Originally Posted by Aries Walker:
The characters are never going to translate directly from the comics to the movies. I usually don't have a problem with it as long as they don't throw away intriguing characters as forgettable fan service (Angel, Emma Frost) or bad jokes (Shatterstar), or let some comics-illiterate movie executive warp them into something unrecognizable and awful (Dr. Doom).
Hell, sometimes the characters don't translate from comics to other comics. [Reply]
Big Spider-Man fan growing up, but every movie so far has been a letdown to me. The Raimi franchise definitely did some things well, but even those didn't capture the spirit of the comic to me.
I'll watch the new movie and I'm sure it'll be somewhat entertaining, but I'm hoping for a new "reboot" in the hands of a truly talented filmmaker who has a reverence for the character. [Reply]
Yeah, Spiderman 3 bothered me quit a bit. Raimi tried to make an angsty emo love triangle story with a side of superhero. He trashed Spidey's backstory, which like Wallcrawler said was the motivation for most of what made Spiderman who he became. He made a joke out of Venom. All the villains were turd really. And the jazz club dance scene? Oof. That made me physically cringe the first time I saw that.... [Reply]
Venom you can blame solely on Sony. Venom was never part of the story until late into pre-production and after intense pressure from Sony, and it absolutely shows. [Reply]
Originally Posted by CoMoChief:
Yeah, heard from Cosmic Wonder Youtube page, page dedicated to nerds, they're usually dialed into this shit...they say it's only gonna be 5 villains.
Which kind of sucks...was hoping Michael Keaton would reprise his "Vulture" role. Keaton plays a good bad guy IMO.
And I can not wait for this movie.
Bet they do the Spiderman meme where they all point at eachother. That'd be pretty funny.