History Narm / Venom2018

* Eddie [[spoiler:and Anne]] quite casually discussing [[ImAHumanitarian cannibalism]] as one of the symbiote's favorite activities. Something that would probably sincerely shock and disgust them, and likely need some therapy pver, and it's bandied about a pretty normal occurence.

* The scene of Eddie freaking out on the medical table is presented as the teaser's MoneyMakingShot. It... doesn't quite work as intended, which isn't helped by it being sped up.

** What makes the freakout narmful is that Eddie's screams are different screams playing on top of each other.

** Venom's [[ToThePain violent threats to his enemies]] are this if they're not [[RefugeInAudacity aggressively]] [[CrossesTheLineTwice tasteless]] BlackComedy. His threat to mutilate a man until he's "like a turd on the wind" is particularly groan-inducing, especially coming after a genuinely frightening threat. WebAnimation/HowItShouldHaveEnded was even driven by this to make a video on just the trailer for the very first time, in which he mangles a bunch of other sayings.

** The guy who Carlton Drake subjects to OrificeInvasion in the third trailer would have been disturbing, [[NightmareRetardant if not for his]] [[DullSurprise bland expression]] and where the symbiote appears to [[AssShove enter his body through]]...

** Venom's [[ToThePain violent threats to his enemies]] are this if they're not [[RefugeInAudacity aggressively]] [[CrossesTheLineTwice tasteless]] BlackComedy. His threat to mutilate a man until he's "like a turd on the wind" is particularly groan-inducing, especially coming after a genuinely frightening threat. WebVideo/HowItShouldHaveEnded was even driven by this to make a video on just the trailer for the very first time, in which he mangles a bunch of other sayings.

** Venom's [[ToThePain violent threats to his enemies]] are this if they're not [[RefugeInAudacity aggressively]] [[CrossesTheLineTwice tasteless]] BlackComedy. His threat to mutilate a man until he's "like a turd on the wind" is particularly groan-inducing, especially coming after a genuinely frightening threat.

* Remember how creepy and awesome that shot from the second trailer of the symbiote forming around Eddie's face in order to eat a guy was? In the third trailer, the potential NightmareFuel of that moment is significantly [[NightmareRetardant undercut]] by Venom ''[[LecherousLicking slobbering all over the man's face]]'' with its tongue in an [[LargeHam amusingly over-the-top manner]].

* A good portion of the trailers' Narm is ''[[OlderThanTheyThink straight out of the comics]]'', which raises the question why the movie doesn't seem to attempt to be more {{pragmatic|adaptation}}.

** Most of the above is ''[[OlderThanTheyThink straight out of the comics]]'', which raises the question why the movie doesn't seem to attempt to be more {{pragmatic|adaptation}}.

** Most of the above is ''straight out of the comics'', which raises the question why the movie doesn't seem to attempt to be more {{pragmatic|adaptation}}.

** Most of Venom's [[ToThePain violent threats to his enemies]] are this if they're not [[RefugeInAudacity aggressively]] [[CrossesTheLineTwice tasteless]] BlackComedy. His threat to mutilate a man until he's "like a turd on the wind" is particularly groan-inducing, especially coming after a genuinely frightening threat.

Given that the character of ComicBook/{{Venom}} is considered to be one of ''the'' supervillains/[[AntiHero anti-heroes]] to usher in UsefulNotes/TheDarkAgeOfComicBooks, and that this movie is an adaptation of a peak-[[TheNineties Nineties]] storyline, it can be safely expected that this movie will have its fair share of [[{{Pun}} Ve-narm]].

** The guy who Carlton Drake subjects to OrificeInvasion in the third trailer would have been disturbing, if not for his [[DullSurprise bland expression]] and where the symbiote appears to [[AssShove enter his body through]]...

** Most of Venom's [[ToThePain violent threats to his enemies]] are this if they're not [[RefugeInAudacity aggressively]] [[CrossesTheLineTwice tasteless]] BlackComedy. Him threatening to mutilate a man until he's "like a turd on the wind" is particularly groan-inducing, especially coming after a genuinely frightening threat.

** Most of Venom's [[ToThePain violent threats to his enemies]] are this if they're not CrossesTheLineTwice RefugeInAudacity BlackComedy. Him saying a mutilated man will be "like a turd on the wind" is particularly groan-inducing, especially coming after a genuinely frightening threat.

* Remember how creepy and awesome that shot from the second trailer of the symbiote forming around Eddie's face in order to eat a guy was? In the third trailer, the potential NightmareFuel of that moment is significantly [[NightmareRetardant undercut]] by Venom ''slobbering all over the man's face'' with its tongue in an [[LargeHam amusingly over-the-top manner]].

Given that the character of ComicBook/{{Venom}} is considered to be one of the supervillains/anti-heroes to usher in UsefulNotes/TheDarkAgeOfComicBooks, and that this movie is an adaptation of a peak-Nineties storyline, it can safely be expected that this movie will have its fair share of [[{{Pun}} Ve-narm]].

** ** Most of Venom's [[ToThePain violent threats to his enemies]] are this if they're not CrossesTheLineTwice RefugeInAudacity BlackComedy. Him saying a mutilated man will be "like a turd on the wind" is particularly groan-inducing, especially coming after a genuinely frightening threat.

