Question about Doc Ock

Rating: Null/10 (1 July 2004)

I have a question. Doctor Octavious is a normal human, right? I'm correct in assuming he wasn't a mutant of some kind before he got the tentacles, right? Then why, after numerous encounters with spider man, the good doctor shows no real sign of fatigue. The tentacles, though extremely powerful, do not enhance his physical state. Fighting spider man, a superhuman-mutant with enhanced speed, strength, and reflexes, should have severely injured the obviously out of shape Octavious. I mean if it was possible for me to get mechanical tentacles attached to my spinal cord and I fought spider man, if he landed more than three hits I'd be out cold. Oh, I thought the movie was fantastic though. I'm not criticizing Sam Raimi or anything It's just that I find it a little weird.