I agree with Bailey that Starfire was a sexpot from the start, but toned down compared to this version. I also really liked the 7 year old girl's interpretation of the new Starfire. Great article.
Now for a little devil's advocate... it's only been one issue. They had 20 pages to explore several different characters. It's possible they will develop Starfire further in the next couple issues.
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From: Michael Bailey <[email protected]>
Date: Tue, September 27, 2011 6:48 pm
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Well, Julia Newmar was fairly spectacular no matter what she dressed like. She could wear a burlap sack and I'd be down with that.As for Starfire, the character was a sexpot from the beginning. She wasn't a hyper cosplay sex addict but she had a huge rack and liked getting naked. She was also a well developed character that had a sense of honor and was a true warrior. So she might have been scanitly clad but she had a personality too. The Teen Titans animated series wasn't terrible but after seeing the first episode I felt like someone took my favorite mom and pop pizza place and turned it into a Chuck E Cheese.Having said that I agree with the sentiment from that cartoon even if I think it is misrepresenting Starfire just a tad.On Tue, Sep 27, 2011 at 5:12 PM, Luke Jaconetti <[email protected]> wrote:
Also, let me state that I do not like "amnesia sex addict" Starfire or
"hyper cosplay sex addict" Catwoman. The Starfire I like is from the
cartoon, and the Catwoman I like is played by Julie Newmar.
Julie Newmar was sexy as all get out as Catwoman and we didn't need
tight closeups of her boobs and butt.
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On Sep 27, 4:53 pm, Luke Jaconetti <[email protected]> wrote:
> I was going to post the Shortpacked! comic that is embedded in the
> article.
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> Don't tear me down over this, but wasn't the animated Starfire about
> 180 degrees away from how Starfire has pretty much always been
> portrayed in the comics? Wasn't she always depicted as a sexpot
> dating back to her debut? I have never read New Teen Titans but I
> seem to remember hearing a hew and cry from the old school Titans fans
> that animated Starfire was "wrong." So maybe I am way off base; if so
> I would love to hear more about her.
>
> Don't get me wrong: I LIKE animated Starfire. I like all of the
> animated Teen Titans -- the only incarnation of the team I have ever
> liked. And I would love to see THAT Starfire in the mainstream DCU.
> But is her being a sexpot really a "change" in the status quo for her?
>
> On Sep 27, 4:32 pm, [email protected] wrote:
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> > Great read and I tear up for the kid...
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> > omics’ sexed-up reboot of Starfire - io9
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> > I thought I would include the ladies over at Girls Gone Geek in this email
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> > Saw this earlier today on G+ as shared by Felicia Day. Very much an
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