Another, Less Pez-y Pic of the New Spidey Movie Lizard
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?Topless Roboteer Kiekan passed me a pic of what appears to be concept art (or something) of Rhys Ifans as the Lizard in The Amazing Spider-Man reboot. It’s from some Russian site, so god knows if it’s real or not, but it does look a lot like the Pez dispenser from yesterday, so it might be at least somewhat accurate. It’s after the jump.
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?It looks like what Pez based the dispenser on, and the face does look a bit like Rhys Ofans to me. Personally, I think it’s close enough to the actual movie design to dislike immensely. Question for you: If you weren’t a nerd, and had no idea about Spider-Man or any nerd properties, which of the below characters do you honestly think the picture above represents?
Killer Croc from Batman:
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One of the lizard aliens from V:
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Grig from The Last Starfighter:
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The Lizard from Spider-Man:
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That’s what I thought. Sigh.
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