Lets Talk: Superman

Welcome geeks to my next installment of Let’s Talk. Today I’m going to be talking about Superman. If you don’t know who Superman is, well I’m wondering how you’re getting internet underneath that rock you call home.

Now I am going to be 100% truthful with you. I HATE SUPERMAN. There is absolutely no other superhero I despise more than Superman. I’m sorry to any Superman fans out there but you have to admit that over the years Superman has evolved into one of the greatest plot resolvers for DC. “Oh no, what will we ever do to stop the dam from breaking” (Lets have Superman use his heat vision to seal up the cracks) “Oh no, an alien invasion is taking over the planet” (Lets send Superman to collect all of them, break their weapons, send them back to their planet, while at the same time, have him saving every kitten from a tree, helping Grandmothers cross the street, stopping all crime, and doing his own laundry) “Oh no, Lex Luthor has released 2 missiles that could destroy everything” (Clearly the only solution is to have Superman move so fast that he causes the Earth to spin backwards and reverse time so that he can catch both bombs that he wasn’t fast enough to catch in the first place) “Oh no, the Sun is dying what will we…..oh f**k it, just send Superman to go FIX THE SUN”

Are you getting my point? Anyways let’s get talking about Superman.

History

Nope, I really shouldn’t have to tell you any back story for Superman. There are just some superheroes that have very iconic origins. As I stated earlier if you don’t know about the Last Son of Krypton, I’m wondering how you have electricity.

The only thing you need to realize about Superman’s history is that DC has rebooted it multiple times. You will never get the same explanation of Superman’s origin other than the over simplified statement of Last Son of Krypton.

The Character

Let’s talk about Clark Kent for a moment. Clark Kent is Superman’s persona in order to hide among his friends and regular people. Superman is Clark Kent’s persona in order to appear to the public as the ultimate force for truth, justice, and the American way (I’ll get into this one later). Then there is Clark Kent as Superman. This is the actual person behind all the capes and glasses. This is the person he shares with Ma and Pa Kent and with Lois depending on whether or not he is currently married to her (multiple reboot headaches). Clark Kent as Superman is when we get to see him at his most vulnerable. This is when Clark is openly seeking advice from his loved ones and actually seems like a person. In the 90s animated series this is when he would ask his foster parents about what kind of problems and moral dilemmas he was going through at the time

 

This is the true version of Clark Kent that not even many other superheroes get to see. It’s also the version of the character that writers tend to forget about. A problem that befalls most big name superheroes is that the writers just plain forget to include the secret identity. I half think people just expect Clark Kent to disappear from work for days but when he does come back he has somehow managed to get the scoop on Superman’s latest adventure to an alternate dimension (or Bruce Wayne not appearing at any board meetings but Batman suddenly has their latest tech {quote within quote, who is Wayne Enterprises selling to anyways, I like how we all just assume that Batman has a bucket of gold on him at all times, but trust me I will get into Batman later} or that Bruce Banner never existed and its only the dumb Hulk they have to deal with {another quote within a quote, where does Banner always get a new science coat and glasses after changing back, the man has got to have absolutely no money left}).

Villains

I’m ready to be surprised on this one. Go ahead name one of Superman’s villains besides Lex Luthor, General Zod, or Brainiac. The problem with Superman’s villains isn’t the same problem with Daredevil’s villains. The problem with Superman’s villains is that DC simply refuses to depict them in movies. Come on, how awesome would it be to have a live action Superman movie that had Brainiac as the main villain, or Darkseid, or even Toy Man (maybe not Toy Man but the first 2 sound awesome don’t they?). Having these villains wouldn’t be that difficult either. Brainiac would be insanely easy, all you would have to do is the version depicted in the 90s animated series. The character tied into his origins and posed a threat like no other villain in that series

Supporting Cast

More along the lines of ‘the people he likes and tends to save more often than others’. In all seriousness these are the people that Clark likes to hang out most with. It’s the sole reason why he shows up to the Daily Planet at all. The really interesting thing is how much these people mean to Superman. Look up any future storyline where Lois Lane has died or somebody else and Superman has taken a turn for the worse. Usually this has him teaming up with Lex Luthor or just not caring about the world anymore.

