Articles tagged with: spiderman
Venom Movie Pushed Forward on a Wave of Unoriginality
Another day, another decision to remake/sequelise/spin-off an existing movie. This time it's Venom's turn. Yes, for those that saw Spider-Man 3 - he's the one played by Topher Grace off That 70s Show. He's the one that should have been one of the best villains in comic movie history, but instead ended up being a complete rush job, thus making one of Spider-Man's greatest foes actually a big pile of crud. |Plus he appared to die in the film, so how Sony are going to play this we don't really know. Time machine? A 'he's dead or is he OR IS HE' angle? Ignoring the film, thus rendering his appearance in the Spider-Man movie worthless? Which it was. It'll probably be the third. And we bet Sam Raimi will be happy about that, after being forced to incorporate Venom into his movie in the first place. Ah, Hollywood.
Another day, another decision to remake/sequelise/spin-off an existing movie. This time it's Venom's turn. Yes, for those that saw Spider-Man 3 - he's the one played by Topher Grace off That 70s Show. He's the one that should have been one of the best villains in comic movie history, but instead ended up being a complete rush job, thus making one of Spider-Man's greatest foes actually a big pile of crud. |Plus he appared to die in the film, so how Sony are going to play this we don't really know. Time machine? A 'he's dead or is he OR IS HE' angle? Ignoring the film, thus rendering his appearance in the Spider-Man movie worthless? Which it was. It'll probably be the third. And we bet Sam Raimi will be happy about that, after being forced to incorporate Venom into his movie in the first place. Ah, Hollywood.
Sam Raimi and The Evil Disney
Let's rewind to another, simpler, stupider time: the 1980s. It was a time when some things happened, some stuff did some stuff and some naughty drugs were taken a lot by high-powered businessmen in high-powered business suits. It was also a time when the original The Evil Dead movie came out, made for around $375,000, starring nobodies, with a sense of humour and receiving a great deal of positive remarks from the critics. Fast forward to the other year and Sam Raimi, director of The Evil Dead has just released Spider-Man 3; a huge-budget summer blockbuster, starring some of Hollywood's biggest names and courting some very mixed reviews.
Let's rewind to another, simpler, stupider time: the 1980s. It was a time when some things happened, some stuff did some stuff and some naughty drugs were taken a lot by high-powered businessmen in high-powered business suits. It was also a time when the original The Evil Dead movie came out, made for around $375,000, starring nobodies, with a sense of humour and receiving a great deal of positive remarks from the critics. Fast forward to the other year and Sam Raimi, director of The Evil Dead has just released Spider-Man 3; a huge-budget summer blockbuster, starring some of Hollywood's biggest names and courting some very mixed reviews.
