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Sony Spider-Verse discussion thread

I just finished watching this video, and it pretty much serves as a history of the subject matter of this thread up to this point.

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That Honest Trailer revealed a problem with Morbius that I hadn't even considered (probably because there is so much dumkb stuff): Why didn't Morbius just drink animal blood? Seriously, artificial blood wasn't working for him, but he could definitely have found cow blood or pig blood or just bought the damn animals, why did it have to be forms of human blood? Maybe only human blood could give him powers or something, but there is no reason I can think of that natural blood from a non-human animal wouldn't work to at least sustain him.

I don't think that the movie even bothered with a hand wave explanation for this, although I'll admit I may have missed a line or two in a haze of boredom.
 
I haven't seen the film and probably never will, but considering the trailer contained the line "...and some form of bat radar," I doubt they put any thought into animal blood.
 
Morbius was a lot more solid than I expected given all the slagging, maybe the low expectations helped. Very much a horror film not a typical superhero one (and not trying to be) but a pretty good one at that, lots of atmosphere, and a strong supporting performance from Matt Smith. Everyone's pretty good, even Tyrese Gibson and Al Madrigal playing a bit against type as the agents investigating.
 
kirk55555 said:
That Honest Trailer revealed a problem with Morbius that I hadn't even considered (probably because there is so much dumkb stuff): Why didn't Morbius just drink animal blood? Seriously, artificial blood wasn't working for him, but he could definitely have found cow blood or pig blood or just bought the damn animals, why did it have to be forms of human blood? Maybe only human blood could give him powers or something, but there is no reason I can think of that natural blood from a non-human animal wouldn't work to at least sustain him.
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According to one of the Blade movies, vampires need human blood because their own bloodstreams can't produce hemoglobin. Without that, their blood cannot carry or sustain oxygen. Animal blood uses other substances in addition to hemoglobin to carry oxygen, and have many other components not found in human blood (and vice versa). You could drink animal blood once or twice in extreme emergencies, but in the long run you'd end up starving with a massive allergic reaction. Which would then lead to insanity and an out-of-control killing frenzy until the hunger is sated.
 
Nightowl1701 said:
According to one of the Blade movies, vampires need human blood because their own bloodstreams can't produce hemoglobin. Without that, their blood cannot carry or sustain oxygen. Animal blood uses other substances in addition to hemoglobin to carry oxygen, and have many other components not found in human blood (and vice versa). You could drink animal blood once or twice in extreme emergencies, but in the long run you'd end up starving with a massive allergic reaction. Which would then lead to insanity and an out-of-control killing frenzy until the hunger is sated.
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Well, at least Blade thought about it, which I'm not surprised about because the first two Blade movies are great. I think Morbius being an artificial vampire might be a different situation, but honestly even a quick handwave explanation would have been nice, instead it feels like they didn't even consider the possibility, which is probably the case.

That said, its not like it would have fixed the movie, but every little bit helps, I guess. :lol:
 
wayoung said:
I can't wait for the re-release to bomb. It's like studios learned nothing from Snakes on A Plane 16 years ago. Memes don't mean people want to pay $12 to see the movie in theaters. Especially when it's already out on digital!
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I agree, and it seems to have gone that way

https://www.forbes.com/sites/scottm...ombs-again-with-85000-friday/?sh=792c5e3f1cee

Sony reissued Morbius into 1,037 theaters in weekend ten. The poorly reviewed and poorly received (a C+ from Cinemascore and a 1.89x multiplier means audiences didn’t like it either) Jared Leto superhero movie earned another $85,000 (+922%) on Friday for a $280,000 (+840%) weekend and still-lousy $73.6 million domestic cume. Its $270 per-theater average is the lowest in the top twenty.
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Nooooooooo!!! 'Morbius' only made 85,000 from 1,000 screens on Friday. (For comparison, the Indian film 'Vikram' made more than 10 times as much from less than half that number.)

Still, 'Kraven the Hunter' is coming next January to save the SPUMC*.

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(Hope they remember to CGI out the feet shoes...)


*Seriously, that's the official acronym.
 
I thought we had a separate thread for Across the Spider-Verse, but I couldn't find anything so I'll put this news here: Per io9, The Spot, as voiced by Jason Schwartzman, will be one of the villains. Shea Whigham and Rachel Dratch have also joined the cast as George Stacy and a school counselor, respectively.

The article features conceptual art depicting Miles and Gwen fighting The Spot, which makes him look pretty cool looking. I'm not familiar with the character but io9 is awfully derisive about him (shocking, I know).
 
The Nth Doctor said:
I thought we had a separate thread for Across the Spider-Verse, but I couldn't find anything so I'll put this news here: Per io9, The Spot, as voiced by Jason Schwartzman, will be one of the villains. Shea Whigham and Rachel Dratch have also joined the cast as George Stacy and a school counselor, respectively.

The article features conceptual art depicting Miles and Gwen fighting The Spot, which makes him look pretty cool looking. I'm not familiar with the character but io9 is awfully derisive about him (shocking, I know).
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The Spot as a villain in an animated movie has tons of potential, and with how good Into the Spider-Verse turned out I'm confident that Spot's gonna turn out well.
 
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