Superman doesn’t take loss well and it shows. My only other problem is (and this is a problem that Marvel is facing too) having the supporting cast of Superman basically be the entire Justice League. It is so easy to depict Superman up in the Watchtower interacting with all the other Justice League members acting like their all one big family. It is really cool to see all these heroes working together, but it also falls along the same lines as forgetting their secret identities. Superman has his own supporting cast, villains, and life away from the Justice League and the DC universe as a whole. Writers like to go back to basics by rebooting characters storylines, but this only happens after storylines and characters have grown too big and too convoluted. People like the simple storylines sometimes. The same problem can be said for Marvel. Sure it’s cool to see Spiderman apart of the Avengers but whatever happened to some of his original supporting cast heroes like The Prowler, Molten Man, or Black Cat (they have a tendency to be forgotten in big hero cast lineups).

What Doesn’t Work

This is a low blow, but it is a problem with the story. The most invincible superhero ever created can be stopped by a green rock. This isn’t to say that Superman is pathetic (aside from the one time where he freaked out over a rock that was painted green) it’s just that it’s a bad idea to make a character have a one true weakness. In any other situation Superman just has to be a little more invincible to win the fight (the reason they made the villain Doomsday was solely to make a villain that had the ability to kill him off just so they could write storylines about a world without Superman). The 90s series sort of got around this problem by making him not as invincible and giving villains an actual chance at fighting him. The other problem that comes with Kryptonite is that it comes in multiple colors which have varying affects on Superman. My particular favorite was the Pink Kryptonite which turned him temporarily flamboyantly gay.

Oh DC, Know you no bounds? My final problem with Superman has to be the Kryptonians. How many of them actually survived? Way too many.

I can accept a small amount surviving (like Supergirl or Krypto) but when you have characters like Beppo the Supermonkey or Comet the Superhorse you have gone too far. If I remember correctly 2 entire cities from Krypton actually survived the destruction. It really takes away from the whole Last Son of Krypton, doesn’t it?

What Can Be Done

What DC is currently doing with Superman is wrong. Let’s have Superman give up his US citizenship so that he can go save the world. I don’t exactly remember him having a problem in helping other countries in the first place. In fact, I don’t think spitting on the US government like this is the best way to make friends. The only reason DC is making this change to Superman is because they want him global like Batman is in the new Batman Inc. (which is also a bad idea, but I’m sure I will talk about Batman at some point later). The problem with this is that Superman was already helping as many people as he already could. Just because he goes to help some small village somewhere doesn’t mean Metropolis is being attacked by Metallo.

He is just one guy; he can’t be everywhere at once. It is my personal belief that the best take on Superman was the 90s animated series. It had good stories, quality animation that still holds up today, and it was just plain iconic (this isn’t to say that the Justice League series was also a good appearance of Superman, I am only talking about the actual Superman series). More versions of Superman similar to this would be greatly welcomed. A good storyline of Superman would tackle what he is doing on Earth as preposterous. Of all the surviving Kryptonians why did they all become superheroes? Most depictions of them show the as being a scientific culture or a philosophical culture.

It would be interesting to see one of these scientist come to Earth and just question what has become of his culture. This would radically expand on the culture of the Kryptonians, you could even have him be a friend of Jor-El. The important thing would be to get across that they were a people and not the servants of justice.

In Closing

How do you fix what many people consider unbroken.  Superman is a classic, iconic character. These are but a few suggestions to change up the man who has everything. With these changes to his character, Superman could probably become even more popular and be thrust back into today’s society again. That isn’t to say he isn’t already. Simply put Superman is no longer at the front of the line anymore. He needs change.

Thanks for reading
-Headshot Bunny

Lets Review: Thor

Hello geeks and welcome to my first Lets Review. I’m going to talk about the new Thor movie so if you don’t want any spoilers now is the time to stop reading, go see it, then come back. Don’t worry, I’ll still be here by the time you get back. In any case Lets Review Thor.

