[Trivial Psychic]

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Originally Posted by kenm2474

These were not Separate - Wonder Woman universe led into Justice League , Spidey had the Avengers, Deadpool had a whole load of Characters to play with Xmen, Xforce and now the MCU. I am not talking about a Good Single Story. I am talking about a Universe to continually pull more ammo for filming from. Unlike Venom he has very little to pull from and wont have much of a life in Theaters because of that. Its also been stated that Venom will not have the Traditional Spider on his chest as Sony no longer has the rights to do so. This will have no legs to get any traction to stay relevant.

Granted, Venom doesn't have the big name supporting cast or rogue's gallery that Spidey or the X-Men have, but that's not to say he doesn't have a couple of interesting stories to tell surrounding the symbiote itself, with Carnage being the most obvious. I think Toxin could be a VERY interesting story, as that symbiote had more free reign and control over it's host (Patrick Mulligan) than Eddie's and Cletus's do, and could make for a great future villain due to it being stronger than Carnage and Venom combined.

There was also Brock's turn as Anti-Venom (which was a favorite character arc of mine that Marvel did away with way too quick,) and of course, there's always the possibility that we could see a "Flash" Venom at some point (at least in spirit, since Flash is a part of the MCU. BTW...#NOTMYFLASH.)

Also, while we do know what the fate is with Peter Parker, do we know what exactly is Marvel's deal with Sony regarding Miles Morales? Or Ben Reilly? Kaine? All three have tangled with Venom in the past, (with Miles having a heavily hyped meeting in the near future.) Sony is prepping a Miles Morales focused animated film, so that tells me there's some leeway there. What about other Spidey villains not likely to appear in a future film, but have tangled with Venom in the past, such as Mr. Negative or Tombstone? It wouldn't surprise me to see any of them show up at some point.

Although a better question would be...do we really want 5 or 6 Venom movies? Unless they do plan on crossing him over into the MCU at some point (I keep hearing a Secret Wars or Battleworld film arc could be on the horizon starting with phase 4) do two or three of them and be done with it.

Truthfully, I have more worries about Silver and Black (if it ever happens) than I do Venom. Depending how this movie plays out, I think Venom at this point could survive on it's own without Spider-Man. Black Cat though...she's NOTHING without Spider-Man. Remember how well that Catwoman film did when people found out there was no Batman in it? As much as I love Felicia, she's not going to do much better.

As for the spider not being on the chest...Venom has appeared without the spider on his chest. He was like that for years in the ultimate universe. If that's what's bothering people enough that they're not willing to give the film a shot, I'm not sure what I can do to help or convince you otherwise. Wolverine appeared in almost a dozen films, never once donning the iconic mask with the yellow and blue tiger stripes. People still flocked to the theater, and no one seemed to mind then. Not sure why it's such a big deal now.