Re: Ultimare Revamps: Which Ones Worked and Which Ones Didn't
I don't see why everyone thinks Dr. Doom was such a good revamp, at first he was just a goober with goat legs and poison burbs and then made him into a clone of the 616 Doom (that's likely for the best, its hard to improve on a great character like Dr. Doom.) Frankly I have been unimpressed with most the villain revamps, Magneto went from a tragic character to a one dimensional psychopath, who is evil for evil's sake and I don't see Norman why transforming into a goblin is more realstic than him just being insane and wearing a costume.
The only villain revamps I have really liked are ones BKV has done like Ultimate Sinister and Ultimate Mojo. I don't think they are trying hard enough with the villain revamps, instead spending all this time trying revamp the A-List villains from the 616 MU, why not take a villain who is kinda lame in 616 MU and rework their backstory to make them more tragic or just give them a better motive. I feel the Ultimate Universe has a lack of tragic villains, seems like a lot of the villains are A-holes with no real motive. Like how Bruce Timm revamped Mr. Freeze in BTAS, that was a million times better than any Ultimate villain revamp. Seriously some characters like Deadpool do not need to be revamped, but tons of other characters do need to be revamped, those are the ones that should get the focus.
Heroes have fared much better in the revamp department. I like Ultimate cap, Ultimate Nick Fury and Ultimate Thor. I think they done the right balance taking what works from the 616 universe while retooling some elements to make them fit better in the Ultimate Universe.