He pretty much is the classical Arrogant Villain — it's just that he really is very nearly as much of a genius as he thinks he is.

Ultimate FF seemed to suffer from passing through too many hands. I thought its sweeter-natured version of Reed was a good idea in particular (coming from some of the same people who wrote Civil War and Planetary, ironically).

I wonder if it might be a good idea in an adaptation for Reed *not* to get any powers — have him act as mission control while the others go through whatever version of the event that gives them powers. You could lose the problems with making stretching powers look serious, keep his inventor role, and maybe point up…

The contrast (in the comics versions, at least) between celebrity heroes and persecuted ones might be something to work with.

It probably wasn't easy to come up with a design that's a) just like the comic, and b) different from the other two designs which were just like the comics.

It was called the 1970s, and it worked right up until it didn't….

Same here — worse, I only connected the two at the end of the trailer.

Though I haven't seen confirmation, they're supposed to be filming now.

Think being prewarned took the edge off it for me as well. Still feels like someone was patting themselves on the back for having a fresh insight about the two characters, though….

Funny how S1 phased out Buckley in favour of Xan, and now this one's done the opposite.

In which case, the one leaving the gay club is probably a Yuichi rather than a Yuko.

Yep, she may be repressing the swear words, but was getting a bit scary on a conceptual level there.

"(Titus’ endless supply of kimonos is another story.)"

Two episodes in, it doesn't feel like the new UKS season is doing that sort of thing at all — it's more like it's the same fast-paced show that happens to run for a full 30 minutes now.

There's probably a critical point where that goes from energising to chaotic, and massive superhero crossovers tend to be way past that.

For all that it was mixed up with 70s male fears of feminism and later got retconned, I rather liked the version of Valkyrie who was created as a hostile persona by the Enchantress, and had to figure out what to do with her life once she outgrew that.

Maybe if you had someone who'd appeared on the same sorts of shows, bit geekier, larger in the chin….

Nope, Spider-Verse.

"Well, you see—"
"LA LA LA NOT LISTENING!"

It looks a lot like a don't-let-him-make-a-move attack.