Sony Spider-Verse discussion thread
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Okay, I confess that Morbius has been one of my favorite Marvel characters ever since he first appeared in AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #101 back in the day. (I still remember buying that issue at our local 7-Eleven.) And I'll even cop to writing a fair amount of Morbius fan-fiction back in junior high. (No, not that kind of fanfic.) And I crossed an item off my bucket list by actually selling a MORBIUS story to Marvel several years. A framed copy of that issue is mounted on my office wall.
So I'm psyched about this. And, yeah, you don't actually need a Spider-Man connection. Just go back and look at some of Morbius's old solo series in VAMPIRE TALES and ADVENTURES INTO FEAR, way back in 1970s. Do him as a straight-up, R-rated horror movie.
So I'm psyched about this. And, yeah, you don't actually need a Spider-Man connection. Just go back and look at some of Morbius's old solo series in VAMPIRE TALES and ADVENTURES INTO FEAR, way back in 1970s. Do him as a straight-up, R-rated horror movie.
Morbius....not high on the list of villains introduced in The Amazing Spider-Man comic. He always appeared to be Marvel's third rate horror-esque spin on / answer to DC's ever-suffering Dr. Kirk Langstrom (Man-Bat), but lacking any of the pathos of the greater DC character. It looks like Sony is scraping the bottom of the barrel.
Actually, I always thought Man-Bat and the Lizard were basically the same character. Their stories always tended to hit the same beats: well-meaning scientist with long-suffering wife reverts to his monstrous alter-ego again. Hero has to find antidote while protecting scientist's family, agonizes about fighting an innocent man, etc.
Morbius is more like the sci-fi comic version of Barnabas Collins; a guilt-ridden reluctant vampire with a conscience, forced to kill again and again to slake his inhuman lust for blood, etc. (Although his personality tended to shift a bit depending on whether he was a guest-villain in SPIDER-MAN or starring in his own horror series.)
Morbius is more like the sci-fi comic version of Barnabas Collins; a guilt-ridden reluctant vampire with a conscience, forced to kill again and again to slake his inhuman lust for blood, etc. (Although his personality tended to shift a bit depending on whether he was a guest-villain in SPIDER-MAN or starring in his own horror series.)
To me Spider-Woman seems like the best character for a Spider-based spinoff both in terms of making a good movie and having a fanbase/higher likelihood of financial success, the fanbase isn't big but bigger & I think with more chance to grow than a lot of other characters considered for spin-offs, it'd be a shame if Sony doesn't have the rights and Marvel just isn't interested in her.
Morbius could work as a villain in a different kind of Spider-Man film but on his own I doubt he's compelling or unique enough.
Which is ironic, considering the "Gods and Monsters" animated film gave Langstrom Morbius' origin in that film.
Judging from this article on CBR today, it looks like he started out as "kill again and again " but then was dialed down to "drain his victims to the brink of death again and again because he refused to kill any more."
New trailer. Shows alot of Venom but Tom Hardy's American accent is horrible. He's just mumbling his lines
Honestly, it just doesn't look like something I want to pay $12+ bucks to see, but then, I was never a huge Venom fan in the first place. A possible MCU connection was what I was hoping for, but recent word has again gone toward the movie being in its own universe.
No kidding. I've always hated that damn tongue in the comics, so seeing it in CGI motion makes it all the worse for me. I love Tom Hardy and Riz Ahmed but I think I've decided I'm going to give this one a pass.
Thinking. Thinking. This doesn't seem like a movie Michelle Williams would do. I guess people will praise her for doing what she can with the role much like Rachel Adams in "Doctor Strange"
Another villain with similar powers to the hero? Seems out of date.
Another villain with similar powers to the hero? Seems out of date.
Nothing about the trailer seems interesting to me. It's pretty generic horror movie stuff. I never cared much for Venom anyways. Maybe this will appeal to hardcore Venom fans but I don't think it has appeal beyond it.
Or the Raimi Spiderman 
Venom was already a thing there.Or the Raimi Spiderman
And that's the huge risk to Sony. There aren't even enough hardcore Spider-Man fans to make his movies a guaranteed hit, so what chance does Venom have? Can they appeal to enough casuals to not crash and burn? I'm curious to see what happens.
But maybe a piece of that Venom survived and after 11 years its back