Venom: Let There Be Carnage has to address some issues of Eddie Brock and his alien symbiote co-existing in one body. As the title makes clear, the sequel to 2018's Venom, which will reportedly stick to its October 15 release datewill pit the titular alien anti-hero against the vicious Carnage, whose origins see him created by the bonding of an alien symbiote to serial killer Cletus Kasady (Woody Harrelson). Tom Hardy is back as Eddie Brock, and while the marketing has shown a strong emphasis on the comedic banter between him and the alien symbiote he bonded with in the first film, Let There Be Carnage will need to explore the difficulties inherent in a human and carnivorous alien living together.

In Venom, one area where Eddie had to put his foot down with Venom was in the latter's taste for devouring humans. Eddie and Venom eventually reached a compromise that Venom would only eat "very, very bad people", which Venom agreed to. While the movie itself was taking an influence from the Venom: Lethal Protector comics in this arrangement, Let There Be Carnage is already leaving Eddie in a tight spot even before they ever meet Spider-Man in Sony's Spider-Man Universe.

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In the second trailer, after Venom retreats at the sight of Carnage, Eddie gets Venom to come back out by saying "I will let you eat EVERYBODY!", to which Venom enthusiastically re-emerges. Obviously, unless Eddie becomes a bloodthirsty sociopath by the end of Let There Be Carnage, this is a promise that he neither can keep nor wants to, meaning that he's going to have to inevitably break the bad news to Venom at some point. While this is one of the more extreme aspects of Eddie and Venom's relationship, it also shows it's a lot more difficult than it looks.

Tom Hardy as Venom in Venom Let There Be Carnage

In order to stay on the good side of human society, Eddie has to act as a constant check on the violent impulses Venom has as an alien symbiote. As their exchange shows, Venom's natural instincts are always going to be as much a part of his identity as the vampiric bloodlust of Michael Morbius will be to him in next year's Morbius, which makes both minor and major disagreements with Eddie unavoidable. Aside from that, there are also other divergent attitudes that Eddie and Venom are having to adapt to.

There's a moment where Venom momentarily takes control of Eddie's arm to slap the new fiancee of Anne Weying (Michelle Williams) in a fit of jealousy, much to Eddie's chagrin. Even looking beyond Venom's propensity for violent behavior, he and Eddie have pretty clear lifestyle differences, such as Eddie's more human approach to eating breakfast as opposed to Venom sloppily throwing together pancakes, waffles, eggs, and sausages and spraying Eddie with ketchup after crushing the bottle. Eddie and Venom may have worked out a basic understanding for a man and a superpowered alien symbiote to share one body in the first Venom, but Venom: Let There Be Carnage shows that they're still finding their groove in the new arrangement, so that's something the sequel will need to address, both in Venom's appetite for human flesh and his basic table manners.

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