I know, the name is dumb. But honestly one of the more satisfying parts of the movie was watching the Symbiote blobs be so viscous, gross and well, sticky. The whole thing kinda reminds me of those sticky hands that you get at a carnival or dollar store. You swing it at smooth surfaces, people, etc. Until one day it's darkened and covered in layers of dirt and fur, and then it's no use to anyone. That's all probably some kind of analogy for the movie. But look, I didn't hate the movie (sorry Dave), I even thought some of it actually had franchise potential. But there were 2 big problems for me; firstly the pacing was terrible, meaning that you watch the entire first hour of the movie not giving a shit about the failing, overacted, "everyday life" that Eddie "the handsome hobo" Brock leads. Relationship jargon, career obstacles and a bunch of other things fail to interest the viewer, leaving me asking myself "when is he going to start Venom-ing?!". Once the action builds, the problem becomes more centered on your terrible, predictable villain and unsure footing on the nature of the film. Is this a comedy? I don't know. You don't know. In the ep. I go into the unique marketing challenges they faced domestically and abroad for Venom, but its just been a mess. My wife, with no exposure to Venom in the comics, was actually surprised to find out after he's a Marvel bad guy (or at least was for the longest time, pre modern story arcs).
Let's talk about something better. After getting into (and being transformed by) the vignettes in Ballad of Buster Scruggs, I was on a Western bender. So that meant dusting off Red Dead Redemption 2, and putting it back on top of the "to play" pile. I've well exhausted the amount of ways to praise that game, but I will say I'm still finding new ways to have fun. After hoofing it out to the wilderness for an adventure, I found my first alligator. And then another, and so on. Long story short, I spent most of Sunday shooting, exploding and dying with the swamp's deadliest creature (save for Swampthing and Swamp Benders maybe). It's a good time, just don't drop your gun in the water!
In real life news, I have a son that's in development. My wife's rounding the 23 week mark in her pregnancy and we're getting pretty pumped. I actually felt the first little boop from our player 3, and it was awesome. The question remains; can we name him Arthur without everyone thinking it's Aquaman based? I have witnesses, it's not because of Arthur Curry, jeez. Or even Arthur Morgan. And probably not other Arthur's of renown either. But oh well, wait until you hear his middle name.
Anyway, that'll probably be my whole wrap on Venom and such. Take a listen and let me know what you guys think. And as always, feel free to hit me up with suggestions or comments on twitter.
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