So because you have never seen Fox in that role that means he automatically can't play a crazy, insane person with issues of the mind? And who says this would be Electro's character? I have seen many instances in comics where Electro was not crazy and only a two-bit thug or just some lame bank robber.

You guys are putting too much on a one dimensional character that hasn't been too relevant to the Spider-Man universe and basically only used for filling the Sinister Six roster.

And say what you want but his acting is top notch, Ray, Law Abiding Citizen, Miami Vice, Dream Girls, Jarhead. Sure some of those movies may not have been top notch but he was great in them.

"Heath Ledger taking on Joker, because Ledger actually portrayed an energetic character before. Fox hasn't."

Wha...? Foxx has never played an energetic character? Have you never watched him on In Living Color, the guy used to be a comedian and played different characters on a sketch show. You seriously believe he can't nail a 2nd rate Spider-Man character like Electro? (who by the way was shot by Aunt May and in one comic issue passed out when Luke Cage threatened to beat him up)

But he HAS been changed many times in comics. His character changes in the marvel universe with each writer that takes him on. Completely changed in the Marvel Ulitmate Universe, changes in every new Spider-Man cartoon series, so why can't he be changed for the movie? How do you know what he will be changed too in the movie? Did you read a script of how the character will be portrayed or are you just judging the past characters that Foxx has played and making assumptions based on that?

I think you are reading too much into it before anything is even announced. It's just like how everyone said Michael Keaton couldn't be Batman but turned out to be the best one in the Tim Burton series. Everyone said Ledger couldn't top Jack Nicolson's Joker but it turned out his Joker was completely different and some even said surpassed Burton's Joker.

And you said yourself that:

"way I read or see Electro is that he is crazy, insane, and has issues with his mind. He is like an energetic kid trapped in an insane mans body."

This isn't how Electro is, your take if any is a random change. And as for a following..anyone who follows Electro should be happy that he's getting a chance to be on the big screen.

People love to jump to conclusions and fan rage with little to no evidence to back up this hate. I welcome Foxx as Electro or any actor they decide to play him. I think we should all just wish for the movie to be good if anything.