So, I went and saw Black Panther this weekend (awesome movie, btw,) and was surprised to see a teaser trailer for Venom. At 37, I didn?t think I had it in me, but I did indeed, squeal like a child. I had no idea they were actually making this movie. I saw what I thought to be a fake, fan-made trailer a couple months ago, but it turns out it was legit. Anyone else excited for it??
Venom is probably my favorite superhero/villain of all time. I love his design and how complex a character [the original Venom] actually is (or was, been a while since I picked up a comic book.) And before anyone starts a diatribe about other, more complex and nuanced characters, I?m not saying there aren?t. Venom comes off as a quintessential psychotic and violent villain, but behind the bulking muscle, gnarly teeth and flailing, serpentine tongue is a calculated, intentional and quite lucid person focused on one thing: the death of Spider-Man. He would actually protect innocents during their battles and harbored no ill will towards anyone except Spider-Man, even going so far as to draw a hard line between Spider-Man and Peter Parker, treating the two as separate entities despite knowing full well one is the other. You could almost argue he was a GOOD guy with a severe tragic flaw. I know they eventually squashed that beef (after Carnage et al,) and Venom got his own, anti-hero comic book, but it is the Eddie Brock/Venom from pages of The Amazing Spider-Man who will always capture my imagination. When I heard he was going to be in Spider-Man 3, I was really excited; I couldn?t wait to see Venom brought to life with the magic of modern CGI? then I saw what they did to him in that pitiful excuse for a movie. That shit was NOT Venom in any way.
I highly doubt this film is going to be anywhere close to the true canon of Venom?s origins (likely too complicated what with the Secret Wars, Spider-Man whom I don?t suspect will be in the film, etc.,) but I?m actually ok with that so long as they NAIL his character and design. I want him to be huge, the teeth, the tongue, the slobber, I want his mouth to open damn-near 180-degrees, I want the Venom of Todd McFarlane?s era at the helm of the pencil for Amazing Spider-Man and Spider-Man arcs, but exaggerated even more. I want the pitbull Venom: loyal to his tenets and absolutely merciless to enemies. Honestly, this movie could be complete and utter shit in every other respect if they can just finally give me a Venom worthy of empathy and nightmares.
Venom is probably my favorite superhero/villain of all time. I love his design and how complex a character [the original Venom] actually is (or was, been a while since I picked up a comic book.) And before anyone starts a diatribe about other, more complex and nuanced characters, I?m not saying there aren?t. Venom comes off as a quintessential psychotic and violent villain, but behind the bulking muscle, gnarly teeth and flailing, serpentine tongue is a calculated, intentional and quite lucid person focused on one thing: the death of Spider-Man. He would actually protect innocents during their battles and harbored no ill will towards anyone except Spider-Man, even going so far as to draw a hard line between Spider-Man and Peter Parker, treating the two as separate entities despite knowing full well one is the other. You could almost argue he was a GOOD guy with a severe tragic flaw. I know they eventually squashed that beef (after Carnage et al,) and Venom got his own, anti-hero comic book, but it is the Eddie Brock/Venom from pages of The Amazing Spider-Man who will always capture my imagination. When I heard he was going to be in Spider-Man 3, I was really excited; I couldn?t wait to see Venom brought to life with the magic of modern CGI? then I saw what they did to him in that pitiful excuse for a movie. That shit was NOT Venom in any way.
I highly doubt this film is going to be anywhere close to the true canon of Venom?s origins (likely too complicated what with the Secret Wars, Spider-Man whom I don?t suspect will be in the film, etc.,) but I?m actually ok with that so long as they NAIL his character and design. I want him to be huge, the teeth, the tongue, the slobber, I want his mouth to open damn-near 180-degrees, I want the Venom of Todd McFarlane?s era at the helm of the pencil for Amazing Spider-Man and Spider-Man arcs, but exaggerated even more. I want the pitbull Venom: loyal to his tenets and absolutely merciless to enemies. Honestly, this movie could be complete and utter shit in every other respect if they can just finally give me a Venom worthy of empathy and nightmares.