[Trivial Psychic]

Having watched the Venom trailer now in it's entirety, I have a little bit more faith that we're gonna get something somewhat faithful (in spirit anyways,) though I want to see the film at some point tie this into Spider-Man somehow. Venom is the anti-thesis to Spider-Man, and without Spidey somewhere in the background, the character just isn't quite the same.

I did like that we see female and a darker skinned male in the trailer who have been possessed by symbiotes at the Life Foundation. I can only think that these characters are in fact Donna Diego and Ramon Hernandez (aka Scream and Lasher.) It would do a lot to explain why we're receiving the both of them in Legends form just months apart and from out of nowhere. While of course I would prefer to have all five of the Life Foundation symbiotes appear, I think that would be a bit too ambitious for the first film in the series.

Regardless, I'm really excited about the prospects of seeing the both of them on the big screen, as they were always the most visually appealing and interesting of the Life Foundation 5. Hopefully the rumors hold true, and this film SETS UP Carnage for the sequel, as opposed to going all out and placing him in the film as well.



In non-Venom related news, I was finally able to get my hands on the Vision/Scarlet Witch two pack, and going back to something I said back at Toy Fair, this is Hasbro greed at it's finest. While the face printing on SW's face is really nice as are the new effects, these items were something that could have just been packed in as accessories with a standalone release of Vision, as the figure itself has been barely changed. No additional articulation, poorly painted hands, and that problematic heeled ankle pivot that's still useless. I'm delighted again to have the updated items, but to stick them in a two pack with a never before released figure like Vision is really dirty pool.

Vision is terrific, and I'm glad that I held out picking up that bootleg version. The only thing I can bag on with the figure (other than the 1000 yard stare he has) is the collar piece to the cape, which I might just glue down onto the chest because it kinda floats a bit high on him. VERY happy that they gave him interchangeable hands, something that had been missing on every other Legends Vision release thus far. Not sure if it was worth the wait for him in terms of pricing, however I'm glad that we finally have him to round out our teams.