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A crime-fighting superhero without a
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sick outfit is like Captain America
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without his shield. It just feels wrong.
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Case in point, these Marvel costume
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misfires.
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>> Hey everyone.
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>> In 2015, a deal between Sony Pictures
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and Marvel Studios allowed Peter Parker,
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now played by Tom Holland, to appear in
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Captain America: Civil War before
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headlining his own series of solo films.
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It was a huge moment, one that opened up
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a ton of possibilities [music] for a
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fresh take on this iconic character.
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When audiences finally got a look at
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their new Spider-Man, however, his slick
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computer-generated outfit left a lot to
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be desired. Interestingly, Tom Holland
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actually wore a radically different
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[music] practical Spidey outfit on the
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set of Civil War, which was then
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replaced in post-production. This
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original costume has drawn a share of
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fans who say they would have preferred a
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more practical approach. Why it was
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abandoned is anyone's guess, but it may
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have been considered too close to the
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costume worn by Tobey Maguire in the
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original Spider-Man movies. Luckily, the
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Civil War look only lasted as long as
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Spider-Man: Homecoming, and each
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subsequent entry in the MCU has given
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Spidey a radically different and usually
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highly improved outfit. This has
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culminated in the brand-new day [music]
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costume, which may as well be the best
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the wall-crawler has ever looked on
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screen.
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>> [music]
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>> The excessive use of lackluster digital
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effects work was one of the worst parts
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of Thor: Love and Thunder. Among other
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things, the movie's [music]
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over-reliance on CGI birthed one of the
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most reviled MCU costumes in recent
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memory, Jane [music] Foster's Mighty
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Thor getup. The Asgardian garb covering
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Foster's head was largely
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computer-generated in Love and Thunder,
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with Thor similarly donning his own CG
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helmet. Apparently, this decision was
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made to give the actors more flexibility
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during filming. What might have seemed
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reasonable during principal photography
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ended [music] up looking garish in the
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final product, however. Whenever Jane
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Foster puts on her helmet in the movie,
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all that power and gravitas is undercut
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by just how fake that CG accessory
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looks. Chalk this up as one of the many
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many holes that sank the good ship Love
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and Thunder.
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In the comic books, Clint Barton
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originally wore a head-to-toe purple
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outfit with a cowl that doubled as a
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mask. A delightful costume that
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exemplifies the endearing silliness of
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classic comics.
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>> [music]
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>> In the Avengers, however, his threads
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weren't quite as fun. Instead, the MCU
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Hawkeye donned a sleeveless outfit made
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[music] from dark leather.
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>> You got a suit?
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Then suit up.
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>> This suit was frustrating more than
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anything else, even beyond its lack of
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fidelity to Hawkeye's roots. For one, it
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meant that he didn't really fit in with
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the other members of the titular team,
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[music]
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who were rocking bright blue spandex and
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red capes. Hawkeye's costume also makes
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no sense [music] from a functional
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perspective, what with most of his upper
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torso being exposed in the midst of
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battle. Ironically, in trying to avoid
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the silliness of his comic book outfit,
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this far less exciting costume just
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ended up [music] creating new logical
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problems. In subsequent appearances,
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Hawkeye's look inched closer and closer
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to his comic book origins
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>> [music]
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>> with new slightly more purple outfits.
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And while he still hasn't quite gone
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full cowl, anything is an improvement on
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the eyesore he wore in the Avengers.
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Captain America's first costume in
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Captain America: The First Avenger was
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largely successful, embracing the vivid
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colors and sillier aspects of his comic
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book beginnings.
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>> [music]
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>> In the Avengers, however, Cap got a more
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modern look that honestly didn't work on
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any level. For one thing, the textures
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are all wrong. Steve looks like he's
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battling evil in tight plastic that
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could break at any moment. The
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weird-looking star on his chest and his
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excessively busy belt don't exactly help
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matters, either. Worse still, the helmet
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operates kind of like a hoodie, making
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it so explicitly [music] connected to
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the rest of the outfit is a puzzling
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choice, as it makes poor Steve look all
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smushed up whenever he's wearing it.
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Heck, even Chris Evans hated the thing.
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>> I can't believe I made a whole movie
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with this thing on.
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>> Thankfully, Steve got much better
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costumes [music] in the years that
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followed, and his outfits in later
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Avengers movies look so good that we're
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willing to forgive that initial misstep.
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In the first season of Netflix's
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Daredevil series, Matt Murdock fights
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crime wearing an all-black ninja outfit.
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This stripped-down attire was rooted in
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some of the most famous Daredevil
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comics, but it was a far cry from the
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bright red costume most commonly
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associated with the vigilante. After 12
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episodes of build-up, however, [music]
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the show's season 1 finale delivered a
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proper red costume for Murdock to don.
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Unfortunately, fans were less than
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enthralled by this recreation of
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Daredevil's iconic look.
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>> Not everyone deserves a happy ending.
