Venom origin revealed!

[Asteroid-Man]

sounds believable...

 

[Brendan]

I guess the scene with the lab technicians is when they are studying the alien symbiot.

 

[gtkilla]

I have a question.
Is it Sym-bee-oat or Sym-bee-ot?

 

[Spider-Grrl1516]

I have a question.
Is it Sym-bee-oat or Sym-bee-ot?

Sym-Bee-Oat, as I've heard it.

 

[Brendan]

I always pronounce it sem-bi-ot.

 

[gtkilla]

In the Spider-Man VG for the N64 and PS1 they pronounced it Sym-bee-oat, But
then i heard people saying sym-bee-ot. I guess it's right to say it both ways.

 

[BrollySupersj]

I since a kid, have always called it Sym-bee-oat. It sounds better and more monstrous.

 

[Brendan]

Then am I wrong for saying bi instead of bee?

 

[gtkilla]

yes you are...

 

[The Caped Knight]

I have looked around and couldn't find this posted already, but please spare me and just kill it if it's on here already.

In this month's Empire movie magazine, there was a well written article with a few interesting tidbits, including the following...


Nov '06 p. 78

"Just in case you're wondering, Venom is actually a symbiotic alien, brought back to Earth by astronaut John Jameson (son of Daily Bugle proprietor J. Jonah Jameson, last seen in Spider-Man 2), which latches onto Parker, bonding with him and becoming his new costume. After the living suit - which no-one knows is alive - tries to possess Parker, and is then rejected, it foists itself instead onto the emotionally fragile Brock, becoming a force to be reckoned with, a creature with all of Spider-Man's powers and none of his moral strictures."

Raimi quote: "I really like him now. They really filled out Eddie Brock into a very meaningful character. Yes, Venom is an alien life force, but the humanity really comes through in Topher's performance. Tobey has a great energy with him in their few scenes together."

And Venom was called by Raimi the "wild goof from outer space".

These were all directly quoted from the article and I would appreciate it if someone out there is able to check it out as well and lend some credibility.
I am just personally glad that they decided to go with the alien origin and not make up some crazy new idea that would disgrace the source material. When I heard that this movie would be more of a departure from the comic books than any of the previous chapters in the saga for added realism, I was dreading that a new origin would be in store for the character. Good to know...

The article also gave details about some of the special effects work and the amount of CGI that was going into the characters and some other details that were nice to learn. I would highly recommend the article to anyone who cares.

Awesome
http://marvel.toonzone.net/spideytas/episode/alien1/

 

[emperorB14]

I since a kid, have always called it Sym-bee-oat. It sounds better and more monstrous.

that makes it sound lik a poisonous tree man, it sound better as sym-bee-it...thats the only way i hav ever heard it being said....IMO sym-bee-oat doesnt sound right...n doesnt make it more lol monstous lol, it is only "monstrous" wen its bonded to a host.. am not tryin to bring you down man but thats My opinion

 

[Knightsaber Priss]

good, they only have a few scences together, hopefully that means as little venom as possible.

With the possibility of Venom becoming the featured villain in a fourth movie. Come on guys, you know it's going to happen!

 

[Arcturus]

With the possibility of Venom becoming the featured villain in a fourth movie. Come on guys, you know it's going to happen!

Excellent way of thinking!

 

[Knightsaber Priss]

Excellent way of thinking!

Why thank you my fellow Venomite. There may be a new director for a fourth movie, but as long as they have a tight script from the previous films' writers, it shouldn't be too big a deal. I think Guillermo del Toro would be an excellent director for a Venom featured Spider-man movie. I mostly submit Blade II as proof. Also Robert Rodriguez would be another good choice.

 

[Visionary]

With the possibility of Venom becoming the featured villain in a fourth movie. Come on guys, you know it's going to happen!

No we don't know this, please lend me your crystal ball, I'd like to know what other villain(s) are in SM4.

 

[Arcturus]

I can't wait for Venom in Spider-Man 4! It's gonna be a blast, Vis.

 

[titan101]

edit

 

[M.O.Steel]

in bio class we learned it as sim-by-ot. tomayto tomahto

 

[Spidey-Sean]

Well, acording to Merriam-Webster's online dictionary, the correct pronunciation sounds like "sym-bee-oat". Here's the link. Click on the little red speaker icon to listen to a voice say the word.

http://www.webster.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?sourceid=Mozilla-search&va=symbiote

 

[MaskedManJRK]

Okay, let me get this straight:

Someone said that someone on the movie said that origins have been changed to be more realistic, right?

Okay, the origin of the symbiote in the comics is that Spider-Man found it as alien goop during the interdemensional game, "The Secret Wars."

So, in the movie, it's brought back to Earth as alien goop?

...Okaaaaaaay...

 

[Arcturus]

yeah, it's waaaaay out there...as compared to secret wars.....

Alien lifeforms are not that "unrealistic", it's not like they're saying the symbiote was once bonded with Speilbergs E.T and saved the Jedi Forces from Darth Vader.

 

[MaskedManJRK]

yeah, it's waaaaay out there...as compared to secret wars.....

Alien lifeforms are not that "unrealistic", it's not like they're saying the symbiote was once bonded with Speilbergs E.T and saved the Jedi Forces from Darth Vader.

I'm just saying it's basically the same thing. So there wasn't a Secret Wars! Oooooh! It's still an alien symbiote!

 

[Arcturus]

I'm just saying it's basically the same thing. So there wasn't a Secret Wars! Oooooh! It's still an alien symbiote!

No really?



I take it your anti-alien origin, but a watered down test tube origin is better?

It's a nice change actually, GG=Born in Lab, Ock= Born in Lab, Same deal with Harry and Sandman will be science related. Get's kind of repetitive, don't you think?

 

[Spade]

I'm just saying it's basically the same thing. So there wasn't a Secret Wars! Oooooh! It's still an alien symbiote!

So you would rather it was created in a lab? Alvin Sargent obviously knew that the notion of scientists conveniently creating it in a lab would irk fans and make it even less believeable. What you're forgetting is that while a valid attempt is made in the films to ground the unnatural in real life there is still a great deal of respect for the basic elements.

 

[Spider-ManHero12]

Okay, let me get this straight:

Someone said that someone on the movie said that origins have been changed to be more realistic, right?

Okay, the origin of the symbiote in the comics is that Spider-Man found it as alien goop during the interdemensional game, "The Secret Wars."

So, in the movie, it's brought back to Earth as alien goop?

...Okaaaaaaay...

its either brought to earth by a meteore or john jamieson bringing it back to earth in the spaceship.