The Amazing Spider-Man What villain or villains would you like to see them kick start the reboot with?

[GamerSlyRatchet]

edit: I haven't seen how they handled it in SSM, but they could well go with the John Jameson/space shuttle crash of the 90s cartoon for the re-boot.

It wasn't much different. Jameson also landed a failing space shuttle with the symbiote as a stowaway. Only difference is that it did not crash, and the symbiote was found and transferred to labs in New York.

 

[A&W]

Honestly I say Vulture. He's easy to outdo for future sequels. No personal connection to Peter. It's different. Something we haven't seen before. good contrast of an old geiser going up against a young teenager.

 

[8wid]

No Goblins or Ock early on. The new production team shouldn't use any of the villains previously in the last three films. The Lizard, Electro, Scorpion, even Carnage are all awaiting their role in film.

 

[Deaths Head II]

Honestly I say Vulture. He's easy to outdo for future sequels. No personal connection to Peter. It's different. Something we haven't seen before. good contrast of an old geiser going up against a young teenager.

I think the best way to go is the Vulture with some other villain that isn't a Spider-Man arch-nemesis. I think Vulture and Electro would be the best choice.

 

[A&W]

I'm not sure about electro. when it comes to visuals it's all about what kind of fight choreography you can come up with using their powers. spider-man can't even touch Electro and how is he going to win the fight? with that ridiculous rubber padding he used?

I honestly doubt Electro would give us cool fight scenes. I think he himself could look cool, but his fight choreography would be kind of boring.

 

[NinjaTurtleFan]

I'm not sure about electro. when it comes to visuals it's all about what kind of fight choreography you can come up with using their powers. spider-man can't even touch Electro and how is he going to win the fight? with that ridiculous rubber padding he used?

I honestly doubt Electro would give us cool fight scenes. I think he himself could look cool, but his fight choreography would be kind of boring.

All Spidey would have to do is hit him with water.

I'd go with Mysterio, Vulture, Scorpion, Shocker, or Chameleon for the first few movies. But Norman Osborne should be a secondary villain--- he should be someone whom stays in the shadows, a character who hides in the mist, and has his fingers inside of things, but he tends to keep a low-profile and doesn't want to alert trouble for himself. Once the board and Spider-Man start to unravel whom he is and whom he is associated with is when he suddenly turns to testing out his Goblin formula.

 

[zeptron]

How ironic would that be if they started with Vulture...I'd just laugh at Sony's hypocrisy/stupidity.

 

[Venom'sDad]

I think for the most part, we all agree that GG should not be the first villain. However, why start off with such heavy hitters like DocOck, Electro, Lizard, and/or Venom. I say start off with villains that will get Spiderman's feet wet as he learn to be Spiderman. Not right out the gate taking on heavy-hitters as he's in the mist of learning his abilities, tactics, and limitations. He is just a kid that got pick on constantly... know what I mean? Why I love Stan Lee... written so gracefully and well thoughtfully.

I say start off with Chameleon and Rhino, with a back story featuring Norman and Sablinovia, and the never before told story... the parents.

 

[SpideyTheBest]

For the first movie, I'd say start off with Lizard and Electro!

At the beginning of the film, we could see Spidey fighting guys like Shocker, Chameleon or The Enforces, maybe all of them. That could be a good start for the film but also involve it into the main plot. Have a crime lord like Silvermane, Kingpin(if they get the rights) or Tombstone being sick of Spider-Man ruining his business(this is like 1 or 2 months after Peter has been bitten by the spider). He goes to Oscorp and wants Norman to create an adversary for Spider-Man, a "supervillain" that could kill him. They turn a petty thug named Max Dillon into Electro, they also give him a suit that could store and stabilize the electricity but also absorb and store more. The next day, Peter and his class is on a field trip to Empire State University where they meet Doctor Curtis Connors, who shows them his experiment to regrow a lost body part using Lizard DNA and a special formula he created. Peter is very interested and asks him how it all will work, Connors explains and Peter understands everything which makes Connors impressed by him. After the field trip, Peter as Spider-Man is swinging home when suddenly Electro attacks him and they fight. Spidey defeats him which makes Electro furious and more power hungry. He tries to absorb as much electricity he can which causes a small black out in the city which alter Connors' formula. Connors test the experiment on himself and turns into the Lizard.

When the Lizard appears, they can do the whole "more dark and grittier" thing if they want but I hope they realise that Spider-Man is NOT a dark character and he SHOULDN'T be. He is NOT Batman!!!

 

[Doctor Jones]

Lizard would definitely make a great starting first villain.

 

[Solidus]

Lizard would definitely make a great starting first villain.

I think that they should go with Electro or something. I would like seeing Lizard, but with Lizard I think you have to have a founding relationship with Connors and Parker before hand. I don't know if one film could do that. I very well may be wrong, but maybe there should be a build up to Lizard. I feel the same about Brock as well, some of these villains need to be built up.

 

[ModestMr.Green]

Eh, I hate to use this example, but if you can build up Harvey Dent and make his transformation a tragedy in one film, then you can do it with Connors. Assuming, of course, that they have a good writer on board.

