Analysis on Venom’s lines

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When I saw the new Venom Trailer, I loved it. Venom was my favorite villain in Spiderman when I was young when I used to watch the animated series. Spiderman overall is my number one favorite guy and Venom, was my favorite villain. 

So when I saw the trailer, I love the portrayal of the Eddie Brock’s Venom, but something about the lines in the end kinda made me tilt my head. I couldn’t tell if I should be laughing or afraid when Venom began to threaten the thief in the store, you know, when he said that he will eat him? Let’s break it down. 

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The “We” pronoun is very profound when it comes to Venom, since the symbiotic has a relationship with Eddie. But what made is unnerving is how he said it with an emphasis towards the robber (Im assuming since Eddie said they will hurt only bad people). The list he gives out is very interesting to hear and see in the caption. “Both your arms, both your legs and we will eat your face right off your head”. My first reaction to hearing this being said to a criminal is laughter but Venom…keeps going. He kept going and going and the laughter slowly died down until my face looked like this. 

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The laughter slowly dies down and it becomes uncomfortable. 

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If you notice, Venom is getting bigger or appearing to get larger and more intimidating as he towers over this guy. Never losing his beat as he continued threatening him by making him imagine his own torso rolling down the street, which is a pretty scary thing to imagine.  Not only that but look at the words, the way it is spread out and organized. It is in the exact same order on what he plans on doing to the criminal, who will soon become an armless, legless, faceless thing. In writing, this is very good. When making a list, it has to be in order to have an effect and it did. 

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This line, I felt was suppose to be a moment of “dark humor”. I didn’t laugh, but it made me nervous on how Venom actually sees people, people he can “eat” or kill. He could do anything to them and make them feel worthless. As a viewer, its not suppose to make you laugh out loud. Its a funny phrase. But not in the moment because your still hearing Venom speak. He is not joking. He is dead serious. That’s why this scene, is not suppose to make you laugh, it suppose to make you sit there in suspense. Because Venom is describing what he will do, in the future, to this guy. He doesn’t know when its coming. We know its coming but we don’t know “when.” Which makes you sit there in dread as you watch this black, demon looking mass staring you down. 

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Just look at this guy’s face! The whole time, when Venom is speaking, he is physically shaking. Because Venom is scary but what he is saying, is also scary.  And Venom is holding him there and making him listen. Forcing him to look at him. 

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And this scene. Eddie is smiling. He knows Venom is about to straight up kill this guy and he is smiling. From everything Venom said before, it feels like Eddie is accepting it. Another scary thought as he is almost becoming blood thirsty (which makes sense in comics and animation and so on.) We are beginning to see Eddie cross over to the Venom side. 

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I feel that the movie is going have dark humor which is great to see because this is about an antihero. We are seeing jokes cracked by an Antihero which stays in their character. These lines will make you laugh but then the laughter dies….and you sit there….listening, watching how this will end until you see him eat the guy. Then its not so funny. This is a great example dark humor played in effect. 

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To those who think this is “out of character” or “forced Marvel humor” or “tonal whiplash between trying to be funny and dark”. May I point you towards Lethal Protector, the comic the Venom movie is basing its premise on.

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(I will call out bullshit if Venom is casually eating people in the movie, because THAT is out of character for Venom.)

OOOOOHH well now I’ve seen the source material this ridiculous line doesn’t bother me so much. Roll on Venom.