"Rain Reward" ("Spider-Man 3")
Like the vast majority of summer movie seasons before it, 2007 began with the opening of a Marvel Comics flick: "Spider-Man 3". And typically we'd have been racking our brains trying to come up with an idea that didn't infringe on copyrights or trademarks. But this time it'd be a cinch. Since the latest entry in the series was about Spider-Man being overwhelmed by an alien creature and becoming an evil version of himself (ala Venom), all we had to do was create a dark version of Erik; an evil Plight.
It was a simple idea; a good idea. But instead I went down a more immature path.
Anyone who has seen the first “Spider-Man” movie might remember the romantic scene where Spidey saves a very drenched Mary Jane from a bunch of thugs and winds up kissing her upside-down in the rain. It was one of the more memorable parts of the film and led to Tobey McGuire and Kristen Dunst winning “Best Kiss” at the 2002 MTV Movie Awards. Now according to the official novelization written by Peter David, their two eyes were drawn to each other the whole time even though he was wearing a mask covering the top half of his face. But considering MJ was obviously not wearing a bra under her wet dress, how does anyone really know for certain he was looking in her eyes?
So instead of creating anti-Plight (Surrender?), I chose a more humorous scenario and one I was hoping would make up for all the delays I caused during the previous year‘s gallery. I guess it worked because all the feedback I received on it was nothing but positive; which very rarely occurs. - Jake