 

[Deadfish95]

I think they should use Doc Ock just cuz of how awesome he is. but he needs to be pure evil, not turn good like in spidey 2

 

[Solidus]

Eh, I hate to use this example, but if you can build up Harvey Dent and make his transformation a tragedy in one film, then you can do it with Connors. Assuming, of course, that they have a good writer on board.

Well of course you can. I'm just saying it can be very hard to do. Nolan's are good at that. But, it can be done, I'm just saying instead of taking the risk I'd rather just see Electro. I'm for Lizard but maybe later on. Either or I'll be fine as long as its good.

 

[some guy]

Though I would prefer they took time with the Lizard, now I'm thinking maybe they can get away with him for a first villain. The past films had already established Connors, but even though that's a different continuity maybe viewers would have some grasp of the character from there.

I still don't think there should be a reboot, mind you, but if they think they can do it, well, good luck to them.

 

[Oscorp]

I think for the most part, we all agree that GG should not be the first villain. However, why start off with such heavy hitters like DocOck, Electro, Lizard, and/or Venom. I say start off with villains that will get Spiderman's feet wet as he learn to be Spiderman. Not right out the gate taking on heavy-hitters as he's in the mist of learning his abilities, tactics, and limitations. He is just a kid that got pick on constantly... know what I mean? Why I love Stan Lee... written so gracefully and well thoughtfully.

I say start off with Chameleon and Rhino, with a back story featuring Norman and Sablinovia, and the never before told story... the parents.

Exactly what I've meant all the time. I just don't see how people can see Electro or Lizard in a first movie. They're just too powerful and Lizard is too much connected to Peter to build up an emotional relationship and die all in the first film. That's why I want Chameleon, Shocker and a mob-boss like Kingpin or (like in SSM) Tombstone. That, or Chameleon and Vulture and maybe a mob-boss.

 

[Deaths Head II]

I think Chameleon would work really well if they make it like the first couple of issues of The Amazing Spider-Man where pretty much everyone hated Spider-Man and distrusted him. Chameleon framing Spider-Man like he did in his first appearance would make for a good story.

 

[HughJackFan420]

Kingpin should be the first main villain but his representative of evil should be Electro. Electro should be Kingpin's right hand man and Kingpin should remain in the shadows u know behind the curtains. like when Parker becomes Spidey he should ruin Kingpins plans of robbery and taking over certain parts of the city. when Kingpin is tired of using goons for hire Electro comes into the picture and offers him a partnership Electro can't refuse.

 

[Deaths Head II]

I think Fox has the rights to Kingpin though.

 

[Sentinel X]

Lizard would definitely make a great starting first villain.

Lizard would make a TERRIBLE starting villain. The whole reason people like Lizard so much is because its a character people have gotten to know him prior to his transformation. If they just start with lizard without the audience knowing much about Peter and Connors father/son like relationship, it makes the whole purpose of lizard moot.

Secondly, we've seen the sympathetic villain in the original trilogy...It would be best to stay away from that for ONE film..at least. I love lizard but they need to set Dr.Connors as a relevant supporting character FIRST.

Also Dr.Connors should be played by this guy:

Starting villains should be some of the lesser known villains. Like Vulture, Rhino, Shocker, or some else. Build up Norman Osburne or another villain such as Tombstone.

 

[Jostru]

Kingpin should be the first main villain but his representative of evil should be Electro. Electro should be Kingpin's right hand man and Kingpin should remain in the shadows u know behind the curtains. like when Parker becomes Spidey he should ruin Kingpins plans of robbery and taking over certain parts of the city. when Kingpin is tired of using goons for hire Electro comes into the picture and offers him a partnership Electro can't refuse.

This is pretty much what I was thinking, but instead of Kingpin, I was thinking about Tombstone (as in SSM).

 

[Deaths Head II]

I would prefer something like SSM where Tombstone wanted to manufacture supervillains to keep Spider-Man busy and out of his criminal empire. Over the simple Electro henchman thing.

 

[Jostru]

I would prefer something like SSM where Tombstone wanted to manufacture supervillains to keep Spider-Man busy and out of his criminal empire. Over the simple Electro henchman thing.

I'd do something like this:

Tombstone is a crime boss and Spider-Man gets in his way, so he makes Rhino or Shocker. The created villain confronts Spidey, but gets defeated pretty fast. Meanwhile Max Dillon becomes Electro. Spider-Man gets in Electro's way, so Tombstone and Electro make a deal to get Spider-Man out of the way for good.

It would pretty much be like the Venom-Sandman team-up from SM3.

 

[scatterax]

doc ock should be the main villain for the first film (or the lizard), venom 4 #2 and than green goblin should be saved for three so we have 2 movies 2 establish norman ozborne and so gwens death is even more tragic to us.

I also don't think they should spend much time on how he gets his powers. 10 mins should work fine

 

[Gamma Goliath]

I'd like for the first movie to start out with peter already spiderman, he's been spidey for a good 6 months to a year already, and have the movie start out with him fighting scorpion and utterly imbarassing him. But the main villains should be kraven and lizard for the first movie. Then use the green goblin for the second.