8 Superhero Movie Concept Designs Better Than We Actually Got
3. A More Accurate Rhino (The Amazing Spider-Man 2)
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Though the first Amazing Spider-Man movie managed to largely provide a reinvigorating take on the Spidey mythos, with Andrew Garfield's Peter Parker and Emma Stone's Gwen Stacy possessing bags of chemistry, the sequel stumbled in a great many places - most notably with its villains.
Though Jamie Foxx had all the potential to be a great version of Electro, his role in the film just didn't offer anything different, with the actor's performance repeating worn-out stereotypes surrounding tech-nerds and social-recluses. Paul Giamatti's Rhino was especially wasted, with the actor making only two appearances at either end of the film, and the less that's said about Dane Dehaan's Goblin, the better.
Though the design for Harry's Goblin wasn't top, Rhino's was especially controversial. Instead of wearing his classic Rhino suit from the comics, Giamatti was thrust into a giant Rhino-like mech. Earlier concept art does, however, show the actor in a more comics-accurate suit - one more you'd be more likely to find in the Gladiator's armoury than in Fort Bragg.
WhatCulture's very own resident movie guy, Ewan has been working in the content creation biz for over 10 years now, having started as a freelance contributor to WhatCulture Gaming all the way back in 2015. After graduating with a First-Class Honours in History from Northumbria University in 2017 (where he won a prize for a totally killer dissertation on the Watergate years), Ewan took on the role of Comics Editor at WhatCulture and quickly developed WhatCulture Comics into one of the biggest superhero-focused channels on YouTube. He followed this with a brief hiatus at Screen Rant in 2021, where he worked across the Gaming and Film sections as a writer and editor, before returning to WhatCulture as a Senior Content Producer / Presenter in 2023. He started his own podcast, We Love Dad Movies, in 2022, and has contributed several written pieces to the Eisner-nominated comics website Shelfdust as well.
In his current role, Ewan incorporates his love of cinema, comic books, and history into written pieces and video essays for WhatCulture's Film & TV channel, as well as WhatCulture Gaming and WhatCulture Horror, with a particular focus on nineties-era Dad Movies, old school Westerns, and Golden Age Hollywood Noir. John Carpenter is his fave, and he thinks Batman Beyond should never have been cancelled. If that's your vibe, you'll probably like his stuff.
