I really fail to see how such is a spoiler at all. If
anyone did not see that coming, they need to be smacked over the head a few times with the ending of the second film! Though really now, Marvel's not the only one who needs to get their Phoenix mythology straight in this discussion...
As for Spider-Man sequels, the first one was pathetic enough due primarily to bad casting. Sadly though I can't imagine anything sporting the Lizard or Venom would be entertaining anyway, not with the love Hollywood has for crap-tastic CGI.
The Arnold link frightens me though... Not because Rise of the Machines was awful and inevitably so will any Terminator flicks that follow, but because they cite a film entitled
I Am Legend as a hopeful movie in Arnold's future. Please, please tell me that there are no plans for Arnold to star in a butchered film version of Richard Matheson's immortal (no pun intended) book. *sighs*
I mean, really now, wasn't The Omega Man and 28 Days Later enough to tarnish the book's awsome image?