The Amazing Spider-Man Lizard's New Look: Verdict?--POLL

[Nathan]

Google says Salamanders are the ones able to regrow limbs.

 

[Web face]

I went to Wikipedia and looked up Salamanders and the photo of one only has 4 fingers on its front two legs. Just felt like sharing that, it may not mean anything in the movie though.

 

[Boom]

Salamanders are amphibians, though. They're not lizards.

 

[Web face]

Yeah salamander DNA won't be in the movie I'm pretty sure. Unless Dr. Connors some how mixes skink DNA with salamander DNA and injects himself with it or something crazy like that.

 

[chaseter]

Well there goes the science of this movie! Hahaha

The Salamander

Oh well, never thought about it that hard.

 

[Nathan]

Well there goes the science of this movie! Hahaha

Heh, yeah. He wants to regrow limbs, he's definitely studying the wrong species.

 

[Godzilla2014]

That's my "problem" (for lack of a less dramatic word). I think hulking the lizard out like that was/is a cop out. I'd like to think there are far more dramatic and creative ways to make the lizard a supremely threatening villain than to simply make him so outrageously massive. Looking at the shot of the lizard and spidey crashing into the water...the size difference looks comical, not threatening. It's just another instance where I feel like they should have spent more time conceptualizing the lizard.

But, it's all moot; we won't know exactly how good the lizard will/won't be until the movie arrives, so while I have my thoughts on the matter at present, I'm waiting to actually come to a conclusion.

I completely agree.

 

[Hobgoblin]

Heh, yeah. He wants to regrow limbs, he's definitely studying the wrong species.

Not really.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leopard_gecko

 

[The Lizard]

A big "meh" is how I'm feeling about the movie Lizard design, now that I've sen all the toy pics.

Maybe seeing the character in action will change my mind, but while I'm fine with the general body design, the head and lack of clothes is leaving me cold.

Even the not-fantastic MTV CGI cartoon Lizard design was more interesting than this.

 

[webhead731]

A big "meh" is how I'm feeling about the movie Lizard design, now that I've sen all the toy pics.

Maybe seeing the character in action will change my mind, but while I'm fine with the general body design, the head and lack of clothes is leaving me cold.

Even the not-fantastic MTV CGI cartoon Lizard design was more interesting than this.

I've been wondering what you thought. I remembered there was a user named Lizard who loved the character.

I'm glad a huge Lizard fan even feels the same way I do.

Don't get me wrong, I love Lizzie but he's not my all time favorite.

The design from The Animated Series you posted is better than what we got, but still not my favorite. They could have based it off that a little though. At least it doesn't look super laughable like the new one.

 

[SpideyFan866]

I've been wondering what you thought. I remembered there was a user named Lizard who loved the character.

I'm glad a huge Lizard fan even feels the same way I do.

Don't get me wrong, I love Lizzie but he's not my all time favorite.

The design from The Animated Series you posted is better than what we got, but still not my favorite. They could have based it off that a little though. At least it doesn't look super laughable like the new one.

Agreed. Personally, I would have liked something like the Macfarlane Lizard.

The current design, while not horrible, is laughable at times and isn't the best we could have gotten.

I like it but it could have and should have been better.

Who knows, maybe it'll be better in full context of the film.

 

[Spider-Who?]

Well that's the thing really...we won't be able to make a solid conclusion until the movie arrives.

I know. That's what I said at the very end of my post. It's highly possible that my current view will be changed completely upon seeing the movie. But since we haven't seen it yet, I'm expressing my thoughts based on what we have seen/do know, like everyone else.

I wouldn't say the size they chose for the Lizard is a 'cop out' by any means. You can say what you will but I'd be willing to bet that a 9 ft Lizard coming after you and you'd be peeing yourself with fear. It certainly doesn't look comical to me, especially since that little snipet of film showing them crashing into the water is so short.

