User blog:Angel Gro/"Fixing" the MCU "mistakes"

The MCU is an amazing thing that has lasted so long. However, many believe that there are some movies, TV shows and content in general that could have benefited from a little more time in the writing room or more planning. The following are some little or big changes that could have made these members of the MCU a little better. Not all of these changes are made to series or movies that were necesarilly bad, but rather would have made it a little better, or generally more enjoyable and rewarding to comics fans as well as MCU fans and general viewers (rather by adding certain comic book characters, easter eggs, or changing the names or roles of a character.)

Certain things that were unavailable to use at the moment of its movie or show production, like the Fox Marvel characters or Spider-Man before either deals, are not going to be added to these versions, since I am restrcting to what material the MCU had at its disposal. Also, if the story doesn't require the change, even if the audience responded negatively to the MCU version, I probably won't do any tweaks for it.(So, no Iron Man 3, The Incredible Hulk, Luke Cage, along with some others) That doesn't mean I won't make some modifications to some of the MCU's best stories such as Civil War, Daredevil Season 1, or Agent Carter,  unless I find something fitting.


 * Disclaimer: The fact that I'm doing this doesn't mean I believe I could have made it better. Various people, such as the writers and directors have much more experience than I, and I fully respect the finished product for most of the MCU productions down here. This is just in pure fun.

Iron Man 2 - Demon in an "Iron Man Suit"
Demon in a Bottle is a story that fans have been wishing were adapted for Iron Man 2. However, due to various concerns, only fragments of that story have been utilized in the movies, such as Tony having a drink in almost every MCU movie. For this pitch, I would instead change the alcoholic beverages for the Iron Man suit as the main cause of addiction, while also revamping the idea of the drones in the Stark Expo battle.

So, first we would keep things from the first part of the movie, until the fight with Vanko in Monaco. We would transition from that battle scene, to a moment in which Stark, beaten up and seriously damaged in certain parts of his body, is taken to a hospital, and in these moments he is constantly saying, - while on the effect of anesthesia, "where is it?". One of the nurses would ask him "Who?", to which Stark would say "the suit". We would then proceed to see the confrontation between Stark and Vanko from the movie, and Vanko's eventual escape organized by Hammer. Hammer we would see, is someone who wants to make thousands of the Iron Man suit, but given that Iron Man isn't on the public domain, he requires someone who can replicate them. He contracts Vanko to create similar armors so that he can have his suits on time. Vanko then asks Hammer if he has someone in mind to pilot these armors, to which he replies that he has no idea. Vanko would then call a contact, which we would learn later that they sent a legion of Ten Rings members. (This would replace the "burd")

Vanko and Hammer would then collaborate in the designs of the armors, and let the rest of the Ten Rings work on building and supervising the development, while also learning how to use them. It is at this point that we would see the seeds of Vanko betraying Hammer, by the fact that Hammer questions why the TR members are going to pilot them to demonstration, to which Vanko answers that "they understand how armor works. Therefore they can pilot them ", to which Hammer hesistantly agrees, as long as they can be ready in time.

With Iron Man, we would see that he has recuperated himself from his injuries, but the doctors have diagnosed that the usage of the armor has caused some diseases, given that the damage and oxidation of the arc reactor, he is being poisoned, which would make him look a bit weaker, (sans crossword puzzle). Stark, given that he is out of the hospital, and close to his birthday, decides to throw himself a party, which he swears, will blow people away. We would then see practically the same scene as in the movie, except we would see a transition from the start of the party to the scene in which Tony is just goofing around in his suit. This would also end up in Rhodey taking the War Machine armor to the military and into Justin Hammer, which would end up in Vanko having a way to hack it.

Eventually, Iron Man would be given the help of Fury, after learning of Stark's current situation, gives him a temporary cure, and tells Stark that there is a way to fix this condition, and that Howard once dealt with that same question. Stark would then start to find clues in the notes of his father, in the video, and would eventually be led to check for a clue in the Stark Expo model. He would then find that there is a compartment labelled Pegasus, and finds a small piede of Tesseract energy, which Iron Man says "f**** it, let's use it for turning the metal into a plasma" (and yes that's not how science works). He would then create the new element, which he would call "Prometheum".

Going into the final moments of the movie we would then see the presentation for the Hammer armors, which we would see are made of Cobalt, Titanium, and Steel (nodding to three Iron Man villains). We would then see that the pilots of the Armors have very interesting names (such as Boris Bullski, Boris Turgenov, Boris Vadim, Valentin Shatalov, among others), which would nod to various versions of the Crimson Dynamo, Titanium Man, and others. And the end result would be the same as the movie, with Vanko killing himself with an explosion.

To be continued later...

Iron Man 3 - The Villains Motivation
If there is somehing that I regret never seeing in the Iron Man villains, is someone who isn't a buisness rival or that hates Iron Man because of his family's history. It's been bugging me ever since Iron Man 2, and has even gone to the Ant-Man franchise, with Cross and Ghost (though in my opinion, she was decent enough). The thing is, Aldrich Killian had a potentially strong reason for being a villain, except for being betrayed by Tony.

My revision consists of using the Ten Rings and AIM, as well as the Mandarin, though in a different manner than what we expect. The story would also add the Hulk for reasons that will make sense in the explanation. The movie would start with the AIM think thank being told that the government funding for the "Extremis" project is being cut once again and that they are going to have to search for other means. Aldrich, being the good kinded man that he is, tries inmmensly to find someone who would want to help them.

Suddenly, he would receive a call from the Mandarin, who would tell him that "his prayers have been answered". Aldrich would be all so happy to hear that, until she turns on the news, and hears that the Ten Rings is mentioned, and their leader as the Mandarin, which would cut to a very anxious look from him. Now, you may be asking, where's Maya Hansen in this equation. Pretty simple, as in the movie, she is also Tony's former flame, who concerned with the situation previously presented by what's written above. She would prove an equal to Tony Stark, which would put Pepper nervous, since she is so similar in manneurisms and intellect to Iron Man.

We would see a scene of Banner and Stark having plans for new armors that may be useful for certain conditions, like Underwater or Outer Space. And that is when we would be revealed model 42, which Tony would showcase to Bruce. It is at this point, that Bruce triggers Stark, by mode of either a choice of wording or his pressence reminding him of NY. Bruce decides to leave, though he explains that he's there for him, and so are the rest of the Avengers.

Tony then remembers that he has a meeting with Rhodey, for drinks and a chat about military insight. The moment would play similar to what we see in the movie the bar. Except that Rhodey would mention an operation he did as the Iron Patriot in what is currently "Ten Rings" Territory. Tony, remembering how it was them that caused him to be Iron Man, is angered by the mere mention, and asks him what he has learned of the Rings.While they are talking about that, we would end up having one of those interruptions we saw in the movie, in which the Mandarin addresses the public.

At the same time, we would end up having the same scene we saw in the movie of Killian and Pepper talking, and Happy doing spy duty for Stark. His involvement would lead Happy to be attacked by the AIM agents (which we would call the Firebrand Squadron), as we saw in the movie, and the Mandarin would also address the public as seen in the movie. We would then see that there's a rift being caused by Pepper meeting with Killian, which is worsened by the arrival of Hansen. Hansen would then try to help them both lead their home, as the AIM agents know that Tony is getting involved in their plans.

At this point, Hansen would explain that she's running too because of Killian's involvement with the Mandarin. She would tell the heroes that AIM was founded with good intentions, but since they didn't prove useful for the military, by not providing enough with Extremis, they were disposed of by the Government. The Mandarin had the intention of helping them, because he saw the benefit of what a regeneration formula, with the side-effect of also giving superpowers. She left because she saw Killian slowly turn from a guy who wanted to help soldiers find a way to walk again, to someone more desperate and uncaring for the lifes of others, as long as he feels he is saving people, which would reflect a darker version of Stark.

The destruction of Stark's house would force all of them to go underground, and depend on Rhodey and Banner to help them from being seen. However, the Mandarin would instruct Killian and AIM to use their Extremis soldiers to find Tony and to capture the Iron Patriot armor. The movie would use the scenes of Stark fighting Extremis with his intellect, as well as the capture of Rhodey. Additionally, the capture of the President would also be employed by AIM, as a tactic to intimidate him.

The scene that would be changed by this the most is the reveal about the Mandarin. As per the movie, the Mandarin they saw in the news would only be a double. When they discover this, Tony and co. would be captured, which would then prompt them to call in the Hulk., as Tony's full set of armor is contained in a impenetrable vault. The actual Mandarin would be a relatively young and well-spoken man, who explains why he would set his sights on Stark. He would talk a lot about the ironies that a "terrorist uses a weapon called Extremis", or "a weapons manufacturer tries to rid the world of crime with firepower".

Unlike Stark, who views him as the threat of all his existence, the Mandarin thinks of Iron Man as a mere obstacle, which stops him from liberating the people of the "noble lie" that he is trying to help the world. As someone who suffered great losses because of several of the wars in the Middle East, the man ended up joining an extremist group that wanted to "help oppresed people".

After having a discussion, while the Hulk is overpowering others off-screen and being heard loudly, sees that the only way to stop the Mandarin from executing the president is to go directly to where he is currently captured. He must also be ready to go for the Iron Patriot armor, as that is a potential threat/asset. It is at this point in which Tony would activate House Party protocol and unleash all of his little for all of his party to join in.

The fight would also give the character of Killian a chance to use Extremis as the newest member of the Firebrand Squadron. The Mandarin would rechristen him as his "strong warrior", aka his "Mallen". At this point in the story, we have fully transformed Killian from a guy who wanted to help others with his research to a corrupted character whose objective is to return the favor to the Mandarin, by destroying Iron Man and his Legion.

Post-Credit Scene

Now, imagine if you will, that Tony ends up finishing telling the movie's plot to Banner, just like in the original version, and yes, we could even keep the laugh of Bruce falling asleep, but then we would hear Banner say "And what was the point of you telling me that? As much as care for you that much, you said that we were working on a new project" or something in the veins of that. Then, we would see that Tony has a box containing a bunch of SHIELD projects. Tony tells him about an idea that some scientists had a long while ago, and shows him a file with the nickname "Ultron", with the names of Henry Pym and Howard Stark in the heading, along with tons of pages of code.

He tells Banner, that "after what happened on Christmas, I had an ephinany. I thought, why not make a legion of drones that could be there on large scale battles, protecting civilians and fighting any bad guy's minions. And then I remember, someone else tried it before. So I tell you, let's bring Ultron to the world"

Now, sure, it's not as exciting as the Thanos reveal or Nick Fury talking about the Avengers Initiative, but it would be a welcome surprise for the average movie-goer who doesn't follow Comic-Con or the comics, and it would also help Age of Ultron, as we wouldn't need to tell watchers about Stark and Banner creating the titular genocidal robot.

Thor: The Dark World- Overhaul the whole thing
Now first of all, after seeing all of the concept art that was released from this movie, we can see that there were plenty of ways to make this movie work. At least the should have used most of them in designs for the Marauders. So for this movie, I will only take certain elements from the original movie, such as Malekith as the main villain (but with a complete character change), an invasion of Asgard (but more similar to Siege, with multiple rogues of Asgard), travelling to different realms (with certain areas that are portals from one realm to another), and the reality stone as the main McGuffin. We would also take an idea from Ragnarök, which is the idea of Asgard being a colonizer, and affecting other realms because of their rule.

