His wife refuses to take him seriously, laughing at his manufactured stories: "You read too many books and see too many movies.[Note: Marvel""s Stan Lee had a cameo as the Strip Club""s DJ.] Vanessa was tricked into meeting up with her "old boyfriend" in the alleyway out back, where she was assaulted and kidnapped by Ajax and Angel.Spidey boldly followed the Vulture onto the top of he third truck and challenged him: "Hey, Big Bird...I said we could just be friends, and - this part I remember - he said that men and women could neverreallybe friends.All paid homage to King Thror, including the Elven King Thranduil (Lee Pace).However, the "years of peace and plenty were not to last" - a roaring firedrake dragon (winged, razor-toothed, and fire-breathing with meat-hook claws) from the North of Middle Earth, Smaug (Benedict Cumberbatch), coveted he gold "with a dark and fierce desire.