]

@21:21 The perfect ending to this behind the scenes, considering the wonderful news that Alfred Molina is back.

[@CoolSmoovie]

That Montage of the Tentacles grabbing/doing stuff was immensely satisfying

[@Historyandlegends789]

I like that unlike many archenemies Doc Ock isn’t really obsessed with Spider-Man. Unlike joker, green goblin, or Loki, Doc Ock wants Spider-Man out of the way and to sort of get on with his life.

[@Howlingburd19]

Whosever idea it was to give Doctor Octopus a trench coat is an absolute genius!

[@UltimateSpiderPlush]

Stan Lee was a genius in creating characters

[@RabbitsInBlack]

Sam Raimi from Evil Dead to Starting a Whole new Universe of Comic Characters for the rest to follow.

[@nombz_]

I love this movie sm - these behind the scene vids are the best 😭

[@sssssavannahballpython2048]

It’s the same with no way home,the outtakes of him and willem Defoe are so funny

[@heisenbergII]

Sadly this is one of the last few movies we’ll get with that much effort put into using practical effects and puppeteers. Every once in a while we get a film like that but not as much effort used here. Pretty much knew they were gonna use full cgi for the arms in “No Way Home”

[@Red_Spidey]

Exactly They even CG Nick Fury's gun in the hotel scene

[@mr.ditkovich2031]

R.I.P Stan Lee

[@firefistdonuts3286]

rent

[@firefistdonuts3286]

Ultimate Hedgehog why not

[@barktrap]

May he rest in heaven.

[@NinjaWiener]

And Steve Ditko. Never forget Ditko

[@jefvarnadore2267]

Wish they still made movies like this.. so burnt out on all the CGI

[@davidyoung5114]

If you noticed in the Spiderman - No Way Home trailer, Doc Ock emerges from the Hudson River, where we saw him descending into at the end of Spiderman 2. Nice touch!

[@JinxNightcore]

Alfred did a fantastic job playing as Doc Ock

[@yeppieyay8906]

How much of it do you want to be CGI? MCU: yes.

[@gqn2]

After all these years, the tentacles still holds up.

[@ipleathetv6334]

Seeing the animatronics always made me wonder that since they can make stuff like this for a movie, why can’t we do it in real life??

[@mhm3766]

Do you want 15 people moving the thing?

[@Superkirby19]

a friend of thinks the answer is simple. money. it sadly makes the world go 'round way too much.

[@nuthead-i-am]

Because we don't have Spider-Man to stand against when it goes rogue

[@angelcruz2087]

that’s exactly what i think about too! there’s so many things we don’t know about, as far as technological advances go. if i were a scientist watching this particular video, i’d be brainstorming how to actually make something like that become reality. this movie came out in 2004… 17 years later and i truly believe this is well within human capabilities now

[@GhostsGenocide]

You would need a source of power and those arms would weigh a lot, I think they said in the video that they weighed around 100 pounds

[@aggro9978]

The mcu will never have moments like these.

[@NEWahn]

Damn...watching that last bit now almost feels like foreshadowing.

[@ChrisPTender]

21:26 holy shit they tried to tell us lmao

[@ComplaisantPlay]

Damn the prosthetic arms are so lit af

[@Zero-ob2sd]

21:27 Doc Ock Lives!

[@HandheldGamingHQ]

Doc Ock's arms were way ahead of their time in this movie

[@cervanno05]

I love that the claws are practical. I hope that they keep this in No Way Home

[@athan640]

even spider-man's suit is cgi, even doc oc himself is cgi in No Way Home

[@cervanno05]

@@athan640 lol I get that. I do hope Marvel goes back to its roots. To be honest, the last time the Iron Man suit looked amazing was Iron Man 1 when they built practical suits.

[@Karma-pq9fi]

Spoiler: they won’t

[@briang.2218]

What an absolutely incredible production that must have been.