User blog comment:Jamie/Episode 7 - Amazing Spider-Man 2/@comment-1895174-20140520222350/@comment-3317214-20140523064425


 * Well, they are quite similar then. But having said that, abandonment isn't an uncommon cause of villainy. In terms of Marvel films, just last year we had one in Aldrich Killian. And you could to some extent, place Loki in this category too.
 * And being nerdy and overlooked are also traits that Max Dillon shares with Peter Parker. Which is a great feature of the writing, since it's the similarities between the hero and the villain that make the differences all the more contrasting.


 * I didn't mind the webbing hand thing. I thought it was kinda beautiful, and symbolic.


 * We don't know what the Sinister Six lineup will be. All you're going by with your "confirmed" roster, are images that showed up in the credits. Images of items that were in Special Projects at Oscorp. What's more, it's obviously not obvious that it's Chameleon's mask, as people have not only speculated that it's Mysterio, but also Black Cat. And, we don't know if the Sinister Six will be formed in Amazing Spider-Man 3, or the Sinister Six film.
 * And in so many interviews, Webb and Foxx mentioned that electricity doesn't die, hinting that Electro would return. For all we know, we could have a Sinister Six featuring Lizard, Electro, Rhino, Green Goblin and then another two. And if you consider Rhino's amount of screen time to be an adequate set-up, then it's not gonna take too much time.
 * Anyway, I'm not asking you to trust them, because if you don't like their treatment of the villains, then you don't really have a reason to trust them. But that's not the point - saying that they failed at setting up another movie is something entirely different. Since the Sinister Six movie doesn't exist yet, you can't judge how well it's been set up, because you don't know any of the content.


 * Also, wild speculation time: I have a feeling they didn't just get Academy Award winning Chris Cooper in to play Norman Osborn for one scene. I don't think he's dead. We didn't see him die, and he would've had the resources to fake his death fairly easily (or maybe preserve his body somehow, given that he was dying). What's more, being the brilliant Dad that he was, bringing Harry back, could've been a big set-up that allowed him to test the Spider-venom on someone else (although that's potentially a bit of a stretch). This would allow us to have a fully-fledged Norman Osborn Green Goblin in the future, with an surprising identity (at least for Peter) as Norman is presumed dead.