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Originally Posted by OutOfTheCube
I think because Venom was a bad movie but still such a hit they just assumed everything Spider-Man adjacent would be as well, and then went ahead the dumbest and least appealing properties possible.
Morbius? Madame Web? Kraven the Hunter?
It'd be like WB seeing the success of their solo Joker movie and greenlighting Killer Moth and Calendar Man movies. I'm surprised they didn't.
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The idea of giving villains their own movie only really works if its a very large and iconic villain, like on the level of the Joker. Venom is the only "villain", or even side character, in that universe who should be carrying their own film.
Spiderman is certainly worthy of his own set of films, but the idea that you can build a Spiderman universe, based on a bunch of stand alone films, is absurd. The Spiderman villains are, by their nature, corny and silly. Most are animal themed.
I like the approach that WB is taking with the Pattison Batman. You've got the Batman and then a few tv series to explore the universe and some of the side characters. The Joker, in my opinion, really only worked as a one time thing. The new movie looks very questionable. I guess when you have a movie gross 1 billion dollars on a $50-70 million budget, you try and play it out again.