The Amazing Spider-Man Rhys Ifans Cast as The Lizard

[Spider-ManHero12]

I know fans get behind whatever movie they're hyping is doing before release and for about a year afterwards (example: Dr. Connors is divorced? Cool and realistic!), but this argument is just silly.

A man turning into a lizard monster is believable. Him having torn clothes on is not?

A boy being able to move like a spider from a radioactive bite is realistic, but a torn lab coat crosses some versimilitude line?

IT should be there because it is part of his iconic look. Like Venom needs fangs and a tongue, Doc Ock wears sunglasses, Joker wears a purple suit with green hair and The Kingpin is bald. It's just a definitive part of the character's iconic look. YOu take it away, the character becomes a generic movie villain--in Lizard's case a giant reptilian monster from a B sci-fi movie. Besides, like The Wolfman from last year, the iconic look gives a humanity to the monster of what's been destroyed and makes him more visually interesting to watch.

Agreed. Don't get me wrong, I think the Lizard looks fantastic (from what I've seen), but I would like a lab coat on him.

 

[Oscorp]

this argument is just silly.

A man turning into a lizard monster is believable. Him having torn clothes on is not?

A boy being able to move like a spider from a radioactive bite is realistic, but a torn lab coat crosses some versimilitude line?

IT should be there because it is part of his iconic look. Like Venom needs fangs and a tongue, Doc Ock wears sunglasses, Joker wears a purple suit with green hair and The Kingpin is bald. It's just a definitive part of the character's iconic look. YOu take it away, the character becomes a generic movie villain--in Lizard's case a giant reptilian monster from a B sci-fi movie. Besides, like The Wolfman from last year, the iconic look gives a humanity to the monster of what's been destroyed and makes him more visually interesting to watch.

I actually agree with everything there.

Lizard not having torn clothes would be a major disappointment for me. I hope they'll add that to him later on.

 

[Spider-ManHero12]

A tattered verison would look fine, IMO.

 

[©KAW]

Curt Connors appears to be completely naked in this official photo, so I doubt you'll see him wearing his lab coat and pants when he's at his full Lizard stage. This is probably why they have him in stages, so you can see him in his classic lab coat & pants half Lizard/half Man and able to speak.

 

[Rowsdower!]

Does anyone have a good, clear picture of The Lizard from the Comic Con footage? Those ones they posted on CBM were of such poor quality I couldn't make much out. What I did see looked like a green anteater.

 

[©KAW]

No, no one has official or clear shots.

 

[Spider-Who?]

Does anyone have a good, clear picture of The Lizard from the Comic Con footage? Those ones they posted on CBM were of such poor quality I couldn't make much out. What I did see looked like a green anteater.

Unless Sony officially releases a picture, we will not have a “good and clear” picture of the lizard (or any of the SDCC footage). It was shown in 3D, so even a good camera and operator is going to take a bad picture.

 

[Spider-Who?]

Curt Connors appears to be completely naked in this official photo, so I doubt you'll see him wearing his lab coat and pants when he's at his full Lizard stage. This is probably why they have him in stages, so you can see him in his classic lab coat & pants half Lizard/half Man and able to speak.

This is what I'm thinking, as well, though I don't feel like we're going to get much of a slow "transition" (in the since that fight 1 will be a more humanoid Lizard, fight 2 will be more lizard like, fight 3 will be full on Lizard). I think we might get a slow build between Point A to Point B (Conners begins to show signs of something going wrong, and ignores it and continues using the drug, and then in one final moment, he transforms).

 

[©KAW]

This is what I'm thinking, as well, though I don't feel like we're going to get much of a slow "transition" (in the since that fight 1 will be a more humanoid Lizard, fight 2 will be more lizard like, fight 3 will be full on Lizard). I think we might get a slow build between Point A to Point B (Conners begins to show signs of something going wrong, and ignores it and continues using the drug, and then in one final moment, he transforms).

That sounds even better. I can't quite figure it out. But I like the various stages, now we can hear the Lizard speak and it won't be weird or you won't need him having a CGI mouth, before he's full blown Lizard. I can't wait to see how they put this all together.

 

[SuperAl]

have anyone actulaly see the footage of the lizard or is this speculation ?

Yes i was at SDCC, they showed a clip of him breaking thru the floor of a womans bathroom stall. He crawls out of the floor. He didnt have a lab coat on. Looked like a reptile, had a tail, but his face didnt have a snout, it was more flat. The only reason i can think of them doing this was so they can give more expressions.

 

[Spider-Who?]

I really can't grasp the contradiction between the people saying he has a flat face, and the pics showing that isn't the case. Granted, the pictures don't suggest he has a long snout, but its surely not flat like a human's...

 

[Troy_Parker]

SuperAl's description is closer. He said "more flat" not "flat". The Lizard has a flatter snout in comparison to the others, but he does have one.

 

[Spider-Vader]

Wait, has it been confirmed/deconfirmed if Lizard will be wearing any clothes? The descriptions all say he looks like classic Lizard & the leaked pic only shows his head.

 

[Spider-Who?]

SuperAl's description is closer. He said "more flat" not "flat". The Lizard has a flatter snout in comparison to the others, but he does have one.

He also said the lizard "doesn't have a snout".

 

[Spider-ManHero12]

Wait, has it been confirmed/deconfirmed if Lizard will be wearing any clothes? The descriptions all say he looks like classic Lizard & the leaked pic only shows his head.

Well, from descriptions, he was wearing no clothes, but I'm not sure if it'll remain that way throughout the film.

 

[Nathan]

It could always change I guess. I mean the movie is still almost a year away. And giant Lizard is going to be CGI, they could always add some torn coat pieces. Didn't they add the torn shirt to Hulk in the final movie, when he didn't have it in the Trailer?

 

[©KAW]

He also said the lizard "doesn't have a snout".

Are people blind, that pic where he's licking the girl is a side view of him, where he clearly has a snout? I'm thinking maybe people don't know what a snout is. And if they do, how long do they think it should be, he's not an alligator?

 

[©KAW]

It could always change I guess. I mean the movie is still almost a year away. And giant Lizard is going to be CGI, they could always add some torn coat pieces. Didn't they add the torn shirt to Hulk in the final movie, when he didn't have it in the Trailer?

I hope not, CGI torn clothes/lab coat blowing the wind, will look like crap.

 

[Spiderman6592]

Yeah that's the other thing. The Lizard from the leaked photos looks....like a lizard. A real lizard doesn't have an alligator snout...

Those look a lot like the Lizard from the photos.

 

[©KAW]

Pretty much sums up my point, he looks like a Lizard, by having a short snout.

 

[Spiderman6592]

From the leaked photos he especially looks like the one in that first picture I posted.

 

[©KAW]

Looking at the second pic, I had no idea lizard's were so horny...but then again, The Lizard is licking a girl in the leaked photo.

 

[Spiderman6592]

Oh Kaw, you slay me.

 

[Spider-ManHero12]

It could always change I guess. I mean the movie is still almost a year away. And giant Lizard is going to be CGI, they could always add some torn coat pieces. Didn't they add the torn shirt to Hulk in the final movie, when he didn't have it in the Trailer?

If I remember correctly, yes.

 

[Spider-Who?]

Are people blind, that pic where he's licking the girl is a side view of him, where he clearly has a snout? I'm thinking maybe people don't know what a snout is. And if they do, how long do they think it should be, he's not an alligator?

lol. my thoughts exactly/