#Hes much more interesting to me in like BB2006 where he has the context of his 80s and 90s appearances
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I get kind of mad when people say the peacemaker show was nothing like the comics because like ok YES none of the characters Peacemaker interacted with in the comics was there except Adrian, the plot wasnt adapted from any of Peacemakers comics, and there were major changes to his backstory, but like.
Thats all honestly kind of surface level shit. Its important to note Peacemaker has had one solo run and thats his Charlton run in the 60s, after getting folded into DC hes mostly been used as a supporting character in teambooks and has only gotten one miniseries and one oneshot, the miniseries being from 1988 and the oneshot being that piece of shit Ennis one from this year.
The Peacemaker show understood Peacemaker as a character and combined the elements from all his appearances while making him able to stand on his own as the main character of something. Show Peacemaker has elements from the stuff by Paul Kupperberg, Charlton Peacemaker, and BB2006 Peacemaker and thats why it was so good and so many people liked it. If he was a 1:1 adaptation from just one of his Set Of Appearances he wouldnt be interesting and the show wouldve sucked.
Like I probably wouldve still liked it but you know he wouldnt be as well rounded, he would’ve either been “Crazy” Funny Villain Guy, Stoic Weird Mentor Guy, or a GI Joe character who loves US interventionism. Ok thats all thank you
#this is also why I talk more about old peacemaker then current reboot peacemaker#Hes much more interesting to me in like BB2006 where he has the context of his 80s and 90s appearances#Now he just feels kind of empty without any of his history. I dont know. I still like him.#He just doesnt have as much going on and that is partly because he is now stuck only appearing as part of the suicide squad which sucks#but yeah sorry for going off here this isnt something that makes me SUPER mad but it does annoy me#But yeah the show threw everything in there thats why i love it so much#Oneliners and all the weird tech of 60s Peacemaker. The trauma and tragic backstory of Kupperberg Peacemaker#And the weird ancedotes and general desire to change and do better of 2006 Peacemaker. Its all there!#EXCEPT FOR THE FUCKING JETPACK but WHATEVER I guess#I do think were gonna see Checkmate in season 2. Thats my theory#Nows a perfect time to introduce everybody manipulating Peacemaker and being mean to him
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