Discuss: Should Morbius be the Main Villain in Spidey 4?

Posted by Dr. Cole Abaius (cole.abaius@filmschoolrejects.com) on January 13, 2009

Spider-Man v. Morbius

We here at FSR know that you read other movie sites. We can smell them on you when you come home. By now, you’ve probably heard that Sam Raimi prostituted out his concept for Morbius – the living vampire-bat-human-hybrid – to be the main villain for the forthcoming Spider-Man 4.

We’re guessing that you either jumped up in the air with excitement, cursed the Movie Gods, wondered why the hell Raimi would do something like that, or wondered who the hell Morbius is. Or, if you’re schizophrenic, all of the above.

For those who don’t know – Morbius is the vampire bat equivalent of Spider-man. He’s not exactly a vampire, but he has a lot of the same qualities of one. Think of him as Diet Vampire, which, since you asked, uses Splenda instead of real sugar.

For those of you already familiar with the character, we’re wondering what you’re thinking. And for those hearing it for the first time – how would you like to see Edward from Twilight face off against Your Friendly Neighborhood Webslinger?

What do you think? Is Splenda better than real sugar?


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  • Ronnie_S
    This is interesting because one of the earlier Spiderman stories had a situation where Spidey had to team up with the Lizard to take down Morbius.
    I don't think it's too far fetched. I mean, the previous movie had an alien goo turn someone into monstrous creature.
  • Could be a fit for the movie. They need a great actor though, not that clown from Twilight.
  • Matt
    Isnt Lizard gonna be the main villain? Honestly, who cares?
  • Joshi
    When was the last time we had a movie with actual vampires in it instead of the bastardized versions we've come to know in recent times. Vampires that don't die in sunlight? Vampire that don't drink blood? Nice Vampires? Change is good in context because it keeps things interesting.

    Take Blade for example, and anomaly in a world largely consisting of vampires in the strictest sense of the word, that's interesting. On the other hand, take Twilight, all the "vampires" are the same, and they're wrong. They sparkle in sunlight instead of bursting into flames, some of them choose to be good instead of bad and don't drink the blood of humans. These are not vampires, they're simply things that borrowed a few of the nicer concepts of a vampire and threw away the ones that didn't really help the story.

    I lament the death of the traditional vampire.
  • After taking a dump on my childhood, vomiting on my adolescence, and pantsing me very recently, and then showing the video to my now ex-girlfriend, I think the Spider-Man franchise has done enough damage with this team. They absolutely ruined Venom, who should have been an imposing dark character. I'm sure their concept for Morbius is going to be a leather disco suit, suction cup fingers, and a pig nose.

    If they take Morbius seriously and do him right, they might have a chance, but why go with him when you're ignoring some of the all time classic villains like Rhino, Scorpion, Shocker, Carnage, Kraven, and Vulture?
  • No. No vampires in Spiderman. This isn't Dracula. I don't want Spidy to turn goth in this one or whatever. Keep it with Lizard, Vulture, hell, even Kraven. Fun villains.
  • Didn't Raimi kind of cover the vampire scene with 30 Days of Night? It seems like the Spiderman franchise is running out of storylines. Oh wait, that may because Raimi killed off almost every villain in the universe!
  • Aleric
    I would have to agree with Robert again, stop dude you are making me look bad. Rami is really killing this series, he started to lose me when he chose Kirsten Dunst for Mary Jane and the stories keep getting worse, not to mention the throw away villains.

    Its sad that they seem to think the Villains in the Spiderman series are too corny but they kept Spiderman the same. I don't think they understand that the people coming to see the movies are there foe the comic series characters they grew up with.
  • Sidenote: the cropped bottom half of that comic picture is a barely-clothed, large-breasted cartoon woman.

    Sidesidenote: that image is ridiculous.

    On point: I think it's an awful choice only because there are other great choices out there. But I also realize that Raimi was publicly pitching the idea to gauge a response of sorts. Sort of sly., Raimi....
  • Romeo Garcia
    No no no....We all want the lizard or elektro or carnage...that's it!...don't screw up like spiderman 3 ok sam?,,,please
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