Twelve Villains You Should See in Spider-Man 4 (and who should play them)

Over at the Comic By Comic blog, there is an impressive list of 12 villains the author would like to see in Spider-man 4. Here are my top choices from that list. He did a great job. Check it out to see if you agree.


The Lizard
This is a no-brainer; the Lizard is a villain with a great visual look and a huge amount of ferocity that's been missing from previous villains and - of course - there's the fact that his alter-ego Curt Conners has been in the past two movies as Peter Parker's professor, played by Dylan Baker.

Honestly, it'd be rude not to have the Lizard make an appearance!


The Black Cat
There were rumors that Black Cat would be turning up in the past Spider-Man movie, and I'd still like to see here here for a couple of reasons; a lighthearted cat burglar could be a nice change of pace from the melodramatic villains of movies past; there's an automatic 'piss-of-MJ' factor built in to the character; she's the only female character on the list; and, finally; that's one great costume.

As for who could play her, Eliza Dushku's name was floating around last time, and I think that's particularly good casting...

...as, apparently, do photshop fanboy types:

Failing that, however, there's always a bunch of attractive cosplayers out there...



Mysterio
Everyone loves ol' goldfish-bowl-head, and he's tailor made for movies, being all about special effects and illusions. The costume would need updating, of course, but even so - there's something about Mysterio that would make for a great movie villain.

As for who to play him, need I say the name?
The Vulture

Old baldy is one of the more random choices, but I'd like to see him because he'd add something different to the hero-villain dynamic; age. Yes, Peter had mentor-type relationships with the movie versions of Green Goblin and Doc Ock, but here there could be something more: would Spidey really be comfortable fighting someone old enough to be his Uncle Ben? Then there's the great possibility of aerial combat. This has been touched on with the Goblins in movies past, but this could take it to another level.

And would anyone be better than Ben Kingsley? (Thanks, Jonathan!)

He looks more and more like the guy from Geri's Game every day, doesn't he?

The Scorpion

Remember what I said about guys dressed as animals making bad villains? Forget it when it comes to this guy - for a start off, the suit is more obviously functional. For another thing, the comic Mac Gargan of recent years has become decidedly more psychotic; graft that personality, without the symbiote, on to the character and you have a pretty deadly villain.

I'd like to see someone physically imposing cast here - someone who isn't necessarily that tall, but can beat the crap out of you, leap around and look hard doing it. Paging Mr Statham...




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