[Trivial Psychic]

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Originally Posted by TheBlueMarvel

With the Venom movie announced, I guess we will be seeing some more Symbiote-offshoots after all...I vaguely remember a discussion about this after the Space Venom reveal. Of course, it's a Sony property, so Marvel may avoid secondary advertisement (aka Legends support).

EDIT: It was a convo during the fan poll with, I believe, Lasher/Scream not Space Venom...not that it matters, I'm weird that way. It bothers me when I can't remember something...

I hope that we do end up getting a box set of the Life Foundation symbiotes, and perhaps Ultimate Carnage, and if it's a wave, finish it off with either a Madness or Ultimate Venom BAF. Only time will tell if we do get the original 5, but I would at least like Scream and Lasher out of the bunch since they were the most unique looking of the bunch, and judging by some of the excellent customs I have seen of them in the past, I think they would also make great Legends figures.

As for the Venom movie announcement, this REALLY has me worried, as this is something Sony has talked about since Spider-Man 3, and we all know how well that first appearance turned out. In addition, to have this announced so quickly, as well as their intention of the film being rated R, it looks as if Sony is just trying to cash in on the whole "Rated R anti-hero film" fad, and strike while the iron is hot, meaning a forced and rushed project is likely on the way. In addition, I've seen some of the emails that Sony was passing back and forward regarding the direction of the ASM franchise and Venom thanks to that Sony Films leak a while back, and some of the ideas for Venom regarding casting and story were AWFUL (does anyone really want Channing Tatum to play Venom, because Sony did, and Channing was pushing for it...)

As a huge Venom fan (I have two tattoos of the character...) I will also say that unless the film features Eddie Brock and ties into Spider-Man somehow, I won't standing in line at the box office. Sorry, but I am just not interested in a spinoff film with flimsy or no Spider-Man references at all. Spidey is CRUCIAL in Venom's origin, as Venom is Spidey's truest anti-thesis, great power with limited or no responsibility.

I would also be okay with a revised origin for Brock (such as the college freshman shamed by his underclassman treatment we got in the Ultimate Comics, since our MCU Spider-Man is a younger version as well.) As far as I'm concerned, Eddie Brock IS Venom...the rest of these clowns have been a bunch of cosplayers running around with a symbiote calling themselves Venom. The name "Venom" came from Brock, as it was the word he used to describe the poisonous nature of his hatred for Spider-Man, as well as the questionable material he was writing after his journalism career was sabotaged. The name makes no sense with the other hosts, as they did not carry the same motivations that Brock had. The name is just an abbreviated name for "The symbiote that was once formerly Venom," at this point.