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Daredevil Could Have Been Gangsta
So it looks like the film rights to Daredevil will revert back to Marvel/Disney in October. There had been some talk about Marvel and Fox trading Galactus for an extension on the film rights, but I didn’t report on it because I considered it just boring Hollywood talk. And obviously it didn’t pan out anyway. This new wrinkle in the Daredevil rights saga, however, has been confirmed by the (now former) new director, Joe Carnahan.
I actually liked Ben Affleck’s Daredevil, especially the director’s cut
I don’t really know what this might mean for the Marvel Movieverse. Marvel and Disney already have a pretty full slate of movies planned all the way through 2015. Would they try and squeeze a new Daredevil flick in there just because they can? I would hope they hold on to Daredevil for awhile until they know exactly what to do with him – and I hope that doesn’t mean he joins the Avengers.
Anyways, Carnahan is apparently a man who loves his fans, and so he’s posted online two sizzle reels for what his take on Daredevil would have been like. They appear to be pseudo-trailers using old footage and comic book panels to try and create the feel of a bombastic 1970s-style thriller.
Here is the general audience sizzle reel:
And here is the grittier, more violent NC-17 version:
6 Silly Armored Superhero Costumes
The one constant in the world of superheroes is the colorful costume. Tights, spandex, latex, long johns, leather, pajamas; all superheroes play dress up when it comes to fighting crime. It’s just more fun that way. But in the real world, everybody knows that a big, muscular guy in spandex just looks silly. If a real world Batman was just wearing a pair of gray tights, he’d be no more threatening than a ballerina. Why do you think the movies put Batman in a specialized suit of black armor, or the X-Men wear black leather?
Tights and spandex costumes just aren’t cool, no matter how good they might look when drawn.
Paper, though, always looks good
Which is why, throughout the history of comics, creators have often tried to upgrade a superhero’s costume to make it look more badass. For some reason, this meant changing from spandex to armor, with heavy layers of complicated plating and protection. Yet no matter how good the creators’ intentions, somehow these upgrades looked even worse! These armor costumes were running rampant in the 90s, and in hindsight, everybody agrees that they looked ridiculous. Superheroes have gone back to tight spandex ever since.
I thought I’d share with everybody some of the more ridiculous armored costume changes in comic book history.
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