Comments on: Venom Spinoff Green Lit

By: 420BAND

420BAND — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 16:43:04 +0000

Yeah, they could actually have a tale of a villan (almost or exactly like a monster film) kinda like a wolfman. just w/ Venom Y’know?

The Alien host thing could be the whole platform and move from host to host (The Thing?) and have Eddie Brock’s story.

Could Totally Work…

By: Rodney

Rodney — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 13:55:04 +0000

Considering Spiderman is getting the reboot, I would imagine this is as well.

By: crazedvenomfan

crazedvenomfan — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 08:06:06 +0000

This could work. The first thing they need to do is abandon Topher Grace for the role. He was half the reason why Venom in SM3 was the worst job anyone has ever done with a comic character. Not only did he look nothing like Eddie Brock and wasn’t nearly big enough, his portrayal was this wanna-be ladies man, who thought he was slick, always tried to look nice, when in fact the ladies thought he was a puke, which is exactly how you don’t portray Eddie Brock. The other half of the reason was Sam Raimi, who clearly implied that he hates Venom. Without those two factors there is hope. Venom/Eddie Brock in the comics was a deeply depressed, schizophrenic, sadistic psychopath who had an unending hatred for Spider-Man. Since Spider-Man can’t be in this movie, have that hatred be towards Carnage somehow. Venom also needs to be huge, the symbols on his chest and back need to be more visible, and he needs to be scary looking. I also see how the Maximum Carnage story could be played into this movie. Another important trait that SM3 missed was how Venom always referred to himself as “we” or “us”. This movie is the only chance that we will be able to see Venom done right for the next ten years.

By: djvogner

djvogner — Fri, 01 May 2009 23:52:21 +0000

In spider man3 I noticed that Topher’s character refered to himself as Eddie Brock “JR.” Why they put a junior at the end of his name seems wierd, but it gives me a good idea. Maybe they can make the new Venom host his father, “Eddie Brock senior”. He could be a journalist (like the comics) investigating his son’s disappearance and somehow comes in contact with the symbiote and then runs a rampage. how does that sound for a start? Then the symbiote can leave him to be arrested where he shares a cell with Cletus Kassidy and the Carnage begins. What do you guys think? Does that seem plausable. Wait heres the kicker. At the end of the movie Eddie Brock sees a newspaper issue of the daily bugle with spider-man on the cover and that triggers a memory from the symbiote to Eddie and Vemon sets his sights on his next target. Epic

By: SlashBeast

SlashBeast — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 15:31:17 +0000

The biggest disappointment was that they spent so much time marketing the fact that Venom was finally going to face Spider Man and all we got was less than 20 minutes of some lame semblance of Venom. Topher Grace did not have the intensity to pull off the role and Venom wasn’t nearly as badass as he should have been.
A spin-off is an even worse idea. What are you going to tell about him? We know his origin and he’s already faced Spidey. What makes his character great is his interaction with Spider Man. With no Spider Man the only alternative I can see is Carnage.

By: mrplow8

mrplow8 — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 00:36:42 +0000

If Venom is the hero of the film, I can’t imagine any other villain than Carnage?

By: King Jonny

King Jonny — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 04:10:53 +0000

Extremely good points. Out of those suggestions, I believe that the Scorpion would be a FANTASTIC choice for an adversary, especially the way you presented him. I recall in his introductory arc, Scorpion was slowly driven insane due to not being able to take the suit off. Perhaps say if he became increasingly unbalanced throughout the movie, because of the suit…Only to go completely over the edge whenever say..while trying to rip the suit off in some beserker rage, the symbiote (attracted by the anger and aggression)latches onto the Scorpion, thus thoroughly fusing the armor onto his body?

The symbiote’s overwhelming influence + increased feelings of hopelessness = Completely INSANE villain that sees no difference between right and wrong.

By: Android Invasion

Android Invasion — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 03:36:55 +0000

@Anti-Septic- I 100% disagree. You yourself pointed out the similarities between Topher and Tobey. That to me, is more of a reason to cast Topher. NICE BOY IMAGE? Topher was very opposite Tobey’s image in that movie. How do you not see that? Did we watch the same movie?

By: Rodney

Rodney — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 22:30:51 +0000

After decades of reading the comics from which the characters orignated, YES!

There was no blood and guts in the comics, so why do you think we suddenly need them in a movie.

The outfit adds mass, and can reshape into claws. Who says they cannot illustrate violence without showing entrails?

By: me

me — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 22:18:10 +0000

The real problem is that even if it is Venom vs. Carnage, it won’t have as much violence as there should be. I mean come on its sony here. They’re gonna want a pg 13 rating, so they can market it to the kids and sell toys. Can you really picture Venom and Carnage with out blood and guts?