A Venom Movie?! ..... Seriously?!

My oh my oh my, talk about milking a character down to its very last drop for the simple sake of earning a quick buck. The Hollywood Reporter has announced that Sony Pictures is moving forward with their rumored solo-Venom project as a spin-off the Spider-Man series. I'm sure there are those who would feel extremely excited about this news but for me it's some really horrible stuff to hear about. Here's why...

Venom to Spider-Man is like The Joker to Batman. Like Sabretooth to Wolverine. Megatron to Optimus Prime. Like Darth Vader to Luke Skywalker except they're not related. Arch enemies, basically. Over the years, Venom has created a fanbase that rivals even Spidey's own and once Spider-Man 2 was outta' the way, people were dying to see Venom on screen because of their immense trust in director Sam Raimi and his credibility. Well, credibility my ass because Sam Raimi decided to follow in the footsteps of George Lucas and literally f*ck-up the character so bad that die-hard Spidey fans began having fantasies of torturing him in their own perverted ways.

As a Spider-Man fan, I hate Spider-Man 3 with a burning passion. I'm not sure why Sony Pictures would even think a Venom movie would do well on its own. Remember Catwoman? Or Elektra? Yeah, exactly! Apparently the guys at Sony are looking for a writer to rewrite the initial screenplay and they're also looking for someone to play Eddie Brock. That's right, people, Topher 'That 70's Show' Grace will not reprise his role as the symbiote-loving jobless reporter.

So if I'm getting all this correctly, Sony Pictures wants to 'remake' Venom, so to speak, without having to actually correct their mistakes in Spider-Man 3. They just wanna' patch things up with the fans and then allow Spider-Man 4 to run its course in 2011? My opinion would be to just screw this flick over and get straight to Spider-Man 4. Keep Sam 'the walking d*ck' Raimi as far away from the franchise as possible. Venom's a great villain, an amazing character (one of my all-time favorite comic characters, actually)...but he cannot carry a movie on his own. I would love for them to do justice for the character the way Marvel Studios has done with Iron Man and The Incredible Hulk, but logically speaking, how well can a solo Venom movie do without Spider-Man?

But then again, I could be wrong. Sony could pull this off pretty well.

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Nah....who am I kidding.

Extra Note : Oh, and you have to check this sh*t out. While browsing the net I came across a really awesome 3D render-thingy of Venom, done by some guy for his college project or whatever. And boy oh boy is it some sweet lookin' stuff. Seriously, this dude's version of Venom would have looked so much cooler on screen than whatever Sam Raimi had to offer.
Here's the URL : http://animation.art.br/3dart/venom/venom.htm