The Negative

I really don’t have that many complaints with this film as I do with other superhero movies. I personally feel like this was a well accomplished stab at a character that is really hard to grasp. That being said, this film could have used about a half hour more of exposition. We leap into the story fairly quickly and we really don’t slow down from there. Odin gives us a very brief explanation about who the Asgardians are and what went down with the war with the Frost Giants. Being a fan of Thor comics, I easily understood what was going on but I couldn’t imagine how other audience members were wrapping their heads around the brief scraps of information we were given. The same could be said for the major plot points of Odin Sleep and The Destroyer Armor which never get any real explanations. Odin slips into a coma randomly and were not given a clear reason why. Being a Thor fan I knew that this was Odin going into Odin Sleep in order to recharge his almighty god powers, but I had to later explain this concept to my parents after watching it with them.

As another problem I really didn’t believe that Thor had a life changing moment because of falling in love with Natalie Portman. Thor barely spends anytime at all with her onscreen and it just doesn’t seem like this would be why he changes. For me the big life changing moment was when Loki slipped into Thor’s prison room and told him that Odin was dead and that Thor was forever banished in the hopes of maintaining a piece with the Frost Giants. You can clearly see the guilt across Thor’s face at this moment and how he is truly ashamed of his actions. This is the moment that seemed to teach Thor his much needed humility that he was lacking. Even more ironic is that this moment was brought about by Loki who was only using it as a ploy to get Thor to fall into a depression. I would easily ignore Natalie Portman and accept the prison scene as the explanation for his change but it is made blatantly clear during the final fight that she was his reason.

My final problem with the movie is that for a film about the God of Thunder, there was a severe lack of power behind it. That is to, I didn’t really get to see Thor cut loose with his powers. He uses his lightning powers maybe twice in the film. I don’t know about you, but I distinctly remember lightning being Thor’s main attack of choice. Sure it was really cool how Thor fought with the Frost Giants by spinning Mjolnir like he does in the comics, but I would have really preferred to have seen him setting the skies alight with massive bursts of lightning. It’s kind of like going to a Superman movie and finding out the only powers he uses are flight and super strength. You want to see Superman cut loose and use heat vision or super breath at some point in the movie. That’s why this came off more as a disappointment as I felt like I hadn’t really gotten a good scale of how powerful Thor really is based on what the movie gave me.

The Positive

I was a big fan of the supporting cast in this one. I really liked how all the Asgardians were portrayed, especially Heimdall who was just freakin awesome in every one of his appearances. Asgard was beautifully designed and really came off as a futuristic haven for the gods. Overall I really liked the entire film, except for those three complaints. I felt like for a film about a Thunder God from another dimensions it was easy to get into it and enjoy. Thor, Loki, and Odin were all amazingly well portrayed and I look forward to how a sequel will continue to play on this broken family dynamic. Of course one of the gems of the film is the after credits scene which promotes the Avengers. Like I said at the beginning if you haven’t seen Thor yet this will be a spoiler. We find out that Shield has the Cosmic Cube and is pulling one of Natalie Portman’s coworkers into find out how to tap into its unlimited resources. We then find out that Loki is secretly controlling this coworker and urges him to start working on it. That was a freaking awesome preview of the Avengers. If you don’t know what the Cosmic Cube is…..look it up somewhere else because I am not about to explain to you one of Marvel’s greatest pieces of fictional lore in a movie review (aka: I’m too lazy to write about it now, maybe later). If you have been keeping up with the rumors going around the Captain American film, you should know that the Cosmic Cube is what the main villain, The Red Skull, is going after in the movie. This is how Captain American and Thor are going to tie into each other. I can only guess how Nick Fury got his hands on the Cosmic Cube, but it looks like we’ll find out more in the Captain America film. Having Loki be the one who gets to look at the Cosmic Cube definitely sets him up for being one of the major players in the Avengers movie, but that is of course a year away.

