Venom Trailer 2 Breakdown: 11 Things You Need To See
3. Symbiote Separation (And An Identity Confirmed)
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In by far the best looking moment in the trailer, where Venom and Riot merge together to fight each other in their primal forms (which also, by the way, looks strikingly similar to the intro to the nineties Spider-Man cartoon), you can actually see Carlton Drake in the symbiote. It's slightly spoiler-y, as the transformation had only been hinted at before, but still, it's a striking image that harkens back to some of the character's most iconic looks in the comics.
It's unclear what triggers this separation, but if the film carries over the symbiotes' weaknesses of fire and sound, then it may be possible they're suffering from those effects. If you look in the background, you can also see what looks to be a rocket of sorts - could the pair be caught up in a launch gone wrong?
It's that, or they're duking it out at a nearby museum. Either way, this looks to be the film's final confrontation, which may potentially mean that Carnage won't be appearing - at least in a key way.
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.