Regarding Malekith, his arc in his first appearance should be an inspiration to the storyline, since he served as a minion of a larger threat, which in this case was Surtur. We would see that Odin and his troops once invaded the Realm of Svartalheim, and basically left the world in ruins. Surtur, the leader of Muspelheim, seeing the anger and hatred that that a young Dark Elf had after losing his family, decides to ally himself with the Dark Elves, and giving them protection, as long as he takes this young Malekith in return.

Malekith would be given the training and weapons necessary to become a powerful enemy to the Asgardians, and was almost given the chance to face Odin and his army, until Surtur is abruptly defeated. Seeing that he was losing, he decided to retreat, amassing an army of renegades and enemies of the Asgardian people, until they are weak enough to be taken down. We would then see that he has joined with comic characters like Durok, Grendell, Mangog,  Ulik the Rock Troll, Kurse and many more creatures. It is after they get news that Loki has destroyed the Bifrost that they decide to start creating chaos in the Nine Realms. (And all that previous stuff is just the opening)

We would then keep the regular opening with Thor going to Vanaheim, and facing the Marauders, except that these Marauders are working for Malekith, and they would taunt Thor with "He is coming". We would then see Heimdall informing Thor that danger is coming to Jane Foster, which makes Thor go to Earth, to save her from some alien bounty hunters. We would then keep everything of the "Thor and Jane go to Asgard" moments, without the Kool-Aid possessing Jane. Also the most important thing, is keeping the Loki scenes, since in this version they would detract from Malekith.

At this point, Jane would start thinking that the attack on her was to draw Thor's attention somewhere else, and asks Thor if there are any powerful items in Asgard that might be of interest to Asgards enemies, and he shows her the treasure room, despite Odin's request to keep her from any place in Asgard. He would show her the Eternal Flame, the Casket of Ancient Winters and the rest of the relics we have seen in Odin's vault. She would then ask about the Surtur's head, which he replies that he was an enemy of Asgard with many followers and powerful enough to cause Ragnarök. She would start putting two and two together, and telling Thor that a follower of Surtur must be responsible for these attacks on the Nine Realms and her attempted kidnapping. And with this we make Jane a bit more proactive and show that she is smart enough.

When she asks if there is anything that might revive Surtur, we see that Malekith's forces have invaded Asgard, and that while they are taking on the armies of Asgard, he and Kurse, his main warrior, are going to find the head of Surtur and the Eternal Flame. We would then see the moment Frigga dies, except it will be far more painful, as instead of being a moment in which Frigga protects the Aether, she is just helping Jane find a place to hide. Thor would still shoot his face, so he could look more like comic book Malekith. We would then transition to that beatiful moment with the weird orbs in Frigga's Norse Funeral.

We would also see that despite their best efforts they could only take a portion of the Eternal Flame and nothing else, as they couldn't find the head of Surtur (because of an enchantment by Frigga). However, Malekith reveals that portion of the Eternal Flame actually contains something far stronger than what everyone of the members thought, the Gem of Infinite Suns, capable of channeling the power of infinite universe's sources of energy. As a child this relic was one of the most powerful, towering over the other weapons, which is why Malekith recognizes the gem, and runs with it rather than the Eternal Flame or the head of Surtur.

Eventually, they reunite back at the base of Malekith's Cabal, where the followers blame Malekith for his failures, and all the members who died. He calms them down, by showing the fact that he is now able to resurrect all of the fallen soldiers, apparently with ease. However, we would discover that this gem is giving him a lot of pain. Despite that, he decides to use the stone to bring back Surtur, knowing full well he may die from trying. Heimdall, knowing the danger a power like this can have, decides to tell Thor first, since both him and Thor know that Odin is incapable at the moment to do something, because of his wife's passing. Thor calls for his friends to join him, since he knows full well he can't stop the army alone, and Sif and the Warriors Three agree to join him. He also ends up helping Loki escape, as Loki is the only character who can use some powers similar to Malekith.

After that, they end up going to the base that Heimdall told them the location of. Thor would have to face an endless amount of goons, while Malekith is channeling his powers to also bring back Surtur. Malekith decides that he should also participate in the fight, turning himself into a Super Malekith. The remaining forces of Malekith's army start falling one by one as the Warriors Three, Loki and Sif defeat them, while Thor faces Mega-Malekith and his many Hell-Hounds. Mlakeith starts taking priorites in the fight which is why ends up not reviving his army and instead using the Hell-Hounds and himself to hold the line. It is until Thor sees that his brother falls in action and that his friends are almost done that he finds the courage to take all the might of Malekith and defeat him, and with the final bit of power Malekith sends what he could revive of Surtur back to Muspelheim while uttering "I'm sorry, father, I tried", revealing to the audience that not only does Malekith serve as a mirror for Thor and Loki, but that Surtur is coming back.

Age of Ultron - Giving the opening a "purpose"
When the character of Ultron was made the villain of the second Avengers installment, I can assure you I was ready to see it no matter what weird choices they did, and that same sentiment increased when Vision was also confirmed. for the movie. And while I was disappointed the first time I saw it, despite many moments being really good, I felt there were small details that I felt were kind of pointless, such as the beginning of the film basically making HYDRA complete trash, creating "regenerative tissue" but not using it to save Quicksilver, or the Thor scenes having no point in retrospective in the story of the movie, except for the creation of Vision (Sidenote: I do like the movie, and I watch it from time to time, but I don't love it, and it is not on my Top 10 MCU films).

If you have seen the episode of Nando v Movies where he "fixes" Ultron, you have seen how I would probably treat that character and how I would have also treated the introduction of Masters of Evil as a part of this movie. From that idea I would keep both ideas from that revision, but I would add, or in this case mix 3 of the minor complaints that I mentioned in the last paragraph. And that would be all mixed into one single character that I would add, and that would be Eric Williams.

While the character of Eric Williams in the comic is known as a Maggia and Hydra Thug who got his powers from a cybernetic enhancement from the Tinkerer who started due to revenge for the death of his brother, this version would be vastly different to serve the purpose of the story. First of all he would be a member of Baron Strucker's HYDRA division who specializes on cybernetic prosthetics and weaponery - which means he would take the place of Doctor List. This would also explain the amount of robotics that are inside of the HYDRA castle, as both Strucker and Williams specialise on it. Another thing we would learn at this point is that they have both used the mind stone as a way to access knowledge to know how to make efficient robotic parts and, also find a way to give Scarlet Witch and Quicksilver.

This HYDRA facility is taken down by the Avengers, just as the original version, but instead of being killed like List he is given to the authorities for safe keeping in the Raft. Howver, as the rest of the movie progresses, and Ultron starts recruiting his Masters, he arrives at the Raft to pick up Eric, where Ultron monologues a bit about Eric's backstory and how the world has taken things from him, comparing him to his brother Simon (Wonder Man), and in general using his vulnerability against him. He then brings him one of Williams's creations, a scythe that can regenerate tissue and is electrically charged that it can regenerate life or take it away, and tells him, "it is time to take back what they stole from you, a life." And this is the point at which he becomes the Grim Reaper, and joins Abomination, Scarlet Witch, Quicksilver, Klaw and Crossbones in the fight against the Avengers.

However, Ultron has another purpose for the Williams, as he will be the one to create the new body that would end up being Vision, since in this version, just like in the original film, Tony has been using the research made by HYDRA to create synthetic adaptable skin, but hasn't been able to control it, and Eric's scythe is the only one capable of doing such feat, something that Ultron has foreseen. Given that Crossbones and Abomination are incapacitated at this point, and Klaw has fled to fight another day, there are only three other members of Ultron's team remaining, Scarlet Witch, Quicksilver and Grim Reaper. It is only when Wanda and Pietro discover his plan to drop a city, that they flee and the only remaining member is Eric who is fully commited to the plan, but is then taken down after the Avengers locating the HQ of Ultron, right after completing Vision. (This would also make a fun nod to the fact that in the comics Simon Williams was the one to give the brain patterns for Vision, but in this version it is Eric who gives its other component to Vision, his body)

Later in one of the post-credits scenes, we end up seeing prison rooms tagged with the names Blonsky, E., Rumlow. B., and Williams, E.. We see a visitor arriving to "see his brother", when we he is asked name, to which he responds Simon Williams. The guard recognizes him and says, "could you sign this? And also this, please? I'm a big fan of your work". He continues walking after signing the paper, being followed by another figure, who we recognize as Klaw. The guard seems startled by Klaw's appearance but is ultimately distracted by the fact that he got an autograph that he's going to sell. Suddenly, the place is loosing its electricity and Klaw disarms the guard after he notices that the autograph is fake. Once Klaw is informed by the rest of the crew who attacked the prison, "Simon" passes through the cells, to which Eric reacts baffled, as he is ignored and he opens Crossbones's cell. The scene ends with a shot of the autograph, where we see that "Simon " seemingly wrote Zemo which Helmut burns.

That last scene would tie the movie to Civil War, as Zemo would "hire" Rumlow to be one of the causes of the Sokovia Accords. This last thing would tie-in into the role of Zemo that I would give for Civil War.

Winter Solider - Alexander's name and the HYDRA traitors
Now, it may be a very minor complaint I have, but the movie only bothered me in one very particular aspect. There are two comics characters that were misutilized by the movies, that could have been either replaced without not affecting that much the story. These are Alexander Pierce and Jasper Sitwell. While the movies have never really cared for Jasper, comics-wise he had some importance, being a part of the Deltite Saga and becoming a member of the Undead Howling Commandos. Similarly, Pierce was also a key player in the Deltite Saga, as well as forming a part of the Secret Warriors team, which is even cooler because of the look he sports in the comics.

If anything, the movies could have treated us to seeing other agents become evil, though that would be really complicated when we consider the amount of people that we've met in the MCU that are also SHIELD agents, and not exclusive to the shows.

More to come...

Civil War - Changing Zemo
Now the Captain America trilogy is my favorite trilogy inside of the MCU, and good ol' Steve Rogers was what made me interested in this cinematic universe. One of the things that I was hyped for Civil War, was the introduction Helmut Zemo, as an antagonist, if not the primary antagonist. His reimagining was definetly something I expected, but I still welcomed it. I believe that Zemo should be the Doctor Doom for Steve Rogers's Mr. Fantastic, especially with all the similarities between them like them being hand-to hand combatants and leaders of their respective super-powered groups. His iconic get-up and title of Baron Zemo was something that was taken from him as we has adapted into the movie in favor of a civilian identity and a simple suit. This version can still retain elements from the comics, such as him being part of goverment (which in this case would correspond to the Comission on Superhuman Activities) and his classic costume, with the probability of him not having his cowl at the beginning until the end. He would also be mixed with the version of the real movie, like, him being from Sokovia, him killing - albeit indirectly doing it in this alteration - King T'Chaka, and him wanting revenge against The Avengers for the death of his family.

He, for getting revenge in this version, will recruit both Crossbones and Klaw (the second can not neccesarily appear but can still be referenced as being part of this plan) to cause both the Lagos and UN incidents. He would also be playing the other front of an ambassador of Sokovia, and would try to appeal for this accords to be approved, since that would limit the superhero community from such destruction. In a way, he is a darker version of Miriam Sharpe, as he is a big proponent of the Accords, who lost people he cared for, but he instead comes from a military background. Another little change is that group which Zemo was a part of was nicknamed "Thunderbolts" as a nice nod to the comics.

Zemo would be present at the hearing with T'Chaka, where instead of him being the bomber, Klaw would be responsible, as he would disguise himself as Bucky, and given he would already have his robotic arm, this would be made easier. His pressence is just to assure the deed to be done and the Black Panther is motivated to act now, too. He would also be mainpulate General Ross into supporting the registration, as Ross would relate to their mutual background and Helmut's situation of losing his family, and this sentiment is very strong because of Ross's feeling towards the Hulk. We would also see that Helmut is a very capable combatant and a very smart tactician by being able to mask his actions by not leaving traces or evidence, and being 3 steps ahead of the rest of the characters.

