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Fiery James said:Oh no, I got that. I just mean, why is he stealing the money and NOT the equipment he'll need. Like, after the bank robbery, does he go to Mad SCIENTISTS R US to purchase the equipment? Is there a company that will sell him particle accellerators at a discount price?
"I know you're a supervillian and all, but that bag of coins will cover the costs, and our motto is 'the customer is always right'."
When he gets hungry, does he rob a bank and then go to McDonalds and PAY for his Big Mac?
That's my question - why is it ok to steal from the bank but not the scientific equipment store? (Answer: 'cause Peter and Aunt may wouldn't be at the Scientific Equipment Store!)
Still, I blame the limited (though cool) AI for the tentacles. They were the ones who thought of robbing the bank!
- James
Y'know, this brings up a good point, as well as a key background character in the Marvel books that pretty much explains this matter: the Tinkerer. He's the big underground supplier for many villains, and the one responsible for repairing/upgrading a villain's gear/equipment (esp. if the villain's not that technocally inclined to begin with). To boot, the current Secret War miniseries explains just why the Tinkerer does all of this hi-tech stuff for villains, esp. when costs for such tech are up in the millions/billions of $$, though the average "take" for many of these supervillains is in the hundreds to thousands of $$ range.
That would have been a cool background character to introduce in the movies--he could have provided Doc Ock with the components he needed, not to mention providing "tech support" for Harry during his stint as a Goblin (Harry doesn't seem like the tech-oriented type like his dad, Doc Ock, & Spidey are).
