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Puffy Treat
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Now there's a character I didn't expect to see in the films...

Boy, this is almost completely wrong on the details of the original comic character.

*geek nitpicking*

Peter's first girlfriend was Betty Brant.

He didn't even -know- Gwen in high school, much less date her.

And her being his "first love" is arguable. First long-term, beyond-infatuation love, perhaps.

*end geek nitpicking*

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Is she the sylph of a girl who was in The Village?
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Puffy Treat
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I believe so, yes. I recall her performance being the sole bright spot in that otherwise painfully bad film.
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Interesting. I wonder if this introduction is because Kirsten Dunst has said she wouldn't do another movie after the 3rd. This way they can keep a love interest in the franchise going forward.

--Enigmatic

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In other Bryce Dallas news, she's been cast to play Rosalind in Kenneth Branagh's upcoming As You Like It.

I can't wait. [Smile]

edit: ooh. That link beat me to the news. [Smile] It looks like a fantastic cast though!!

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Topher Grace is playing a bad guy?!

THIS should be interesting.

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He's playing Venom. It's kind of crazy.
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TomDavidson
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What's odd for me is that the Gwen Stacy storyline here has been pretty much completely inverted, given that we've already done the Green Goblin bit.
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Yeah, that's confusing and weird.
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erosomniac
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quote:
He's playing Venom. It's kind of crazy.
He's WHAT?!
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It's a little-known fact that Topher Grace is an alien polymorph. This is actually a role he was born to play.
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Puffy Treat
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Well Tom...they may be drawing on the "Ultimate" Gwen Stacy, who bore little similarity to "Marvel Universe" Gwen Stacy in her story arc and eventual death.

Likewise, I think that Topher Grace -might- be playing a character closer to the "Ultimate" version of Venom.

Just my speculation.

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Last I heard Topher was playing Chameleon. When did this change? (Granted, that was a long time ago)
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And I just checked imdb.com, and Betty Brant is being played by Elizabeth Banks. That's the receptionist at the newspaper.
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Link to Villains Leak

So it's been known at least since then that Topher Grace would be Venom. As I said still weird, unless they really do make it like an Ultimate Venom type thing.

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Puffy Treat
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She played Betty Brant in the two previous Spidey films, FC.
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Is it just me or is anyone else kind of dreading this movie coming out? Or, not dreading, but looking forward to it with apprehension, instead of unbridled glee.
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Eh, I'm more worried about X-Men 3 than Spider-Man 3, just based on rumors.
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(Showing his age)

Opie's daughter is playing Gwen Stacy?

Maybe now my comic book will increase in value.

Well, between The Village and Firefly, she has already shown pretty incredible range.

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Puffy Treat
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Who was she in 'Firefly'? I'm checking her IMDB page, nothing's listed.
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She looks like the girl who played YoSaffBridg, but her name is Christina Hendricks.

Ni!

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Puffy Treat
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Uh, Christina Hendricks looks a bit more...I dunno...worldly than miss Howard. [Wink]
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Guess you're right. Coulda sworn we checked the credits, too.
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Puffy Treat
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Nah, they're different people. [Smile]
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Wait, there's no more Mary Jane?
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Puffy Treat
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Kirsten Dunst is in the film, as MJ.

MJ and Gwen co-existed in the comic for many years.

Think "Love Triangle". [Smile]

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I thought they'd use the Black Cat for the love triangle angle.
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Puffy Treat
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The "Catwoman" film is still too recent a memory.
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I find it amusing that the current storyline in Ultimate Spider-Man is using Kitty Pryde as a love triangle element. [Smile]
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Lyrhawn
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Stupid Catwoman ruining a possibly great character.

I was hoping they'd introduce the Hobgoblin and the Black Cat in the same episode and make that story arc work. Her hidden alias was in love with Harry, who was really a bad guy fighting with spiderman, who in superhero form she was in love with, but had no romantic feelings for Peter Parker.

Talk about complicated, it's like a love pentagon, but with three people.

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Puffy Treat
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Kitty Pryde will be "Ultimate Spider-Girl".

*pause*

Well, laugh! It's funny!

*sigh*

Bendis, Bendis, Bendis. I sort of lost my love for USM during his Carnage story.

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quote:
Originally posted by Puffy Treat:
Now there's a character I didn't expect to see in the films...

He didn't even -know- Gwen in high school, much less date her.

And her being his "first love" is arguable. First long-term, beyond-infatuation love, perhaps.

*end geek nitpicking*

He is no longer in high school in spiderman 3. He was in college in spiderman 2.
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He is no longer in high school in spiderman 3. He was in college in spiderman 2.
He's referring to the article's mention of Gwen as Peter's high school crush:

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Gwen is pivotal in Spider-Man lore as Peter's high school crush, his girlfriend and his first love. She ended up being kidnapped by the Green Goblin and died during a bridgetop battle in "Amazing Spider-Man" issue 121.

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Puffy Treat
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ero is right, I was referring to the article's description of the original comics character.
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