Comments on: Thomas Haden Church to Play Bad Guy in ‘Spider Man 3′

By: joe bob

joe bob — Tue, 05 Apr 2005 16:25:38 +0000

I believe you are all acting like children. but i do agree with you adout Thomas haden church as an actor. NO GOOD!. he was great in George of the Jungle, but not for spiderman 3. although i too am a big fan of venom i believe sand man is a very wise choice made by RAIMI. thats how you spell his name,not ramey. however i would prefer the lizard. my reason, i thought that the man playing the role of Doc Connors was a very good actor. you all are dissing Raimi but was it not HE that made TWO spiderman BLOCKBUSTERS of the previuos spiderman movies. You cant expect venom to appear out of nowhere and it be a BLOCKBUSTER. you can trust Sam!

By: Alex K

Alex K — Tue, 05 Apr 2005 00:49:20 +0000

I hate to say it, but you were right. Church is set to play Sandman. I like Sandman, but Venom is my # 1 favorite Spidey-Villain. Sam Riami had best put Venom in Spider-Man 4 or 5 at latest, however! For right now, I have a hatred for him as intense as Venom's for Spidey himself! And let me tell you, if I were his boss, and he pulled a no-Venom stunt like he just did, I would have already said: "RAIMI, YOU'RE FIRED!", booted the motherfucker out the door, and made it so that Vin Diesel played Venom in the 4th Spider-Man movie. You want my respect back, Raimi, you put Venom in either SPider-Man 4 or 5. And I can't believe you don't like Venom. Oh well, put him in 4 or 5, or I will make sure I go on strike just like all the other Venom fans will. Yeah, you heard me Raimi. Yeah, that's what I said. Yeah, you need to put Venom in Spider-Man 4 or 5, otherwise, I diss you but good. These are the words of a really pissed off Venom fan.

By: Dinkadoo

Dinkadoo — Mon, 28 Mar 2005 17:47:02 +0000

Thomas Haden Church is a sellout.

By: Alex Klarfeld

Alex Klarfeld — Sun, 27 Mar 2005 01:43:50 +0000

Nuts! You remind me of a bully I knew when I was in first grade! I'll explain-he liked to use big, tough and strong words, just like you, and he would often say reasons for something not being possible, just like you said Church couldn't play Venom, but when me and my classmates had taken enough and started beating him up-HE STARTED BRIUSING LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE! I think you can see through the indirectness of this message, and you know what I'm saying.

By: Yo!Adriene!

Yo!Adriene! — Sat, 26 Mar 2005 17:53:50 +0000

Haden can't play Venom, although I would love to see it! Venom is in my opinion the most interesting and challenging of all villains. It seems like most Spider-Man villains deep down inside... usually with the help of the "love of a woman" (or family member) don't really want to be villains at all. Therefore, to establish Venom and the feud that develops between Peter and Eddie Brock (and certain women) at this point would be cinematically difficult. As many of you have noted, the door was left open for The Lizard, aka Doc Connors. If Ramey chooses to open a new look into Peterâs life which incorporates Brock, I will be surprised because at this point, from the movie standpoint, we know more about Connors than Brock.

Hadenâs an excellent choice for the Lizard and Dr. Connors. He certainly has a duality to him that can be both intelligent and scary, both handsome and as aforementioned âlizard lookingâ.

By: Alex Klarfeld

Alex Klarfeld — Sat, 26 Mar 2005 04:08:38 +0000

I accept your apology. By the way, I forgot to tell you something. Remember how you said that Sony was in charge of the Spider-Man movies and that they would not allow Venom to be used? Well, I have news for you, big boy. On the same site I saw the poster that I mentioned, it said at the top that SONY had announced Venom would be in Spider-Man 3. It said it, and I took a good look at the poster, recalling how you said it was copied and pasted. My eyes don't lie, and it wasn't. It was the real thing, exactly like the # 2 one with Doc Ock. So, like I said before, nothing against your opinion or thought, I simply know for a fact Venom will be in the movie ALONG with Harry the Goblin. I see nothing wrong with 2 villains anyway.

By: Tor

Tor — Sat, 26 Mar 2005 03:56:38 +0000

I was just joking about the drugs. I apologize if that is not true and I offended you

By: Alex Klarfeld

Alex Klarfeld — Sat, 26 Mar 2005 03:36:19 +0000

Listen up. Maybe I'll stop swearing. But I'll have you know that I don't do drugs. I'm not nearly that stupid. But I do know one thing. I need not to swear, and you need to back off, because I know in the back of my head that Venom will be in Spidey 3, whether you wanna believe it or not. Nothing against your opinion, I just know it for a fact. All I'll say now is-JUST WAIT.

