moon knight and taskmaster
pure violence awesome

Posted by tarhaun on 2006-07-14 12:51:27
What happened to Taskmaster after his appearances in the Taskmaster series and Agent X?

Posted by Fetsur on 2006-07-14 13:37:08
Photo Reflexes, the other person
Echo/Ronin

Posted by MayorBigRig on 2006-07-14 21:23:38
Taskmaster's look
Okay, so it is 'comfortable-feeling' seeing Taskmaster in his classic outfit, but man, his more modern gear was far cooler. I miss it.
He's bags of fun tho, glad you guys are using him.

Posted by JackFrost00 on 2006-07-16 07:01:08
interesting interview
I like the idea of the original taskmaster character, but I think David is a little bitter right now. It does make sense that the nameless faceless goons would need a trainer.

Posted by bigdaddyhub2 on 2006-07-16 23:13:57
Bitter?
I agree with everything he said, especially re: him being "kinda" labeled as a mutant (although I personally must have missed that issue, as this is the first I've heard of it). After all, TM is his creation and it's difficult to see your creations fumbled by sloppy writers looking for a laugh at a cheesy villian's expense.

I personally loved Taksmaster in the Agent X series, as well as his own limited series. I can appreciate a man that is by all means not the greatest guy in the world, but not an actual "villian" himself.....he just trains villians.

In that light, view him as a Wal-Mart employee in the gun section (which I'm told is being removed soon). He sells you the gun, but what you do with it? That's your own business.

He could go one way and commit a heinous crime, making him a 'bad guy' and then do something beneficial that might be interpreted as a "good deed".

Those shades of gray add color and life into a character. Real people don't fit the black and white 'good and evil' templates, so why should a comic book character?

Characters like TM keep the 616 from feeling, pardon the pun, 2-Dimensional. As long as that's respected and F***ING HONORED in Moon Knight, TM's presence has me looking forward to Moon Knight. Just tell the creative staff to have a cup of coffee before starting work so they don't churn out sloppy, self indulgent drivel that RUNAWAY *cough hint cough* from good storytelling.

Make him into a sadist or a carbon copy villian and you've got one less reader to worry about.

'Nuff said.

Posted by TheDeacon on 2006-07-17 02:20:21