10 Reasons We've Already Given Up On The Amazing Spider-Man 2
7. Electros Characterization
Electro is one of the first villains Stan Lee and Steve Ditko created for the Spider-Man universe and is notable for his overly simple origin story: a lineman named Max Dillon gets zapped while working on a job, develops superpowers, and decides to use these powers to be a crook. Electro is a blue-collar villain to the core, is never the mastermind, and is very rarely featured in Spider-Man comic storylines as being the guy. Beyond Electros Dr. Manhattan meets Star Wars Sith Lord look, many of the films promos portray the villain as being dark, brooding and mysterious. In one scene, we see Spider-Man confront Electro (played by Jamie Foxx) and the villain keeps talking about his anger, as if hes an electrified version of Bruce Banners Hulk. Theres none of the humor or brightness that typically accompanies these early Lee/Ditko characters. Instead, Electro resembles just another in a long line of angry, no-personality villains. Additionally, director Marc Webb has said time and time again that he is the main bad guy in this movie, despite the fact that his most memorable appearances in the comic books came as part of a larger supervillain group like the Sinister Six.
Mark is a professional writer living in Brooklyn and is the founder of the Chasing Amazing Blog, which documents his quest to collect every issue of Amazing Spider-Man, and the Superior Spider-Talk podcast. He also pens the "Gimmick or Good?" column at Comics Should Be Good blog.
