{"id":2578,"date":"2018-08-02T18:40:27","date_gmt":"2018-08-02T22:40:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/angrypiper.com\/?p=2578"},"modified":"2018-08-02T18:40:27","modified_gmt":"2018-08-02T22:40:27","slug":"cloak-and-dagger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/angrypiper.com\/?p=2578","title":{"rendered":"Cloak and Dagger"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A brief interlude from my Time Trap campaign: a while back I saw an advertisement for a new TV series set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe based on third-string teenage duo Cloak & Dagger. Because the show was hyped pretty early, I forgot about it until I stumbled across it by accident. Apparently, it’s on the Freeform network, which is a network I didn’t even know I was paying for as part of my cable package. Sometimes surprises can be good.<\/p>\n

By the time I found it, the first 2 episodes had already aired. I’ll watch anything that’s comic-related, so I watched these episodes on demand and started recording all the new ones. Tonight is the final episode of the first season.<\/p>\n

Now, I was already familiar with Cloak and Dagger, by which I mean I knew their identities and their powers; but I wouldn’t say I was a fan by any means. In fact, I don’t own any Cloak and Dagger comics, and I own a shit-ton of comics. They never really piqued my interest. They were just kinda…there, sometimes, as guest stars in other comics.<\/p>\n

Which is why I guess I was pleasantly surprised by Marvel’s Cloak and Dagger<\/em> on Freeform. It’s actually pretty good. It could use a bit of help in the pacing department, but it’s still interesting enough to keep my attention, despite it taking 4-5 episodes to start really making things happen. The cast is great; both Cloak and Dagger are well-represented, as are their respective family members. I’m particularly impressed with Aubrey Joseph, who plays Cloak. It’s tough to pinpoint why, but I think it may be because he has a unique voice, which is an attribute I’ve always imagined Cloak would possess.<\/p>\n

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Anyway, in honor of this new show that I like, I’ve decided to paint up Cloak and Dagger for my supers collection. Both are repainted Heroclix, of course. Above is the factory paint job.<\/p>\n

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These are my repaints. Their costumes are so basic this really didn’t take very long at all. Just a bit of shading and highlighting for Dagger, mostly just highlighting for Cloak. I really hate Dagger’s daggers, which just won’t stay level no matter how many times I try to bend them into shape with hot water\/cold water. I’m almost at the point where I might just clip them off. I really hate these “energy effect” things some Heroclix have.<\/p>\n

Like I said above, I’ll watch anything comics(especially supers)-related and give it a shot; but I watch enough good TV to not have time for bad shows. I stuck with Agents of SHIELD, Flash, Preacher, Arrow<\/em> and Gotham<\/em>; I bailed on The Gifted, Supergirl <\/em>and Legends of Tomorrow<\/em>. I missed out on Black Lighting<\/em> and Legion<\/em> (I’ll probably watch Black Lightning<\/em>, but I haven’t heard anything great about Legion<\/em>, so I’ll pass). I loved Constantine<\/em> (Matt Ryan was awesome as John); sadly it ended before it really got started. And of course I watch all the Netflix series, even Iron Fist, which is a huge disappointment to me as I’m a rabid Iron Fist fan. But, oh well. Hopefully Season 2 will be better…<\/p>\n

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Marvel’s Cloak and Dagger<\/em> has earned another season already, so they must have decent enough ratings to justify one. I’ll be back next season; this is the most interesting Cloak and Dagger have ever been for me.<\/p>\n

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