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Don't be shy Hector you did a good job! Glad to hear the emphasis is on character and not SFX.
Gee ya think filmmakers might have been reading internet posts where we have been moaning about this for years and are finally paying attention!!!
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02-11-2003, 05:35 PM
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This thread is now designated the Official Discussion Thread for "Daredevil" please, post all comments, links to outside reviews, film and box office discussion items to this thread.
All HTF member film reviews of "Daredevil" should be posted to the Official Review Thread.
Thank you for your consideration in this matter.
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02-11-2003, 08:40 PM
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As a former big time Comic Book collector, the fact that they changed the look of the characters so much, I sadly have no real desire to see this movie! 
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02-12-2003, 07:43 AM
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One thing I should mention is to stay 5 minutes into the credits to see the outcome of one of the characters. Oh, and watch out for cameo's from Kevin Smith and Stan Lee.
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02-12-2003, 02:42 PM
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Isn't Daredevil's costume identical in look to the comic book's? I understand that originally the studio opted for a really bad design, one that the Los Angeles Times likened to the FBI "wanted"-poster rendering of the Unabomber. The studio thought originally that non-comic book fans wouldn't go for a super hero dressed in a red-devil outfit.
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02-12-2003, 02:46 PM
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Bullseye has me bummed the most, but also Kingpin. They should have put Clark in a fat suit like Myers used in Austin Powers. Daredevil's costume I'm not wild about either.
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02-12-2003, 05:01 PM
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Isn't Daredevil's costume identical in look to the comic book's?
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It looks close but it's not identical. The comic book version has the DD logo centered on his chest and it's larger. It's also simpler in general, looking more like a superhero costume but entirely red, while the movie version looks like a leather biker outfit.
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Bullseye has me bummed the most, but also Kingpin. They should have put Clark in a fat suit like Myers used in Austin Powers. Daredevil's costume I'm not wild about either.
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02-12-2003, 05:55 PM
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Woo hoo! I just picked up these free mini-posters from my local comic book shop. I got mini-posters of Elektra, Daredevil, Bullseye, and Kingpin. I think I'll frame the Elektra one.
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02-12-2003, 06:32 PM
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To not have any desire to see this because they changed the way the characters looked is a little mind-boggling. I mean, if this movie was an exact copy of an actual issue of the comic, I'd pass. I like to see people's interpretations of original sources; probably why you'll never hear me complain about changes in LOTR. If I wanted to have the movie=book, I'd read the book!
And I disagree with Gardner. Well, not the fact about her being cute, but I think she'll do a good job with Elektra.
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02-13-2003, 02:04 PM
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Nick Cerretti wrote (post #9):
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To not have any desire to see this because they changed the way the characters looked is a little mind-boggling. I mean, if this movie was an exact copy of an actual issue of the comic, I'd pass. I like to see people's interpretations of original sources. . . . If I wanted to have the movie=book, I'd read the book!
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Yes, and Daredevil, like all the superhero films, is an adaptation of the comic book. It can't be the comic book itself, which is two-dimensional, static, and silent.
Part of the price of filmic adaptation has always been re-interpretation, especially in Hollywood. (Gone with the Wind anyone?) Comic-book source material won't be any different.
Note, for example, the controversies on the characters' costumes/uniforms which always pop up with any serious prospect of filming.
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The comic book version [of Daredevil's costume] has the DD logo centered on his chest and it's larger. It's also simpler in general, looking more like a superhero costume but entirely red, while the movie version looks like a leather biker outfit.
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Daredevil's costume when I was a kid always looked like red velvet, not red leather. Has that changed since the old days? Velvet would have looked better, I think.
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