

There's obviously a scenario where Spider-Man: No Way Home takes Doctor Octopus out of Spider-Man 2 and somehow enhances what is already a perfect superhero movie. Will It All Be Worth It If Spider-Man: No Way Home Pulls This Off?

I'd also like this to be a diverging timeline to preserve the original film, but with the present information and Tom Holland's insistence Tobey Maguire won't be in Spider-Man: No Way Home, it's completely possible the villain was swiped from under the sea when we weren't watching, and we missed it. I'd expect Doc Ock's appearance both to acknowledge the previous events of Spider-Man 2, but also present more to the story that enhances or expands on the tale. If the legacy of Spider-Man 2 is on the line going into Spider-Man: No Way Home, it's safe to say my expectations have risen significantly. Usually I'd like to say that's of little consequence to me, but as I've thought about it, I realize it could very well alter how I feel about Spider-Man 2 as well. So if it's the exact same Doc Ock and he turns back into an evil villain, what the hell? It kind of messes up a key plot for one of the greatest Spider-Man movies of all time and could retroactively change how a lot of people feel about Spider-Man 2 in the future. With that said, there's a very real possibility that the villain was scooped from the exact moment viewers saw in Spider-Man 2, and no one noticed because he was presumed dead. The implication is that Doc Ock died at the end of Spider-Man 2, and I'm assuming his body was never recovered from the watery depths. It accounted for characters we knew were in a specific place and time in the MCU, but what does it do for the ones we had no clue about?

This unique Marvel mechanic introduced in Avengers: Endgame allowed for scenarios in which characters could be taken out of timelines without necessarily altering the original timeline they were a part of. Well, one may think that the answer is 'no' because of diverging timelines. So if he is rescued in the eleventh hour once out of sight and is in Spider-Man: No Way Home as a villain, is that redemption still valid? In the original Spider-Man 2, it was believed that Doctor Octavius died a redeemed man. Would A Villanous Doc Ock Tarnish The Character's Spider-Man 2 Arc?īefore I get into this, I should note that we don't know how Doctor Octopus will react following his rescue from his universe.
