[Librarian]

Back on the question if they should do this. They should. Beetleborgs was originally what inspired the Dinothunder superpowers out of suit, which was what inspired it in the film too. So it'd be a great idea for Saban to do this one.

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Originally Posted by henshinzero

I like the idea of a Goosebumps-ish vibe in a Beetleborgs movie.

But for the comics thing, should stay with that Marvel/DC style? Or put the Beetleborgs into a manga comic?

Stick with the comic style. Art Fortunes is integral to it, as is a comic shop. So basing the beetleborgs off Manga doesn't work as well as it'd create too many other inconsistency issues. Though casting for Art Fortunes can still be diverse to anything, it's the comic style that's the question. Using a Manga-ka instead of a comic writer creates language barriers, distance issues, and cultural barriers that makes that shadowborg arc not work, as well as completely messes up how Metallix came to be, and how the trio of kids inspire him to start writing and making the comic again.

Now that's not to say it can't be something like the old Ultraman Towards the Future comics though where it was still based on re-doing what was originally a toku as the source inpsiration but was written by comic writers with colored comic pages and normal american comics standards and was original content. But directly doing them as manga instead of armored superheroes like Atomik Angels and similar would be a bad idea and negate things needed like Art Fortunes, also the comic shop, and similar stuff like that as well as the ease of access of the comic material for the bad trio. Manga isn't that popular as yet in floppies form for mainstream, and we need something with color and in floppies. Not something that's heavily graphic novel based. Otherwise why even do Beetleborgs other than for the name itself. Why not make it something fully new instead as an homage property. The entire Art Fortunes angle itself is a Jack Kirby nod too. As well as a TMNT nod of a story about an artist/writer that Donatello found that made things come to life/got sucked into the art themselves. So removing that and making it manga instead starts to remove chunks of the soul of what made Beetleborgs what it was. The monsters need that American comics campiness. That's not as common in Manga(even the most campiest of Manga still has an edge of realism to motivations and aspects, whereas campy american stuff is straight up cheesy full blown and the humor styles are entirely different plus the cultural differences), which was why I recommended a completely unrelated monster from a manga getting sucked out too, as it'd present that contrast of creative aspects to genre and comic types.

As for updated design, I'd lean on getting an artist like who did Atomik Angels in the 90s or similar, but blend it with a small dash of the new Power Rangers designs, and some other elements from a mish mash of things like Ironman's infinity war suit, and Kamen Rider Kabuto with of course some B-Fighter original aspects.

So kind of a mild blend of Metal Fighter Miku(80s anime), original B-Fighter, KR Kabuto, and Ironman Mk 50 with the dual katars and glove style.

Speaking of Manga though. I wouldn't mind if they used that kind of pitch for Shadow Lady as a movie. Where the transforming makeup comes out of a manga because of a deal with a demon. That wouldn't be too far from what it was with the magic makeup for how she transformed coming from the magic world anyway. That'd actually be a fantastic way for a Hollywood movie to parody Cutie Honey, and Sailor Moon and similar genre types while still doing them justice. Actually really miss that manga.