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    Syfy Brings Back the Phantom with Less Spandex, More Decapitation

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    Image of geesejuggler geesejuggler
    10/05/09

    In reply to Syfy Brings Back the Phantom with Less Spandex, More Decapitation
    First, this is no way that guy is hot enough to replace Billy Zane. Next, what's wrong with spandex? Batman and Superman uses it.

    Nonetheless, I'll watch it. Why do I hurt myself like this?
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    Image of Guitaratomik Guitaratomik
    10/05/09

    In reply to Syfy Brings Back the Phantom with Less Spandex, More Decapitation
    Looks cheesy and there is some strong overacting in there, but I'll watch the pilot. Could be fun.
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    geesejuggler promoted this comment Guitaratomik was starred Guitaratomik was unstarred
    Image of Byronotron Byronotron
    10/05/09

    In reply to Syfy Brings Back the Phantom with Less Spandex, More Decapitation
    Wow. This looks completely horrible. I thought the days of terrible Canadian Action shows was over! To quote Studio 60 "I'm drawing the line on the insanity. Vancouver doesn't look like anything. It doesn't even look like Vancouver. It looks like Boston, California."
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    geesejuggler promoted this comment Byronotron was starred Byronotron was unstarred
    Image of Jesse Astle Jesse Astle
    10/05/09

    In reply to Syfy Brings Back the Phantom with Less Spandex, More Decapitation
    I can finally say that the movie was better.
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    Image of Dedpool3678 Dedpool3678
    10/05/09

    @Jesse Astle: LMAO. Most people panned that film because it wasn't Batman or Batman Returns. All dark and gritty and stuff. It was a fun action filled romp, and Billy Zane actually didn't need a muscle suit for his purple spandex, he just worked out hard. I liked what they did with the costume. The silkscreened skull design on it was a nice touch and gave the suit texture and made it pop when the light hit it. The spandex suit for this one looks cheesy. I hope this does ok. I'm not fond of the design but a 21st century update was needed. I'm just not sure as drastic as they went. I would definitely incorporate a hood though. That part I like.
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    CParis promoted this comment Dedpool3678 was starred Dedpool3678 was unstarred
    Image of CParis CParis
    10/05/09

    @Dedpool3678: Men with muscles in spandex are unfairly underated.
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    Edited by CParis at 10/05/09 2:39 PM CParis was starred CParis was unstarred
    Image of Jesse Astle Jesse Astle
    10/05/09

    @Dedpool3678: I'm not dissing the movie. I thought it was a lot of fun. Although not the greatest movie ever made. (but this is coming from the guy who loves Howard the Duck so, take it with a grain of salt)
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    Image of Strangebomb Strangebomb
    10/05/09

    In reply to Syfy Brings Back the Phantom with Less Spandex, More Decapitation
    They could have just done...THIS!
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    AtomicTao promoted this comment Strangebomb was starred Strangebomb was unstarred
    Image of Atomictao Atomictao
    10/05/09

    @Strangebomb: I was like three seconds away from posting the exact same clip.
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    Image of thexpert thexpert
    10/05/09

    @AtomicTao: Please someone tell me who or what a 'Lothar' is.
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    AtomicTao promoted this comment thexpert was starred thexpert was unstarred
    Image of Atomictao Atomictao
    10/06/09

    @thexpert: Lothar was Mandrake's Brock Samson in the original comic.
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    Image of thexpert thexpert
    10/09/09

    @AtomicTao: Awesome, thanks! I had no idea!
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    Image of omgwtflolbbqbye omgwtflolbbqbye
    10/05/09

    In reply to Syfy Brings Back the Phantom with Less Spandex, More Decapitation

    I can't wait till he fights Batman!
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    Image of Makidian Makidian
    10/05/09

    In reply to Syfy Brings Back the Phantom with Less Spandex, More Decapitation
    I will at least watch the mini's and give it a chance, it doesn't look like the worst thing that's ever been on TV. And the costume is kinda stupid but it is better than wearing a bunch of spandex, purple spandex...
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    Image of Atomictao Atomictao
    10/05/09

    In reply to Syfy Brings Back the Phantom with Less Spandex, More Decapitation
    Next up: A remake of Mandrake the Magician, reimagined as a young Criss Angel-esque stage magician forced into a world of intrigue and dark magic, who faces nefarious threats while traveling to exotic locales, all of which look like Vancouver with different lens filters.
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    Image of Makidian Makidian
    10/05/09

    @AtomicTao: YESSS!
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    Makidian was starred Makidian was unstarred
    Image of AngryEddy AngryEddy
    10/05/09

    @AtomicTao: Your words craft awful, awful reality. The Kris Angelified Mandrake is on the way... Sadly.
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    Edited by AngryEddy at 10/05/09 11:21 AM AngryEddy was starred AngryEddy was unstarred
    Image of Mookie Mookie
    10/05/09

    @AtomicTao: Yeah... with Hayden Christiansen as Mandrake...
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    AtomicTao promoted this comment Mookie was starred Mookie was unstarred
    Image of Hamslicer Hamslicer
    10/05/09

