VENOM Director Explains Why Eddie Brock's Symbiote Doesn't Have The Iconic White Spider Logo On Its Chest

VENOM Director Explains Why Eddie Brock's Symbiote Doesn't Have The Iconic White Spider Logo On Its Chest

On Friday, it was confirmed that Tom Hardy's Venom won't have the iconic white spider logo on his chest in the upcoming movie and now director Ruben Fleischer has explained this change to his appearance.

By JoshWilding - Jul 23, 2018 02:07 AM EST
Filed Under: Venom
Source: IGN
While there's no denying that the big screen version of Venom looks like he's been torn straight from the pages of the comic books, there's one very important component missing. We are, of course, referring to the white spider symbol that adorns his chest, something which was absent in the trailer shown in Hall H on Friday. So, what's the deal with that being left out of the upcoming movie?

"If you look at the comics, in Venom, there is just elements of white within his suit," says Ruben Fleischer. "Because our character does not originate from Spider-Man, it makes no sense to put a spider on his chest. We tried to be as accurate as we possibly could, even though some people feel it's inaccurate, but there is a lot of white and we wanted to give him a distinctive pattern."
 
What that pattern will be remains to be seen and we probably won't be able to take a proper look at that until the new trailer is released online. It turns out that there is actually a good reason for giving him some sort of logo in the movie, though, and it's actually quite practical according to the filmmaker. 

"If you have an all-black character, especially in night scenes, he just kind of disappears. Since we couldn't use the Spider-Man symbol, we wanted to give him another graphic element, and those veins that kind of form a shape on his chest was an original idea that we just thought looked really cool." How do you guys feel about this? As always, let us know your thoughts on that down below.
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ChrisRed
ChrisRed - 7/23/2018, 2:11 AM
It's that Venom doesn't have the spider when he has nothing to do with Spider-Man.

If Spidey is included later at some point, the suit could bond with him and then have the white spider when it returns to Eddie.
That would actually be kind of cool imo.
ChrisRed
ChrisRed - 7/23/2018, 2:12 AM
*it's fine that Venom doesn't have the white spider
kylo0607
kylo0607 - 7/23/2018, 2:16 AM
If the film is not set in the Spider universe, I don't see a reason why there should be a spider logo.
RolandD
RolandD - 7/23/2018, 4:19 AM
@kylo0607 - I don’t see why there should be a venom if it’s not set in the spider universe.
mastakilla39
mastakilla39 - 7/23/2018, 8:56 AM
@RolandD - its because venom is awesome with or without spiderman. you can still make a good film and great char study thats differ. we cant wait til spiderman 6 to get venom, thats too long and franchise fatigue will be here by that time.

i rather Venom be like deadpool and leave their meeting open-ended as the MCU is too slow.
RolandD
RolandD - 7/23/2018, 9:09 AM
@mastakilla39 - Well, I’ve never been a big Venom fan, so there’s that. Hope you enjoy it when it comes out.
kylo0607
kylo0607 - 7/23/2018, 9:33 AM
@RolandD - Yes, to your first sentence as well.
Tonic24k
Tonic24k - 7/23/2018, 10:49 AM
@RolandD - Mic drop
ManofSteel23
ManofSteel23 - 7/23/2018, 2:18 AM
So he won’t be using webbing either then?
rebellion
rebellion - 7/23/2018, 2:21 AM
Really, like we didnt figure that out by ourselves. Yawn.
789
789 - 7/23/2018, 2:26 AM
This is going to be Fantastic Four of 2015........[frick] you Sony!!!
Kevwebsz
Kevwebsz - 7/23/2018, 2:30 AM


sigh
ThunderThighs
ThunderThighs - 7/23/2018, 2:36 AM
Friendly reminder that Venom also lacked the huge spider on his chest in the Ultimate universe:
Dredd97
Dredd97 - 7/23/2018, 8:27 AM
@BootyPeep - BUT, BUT NO SPIDER-MAN MEANS THIS WILL [frick]ING TANK! How dare you think otherwise. Don't try to bring facts into this either.
ThunderThighs
ThunderThighs - 7/23/2018, 9:12 AM
@SmokingMan - Tbh, I'm by far more pumped for Venom than I'll ever be for Spider-Verse.
Starscream24
Starscream24 - 7/23/2018, 9:44 AM
@BootyPeep - Friendly reminder is that I don't care.

Make mine MCU or we're through!
BeyondTheGrave
BeyondTheGrave - 7/23/2018, 10:57 AM
@BootyPeep - Yeah but that was changed later

ARMUS
ARMUS - 7/23/2018, 2:38 AM
Can't wear white after Labor Day, P Diddy uninvited him to his white party, Once you go black you don't go back, White Spider Symbol appears because of SpiderMan, Venom comes all over him, Boom! -white Spider. It's cool, never understood where the white markings, teeth and the Johnson looking tongue came from, it's a black oil based creature, also where is Brocks head, when Venoms mouth opens it opens wide and far back, no human head inside, maybe it's explained in the Comics.
Matador
Matador - 7/23/2018, 5:40 AM
@ARMUS - You know I was wondering that too if Venom bites someone's head off how does Brock swallow it?
BloodyBed
BloodyBed - 7/23/2018, 6:22 AM
@Cayde6 - dude, this has been my question since the first time I heard venom ate people. There’s a [frick]ing human in there. Not an alien stomachache, a human one. Wtf.
emeraldtaurus
emeraldtaurus - 7/23/2018, 2:41 AM
Agree with him totally....actually very clever how they handled it. And Venom looks awesome ...yu gotta admit. The Cgi used is very impressive.
L0RDbuckethead
L0RDbuckethead - 7/23/2018, 2:44 AM
Fleischer, Sony, and even Hardy himself have said that this take on Venom will draw heavily from the Lethal Protector storyline. In that story, Venom has the white symbol. They've also said that even though it will borrow from Lethal Protector, the character himself will resemble Ultimate Venom (no white symbol) from the comics:

SuperSomething616
SuperSomething616 - 7/23/2018, 3:12 AM
@L0RDbuckethead - Ultimate Venom never made any sense at first cause when Peter wore the suit it had the white spider on it...

Even later on in the Ultimate universe Ultimate Venom had the White Spider...

I kinda see what theyre saying that it doesnt make sense since theres no connection to Spiderman...but again in that Venom makes no sense...lol
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