He would still kill Vassily Karpov, learn Russian, and finds the location of the December 16, 1999, but given his more powerful ability to manipulate a great deal of people into believing that he is a man of good, it would show how even the "average citizen" can go to the highest extremes when pushed by circumstances, like grief over the death of his family. And if they decided to add the mask, at the end Black Panther could still have the moment in which saves him, and says "the living are not finished with you". And then he takes him back to Wakanda for proper punishment, and after that be taken back to the United Sates for their own processes. Once we see him in the cell, we observe that his face is now disfigured, because of "what happened back there".

Spider-Man: Homecoming - Honoring Uncle Ben
To be done later...

Ant-Man and the Wasp - Building up their world with their Rogues' Gallery
Now Ant-Man, and its sequel Ant-Man and the Wasp, are some of the most fun movies inside of the MCU. Luis in particular always brings a certain level of fun and enjoyment to these movies, and if we had just an entire One-Shot of him narrating the story of the MCU, I would totally watch it, even if it is exclusively on theatres. That being said, one of the things I often hear people complain about is that Yellowjacket and Ghost were boring villains, which for some reason bugs me, since I at least found their designs and the idea of making your villains go through either insanity or desperation because of the Quantum Realm very appealing.

The only villain that I wanted to be better is Walter Goggins's Sonny Burch. Now, sure he is a minor villain, but there are better ways to him a threat. I believe that the way to make him a little more interesting, is that instead of making him Sonny Burch naming him '''Power Broker. '''He would still deal in technology, but he would have a fascinating interest in dangerous stuff. He also wears certain weaponry which he "took" from Cross Tech and Stark International that allowed him to fly and spy on people he views as useful. So he would be an amalgam of Vulture and Justin Hammer, but keeping Walter Goggins fun persona from Ant-Man and the Wasp.

Additionally, he should also be followed by his own henchmen like Milos Masaryk, aka Unicorn, Antonio Rojo, aka el Toro, Alex Gentry, aka the Porcupine, among other lower tier Marvel villains, and maybe even introduce Atlas, otherwise known as Erik Josten, as a nod to the character having powers similar to Ant-Man. His main lackey however, would be Crossfire, a former security officer inside of Cross Technological Enterprises, who is also the cousin of Darren Cross, and is furious at the Pyms and Lang for taking up his job and only family he cared about.

He would have been introduced in the original movie, as the chief security officer of the Cross facility, and would be the one shooting the ants on the plane, as well as training Darren in hand-to-hand combat so as to demonstrate the capabilities of the suit. He would also hint in a very tongue and cheek way that William is a former CIA. All of this would make an excellent payoff once Luis knocks him down, since the most qualified character in the movie, is beaten by an "average Joe".

William would also get insight from his pal at the CIA, Geoffrey Ballard, who would also be helping with the capture of Pym and Van Dyne in the second movie. William, however would have to follow the orders of the Power Broker, which means he can't kill the Pyms nor interfere with the CIA operation, which would be very frustrating for him.

And if we still wanted to adapt the character of Sonny Burch, we could just make him the guy in the original movie who was turned into a pile of goo, aka Frank. Instead of being a scene where he demonstrates his eagerness to sell to the highest bidder, the scene would show the resentment that Darren feels towards his mentor, and how he would lash out, because of all that acumulated anger, against anyone, despite them not deserving it. Not only would this be in line with comics Yellowjacket (the Pym version), but it would show us the level of crazy that Pym particles can cause.

Doctor Strange - A more significant human villain
Don't get me wrong, Scott Derrickson did an amazing job in bringing to life the origin of the Master of the Mystic Arts. However, that doesn't mean that weren't thing that could have improved a little bit the story. I do indeed love Dormammu being featured in the movie, and Mads Mikkelsen's portrayal of Kaecilius is definetly a highlight, along with great performances from the supporting cast, including Benedict Wong, Tilda Swinton,& Chiwetel Ejiofor. I must first take all of my praises, before I start going all nitpicky on this. I adore the special effects, the idea of merging magic and martial arts was brilliant, most character designs I really dig, and the set pieces are fantastic.

Now, my biggest gripe with the movie is the human villain, Kaecilius. I know this a very weak complaint, but from a comic book aficionado perspective, he isn't even a main Doctor Strange villain, - hell, he only has 8 appearances, and is only the lackey of Baron Mordo. I question their decision to not use some other sorcerer, especially considering the plethora in Marvel comics.

As a matter of fact, there is another sorcerer, with a name starting with Ka- that has ties to Kamar-Taj and the Ancient One, and that would more than likely not be used in other Marvel media, due to his importance to the Doctor Strange world. and that character would be '''Kaluu. '''Now, sure, you maybe saying, he is not a primary Doctor Strange villain, or not in the level of Dormammu, Nightmare or Mordo, but he is at least recognizable to comics fans, at least Doctor Strange and/or Mighty Avengers fans.

So, for this version, we would instead focus on a mirror image of Mordo's and Strange's relation, which would be the Ancient One and Kaluu. Kaluu would be a former student of the previous Ancient One who resents her for taking the position that was "rightfully his". To obtain revenge for this, he started winning over various students of this new Ancient One, as well as knowledge and relics to gain more power for him and his followers. It is then that he would learn of the Dread Dormammu, and would stop at nothing to form an alliance with him.

It is only after Strange faces him in the Sanctum, just like he did with Kaecilius in the movie, that we learn what his motivation really is. While I love the idea that his motivation ties into the Infinity Stone, Kaecilius's backstory was barely addressed in the movie, and that just makes it less compelling. We would then learn that he was  just a child when he was abandoned by his family,and while he looking for a place to belong to, he stumbled into Kamar-Taj (keeping the idea that broken souls come to this mystical place to heal). Once he felt he belonged somewhere, he aimed higher, and looked to become the Sorcerer Supreme, and despite all his efforts, he was defeated for that position by a person he considered a friend. Feeling not only betrayed, but without a purpose, he left Kamar-Taj in search for himself. And while he did various other things (like, I don't know, possibly join an Avengers team in the 1970s ;) ), he grew resentful against the Ancient One and the new Sorcerer Supreme.

At this point we would have already seen Kaluu obtained the power that he desired from Dormammu, and that he was willing to give the Earth to this powerful entity to prove a point to the Ancient One, of how she has failed, and he deserved to be the Sorcerer Supreme. Not only that, but he is willing to give an Infinity Stone to him, in exchange for whatever his heart desires. He would, of course, fail, but we would instead of kill him, would see him captured inside of an ancient relic prison.

Other things that I would add are that the more time passes the more mindless his followers beocme (as in becoming the Mindless Ones), and also a moment in which Kaluu tries to persuade Mordo into his side, by telling him "don't you see,  that you will eventually follow in my path?". Also, I would add that his followers are the counterparts of Mordo's Minions (which include Kaecilius), while also incorporating minor villains like Lucian Aster, as in the movie, to be part of the Zealots. Kaluu could also allude to many other magic based heroes and villains, such as Shuma-Gorath, the Black Knight, the Fear Lords, and the Hell Lords, as well as other deities like Asgardians and Olympians, just to name a few.

Guardians of the Galaxy 2 - The Universal Church of Truth
The character of Adam Warlock is someone I've been very excited to see in MCU for quite a while, given his importance in many of the events like the Infnity Gauntlet, Infinity War and Infinity Crusade, or his role in the Guardians of the Galaxy. In the past years, he has been relegated to a more minor role, given the increase in popluarity to Star-Lord. I believe that Guardians 2 could have helped in hyping Adam's appearance, by bringing in one of the elements that characterized the amazing weirdness intrinsic to the character.

The element I'm using for this movie is the Universal Church of Truth, who I'll merge to the Sovereign, and elements introduced in other media like the Silver Surfer series and the animated Guardians show. Let's start by doing something that the movie tried to do, make Ayehsa the Matriarch of the Universal Church of Truth. Contrary to what we saw in the movie, we would see that she is being coerced into telling her followers and the Guardians whatever she is told, by her superiors. In this version, she is not a capable leader, and is just there because the followers of the Church venerate her, and her species as gods. This would make her a unique antagonist, as she is being forced into villainy, but she is clearly not, as she is neither a villain in the comics.

The movie would also have to turn its opening backwards as we would see that they wouldn't have to kill the Absilisk, but are merely going to capture it for the Church, essentially turning the opening upside down. This Many Angled One is going to be a nod to the Realm of Kings storyline, as most movies tend to sideline the stories in which the Guardians are involved in favor of new adventures, exclusive to the movie side.

We'll then see something that would change the movie, for the better I hope, which is Mantis is one of the prisoners in the Homeworld to the Universal Church. She, among Nebula, and other characters, - who could be cameos. She would then use her empath powers to make the Guardians take her with them, despite the Guardians only have taken Nebula. The story would then take the same route as we see in the movie, and we would give Mantis the opportunity of learning the fact that Ego is villanous, by him touching her, which causes the empathic abilities to activate.

We would give the same type of scenes to Drax and Mantis, except that she would instead talk to him about how hard it has been to not see her family, her home planet, and to have to learn to fight to survive, despite not wanting to harm people. She would also explain that the Church has been collecting people who they see as unworthy of their sympathy to exterminate those who are not equal to the beings they venerate.

To be continued later...

Runaways - Keeping the mystic roots
Runaways has one of the best and most diverse group of characters that Marvel TV ever had, and that is something I really adore about the show. Definetly makes it great to see a diverse group of friends in a TV show, who must come together to fight their parents (who aren't really bad guys in the regular sense). I have nothing but praises for that part of the show. Sure, it's not as enjoyable as Daredevil or SHIELD, but it's meant for a different audience than the other TV shows, save for Cloak and Dagger.

The one thing I feel that the show really wasted an opportunity on, is keeping at least a little of the comic book background that gave the origins to the heroes. A simple example of that is Nico. Now, I welcome the addition of an older sister, and the story that she brings in the season, but turning the magic-based origin into a tech staff is, for me at least, jumping the shark. While I get it, making her more of a tech based character kind of ruins her whole role in the team as "the mystical" hero. Instead of that, I would keep Nico's parents as them being former wizards, who used their powers to collect magical artifacts, such as the Staff of One, the Abstract, and the Dagger, among many others. To masquerade their crimes, they became very well-known antique and art valuers, which ensured the fact that they wouldn't have diffculties with their income. We would, from a certain point of view, merge the Minorus' and the Yorkes' comics backstory, since time-travel wasn't really established, and while I would love the idea of introducing it in the show, its better to take the other option of them artifically creating a Deinonychus, since we don't really know how they looked, and I'd rather they go more akin to what Doctor Strange did, with them having magical artifacts . We would also give an interesting rivalry with the Steins, as the Steins would see them as selfish and mostly fake, similar to Stark and Strange's rivalry in Infinity War. They could also keep the roles that Tina and Victor are technically speaking the leader of their respective family. The Minorus could for example tell the Steins' that "we could simply do that sacrifice with just some "magic spells" in less time that it took you to build that machine"

Agent Carter Season 2 (and a potential 3)- Stories that use the setting and characters to their advantages
One of the smaller things that I always thought about when I saw Agent Carter is that they could have incorporated more characters that were created at that time (like Leet Brannis or Zandow) instead of characters linked to more modern day comics (such as Madame Masque and Blackwing). This sentiment was then increased by the fact that characters like Patriot and Whizzer were used in both Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. and Jessica Jones respectively. And while that second one was funny in the way it was used, I feel that adding them to Agent Carter would have made it a more comics accurate portrayal. Now, I feel that Season 2 could have brought some very deep-cuts, while also introducing the concept of the Liberty Legion/Invaders/All-Winners Squad, and also that there were two Seasons meged together instead of one more cohesive story, which is why I will divide Seasons 2 and 3, into two parts.


