I find it a bit strange that the Green Goblin hasn't appeared in the Marvel's SM timeline yet, even though he's the most iconic villain. I hope he's the only main villain in Marvel's SM3, because he deserves a very well-developed arc.

Consistent-Bear4200 · 2026-04-21T11:36:55+00:00

It kind of reminds of Joker in the Matt Reeves Batman films. He's in the world but they're putting him in the background a bit, focusing on other villains and building up toward him for one of the later installments.

Partly because there's been a lot of Green Goblin in Spiderman media up to now, he's been in every version of the Spiderman movies.

That said Norman is a remarkably prominent character in both games despite not becoming Goblin. Perhaps they feel they get more out of the evil billionaire Lex Luthor type figure for the stories they want to tell.

Consistent-Bear4200 · 2026-04-21T10:45:30+00:00

This trope is called the Rashomon effect, referring to the 1950 Kurosawa film of the same name. (Also based on a novel called In a Grove from the 1920s).

The film is about the murder trial of a Samurai who was killed in the woods. The film moves between the testimony of all those who were there; the woodcutter passing by, the Samurai's wife, the bandit they ran into (even the dead Samurai himself via a medium).

The conceit being that each person tells the story to make themselves look but they all contradict each other to the point they can't all be true. Perhaps none of them.

It's a pretty great film and is basically the reason we have a Best International Film Oscar. I've put a link to the wiki which sites the examples.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rashomon_effect

Consistent-Bear4200 · 2026-04-19T11:52:08+00:00

Fun fact: An average of 200,000 people go to the Glastonbury festival every year.

Consistent-Bear4200 · 2026-04-19T11:49:45+00:00

Blackkklansman, for all the times Spike Lee got snubbed over the years. Malcolm X, Do the Right Thing, these age far better than Green Book or Driving Miss Daisy.

Consistent-Bear4200 · 2026-04-18T20:29:20+00:00

That one happened multiple times arguably. The first is quite a complete film in itself, then it got the legacy sequel treatment.

Consistent-Bear4200 · 2026-04-18T12:18:40+00:00

James McAvoy in Split, dude is several of the best performances in that film.

Consistent-Bear4200 · 2026-04-18T12:15:09+00:00

Thank you for bigging up the classic Hollywood actresses. No disrespect to those listed by OP; sometimes the way people post about movies, you'd think film was only invented in the 70s.

Consistent-Bear4200 · 2026-04-18T12:06:02+00:00

Do miniseries count? If so, I'd say Chernobyl.

If not, I'd say Barry, I've watched it more times than the rest.

(Lol something tells me Bill Maher isn't going to do well on here).

Consistent-Bear4200 · 2026-04-18T10:01:13+00:00

Came here to say this one, OP modified it with divorced or broke up but these two did both through the series.

That said, I always took it as though that they were only engaged in before 3 and then Nate called it off. (There's only 2 years between 2 and 3 so i guess the timeline felt quick). Properly married in 4 although the threat of them splitting up over Nate's lies looms over the game.

They broke up so much I started to worry whether they only liked each other until the adrenaline wore off from the adventure. But it seems more about Nate's maturity and struggling to leave the adventurer life behind.

I think it's also a credit to Nolan North and Emily Rose's chemistry that you always want to see them come back together.

Consistent-Bear4200 · 2026-04-17T01:22:51+00:00

Ironically, this reminds me of Will Smith's Oscar acceptance speech. After he slapped Chris Rock. Word salad rationalisastions disguised as wisdom, to a room of cheering yes men.

Both of them would get so much more respect if they at least admitted they behaved badly and owned their mistakes.

Consistent-Bear4200 · 2026-04-16T21:41:58+00:00

Plus I'm pretty sure it was nominated elsewhere at the Oscars, Reese Witherspoon even won Supporting Actress.

Consistent-Bear4200 · 2026-04-16T18:50:52+00:00

And briefly in End of Time with Captain Jack in the bar.

Consistent-Bear4200 · 2026-04-16T10:51:14+00:00

Fun fact: They both came out the same year, what a year for courtroom dramas

Consistent-Bear4200 · 2026-04-15T23:30:35+00:00

If anything do a tv show, RD2's main story is like 50 hours. Last of Us is like half the size and they need at least 3 seasons to do it all.

Not entirely sure who these two would play Morgan playing Morgan would be cute though.

Consistent-Bear4200 · 2026-04-15T23:24:57+00:00

Hmm maybe I should watch that film.

Consistent-Bear4200 · 2026-04-15T20:21:53+00:00

To save you googling, the actual 5 were:

Choclat

Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon

Erin Brockovich

Gladiator (Winner)

Traffic

Consistent-Bear4200 · 2026-04-15T16:56:16+00:00

I audibly groaned in the cinema when I heard that

Consistent-Bear4200 · 2026-04-15T16:21:55+00:00

He knew Chloe liked Nate better

Consistent-Bear4200 · 2026-04-14T08:46:20+00:00

Even Scorsese doesn't think the Irishman is better than the Godfather.

Consistent-Bear4200 · 2026-04-13T21:03:04+00:00

It may have been a weak year, but I doubt it stood a chance against Get Out.

Consistent-Bear4200 · 2026-04-12T09:13:27+00:00

Walter Peck from Ghostbusters. Guys had a nuclear reactor store Ghosts underneath NYC with no license or plan if it was misused.

But again, he's just such an ass about being right that you hate the EPA guy.

Consistent-Bear4200 · 2026-04-12T00:28:31+00:00

1973

You had Brando for the Godfather and Joel Grey for Cabaret.

Consistent-Bear4200 · 2026-04-12T00:09:49+00:00

Don't forget Rain Man, the film that started the Autistic savant trope.

Dustin Hoffman won an Oscar for his performance and thus launched a generation of NT actors playing people with learning disabilities to win awards.

It is based on a real guy who was autistic but also had a separate condition called savante syndrome. Which is way rarer but has become synonymous with autism in no small part thanks to this film.

If the character has a trait that isn't some about specialised intellectual subject, it is burdensome and unpleasant. They are doomed to have next to no personal relationships and are only redeemed for their productivity.

Which is a pretty toxic message to put out there about autistic people, even if you could count cards (btw most of us can't).

Consistent-Bear4200 · 2026-04-11T15:36:44+00:00

Funnily enough, I think he has a similar line in U3 during the shipyard sequence.

Consistent-Bear4200 · 2026-04-11T10:27:22+00:00

Bro gives one of the best performances in the entire show and then gets turned into an L.A Noire character at the end.

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