What Was The Daily Globe Incident That Led Brock To San Francisco?
When we first meet Eddie Brock, he’s already washed up once. Though he used to host The Eddie Brock Report, a hard-hitting news show, he doesn’t do this any longer for unknown reasons and has wound up as a reporter for a network in San Francisco, being offered assignments that eat into his credibility.
So, what happened to Eddie’s flourishing career? While he’s on a date with Anne, she casually mentions the “Daily Globe incident” that caused Brock to move to San Fran. And those who know their Venom history might know what this is referencing.
In the comics, Eddie conducted an interview with the Sin Eater serial killer for The Daily Globe, a rival paper to The Daily Bugle. When Spidey captured the real Sin Eater though, Brock’s subject was revealed to be a fraud and he became a laughing stock. He lost his career, too, which started him on the downward spiral that resulted in him becoming Venom.
Director Ruben Fleischer has suggested that this incident has already played out before the film opens – presumably without Spidey’s role in proceedings, though.
Why Is Venom A Loser Among His Own Kind?
Venom might like to munch on the odd human head now and again but, when push comes to shove, the symbiote ultimately decides to save humanity when Riot plans to bring a legion of his kind back to Earth to wipe out the human race. The change of heart isn’t delved into too much, but Venom does open up to Eddie enough to admit that it’s seen as “kind of a loser” among the symbiotes, just as Eddie is among his peers.
We don’t get an explanation for why Venom isn’t allowed to play reindeer games with the other symbiotes, but the suggestion is that its more heroic nature is what makes it an outcast. This is sort of true, as it appears that this revelation is drawn from the comics. In Planet of the Symbiotes – one of the two storylines that influenced the movie – Venom is imprisoned by its own people when it suggests they should protect and bond with their hosts for life instead of living off them like parasites.
It’s possible this is something that will be explored further in the sequel. Despite the appearance of numerous symbiotes, Venom doesn’t offer a great deal of explanation about their origins or motivations – nor does it even give them their proper name from the comics, the Klyntar.
