Daredevil Typhoid Mary?

[The Question]

I actually prefer her original 80s costume over all of the others. Sure, it's hella dated, but it also is the most visually interesting and has the most personality. What's wrong with being dated if it suits the character and looks cool?

 

[Mike Murdock]

I think they can tone down the 80s slightly while still preserving the original look for the most part.

 

[The Question]

I think they can tone down the 80s slightly while still preserving the original look for the most part.

I'm not sure I see a reason to tone down the 80s. It gives her costume a lot of personality. And with a show set in current times, it makes a lot of sense that Mary's idea of what a badass grown up would wear would be based on hazy and exaggerated memories of when she was a kid growing up in the 80s.

Besides, I think Guardians proved to Marvel that 70s and 80s nostalgia works really well for them.

 

[The Overlord]

I'm not sure I see a reason to tone down the 80s. It gives her costume a lot of personality. And with a show set in current times, it makes a lot of sense that Mary's idea of what a badass grown up would wear would be based on hazy and exaggerated memories of when she was a kid growing up in the 80s.

Besides, I think Guardians proved to Marvel that 70s and 80s nostalgia works really well for them.

I doubt they will go with an 80s retro look with Mary. The point of Starlord is he is a kid from the 80s that never grew up and only knew of 1980s American culture as memories of Earth. Would there be any reason for Mary to wear a "back to the 80s" style costume from a story perspective?

Plus the big shoulder pad look has not aged well, its why the TNG Romulans look silly, with their uniforms with the giant shoulder pads. I don't Mary would look threatening with giant shoulder pads.

I think you can combine aspects of the various costumes she has had over the years to make one great costume. The Maleev I think would be acceptable, if they gave Mary a shirt with it, maybe have that shirt be the same color as the one she wore in the 80s.

 

[The Question]

I doubt they will go with an 80s retro look with Mary. The point of Starlord is he is a kid from the 80s that never grew up and only knew of 1980s American culture as memories of Earth. Would there be any reason for Mary to wear a "back to the 80s" style costume from a story perspective?

Because she's a severely emotionally damaged person who never grew up and is stuck in a warped and violent version of her childhood.

Plus the big shoulder pad look has not aged well, its why the TNG Romulans look silly, with their uniforms with the giant shoulder pads. I don't Mary would look threatening with giant shoulder pads.

Silly isn't an inherently bad thing, threatening isn't an inherently good thing, and the two aren't inherently mutually exclusive. Silly can be threatening if it's in the right context with the right contrast, and threatening can get in the way of character sometimes.

I think you can combine aspects of the various costumes she has had over the years to make one great costume. The Maleev I think would be acceptable, if they gave Mary a shirt with it, maybe have that shirt be the same color as the one she wore in the 80s.

I think the Maleev costume is too bland.

 

[The Overlord]

Because she's a severely emotionally damaged person who never grew up and is stuck in a warped and violent version of her childhood.

I suppose that depends on old Mary is (and the actor who plays her). If Mary was born in 1989, she would be too young to remember the 80s like that.

Silly isn't an inherently bad thing, threatening isn't an inherently good thing, and the two aren't inherently mutually exclusive. Silly can be threatening if it's in the right context with the right contrast, and threatening can get in the way of character sometimes.

And sometimes silly is just silly and threatening is kinda of a key factor with a villain.

Going back to TNG, the Ferengi were supposed to the main villains of TNG, they were supposed to represent everything that was wrong with unfettered capitalism, which could have been interesting, but they looked like little goblins and acted like monkeys in their first appearance and they were quickly demoted to comic relief.

I think the fact that guys like Stilt-Man, Matador I and Leap-Frog are seen as silly concepts is why they are no longer very relevant DD villains.

I think the Maleev costume is too bland.

It seems like a lot of on this thread disagree, what costumes are bland or have personality, is to a degree, a matter of personal taste.

I personally doubt they will go with the 80s look for the character though (when or if she shows up, she likely won't appear for a while, if at all). I a lot of 20 year olds may not get the reference to the 80s and I think the character looks stupid.

Also would Mary have big old 80s hair? Starlord may love the 80s, but he didn't have bad 80s hair.

 

[TyBig]

I hope she appears eventually. I would say she's the 2nd most compelling female in the Daredevil mythos.

 

[Mike Murdock]

After Karen Page?

 

[TyBig]

After Karen Page?

I'm not too fond of Karen. I don't hate her but I'm not the biggest fan

 

[Mike Murdock]

Yeah, that was a bit of a joke. I assume you were going to say Elektra?

Although Karen, from Born Again onwards, is actually decently interesting.

 

[Hypestyle]

I hope Typhoid shows up in a future season. Probably not right away, though.

 

[TyBig]

Yeah, that was a bit of a joke. I assume you were going to say Elektra?

Although Karen, from Born Again onwards, is actually decently interesting.

She got better with Nocenti. I definitely agree with that.

 

[Dasher10]

AnnaLynne McCord. She should be Typhoid.

 

[TheComicbookKid]

I hope they do make her into a sexy punk like this pic, dyed hair, facepaint and fishnet stockings.

Yeah, give her a shirt and use Ledger's Joker as a bit of inspiration.


Tone down the sexualization but focus on Kingpin's manipulator behavior and using mental illness.
Elisabeth Moss as Mary.

 

[pixen]

Yeah, give her a shirt and use Ledger's Joker as a bit of inspiration.


Tone down the sexualization but focus on Kingpin's manipulator behavior and using mental illness.
Elisabeth Moss as Mary.

A rather odd choice but I kind of like it. If they end up using her in the next season, I hope they go this kind of route and not the Annalynne McCord kind of route...

 

[Joeyjojo72]

Moss would be great. Down with that.

 

[TheVision]

I would like to see Typhoid Mary in an 80s New Wave/punk costume. That would be awesome.