Yeah. I love gratuitous bits and bobs as much as the next comic book geek (and I asked just that question about Costa Verde vs Peru for SHIELD), but adhering to spirit is more important than adhering to canon — if the reasons for doing the former vs the latter don't feel too much like "We have a really limited budget, plus viewers won't understand."
So, yeah, I want "Agents of SHIELD" to go up against Hydra, early and often. And/or AIM. And I don't mind if Hydra isn't all dressed in green uniforms or AIM doesn't look like a lot of yellow beekeepers. But I do mind if they're just all mobsters, or generic mooks. And throwing in someone who does the Hydra creed, or a background technician in one of those AIM bucket helmets will go a long way. Show you understand and respect the source material, and I'll give you a lot of latitude.
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Some pretty cool ideas thrown about. Of course it makes too much sense for Hollywood's collective, addled, minds to grasp….which is a shame.
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What do we want out of a comic-based television series? At this point in pop-culture history the corporate synergies are so closely aligned, and the fans so plugged in, that we can all come up with various ways to adapt […]
Dunno if this is a relevant observation or not…but the problem seems to me is both that superheroes should have supervillains…but most live-action actors look a little silly in costumes. Can you imagine Wolverine in his blue and yellow outfit on Hugh Jackman in the movies? A costume that works fine on a comics page usually doesn't translate into TV/movies. But WITHOUT the zoot-suits…it just doesn't look right (to moi) either.
The issue of costumes is a real one — the X-movies have handled it pretty well, honestly (including a shout-out to blue and yellow spandex). Again, that's one of those places where it's okay to change things, even radically, as well as there's some sort of respect given to the original, not just "we changed it because we were cheap / we thought the original stuff was stupid."
The challenge of super-villains is a little different, esp. on TV. By their nature, SVs are bigger, bolder, and more threatening than heroes — that's what makes them a challenge, but what also makes them more expensive to portray and increases the risk of turning into camp.