 * Season 2 - Focusing on Hollywood and the Maggia

So, for this we would do one thing that not only uses the Hollywood setting, but allows to see Carter to face a different type of villain to what we have seen in the MCU, as we tend to see antagonists that have a hands-on approach with their nemesis. The things that would be kept from the real Season 2 are the Hollywood setting, Madame Masque being a main villain, The Jarvises, and the will they wont they relation between Souza and Carter.

My main focus for my Season 2 revamp is making Madame Masque more of a crime boss, than a scientist. As much as I love the idea of a homage to Hedy Lamarr, a brilliant inventor and actress, I feel that it just doesn't fit the character, as her intelligence is not something she's primarily known for. We would still see ideas like being engaged to Calvin Chadwick and having a previous relation with the Maggia. The thing with the Maggia is that Whitney would be a daughter of a great Maggia crime boss, whose name wouldn't be said just for fun, and also a childhood friend of Joseph Manfredi, another child of a Maggia crime boss. She would have ended up as an actress, as her "associates" used the power to make her a star.

Given that Whitney is more in the medium of movie making she decides to use a similar method to Mysterio, by making Peggy enter one of the studio stages. Jarvis, who isn't a fan of the studios' horror movies, tells Agent Carter that there are stories that tell that this area has been haunted  (as a nod to the Phantom Theater in Universal Studios Hollywood), to which Peggy would reply "This is not Mister Stranger or Hash-Head, Mr, Jarvis. No phantom or weird creature will jump over to attack us!".

We would eventually learn that some costumes and props are people that Ms. Frost hired as goons, and their clothes match comics villains Robin Hood (Joshua Blaine), Hunchback (Craig Talbot), The Phantom Hound of Cardiff Moor (Murdock), Dr. Fear (Ambrose Meek), among many others. We would then see Whitney, covered by a gold mask reminiscent with either the style of classic greek theater mask or a renaissance mask, and with a wig with black hair, nodding to her comic book look.

We would also see that Madame Masque has been using her husband's affiliation to the government to get certain "permissions" for the Maggia, which we would later, as they will have mayor ramifications on the next season. For now, we would learn that the heads of the Maggia have decided to take some of the immigrants coming to the US as labor workers and goons, as they are considerably cheaper and that would allow them to have more power. For this, Whitney would have to ask for Calvin's assistance in allowing a shipment of "props" coming from Europe, Asia and America, for a new movie. Peggy, after getting information of this shipment of props, suspects Whitney is hiding something, and after reading the specifications for the shipment, decides to investigate, suspecting a weapon.The twist, just like in Civil War, is that there is no real weapon, but rather for a mano a mano fight between Whitney and Peggy, because if Whitney Frost has something that makes her unique from other versions, is that she is someone who wants a big premise for a fight, and that wants a good twist, since she is into theatricality. Whitney makes some Maggia thugs distract the SSR agents, while Carter and Frost fight, and Madame Masque decides to play mind tricks on her, telling her that "my husband and I have the power to take everything away from you", "I can make the SSR public enemy number 1, or maybe I could give you something worse". It isn't until Frost taunts Peggy with telling her "You know, after I finish you, I'll make a movie of your precious Captain America, and I'll play you as the pathetic person you are" as Whitney wants Peggy to truly fight, as she is holding back. The thing that Peggy doesn't realize is that Whitney has an ace up her sleeve, by filming this encounter, and using it as leverage against the SSR.


 * Season 3 The Secret Empire

Now, in the case of my version of the season 3, we would use the Secret Empire and the press in a fun back and forth conflict in which Agent Carter should be in the middle of the conflict. We would see that she returned to New York, due the closure to the division of the West Coast (as a fun nod to the cancellation of the West Coast Avengers comics), and that now they have limited resources given their interactions with the Maggia. This gives Peggy the idea to use some of her contacts on the press to help boost the SSR, to which they agree under the condition that 3 members (a chief, a scientist, and an agent) get interviewed to demonstrate the good men and women working there. We would see comics characters such as Jeffrey Mace, Dick Jones, Jack Casey, Kevin Marlow and Mary Morgan working inside of the New York Bulletin. We would see that the three characters that are chosen for this interview are Peggy as the Agent, Robert Frank as the scientist, and Earl Everett as the chief.

We would then see a version of the Secret Empire, which would feature some characters we've seen before, like Calvin Chadwick, Hugh Jones, along with new faces, like Thomas Gloucester, William Taurey, and the main villain of this season, Cheer Chadwick. She is the first woman to gain the command of the Council of Nine, and is eager to take control of this organization for her own goals. For this, she manipulated her brother, Calvi, who would act as her puppet in exchange for her sister's help in assisting Whitney, his fiancée from last season.

The only inconvenience that she has is that, for the last year, the SSR has been tracking Calvin's connections to the criminal underworld, and found some links that tied into the Council, which is why both her and Whitney eventually came up with the plan to frame Miss Carter for a crime, as mentioned earlier. As you may have noticed, I've taken the aspects that we aren't using of Agent Carter's Whitney, and applying them to Cheer Chadwick. So in this version, Cheer had a scientific mind, with a penchant for control, since all of her life, she was the one being controlled by her strict parents.

It is at this point that we would incorporate the Darkforce that we saw in Season 2, along with Jason Wilkes, and a ton of other things, secretly headed by Cheer Chadwick, using the Roxxon Corporation as a place to experiment with the Isodyne substance, as they nicknamed it on the show. The events of the show would be exactly the same until the point at which they have to use Dottie to enter a fundraiser, as in the show, however, in this event we would actually learn the Marvel Comics counterpart, as Howard (instead of Jarvis), would introduce her as Nancy Turpin - instead of just wasting Yelena Belova, like many predicted.

Eventually, the more that Cheer gets control of the Darkforce, the more she becomes the character Harridan, though instead of getting older, she would become paler and would become very aggresive, and with no one with the same powers, her aspects would become much more extreme. Eventually, she would kill her brother, which would cause her to break mentally down, and blame it on Peggy Carter.

Now regarding the side story, it would allow us to see the flashbacks, her interactions forming a new team that would consists of the reportes, and the new agents of the SSR. Most of the characters that would surround her this season would be reminders of either her time at war, or of Steve, or her family, as we would also see several British agents helping her getting particular information on the case against the Council of NIne.The more she learns of each of them, the more she would become a leader on par with Rogers, which she would inspire by saying that "If we do this, no matter how hard it may be for us, how much we may lose, we will all win. We all get a chance to become heroes, honoring whoever we lost before".

Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Season 1 - Project Deathlok
Now as much as I like Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Season 1 wasn't the strongest way to start. Sure, the next seasons did an absolute fantastic job of reinventing the overall premise (since the organization doesn't really exist in the larger universe right now and is free to do whatever they want, as long as it doesn't affect continuity). The first thing that people really didn't like is the Deathlok arc, but it shouldn't have. Agents of SHIELD had the oportunity to reinvent this cyborg, - and they indeed tried -, I have an idea that could help a little better.

Before we start, we need to consider what we'll keep, which are setting up the character ti become Deathlok in the beginning, and Cybertek being a part of its origin. We will mostly see the character of Deathlok following the story arc of Michel Collins's version of Deathlok, as it is the one that the ties it mostly to both SHIELD and Cybertek, though they can change the name to keep the twist.

The other primary change that we would have is the character of Harlan Ryker, which would replace Ian Quinn, as he could instead become the primary antagonist instead of John Garrett. While the late Bill Paxton did a phenomenal job portraying the descent into madness and desperation brilliantly, we could have seen a more cohesive story, in which Harlan Ryker faces Deathlok. Instead of Garrett being the main villain, we would instead see him as a more violent and out of the norm SHIELD agent, whose methods are questionable but is still likeable, which we would then see that Ward would damage Garrett, and then he would require the Deathlok treatment, and creating a version of the Super Agents along with Deathlok.

So, Ryker's motivation would be sort of a dark reflection of Deathlok's and in a way, Coulson's (as technically Daisy, Fitz and Simmons are sort of his and May's children). In the comics, - and in this alternate version - Ryker became the CEO of Cybertek, and started working on the Deathlok project, which would be a program designed for the military that turns damaged soldiers into cyborgs (a mashup between Robocop and Terminator, which the original Deathlok predates).

We would also Vulture/Zemo the villain, which means that motivation would come from previous events. Harlan has lost his family, save for his daughter, in the Avengers's Incident, and has had to use his knowledge in cybernetics to save his daughter. After being able to save her, he realized how his story could make him earn a profit, and given his influence in the government thanks to his brother Simon Ryker (in case they don't have the rights, use John Ryker), he became one of the most powerful heads in the Roxxon subdivisions.

He would then start recruiting test subjects for this project, like Eric Savin (who wouldn't appear in Iron Man 3, and instead were to be replaced by Sunturion or Firebrand), Richard Bloom (Tracer), Ian Wajler (Mainframe), Luther Manning (Demolisher), Cathode, among many others. He would use them to protect their laboratories, which would give the team some threats to face (like in The Magical Place), and an episode in which we learn at least of the cyborgs' backstory (like the Bridge).

So, once we discover that HYDRA has infiltrated SHIELD,  Harlan would then learn that one of the benefactors was HYDRA and that many of his scientists and co-workers were also infiltrators from HYDRA. If we had the opportunity, I would add Nobert Ebersol and Marvin Flumm as the lead HYDRA agents who manipulate (psychically) Ryker against SHIELD, since after they faced, he has become very desperate in eliminating that threat, and since he will eventually lose control of the prime Deathlok, he would have to plan for a showdown with Coulson's team. In case, Fixer and Mentallo aren't available, any version of Supreme Hydra, who may threaten his daughter's life if Ryker doesn't face SHIELD by any means necessary. Therefore, we see another project in which Harlan was working on, with the codename Hellinger, which is a protective exo-skeleton made of cybernetic implants and armor. We would see a battle between the over-powered Hellinger, and Coulson like in the original season finale.

Agents of SHIELD - Adding Comics Characters
One of the most interesting concepts used in the MCU is the SHIELD Academy, as this could have been the birthing place of many heroes and villains for the series (had they not broken it or if they ever were to revisit it, which may be done in a future pitch in my other blog). Season 1 did something interesting by using it to set up Blizzard, which in my opinion wasn't half bad. However, they could have been setting seeds for the eventual twist, while also giving us some less known comic characters.
 * Season 1 - Chaos at the Academy

Now, let's imagine that instead of having the incident with Blizzard's tech, - as I'd rather use him in another season-, we see a scene of the lead villain of the season (either Ian Quinn, or if you read the AoS Deathlok pitch, Harlan Ryker), discussing with one of his associates, which in this case, I'll say it's Raina, about how to continue their plans without's SHIELD's interference. He would then respond with great confidence, "by giving them a proper distraction, at their own HQ.". We would then see a similar event to that of the inciting incident, except with us not knowing who the culprit(s) are.

We would then see that the main crew of the show are having a great time returning, with a sense of obligation to help in the endeavour, as much as possible. Fitz and Simmons start theorizing by telling Skye that the science division has not been seen well by others, specially the Operations division. They think that the students may have stolen some of the S&T tech and used them on students.

