Is Spider-Man 2099 A Vampire Or What?
"Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse" introduces a whole cavalcade of new Spider-People and Spider-Creatures, but one of the most prevalent by far is Spider-Man 2099, a.k.a. Miguel O'Hara (Oscar Isaac). The badass Spidey at the center of the Spider-Society explained to Miles Morales (Shameik Moore) how he saw firsthand what happens when you mess with reality and how it cost him everything.
Due to this harrowing experience, Miguel can be particularly cold and pragmatic. But, there are a couple of lines, and even a quick moment while he's fighting Vulture (Jorma Taccone), that suggest that this new Spider-Man might be more monster than man. So, what's the deal with Miguel, anyway, and where did he get those massive fangs?
Well, for those of you who were worried that Spidey 2099 was going to suck Vulture's blood like a vampire or bite his head off in "Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse," you can rest easy that even he's not that intense. Actually, Miguel is part spider in a way that is a bit more extreme than your average web-slinger, being that his DNA was actually spliced with a spider when he worked for Alchemax in his own reality.
Spider-Man 2099 is part spider in a whole different way
While this might sound similar to how many of the members of the Spider-Society gained their abilities, this crucial difference led to Spider-Man 2099 developing spider fangs and the ability to create webs organically without the need for Peter Parker's patented web shooters.
Though, as we said above, Miguel wasn't out to kill Vulture when he brought those pearly whites out; he had grown fed up and was about to use them as a result in "Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse." You see, like a spider, Miguel can use his fangs to bite into his prey and paralyze them with a toxin, and this was what he was trying to do to stop Vulture's rampage.
Still, this more monstrous disposition is reflected a bit in how inhuman and indifferent to human suffering Spider-Man 2099 has become in "Across the Spider-Verse." Even if his reasoning that the people each Spider-Society member loses is more than made up by how many people they ultimately save, it does come across as cold and self-serving in the end.
Thus, we've now got two teams as we head into the finale of this trilogy, "Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse." How things will shake out in this tangled web of interdimensional travel, however, will not be known until the film releases on March 29th, 2024.