Obligatory disclaimer: real life sucks. Extra clause: I hate
myself for being me. I still hate my family for making everything worse, but,
sadly, after this weekend I re-examined myself and realized that I am a
worthless, pathetic, pitiful man myself that rather deserves this wretched life…
New topic, then?
So, Sony, in association with Marvel™, (and maybe Disney), will be releasing ‘Morbius’
this summer, (aka 2020). My first encounter with him was in 1990’s ‘Spider-Man
Animated Series’, where he was one of Spider-Man’s tougher and more resilient
foes, from S2 onwards. Why, he was something of a foil to Parker for a while –
just as a radioactive spider bit Peter, so a radioactive vampire bat bit
Michael! In the 2020 film, there is no Parker/Morbius rivalry, even though the
film is taking place in the Marvel™
universe: there are Easter eggs showing that this happened after Peter got
framed by Mysterio in the second Tom Holland ‘Spider-Man’ film, there are
direct references to both Tom Holland ‘Spider-Man’ movies and Sony’s ‘Venom-2018’
film, meaning that MCU and ‘Sony’s Universe of Marvel Characters’ are beginning
to merge. There are talks of Vulture or Scorpion, (from the first THSM film)
building MCU’s version of the ‘Sinister Six’ posse, an informal gathering of
six villains who aim to destroy Spider-Man, so who’s to say that this version
of this gang won’t feature Morbius, the living vampire?
Of course, since this is only the first trailer of what is
shaping to be a really good film, it is too early to tell if the Sinister Six
is coming to the silver screen anytime soon. Instead, obviously, this film will
be focusing on Morbius and his backstory – so far it’s too early to figure out
as to who will be Morbius’ opponent this time, but apparently, one of the
characters shown in the trailer might be MCU/SUMC version of Hunger, another
vampire villain from the Marvel™,
so why not? Yes, it is rather reminiscent of ‘Venom-2018’, where the titular
character had to face-off a villain who was a bigger, badder and stronger
version of him, (Riot), leaving us wondering as to what Carnage will bring to
the next ‘Venom’ movie: among the Marvel™
villains, Carnage isn’t the smartest one, he just prefers to run around and
kill everyone, while sprouting claws, blades and spikes – just as Riot did in ‘Venom-2018’,
so we’ll have to wait and see as to what MCU/SUMC Carnage will bring to the
table. Back to Morbius?
In some ways, the movie Morbius and the already-mentioned
Eddie from ‘Venom-2018’ are not too different: Eddie is, or was, a formidable
journalist, Morbius is a brilliant doctor. Eddie is suffering from
unemployment, Morbius – from some disease that is reminiscent of polio. Eddie
got a long-suffering girlfriend/fiancé that is supportive, but has some
reservations, and so does Morbius; Eddie’s Anne ends up helping him with Riot,
and Morbius’? There’s already some speculation – in the comics, Morbius’
girlfriend tends to end up a living vampire herself, and then tragically die,
whereas in the 1990’s ‘Spider-Man’ animated series Morbius ended up teaming
with the Black Cat, (Felicia Hardy) and Blade, (yes, think Wesley Snipes here),
to take down vampires back in Europe and beyond. Blade is returning to Marvel
movies after the Wesley Snipes trilogy, (also back in the 1990s), though he will
not be played by WS, but there is no sign of him here, in this trailer.
Instead, we get a glimpse of someone named Simon Stroud, who
used to be an S.H.I.E.L.D. agent in the comics, but here he will probably be a
FBI agent or someone similar, given that SUMC, MCU in general, and AoS in
particular have a rather complicated relationship with each other, but then
again, we’ll never know until the movie is released in summer 2020. Still,
there already is supposition that this Stroud character will be helping Morbius
out of tight spots, so yay for him! Eddie could also use someone like that, and
with the evidence that Vulture – or Scorpion – building a criminal posse, who is
to say that their paths – and that of Tom Holland’s Spider-Man – will not cross
anytime soon? It would certainly be cool!
…In other words, Tom Holland will be voicing a dog character
in the upcoming ‘Dolittle-2020’ movie alongside other illustrious actors,
including his old friend Robert Downey Jr., cough, who will be playing the
titular character, aka the Iron Man without armor but with a Welsh accent. Also
(kind of) yay – Tom Holland was really good as a voice actor in ‘Spies in
Disguise’ film back in 2019, and here, judging by the clips, he sounds quite
promising. Good for him and the rest of his co-stars in the upcoming 2020 ‘Dolittle’
movie, because as we have talked before, real life sucks.
Well, this is it for now – see you all soon!
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