Am I the only one who LIKED the redesigned Taskmaster??

[Roughneck]

I really like them both....I am trying to decide which one I like more....what i don't like is him switching back after only a few years with no real explanation.

I hope someone picks up his old costume and they fight in some new Taskmaster Mini......I loves me some Taskmaster.

 

[Roughneck]

While we're all here who else thinks that the Taskmaster is a Mutant?

 

[Tropico]

Why is there always one person who has to point out that there was "already a thread" about this? I did not know that (and didn't care to sift through a week's worth of posts). Had I known that, I might have looked for the old one, but I didn't. Decided to start my own to see how others felt about this issue, and maybe see if anyone actually knew why Marvel went back to the old outfit.

I pointed it out in this case because of people thinking that I had something to do with this thread. But, yeah, I'm one of those people that give a link to a previously existing thread especially if it's only on the second page.

Not to be harsh, but this forum also has a search feature; just pointing a useful tool that you might have overlooked since you appear to be new around here. Welcome to the Hype.

 

[supermarvelman]

The search feature works as good as a car without an engine.

 

[supermarvelman]

I like how the new skull face looks, but I like his old costume better.

So in my opinion, they should use the Udon skull face, old costume, and he should use his hard light tech. A good mix of moth versions.

 

[Roughneck]

Yeah, I really don't know why he would give up his hard light tech

 

[supermarvelman]

Maybe he didn't have a choice.

 

[Roughneck]

there had better be a Mini to explain it.......

You'd think for a government operation like the new Thunderbolts, the Udon costume would be better

 

[Tropico]

The search feature works as good as a car without an engine.

Huh, works fine with me, funny. It works even better when you go advanced and limit the search of the keyword to the title of the thread only.up:

BTW, this isn't a slight at MadJak, I'm just replying to Supermarvelman's post which is somewhat misleading.

 

[Colossal Spoons]

I prefer the new one...though he has gone back ot his old costume for some reason :

 

[gildea]

of course the new one has a built in image inducer so he could technically still be wearing it..........

 

[Dread]

I liked the UDON resign from the 2004 or so mini. His old design was a bit outdated in an age when even 616 Capt. America has at times modernized a little and despite coming out at the same time, it always makes him look like a poor man's Deathstroke to the uninformed fan. Plus, it was more functional with the inducer and the hard-light weapon. Although I feel, why not mix the best of both? Have the authentic swords, shields, arrows, etc, along with the new toys. Why does it have to be either/or?

But frankly what I am more tired of is Taskmaster being a jobber. It's not a new problem but it's there, and it limits him. It's what crippled Juggernaut in the 90's and paved the way for him going from A-List menace to B-List semi-annual annoyance to middling hero. Right now Taskmaster seems to exist to make whoever beats him look good, and that is a misstep. Marvel's successfully salvaged some characters this year, he needs some good outings again to put that spark back in his appearences. Otherwise he'll come off like Bane, a baddie with a one-time fluke.

 

[Roughneck]

Technically

 

[Roughneck]

But frankly what I am more tired of is Taskmaster being a jobber. It's not a new problem but it's there, and it limits him. It's what crippled Juggernaut in the 90's and paved the way for him going from A-List menace to B-List semi-annual annoyance to middling hero. Right now Taskmaster seems to exist to make whoever beats him look good, and that is a misstep. Marvel's successfully salvaged some characters this year, he needs some good outings again to put that spark back in his appearences. Otherwise he'll come off like Bane, a baddie with a one-time fluke.

What was TMs one time fluke?

 

[Dread]

What was TMs one time fluke?

Maybe it was an exaggeration. He went from handing half the Avengers their arses in his debut to being taken out by the likes of Punisher, Moon Knight, and Deadpool (who admittedly has become a jobber in the name of comedy himself at times). I don't have an issue with the defeats in principle, it just seems like a long time ago when he had a solid "win" againt a credible opponent (the last I could think of was TASKMASTER #1, when he held off, outfought, and escaped from Iron Man, and that was 2002 I think). What I am saying is, if Taskmaster doesn't become more of a credible threat with more wins, then just handing him to be beaten by people slowly loses it's credibility. Too many villians suffer that fate and after years in limbo before Huston used him in MK, Taskmaster deserves better.

