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M.A.S.K Coming to the Big Screen
Which brings us to where we are today...
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I like to see old properties like this get a modern development. Like everything else though, I'm sure there will be enough changing from the original material that it will be considered more accessable to the mainstream but frustrate those who are long term fans.
I used to enjoy MASK a lot, but never to the point that I wanted the toys. I hope they do a good job with it, it has a lot of potential.
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Wow! M.A.S.K along with Transformers and TMNT were my favourite toy lines as a kid, so this news means all 3 properties have modern movie releases. if done right this movie could be very cool! I wouldn't object if it lead to some toy reissues either...
I have VERY mixed feelings. It COULD be good, but so many of these remakes have been hit and miss.
I'm going to wait and see with it all.
Only if the boxes and date stamping on the reissues are clearly different from the originals.Originally Posted by Kranix
I'm happy for people to get their hands on these toys because they're awesome, but I'd at least like my sealed and boxed stuff to hold some of its value.
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A lot of such movies are bad nowadays, I like to be really surprise if it turns out well.
Can you imagine Beebop? oh man is like another jarjar binks in Starwars, it wont work as real action movie but as a cartoon is fine.
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Are you talking about T-bob? To be honest they could just leave him out of it.
I'd dig a M.A.S.K live action film. Given that Hollywood likes to follow established formulas I wouldn't even mind if it was a Fast & Furious style film.
But given it's Hasbro it'll probably end up like G.I Joe.
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Hit and miss??? Pretty much just plain miss!!! FU Micheal Bay!!
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Don't deny you'll all buy a Rhino toy.
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I was trying to be optimisitc. Realistically, the odds are on it being a turd.
EDIT: Also let's hope that the production team, unlike IDW, actually know what they're doing here. And for anyone who asks, yes I could have done a job way better on the story than they were clearly capable of. In fact I know exactly how I would have approached it, people would have still gotten a black leader of M.A.S.K., the integrity of the character would have been intact and it would have told a very human story - one about the hidden costs of war and the dark legacies it can sometimes breed. Old-time fans would have probably wanted to throw their comics across the room; not because of the quality of the story, but because of the dark place it would have gone and how tortured their old favourite characters would have been in this.
Last edited by bowspearer; 13th May 2018 at 08:29 PM.
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Back when Hasbro was talking about its cinematic universe, I always thought M.A.S.K. was the easiest tech that could evolve from the Transformers. I mean they had a whole Stealth Force line (and convincing holograms if that helps).
In later TF movies, I expected groups like Cemetery Wind to be riding in generic armored strike vehicles to aid them against giant robots.
So set a new franchise somewhere else in the world, where some no-gooders who operate under a punchy acronym have acquired this tech and been secretly improving it for nefarious purposes, and the creation of M.A.S.K. was the do-gooder response. Transformers footage would only need to be shown or spoken about for 2 seconds.
*I clearly know nothing on the canon M.A.S.K. backstory.
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