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[flaxknuckles]

I'm gonna watch the fuck out of this day one. I was already excited for a solo venom movie and now we get Tom Hardy? Awesome. Don't give af if it has Holland in it or not. Just mash Venom's origin in the intro real quick and get on with the Lethal protector shit.

 

[moltonasty]

Just when I thought I was out, Tom Hardy pulls me back in!

 

[Anung]

Walton Goggins as Carnage please.

 

[GravityInsanity]

Isn't this movie rated R?

 

[Firemind]

Hope he's a better Eddie Brock than he was as Bane.

 

[Sho_Nuff82]

Oh, and he needs to look like this:

None of that ' just started lifting beginner gains' shit like in S3.

Nah,

Big enough that we don't need to Hulk CGI every scene he's in.

 

[Inceptional]

Isn't this movie rated R?

If it was made by Fox it would be but this is Sony so I doubt it, especially if Spidey is in it.

 

[mjc]

How much you wanna bet they make him antihero Venom in this?

 

[jack_package_200]

I still wish Life was a Venom prequel

How much you wanna bet they make him antihero Venom in this?

Of course. They will never ever make a good truly evil supervillain movie.

*crys about the lack of Doctor Doom movie*

 

[Inceptional]

How much you wanna bet they make him antihero Venom in this?

Of course they're gonna go the Anti-Venom route, especially if he's gonna be the main protagonist. I'm expecting a Punisher-type anti-hero movie out of this.

 

[Inceptional]

I still wish Life was a Venom prequel



Of course. They will never ever make a good truly evil supervillain movie.

*crys about the lack of Doctor Doom movie*

Have you seen Split? It's not based on a comic book but It's a legit great villian origin story.

 

[Discotheque]

Fantastic casting but fleischer is freaking awful

Not much hope for this but damn they got Hardy for venom. That works so well

 

[BoogieWoogie]

Walton Goggins as Carnage please.

Or that kid who plays the Joker in Gotham.

 

[adamsapple]

"Take our J. Jonah Jameson will you D.C ?

Fine. We're gonna take your Bane then".

 

[Samurai G0SU]

pretty exciting for me!! I CANT WAIT. love tom hardy!

 

[VAD]

Will he be good guy Flash or anti-hero Eddie?

Eddie Brock

That's what I thought

 

[Nester99]

Good lead and good director? Could be some hope that is is not horrible.

 

[Icolin]

Fantastic casting but fleischer is freaking awful

Not much hope for this but damn they got Hardy for venom. That works so well

Zombieland is solid, but apart from that I agree.

 

[F0rneus]

Will he be good guy Flash or anti-hero Eddie?

Eddie Brock

 

[Zombine]

Right now Sony is that homely looking dude who somehow landed a smoking hot girlfriend, so now he's feeling way more confident about his sexual prowess so he created a tinder account to see what else is out there.

 

[ibscpy]

If it was made by Fox it would be but this is Sony so I doubt it, especially if Spidey is in it.

Spidey is still unconfirmed as this is a stand alone movie, not a spin off and not set in the MCU. And it IS rated R

https://www.comicbookmovie.com/veno...zombielands-ruben-fleischer-to-direct-a151255

 

[Dead]

Big Guy jokes forever.

 

[M.W.]

He's a big guy. Good casting.

5'9" and 180lbs is pretty small


I know

 

[What did he mean by this?]

5'9" and 180lbs is pretty small


I know

For you maybe

 

[Sibersk Esto]

A shame that Hardy's wonderful eyeball/facial acting will be covered in CGI sludge.

 

[Sho_Nuff82]

A shame that Hardy's wonderful eyeball/facial acting will be covered in CGI sludge.

He'll spend 90% of the time in costume with his face-mask off, just like Tony Stark.

 

[Tatsumaki Senpuukyaku!]

He'll spend 90% of the time in costume with his face-mask off, just like Tony Stark.

Hopefully with this mullet

 

[Fisty]

Those are two good ass picks for a Venom film. I would love for Hardy to do his Bane voice through the whole film, would be glorious

 

[Kaizer]

I'm very aware of the Venom character from Spider-Man, but has Venom ever had any solo stories or runs in comic books?

 

[More_Badass]

Only way I can see this working is they play it like a straight action movie with an alien-enhanced super operative

Or doing that, but then shifting into horror movie territory in the second half, as the symbiote takes control and we got monstrous Venom

 

[Sibersk Esto]

I'm very aware of the Venom character from Spider-Man, but has Venom ever had any solo stories or runs in comic books?

Yes, back in the 90s and sporadically afterward until Flash Thompson became Venom and got his own series for awhile. Brock is currently Venom again and has an ongoing title.

The 90s books were trash, the Flash series was good, haven't read the current one.

 

[LiK]

I'm very aware of the Venom character from Spider-Man, but has Venom ever had any solo stories or runs in comic books?

Quite a lot esp during the peak of his popularity.

Also look up Anti-Venom.

 

[The Broken Ska Record]

Or that kid who plays the Joker in Gotham.

Oh shit. He'd be a great Kasaday.

 

[Renpatsu]

That's good casting, but I'm more intrigued by the logistics of the universe being set up and what angle they're approaching Venom for this film (and presumably the universe as a whole).

 

[More_Badass]

So ideally we're getting this on-screen right? That's like the best way to do a standalone movie that needs no connection to Spiderman, Marvel, or any superheroes

 

[Just_myles]

Venom is only good when he is playing off Spiderman or his history with spiderman

Wait ... wait wait wait wait wait. Can you confirm that there is no relation to either of these movies? They're leading off their own Spiderman universe with Venom? Huh?