 

[Kool-Aid]

Although I feel, why not mix the best of both? Have the authentic swords, shields, arrows, etc, along with the new toys. Why does it have to be either/or?

I think its better to just go with the new, because its lightweight and more practical for what he does. The ninja sword would be alot easier to use and it'd be faster for him to go from shield to arrows to webbing or whatever with the light stuff.

 

[Roughneck]

Maybe it was an exaggeration. He went from handing half the Avengers their arses in his debut to being taken out by the likes of Punisher, Moon Knight, and Deadpool (who admittedly has become a jobber in the name of comedy himself at times). I don't have an issue with the defeats in principle, it just seems like a long time ago when he had a solid "win" againt a credible opponent (the last I could think of was TASKMASTER #1, when he held off, outfought, and escaped from Iron Man, and that was 2002 I think). What I am saying is, if Taskmaster doesn't become more of a credible threat with more wins, then just handing him to be beaten by people slowly loses it's credibility. Too many villians suffer that fate and after years in limbo before Huston used him in MK, Taskmaster deserves better.

Like the Wrecking Crew

 

[cerealkiller182]

Maybe it was an exaggeration. He went from handing half the Avengers their arses in his debut to being taken out by the likes of Punisher, Moon Knight, and Deadpool (who admittedly has become a jobber in the name of comedy himself at times). I don't have an issue with the defeats in principle, it just seems like a long time ago when he had a solid "win" againt a credible opponent (the last I could think of was TASKMASTER #1, when he held off, outfought, and escaped from Iron Man, and that was 2002 I think). What I am saying is, if Taskmaster doesn't become more of a credible threat with more wins, then just handing him to be beaten by people slowly loses it's credibility. Too many villians suffer that fate and after years in limbo before Huston used him in MK, Taskmaster deserves better.

You shouldnt count Deadpool as a surprise defeat. What makes Taskmaster formidable is his ability to tell how people fight. Deadpool is too random and crazy for TM to master.

 

[Savage]

I miss the new Taskmaster too. I never liked skull masks. I never got how they talked. I'd imagine it's just a halloween mask but then the mouth opens and I'm just confused. Get that a lot of Red Skull. How the hell do you pronounce even half the alphabet with NO LIPS?!

Anyway, I liked the ninja look he had going. The original had too much crap that restricted him. Hard light weapons work much better...Besides, that Taskmaster used a Chow Yun Fat movie to beat the crap out of Japanese guards.

 

[Nathan]

Anyway, I liked the ninja look he had going. The original had too much crap that restricted him. Hard light weapons work much better...Besides, that Taskmaster used a Chow Yun Fat movie to beat the crap out of Japanese guards.

One of my favorite moments.

 

[Roughneck]

The mask is automated and he has a switch in in glove....he does it for effect....Go see Phantom of ther Opera during the "Masquarade" scene just after the act break....it could work

 

[Roughneck]

One of my favorite moments.

After that doesn't he add that he watched in in Fast Forward or someting like that?

 

[Nathan]

After that doesn't he add that he watched in in Fast Forward or someting like that?

That Panel is from Agent X #5. The fast forward thing where he moves at double speed is shown in Taskmaster #4.

 

[Roughneck]

thnanks....it's been a whle since i've read them

 

[MadJak5150]

I prefer the new one...though he has gone back ot his old costume for some reason :

I think the reason probably is just that Huston, or Finch, or whoever "resurrected" TM after he disappeared (after his Agent X stint) liked the old school costume better, and/or needed a "name" villain for their hero to beat and didn't feel like continuing with the "new TM" storyline.

In other words, like someone mentioned, they needed a jobber for their hero to beat and it was probably more convenient to ignore all of TM's cool new improvements and make him a dork again than to include the new stuff. They took the character out of him again for the sake of making their hero look better.

That's the impression I got anyway, and that's why I'm so annoyed with it. It's like they got lazy and didn't feel like continuing TM as a character, so they just turned him into a dork again. Grrr. This also means there probably will NOT be a mini explaining the regression (as someone mentioned) because they probably isn't a real REASON, story-wise.