I was a bit disappointed in the portrayal of The Huntress on Arrow, she did not come off as very heroic to me. Hopefully future appearances will help to redeem her character. Hawkeye was the only hero in the Avengers movie that I felt did not get a chance to shine. He spent the first two thirds under a spell and by the time he saw action, he kind of got lost in the midst of all the other big guns. Joss Whedon has promised to make up for this in Avengers: The Age of Ultron, and give Clint Barton a far more active role. It will be great to see him in the spotlight... now if we could just do something about that boring movie costume...
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I, too, was disappointed in the outfit that Joss Whedon gave Hawkeye for this film. When someone mentions Hawkeye (in a superhero context, anyway) I expect to see purple. If the sequel were to feature a design based on what you used here would, I'd consider it very welcome.
CGI can make a realistic Colossus and Angel, but we can't get a "realistic" purple for Hawkeye right. I have to scratch my head. Personally, I loved the way Warren Beatty handled colors in the Dick Tracy movie. Still waiting for a reboot (sequel is not viable at this point. Beatty is just too old) of that too, by the way. Plenty of tall, dark haired actors around could step into that role, along with a dyed Daniel Craig.
C'mon guys, there's a reason Hawkeye wasn't dressed in a purple bodysuit in that movie. Think about it! I'm laughing hysterically just thinking about it.
Random STF cover idea: Bat-Cow, the Tick's Man-Eating Cow, and Howard the Duck's Hellcow. This doesn't just jump the shark, it jumps over the Moon!
The original Hawkeye costume was a modified version of his circus stage costume. When he debuted as an Iron Man villain the mask he wore (and continued to wear for about five years) would have actually obscured his peripheral vision. In a circus act where the target is in the same place every night he could, with practice, hit it blindfolded just from memory. In chaotic combat, it's more problematic. After spending a couple years as Goliath he was brought back with Barry Smith's "Last Of The Mohicans" costume, which made more sense logistically and aesthetically (even if he showed a little more skin than he used to). Smith only did a few issues and the new costume was retired by other artists shortly after he left for the more familiar original costume (or something very close to it). It would be about ten years before it got streamlined into something a little more practical (something closer to what wound up in the movie) but instead of losing the mask, he simply pinned back those clumsy flaps. Now what's left of those flaps seem more like a wrestler's helmet, circling his head but, as seen in the cover above, with eyeholes that cut sideways. It only took a few decades but now he can believably see who's appraoching him from the side.
You should've used the Bronze age Helena Wayne version. That one's my favorite and they'd be color coordinated.
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