I think he was referring to me. I dont want a spiderman movie to be a dark knight rip off. I understand the differences between spider-man and batman, as I do the differences between carnage and the joker... I just think one of the dark knights strong points was its realism... which included having a villain who seemed truly deranged. The human mind can be a scary thing... the mentally unbalanced are the major cause behind humanitys belief in existence of 'true evil'.
A character thats truly criminally-insane, while in the boundaries of realism, can really create an atmosphere for the audience. Carnage could make people see the devil in the flesh... and symbiote.
Joker's not insane, he's a criminal mastermind. Someone who's mentally imbalanced couldn't pull some of the schemes Joker did in The Dark Knight. Joker's way smarter than Carnage.
I think someone like the Joker, a smart capable person, who wishes for the destruction of society is more 'true evil' than someone who's mentally imbalanced.
Either way, the Joker was the highlight of The Dark Knight, due in part to the realism portrayed in the film, and Ledger's peerless performance. I think that Carnage might be lucky enough to have a great actor attached to him leading to a memorable performance, but he'll for sure never be known for being in a film that's realistic.
So the Spider-Man films should move away from that, simply for the fact that using Carnage would see too much like trying to emulate The Dark Knight. You can draw a lot of parallels between Batman and Spidey's villains, so use a villain that's really unique to Spider-Man, like Kraven the Hunter, or the Lizard. They used Sandman, but Nolan will never use Clayface so that's okay. But stay away from Carnage, who's already too similar to Venom that you might as well use Venom, and Black Cat, who's a Catwoman knock off.
I love Carnage, and Venom, but they should use a better villain.
