Originally published at: Sony's Kraven is no longer a villain or hunter | Boing Boing
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So a hippie on a strong ayahuasca trip?
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Could the plot of the movie be that he is hunting Spider-Man, even though, for reasons of rights, Spidey is never seen nor explicitly named? We need more depth (and angst) in our u̶n̶d̶e̶r̶w̶e̶a̶r̶ ̶p̶e̶r̶v̶e̶r̶t̶ superhero movies.
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Jeesus, just do Kraven’s Last Hunt - Kraven's Last Hunt - Wikipedia I guess they can’t do a sequel tho. Karl Urban would do a great Kraven tho’.
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I suppose they could have tried to make the character more relevant for today’s audiences by turning him into a satire of Tiger King.
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Just watch: they’re going to make him an a white American with a 2nd Amendment fetish.
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That stuff is awesome.
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If there’s no Squirrel Girl, I am afraid I am hopelessly prejudiced against this. But it’s a Marvel film, so I will probably watch it. But the whole time, I will be complaining that it would be better if Squirrel Girl was in it. Just like every other Marvel movie I watch.
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Sony is going down the batting order?
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I haven’t seen either Venom film, nor Morbius, but it appears that Sony, in an effort to cash in on their rights to the Spider-Man stable of characters, is trying to make these Spidey villains into heroes or anti-heroes as the headliners in their own movies. Big mistake. Kraven is such a great comic villain! The ultimate atavistic hunter! Keep him evil, and build a Spider-Man movie around Kraven as the prime villain.
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but Kraven will be a friend to animals as opposed to the hunter implied in his namesake
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Now to be clear, Kraven the Hunter is not part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Instead, the film belongs to the same world as Venom and Morbius — a collection of Spider-Man-related Marvel characters that Sony has the rights for.
Indeed, it’s not part of the MCU—it’s part of the MGV (Marvel Great Value) line of products.
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“anti-hero”
LOL, no. I’ve never seen a comic where he was anything but an asshole who hunted and murdered various beings just because they provided him with a challenge. I.e. a total villain.
It’s a Sony film, albeit using a highly warped version of a Marvel comics character. Well, using the name of the character at least.
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In recent years he got a story arc where he became a largely sympathetic protector of wildlife with a little help from Squirrel Girl. Now he hunts poachers. Still doesn’t get along well with Spidey though.
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But…but…with great value comes great responsibility? 
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They are terrible. Don’t bother. The 1st one is at least short, and some what entertaining as a popcorn flick. The second is a piece of absolute garbage.
I didn’t and won’t bother with Morbius.
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