 

Overall

Overall, I really look forward to seeing a Thor sequel and how this film will tie into the Avengers movie. The ending comes very suddenly and I wish it gave a bit more story explanation for the audience’s sake but I still feel like it accomplished what it set out to do. I would say that it could easily stand next to Iron Man as a prime example of how superhero movies should be made. The problem with that statement is that Marvel shouldn't be trying to compare how to make Thor grounded within the same world as Iron Man, but instead take on the fantasy epic that is his story. I give Thor a 3.8 out of 5.

Thanks for reading
-Headshot Bunny

Spiderman: The Televised Curse

Hello again geeks and welcome to the Guide to Geekdom

I’m sure everyone knows about The Superman Curse; if not go check its own Wikipedia page. That’s how famous it is folks. What you may not know about is The Spiderman Curse. A curse is plaguing Spiderman and it has gone mostly unnoticed by the public view. So I’m here to show you The Spiderman Curse.

The curse itself is very simple: Almost every Spiderman TV show will end horribly.  ‘But that seems more like a point a view and not an actual curse’ the reader asked wistfully, well that’s where you would be wrong. Now the reason I say almost every is because this tradition didn’t really start until the 90s Spiderman animated series. Maybe it’s because they knew how to end on a good note back in the day I don’t know.

Spiderman the animated series (1994 – 1998)

 Wasn’t this an awesome series? Personally this was the series that truly introduced me to the world of Spiderman, and it was awesome. From the kickass opening to the amazing story lines pulled straight from the comics to the great voice acting, this series had it all. What you may not remember was how it ended.

The series ended with the 5^th season, 2 part finale Spider Wars. Spider Wars has Madam Web dragging Peter through different dimensions with a small army of alternate Spidermen in order to fight alternate Spiderman that had gone rogue, Spider-Carnage. After saving reality from the evil Spider-Carnage, Peter is sent to our reality where he gets to meet Stan Lee. After that fun little insert, Peter goes off into an interdimensional portal with Madam Web in the hope of finding Mary Jane (who was currently lost in dimensions at the time). This is where it ends.

This is where our 5 season journey ends, with Spiderman hurtling through dimensional space looking for Mary Jane. They had assumed they would be coming back for another season and ended it on a cliff hanger. Little did they realize that they would be cancelled and replaced by a more bizarre series. The creators of the show would later go on to say that Peter would have found Mary Jane in good ol’ London but it’s a bit of an odd way to go out for this beloved series.

Spiderman Unlimited (1999 – 2000)
 

Let me talk a moment about Spiderman Unlimited. This was a series that came out around the time when it cyberpunk dystopian futures were really in. Around the same time Beast Machines and Batman Beyond also came out. Marvel decided to jump on the band wagon by creating Spiderman Unlimited where Peter ends up on an alternate futuristic Earth mostly run by anthropomorphic citizens. This series only lasted 13 episodes. While it was a major flop, I’m actually a major fan of the series (if you get the chance, check it out its pretty good) and always wanted to know how it was going to end, which will never happen.

Spiderman Unlimited ends on episode 13, Destiny Unleashed. Venom and Carnage have been working on a bomb for the Synoptic and the High Evolutionary (our two major villains of the series) which will release a symbiotic mind control upon the planet. This does happen.

The episode ends with the bomb going off and Peter stuck in a collapsing building. THE SERIES FREAKIN ENDS RIGHT HERE! What bullshit is this. It was never followed up or concluded. We are forever leaving this series with the world ending and Spiderman dying. Way to go cliff hanger.

Spiderman (2003)

This was another failed Spiderman series that came out in 2003 (this one also only lasted 13 episodes). Though it has the uniqueness of being fully digitally animated (its fair animation, Iron Man Armored Adventures wasn’t much better).  This series was supposed to be a follow up to the first movie and depict Peter in his college years. Trying to be in the same universe as the movie it even included an episode with Michael Clarke Duncan as the Kingpin from Daredevil.

The series ends with the 2 part finale, Mind Games. The episode focuses on the Gaines Twins, who have vast mental abilities, and Kraven the Hunter kidnapping Mary Jane and trying to take down Peter. Peter of course defeats them but Mary Jane almost dies because of this, causing Peter to give up his life of Spiderman and throw his costume into the river.

