Or they could shine a light on some western themed characters that live in the present day.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/theroni...e-rangers/amp/
Or they could shine a light on some western themed characters that live in the present day.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/theroni...e-rangers/amp/
T'Challa
A.K.A. The Black Panther
King of Wakanda
King of the Dead and The Champion of Bast
Two-Time Time Magazine "Person Of The Year"
Six-Time People Magazine "Sexiest Man Alive"
Yea I really believe you could do a ton with it if done right. And the best thing about it is it would be free from the modern MCU with continuity. You could literally basically set up a new MCU except back in the 1800s. To me it would be super fun. But its pretty risky. One the other hand the Madalorian is basically a space western. And it is huge.
Bank robberies aren't nearly as common from what I've heard. In fact I've that kind of violence has generally decreased. Cities aren't full of violent killers necessitating Yeah, some comics deal with crimes against minorities but how often?
And I didn't say I had a problem with superheroes. I said I've recently had these thoughts about street level vigilantes, because the whole 'cities full of crime' attitude is also used to justify things like 'the thin blue line,' but even outside of the police, we've had incidences of people using extrajudicial violence to bad ends. Yeah, these things are conventions, but we can challenge conventions. Not everything which made sense back then does now. I mean, i've seen several comments asking for more variety. Well, this is about as cliche a superhero can get. Other heroes are dealing with more interesting stuff
There are a crap ton of non powered super heroes in the MCU. I mean for gosh sake they haven't even brought Daredevil in yet. They are just bringing in Moonknight. The entire Daredevil universe is filled with barely powered people. Its really only up to their imagination. Heck there are more non powered or low powered guys out there that they haven't brought in, than they have.
I meant more along the lines of A-lister superheroes in the Marvel Universe who don't have ANY superpowers at all. I think Punisher is one, but I don't see him joining the MCU anytime soon and his hero status is still kinda disputed. I thought DD gained other "enhanced senses" after he became blind so I think he is a definite step above MCU Hawkeye(s), Black Widow(s), Fury and Maria Hill.
The MCU made Hawkeye and Black Widow huge names. They were always around but if you would have told me Hawkeye was an A list marvel superhero in 1990 I would have laughed at you. Neither of them had their own books forever. They were tried for decades and failed. The MCU can make a C lister into a star with one movie or show. For goodness sake Moonknight other than his initial run and I guess his second run in the late 80s hasn't had a book go more than 30 issues. Now he has his own tv show coming. And all of a sudden his new comic is hot property. Neflix was able to make a tv show based on Jessica Jones that ran for 3 seasons who wasn't even a character till 2001. And that was a MAX line. The potential for all these characters is really only limited by the tv and movie writers. They could do a Darcy show and make it work if they were creative enough.
Good points. D-listers in the comics have definitely become A-listers on screen. That's why I actually like the movies/shows more than the comic books a lot of the time. I never thought we'd be getting a Moon Knight show either. I don't even really know who Jessica Jones is, and she's pretty popular too. I like how Feige wants to focus more attention on Avengers/characters we've already seen. That's why I'm looking forward to She-Hulk, Armor Wars and Secret Invasion the most (after Hawkeye). I'm glad Marvel Studios are delaying the introduction of the Fantastic Four and the X-Men. They've already had a lot of exposure in the public eye.
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I'm more of a Neo-Noir guy so I'd be down for the Mystery Men and the Twelve popping up. I'd even be into a Spider-man noir film but that would be more of a pastiche.
https://marvel.fandom.com/wiki/Mystery_Men_Vol_1_1
https://marvel.fandom.com/wiki/Twelve_(WWII)_(Earth-616)
I figured if they wanna use a Native American character, he'd be a good starting point.
https://marvel.fandom.com/wiki/Jason...ow_(Earth-616)
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Oh yeah, I lurked in that thread. Interesting recommendations. I do think that the MCU should start RETIRING some characters who have been in the movies/shows for over a decade before introducing too many NEW characters though. Marvel's adding too much without subtracting enough in my opinion. WandaVision, Falcon & the Winter Soldier, Loki, Black Widow and Shang-Chi introduced a SLEW of new HEROES, but they quickly eliminated many villains (like Disney has in previous phases). I personally like endings. They're never perfect, but I like the closure that comes along with them.
Common, maybe not, but they still happen. It's like expecting stuff like the Batfamily's existence to wipe out all petty or violent crime, it doesn't.
Well, with Superheroes their vigilantism usually comes to a point to where they don't go overboard, or when they do there are consequences.And I didn't say I had a problem with superheroes. I said I've recently had these thoughts about street level vigilantes, because the whole 'cities full of crime' attitude is also used to justify things like 'the thin blue line,' but even outside of the police, we've had incidences of people using extrajudicial violence to bad ends. Yeah, these things are conventions, but we can challenge conventions. Not everything which made sense back then does now. I mean, i've seen several comments asking for more variety. Well, this is about as cliche a superhero can get. Other heroes are dealing with more interesting stuff