By: Tor

Tor — Sat, 26 Mar 2005 03:11:21 +0000

Wow, you have to be the most gullible person I have ever seen. You really shouldn't believe everything you see on the internet. The poster you saw was a fake that somebody copied and pasted. Every site with the poster has even said so. And it was not made official as you said because Sony has not released a statement saying so. The action figure you saw, was an actual toy that is being released with new Lizard and Green Goblin toys in conjunction with a new Spider-man web blaster toy. You need to calm down, get some common sense, increase your vocabulary beyond swears, and stop taking ecstasy or acid or whatever illegal drug you on. By the way, as I have already stated many times on this forum, the movie rights to the character Venom are owned by New Line Cinema and not Sony. Even if Raimi wanted to use Venom in the third movie (Which he has repeatedly said he doesn't) he does not have the rights to and New Line Cinema has publicly stated they will not sell them.

By: Alex Klarfeld

Alex Klarfeld — Sat, 26 Mar 2005 00:19:34 +0000

To all you motherfuckers who think Venom will not be in Spider-Man 3-HE WILL BE! It's already official-I saw his huge, scary face on the Spider-Man 3 poster along with the Goblin(Harry)in the distance. Plus, one of my pals got a Spider-Man 3 action figure, and it was so Venom it's not even goddamn funny! Thomas Haden Church is going to play Venom-ask one site I went on-they said it looked likely, and didn't know about the poster I saw, and plus, VENOM WON THE VOTE FAIR AND SQUARE! So YOU get over it, you assholes! Venom is in Spidey 3 along with Harry the Goblin and that's final! Wake up, smell the coffee, and face facts, you bloody sons of bitches!

By: Tor

Tor — Fri, 25 Mar 2005 21:39:00 +0000

VENOM WILL NOT BE IN SP3. I don't know why people keep saying he will be. New Line Cinema owns the movie rights to Venom and won't allow Sony to use them. If you don't believe me then google "Venom Movie" and you will eventually find the "official" website that show this. There is a better chance of Hot Wheel appearing in the movie than Venom. SO GET OVER IT. NO VENOM!!!!!! NO VENOM!!!!!!!!!!!! WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!! NO VENOM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!

By: the round one

the round one — Fri, 25 Mar 2005 18:30:55 +0000

have ne of u guys seen Thomas Haden Church? he looks like the PERFECT eddie brock. they wudnt change the cast, theres no reason to. sandman and vulture wud be horrible, and now we no it isnt the lizard. im willing to bet it IS goin to be venom

By: WERb

WERb — Fri, 25 Mar 2005 04:41:52 +0000

I sat next to Thomas Hayden Church on a plane from Texas to New York 2 days ago (March 22). I had heard he was hired as a villain for SM3 before the trip and since I recognized him, I asked him the million dollar question. All he would tell me is that everyone will be shocked.

By: Tor

Tor — Fri, 25 Mar 2005 04:10:35 +0000

Hey Carnage, are you sure that Sandman and Harry are cousins I never heard that, but then again I didn't read many comics. If they are, then I believe that you are correct in guessing the villains (you win a cookie). The two spider-man stories I want to see the most are Sinister Six and Maximum Carnage(The game Max C was so freaking cheap). I'm sure you would like a Maximum Carnage movie, wouldn't you?

By: Cletus Kassidy

Cletus Kassidy — Fri, 25 Mar 2005 03:43:01 +0000

TRUST ME IT'S SANDMAN! although i was rooting for venom i was lead to beleive that SM3 is following this storyline which is TRUE:

With Harry finding all his dads equipment at the end of the last movie, it would make sense to make him green goblin 2 as in the comics. Thomas Church is the other mystery villian. Now, Thomas church kind of looks like William Dafoe which leads me to think that they have cast him as Sandman because in the comics the Sandman was Norman Osbornes cousin. Besides he is too old to play Venom and Tobey and Sam had both said they like that character.
They could show the Sandman breaking out of prison in the beginning of the movie where he hides in some type of chemical plant and gets his powers. After which he goes and finds his family member Harry Osborne. He would no doubt want to help Harry avenge Normans death. We would have some great fight scenes of those two teaming up against spidey. In this Movie they should show Peter staying close with Dr. Curt conners to further develope him because he would be the villain in spider-man 4.