Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-4479676-20161211205116/@comment-25521424-20161212111433

SonOfAres1 wrote:

Elledy92 wrote: Flash Thomspon could easily be a high school jock even in this version. It doesn't have to be a tall blonde dude to be it, that some stereotype that was promoted mostly in the latest version of the character (like in the Ultimate Comics, or in the lastest movies).

Ned Leeds is basically Ganke Lee with a different name. To be fair, the original character was not that interesting. They probably changed it in that way because the Spectacular Spider-Man version of the character is Korean-American, and so they added Ganke to the mix. The all Homecoming trailer reminded me more of a Miles Morales story than a Peter Parker's story. Joe Manganiello's Flash Thompson wasn't blonde. What I meant was: a stereotypical jock is big, buff, wearsa letterman jacket and has an intense, mean look. Being blonde or white had nothing to do with it; just those aforementioned characteristics.

And I would actually like to see Flash as Agent Venom, but not Ned as Hobgoblin. Yeah, again: it wasn't always like that. Steve Ditko's Flash Thompson was a bully, but it was not a tall, buff guy with a letterman jacket, it was just a guy like Peter, but far more popular and with a more aggressive attitude. Joe Manganiello's was already more stereotypical of the original character.

I think that what they want to do with Flash Thompson is making more similar to the character of John Bender in Breakfast Club (but less of an outsider).