The Lizard May Be the Only Villain in SPIDER-MAN 4. Also, Some Sites May Just Make Up News for Traffic
by Matt Goldberg Posted:October 27th, 2009 at 7:15 pm
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Ugh. This is such a waste of time. I don’t even want to dignify this unsubstantiated bullshit about The Lizard being the only villain in “Spider-Man 4″ with a response. No one even knows if The Lizard will even be in Spidey 4 let alone its sole villain. You know how I know this? I know because the script is still being written. I know because the filmmakers are still working out the story. I know because this worthless article also says that “We all pretty much knew it would be The Lizard and/or Carnage…” It wasn’t down to The Lizard and Carnage! Carnage was always a highly unlikely choice seeing as Raimi has no love for Venom/alien symbiote and he wants to go with an old-school villain. At best, you could report that The Lizard being the sole villain in “Spider-Man 4″ is an educated guess. Hit the jump for why I’m sick of this shit.
Yes, you could report that The Lizard being the sole villain in “Spider-Man 4″ based on an educated guess. But you can’t act pretend that you’re a reputable news source and report your guesses as fact. I think that Captain America will fight Red Skull in the “Captain America: The First Avenger” but I don’t report that as news because I have no way of backing that up.
This is why I’m so pissed off at MarketSaw who reported this story. I don’t care how strong they think their source is. This is hit-whoring, plain and simple. Last week they reported that there would be a new “Star Wars” trilogy, a story that crumbled when you thought about it for more than two seconds. But they throw this crap at the wall, see what sticks, and then sites like ours have to waste time making sure you know it’s not true. It’s a waste of time and in the time I spent writing this story, I could have been looking for real news or trying to figure out how to regenerate limbs without turning into a giant angry reptile.

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It isn’t any different from sites reporting James Cameron rips off Joe whatever the shit that is.
It isn’t any different from sites reporting James Cameron rips off Joe whatever the shit that is.
/Rant over
I agree, but then again, I’m in the publishing anything comic book movie related so this might get published. I highly doubt it, though, after reading this post.
/Rant over
I agree, but then again, I’m in the publishing anything comic book movie related so this might get published. I highly doubt it, though, after reading this post.
omg the first spiderman 4 set pic of the lizard!!!!!!!!
omg the first spiderman 4 set pic of the lizard!!!!!!!!
@Matt Totally agree – absolutely great report from your side. But maybe you should also check the story for Spider-Man 4 on http://www.mehlhart.net. I do not know if that story is the right one, but first as a real Spider-Man Fan I love that story very much because it is real professional and I am pretty sure, I`m not alone with this opinion. Second the story based on a meeting between the owner of the story (Heiko Mehlhart) and Tobey Maguire himself… And last but not least, the story includes all known rumors round about Spider-Man 4, with exeption of the last rubish-news of MarektSaw…
@Matt Totally agree – absolutely great report from your side. But maybe you should also check the story for Spider-Man 4 on http://www.mehlhart.net. I do not know if that story is the right one, but first as a real Spider-Man Fan I love that story very much because it is real professional and I am pretty sure, I`m not alone with this opinion. Second the story based on a meeting between the owner of the story (Heiko Mehlhart) and Tobey Maguire himself… And last but not least, the story includes all known rumors round about Spider-Man 4, with exeption of the last rubish-news of MarektSaw…
Maybe you should give a special shout out to the tooliest site on the net, CinemaBlend, for reporting that same story that appeared on MarketSaw.
Maybe you should give a special shout out to the tooliest site on the net, CinemaBlend, for reporting that same story that appeared on MarketSaw.
…and perhaps you should take some pointers on how to act professionally from Frosty. Your ignorant, abusive rant means nothing to most and only underscores your emotions at not getting exclusives.
Tough luck man. Work hard like Frosty and you will get them.
Jim, to be quite honest… you’re a douche. Rumors are not exclusives. In journalism, the word exclusive only applies to REAL NEWS that you have been granted sole access to.
By your definition, I could start a new website today and Post “EXCLUSIVE: Robert Downey Jr. to dress in drag and blow Rhodey in Iron Man 2″ Of course this is absolute B.S. but I exclusively made it up.
You don’t have to work hard to make up exclusive rumors, you only have to be absent of any credibility.
Matt posed a fair criticism based on “facts” available about the projects and the timing of your “exclusives” .. if you can’t stand the heat take your little blogspot site out of the proverbial journalistic kitchen.
…and perhaps you should take some pointers on how to act professionally from Frosty. Your ignorant, abusive rant means nothing to most and only underscores your emotions at not getting exclusives.
Tough luck man. Work hard like Frosty and you will get them.
Jim, to be quite honest… you’re a douche. Rumors are not exclusives. In journalism, the word exclusive only applies to REAL NEWS that you have been granted sole access to.
By your definition, I could start a new website today and Post “EXCLUSIVE: Robert Downey Jr. to dress in drag and blow Rhodey in Iron Man 2″ Of course this is absolute B.S. but I exclusively made it up.
You don’t have to work hard to make up exclusive rumors, you only have to be absent of any credibility.
Matt posed a fair criticism based on “facts” available about the projects and the timing of your “exclusives” .. if you can’t stand the heat take your little blogspot site out of the proverbial journalistic kitchen.
Jim Dorey is a liar. His Avatar troll board is for laughs only. Nobody with half a brain would believe all of those blatant lies for hit whoring.
“New Star Wars Trilogy” LMAO! Jim Dorey please get back to over-hyping Avatar for your brainwashed bandwagon Avatard fangirls.
Jim Dorey is a liar. His Avatar troll board is for laughs only. Nobody with half a brain would believe all of those blatant lies for hit whoring.
“New Star Wars Trilogy” LMAO! Jim Dorey please get back to over-hyping Avatar for your brainwashed bandwagon Avatard fangirls.
hmm… If this is a legit complaint about Market Saw’s post… why not just ignore it and stop spreading the crap?
Not only did you report it yourselves, but you made the effort to rant against another site… which in journalism school, is an instant fail…
Hypocrisy? In my mind, Collider’s actions are worse in two ways.
Advice: Report the news you want to report and STFU about other sites… We didn’t come here for that
hmm… If this is a legit complaint about Market Saw’s post… why not just ignore it and stop spreading the crap?
Not only did you report it yourselves, but you made the effort to rant against another site… which in journalism school, is an instant fail…
Hypocrisy? In my mind, Collider’s actions are worse in two ways.
Advice: Report the news you want to report and STFU about other sites… We didn’t come here for that
@ Matt Goldberg,
btw, while we’re all being hypocritical idiots here, the script for Wolverine 2 is still being written… yet we know it’s in Japan.
“You know how I know this? I know because the script is still being written. I know because the filmmakers are still working out the story.”
WTF
@ Matt Goldberg,
btw, while we’re all being hypocritical idiots here, the script for Wolverine 2 is still being written… yet we know it’s in Japan.
“You know how I know this? I know because the script is still being written. I know because the filmmakers are still working out the story.”
WTF