The Amazing Spider-Man : Unfortunate irony …

Unfortunate irony …

In the comics the Lizard is generally portrayed sympathetically but in the movies he's probably the least sympathetic of all the villains (aside from Venom).

One of Raimi's faults was definitely that he way overdid trying to make the villains sympathetic (I think it only really worked for Dr. Octopus who especially took away a lot of the Lizard's story).

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One of Raimi's faults was definitely that he way overdid trying to make the villains sympathetic


You mean making them according to the comics?


really worked for Dr. Octopus who especially took away a lot of the Lizard's story).


You mean like in the comics? I clearly remember that in the comics Dock. Ock started out as a enthusiastic scientist who wanted to make breakthrough in science, but after failed experiment with radiation affected his brain, he turned evil. Sounds familiar?

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The Sandman generally wasn't a sympathetic character, although he tried to reform for a handful of years much later on, let alone as much as Raimi made him and the Green Goblin, although he had a bit of tragedy in his origin, also wasn't as sympathetic as Raimi made him.

Dr. Octopus has more often been used as a figure parallel to Peter Parker so making him more sympathetic felt more natural and appropriate but him having a wife/family life before his accident felt like taking away from the Lizard's story.

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Sandman was made into an anti-hero long time before Raimi made Spider-Man 3. He fought along side Spider-Man quite a few times in comics.

Raimi did not make Green Goblin a sympathetic character. He made Norman Osborn a sympathetic character, since that is the essence of the character. Norman Osborn was portrayed in the comics as more of a victim of his unstable mind rather than a straightforward villain.

You want to talk about comic book villains that were made more sympathetic in movies in order to appeal to the audience? You should address your problems to Loki. He was never as sympathetic in the comics as he is in the movies.

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