Super villains for Spiderman movies.

Published on May 10, 2004 By Jamie Burnside In Entertainment

The second Spiderman movie starts this summer. I am looking forward to seeing it.

In Spiderman 1, the villain was the Green Goblin. In the second movie, Doctor Octopus gets to take on Spiderman.

I am assuming that there will be a third (possibly more) Spiderman movie. I was wondering to myself which bad guy would be chosen for the third movie. After the Green Goblin and Doctor Octopus, there isn't another bad guy who stands head-and-shoulders above the rest. (The Hobgoblin might as well be the Green Goblin by the way.)

Here are my guesses for which villain will be next:

Most Likely:

The Lizard (already a Dr. Connor character)

Sandman (what is his origin anyway?)

Mysterio (possibly)

Semi-Likely:

The Vulture (my personal favorite)

The Beetle (another favorite)

Venom (too new. Too farfetched. There is also that issue of explaining the "Secret Wars" costume too)

Electro (he'd be good. They'd have to make his costume cooler though.)

Less Likely:

The Shocker

The Tarantula (I'd like to see that though)

Rhino (too stupid)

Kingpin (used in the Daredevil movie)

Did I leave anyone out? I quit reading Spiderman in the late 1980s, so there's a big hole in my knowledge.

Comments (Page 3)

pseudosoldier

on Jul 09, 2004

Cap - While I appreciate your enthuasiasm for the movies and the genre, I think your long shots are just that. The wedding seems like it would be too soon (they only seemed to fast forward 1 1/2 years between the first two films). Spidey never had a real sidekick (not like Batman, anyway, b/c Black Cat is nothing like Robin... and that would screw up the MJ romantic plot). And the Lizard was an adversary for quite awhile before he became a recurring Man-Bat-like figure (IIRC, anyway; I know I saw an old 60's cartoon where he was thoroughly a villain).

I don't think they should modify the characters (the villains) so that they can "do all kinds of things... that [they] couldn't ever do before." I think it would detract from the characters enough that you might as well make up new ones (as that wouldn't upset die-hard fan-boys). Look at it this way: you might like it, a similar number of people would not, and the vast majority of movie-goers wouldn't know the difference. It's a wash. They'd probably also draw (slightly) more audience by having him fight a brand-new (well written) villain than a re-hashed unrecognizable old one.

CS Guy

on Jul 09, 2004

Spidey never had a real sidekick

The Toad and Frogman fought over who would get to be Spidey's sidekick. Of course, no one asked him if he wanted one.

pseudosoldier

on Jul 10, 2004

Had to look it up. Apparently they, along with the Spectacular Spider-Kid, form the Misfits instead of being Spidey's sidekicks...
Crazy.

Amitty

on Jul 24, 2004

The Hobgoblin will be the next villian, but it is not clear if they will move the storyline to Spiderman 4, or make it the headline villian. Jake Gylenhal said recently that he has not been approached for any roles in the spiderman movies, including the role of Venom.

According to Sam Rammi, It is still unclear where the direction of the movie will take, since the script has yet to be written. Best bets are Hobgoblin, or The Vulture. According to Spiderman fans, the Vultures character has already been introduced in one of hte movies, in a micro-sized part.

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