Why are you so damn arrogant, Hollywood? Why can’t you see that sometimes, something is right, and you don’t need to change it?
Something like – ooh, say – Black Canary’s costume?
On the left: a fan-created costume by the brilliant cosplayers at Gotham Public Works. On the right, a changed-for-no-good-reason costume for the presumably big budget Smallville.
I mean seriously – if you say ‘Black Canary’ you think ‘long blonde hair’ (and if you’re me, ‘long blonde wig’) and ‘fishnets’. (Yes, I admit they got that bit right.) But you sure as hell don’t think ‘Stupid domino mask apparently applied using mascara’ or ‘Short blonde buzzcut’.
Why Hollywood, why? When you were so damn close? Sheesh.
More fugly pictures are at Comics Continuum, if you want to see – the episode, ‘Siren’, airs in the US on February 7th, and will be at your favourite ‘torrent site shortly after.
January 21, 2008 at 4:17 pm
Oh, I agree whole-heartedly, but “Smallville” is well known for recreating their heroes and villains, making them less comic bookish.
Two words why they changed the hair: Hannah Montana
Hannah Montana is a hugely popular teen pop-star right now, based on a Disney tv show about a “normal” girl and her secret pop-star life. To keep everyone from knowing it’s her, she wears a long blonde wig while on stage. The first time I watched it with my daughter, I thought, “Wow, it’s just like Black Canary, except she’s a singer instead of a super hero.” Lol
If they did that on Smallville, everyone (the comic illiterate at least) would say they copied Hannah Montana. Lol
Here’s another picture of that cosplay Black Canary. I ran into her at DragonCon a few years back. Verrrry nice!
http://www.closetmonster.net/dragoncon/canary.jpg
January 21, 2008 at 8:26 pm
C’mon, I think a Hannah Montana comparison is stretching it a bit.
But hey, I could live with the short hair – just WTF is up with that ‘mask’? Hell, I could even live with an actual mask… but what is she trying to do, join an Adam Ant tribute act?
(Showing my age. And my Englishness.)
Did they do Black Canary on that short-lived Birds of Prey show? Can’t recall….