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Edited by Mrph1 on Jul 29th 2024 at 3:09:00 PM
I also don’t recall it. Does anyone have a link to the discussion in question?
Oh God! Natural light!There’s always been a suggestion that Ben was also interested in Sue. But unlike Logan, Ben is far too classy for a love triangle
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So it’s an alternate universe, and?
It’s like if Norman Osborn was a kind person & a good father. Alternate universe or not, that’s a weird feeling.
Sue getting with Ben is a similar feeling. Especially since Ben has his own love interests.
Edited by slimcoder on Sep 20th 2019 at 9:11:46 AM
"I am Alpharius. This is a lie."That's pretty much how he's been depicted in the Fox cartoon, the Raimi movie and even the Ultimate Spider-Man cartoon (though this came later). In the former two, Norman's cruelty is solely the result of the Goblin formula corrupting him.
The Rami's Norman Osborn was cold-hearted at times and he was a bad father for Harry (particularly with his advice about women), but he never went to the depravity of his comic book counterpart. I think a lot of the sympathy towards Norman comes from the fact that the Green Goblin is clearly an entity of its own in Norman's head. Like, the Goblin has nothing in common with Norman other than giving what Norman secretly wants (albeit through violent means). He just does things For the Evulz. And this monstrous side is able to make the normally cold father that is Norman whimper like a child.
Edited by Shadao on Sep 20th 2019 at 11:39:53 AM
There was Norman's advice towards Harry about what he really thought about Mary Jane (whom Harry was dating at the time). He thinks that Mary Jane is a Gold Digger and just like Norman's wife, would only marry Harry for money. Of course, he was trying to find an excuse to get out of a Thanksgiving Dinner set by Aunt May because he just found out that Spider-Man was Peter Parker.
tldr; he's a shitty dad.
Edited by alliterator on Sep 20th 2019 at 11:48:47 AM
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Who honestly knows? And it's quite frightening when you think about it because you'll never know if it's regular Norman you're talking to... or the Green Goblin pretending to be Norman. It does lead to that great scene at the climax where the unmasked Norman blames the Goblin for all the murders and insists that he would never harm Peter... while you see him secretly activate a button with his glider jet ready to ram into Spider-Man from behind.
Edited by Shadao on Sep 20th 2019 at 11:49:25 AM
Criticizing your kid for bad grades is being a bad father now?
See my above post.
This has nothing to do with whether or not he is a good father and was him being desperate to save his company.
What insults? Where does he insult him?
Norman: Where were you?
Harry: Checking out the library.
Norman: Looking at the books.
Harry: Yeah, right.
As they're pulling into the museum.
Harry: Dad would you ask Hoskins to drive around the corner please.
Norman: Why?
Harry: The entrance is right there. Dad these are public school kids, I'm not showing up for the field trip in a Rolls.
Norman: You want me to trade in my care for a Jetta just because you flunked out of every private school I ever sent you to?
Harry: It wasn't for me.
Norman: Of course it was. Don't ever be ashamed of who you are.
Harry: I'm not ashamed of who I am. It's just...
Norman: Just what, Harry?
Harry: Forget it.
Where is the insults and abuse in this?

Yeah, I frequented the spoiler thread and this is the first I’ve heard of it also.