10 Things Marvel Fans Don't Want To Accept About Sony's Marvel Universe

There are some hard truths about the main series, and those spinoffs, which need to be addressed...

Spider-Man 3 Venom
Sony Pictures

While Spider-Man is currently part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, the plan is for Tom Holland's Peter Parker to soon call two worlds home: the MCU and SPUMC (Sony Pictures' Universe of Marvel Characters). Of course, long before those ambitious plans were put in place, the hero was also the star of Sam Raimi's trilogy and The Amazing Spider-Man series.

There have been things about all of those that didn't quite stick the landing, though, and regardless of whether you loved or hated those interpretations of this iconic superhero, there are definitely some issues which need to be addressed.

From misconceptions about how the characters in these worlds should be portrayed to the future of Sony's shared Marvel world, Spider-Man fans rarely agree on how the wall-crawler should be handled on screen. Now, though, with the future looking brighter than ever, it seems like the perfect time to delve into what doesn't work and come to terms with them!

Sony has ambitious plans for the "SPUMC," and while there's certainly some excitement surrounding that, it's hard to imagine it ever truly finding success if the studio doesn't learn from these past mistakes. Of course, it won't be easy for some fans to accept these either...

10. Spider-Man 3 Did A Better Job With Venom's Origin Story Than Venom

Spider-Man 3 Venom
Sony Pictures

Venom was a critical flop, but a box office hit, and there are a lot of people out there who love the movie. That's all well and good, but as an origin story for Eddie Brock, it's hard to come to any other conclusion than it completely and utterly failed in that respect.

Taking aside the fact Spider-Man was M.I.A. (his presence would have been welcomed, but wasn't necessarily essential), Venom was little more than a generic, forgettable sci-fi flick with a bland, cookie cutter take on Eddie's first meeting with his symbiotic "other." Riot was an abysmal choice of lead villain, while director Ruben Fleischer just didn't have a good handle on any of the characters.

Spider-Man 3 may have rushed Venom's origin story - there's no denying that it was shoehorned into the third act - but it at least managed to do his comic book counterpart justice.

He was a photographer, hated Peter Parker (even with Spidey absent from Venom, Eddie's bitter, jealous side was M.I.A.), and made a deal with the devil... after being bonded with the alien in a church. It hit all the right beats, whereas the 2018 movie just dropped the ball in nearly every respect.

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