However, Ward would try to convince Skye that the more likely thing is that Medusa is to blame. Skye not understanding would ask "What is Medusa?", to which Coulson would interveign and say "Medusa is a group of students and teachers in the S&T division, founded by Professor Dr. Anton Harvey and several of his students. It's hard to get inside, and even harder to know how they work".

We would then see an investigation and some back and forth between Ward, Simmons and Fitz about which professors were better and here names and phrases such as "Rumlow was so much tougher than any of yours" or "seriously, your teachers had the weirdest names, Slaght, Barlow, Klein" and Fitz replying, "Hey, your Academy also had  Barlow", and many other teachers from the Marvel Universe such as Ravage (Crawford), Spellbinder, etc. We would also get tours of the facilities, with nods and easter eggs to several of the heroes and villains that are either tied to SHIELD history, like the SHIELD super agents equipment.

The eventual reveal of the episode is that, after researching among the teachers, they had found that it was planned by Medusa all along, and that they were angry at SHIELD's management since after The Avengers, most of the resources have been dedicated to the Operations division, and the opportunities like working in Project Pegasus's Nevada Facility have literally blown up. We would then see several of the members of Medusa have united in the outskirts of the Academy, threatening to leave for working in companies that have already offered them jobs. Coulson hears some of those and distinguishes one that is important for the series "Cybertek" (or Quinn if we keep that idea from the series).

He would then start piecing things together, and tell the team that it has all been a distraction to stop the team from continuing their investigation, which makes them leave and give the information to the corresponding authorities. The episode would then conclude with them returning to the mission, with a little bit of more knowledge, and a sort of preparation for the HYDRA twist in AoS's final episodes. These episodes could also serve to give mentions to Hank Pym, Tony Stark, Bruce Banner, as well as showing a bit of history of SHIELD.

Season 2: The Inhumans
Now SHIELD has done a great job of introducing the Inhumans to the MCU (though they seem to be going as they came, very quickly). However, despite the many characters from the comics, they seem to have a tendency for creating new characters. There's nothing wrong with that, but if there's something that they should take from Lucasfilm, is that they use characters from other universes (also known as Legends) in a way that respects their previous history, but allows them to make new stories, or tie them into them. Marvel has done this previously on their comics, such as in the Ultimate Universe, where characters who were not related, ie Kitty Pryde and Spider-Man, were able to interact. The MCU has done many times this, and one great example is Agent Carter, which makes Peggy's core cast composed of Jason Wilkes, Jarvis, and Howard Stark, and fights Dr. Faustus and Madame Masque, which she had never interacted with in her entire comics history. Therefore, I believe we could do the same with some of the characters that we meet in Seasons 2 and 3 of Agents of SHIELD, relating to the Inhumans. For this, I will divide this into 2 categories: Those who are Inhumans and could have been applied for these stories, and those who have no relation to the Inhumans but could thematically be related to them or are related to the Kree. There are very few charatcers who will fit on this idea, though they will affect massively various storylines. The most important is turning Lincoln Campbell, Daisy's boyfriend turned space debree, into fairly minor Thor character Jake Olson. Now, sure you may be asking, "Why him?", he's in no way related to the characters, but as I said before on the intro, it is about using characters in new ways. So, he would still do the things Lincoln did, though he would have left another relation (with Hannah Fairmont) in favor becoming a part of the Inhuman society. Therefore, we could see the harshness of Inhuman rules, by not only excluding non-Inhumans into their cities, but relationships between "different species".
 * Not originally Inhumans

We would also see that after Season 3, he would then return to being a medic in a hospital, and trying to ammend his relationship with Hannah, though he would discover that she had a daughter. This, plus the fact that the Watchdogs are following him and that Daisy and him started feeling for each other would make him turn into a member of the Secret Warriors, who would eventually sacrifice himself for the team and for Daisy.

On the other hand Raina is a very interesting case, in that, she has a good power set, but has no specific counter-part. That is, in the regular Marvel Universe. In Earth-1610, there is someone who has a similar set of skill, but different appearance. If we wanted her to tie more into where the Inhumans came from, we would have to change her name in Tri-Clops, or Sapphire, as her precognition powers would have the side-effect of her having a third eye on her forehead and a different skin color, making it near impossible to walk on the broad day-light without her using a Carmen Sandiego looking trench coat and hat, though if they wanted to hammer it home, they could give her more of Gorgon's Ultimate Universe's look. This would cover much more broadly the other aspect of Inhuman society, which is that they are unable to "walk among us"
 * Inhuman in the comics

The other primary character we would replace with a comics character is Jiaying, who in this version would be the character Senso, who in the comics had some run-ins with the Nazis and the leader of her tribe. The Hidden Ones, who we would see as this version of Afterlife. Instead of being very open with people leaving the city, as we saw in the show, the experiences of Senso, forced her to close the link between the rest of the Earth, and them, only allowing Inhumans inside but not letting them leave, for their safe protection. Hydra would have also used her powers to help the Kraken revive, as well as giving him some Inhuman weapons that would form an armor, and the location of a very powerful artifact that we would see later in Season 3. The only human Senso has positive feelings about is Mr.Hyde (Or Calvin Johnson), as he's the father of her daughter.

Season 3: The Secret Warriors and Damage Control
Season 3, for me, is a mixed bag. After the show truly impressed me in S2, we then abruptly lost the Secret Warriors after a while of set-up, and that also applies to Lash, and the origins of HYDRA and SHIELD. My pitch will mostly consist of changes that would allow the Secret Warriors to be a main focus, and give other characters some good roles, while also taking elements that despite being interesting, were never expanded on correctly. So, for this "modification", we would eliminate Lash for this point. So, the Secret Warriors. As much as I love Quake and her team in the MCU, they had so much more potential especially considering the many characters in the comics. It is best that some of the characters be introduced in different ways that what we saw in the show, given that they aren't really heroes. We would see that Quake is recruiting whoever is interested in joining, no matter the circumstances. We would see that Yo-Yo has been fighting her father's criminal empire in Colombia, Stonewall has been facing his life with abscentee father by taking care of her dying mother, Manifold is a loner living in the Australian streets, and Hellfire as a Texan mercenary. We would also learn that Manifold was originally an aquiantence of Lincoln, but left due to the fact that his Terrigenesis power was similar to someone else (Gordon), which made him feel useless, and therefore chose to return to his home.
 * The Secret Warriors

We could also meet other potential members, such as Ahmed Noor, Ellis Love, Lynn Richards, Laurne Wolfe, Carlos Ayala, and Robert Martin, who would still be recruited, and trained for later day missions. We would also see that Coulson has decided for both him and May to train the teams while Fitz and Mack have started working on equipment, understanding their powers, and Quake, Morse and Hunter taking care of the recruiting. Though they start bonding as a team, Hellfire would eventually betray the team and sell them out, in exchange for free will when Hive enacts his plan. Still,we would see the events of the Maveth and Hive (possessing Ward) being a primary villain to the season 3, as well as Hellfire betraying the team, and Lincoln dying, sacrificing himself for the greater good.

The primary difference is that the army of Hive would be composed of the villains of each of the Secret Warriors, which would be Griffin (John Horton, real name Juan Ortiz) and Cheetah (Esteban Cavazos) for Yo-Yo, Nitro and Atom Smasher for Ahmed Noor, Basilisk for Stonewall, Destructor for Lauren Wolfe and Robert Martin,and bringing back Blizzard and Blackout,' and many more super-powered for his "Army of Evil". We would discover that all of the members in Hive's army have the Inhuman gene, which would explain their superpowers, as well as him recruiting Centurius and Supremus as his lead scientist taking care of his evolution plan with which Hive would be able to control the entire population of Earth and make it into the HYDRA plan. (Sidenote: Even though most of these villains have no ties to the Inhumans, they either are related to the Kree or one of the Secret Warriors, which is why they will be turned into Inhumans, for the purpose of the series) After that we would see that the plan that Hive made not only ends up blowing in space, but that the remaining Terrigen Mist that was to be used in his plan to turn everyone into Alpha Primitives, or in this case, into Inhuman slaves to his rule, evaporated into the atmosphere affecting some of the cities in the world, giving their powers to other Inhumans.

As many of you may know, Damage Control was meant to become a TV show, and  we have barely seen them in the MCU, like in Homecoming, Iron Man, and several others. The ATCU on the other hand, came and went faster than Quicksilver, so at least Damage Control is still alive (or seems like it). But, you may be asking, "why add Damage Control?", and the short answer, is that it would allow us to introduce the concept before Homecoming makes it a bigger deal. But in the sense of the show, it would allow us to see that every single operation of cleanup and incarceration has been now handed to someone else, and that someone is Robin Chapel, this version of Rosalind Price. She would be tasked with working on supervising the new division of Damage Control, nicknamed Code: Blue, which is led by Lt. Marcus Stone.
 * Damage Control instead of the ATCU

And you may also ask, "but wasn't Damage Control meant to be in charge of the clean-up?", and yeah, but in this version we would also add retrieval of dangerous individuals as they can reduce the number of incidents that require them, by incarcerating them. And as for what is the point of using them in the story, they would allow us to not only to see the conflict between Coulson and a similar organization that the writers wanted, since Season 1, 2, and 3 weren't similar enough, but it would make us see that HYDRA is involved with everything in the universe. And, yes the fact that Gideon Malick is investing in Damage Control would still happen.

Only other differences, is that we would have Robin remain alive, and SHIELD and DC crews interact in more than just missions, as I believe that there was a severe lack of that, apart from Coulson and Rosalind. We would later see that Coulson made a deal with DODC to get the weaponry and threats they face, in exchange of no supervision of the Secret Warriors, which would eventually bite him back, because the Sokovia Accords would come to change that.

Season 4 - The LMDS, The Deltites and the US Agent
Given that the writers and producers divided this season into pods, I'll do the same thing taking into consideration all of the events ocurring on previous seasons and in the MCU. I'll also take a shot into doing stories like the Deltite Saga, as I believe that Marvel TV had the opportunity to do that story. As much as I love the entire potrayal of Gabriel Luna's Robbie Reyes, the effects, and the amazing Dodge Charger, I got to say that the rest of the mystical aspects of the season, like the ghosts and his uncle being a villain were a bit underwhelming. For this, I'll do certain changes that might help us improve this pod as a whole, while also allowing us to see more comics characters into the show.
 * Ghost Rider Pod

The first thing I'll change, and this is for the entire season, is that Quake will not be a hero to the public. It may be controversial to some, but that new really seemed like a logical shift for her character, specially considering the Secret Warrios were meant to be a secret task force. To replace this, we would see Quake and her Secret Warriors leave SHIELD. She believes that working with SHIELD means her friends are in danger being around her, and given that the rest of the SW have nothing to lose, they join on her crusade to eliminate crimes and powerful organizations. Basically, they turn into a version of Cap's Secret Avengers. (The Slingshot miniseries would instead be a Secret Warriors minseries with an episode dedicated to each character and with 30 min episodes)

They would then discover that there have been some fires in the city of LA, which they atribute to Hellfire, since he eventually left the SW. At that same time, SHIELD gets notice of this same information and decides to also interveign, though they first have to ask for permition from the director, who allows them, with the condition that they also bring in the fugitives (aka. The Secret Warriors). This would also allow us to meet the various new cast members of the SHIELD team, like Clay Quartermain, who would be the primary assistant to the director and liason to Coulson's team, and Gail Runciter, who is our analogue for Piper.

