Why mess with the origional?

[GoldGoblin]

really? this wouldnt look good in a movie

^Not as good as you would think

 

[spideyboy_1111]

^Not as good as you would think

and why not? lol looks perfect?

 

[GoldGoblin]

and why not? lol looks perfect?

^Well in dark scenes it wouldn't show up that good,and the underground subway scene would be in a dark environment,the raised webbing would help to bring out the black suit much better.

Plus he looks more like the black spider-man with the raised webbing.

 

[spideyboy_1111]

umm dude a creepy white spider showing and white eyes is much creepier then seeing nothing in the shadows

 

[GoldGoblin]

umm dude a creepy white spider showing and white eyes is much creepier then seeing nothing in the shadows

^He isn't suppose to look creepy though.

 

[Visionary]

that would be a good point, and it is clearly good logic, however it's not the case here. Marvel doesn't have to include Sony for toys or video games based off of these movies. Toybiz paid bought rights to make toys for spider-man 1 and 2 from Marvel, and not Sony. The company I think they were called Gaestro bought the rights to part 3 and 4 from Marvel. Marvel got 70 mill for part 3 and 35 mill for part 4. The same thing with video games. marvel owns the complete rights to that stuff from the movies. I don't know regarding movie posters, but how much money can you get off of posters? They are like 2 dollars at wal mart.

Of course Marvel has to include Sony in anything and everything related to the Spider-Man movies. It's a limited partnership 50/50 between Sony/Marvel, that's why they formed Spider-Man Merchandising, L.P. They both license various categories of merchandising, but it's all split 50/50...even TOYS from HASBRO starting in 2007.

http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_2000_May_3/ai_61875890/pg_2

 

[daveswb]

It's interesting to hear people complaining about the black costume.

With all the other issues with this movie that's the least of our worries. Is it really that big of a deal? With the exceptiopn of Green Goblin I think this fraqnchise has been very lucky with the fact that they have stayed pretty true to the look of the characters.

Look at the X-Men none of them have thier classic outfits. What about the new Superman movie? Since when does Supes where rubber? the rubber cape is wayy too much! And what about poor batman? Had he ever had a big screen adaption of his costume that was true to the comics? I don't think so.

I think it's a decent explination that the symbiote is over top the classic outfit. I don't know if that's the real explination, but it is as good as any.

Though in the set pictures he is wearing it under his clothes. Does that mean anything? Is it a symbiote? Or a black costume?

 

[Dernhelm]

Anyway, most marvel movies dun potray the character exacly.

 

[Arcturus]

^He isn't suppose to look creepy though.

Are you saying some guy running around in red and blue spandex named spider-man, who appears to have super strength, aint creepy? If that's accepted and common, then I really don't wanna know your definition of creepy is.

 

[kooguy911]

Perhaps it would be cool to see the classic symbiote only on venom, and leave the black suit to spiderman. Im not saying the black spidey shouldnt have the symbiote, im just saying the full on venom symbiote should be left to venom.

 

[ZER0C00L]

Are you saying some guy running around in red and blue spandex named spider-man, who appears to have super strength, aint creepy? If that's accepted and common, then I really don't wanna know your definition of creepy is.

nope thats not creepy thats just silly.

to me the original symbiot suit is more imposing then the regular red and blue suit being black.

f cked it up again oh well.

 

[Tony Stark]

The black suit looks sweet. The comic suit wouldn't make sense because it was based on Spider-woman 2. Since Spider-woman doesnt' exist in the movies, it makes more sense that the symbiote would mimic Peters existing suit.

 

[spideyboy_1111]

how was the symbiote suit based on spider-woman? i thought when peter got the costume during the secret wars it formed the look we got?

 

[spideyboy_1111]

^He isn't suppose to look creepy though.

um yes he is.. that was even stan lee's thoughts while even creating spidey in his first apperance.. hes a spider, there suppose to be creepy

 

[fear&loathing]

to the guys who are complaining of the webbing on the blacksuit: its most likely in between the suits transformation between hosts...

 

[GreenMamba]

I doubt it.

If you ask me, it's not *just* the symbiote. Rather, I believe that, in the movie, the symbiote just kinda merges with the normal costume.

 

[Cmill216]

If you ask me, it's not *just* the symbiote. Rather, I believe that, in the movie, the symbiote just kinda merges with the normal costume.

Highly likely.

 

[Dcknight]

I´m sorry but no one will EVER convince me that the black suit and the origin of Venom and the character himself rank among classic or iconic elements of the Spidey mythos. It´s the most forced, contrived and convoluted origin of any villain in the history of comic books. It´s basically an attempt to do the best out of the terrible decision of giving Spider-Man a black suit that didn´t really fit his character in anyway. Most of the Venom fanaticism comes simply from the fact that the character looked cool in pin-ups, he was basically a product of the dreadful "splash panel" age of superhero comics.

totally agree with you.

 

[harryoscop]

Going through old threads is fun!

 

[Spider2099]

Some of the comments are pretty funny. Feels like I've gone back in time.

 

[W/ Great Power]

Sometimes I really wish I was one of the oldies on here.

I would have loved to see some of the discussions during the Raimi days.

 

[Spider2099]

I remember being on a different board long, long ago called "the spider-man movie network." I was really young though. I joined after SM2 and the build-up to SM3 was so much fun on there.

 

[The Joker]

You guys missed some great times here back in the day. This was when it was FUN to be a fan of the Spidey movies. I see a lot of old faces no longer around SHH anymore in this thread. I miss Arcturus. He was a quality poster.

 

[Spider2099]

The Raimi films really made my childhood so much better. I remember not having too many friends growing up but I was always had this great sense of joy when I thought of Spider-Man. After seeing the first movie I just starting buying tons of comic books based on the character, getting into the cartoons, and playing the video games. Then I brought home the VHS tape once SM1 came out on home video and replayed the movie so many times that it annoyed my mom. lol

The wait for the sequels was also so much fun. I didn't have this, "OH NO WHAT IF THE MOVIE SUCKS" feeling. Waiting for the next movie was actually... enjoyable. Waiting for a TASM movie is dreadful.

 

[UltimateWebhead]

I'm probably in the minority on this topic but I truly like the Raimi black suit. It isn't the classic black but that doesn't stop this version from looking awesome. I very much dislike the silver webbing on the Raimi red and blue suit however on the black suit it looks outstanding. Love it.