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Haven't we been over this time and time again?
It doesn't matter how popular a character is so long as the movie makes them interesting.
The general audience really didn't know a whole lot about any of the Avengers characters before the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
Likewise with Ra's al Ghul and Scarecrow in Batman Begins.
Plus, I don't think Rhino was ever that popular in the first place. Ask random people to name 10 Spider-Man villains, and I bet very few of them would name Rhino.
It doesn't matter how popular a character is so long as the movie makes them interesting.
The general audience really didn't know a whole lot about any of the Avengers characters before the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
Likewise with Ra's al Ghul and Scarecrow in Batman Begins.
Plus, I don't think Rhino was ever that popular in the first place. Ask random people to name 10 Spider-Man villains, and I bet very few of them would name Rhino.
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Haven't we been over this time and time again?
It doesn't matter how popular a character is so long as the movie makes them interesting.
The general audience really didn't know a whole lot about any of the Avengers characters before the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
Likewise with Ra's al Ghul and Scarecrow in Batman Begins.
Plus, I don't think Rhino was ever that popular in the first place. Ask random people to name 10 Spider-Man villains, and I bet very few of them would name Rhino.
It doesn't matter how popular a character is so long as the movie makes them interesting.
The general audience really didn't know a whole lot about any of the Avengers characters before the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
Likewise with Ra's al Ghul and Scarecrow in Batman Begins.
Plus, I don't think Rhino was ever that popular in the first place. Ask random people to name 10 Spider-Man villains, and I bet very few of them would name Rhino.
Eh I love both characters but I think how mainstream they were prior to Batman Begins is debatable. Aside from the comics they were probably largely known to people who watched Batman: The Animated Series.
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You =/= everyone
The big assumption you are making there is that everyone actually watches cartoons. They don't. Cartoons have the same stigma that comics do: most people think they're for children.
Also, a quick wikipedia search shows Spencer Smythe was in the cartoon as well. So your point about people knowing Rhino from the cartoon is invalid regardless. If people remember Rhino from the cartoon, they likely remember Smythe as well.
Citation needed.
I was a kid in the 90s. (Well a teenager really but still a kid.) I didn't watch B:TAS.
Also, a quick wikipedia search shows Spencer Smythe was in the cartoon as well. So your point about people knowing Rhino from the cartoon is invalid regardless. If people remember Rhino from the cartoon, they likely remember Smythe as well.
Citation needed.
I was a kid in the 90s. (Well a teenager really but still a kid.) I didn't watch B:TAS.
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Also, Rhino was in far more episodes than whoever the f Spencer Smythe is.
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But they know who Electro and Rhino are? C'mon. And people knew who Ra's al Ghul was before Batman Begins? There is no way you actually believe that. I was a comic book fan growing up and I barely knew anything. I bet if you asked people who'd seen all three Batman movies, many would be hard pressed to come up with Liam Neeson's character name. I watched plenty of B:TAS and don't remember him at all from there.
Spider-man's villains start and end with Green Goblin and Doctor Octopus for 99% of the population. Everyone else is as random as the next.
Spider-man's villains start and end with Green Goblin and Doctor Octopus for 99% of the population. Everyone else is as random as the next.
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I certainly remember this dude, seen Saturday mornings on fox.
Maybe if you're retarded. I was actually intelligent as a child, so I could remember cartoon characters' names.
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Also, I am not 40 yet. I am 34. I was born in 1979.
But the thing you are doing is making the general assumption that everyone is like you, and everyone watched and remembers the same cartoon.
Again, you =/= everyone
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As far as this movie is concerned, it doesn't matter if people know who these characters are from any source. It appears they will have so little resemblance to their counterparts in other mediums that all it would do is cause more confusion in those with a higher level of familiarity.
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He also appeared prominently in the 90's cartoon and the Spider Slayers showed up quite a few times as well.
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As far as this movie is concerned, it doesn't matter if people know who these characters are from any source. It appears they will have so little resemblance to their counterparts in other mediums that all it would do is cause more confusion in those with a higher level of familiarity.
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And Rhino is a few jumbly parts shy of looking he might have exjected from Soundwave in one of the Bayformers flicks.
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Right? If I didn't know that was supposed to be Rhino I wouldn't even think it was a person at all. Looks like some kind of vehicle or something. The sad part is Spidey himself is looking better than ever but I have a feeling this movie is going to suck.
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I recently rewatched the last one and still enjoy it despite a few issues. But this one seems like it's going to be Spider-Man 3 REDUX in the worst possible way.
I'm okay with setting up Green Goblin and Rhino and any other number of villains with cameos or name drops. But why have three villains in one shot? How are we to give a crap about Harry when he becomes the Green Goblin (or whatever they choose to call him) if it happens in the first movie we ever see him?
I'm okay with setting up Green Goblin and Rhino and any other number of villains with cameos or name drops. But why have three villains in one shot? How are we to give a crap about Harry when he becomes the Green Goblin (or whatever they choose to call him) if it happens in the first movie we ever see him?