That 'Enter Sandman' Joke Is Too Good To Pass Up

We couldn't let this one slip by, so we reached backwards in time to yesterday's top links for this photograph of actor Thomas Haden Church as Sandman in the new "Spider-Man" movie. Man, he looks simultaneously cool and authentic, and promises to be a better villain in the movie than he tended to be in the comic books. We were very pleased with Alfred Molina's Dr. Octopus in the most recent "Spider-Man" installment, so we know to expect great things from this production team. Spider-Man's villains, to be perfectly frank, tend be awfully lame, including the Vulture (a bald dude with wings) Rhino (a guy in a rhino suit) Shocker (a guy who shocks you with electricity) and, our personal least favorite, Mysterio (a guy with a fishbowl for a head who somehow creates illusions). But we also weren't fans of the comic book Doc Ock, and he turned out all right in the movie, meaning Sandman's probably gonna be all right. Some bloggers agree so far. These guys are pleased as they kick around the old peanut about the Church pic, but these guys think the movie should've featured Venom. Now there, as we like to say, is a villain you can really set your watch by.

Posted by Philip Ewing at November 8, 2005 10:04 AM

Category: Moving Pictures