Venom Trailer 2 Reactions: 2 Ups & 7 Downs

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7. "In Association With Marvel"

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The trailer kicks off with the expected Sony studio tag, before throwing up an "In association with Marvel" title card, which is nothing if not a totally transparent attempt to tether the movie to the lucrative branding of the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

After all, your average cinemagoer doesn't know the difference between Marvel and Marvel Studios, so they'll watch the trailer, see this title card and readily expect a movie of the shockingly consistent quality the MCU has been churning out for a decade.

Sure, more passionate fans are tuned-in enough to know the difference, but the casual crowd is where the big bucks are, and so flashing up a huge Marvel logo was a totally calculated move to brazenly manipulate audiences. Not cool.

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