    @AtomicTao: Flashback. . . Bill Bixby as: The Magician...
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    Image of Atomictao Atomictao
    10/05/09

    @Mookie: Nah, it's SyFy. They'd cast 'young guy who was in that one episode of Stargate SG-1' as Blake Mandrake, a young, hip stage magician who is about to find out how real, dangerous, and sexy magic is.
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    Edited by Atomictao at 10/05/09 1:05 PM Atomictao was starred Atomictao was unstarred
    Image of CarrerCrytharis CarrerCrytharis
    10/05/09

    In reply to Syfy Brings Back the Phantom with Less Spandex, More Decapitation
    What the hell? The Phantom costume is iconic! You can't just go changing it willy-nilly -- and even if you did, there have to be at least a dozen better ways to redesign it. (Personally, I'd give him a kind of deep purple tunic-and-trousers look -- it wouldn't have to be spandex, but it would still be evocative of the original design.)

    I mean, what's with that visor? He looks like a dime-store 'Robocop' knockoff.

    As far as the rest of this is concerned, fighting pirates in the jungle is kind of the Phantom's thing -- I can't really picture him doing anything else. (Sure, he'd venture into the cities every once in a while, but that was more the exception than the norm.)
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    Image of manwithpez manwithpez
    10/05/09


    @CarrerCrytharis: Dime store Robocop knockoff? Like this?
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    CParis promoted this comment manwithpez was starred manwithpez was unstarred
    Image of CParis CParis
    10/05/09

    @manwithpez:
    LOL!! That mess looks like something you buy at the "penny" store!
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    CParis was starred CParis was unstarred
    Image of CarrerCrytharis CarrerCrytharis
    10/05/09

    @manwithpez: That's actually what I'd imagine a live-action 'Transformers' Headmaster would look like. (If your budget was $11.50, anyhow).
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    Image of capnrob capnrob
    10/05/09

    In reply to Syfy Brings Back the Phantom with Less Spandex, More Decapitation
    The outfit looks fine to me; the skin-tight purple suit, like most of the Golden Age comic book designs, worked for a particular era and its printing technology - this may not be the best of all possible suits, but it, at least, doesn't look completely unwearable. True, the Billy Zane suit also looked good, with the subtle texturing and the underwear-on-the-outside didn't look silly, but the production pressure of a TV show would probably make that hard to keep intact.

    In all seriousness, this trailer made me more interested, rather than less - it's completely stock Campbellian Call To Action, but at least they acknowledged the previous media iterations, and it looks like it has a chance of being two-fisted pulp action. 1911 ACP would just be frosting on the cake, honestly.
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    Image of Hamslicer Hamslicer
    10/05/09

    In reply to Syfy Brings Back the Phantom with Less Spandex, More Decapitation
    Looks like he's fighting crime in a Burka
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    Image of disatess disatess
    10/05/09

    In reply to Syfy Brings Back the Phantom with Less Spandex, More Decapitation
    the concept art was better than this .
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    Image of Blue_Mage Blue_Mage
    10/05/09

    In reply to Syfy Brings Back the Phantom with Less Spandex, More Decapitation
    I feel like the only person with a love for the utterly tacky in a world filled with people with wonderful taste.

    I kinda liked the purple spandex. In fact, I loved it. Including the movie and the 2040 cartoon.
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    AtomicTao promoted this comment Blue_Mage was starred Blue_Mage was unstarred
    Image of Atomictao Atomictao
    10/05/09

    @Blue_Mage: Huzzah, someone else remembers Phantom 2040!
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    Image of AngriestGeek AngriestGeek
    10/05/09

    @Blue_Mage: The Phantom 2040 was inspired. All of these other attempts pale in comparison. And while a costume does have to be updated, that's not the way to go.
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    AtomicTao promoted this comment AngriestGeek was starred AngriestGeek was unstarred
    Image of evilninjapinguin evilninjapinguin
    10/05/09

    @Blue_Mage: I decidedly loved how they managed to make the costume science fictiony yet keep it traditional.
    Also I liked the movie´s visuals, it´s the story that makes it so ill received.
    I´d rather they tried to influence substance into that style, or use the 2040 inspiration, but both would probably to expansive.
    Also the Phantom was dark and gritty to begin with, he was never played by Adam West so please dear film makers stay true to the source or create your own Dark Kight-Off!
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    AmishJohn promoted this comment evilninjapinguin was starred evilninjapinguin was unstarred
    Image of AmishJohn AmishJohn
    10/05/09

    @evilninjapinguin: "What's your name?"
    "I think it's Heisenberg, but I'm not certain."
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    AmishJohn was starred AmishJohn was unstarred
    Image of disatess disatess
    10/05/09

    In reply to Syfy Brings Back the Phantom with Less Spandex, More Decapitation
    it looks horrible ,the 90`s movie was way better than this .
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    Image of Chip Overclock Chip Overclock
    10/05/09

    In reply to Syfy Brings Back the Phantom with Less Spandex, More Decapitation
    At least he's still carrying twin semi-autos... can't quite tell whether they're 1911 .45 ACPs though (the design of which was so effective and popular that they would not be an anachronism even today).
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