Harry having a clone made with the sole purpose of fucking with Peter. I could also see them changing things up a bit and having Mary Jane be a clone of Gwen except with red hair. Given the fact that Stone looks more like her than Gwen, I could see them taking that route.

I will say that Gwen's death is probably one of the biggest downers in a comic book film in recent memory. Even though I knew it was coming, I just really liked her portrayal of that character and Stone and Garfield are great together

Peter watches a video message from his father on a computer. Richard confesses that Norman Osborn wanted to use the genetic spider research to create weapons and that he refused to allow that to happen. Richard says that the human DNA in the spiders was his own, which means it wouldn't work on a human being without the Parker bloodline. He knows that Norman can do nothing to exploit the research if he goes into hiding.

Gwen leaves a message on Peter's phone telling him she's taking a summer course at Oxford and will be leaving early. While on her way to the airport, there is a commotion and the cab driver tells Gwen that it's Spider-Man. She looks across the river to see a giant "I LOVE YOU" spelled out in webbing on the bridge. Then Spider-Man swings down and scoops her up to the very top of the bridge where he confesses that he never wants to leave her side and will go with her to England. Suddenly, Electro shuts down all the power in the city. Peter tells Gwen how his web shooters get fried around the guy and there is nothing he can do. Gwen tells him he can magnetize the web shooters with a battery that will allow them to hold a charge (or something along those lines). They hail down a cop and Gwen convinces him to let them use the battery from his squad car to give the web shooters a jump. Peter than uses his webbing to pin Gwen's hand to the squad car so she can't follow him and takes off to confront Electro.

Generic CG-heavy fight scene ensues. Gwen shows up and they manage to overload Electro's power supply and he evaporates. Goblin Harry then swoops in on his glider. After seeing Gwen, he realizes Peter is Spider-Man and wants to exact revenge. He snatches Gwen and flies off while Spider-Man gives chase. After pleading with Harry to let her go, the Goblin throws her down into a clock tower. Peter catches her, but Harry swoops down and the two begin to fight.

Gwen hangs on to one of Peter's webs, but it's caught in one of the clock's cogs. Eventually Harry is knocked unconscious, but the web holding Gwen snaps when the clock begins to break apart. She starts to fall and Peter dives after her. His webbing grabs her just before she hits the bottom and she bounces violently against the ground. Peter tries to bring her around, but blood trickles from her nose and he realizes she's dead. After her funeral, there is a montage of him visiting Gwen's grave day after day. The news starts to speculate on what happened to Spider-Man and Aunt May tells Peter the city sure could use a hero like Spidey again.

Harry, now recovered, is visited by the shadowy Mr. Fierce. He reveals his plan to use mechanical suits - shaped like a Rhino, wings (Vulture) and tentacles (Doc Ock) - to take over the city. He instructs the shadowy man to break Sytsevich (Paul Giamatti) out of prison and to give him the Rhino suit. Giamitti shows up in NYC as the Rhino and starts shooting at cops and generally causing chaos. A little boy dressed as Spider-Man runs into the middle of the street to stand up to him. The real Spider-Man finally shows up and tells the boy that he appreciates him filling in, but he should go find his mother. Spidey and Rhino go head to head as the movie ends.

After Gwen's death you have Peter mourning over the different Seasons as well as listening to Gwen's Valedictorian speech. You also have Aunt May rushing to put Ben's things in the box in the kitchen.

That entire block of scenes (IMO) was emotionally strong/convincing but it transitions almost immediately to the goofy Rhino/Kid Spider-Man stuff. I felt like the film would have benefited from cutting during the last line of Gwen's speech when Peter is looking down at (what is probably his costume) in the closet. It just sucked all the emotion out of those great scenes having all the goofy stuff that followed them. It felt tremendously awkward.

I agree it could have ended with him listening to her speech and probably getting the motivation to go back to being Spidey but I guess I thought it worked since it was just a short little sequence and not a full on battle with Rhino. It was just enough to show the audience that he's back but didn't tack another big battle on to make it seem like her death didn't matter. I guess more than anything I understand why they did that as that's what the casual fans wanted to see probably. The scene with the kid in the Spider-Man outfit going out to face Rhino was probably the most eye roll inducing moment in the entire film to me.

The movie sidesteps Peter/Spidey's involvement in the death completely. How was Gwen's family notified? Why isn't there an investigation into how she died? If Spidey turned in the body, wouldn't everyone now suspect Peter is Spider-man? If Peter turned in the body, he has a lot of questions to answer. Then there's the closing scene where he's just as cocky as ever as Spider-man - showing he's learned nothing.

Well I assumed that the police and whoever else were aware that Spidey was facing off against Electro and later Harry/The Green Goblin at the clock tower so eventually after things died down a bit they probably went to check on what happened. It's possible that he left her there to be found but then of course the police would likely want to question Spider-Man. If he turned in her body as Spidey it may make the Stacy family question if Peter is Spider-Man or not but it's not like they'd have any real proof other than his and Gwen's past relationship. I would guess though that a lot of people would figure out Peter is Spidey. As for Peter being cocky at the end, Spidey has always kind of been a smartass/cocky. To me it seemed in line with how the character generally acts.

I think him being all sarcastic was to illustrate that he had finally gotten over Gwen's death and was ready to resume being Spider-Man.

another possible reason for not having all of the stuff with the discovery of Gwen's body might be planting the seeds that it was somehow confiscated by someone who will resurrect her. You know there's no way Peter/Spider-Man was with her all through the body preparation, unless he's some kind of sicko.

I dunno if I see them going that route. I know it happened in the comics but I think that The Clone Saga might be hard to do on film without it being confusing to the casual audience.

Either way, the Stacy family has INCREDIBLY bad luck associating themselves with Peter Parker. I mean, within the span of two movies, they lose a father and a daughter?!? At this rate, the mom better take out a will before ASM 3 starts.

Why would it be confusing? The 1990s Clone Saga was a mess, but the 1970s Clone Saga was pretty simple.

Who was Harry talking to at the end of this movie regarding the formation of the Sinister Six? Was that the same mysterious figure that visited Dr. Conners at the end of the TASM1?

Yep, that's the same guy and his name is Gustav Fiers. He also goes by the name of "The Gentleman" in the comics.