Venom Trailer 2 Breakdown: 11 Things You Need To See
2. Whatever... This Line Was
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For the sake of ending all confusion with this line: yes, Venom does indeed use an analogy of a 'turd in the wind' to describe the impending limb-loss his victim is about to endure; not bird, not nerd - turd.
It's definitely a zinger, and obscures the tone of the film somewhat. The rest of the trailer positions the feature as a horror film first and foremost, which lines up with previous statements from the cast and crew that've likened it to the works of David Cronenberg, but this last line is just bizarre.
This isn't to say that the film shouldn't attempt to be funny - of course not. The issue, really, is that it's a tad juvenile; Venom can invoke enough terror just by standing around and offering threats without the faecal comparisons, and this last line somewhat reduces the menace his presence alone provides.
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.
