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<Snipped quote by Byrd Man>
Yeah. I... did that, too. To say that I was a massive dickhole whenever it came to Batman at the time is a massive understatement. I had my issues with how JRK portrayed Bruce, but looking back on it, I shudder at my borderline harassment behavior. I wish the dude was still around so that I could've made amends before the games tanked.
Thankfully, I'm marginally less of a dickhole about Batman (and in general) now.
I can relate to this insofar as I never quite warmed to Spider-Man9x17, who held the throne I coveted. I don't think I was ever actively a dickhead to the guy, though. (Passively, I'm a dickhead to everybody, so that doesn't count.)
I played Batman for a single post? Or was it just an application? Or all a fever dream? I just remember stepping in (or wanting to step in) because MB finally stepped down, and I knew there'd be no other chance.
And sure enough, there hasn't been...
And sure enough, there hasn't been...
But the real question is...
I gotta be honest: I don't much care for any of these attempts to deepen the lore of the symbiotes. I think that Venom (the symbiote) works just fine as a parasitic organism that just happened to hitch a ride on a prominent Earth mutate. Everything else has hit me the wrong way, although I prefer the new new retcon over Bendis' take.
I'm pretty sure my first character was Colossus in a standard Marvel RPG, but I'm also pretty sure I only posted as him once, hence why I can't remember it for shit.
<Snipped quote by Eddie Brock>
This confession does make me wonder, if given the chance to alter things, what would your current username be? I admit that I kind of struck gold whenever "Master Bruce" wss suggested to me in the early Hype days, but this What If? sort of thing fascinates me.
I've taken to going by Webhead on other sites/services, so probably that. If not, then... I don't know. I've always sucked at usernames.
I can't wait for the CGI monster orgy for the last twenty minutes of the movie. It'll be grand, confusing display of computer generated action with no weight and cartoony physics.
"No weight?"
"You think he means physically or emotionally?"
"Would it even make a difference?"
<Snipped quote by Eddie Brock>
Didn't you used to have a Topher Grave as Eddie Brock avatar? I remember you used to be Eddie Brock Jr. for a long time. So much so my shorthand for you is still EBJ.
It's very likely. I chose Eddie Brock, Jr. as my username because the trailer had just come out and I had recently read the Ultimate Spider-Man trades. (Thus, when the movie was a trainwreck -- which I didn't acknowledge for a while -- I insisted that the latter was my inspiration all along.) And then somewhere along the way, that "Jr." started to bug me, so I got the SHH! mods to get rid of it because the original "Eddie Brock" account had been inactive for years.
*looks at username*
*sighs at 2007 self's choices*
*takes deep breath*
Yeah, I suppose I'll weigh in.
The Venom movie looks like hot garbage (or maybe I should say "a turd in the wind"?). Though, to be fair, I could not be more biased against it if I tried. A Venom solo movie is about the dumbest thing I can think of. A Venom solo film in a universe without Spider-Man? That's like doing a Mister Hyde solo film in a universe without Doctor Jekyll. Like... what? It's such a blatant attempt by Sony at flexing their independence from Marvel Studios and trying to stretch the Spider-Man brand as far as they can before they've poisoned the whole well.
My predisposition against it aside, it just doesn't look good. It looks like really 2000s Ben Affleck Daredevil-level garbage. Back when studios didn't want to look like nerds, so all comic book movies were as divorced from the source material as they could get away with and shot with the same flat, poorly-lit, blue-tinted "cinematography." I saw a Reddit comment that put it best: "I can't wait to watch two off-color puddles of gasoline fight each other." If you're gonna do symbiotes, at least make them obnoxiously 90s-colored so I know what I'm looking at. The only positive takeaway I have is that it looks like they'll at least give you Venom for the final third (if not entire second half), rather than doing Sick Motorcycle Tricks(tm) all movie and only pulling out the full suit for the final fifteen minutes.
And seriously, what the hell was Tom Hardy thinking? "I'm Eddie Bwock. I'm a weportuh." Sure, you are, little buddy. Lemme know when your front teeth grow back in and you get a speech coach for that lithp.
Now, on the topic of the Venom character at large. I think Venom's fine in small doses. I've gone on this rant before, but the ideal incarnation of Venom for me is defeated permanently at the end of his debut arc. Venom is the final boss of the Symbiote Saga; he is the literal personification of all Peter Parker's worst traits, a dark mirror showing what happens when great power is absent of great responsibility. Once Peter defeats his demons, that's it. They're defeated. Story arc over, Venom's purpose served.
He makes a fine, if shallow, antagonist to be used sparingly after that. I have no interest in anything where he takes a starring role, especially not where he's portrayed as a "lethal protector" (unless it's someone else in the suit, a la Agent Venom). And I wish my younger self didn't sip the Spider-Man 3 hype Kool-Aid because I've forever tied my online persona to a character I've more or less outgrown. C'est la vie.
/rant
*sighs at 2007 self's choices*
*takes deep breath*
Yeah, I suppose I'll weigh in.
The Venom movie looks like hot garbage (or maybe I should say "a turd in the wind"?). Though, to be fair, I could not be more biased against it if I tried. A Venom solo movie is about the dumbest thing I can think of. A Venom solo film in a universe without Spider-Man? That's like doing a Mister Hyde solo film in a universe without Doctor Jekyll. Like... what? It's such a blatant attempt by Sony at flexing their independence from Marvel Studios and trying to stretch the Spider-Man brand as far as they can before they've poisoned the whole well.
My predisposition against it aside, it just doesn't look good. It looks like really 2000s Ben Affleck Daredevil-level garbage. Back when studios didn't want to look like nerds, so all comic book movies were as divorced from the source material as they could get away with and shot with the same flat, poorly-lit, blue-tinted "cinematography." I saw a Reddit comment that put it best: "I can't wait to watch two off-color puddles of gasoline fight each other." If you're gonna do symbiotes, at least make them obnoxiously 90s-colored so I know what I'm looking at. The only positive takeaway I have is that it looks like they'll at least give you Venom for the final third (if not entire second half), rather than doing Sick Motorcycle Tricks(tm) all movie and only pulling out the full suit for the final fifteen minutes.
And seriously, what the hell was Tom Hardy thinking? "I'm Eddie Bwock. I'm a weportuh." Sure, you are, little buddy. Lemme know when your front teeth grow back in and you get a speech coach for that lithp.
Now, on the topic of the Venom character at large. I think Venom's fine in small doses. I've gone on this rant before, but the ideal incarnation of Venom for me is defeated permanently at the end of his debut arc. Venom is the final boss of the Symbiote Saga; he is the literal personification of all Peter Parker's worst traits, a dark mirror showing what happens when great power is absent of great responsibility. Once Peter defeats his demons, that's it. They're defeated. Story arc over, Venom's purpose served.
He makes a fine, if shallow, antagonist to be used sparingly after that. I have no interest in anything where he takes a starring role, especially not where he's portrayed as a "lethal protector" (unless it's someone else in the suit, a la Agent Venom). And I wish my younger self didn't sip the Spider-Man 3 hype Kool-Aid because I've forever tied my online persona to a character I've more or less outgrown. C'est la vie.
/rant
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