The other characters that we would see are the introduction of some Ghost Rider villains. Our replacement for Eli Morrow as primary antagonist, is a character by the name of Deathwatch, and he is a LA crime boss in the area Robbie is in charge of protecting. We wouldn't learn until some episodes later, that he himself is trying to recover his powers, given that his origins are not of this world. He would also be responsible for Robbie getting his powers, since he would have caused the shooting that "killed" him.

Ghost Rider, would have to face the Secret Warriors and completely defeat them withouit a sweat. Quake would then use her espionage abilities to encounter him at work, as in the show, and learn what happened and try to help. She would have also rejected her help, but given that he is trying to face supernaturally powered criminals, he is saved by the SW, and he reluctantly teams up with them.


 * Deltite Saga

To be continued later...

Season  5 - The Rigellian Recorders, Alternate Universe Heroes, and The Myriad
One of the things that most disappointed me was the hype made surrounding the fifth season's space arc. Now sure, it was good, but it definetly was sad to see such a powerful concept of having a colonized space port and seeing an influx of powerful alien individuals was such a good opportunity, to not use any famous comics characters.
 * Rigellian Recorders

The first thing I would have done is adapt the Rigellian Recorders, replacing the Chronomicoms. The Rigellian Recordes may not be as recognized by fans as much as the Watchers, but they still have the same role and work pretty much like them. In the episode dedicated to Fitz and Hunter, we could see that the Enoch is known by the number 211, and he has been lead to help them since they have learned information that may affect the Earth. Enoch would also reveal pieces of information, such as the fact that the species that he serves, the Rigellians, wish to ally themselves in future events, which he doesn't mention.

He also warns them that according to the current chronology, Earth may be destroyed sooner than later, which would affect this deal, and as we saw in the show, ended with the humans being subjected to mistreament by the Kree. We would learn from Enoch very toung and cheek clues like him mentionning the word "Myriad", and the Ruul coming leading the charge. Before he can ever die, he then tells them to find 418, who will be found inside of the Lighthouse (in the past-present). Eventually, Fitz ends up travelling to the future, thus causing him to see the dire consequences of this aftermath, and also understanding who the Ruul actually were (an alias for the Kree). Given that the Inhumans are part of this ordeal, it seems only fitting to add descendants of them into the story. The first character I'll bring to this story is Tuc, the son of Crystal in the future. Despite the fact that in the comics, he is actually a Space Phantom posing as her son, this version would actually stick to that story. He would take the role of Ben as his powers are very similar to those of Tuc. He would show himself very protective of his little sister, which is why he ended up taking her place as an Inhuman tribute. Luna would then take the place of Abby, and since in the comics, she is as inconsistent with her powers, it makes sense. As for their cousin Ahura, he would have perished during the first instance of rebellion against their opressors. Both of them would eventually perish and that would inspire Daisy and the team to fight against the oppresive Kree. Another thing that would also be mentioned is the fact that the Avengers are a myth, almost like the Greek or Norse Gods. This would allow us to see a more depressing reality where everything went to hell. That means no Flint in the future, though he will appear later in the season. There isn't a true precedent for the events in the final pod of AoS Season 5 in the comics, though there are various elements that can be mixed in with the storylines. One of the things we would use is a group from the Squadron Supreme comics known as the Myriad, who are an organization comprised of different alien species that desire to gain the Earth's resources for their own. This version of the Myriad would actually be lead by an amalgam of characters like Bel-Dann, Falzon and Mon-Tog. Our analogue to Kasius Sr. in this revised version, he would also try to convince Graviton into searching for Gravtionium and take it from the Earth, so they can have a simpler task of getting all the metal in one swoop. They would also plan to take all "Nuhumans" as prisoners, so they can sell them as slaves or use them as pawns in other wars. The mission would lead Graviton to look for individuals with the powers that can maximize his power to search Gravitonium. This would lead him to absorb one of the members of the Myriad, an Astran, since the species is able   to manipulate metal, and to also absorb the powers of Carl Creel, though he may be able to come back, if need be. He would also search for another individual, a member of a small gang "the Tribe", with the name Flint. His powers of mainpulating the Earth would help in opening the holes necessary to extract the Gravitonium. Finally, he would target Daisy, as her powers would magnify the impact of the gravity fields exerted by the metal. Therefore, the agents would have to try and fail saving Absorbing Man, which would lead the SHIELD team to go full-on protecting mode with Flint, despite the fact that he is a troubled kid. Seeing a thorn on his side, Graviton would then go directly to Daisy, as he sees it more important, since his mission to destroy Thanos would approach ever so quicker. In the future, his two sons would be replaced by Bel-Dann and Arides. Shatterax, aka Arides, would end up being the prized child, ending up leading a squad of elite Kree Soliders, while Bel-Dann would end up in charge of the Kree Outpost known as the Lighthouse, which he would really resent. He would however be aided by Una-Rogg, whose backstory wouldn't be revealed completely, except for the fact that they both have father issues.
 * Future Remnants of the Heroes
 * The Myriad
 * HYDRA's Role in all of this

More to come...

Inhumans - Another Overhaul
Now if you had read my blog regarding movies and projects that I would like Marvel to do, you might have noticed that I wanted the Inhumans to be a good franchise inside of the MCU, either it being a movie or a TV show. As many may know, the Inhumans was part of the phase 3 line-up before being taken from it after Spider-Man was brought into the universe, and thus the TV division ended up adapting it, to a misfire of a show. So, if I was going to "fix" Inhumans, I would have to take certain things to consideration. First of all, most of the cast that was a part of the series would be mantained, as I believe that when given good material any good actor can develop it. The second is that the budget would be more well adjusted to what the characters and locations that are required. Third, and most important, is treating the show as it should have been, Marvel's version of Game of Thrones, with treason, murder, and third parties all looking for the ultimate power, with of course, better writing, costuming, and a better defined identity.

I would take a cue from Captain Marvel by setting it in a different period, and though it may be weird for some people since it wasn't long ago, we would see the story unfold in the early 2000, as it would fit with the primary allegory I'll be using, -which is immigrants,since there were significant movements of immigrants to the US during the start of the decade. Plus it allows us for some simpler storytelling, since humans don't yet know about the Avengers, and barely about Captain America. This use of the allegory also helps us distinguish them from the X-Men as we would primairly focus on a single group of people that are affected by current day situations and, given that the Inhumans currently are very similar to the group of people with a paritcular ethnical and cultural background ,that are unknown by first world countries, until they start appearing in them.

The first two episodes would start with the city of Attitlan being in a state of stagnation, as Attitlan is suffering through a Dark Age of Inhuman society, with no artistic creativity or scientific discovery, which is why the city is only with grey colors and terrible holograms. Despite Black Bolt's and Medusa's being more progressive rulers than the previous one, - which we would see later -, and other Royals like Crystal and Triton cooperating by bringing in food, technology and resources, the Inhuman society feel like the rulers have failed them.

This is when Maximus finally decides to start his coup d'état, ordering his followers into taking down each of the members of the Royal Family. This would have lead on a chase scene between Crystal and some of Maximus's followers, a six against one fight between Medusa and some Crimson Cadre members, a flight/fight scene for Black Bolt, and Karnak and Gorgon doing a hallway fight. This is primarily for the focus of presenting the powers and abilities of the characters, but also set up the stakes, as similar to the show, it would culminate in Medusa losing her hair before being saved by Lockjaw.

Lockjaw starts taking some of the Inhumans to Earth, in groups of two, into what he considers a small city (because he's a good boy). This would allow us for some character development between each of the pairings, which are Karnak and Gorgon, Triton and Crystal, and Black Bolt and Medusa. Once they arrive into the city, both Medusa and Crystal realize that they know this city and we would start seeing the origins of some of the Inhuman Royal Family, starting with Crystal and Medusa.

In episodes 3 and 4, the focus would be on the character of Medusa. We would see in flashbacks that Medusa and her sister were exiled after the Unspoken executed their parents, as the Unspoken had been taking down every single threat to his dictatorship. They are sent to the city of Madison, Winscosin, where Medusa became a thief, and a little bit after a vigilante (we would see a makeshift comics accurate costume) to protect her and her sister. Black Bolt, feeling guilty not doing anything against his older cousin the Unspoken, decided to sent Lockjaw to give some food and other things, until Black Bolt eventually brought them back to the city of Attitlan (when everyone in the city forgot about the execution). Black Bolt and Medusa, along with some of the members of the Royal Family decide that the Unspoken should be exiled, and so they staged a coup d'état, which they suceed in. They made him leave the city and forced the entire city to forget the name of the Unspoken.

While the flashbacks occur, we would also see that the Royals are escaping from two fronts, the Crimson Cadre, Maximus's elite military force wearing red, and also a group of "government agents" led by the enigmatic Mr. Chase. We would eventually learn that Mr. Chase is working for Haller Industries,a health corporation located in Chicago. The leader, Terrence Haller Jr., who is secretly working for Maximus (as we saw in the show, but incorrectly), would eventually bring them into Chicago, claiming to be a friend to them.

Episodes 5 and 6 would focus on the main villain, Maximus. We would see Maximus's traitorous nature as he promised the Mr. Haller that he would give him the cure for "immortality" (since the Inhumans have a longer life-span than average humans), which he needs for his son, who is dying. This is were we would start flashbacks telling us about Maximus's turn to villainy. As we would see in the other flashback, Black Bolt and Medusa had started planning to overthrow the Unspoken, which Maximus thought would be a magnificent opportunity for him to take control. He thought the Royals would fight between themselves and destroy each other leaving him the spot to take the lead. However, since he had yet to control his powers correctly, his small plan failed. With the passage of time, he became tired of constantly failing, both with his powers and plans, until one faithful day, he learned how mind control some one, with the use of his techonological expertise.

He would then start the series of events in which he would become the King of Attitlan, by stalling progress of the city, killing some of the best and brightest minds or giving them to Haller Industries for research, using some of the religious figures to spread his ideas, moving the resources of Attitlan to secret stashes or only distributing them between his followers, as to increase loyalty. We would learn that this way of planning these strategies he took from the Unspoken, as he had taken the throne from his uncle, king Agon, in the exact same way. And given that the historical records of the Unspoken were taken off the Inhuman archives, there was no way for the common people to know about Maximus's plagiarism of a plan. This would also be a way to literally explain that Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.

The final backstory, - which will be shown in episodes 7 and 8 -,we would learn from the three protagonists is that of Black Bolt, as he would be the focus of the last three episodes. Given that the Royals are now imprisoned inside of the Haller Industries facility and with power dampeners, courtesy of Maximus's genius. We would start to see that Black Bolt feels like he has returned to how he started, alone. Given his royal status he was forbidden from interacting with other children that weren't from the same power status that he was, and though he had his cousins and brother, this all ended once he got his powers after Terrigenesis. Their parents, weary of the power he had, designed a special Quiet Room that dampened his powers, but allowed him to interact with them. They also decided to gift him his pet dog, Lockjaw, a dog powerful enough to resist his sonic blast, who is also the most loyal and friendly.

Once the Unspoken took the lives of his parents, and blamed them on Black Bolt, his cousins and his brother, fearing for his life, sided with the new ruler. Hearing about what happened to a couple of children who also lost their parents after a failed uprising, he felt empathy for them, which made him share with them whatever he was given for food. Thanks to the fact that he brought Medusa and Crystal back, as I mentioned before, Maximus joined his plan of overthrowing, as not only did he want an opportunity, but he also considered the need for a queen.

