Truth be told it felt like the script was re-written just to add him in there because he did feel tacked on and just a means to get rid of the life form.
Originally, The Vulture, as played by Sir Ben Kingsley, was slated to be the second (or third) villain of the story. It wasn't until Raimi relented after much persistance by Avi Arad that he took out Vulture and put Venom there in his place, and with Venom came the symbiote storyline.
However, fans never should have expected much to being with seeing how they never played up Venom even in the films trailers. That alone was a hint he wasn't going to be much of a focus. Seriously, all the signs were there prior to the films release. Instead much like Boba Fett, fans created their own hype about Venom's involvement in the film.
Fans wanted Venom. With all due respect to them, he was handled all wrong. He should have been cut entirely or just reworked somehow -- that or the film should have lost some characters, because it was jampacked the way it was. Anyway, I doubt fans really pay attention to trailers and that sort of thing. They hear a movie is coming out called
Spider-Man 3, they hear Venom is going to be in it, they see a preview or two, and form expectations of their own. You can't really fault them for it.
What I'm trying to say is... it appears as if you're saying it was the fans' fault over the handling of Venom in
Spider-Man 3, when in actuality it was the fault of the writers, producers and director, Sam Raimi. Of course that's subjective, but how can you fault fans' desires in seeing a character brought respectfully and faithfully to life?
Much like how we're passing judgement on just the rumor of the Vultress, when nothing official has been said yet.
I think we're merely commenting on the rumor. We are allowed to do that, aren't we?