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>> This Daredevil outfit has several faults
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contributing to its underwhelming
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nature. For starters, the cowl covering
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his eyes looks off, almost as if it's
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too tight. It's also littered [music]
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with too many black spots, patches, and
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pockets, all of which overcomplicate the
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suit. [music]
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Was a straightforward red spandex suit
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too silly for this universe? Perhaps,
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perhaps not, but the show really should
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have fired on all cylinders to
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compensate for the sudden switch-up
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[music] from those all-black ninja
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threads. Worst of all, hinging so much
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of that final episode on the grand
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reveal of this costume just made its
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faults all the more apparent, weighing
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down the impact of an otherwise superb
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season finale.
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The version of the Serpent Society we
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see in Captain America: Brave New World
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was based on a number of outlandish
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comic characters [music] who, in the
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comic books, wore brightly colored
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outfits resembling various species of
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snake.
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>> [music]
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>> During the movie's lengthy reshoots,
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however, Rosa Salazar's Pink Head
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Diamondback was deleted entirely, and
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the new leader, Sidewinder, was added.
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All the while, the Serpent Society was
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reformatted into a mercenary group,
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one whose members, during their very
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brief appearance [music] on screen, wore
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practical tactical gear that's devoid of
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any color whatsoever. When Brave New
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World hit theaters, the Serpent Society
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attracted a ton of criticism from fans,
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partly because the villains had
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practically been cut wholesale from the
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movie, but also for their truly
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forgettable outfits. Stripping away
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their colorful attire wasn't just a
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deviation from the source material, but
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it also deprived them the opportunity to
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display some individuality.
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In the end, the Serpent Society was
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indistinguishable [music]
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from the goons in basically any other
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thriller movie. And if nothing else, a
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legend like Giancarlo Esposito deserved
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much, much more from the MCU.
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Iron Man has an infamously poor rogues
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gallery to contend with, which gave
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Marvel Studios a tall task following the
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success of 2008's Iron Man. Eventually,
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Kevin Feige and company decided to have
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Tony face off against Mickey Rourke as
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the superpowered tech baddie Whiplash in
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Iron Man 2.
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>> I want my bird.
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>> Fans got their first glimpse at Ivan
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Vanko's live-action debut in 2009, with
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the initial images showing a shirtless
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Rourke standing in front of a crowd with
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rings and harnesses all over his arms.
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There was no sign of the sensational to
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be found here, let alone Vanko's CG
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robot suit from the film's finale.
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[music] It was just some guy standing
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around on a sunny day. Perhaps
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unsurprisingly, these images spawned a
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wave of criticism from fans who worried
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that Whiplash didn't look anything near
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a formidable enough opponent for Iron
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Man. It certainly didn't help matters
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that this costume was about as far as
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you can get from the original comic book
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version of Whiplash. Iron Man 2 is no
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Citizen Kane, of course, so it seems
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unlikely that a better Whiplash design
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would have saved the movie, but it
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surely wouldn't have hurt, either.
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It's no secret that Iron Fist is reviled
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by Marvel fans. This Netflix series
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garnered a ton of terrible reviews,
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scorching nearly every element of it,
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from the fight choreography to Finn
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Jones's performance to the dreary
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pacing, among other shortcomings. His
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commitment to a more grounded version of
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Iron Fist resulted in a torturously
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tedious endeavor, one devoid of fun or
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personality. And this was epitomized by
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the absence of any costume whatsoever
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for the show's hero. In the comics, Iron
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Fist is best known for wearing a green
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and yellow costume. The show only has
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the outfit appear in archival footage,
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however, and even then it's worn by a
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different incarnation of the Iron Fist.
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Otherwise, it was totally absent, much
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to the chagrin of long-time fans.
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Instead, Rand mostly wore hoodies and
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schlubby clothes during his stint as a
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Netflix superhero. Then again, maybe
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it's for the best that Iron Fist did
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away with that classic outfit, as it's
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unlikely that associating it with a TV
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show this bad would have done it any
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favors.
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In the comics, the Deviants' leader Kro
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is a horned, red-skinned creature who
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somewhat resembles Satan. Over the
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years, he's also been depicted with a
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golden headband and suit littered with
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sparkling jewels, a signal of his
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stature within Deviant society. 2021's
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Eternals, however, ditched all this
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entirely. Instead, Kro struts around in
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no clothes for the duration of his
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minimal screen time in the movie. He
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doesn't even have red skin. Kro instead
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materializes with dark blue and purple
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hues that, aside from looking bland, are
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hard to see in nighttime scenes. Kro's
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radical design, as well as his lack of
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costume, was widely criticized after
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Eternals hit theaters, and fans had
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little better to say about the rest of
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the Deviants. These CG beasties undercut
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the more practical, tactile elements of
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Eternals, while the movie's refusal to
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commit to Kro's outlandish comic look
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signaled that it was uncomfortable with
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Jack Kirby's more surreal sensibilities.
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Even for those unfamiliar with the
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source material, Kro's generic look left
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a lot to be desired. Bling aside, giving
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Kro any kind of costume would have made
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him more memorable. Instead, we ended up
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with an otherworldly that felt anything
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but otherworldly. Oh, well, there's
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always Eternals 2, right? Right?
