George in the comics was an elderly and retired police captain, a stark contrast to his younger, badass film counterpart (who draws heavily from John Stacy, his Ultimate Universe counterpart).
Adaptational Badass: The Stacy family. Due in part to the movie taking cues from the Ultimate Spider-Man comics where Peter, family and friends tend to be younger. Adaptational Attractiveness: Having Martin Sheen and Sally Field as Uncle Ben and Aunt May makes them much better looking than usual for these characters. What is really notable is that The Lizard can infiltrate the school through the restroom toilet, though he has to tear a huge hole in the floor to do so who knows what else he tore through just to get there. He manages to get cell-phone service down there, though, which is rather unlikely. Justified in that it is New York City, and the sewers there really are spacious. Somewhat of an aversion since the lab itself is pretty small and makeshift, though the tunnels leading to it are big enough. Absurdly Spacious Sewer: Curt Connors is able to build a personal lab in the sewers of New York City. An intentional example is Peter looking for Uncle Ben's killer, as he ends up learning that being a hero isn't about seeking revenge and so he stops searching in favor of stopping the Lizard and saving New York - basically fulfilling his "great responsibility". A deleted scene also shows he has a son, so it's left up to interpretation what happened to his wife. Throughout the film, Connors is shown wearing a wedding band and he has a moment while looking into his bedroom mirror at his missing arm and the empty bed behind him. There's also some stuff about Peter becoming more than his father would have ever dreamed. It's pretty watered down from what the early trailers hinted at, but we do have Connors philosophizing about evolution and revealing that Peter's father didn't trust him because he felt he was radical. Some of this can be seen in the deleted scenes, as it's evident mostly the Connors stuff got cut. Due to early negative feedback pertaining to the movie's original "Untold Story" marketing, these subplots were altered or dropped (along with that tagline), but elements still remained behind in the final cut, leading to a few red herrings and loose ends (see Never Trust a Trailer and What Happened to the Mouse? below). Connors was involved with the deaths of Peter's parents, while also being more of a loose-cannon scientist ("Ready to play God?") these were kept intact for the trailers. Aborted Arc: Initially, the film contained strong hints of Richard Parker messing with his son's DNA (a la Hulk) and that Dr. The Amazing Spider-Man 2, a sequel to the film, was released on May 2, 2014. A video game has also been released, taking place after the events of the film.