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"The Bendis/Bagley USM run alone is probably one of the best takes on the character period."

Debatable.

"They borrowed Ganke probably because the idea of giving Peter a peer who knows who he is is a good storytelling device. They haven't taken much else."

The previous movies have proven it unecessary and they easily could have used Harry Osborn or a similar character. It takes away Peter's uniqueness, all for the sake of giving him a guy on a computer, even though A. there's already Karen, already considerable departure, B. superhero's guy on a computer is so cliched the movie even makes fun of how cliched it is. And by the end, basically everyone in his supporting cast knows his identity except Flash (even Michelle is implied), so why even bother?

And they've absolutely taken more than that, with his hero worship of an older superhero mentor and going to a charter school.