But of course we all know that Peter is going to realize that he should be Spiderman and that with great power comes…………oh wait no, this is where it ends. This is where the series ends. We leave this series with Peter giving up Spiderman. You can just accept this because the series never got a follow up or another ending. This is it. Hilariously though, Spiderman 2 was announced the same day that this aired.

The Spectacular Spider-Man (2008 - 2009)

The Spectacular Spider-Man came out in 2008, and was actually a pretty successful telling of Peter in his high school years. This series was the first to successfully streamline the Spiderman story in a way where we met his entire supporting cast, major villains, as well as writing a good overall plot thread. The entire series actually feels like one big story arc and I applaud the writers for it. That being said it ended poorly.

 

The series ends on the season 2 finale, Final Curtain. The episode is about Peter and the Goblin trying to end their conflict once and for all. It’s a brilliant episode with amazing action sequences and revelations exploding out the wazoo. It’s a really good episode and I’m not going to ruin all the revelations for you if you still want to go check out this episode, but I will tell you how this ends, so spoiler alert. Spiderman knocks the Goblin into a pumpkin grenade turret which explodes and everyone presumes the Goblin has died.  The real ending killer is that during the episode Peter and Gwen have decided to break off their current relations so that they can be with each other. Peter leaves his girlfriend easy enough but Gwen is dating Harry Osborn at the time. Harry overhears their plan and decides to use his father’s death as a form of blackmail to get Gwen to stay with him. We also find out that the Norman is still alive and is leaving the country to live the good life.

 

This is literally where the series ends. A big part of this series was Peter’s social life and how it was affected by his life as Spiderman. This series has some amazing writing and fairly good animation, but to end on this note is a bit sad. They had full plans for coming back for another season and even mentioned plans for it at several conventions, but they were cancelled so that Marvel could start producing a new Spiderman series about Peter in his high school years (why?).

The Future… 
 

Marvel wanted to create a new Spiderman series that would go alongside the new Spiderman reboot film while at the same time capitalizing on one of their most popular story lines, Ultimate Spiderman. This was highly unnecessary. The Spectacular Spider-Man was influenced by the original comics, the film trilogy, and the Ultimate Spiderman series. It was doing a pretty damn good job of doing so. But to be honest folks, I really don’t think the series would have made it that long in the first place. Marvel decided they wanted a teenage Spiderman series to come out with their new movie, which probably won’t be out till 2012. By then The Spectacular Spider-Man would have most likely been in its 5^th or 6^th season when the writing gets poor and show dies. If Marvel really wanted to capitalize on their new movie the best thing to do would be what they did. It’s just sad that a good series had to die because it came out at the wrong time. I don’t exactly have high hopes for the ending of this new animated series, but let’s hope that Marvel has finally figured out their problem and will go out on a good note this time.

Update

I don't want people to think my blog was a one hit wonder. I have far more to say than just Daredevil, but I am a very busy person. I am trying to figure out how to find the time to make posts on a regular basis, that way people can get some consistency with what to expect from me. In the mean time this is what you should expect to see from me over the course of the next few weeks (given that I find the time)
-Spiderman: The Televised Curse
-Let's Talk: Superman
-Batman vs Spiderman
-Abused Supervillains
and many more to follow
yours truly
-Headshot Bunny

Lets Talk: Daredevil

As my first complaint I want to talk about Daredevil. For those of you who do not know who Daredevil is....

.....that’s him. I think it’s time he was talked about.

History

As a brief history Matt Murdock was raised in Hell's Kitchen (not to be confused with the Ramsay edition) by his father, Jack Murdock, who was a boxer. When Jack was suppose to throw the fight but didn't, he was killed by gangsters. Matt being the sensible type decides to put on some superhero clothing and defeat the gangsters that killed his father. Henceforth he has called himself Daredevil.
The Character

