Venom or Electro ?
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By now, we all know the actors who have been cast to play the baddies in the third installment of Marvel's
fantastically popular Spider-Man film franchise. Conventional wisdom
has also held that we know what villains they will be portraying, as well. Fans were prepping themselves to see Sandman
and Venom - and in the meantime a controversy has started brewing. At the forefront, unsurprisingly, is AICN's Harry, who has insider tip info describing the
costuming work for Venom. You can read that all here.
However, Harry also notes a bit of news surfacing over at Counting Down, where a different tipster is
telling a different story. According to
CD's source, the costume development for "Venom" is in fact only for Spidey himself - as all True Believers
know that Parker did in fact wear the alien-symiote suit. Topher
will, according to this news, be taking on the role of Electro. Film three will serve as a setup for the Venom saga
which will hit in full force in the 4th installation.
Well, the tipster who sticks by the Venom story sounds far more intelligent and believable. However, it does create a bit of a stir and it is worth reading both sides, if for no other reason than the thought of Grace as Electro is pretty appealing no matter how incorrect it may be. Anyone out there in reader land have some insights or opinions to offer?
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2-07-2006 @ 9:00AM
Tim said...
The minute they cast Grace I said to myself the only character I could see him playing was Electro. In spite of the one guy's grammar problems, I think that that plot is far, far more believable than Venom sharing the spotlight with Sandman, of all people. I'm just not sure how the Stacy's would fit in.
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2-07-2006 @ 9:22AM
Elliott said...
I think Grace would make a good Electro, but I also heard a pretty good theory about the Vulture being a baddie and Grace playing the young version (the vulture is an old man who's supersuit allows him to drain the youth of others).
Many people are saying that we won't see Venom because it involves too much build up. The way I see it a lot of the back story is already there, because in S-M2 Spidey's powers were on-again off-again. IMO, we'll see Peter create or find a new suit with built in powers to accomodate his abilities flux.
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2-07-2006 @ 12:01PM
cd said...
this is beginning to look like the clooney batman disaster. i think the movie execs are taking over and all they can see is $$$. let's add another hero/villain..it will increase merchandising sales.
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