Post by driver1980 on Sept 23, 2024 8:09:07 GMT -5
Years ago, I played a “game” of sorts with a friend based on how different the James Bond films would have been had certain actors started the role earlier or later. So, we’d come up with scenarios such as Timothy Dalton taking on the role in the mid-70s, or how different Licence to Kill would have been had Sean Connery or Roger Moore still been in the role.
It was interesting because it did result - hypothetically, of course - in very different films. Put Moore or Connery as rogue agents in Licence to Kill and it is a different film. Put Timothy Dalton in one of the quirkier Moore films and it’s a different film.
So, that gave me an idea: what if certain characters had debuted a decade earlier? Or a decade later? Or maybe several decades earlier or later? How different would they have been? How different would their origins have been?
I know the characters we love are a product of their era. I’m not sure really sure if gamma radiation origins are a thing now. Would Superman have been the moral crusader he originally was had he debuted in the Roaring Twenties? What would the Hulk’s origin have been had he been created in 1938 or 1939 instead of 1962?
What about costumes? If Spider-Man was debuting today in 2024, would his costume be red and blue, or might it be more akin to a spider’s?
Take Cap out of 1941 and have him created in 1981 or 1991 - is it still a super-soldier serum origin?
Perhaps a Hulk or Spider-Man created in 1938 or 1939 would have had a more horror-based origin involving experiments and serums.
I feel you can look at in a fun way, in so many different ways. That would include the other stuff. If Batman had debuted in 1984 or something, might the Batmobile have been a Chevrolet Camaro or something?
Would a Mighty Thor that debuted in 1992 rather than 1962 have even bothered with the whole Don Blake thing?
Anyway, if you feel inclined to post in this topic, have fun. What thoughts come to your mind? What do you think would have been different? Feel free also to think about the wider industry: for example, what would the industry have been like had Image Comics started in 1982 rather than 1992?
It was interesting because it did result - hypothetically, of course - in very different films. Put Moore or Connery as rogue agents in Licence to Kill and it is a different film. Put Timothy Dalton in one of the quirkier Moore films and it’s a different film.
So, that gave me an idea: what if certain characters had debuted a decade earlier? Or a decade later? Or maybe several decades earlier or later? How different would they have been? How different would their origins have been?
I know the characters we love are a product of their era. I’m not sure really sure if gamma radiation origins are a thing now. Would Superman have been the moral crusader he originally was had he debuted in the Roaring Twenties? What would the Hulk’s origin have been had he been created in 1938 or 1939 instead of 1962?
What about costumes? If Spider-Man was debuting today in 2024, would his costume be red and blue, or might it be more akin to a spider’s?
Take Cap out of 1941 and have him created in 1981 or 1991 - is it still a super-soldier serum origin?
Perhaps a Hulk or Spider-Man created in 1938 or 1939 would have had a more horror-based origin involving experiments and serums.
I feel you can look at in a fun way, in so many different ways. That would include the other stuff. If Batman had debuted in 1984 or something, might the Batmobile have been a Chevrolet Camaro or something?
Would a Mighty Thor that debuted in 1992 rather than 1962 have even bothered with the whole Don Blake thing?
Anyway, if you feel inclined to post in this topic, have fun. What thoughts come to your mind? What do you think would have been different? Feel free also to think about the wider industry: for example, what would the industry have been like had Image Comics started in 1982 rather than 1992?
