# The Vultue is on first, The Sandman is on Second, Doctor Octopus on third **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 5, 2004, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-vultue-is-on-first-the-sandman-is-on-second-doctor-octopus-on-third/243730 "2004-05-05T22:47:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![capacitor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e47774/32.png) [@capacitor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/capacitor)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2004, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-vultue-is-on-first-the-sandman-is-on-second-doctor-octopus-on-third/243730/1 "2004-05-05T22:47:28Z")
And up on the plate…The Hobgoblin. [Not only jockeys want to get in on the ‘advertise everywhere but the armpits’ craze.](http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=545&ncid=755&e=1&u=/ap/20040505/ap_on_sp_ba_ne/bbo_spider_man_on_base). Discuss. ---
**Author:** ![Silentgoldfish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@Silentgoldfish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silentgoldfish)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2004, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-vultue-is-on-first-the-sandman-is-on-second-doctor-octopus-on-third/243730/2 "2004-05-06T02:50:22Z")
“Yeah we had ads in the 20th century, but only on TV and Radio. And in magazines. And movies. And at ball games, on buses, milk cartons, and t-shirts, and bananas, and written on the sky. But not in dreams! No siree.” Sorry, seemed an appropriate Futurama quote. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2004, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-vultue-is-on-first-the-sandman-is-on-second-doctor-octopus-on-third/243730/3 "2004-05-06T03:29:28Z")
I’d just like to say that I expect Doc Ock to be _way_ cooler than that dopey GG from the first movie, and if they make up some kind of nanotech origin story, Sandman could be even cooler. Venom will probably be the next villian, though. Vulture, though, should stay out of the movies. ---
**Author:** ![JDeMobray](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/85e7bf/32.png) [@JDeMobray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JDeMobray)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2004, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-vultue-is-on-first-the-sandman-is-on-second-doctor-octopus-on-third/243730/4 "2004-05-06T03:39:19Z")
> [@Bryan Ekers](#): > > Vulture, though, should stay out of the movies. Why does everybody always disrespect the Vulture? I love the old guy, he’s such a classic supervillain. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2004, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-vultue-is-on-first-the-sandman-is-on-second-doctor-octopus-on-third/243730/5 "2004-05-06T03:55:15Z")
> [@JDeMobray](#): > > Why does everybody always disrespect the Vulture? I love the old guy, he’s such a classic supervillain. Dude, he’s an old guy with wings. If he ain’t Paul McCartney, what’s the point? ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Ashtar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ea924/32.png) [@Lord\_Ashtar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Ashtar)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2004, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-vultue-is-on-first-the-sandman-is-on-second-doctor-octopus-on-third/243730/6 "2004-05-06T04:02:00Z")
> [@JDeMobray](#): > > Why does everybody always disrespect the Vulture? I love the old guy, he’s such a classic supervillain. Even the Shocker is better than the Vulture. And the Shocker sucks ass. ---
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2004, 6:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-vultue-is-on-first-the-sandman-is-on-second-doctor-octopus-on-third/243730/7 "2004-05-06T06:25:07Z")
Hey, they’ve been pasting ad flyers onto the sides of booster rockets for years, already. If the practice is acceptable enough for _actual manned spacecraft,_ it’s good enough for a freakin’ dirt-placemat. ---
**Author:** ![tracer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tracer/32/20578_2.png) [@tracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tracer)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2004, 6:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-vultue-is-on-first-the-sandman-is-on-second-doctor-octopus-on-third/243730/8 "2004-05-06T06:40:21Z")
> [@Lord Ashtar](#): > > Even the Shocker is better than the Vulture. And the Shocker sucks ass. Ah, but what about Electro? ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2004, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-vultue-is-on-first-the-sandman-is-on-second-doctor-octopus-on-third/243730/9 "2004-05-06T14:50:42Z")
> [@Bryan Ekers](#): > > Dude, he’s an old guy with wings. > > If he ain’t Paul McCartney, what’s the point? Took me about 10 seconds, but I got that one. ---
**Author:** ![Flander](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8c91f0/32.png) [@Flander](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flander)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2004, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-vultue-is-on-first-the-sandman-is-on-second-doctor-octopus-on-third/243730/10 "2004-05-06T17:45:15Z")
> [@Lord Ashtar](#): > > Even the Shocker is better than the Vulture. And the Shocker sucks ass. Anyone with the name “The Shocker” is automatically in the top 10 supervillains of all time.