* Although it may look better in the context of the full scene, Eddie flying 50 feet into the air on his motorcycle off a slightly steep hill seems to rather severely break the laws of physics.
* The guy who Carlton Drake subjects to Orifice Invasion in the third trailer would have been disturbing, if not for his bland expression and where the symbiote appears to enter his body through...
* Remember how creepy and awesome that shot from the second trailer of the symbiote forming around Eddie's face in order to eat a guy was? In the third trailer, the potential Nightmare Fuel of that moment is significantly undercut by Venom slobbering all over the man's face with its tongue in an amusingly over-the-top manner.
** There's also the man's expression, which is less "oh god I'm going to die" and more "oh god, this is so gross."
* The symbiote's Venom-face forming on the end of Eddie's arm to talk to him strongly resembles a deranged hand puppet rather than a vicious alien parasite. There's also the fact that they can communicate telepathically, making that sequence unnecessary.
* Most of Venom's violent threats to his enemies are this if they're not Crosses the Line Twice Refuge in Audacity Black Comedy. Him saying a mutilated man will be "Like a turd on the wind" is particularly groan-inducing, especially coming after a genuinely frightening threat.

Given that the character of ComicBook/{{Venom}} is considered to be one of the supervillains/anti-heroes to usher in UsefulNotes/TheDarkAgeOfComics, and that this movie is an adaptation of a peak-Nineties storyline, it can safely be expected that this movie will have its fair share of [[{{Pun}} Ve-narm]].

* The scene of Eddie freaking out on the medical table is presented as the teaser's money shot. It... doesn't quite work as intended, which isn't helped by it being sped up.

* There's also the generic-ness of the entire monologue in the teaser that could have been applied to any other movie, along with one of its main focuses being shots of Tom Hardy just walking by himself as if it's a big deal.
* The first full trailer revealed some pretty terrible lines (“The guy you work for is an evil person.”). Tom Hardy's horrible New York...ish(?) accent isn't doing the delivery any favors either. And it really does not help that his voice cracks on the reading of "evil person".
** Hardy's line reading of "You're not real, you are just in my head." sounds like he's suffering from Elmuh Fudd Syndwome. At worst, he sounds like Adam Sandler's signature Manchild babbling. However there's some speculation that, based on the context of the scene and Eddie's stumbling movements, he's actually drunk, or perhaps even overdosed on medication (considering he was seen taking a bunch of pills, thinking he's sick). That and it could be a case of Reality Ensues, as it's unlikely anyone would keep the mental clarity to speak normally as an alien parasite is slowly bonding with their body.
* Movie trailers cutting quotes out of context to form a new sentence is nothing new, but the editing on the line "you will only hurt bad people" is particularly poor, and it's very easy to hear that the line has been cut together out of separate pieces of dialogue.
* How Jenny Slate's character pronounces "symbiote" note . Plus, her giving firm, equal stress to all three syllables like she's speaking some foreign language.
* Eddie trying to "journalism" his way into a confrontation with the Big Bad in public comes across as a What an Idiot! moment instead of giving off the impression that the character is an Intrepid Reporter. Those familiar with the comics however might remember that Eddie was not as great a journalist as he often made himself out to be and consider his sledgehammer approach to journalism to be perfectly in-character.
* The shot of Eddie crashing straight through a half-fallen tree in the forest that he could just as easily have ducked under comes across as more comedic than cool, as if they just needed an additional gratuitous shot of something breaking. Especially if your mind goes to Victor from Wet Hot American Summer and his inexplicable refusal to jump over anything. It really does not help that the evil bad-guy vehicle chasing him looks like a slightly modified golf cart.
* The official trailer using Redshift by Audiomachine (a song already severely overused in fan-trailers) barely a month after Marvel Studios had released the second trailer for Infinity War, which used the exact same song (although they at least had the decency to edit it to fit the Avengers theme.) To make things worse, the trailer was released only several days before the world-wide release of Infinity War, meaning a lot of people were checking out both trailers and could immediately notice the similarities.

* The scene of Eddie freaking out on the medical table is presented as the trailer's money shot. It... doesn't quite work as intended, which isn't helped by it being sped up.

-->"[=NYYYaAAAAaaaaaaAAaaaaAAAAaaaaaaAAAAAAAaaaaaaaAAAaaAAAARGH!=]"

** There's also the generic-ness of the entire monologue in the teaser that could have been applied to any other movie, along with one of its main focuses being shots of Tom Hardy just walking by himself as if it's a big deal.
* The leaked trailer revealed some pretty terrible lines (“The guy you work for is an evil person.”). Tom Hardy's horrible New York...ish(?) accent isn't doing the delivery any favors either. And it really does not help that his voice cracks on the reading of "evil person".

Most of Venom's violent threats to his enemies are this if they're not Crosses the Line Twice Refuge in Audacity Black Comedy. Him saying a mutilated man will be "Like a turd on the wind" is particularly groan-inducing, especially coming after a genuinely frightening threat.

-->"NYYYaAAAAaaaaaaAAaaaaAAAAaaaaaaAAAAAAAaaaaaaaAAAaaAAAARGH!"