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Well, wasn't that a really vacuous trailer
This looks... low-budget.
But, could be interesting. I know nothing about these two characters or their powersets.
Plus, having an interracial superhero relationship will make waves.
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Well to put it simply, Cloak's powers include teleportation, intangibility, and apparently tapping into the Darkforce (which I think would tie this show into Agent Carter), and Dagger's powers include creating, well, daggers of light, and apparently healing people of their addictions.
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I wanted a look at the costumes. Still, color me interested. Plus watching all that CW is bound to help me ignore the most annoying drama elements and focus on what's good.
Oh yeah, it's not CW. Which means less romantic drama and love triangles.
Alright, I'm in.
...that seems oddly specific.
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It says on Wikipedia she has the "ability to purge addictions from people". I'm not a comic reader so I have no idea of any of this.
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It's just a first look...I don't think that the special effects aso are done yet.
Two questions: Is that San Francisco? Does Roxxon play a big role in the Cloak and Dagger stories?
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I think the setting this time around is supposed to be in New Orleans, isn't it? As for Roxxon, the Ultimate Marvel version of their origin is that they were used by the company as test subjects and that's how they got their powers.
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I'm really hyped for this. Also, the director/showrunner(?) is black, so that's awesome.
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Ah, that explains it, New Orleans is one of the few American big cities I never visited. And even if I had, I bet that it looks very different nowadays.
New Orleans is the only big American city I've stayed in other than New York. :(
3/10, not impressed.
edited 19th Apr '17 5:08:30 PM by Soble
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I would say that this series, along with the half-hour comedy Marvel's New Warriors, was part of the reason why ABC kicked one of its buzzy 2016-2017 pilots—the comic book-based mystery thriller Riverdale—to The CW instead of its sister cable channel Freeform, apparently because Freeform didn't like having too many comic book shows on its slate. If Freeform did air Riverdale, it would've ruined the ratings for Cloak & Dagger and New Warriors.
edited 3rd May '17 5:39:01 PM by AmourMitts
Uh, Riverdale is on the CW because the CW ordered the pilot. It has absolutely nothing to do with ABC. Prior to the CW, it was associated with Fox. The comic it's based on, Archie Comics, isn't owned by Disney, so I'm not sure why you would think it would be on Freeform.
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The series starts June 7th with a 2hr premiere
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Okay so...the CG is still wonky and Cloak's actor still can't act but Dagger's can. Other than that not too hyped.
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I can live with some pretty crappy CGI. My problem with Cloak is that I have difficulty even seeing that he's using his powers in this clip at all. I assume it will be easier to see in better lighting, but still.
I'm actually kinda hyped for this show. Not super hyped, but it's definitely on my calendar.
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That's the crappy CGI I was referring to, it was impossible for me to tell that he was even doing anything there.
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I know people were complaining about Dagger's effects in the trailer, so I thought that's what you meant. My bad.
...I didn't even see Cloak using his powers here? Dagger did the lightbulb thing with her hand. I'm guessing Cloak was supposed to be teleporting? If so, yeah, I couldn't see it.
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If you look very closely, you can see shadows coming out of him.
I see no problem with Cloak's actor. When he turned up on screen I immediately got "Yeah, this is someone who didn't really want to go to the party but went anyway for some reason but now feel uncomfortable in the environment" just from his acting before it was confirmed in the dialogue. And while not confirmed yet, I also got that he has to count every cent he spends because he is pretty poor but smart.
There is also great chemistry between the two main actors. I already buy that their romance even though at this stage nothing truly romantic has happened between them.
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Yeah, I don't quite get why you're so down on his performance, Adric? If anything, his seems a lot more natural than Dagger's.
Starring the likes of Olivia Holt (Tandy Bowen) and Aubrey Joseph (Tyrone Johnson/Cloak), this Marvel Cinematic Universe show will chronicle the interracial, romantically complicated relationship between two teenagers in New Orleans: a formerly plucky and rich southern girl who steals back "what life took from her" on the streets, and a closeted boy needs some form of control in his anxious life.
Through some events, the duo is individually gifted with dark and light based powers respectively.
The series's showrunner is Joe Pokaski (NBC's "Heroes", WGH's Underground ), with Jeph Leob being the usual executive producer. Gina Prince-Bythewood is directing the plot and ABC Studios (the typical production studios for all of Marvel's MCU shows, including Netflix) will be around to give this series a 42 million budget.
Other cast members include
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Andrea Roth as Melissa Bowen
Gloria Reuben as Adina Johnson
Miles Mussenden as Michael Johnson
Carl Lundstedt as Liam
James Saito as Dr. Bernard Sanjo
J.D. Evermore as Detective Connors
So far, it's a pretty Recognizable Adapation, though having Tandy adopt the criminal background, the New Orleans setting, and the less platonic relationship is new.
edited 19th Apr '17 9:50:30 PM by XMenMutant22