Black Bolt, after revisiting his past, starts to devise a plan to escape, which is using Lockjaw, who was left in an abandoned warehouse, where the Inhumans had regrouped, to avoid scaring the population. He uses a frequency that only Lockjaw can detect, which brings him into the room in which Black Bolt and the rest of the Royals are locked up. We would see Lockjaw in a POV continuous shot, taking down the guards at the place, while also liberating the members of the family from their cells.

Karnak and Gorgon would then wreck the place by taking down the remaining security that leads into Haller's office, and decide to ask the king what they should do with him, to which the king replies nothing, but a small smirk and left him there and then ordered the rest of the Royals to destroy all but one vial of sample of Inhuman blood, and with the rest of the blood Black Bolt writes on the wall,"Left to die for imprisoning people. The best of intentions don't justify terrible actions, Terrence "

The entire Royal Family then returns to the city of Attitlan, which has been turned upside down by Maximus's regime. Black Bolt challenges his brother in a one against one duel between him and his brother, fully taking into consideration his brother's desire to prove himself a worthy combatant. However, what Black Bolt doesn't yet know is that Maximus created an exo-skeleton armor that can counteract his powers, and given that Maximus has the power to alter the rules, given his status as a despot.

Despite Black Bolt winning after a very hard fight between both brothers, Maximus, in a final blow, shoots Gorgon's legs, incapacitating him. Black Bolt surprised/angry with his brother shouts at him "NOOOOO!!!", which makes his brother lose his hearing and having his ears bleeding. The rest of the Inhuman Royal Family goes to comfort Black Bolt and Gorgon, who are still in pain, while no on, not even his followers, go to tend to Maximus. Still, he had another plan in case he failed, to destroy the city.

This is when every one of the Royals decide to save all of the people from Attitlan and send them to Winscosin, where they would ask for Sanctuary. Black Bolt would eventually decide to save everyone, except for his brother, to whom he would only say "sorry, brother. I cannot save you", with some tears in his eyes. Once everyone arrives on Earth, and the Lunar city is destroyed, Black Bolt gives Medusa a nod, signaling her to give a speech that would take some of the words both him and Black Bolt used to inspire each other during their youth.

There would be also two post-credits scenes. The first one would be a scene in which Agent Daisy Johnson comes into New Attitlan, as she has a meeting scheduled with the king. Medusa, with the hair completely regenerated greets her and brings her into the throne room. Quake bows before the king, and then tells the Silent King that "it is time to talk about the main issue: the increase of the Inhuman population around the world. We may need your help with that, your majesty", and the scene ends. The second scene would make bring back the Unspoken to the ruins of the Lunar city, where he would retrieve Maximus, but we would never see his face.

Cloak and Dagger - Roxxon Gala
I find it interesting that the MCU change the primary villains of C&D, since in the comics they fought things like the Maggia, criminals and drug cartels, but now that their origins are tied to Roxxon and NOPD, they shifted to fight corporate leaders and government officials. So, if I were to change a little to that show, is the fact that Roxxon should be at least as threatening as the Waterbottle Lady, aka Ashlie. We should make it way harder for the heroes to infiltrate the Roxxon facilities.

The first example of how I would fix this problem is in the Roxxon Gala event. Instead of going undercover, Tandy would actually become more bloodthirsty than what she was before, since she suspects that Roxxon is behind Greg's death. However, Roxxon also knows of Tandy's ongoing investigation, which makes the company increase the security of the Gala, therefore making it harder for her to enter the building. She would, of course, enter, but she would end up face to face with a bunch of guards who would attack her. Thankfully, her ballet skills, plus the street skills, allow her to evade most of the attacks. Eventually, she would be hit by one of the shots, and then multiple, which shows her bloodied up. It is at this point that we would sort of see a Carrie reenactment, but instead of her using telekinesis, she would take down each and everyone of the guards, with single shot daggers, until she collapses. It is at this point that she would discover another power, healing, which she uses on herself. While the fight between Tandy and the guards is going on, we would parallel to shots of Tyrone playing basketball, as to show synchronization between the two.

We would then see, Tandy go to the ladies restroom and get on a new dress, either by stealing it from someone else, or by bringing a spare. However, her eagerness/need for doing this quick, forces her to start touching the Roxxon employees, in a fast manner, which is why we only catch glimpses, and again, it is intercut between shots of Tandy and shots of Tyrone, as they evade and get close to their goals. Just after she touches the final Roxxon guy, she takes a moment to think on whether or not to kill him, since he's responsible for Mr. Bowen's death. It is at this moment, that Ty appears out of nowhere, and they do the scene as in the show, including him falling into the water.

After that, security spots her, and she has to run out of the place, which she does by going through the restroom's window. The scene ends with the guards going directly to the main Roxxon guy, and asking him, whether they should pursue her, to which he replies, "No, we'll deal with her later. Right now there are more pressing things on our mind." He would then take a small pause and tell them to "Still, keep me informed of her activities."

So, with this scene, we would make it harder for Tandy to get answers, her make a discovery of a new power, and make Roxxon a bit more intimidating than what we saw in the show.

Jessica Jones Season 2 - Doing the Marvel Method (Superheroes in a different genre)
Jessica Jones was the show I was the least excited to see when the Netflix-verse was announced, which is mostly based on the few exposure to what the character has done in the comics. It's in someway interesting that the character of Karen Page has been given attributes of Jessica, like her eventual career in journalism, since the JJ has in someway become a Hank Pym character (taken from some of her comic book storylines). I seem to think that it is only fitting that the character expands her universe,

just as SHIELD expanded Coulson's group of friends to characters who have never met in comics. For this, I will divide this section into three parts. First is adding a bigger supporting cast, Second is modifiying the main villains, and the third it tying it in with the universe. Jessica Jones surprised me in Season 1 when they introduced the character of Patsy Walker, since she was never connected to that character, until after the show. If we were to do this, - giving her a more expansive supporting cast - we should consider connecting her more to the existing universe. For a super-powered PI, there are only two options of characters that I believe we should include as major supporting characters, superpowered people and another PI.
 * Supporting Roster

The characters that should cover the superpowered area should be Cloak and Dagger, since not only can they show the "I didn't want this power" angle that she has been facing for a while in the show, but they are reluctant heroes in a way (at least in their own TV MCU version, which I liked). This could have also served as a way to tie it into the larger MCU universe that is being formed in the TV side of things, since it would be an introduction to their series (in a manner similar to a pilot) - though it would occur after the C&D series, as they would already have control of their powers. It could also forshadow the theme of parenthood that Jessica has after becoming the mother of Danielle Cage, and given that Season 2 used JJ's mother as an antognist, it kinda makes sense why to also use them. Plus if we consider the continuity of this blog if we need to replace the character of Whizzer for another catalyst character (as he is with Agent Carter), why not change it for a better overaching story that ties in other shows, than just killing a character because how ridiculous he is in the comics. (Because Marvel can take characters like Rocket Racoon, Groot, or Howard the Duck and turn them into fan-favorites, despite the concept).

The other character that should also be included is the one and only Dakota North. Another PI from the comics, who has been in adventures with Luke Cage and Daredevil, we could see a sort of frenemy relation between these two detectives, and them facing various threats, like IGH. She could also be a reflection of what Jessica who could have been, had she had better oportunities in life, like not losing her brother or her father (despite the fact that they have an estranged relationship). She could also merge her rogues' gallery with that of JJ's, which is not as big as DD's or Luke Cage's, but it's still something.

In concept, the idea of making a parent an antagonist of the story is as classic as Shakespeare and Star Wars. However, as people demonstrated with both Defenders and Jessica Jones Season 2 before premiering, the audience wants to see more comics characters in these shows, and both Alexandra Reid and Alisa Jones have proved the theories of many people in the internet wrong. There is a simple solution for this second character that might give Jessica a more formidable foe than what she's used to. Given the fact that Jessica's world is inspired by film noir and the world of Private Investigation, it is fitting to give the antagonist a power useful against that, and that's where Alisa's new identity would come from. As many comic fans know, not many characters are part of JJ's rogues gallery besides Purple Man, which means she has to take villains from other heroes, such as Karl Mallus and Nuke, which have faced everyone from Daredevil to Captain America.
 * The Main Villains

This therefore means that she needs someone that opposes her skillset and that somehow can be tied to either, one of her opponents or one of her allies. And that's when we find a character like the Death-Stalker (the second unnamed female version). Now, sure, the character is barely known, but she has powers of teleportation and can stay hidden from people while still spying on them (aka Phantom Mode) and the character appeared in the Villains for Hire series as a member ot the group created by Purple Man of the same name as the comic, so it works on the two fronts. This also works on the sense that her mother has been stalking Jessica for quite a while in the series and has literally killed her boyfriend, which makes the name way more appropiate, and if we consider that the same people that worked on the IGH program also worked with Kilgrave, we could assume they added any type of regenerative serum that might have backfired and given her "death touch" . Now, as much as I like a self-contained storyline, which is what Season 2 mostly did, the character of Jessica Jones should be able to break away from being only centered on her own trauma, like she has with both Kilgrave and her origin. It is for this reason that we would have included C&D in this version, as they would arrive because of a mystery drug in New York known as D-Lite (as a nod to the comics drug that gave them their powers). Tandy and Tyrone found that Roxxon, seeing an oportunity to increase income from their failure (See Season 1 of C&D), have decided to use the Lightforce and Darkforce, as a new type of drug. We would then discover that C&D try to hire JJ to investigate the origin of this drug, which they trace to a certain Simon Marshall. Dr. Marshall decides to reveal to JJ that he remembers her, which triggers her curiosity. That is when Jessica starts investigating Dr. Marshall, and sees that he was tied to the IGH organization, and since now competition has arrived in the form of Dakota North, they decide to team up to find out what is that they did. Many characters that we have seen in this shows, like Kenji Oyama, Noah Burnstein, Michael Kozlov, and the one and only Karl Mallus end up revealed as being part of it, or at least an iteration of it. The show would go for a more conspiracy theory, as IGH could be a sort of Project Montauk-esque organization, which would be named Project: Homegrown, and was focused on either giving individuals super-powers at a time in which Project Rebirth and the Iron Man armor were both very distant.
 * The Merging it with the Universe

They eventually went their separate ways, with each one becoming focused on an area of interest (experimental treatments for recuperation merged with superpowers). It is at this point that the last two patients that were nursed before being disbanded were Jessica, and her mother Alisa. While Jessica was just given superpowers and healed (with the knowledge of Dr. Kozlov and Burnstein), her mother was in a more dire situation which is why she gained a different set of superpowers more tied to the Light and Dark forces. Both Dr. Marshall and Dr. Mallus had to give her this experimental treatment that tried to save her, and while she was eventually saved, she lost plenty of her sanity. While Death-Stalker (Alisa Jones) and Karl Mallus are main villains, we would also see various minor villains such as Contract, Kickback, Troubleshooter as the guards protecting the abandoned facility/hospital that houses most of the evidence. This way we could have a hallway fight, that instead starts as a stealth infiltration (similar to the Mary Jane missions in Spider-Man PS4), which could make it more stylized and character appropiate. Hell, if we wanted to go full-on comic book, we could add an Armadillo boss fight inside of the Warehouse, given that Karl Mallus has some involvement in this characters' origin, and since Mallus would most likely die, we could see at least one of his comic creations appear.

The season I propose would, in summary, focus on an aspect that the character has in the comics but hasn't really used in the MCU, her working in cases involving superheroes, while also going into many of the threads of the previous season, and giving an antagonistic force, that while dubious in its practices, had the best of intentions, and under governmental order. Honestly, despite Jessica working best in a serious scenario, the entire Netflix-verse needs to embrace more of its comic-book roots, otherwise we get another dud like Iron Fist season 1 or Inhumans, with a cancellation to follow suit.

