▁s ift ed ▁through ▁the ▁previous ▁draft s ▁by ▁G ough , ▁Mill ar , ▁K oe pp ▁and ▁Ch ab on , ▁pick ing ▁what ▁he ▁liked ▁with ▁screen writer ▁Al vin ▁S argent . ▁He ▁felt ▁that ▁them atically ▁the ▁film ▁had ▁to ▁explore ▁Peter ' s ▁conflict ▁with ▁his ▁personal ▁wants ▁against ▁his ▁responsibility , ▁expl oring ▁the ▁positive ▁and ▁neg atives ▁of ▁his ▁chosen ▁path , ▁and ▁how ▁he ▁ultimately ▁dec ides ▁that ▁he ▁can ▁be ▁happy ▁as ▁a ▁hero ic ▁figure . ▁Ra imi ▁stated ▁the ▁story ▁was ▁partly ▁influenced ▁by ▁Super man ▁II , ▁which ▁also ▁expl ored ▁the ▁tit ular ▁hero ▁giving ▁up ▁his ▁respons ib ilities . ▁The ▁story ▁is ▁mainly ▁taken ▁from ▁The ▁Ama zing ▁Spider - Man ▁No . ▁ 5 0 , ▁" Sp ider - Man ▁No ▁More !" ▁It ▁was ▁decided ▁that ▁Doctor ▁Oct opus ▁would ▁be ▁kept ▁as ▁the ▁villa in , ▁as ▁he ▁was ▁both ▁a ▁vis ually ▁interesting ▁villa in ▁who ▁was ▁a ▁physical ▁match ▁for ▁Spider - Man , ▁and ▁a ▁sympath etic ▁figure ▁with ▁human ity , ▁accompanied ▁by ▁the ▁fact ▁that ▁the ▁character ▁had ▁been ▁repeatedly ▁considered ▁as ▁a ▁villa in ▁for ▁the ▁first ▁film ▁over ▁the ▁course ▁of ▁its ▁ 1 5 - year ▁development . ▁Ra imi ▁changed ▁much ▁of ▁the ▁character ' s ▁back story , ▁however , ▁adding ▁the ▁idea ▁of ▁Otto ▁Oct av ius ▁being ▁a ▁hero ▁of ▁Peter , ▁and ▁how ▁their ▁conflict ▁was ▁about ▁trying ▁to ▁rescue