I mean,

Spoiler

we have infinity war to

introduce the symbiote... what's going on here?

 

[Sheroking]

So ideally we're getting this on-screen right? That's like the best way to do a standalone movie that needs no connection to Spiderman, Marvel, or any superheroes

Fucking NO. Please no.

None of this fucky agent Venom bullshit. Classic, OG Eddie Brock or don't do it at all.

 

[More_Badass]

Fucking NO. Please no.

None of this fucky agent Venom bullshit. Classic, OG Eddie Brock or don't do it at all.

Without Spiderman, that's not going to work well as a standalone movie. Agent Venom is the best option here

Group/government captured an alien symbiote, combine with a host to make the ultimate assassin/soldier, soldier goes on missions for them, discovers dark secrets, fights against the group that created him

Added bonus is that soldier loses control of symbiote, letting us get both the enhanced soldier in the first half and unstoppable monster massacring enemies in the second

No superheroes, no superheroics, just a secret agent/spy movie with alien powers and maybe an action/horror vibe

 

[J_Viper]

Fuck

Okay Sony, you got me. I'm in.

Congratulations. What is the next step in your master plan?

Walton Goggins as Carnage please.

YES

YES

YES

 

[Bronx-Man]

I'm probably gonna hate this movie no matter what since I hate Venom as a character for the same reason I hate Doomsday.

 

[Tatsumaki Senpuukyaku!]

Without Spiderman, that's not going to work well as a standalone movie. Agent Venom is the best option here

Group/government captured an alien symbiote, combine with a host to make the ultimate assassin/soldier, soldier goes on missions for them, discovers dark secrets, fights against the group that created him

Added bonus is that soldier loses control of symbiote, letting us get both the enhanced soldier in the first half and unstoppable monster massacring enemies in the second

No superheroes, no superheroics, just a secret agent/spy movie with alien powers and maybe an action/horror vibe

Yeah but Flash Thompson's character is pretty significantly connected to Spiderman even moreso than Brock.

 

[Sheroking]

Without Spiderman, that's not going to work well as a standalone movie. Agent Venom is the best option here

Group/government captured an alien symbiote, combine with a host to make the ultimate assassin/soldier, soldier goes on missions for them, discovers dark secrets, fights against the group that created him

Added bonus is that soldier loses control of symbiote, letting us get both the enhanced soldier in the first half and unstoppable monster massacring enemies in the second

No superheroes, no superheroics, just a secret agent/spy movie with alien powers and maybe an action/horror vibe

Fans will hate-fuck the concept, it will under-perform and pollute the Venom waters for another generation.

I think I'm just going to hope it all falls through and the film dies until they can do it right.

 

[Bad_Boy]

Without Spiderman, that's not going to work well as a standalone movie. Agent Venom is the best option here

Group/government captured an alien symbiote, combine with a host to make the ultimate assassin/soldier, soldier goes on missions for them, discovers dark secrets, fights against the group that created him

Added bonus is that soldier loses control of symbiote, letting us get both the enhanced soldier in the first half and unstoppable monster massacring enemies in the second

No superheroes, no superheroics, just a secret agent/spy movie with alien powers and maybe an action/horror vibe

 

[opricnik]

Carnage

 

[More_Badass]

Yeah but Flash Thompson's character is pretty significantly connected to Spiderman even moreso than Brock.

It's not really going to matter who they choose as the host when this movie is an R-rated ”action/horror/sci-fi" standalone film.

They'll just use the most known person and retrofit them to suit the story

Fans will hate-fuck the concept, it will under-perform and pollute the Venom waters for another generation.

I think I'm just going to hope it all falls through and the film dies until they can do it right.

Fans wouldn't be the ones to make it a success or not. While I don't trust Sony to do it well, it matters more that it's a solid action movie than whether it is an accurate adaptation that pleases fans. The former would review well, and be a fun surprise, regardless if fans like it or not

 

[jack_package_200]

Have you seen Split? It's not based on a comic book but It's a legit great villian origin story.

I should have qualified my statement and said Comic Book Supervillain movie where he or she is evil all the way through.

Split happened and worked because it was made on a shoestring budget where the director/writer had 100% control over the project. I doubt you could convince shareholders of a big studio to greenlight something like that with a big budget.

 

[KodaRuss]

I am excited. Always loved Venom and Tom Hardy is great. Interested to see where they go with this.

 

[Firemind]

Without Spiderman, that's not going to work well as a standalone movie. Agent Venom is the best option here

Group/government captured an alien symbiote, combine with a host to make the ultimate assassin/soldier, soldier goes on missions for them, discovers dark secrets, fights against the group that created him

Added bonus is that soldier loses control of symbiote, letting us get both the enhanced soldier in the first half and unstoppable monster massacring enemies in the second

No superheroes, no superheroics, just a secret agent/spy movie with alien powers and maybe an action/horror vibe

#notmyvenom

 

[Yekshemesh]

It's got Tom Hardy and I would much rather watch a Venom movie than any of the Thor movies.

 

[Sheroking]

It's not really going to matter who they choose as the host when this movie is an R-rated ”action/horror/sci-fi" standalone film.

They'll just use the most known person and retrofit them to suit the story


Fans wouldn't be the ones to make it a success or not. While I don't trust Sony to do it well, it matters more that it's a solid action movie than whether it is an accurate adaptation that pleases fans. The former would review well, and be a fun surprise, regardless if fans like it or not

Waves of hate from fans is not going to help their box-office. If fans see stupid Agent Venom crap when they want/expect the Spider-Man Venom of their childhoods, the promotional material is not going to play well.