Post by Vits on Jun 8, 2018 19:44:18 GMT
Touching and entertaining story combined with 2 engaging characters! I'm not crazy about the song choices, though. Actually, when TYRONE & TANDY arrive home, a song starts playing. They put on their headphones and the song keeps playing. Wouldn't it have made more sense for the song to start playing there? Or at least turn up the volume while they put on their headphones? Or something.
Considering that the M.C.U. movies have recently started to look more colorful, it disappoints me that most of the shows keep that muted palette. At least THE DEFENDERS experimented with colors. This show really needed that. It's about light & darkness (in more than one sense), but the black and the white can't stand out this way.
I'm not a comic book fan in the traditional sense. I mean, I've read a bunch, but I don't collect them... and I don't get angry when an adaptation changes details unless they really matter. Just getting that out of the way. I read the original CLOAK & DAGGER comics (the 4 and 11-issue runs) and the 2010 one-shot. The show has changed some things and I think it's for the better:
There are other changes, but I don't want to talk about them until I see how they're handled.
Considering that the M.C.U. movies have recently started to look more colorful, it disappoints me that most of the shows keep that muted palette. At least THE DEFENDERS experimented with colors. This show really needed that. It's about light & darkness (in more than one sense), but the black and the white can't stand out this way.
I'm not a comic book fan in the traditional sense. I mean, I've read a bunch, but I don't collect them... and I don't get angry when an adaptation changes details unless they really matter. Just getting that out of the way. I read the original CLOAK & DAGGER comics (the 4 and 11-issue runs) and the 2010 one-shot. The show has changed some things and I think it's for the better:
1) In the comics, TANDY & TYRONE ran away from home when they were 16. He casually saw her on the streets and was thinking about mugging her, but others tried to do that and he saved her. They were kidnapped by some people and taken to an island, where they were the subject of experiments, which gave them their powers. What didn't make sense to me was that, before the reveal of their origin in issue 3(?), they seemed to be fantastical creatures. It didn't seem like the explanation needed to be scientific. This also started a debate among fans on whether these characters are X-MEN or not (in the one-shot that I mentioned, they actually are in the team, but DAGGER takes a test and she's told that she doesn't have the mutant gene). In the show, they got their powers by accident (the source hasn't been revealed yet (I hope it's not scientific)) when they were kids and met without really knowing. They meet years later, their powers are activated and they recognize each other. This highlights the idea that they're connected. Also, this helps keep the X-MEN universe separated.
2) In the comics, TYRONE had a stutter. Becoming CLOAK not only eliminated that but he would often speak philosophically. This contrast is interesting, but I don't feel the comics really explored it. There's an issue where they temporarily lose their powers and become how they were. They realize that their powers, while a curse, are necessary for justice. Wouldn't it have made more sense if TYRONE had also said "I want to be CLOAK because it makes me better" or something like that? Another thing that bothered me in the comics was the moment where they revealed that they were still 16/17 in present day. They didn't look, acted nor (especially) talked like teenagers. Therefore, getting rid of this contrast and giving them the powers at an early age means that the characters' personalities won't change. That makes for more consistent and more interesting storytelling (at least on a weekly basis).
2) In the comics, TYRONE had a stutter. Becoming CLOAK not only eliminated that but he would often speak philosophically. This contrast is interesting, but I don't feel the comics really explored it. There's an issue where they temporarily lose their powers and become how they were. They realize that their powers, while a curse, are necessary for justice. Wouldn't it have made more sense if TYRONE had also said "I want to be CLOAK because it makes me better" or something like that? Another thing that bothered me in the comics was the moment where they revealed that they were still 16/17 in present day. They didn't look, acted nor (especially) talked like teenagers. Therefore, getting rid of this contrast and giving them the powers at an early age means that the characters' personalities won't change. That makes for more consistent and more interesting storytelling (at least on a weekly basis).
There are other changes, but I don't want to talk about them until I see how they're handled.
