Jeremy Renner Calls Hawkeye Costume "Weird"

I know they're going to modernize his costume, but I hope they keep some of the elements that make the costume great, like in this fan pic:

@Ryden: Yeah, the bug-eye goggles on that fan pic bug me, too! Other than that, I think it's pretty solid.

Thank heavens for that.

Brent's pic shows just how Naffville it could have been...

altho i sumwhat agree with his costume may look weird if portrayed 100% like the comic 1..i did notice that his idea 4 the movie look sounded a bit 2 much like smallvilles green arrow..anybuddy else notice that???
if ur gonna change the costume atleast be original!
~X

@ xmutantx

ultimate hawkeye is a leather vest and he wears sunglasses. thats pretty much what it sounds like he's talking about. and Josh is right.

@ xmutantx

ultimate hawkeye is a leather vest and he wears sunglasses. thats pretty much what it sounds like he's talking about.

if they use the leather costume, they aren't changing anything, since he wears that in the comics. so they ARE sticking with the comics...just the ultimate comics.

Renners a W*NKER!!!! (joke lol, geez).


ACKLES for HAWKEYE!!!

*agrees with Teabag*

Anyway they could easily modernize the thing and yet keep what was cool about it.
But it's cool. No biggie. I hope the movie version captures Barton's uniquely sarcastic attitude.


However when it comes to Cap... that will be shall we say..... different.

I hope it will have something of the classic look..but no way that big purple Wolverine head effort will translate well to screen. Also, Smallville completely ripped off Ultimate Hawkeye's look for their Green Arrow so if they go something along those lines more power to them.

Lee, if you had of just posted a pic of Ackles as Hawkeye you totally would have sold me!..ah well.

"leather outfits" hahaha
didnt we learn anything from the x-men franchise???
XmutantX - 12/1/2009, 6:38 AM
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That leather looks better than spandex? That almost anything looks better than spandex?

[frick] spandex. It's not the same as Spider-man. At all. Just because it works with one suit, one hero, doesn't automatically mean it would work with another. That kind of logic is so dumb, it's king of dumb city.

Every case is unique. Some will work with very little changes, some will only work if they change the costume radically.

This debate over costume changes is sooooo tired. Do none of you actually read Marvel btw?

What is the one constant factor in all their stories, throughout their history, echoed by every writer, artist, e-i-c and executive since day one?

The guy/gal INSIDE the suit is what's important, not the duds, not the powers. Nobody outside a very tiny geek minority wants to see stupid, ridiculous looking spandex outfits (outside of something like Kick-Ass or Watchmen, where it is appropriate) when they can just as easily be updated to look like someone might actually wear them.

Really, if you were a highly skilled, trained marksman, with a history of badassery, would you wear purple tights and a masquerade ball mask?

Well, YOU might, but none of these guys would, that's for sure.

Well, the reassuring thing is that if Leeeeeeee doesn't like it then it just might work.

If he liked it, then I'd really worry.

KeithM! : p

X-MEN is not the way to go with HAWKEYE!!

HAWKEYE doesn't even wear [frick]ing SPANDEX really anyway, its more CLOTH than anything!! Well apart from the modern look.

TEABAG @ Exactly!!!

An you sobered up yet!?? : D

And P.S. [frick] the ULTIMATES!!! ; D

Leeeeeeeee - chill. Breathe.

I've been reading comics longer than you've been alive (I really, really, really hope you are only young...), so please don't try to imply that I don't know what I'm talking about and you do, or that somehow you "love comics" more than I do, because you don't.

If you want campy kiddy fare, then I suppose you're entitled. But for the mainstream audience and those of us who love the characters and stories, evolving them for the big screen is an absolute necessity if they are to be "done right". An absolute necessity.

Think on it.

TEA @ Lol!!! : D

ROR @ Im surprised you didn't like that piece of sh1t B&R liking BORIGINS an all!! ; D

Im not that interested in the costume anyway at this point, but plumb boy up there can [frick] off being HAWKEYE, theres much better! : P

I guarantee if all superhero characters started off just wearing normal outfits they wouldnt be around today :)
teabag - 12/1/2009, 7:06 AM
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Absolutely agree. Because in the four colour print world, people wearing everyday colours would be visually uninteresting and wouldn't jump out of the page at the reader on the newsstands...

That's fine. Even so, costumes in comics are now evolving to look just a little more practical, while retaining that colourful visual imagery which grabs the attention of the reader.

When adapting the garish four colour heroes into a cinematic medium however, changes MUST be made to prevent them looking utterly stupid.

It's not rocket science guys. Different mediums require different approaches.