07-26-2004, 05:48 PM
If Doc Ock in Evil® Mode is what the fillmakers wanted, they should have played up the trauma that Otto Octavius' felt when his wife was killed. Try to tie some thought in Otto's head that Spiderman had a chance to save her, yet failed (in reality, may have been down to bad timing or plain misfortune).
In that way, Doc Ock somehow blames Spidey for the death of his wife, and the subsequent use of hostages and innocent bystanders can be declared Ock's testing of Spiderman's resolve to save lives. Something to the tune of "You failed to save her, now let's see if you can save this old woman!"
And as Spidey manages to save more and more people from Ock's "tests", he becomes all the more infuriated because if Spiderman could have saved these folks, then what prevented him from saving Octavius' wife?
Then again, it would have brought frightening synergy to the fears Peter has concerning Mary Jane. Doc Ock would have been driven to this madness through the loss of the woman he loved. Peter would have to begin wondering if he lost Mary Jane, would Spiderman follow the same fate as Doc Ock?
Which would have upset the resolution of the film as it was so-made. So I see why such a character arc was dumped. Still, it would have given reason to Ock's casual abuse of innocents during his crime spree.
In that way, Doc Ock somehow blames Spidey for the death of his wife, and the subsequent use of hostages and innocent bystanders can be declared Ock's testing of Spiderman's resolve to save lives. Something to the tune of "You failed to save her, now let's see if you can save this old woman!"
And as Spidey manages to save more and more people from Ock's "tests", he becomes all the more infuriated because if Spiderman could have saved these folks, then what prevented him from saving Octavius' wife?
Then again, it would have brought frightening synergy to the fears Peter has concerning Mary Jane. Doc Ock would have been driven to this madness through the loss of the woman he loved. Peter would have to begin wondering if he lost Mary Jane, would Spiderman follow the same fate as Doc Ock?
Which would have upset the resolution of the film as it was so-made. So I see why such a character arc was dumped. Still, it would have given reason to Ock's casual abuse of innocents during his crime spree.
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