M.O.D.O.K the animated series

[neatoman]

Make of this what you will.

[CyberCubed]

Looks almost like claymation. No interest in this, I'm tired of parody shows.

[IMJ]

Well as a hardcore Iron Man guy I can say I've had a few copies for years, but with that said the guys who have been dropping a ton of spec coin lately on Tales of Suspense #94 are sure gonna be disappointed, man.

[neatoman]

I'm personally assuming the reason they chose to make a comedy about MODOK is simply because MODOK's design looks silly in retrospect, and that's pretty much it. I am aware that making fun of MODOK didn't start with this show, it's pretty much just the culmination of it. Sure I get it, giant head in a chair with tiny arms isn't a design that is all that easy to take seriously.

Which is a little sad that they went with this instead of redesigning MODOK to look more menacing. Because if you look at what MODOK originally was, you can see he's not at all meant to be a joke, the concept is actually quite creepy. This man who has been experimented on to be transformed into little more than a biological computer meant to come up with even more horrible things is a bit scary to think about. Even the design Kirby came up with reflects the reduction of a man into a twisted abomination, with the wrinkles and dead eyes, even if the broad strokes are silly.

Modok isn't even alone in this, there seems to be an odd fixation amongst many modern comic creators to make old villains into jokes simply because their designs don't hold up, which is a shame.

[raph27]

So... it's just Robot Chicken with a Marvel skin? Definitely not what I was expecting from this project. I don't currently have a Hulu subscription, and the clips here aren't exactly swaying me over.

[Galactus]

Originally Posted by neatoman

I'm personally assuming the reason they chose to make a comedy about MODOK is simply because MODOK's design looks silly in retrospect, and that's pretty much it. I am aware that making fun of MODOK didn't start with this show, it's pretty much just the culmination of it. Sure I get it, giant head in a chair with tiny arms isn't a design that is all that easy to take seriously.

Which is a little sad that they went with this instead of redesigning MODOK to look more menacing. Because if you look at what MODOK originally was, you can see he's not at all meant to be a joke, the concept is actually quite creepy. This man who has been experimented on to be transformed into little more than a biological computer meant to come up with even more horrible things is a bit scary to think about. Even the design Kirby came up with reflects the reduction of a man into a twisted abomination, with the wrinkles and dead eyes, even if the broad strokes are silly.

Modok isn't even alone in this, there seems to be an odd fixation amongst many modern comic creators to make old villains into jokes simply because their designs don't hold up, which is a shame.

I actually agree with all of this. 100%

...

but

at this point MODOK has been treated as a joke villain for much longer than he was ever portrayed as a real menacing theat so it's hard to get upset about it. Plus if they ever did put him in live action he's probably be treated as an even bigger joke.

Incidentally am I the only one who likes MODOK's origin in the 90s Iron Man animated series. Quite a tragic backstory for the character and the only decent episode of the first season.

[Sumac]

So it is a new season of the Robot Chicken.

[TigerClaw]

I recall how Hulu was developing several Marvel animated shows and this was one of them. Then Disney decided to scrap them and allowing this one and Hit Monkey instead.
https://deadline.com/2020/01/marvel-...lu-1202840962/

The series does give me Robot Chicken vibes from the sneak peaks so far.