Sure, and I'd be pissing my self with fear if a 5 foot man lizard came after me, too. (no, I'm not saying I want a 5ft lizard, lol). It's not something that I feel in any strong enough sense to adequately express at the moment; I guess I feel it is just a very stereotypical mentality that "bigger means better", and it seems like they are trying to overcompensate by hulking him out since (IMO) the lizard design is so weak. I'm not a fan of the "turning everyone into lizards" plot as it is, and I kinda feel like Webb knows that isn't the greatest motivation, but it's apart of the comics, and therefore he's trying it. Like I said in an earlier post, instead of making the CHARACTER and their MOTIVATION as threatening as possible, they're opting to make him an overly huge monstrosity, visually. I think a stronger design, with a less ridiculous scale and a fantastic could/would go a lot further without jumping into the giant monster bandwagon. Again, it isn't a big deal to me - it certainly won't kill my enjoyment of the film; its just an opinion I have on the design.

And how do you know how long they spent conceptualizing the deisgn for the Lizard?? Were you there during those meetings??

Well, first off, I'm omnipotent. Second off, I know (first hand) how concept design work flows. Do I really know how long they worked on it? Of course not. But you make concept after concept after concept, then you make more concepts. You keep designing until it works. I don't think this design is as good as it could be, ergo, they should have kept designing (ie: spending more time on it). Even if we had to keep a humanoid face, I still think it could have been done better. It's not a BAD design...I just don't think its GREAT.

In any case, I am very interested in seeing the other designs they experimented with.

 

[Boom]

Not really.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leopard_gecko

They can only regenerate their tails, correct? That's not the same as regenerating an arm or a leg. In the real world, Connors would be researching creatures like salamanders and starfish.

But then again, that's me looking too far into science fiction. As the saying goes, it's just a movie .

 

[Spider-Who?]

Well, this IS a comic book movie. They could simply say that Connors was taking the genes that allow for tail regeneration and souping them up to allow for actual limb regeneration. Bam, real-life limitations explained.

 

[Godzilla2014]

They can only regenerate their tails, correct? That's not the same as regenerating an arm or a leg. In the real world, Connors would be researching creatures like salamanders and starfish.

But then again, that's me looking too far into science fiction. As the saying goes, it's just a movie .

Would you really want to see Spider-Man fight the Salamander or the Starfish?

 

[Spider-Who?]

Would you really want to see Spider-Man fight the Salamander or the Starfish?

 

[Boom]

Would you really want to see Spider-Man fight the Salamander or the Starfish?

I can't think of anything more epic .

 

[VenomSpawn]

I laughed harder than I should have.

 

[VenomSpawn]

So hows about that size difference?

Diamond Select says this is pretty accurate to the size difference in the film.

 

[GoldGoblin]

The Lizard shouldn't be the size of the Hulk,what a crappy decision.

 

[TheWallCrawler]

Don't judge the size thing completely before you see how it works in the movie

 

[AnneFan]

But, it's all moot; we won't know exactly how good the lizard will/won't be until the movie arrives, so while I have my thoughts on the matter at present, I'm waiting to actually come to a conclusion.

As I said a while ago this is pretty much my current stance. Although I'm leaning in the direction of it works for me, I haven't seen enough to make a concrete judgement. I do hold the opinion though that the super laughable statements are blowing things out of proportion.

 

[TheWallCrawler]

I really like the lizard design but I hate that toy... the head looks like a carved watermelon

 

[Troy_Parker]

The MTV Lizard design... or almost every single one of his designs in the comics doesn't make sense for a creature who's a mix of a man and a reptile.

The movie has nailed the look for this, imo.

 

[UltimateWebhead]

Don't judge the size thing completely before you see how it works in the movie

This. I'm sure they didn't just think that "bigger equal better" for the design of the Lizard IMO and it all comes down to how well he moves and works for the screen. I'm trying to be optimistic and believe that Webb and co are not into lazy filmmaking by cheap shotting the design work. So far it looks like they have put some good effort into all design areas of the film from the Lizard down to the mechanical shooters.