The most interesting thing about Daredevil is the fact that he is blind and a lawyer. His superhuman powers consist solely at having superhuman senses. He has four super sharp senses. That’s it. He isn't about to reach Superman's level of power. Comic book writers consistently point out that the hardest part of writing a Daredevil story is keeping him alive. As a lawyer, Matt fully believes in the justice system and that it works. This also means that he refuses to kill anybody and decides to put all criminals through the justice system. This has created some amazing story lines of Daredevil and Punisher butting heads, but that’s another subject for another day. The best part about Matt is his ability to lose absolutely everything, pick himself up and start over from scratch. This includes having his building destroyed, having 2 of his girlfriends be murdered, as well as being beaten within an inch of his life. Every time a moment like this happens in his history he picks himself back up and carries on. What works for Daredevil is his ability to come out of the ashes of destruction and new man, stronger than ever before (just try and see Superman accept the loss of any of his supporting cast). This doesn't mean that Matt is a bad hero; it just makes him more realistic as a hero. He can't be everywhere at once and his villains do target his loved ones and property. Speaking of which...
The Villains

Let’s talk about Daredevil's villains. Now, can you think of any off the top of your head? Okay Kingpin and Bullseye don't count. It’s easy to remember a hero's arch nemesis, but can you remember any others? I didn't think so. The major problem with Daredevil is that he doesn't have very memorable villains. The most memorable rogues’ galleries in comics are Spiderman's and Batman's. Why? Because they are simple. Spiderman's villains have a running theme of animals and elements, Batman's villains have a running theme of psychological issues. Both are really easy to remember. Daredevil's cast of villains are gang leaders and their super assassins. This includes The Owl, Gladiator, Typhoid Mary, Mr. Fear, The Hand, Bullseye, and Kingpin. (Interesting fact, TMNT is basically a giant parody of Daredevil. Daredevil's evil ninja group The Hand was the basis for TMNT's main evil ninja group The Foot). None of his villains are easily remembered and none of them have had huge story arcs in his life other than Bullseye and Kingpin. Speaking of...
Supporting Cast

Aside from the superhero community, Matt's only supporting cast member is Foggy Nelson. Foggy is Matt's law firm partner. Though sometimes bumbling and oafish, Foggy always pulls through and is always trying to look out for Matt (going so far as to climb up the wall of a building in order to save Matt from being possessed by a demon {I have no idea how he accomplished such} aka the Shadowland arc). Foggy has always been there for Matt and if writers ever decide to get rid of him Matt will be screwed. Now in reference to my last lead in, Matt has had a good number of girlfriends, most are dead now. At the order of Kingpin, Bullseye has effectively killed two of Matt's lovers. Everyone forget about Elektra. I do not care that she was in the movie, I do not care that she was Matt's original love, Elektra and Daredevil have not shared a comic panel in years. The two characters could not be more remotely removed from each other’s lives. Yes, the impact of her death had a lot of emotion and was a big story arc for the character. The real girlfriend you want to care about is Karen Page, the second one to be killed.

Karen was Matt's secretary at his law firm. They had a long lasting relationship that had a lot of bumps but still worked out. Her death was a very defining moment in Daredevil's life, one that had long lasting repercussions. Unlike: Bucky, Jean Grey, Elektra, Jason Todd, Mr. Immortal, Aunt May and just about every other hero, Karen Page has never {AND NEVER SHOULD MARVEL} been brought back to life. This has been a constant reminder to Matt that he is limited in what he can do and that he has to keep going in his fight against crime.
What Doesn't Work

Like any super hero there is something that doesn't really work for the viewer and ruins the character's realism {look I'm only going to say this once, I get that this is all a piece of fiction and that 'I shouldn't take this as seriously as I do' but if you just thought that than this isn't the place for you. This is a blog that is a real look at the characters as a whole and how they should be handled}. Sorry about that. Now where was I...oh right. Before I really get into this, if you haven't seen the Daredevil film, go out and watch it now.....done? Good. Wasn't that a piece of crap? I don't have a huge problem with the film except for two things. The first scene with Daredevil going out to fight crime, and the costume itself. The first scene with Daredevil goes against absolutely everything that represents Daredevil.

