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[Prompto]

"I'm going to embrace the spectacle," Marc Webb told fans at his South by Southwest keynote earlier today at the Austin Convention Center. "There was a moment deep in the [first film's] post-production process where a giant lizard smashed through a wall chasing a boy-man in a unitard and I said, 'This is not grounded. I'm not going to be beholden to smallness. I want it to be fantastic, to be big, to command and express that feeling when you're a kid and reading the comics. ... I didn't want to hide or shy away from that." With a total of three villains in the follow-up (Jamie Foxx's Electro, Dane DeHaan's Green Goblin and Paul Giamatti as Aleksei Sytsevich/The Rhino), no one could accuse The Amazing Spider-Man 2 of being grounded! However, Webb is well aware of the concerns over crowding the movie with too many bad guys. "We're obviously familiar with the complaints people had We're very careful to make sure the stories intertwine. For Peter Parker, it's very important that you create obstacles that are difficult to overcome." He would then add that The Rhino is, "in the movie for four minutes."

http://www.comicbookmovie.com/fansites/JoshWildingNewsAndReviews/news/?a=95738

 

[Mr.Swag]

Will he be in the sequels?

 

[Courage]

I'm cautiously optimistic as of now.

 

[Toxi]

Not surprising, he's more of a bit villain than a main threat.

 

[Divius]

 

[chickdigger802]

Expected someone will get the cut.

This isn't a 6 hr movie.

 

[George Oscar Bluth II]

Good, lots of villains wasn't the biggest problem in Spider-Man 3, but it was still a pretty big problem.

 

[Red_Man]

Seemed pretty obvious from the trailers seeing as they kept using the same 15 seconds of footage in the same setting for him.

 

[BatDan]

Hmmmm, this might not be so bad.

 

[sfedai0]

That's longer than the Mandarin in IM3.

 

[badcrumble]

this movie's going to suck

 

[jelly]

He probably means the full suit or whatever, not the character ?

 

[Certinty]

This movie sounds worse and worse every time something new comes out.

 

[spindashing]

That's good.

 

[Graphics Horse]

Seemed pretty obvious from the trailers seeing as they kept using the same 15 seconds of footage in the same setting for him.

His suit is probably just carried in the back of his truck.

 

[Pai Pai Master]

Expected someone will get the cut.

This isn't a 6 hr movie.

Was probably not cut. They didn't really make a huge deal of Giamatti and Rhino, he was always probably planned to just feature for a few minutes for Spidey to rip on and beat up.

 

[Azuran]

I thought this was common knowledge by now that Rhino would be nothing than a minor villain to re introduce Spidey's powers and attitude.

 

[lovely ladies]

What if the Rhino scene ends up being the best part of the movie

 

[Fuzzy]

They're really following Ultimate Spidey by making him a joke. I approve.

 

[Colonel Nasty]

How is that possible? We know there's the scene with the semi AND the scene of him in the suit.

 

[ChubbyHuggs]

What if the Rhino scene ends up being the best part of the movie

Best 4 minutes ever.

 

[hydragonwarrior]

Well like, what can Rhino do that'll make him stand out? He'll charge, Spidey dodges... repeat. Unless they make him like Bane, it'll be hard to not make Rhino a subvillian.

 

[RobotNinjaHornets]

How is that possible? We know there's the scene with the semi AND the scene of him in the suit.

Rhino, not Paul Giamatti.

 

[Mrs. Manky]

What if the Rhino scene ends up being the best part of the movie

Then he'll be in the next movie for eight minutes. He'll be a sort of running gag, like Bruce Campbell in the Raimi Spidey movies.

 

[Sanjuro]

They're really following Ultimate Spidey by making him a joke. I approve.

I never understood the hate for the character, even with all the goofy photos that leaked. Rhino is basically a disposable villain that just ties up Spidey when he is trying to do something else.

 

[the chris]

 

[Camp Lo]

I thought this was common knowledge by now that Rhino would be nothing than a minor villain to re introduce Spidey's powers and attitude.

I thought this was the case myself.

