Quote Originally Posted by Nominus Experse View Post
WTF HAPPENED TO VENOM GOD DAMMIT!
1) He's not big enough
2) Where's the tongue?
3) Where's the back-story that shows the suit's bizarre sense of justice?
4) Why is he not explained properly?
5) Since when did it make Paker have an emo fashion sense?
6) Why is he given next to no screen-time?
7) Why was this movie embarrassing to watch?
I'm almost going to have to take this one point by point.

1) He was never overly large, and incredibly dispoportionate in the original story arc. That came later, and would look utterly rediculous in the movie. How is a suit that's never shown to do anything other than cling to it's wearers skin supposed to add enough mass to Topher Grace to make him look like the modern version of Venom? This works better anyway if you ask me. The whole movie set Brock up as sort of a mirror for Peter. They both have had some very rough times in their lives, but Peter handled it well and Brock chose to blame someone else for everything and seek revenge. Brock is sort of a "what if Peter didn't accept the great responsibility that comes with his power".

2)He didn't have the tongue in the original story arc and he looked all the more menacing (and much less like Gene Simmons) for it. It's probably not there since they drew a lot of inspiration from the original story arc, and the design is all the better for it as far as I'm concerned. The tongue just looks rediculous.

3)The suit never had a bizarre sense of justice in the beginning. It wanted to bond to Peter, but his rejection of it led to it hating him and wanting revenge, making it a perfect match for Brock who hated Spider-man for ruining his life (as he saw it). The anti-hero crap came later and was the worst thing they ever did with the character. Venom only works as a foil for Peter/Spider-man as far as I'm concerned.

4)I'm not even sure what you mean by this one? They gave the character all the screen time and explanation he needed to set up his backstory and why he's doing what he's doing.

6)He had quite a bit as far as I'm concerned (as Brock anyway). The actual villian of Venom isn't really, but then neither are Sandman or the Goblin given a whole lot of screentime showcasing their powers. The reason is that giving them more screentime in that capacity would mean more fights as opposed to things like character development and story. Venom and Sandman were about equal in screentime if you ask me, with Harry obviously getting more.

7)I thought it was funny.