1. Matt loses the court case: MATT LOSES THE COURT CASE! The case was about a rapist who abused this woman. HOW DID HE LOSE! The guy gets up and testifies that she was asking for it. HOW DID HE LOSE! The real Daredevil would have brought the guy in for justice and found the evidence to put him away. So what does he do...
2. He goes after the guy: Now Matt believes in the justice system, he lost the case but if this ever happened to the real Daredevil he would have followed him and stopped him when he commits the crime again. Movie Daredevil tracks the guy down to a bar and decides to BRUTALLY BEAT DOWN ABSOLUTLELY EVERYONE IN THE BAR EXCEPT FOR THE GUY. What the hell Daredevil.
3. He chases him to the subway: So after failing to beat this guy in court and in the bar, Matt decides to chase him into the subway station. Here Matt knocks him onto the train tracks AND LETS THE GUY GET RUN OVER BY THE TRAIN! SERIOUSLY, WHAT THE HELL DAREDEVIL! Daredevil would never kill anybody! He believes in the justice system and believes that everyone deserves a fair trial. Having failed in that fail trial, Matt would not have gone out and murdered this guy. In fact, if the charges against him had been proven, he would have ended up in prison not a death sentence. This also connects back to why Daredevil and the Punisher butt heads all the time. They have very opposing sides on criminals with Punisher choosing to kill them all, which Daredevil disproves whole heartedly and has attempted to bring in Punisher to justice.
4. The flaming Ds: After murdering a guy, Matt decides to go out of his way and mark the subway station floor with the Daredevil symbol in gasoline. What, did he go out and get some, come back and decided to ruin the area. Or perhaps he has a gasoline dispenser in his devil belt. Which leads me to...

If there is anything I hate about Daredevil, it’s his costume. The movie version of the costume looks like really bad leather. It also doesn't look functional for combat at all. In fact, I'd go as far to say that the costume would actually be a hindrance in combat and only restrict the wearer. That said, I hate the comic costume as well. For a character who is a gritty street level hero, his costume is just silly looking. It’s a full body red jumpsuit. There is nothing dynamic or interesting about it. It’s all just one color and its very boring looking.
What Can be Done

Daredevil by all means should be Marvel's answer to Batman. Daredevil is the most underused character to be created by Stan Lee. He doesn't appear in any big crossovers or team-ups and he hasn't had a big story arc in a long time (I'm not including Shadowland, because that arc was poorly written and sucked). If I were to take over Daredevil, I would write a stronger theme of detective work, maybe even have him team up with Luke Cage more often to have a really strong Detective/Lawyer dynamic. Matt also needs more defined villains that are more than gang lords and their assassins. His villains need to have more prominent story arcs that have major influences on Matt's character.
Now the costume itself needs to be redone. The reason that Cole's costume in InFamous worked was because it worked in the urban settings he was placed in and didn't seem too silly. Daredevil's costume doesn't really fu inside the urban setting of his story and just looks like crap. When I saw the ultimate version of the Shroud I was actually pretty hopeful that this was a re-imagined version of Daredevil's costume.

This costume works within the urban settings and actually does take great strides in fitting into Daredevil's character (it’s a shame it turned out to be ultimate Kitty Pryde). The hands are wrapped in boxer bandages and the hood is reminiscent of his father's old boxing jacket. The only thing it’s missing is the devil horns. I have no idea why this great costume design is wasted on ultimate Kitty Pryde when it could have redefined the entire look of Daredevil.
In Closing

I really don't have that many complaints on the character as a whole. If Marvel were more willing to use Matt to his full potential he could very well rival Batman. Slight changes to his character design and story arcs could truly help make this character a stronger icon in the public eye. If a Daredevil movie were redone some of these changes need to be taken into thought.

Thanks for listening to my input
-Headshot Bunny
PS (I don't own any Daredevil related material; it is all owned by Marvel)

In the Beginning...

Welcome my fellow geeks to The Guide to Geekdom. For those of you who are not geeks, this will be a great starting point on your journey of discovery and self-realization. You are a geek and you will like it. Too long have I scoured the internets and found that fans reactions to poor media output was lacking and unfocused. I said to myself no more. This blog shall act as my voice and opinion toward poor fiction writers and the atrocities they've forced us to endure. That being said, lets get this guide started.