 

[Graphics Horse]

Rhino, not Paul Giamatti.

But he has rhino pictures on his underwear.

 

[Fuzzy]

I never understood the hate for the character, even with all the goofy photos that leaked. Rhino is basically a disposable villain that just ties up Spidey when he is trying to do something else.

So you're saying he's useless? I agree.

 

[Sanjuro]

So you're saying he's useless? I agree.

Yeah. He is Mysterio-tier, just with raw power.

 

[ThatObviousUser]

Hmmmm, this might not be so bad.

this movie's going to suck

That's good.

This movie sounds worse and worse every time something new comes out.

NeoGAF™

 

[Uncle Rupee]

This is glorious

 

[zeemumu]

That's actually really good. We don't need another villain overload.

 

[Unspeakable Evil]

NeoGAF™

We got all the correct reactions out of the way

 

[M.D]

This movie sounds worse and worse every time something new comes out.

OMG THIS MVOIE HAS 3 VILLAINS ITS GOING TO BE SHIT

OMG THIS MOVIE HAS 2 VILLAINS ITS GOING TO BE SHIT

 

[AdmiralSnackbar]

For some reason I'm imagining this as like a cold opening where Rhino as just a fodder villain that is just there with no back-story.

 

[esterk]

Seems okay with me. Rhino was never a huge villain in the comics and doesn't have any real complexity aside from the more recent arcs involving him, so I can't really see him being a focal point anyway. I'm glad they know the movie has the potential to be crammed if they aren't careful.

 

[Spinluck]

OMG THIS MVOIE HAS 3 VILLAINS ITS GOING TO BE SHIT

OMG THIS MOVIE HAS 2 VILLAINS ITS GOING TO BE SHIT

There are some people who will hate it no matter what. Might as well accept it.

 

[Kusagari]

If you're going to put jobber villains in, just throw the king, Shocker, in one already.

 

[esterk]

If you're going to put jobber villains in, just throw the king, Shocker, in one already.

I actually really want Shocker

 

[Broken Joystick]

I'm guessing he'll be used for the intro or something, to show us Spidey is still doing shit and won't be used when the other villains come later.

 

[jaded_up_]

NeoGAF™

What's wrong with what they said?

 

[JBourne]

If you're going to put jobber villains in, just throw the king, Shocker, in one already.

Shocker is the false king. Paste Pot Pete is the truth.

 

[Kriken]

NeoGAF™

I laughed at that

For me, I don't know it'd work, you can't bloat the movie with equal time for all those villians, but you also risk what happened with Venom from Spiderman 3 where you wonder why he was even included. Still cautiously optimistic about this movie, last year's movie was better than I thought it was gonna be.

 

[Schattenjäger]

The rhino mech suit looks terrible

 

[Data West]

OMG THIS MVOIE HAS 3 VILLAINS ITS GOING TO BE SHIT

OMG THIS MOVIE HAS 2 VILLAINS ITS GOING TO BE SHIT

It's almost like it's a forum of many different opinions or something.

 

[jaded_up_]

OMG THIS MVOIE HAS 3 VILLAINS ITS GOING TO BE SHIT

OMG THIS MOVIE HAS 2 VILLAINS ITS GOING TO BE SHIT

Why are you being so obnoxious?... Is it really that hard to see where they're coming from? A major villain in Spiderman lore will be have about 4 minutes of screen time. What's the fucking point, in that case? It's doing disservice to the character.

 

[Fuzzy]

Why are you being so obnoxious?... Is it really that hard to see where they're coming from? A major villain in Spiderman lore will be have about 4 minutes of screen time. What's the fucking point, in that case? It's doing disservice to the character.

"Major". :lol

 

[Prompto]

For some reason I'm imagining this as like a cold opening where Rhino as just a fodder villain that is just there with no back-story.

I think it's already been confirmed the intro is the truck scene with the rhino.

 

[Blader]

Expected someone will get the cut.

This isn't a 6 hr movie.

It's likely not a cut, he's just a bit character being used for the one-off villain sequence that fans have always asked for.