I'm really starting to get pissed off about the choice of villains in Spider-Man 3.  Thomas Haden Church has signed on to play one of them, so everyone's saying it's either the Sandman, which would be all right but not really epic in any way, or it's Venom.  I'm really, REALLY bothered by the idea that it might be Venom.   I'm not a "comic book aficionado" by any stretch.  Where would I read a comic book?  In the collapsed ribcage of a dead possum?  But something should be said about maintaining a strong sense of history and respecting the legacy of the comics and characters. 

Spidey wasn't created in 1996.  He isn't Ninjak.  He doesn't have black throwing stars and he doesn't co-pilot a Mech with a titty model.  He's been starring in GREAT, GREAT comics since 1962.  So you don't need to dip into that era when characters were created and hotshotted into big stories because the people in charge wanted to sell more comics to greasy-fingered collectors and kids with attention spans that only work between "nipple" and "now I am shooting a gun."   Who needs Venom?  I can think of a very time-honored and respected villain for Spidey to face off with in the third movie.  He isn't as handsome as a lot of villains.  He isn't high-tech or even really deadly.  But what he lacks in streamlined coolness he makes up for in ferocity, intent, and character.  I'm sure you already know who I'm talking about.  You probably already guessed his name.   It's not like it isn't obvious that he'd be my favorite comic villain.  Yes, you guessed it.

That man is SILVERMANE.

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