Iron Fist Season 1 - The Main Villains
Considering all of the improvements that season 2 had, it's really impossible to see season 1 without feeling disappointed. The clunky dialogue, the lack of a focused characterization for Danny, and the mess that was explaining the Hand are some of the common complaints that are thrown in articles, blogs and critics. Even though I did enjoy on first watch the show, I wasn't oblivious to these flaws. I feel that of all of these, the Hand could have been done so much better, and that same sentiment also goes for the main bad, Harold Meachum.

To fix this I will  use the Cottomouth route with Harold, aka. killing him in the first half so the true antagonist can arrive. Harold would instead be more of tragic figure, who is always losing. Instead of only being a greedy buisnessman, we would discover that Harold had come from a lower income family with only a dream of becoming a successful person. Losing every sinlge member of his family, he became very protective of what he had left of them. He had to put a lot of effort to have a decent enough education, and wasn't until he met Wendell, who shared his dream of creating something better.

We would then see the character getting married, running a multi-million company, and having kids. But just as he started, his wife becomes ill with an unknown disease, which makes him desperate to find a cure. It is at this point that he meets the Hand, who have promised him the power to bring her back, but only if he decides to kill Wendell and his family, and give away control of the company. He would not only be unsuccessful, but would discover that this deal was actually a ruse, and since he learnt that he killed himself as to be unable to complete the deal of giving the Hand power over the company. He would of course regret that, since now the Hand would revive him and force him to pupeteer his son to do his dirty work, just like in the show.

After Harold the focus should go to Zhou Cheng, who we saw in the show, but doing his drunken master routine greatly. The only change that I would make to that is he wouldn't be drunk, and that he would duel Danny as a representative of the Hand and lose, which would make him harbour resentment as he was trained to be an Iron Fist killing weapon, and that would have lead him to gain the powers from the Ch'i-Lin.

Once he arrives on Rand's offices and sees Harold trapping the Iron Fist and trying to manipulate him into destroying the Hand for him, Zhou Cheng appears and confronts him telling him how "the Hand is disappointed in how he has been dealing with Danny" and that "he is no longer useful to them", so he passes his fist through Harold, which not only shows how powerful he is but demonstates his status as the true threat. Both Joy and Ward would be present in this event, and the motive for both Joy's resentment to Danny and Ward's bromance (since both were treated badly by Harold at this point), also with Danny, would stem from this same moment.

The Hand would also be made more threatening by this move, and this would also allow for a more complexly choreographed finale and a better antagonist than the real season had. The reason for having the character of Zhou Cheng being the main villain could also set up a key motivation for the Hand for both this season and Defenders (which will be addressed later on in this blog), which is that the Hand wants its own Iron Fist, either by manipulating him, forcing him, or by making their own, which is the reason that Zhou Cheng has its powers, as among them lies the ability to take the Iron Fist powers from Danny. Of course, this would mean that Zhou Cheng would have to die, but it would leave the season with one great tie into Defenders.

Another purpose that this would serve is also givng the season a theme, which would be identity and purpose, as both themes apply with Zhou Cheng and Danny Rand, given the fact that the antagonist had a role he prepared for his entire life which he failed, and he is determined to take back what was "rightfully" taken from him (and yes, that seems exactly like motivation of Steel Serpent, but we are going full Doctor Strange and giving the first antagonist the goal of the more recognizable antagonist, sans the overexpecting parent issues) and Danny is literally backwards as he has two different purposes and he must accept one and leave the other, which is different but still ties the characters in the fact that they are both trying to do whatever they have in their power to acheive their imposed purpose, but one is unable to escape this compared to the other one who has a chance to change.

Daredevil (Seasons 1 and 2), Iron Fist and Defenders - Expanding The Hand
Most of Daredevil Season 1 did a great job of hinting at the Hand, especially considering that they only featured one member of this crazy ninja death cult. Of course, the rest of the Netflix tv shows, did not give the same care to the Hand, instead of keeping the Hand both threatening and with plenty of mystique. The TV shows have also avoided many members and just gave us generic foot soldiers (not to be confused with the "Foot Clan").

For this, I will make a change that will modify the rest of the Netflix saga. Instead of Nobu being just a pawn of another Hand leader, he will be the leader of the Hand, who keeps becoming younger. Despite the fact that Sigourney Weaver did a fine job as Alexandra, the "former" leader of the Hand, she did not show how dangerous she was, but was shown as someone very vulnerable. In contrast, Nobu was threatening, seemnlgy invulnerable, and someone who has the unwavery loyalty.

From the original Netflix series, we can keep certain elements, like the Hand having multiple leaders and sects, being involved with Colleen Wing and K'un-L'un, Stick being one of their main enemies, and their interest in New York. The rest is simply going to be taken out the window, unless it is mentioned later.

First, regarding Daredevil Season 1, I would change the fact that Nobu isn't fighting in this season, and instead he sends his main ninja, Kirigi, who is secretly his son. Once Kirigi is defeated, Nobu leaves, without telling anything else. In season 2, he brings many of the Hand members from Frank Miller's run on Daredevil, such as Genin, Jonin, characters from Shadowland like Lady Gorgon, among many other ninjas and leaders, without taking out those that are already inside of the real season 2. At this point we would start discovering the true plan of the Hand, and how they are arriving to the city.

The first thing we learn of them is that the Hand has five fingers, as told in the Defenders, and they would be lead by the five Daimyos, and each of them leads an aspect of the organization (crime, politics, drugs, youth, and war). As of this point we would only know of one, which is Nobu (war), and he is in charge of invading, and we would have a line referencing the fact that he recently got control of Madripoor. We would also see the vulnerability of the Hand, as Nobu has been trainning constanlty to get a rematch against Daredevil, as he sees him as a very significant threat, because of what DD did to his son, and it was very hard for him to revive Kirigi, as he was not considered a Black Sky by the other Hand members.

It is at this point that we would also discover that the Black Sky is a term for a great warrior with a lot of training and control, and can be a vessel for the Beast (or the Ch'i-Lin, if we were to tie in to Iron Fist), and Kirigi was deemed not worthy enough to become one. Therefore, we would learn that Elektra is technically a Black Sky, even though she was not trained by the Hand, and instead by the Chaste, though they have learned what she has done, and kept tabs (Sidenote: Stick would still have a very affectionate relation to Elektra, as I found it an interesting change from comics).

We would also see that Nobu has had to make some deals with the rest of the Daimyos, since he was allowed to revive Kirigi, in exchange for both capturing Elektra and eliminating Daredevil from New York. As in the real seaso 2, the Hand would just wait for Matt (and techincally also the Punisher) to take each of the other gangs. Once Punisher is taking to prison (which they took as an advantage), and the competition is eliminated, they would start taking over the city, by rising out of various organizations, such as the cops, corporations, and other govermnental agencies.

It is then, when Nobu decides to provoke the fear of Daredevil, and NYC, by creating a ton of crimes in the cities, at the same time, which Daredevil cannot fight alone, which is why Stick decides to send Elektra to help him. Despite him negating the fact, Stick cares for Matt, and despite him having a father-like relation with Elektra, allows them to go and reduce the danger. During this crisis, Elektra and DD face the Nail (lead by the Black Lotus, and replacing the first Hand ninjas seen in the Second season), and the Hospital fight, in which Kirigi, and his small group of other specialized ninjas, nicknamed Snakeroot, face the two red-wearing heroes.

Once Daredevil wins the season finale, but loses Elektra, the Hand decides to return into hiding as they have acheived a different type of victory, as they have taken something that Matt loves. Nobu then returns to meet up with the Daimyos, to which one of the heads asks him "Do you have her?". And then we the same post-credits scene of Elektra's body being revived by the procedure.

After that, we would later take on the series of Iron Fist, and here we would confirm two other heads of the Hand, which would be Madame Gao as the leader of the drug branch of the Hand (since it generates income for the Hand, and control of various citizens), and Bakuto as the leader of youth indoctrination (as it makes sense in what he did in the original show). We would also learn various other information about each of the leaders, like Nobu coming from Japan, Gao coming from K'un-L'un, Bakuto from Costa Verde (as a nod to deep comics lore).

After Gao and Bakuto have seen Zhou Cheng fail in the task of also eliminating the threat of Iron Fist, they finally choose to enact the final contigency plan, of bringing in the entire army of ninjas to conquer New York, using the Black Sky, possessed by the Ch'i-Lin (of course making it harder for Daredevil to fight, as it would have Elektra's face). And since Bakuto is also killed by Colleen Wing (given their history is also canon is this version), they would also revive him.

It is at this point that we would learn what the Hand is up to and why they are so keen to gain control of New York. Instead of the dragon bones, the Hand in this story would use the purpose they originally were created for, and driven to the extreme. The MCU Hand, would be as old as the original organization, designed to destroy oppresion and injustices that they saw in K'un-L'un (only aspect I'll be keeping from the show). They eventually were corrupted by the incorporation of several members that, despite their loyalty to the Hand, did not usually conform to the methods. Despite that, there is an importance for the members, to keep the honor.

They eventually settled on the idea that, the only way to eliminate the threat, is to replace it with one you control, and for this the 5 Daimyos need to arrive to the city to select a member that would be able to control the city, while they also decide the strategies and people to appoint to lead the other areas of the city. We would also see that the Incident caught the attention of the mystical group, as they'd never seen this type of risk, therefore, making them use more powerful weapons than before, which is why they brought the Black Sky.

More ideas on this subject under way....

Punisher Season 1- Nuke'm
I haven't heard a lot of people talking about the Punisher TV show in quite a while. I personally did enjoy most of it, though I felt it a little slow, especially after we knew his origin. However, as the show was more of Micro's own adventure, it made it a little more enjoyable, especially with Ben Barnes's Jigsaw being there. Now I'm going to tackle one of the most controversial characters in the series, Lewis Wilson, and how I would have done it. I don't hate the actor, or how he played the role, but I felt that he could have been written so much better, despite many good moments that gave me genuine emotion.

I would start first by merging that role with another character who wasn't liked either by many fans, Will Simpson, aka Nuke. Now Nuke may not be the first thing you would associate with the Punisher, but it's kind of the same deal with Jessica Jones. With him being a former soldier in the comics, it could parallel Frank in what he does. We would also see Frank has some larger links to this Netflix-verse by bringing Nuke into his world. We would also see his origin, and see a twisted relationship between him Will and Frank, as Will's father would have served in Vietnam, and Will, inspired by his father (who coinicidentally is named Frank, like Nuke's original name from the comics) went to join the US Army, to fight in many of the wars that the US has recently participated.

We would then see that he is trying to see a way to "return to society", especially after what he has seen with JJ S1, by joining into Condor Private Military Company, (which would replace Anvil as Russo's company). We would then see him try out to impress Billy, so he can get a job in the company. Rawlins, having heard of what Simpson had been part of, which we could later be shown in the TV show, thinks that he could be a tool to eliminate the threat of Frank Castle. Rawlins would then, by using Russo as a medium, control Simpson, into thinking that Frank is now an enemy that he should fight, while Russo would play Frank into believing that he is not responsible. At the same time, Simpson would start to bond with Mr. Castle. Once Simpson just loses it- after the entire psychological manipulation -, we would see an episode in which he plans to eliminate the Punisher by bombing Stan Ori's interview, just like in the show, though instead of making it an issue regarding gun control, it would be more into vigilante laws in New York City, so it is more subtle.

To be continued later...