Author: Lia Beck / Source: Bustle
Spoilers for Venom ahead. Every superhero needs a villain… even superheroes who aren’t exactly superheroes. In the new movie Venom, that villain comes in the form of Carlton Drake (Riz Ahmed), who bonds with a symbiote named Riot (more on what the heck a symbiote is, below).
But the Riot from Venom is far different from the one in the comics, and his connection to Drake is totally changed for the movie.In the movie and in the comics, Carlton Drake is the head of the Life Foundation, which has a goal of providing a way for humans to survive in the event that the Earth is rendered uninhabitable. As pointed out by Comicbook.com, in the comics, this concern is related to the Cold War. In Venom, it’s the environmental crisis. Drake isn’t trying to help everyone, though. In the movie, this is shown through his willingness to do tests on homeless people knowing that it will likely result in their deaths.
So, first, lets talk about the Drake and Riot in Venom. The movie Drake is excited when the Life Foundation obtains several alien parasites, or symbiotes, from outer space. He believes that if the symbiotes can bond with a compatible host, this will allow humans to be able to survive on another planet. Of course, one of the symbiotes, named Venom, ends up bonding with Eddie Brock. Another one, though, ends up breaking free…
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