Best Redesigns - The opposite of the Worst Redesigns thread

[verygayFrogs]

Alucard from the Castlevania series started out like this in Dracula's Curse.
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To the more detailed and bishie one we now know and love.
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Just as long as we don't mention the Captain N design. Fuck that was horrifying

But the artist for the bottom alucard, just *chef kiss* exactly what the series needed

 

[The Last Stand]

Ford Escape. @StarkRavingMad

Boxy cars are ugly in my opinion. The curves give it a bit more personality.

 

[Decepticon Spy]

Spoiler: G1 Megs

Spoiler: IDW MTMTE Megs

Spoiler: Old Salamanders

Spoiler: Salamanders Now

 

[Hummingbird]

I thought the 2002 He-Man cartoon improved the character designs.

 

[Amber the Hedgehog]

I'm going with Toon Link but not just him Toon Zelda games in general. I remember when Wind Waker was coming out and I saw an add for it in Donald Duck magazine. It was the the first game that caught my attention art alone so much that I actually looked up where I could buy it. I was genuinely upset that it didn't have Playstation 2 version because that was the only game consol my family had. No, that was a lie, I was dumber kid than than that. I didn't undestand what Nintendo exclusively ment and so kept looking over and over again for my local stores for PS2 Windwaker. Witch wouldn't have that embarrassing exept I was a teen not a little kiddo. Still eventually inspirated me buy Nintendo DS as I saw Spirit Tracks and I remembered the game that got away so I had have that one.

So yeah I like how those games look alot. I don't hate gritty Zelda like Twilight princess, but I highly prefer the aesthetic and the general mood of the Toonverse. The art direction is just great. Those games look so colorful and expressive. Most characters and creatures have great silhouettes and fun body language and expressions. The environments look great too, just as fun as the characters with bold colors and stylized buildings and nature. Everything just gets me to a great mood to have great time while adventuring in Hyrule.

 

[Decepticon Spy]

The Ninja Recolors from Mortal Kombat minus Smoke

The OG:

2021:

Still can't believe Ermac gets a great redesign only to end up as a spike ornament

 

[Thiletonomics]

The Denver Broncos's current logo comes to mind, as it still looks great even when it came out over 20 years ago:

 

[Hummingbird]

The main man, Lobo, had a pretty bad design when he first appeared.

How he looks now. (The less said about The New 52 version, the better.)

 

[The Last Stand]

Would Joan Crawford's depiction from Mommie Dearest to Feud count?

Mommie Dearest was basically based on Christina Crawford's book on her adopted mother, Joan Crawford. The movie just embellishes abusive Joan Crawford to an uncanny, demented parent. Which strongly fits Faye Dunaway's actual personality.

Feud meanwhile chronicles the rivalry between Joan Crawford and Bette Davis during the production of Whatever Happened to Baby Jane? Jessica Lange researches Joan Crawford, the time period, even reenacts scenes from some Joan Crawford films during the biotic.

Although I think Lange makes Crawford looks Asian. Her dramatization of Joan Crawford is more accurate than Faye Dunaway's Mommie Dearest.

 

[Duncan Hills Coffee]

Jason in Friday the 13th Part 2 had an okay if bland appearance, made only remarkable by the fact it was a blatant ripoff of the killer from The Town That Dreaded Sundown.



Part 3 comes out and gifts him with the iconic hockey mask, thereby solidifying him as one of the most memorable slasher villains ever.

 

[The Last Stand]

1994-2004

Superstation? Is that something Grandpa would watch? Looks old.

2004-2015

Oh, they have American Dad and modern sitcoms? Okay, I'll watch. The logo looks inviting.

 

[Meat Target]

UCP: Ugly and ineffective

Multicam: much better

 

[Decepticon Spy]

correct me if I'm wrong but isn't the UCP used for urban warfare?
EDIT: NVM it's complete garbage in Urban Areas

 

[The Last Stand]

God, that's a mouthful.

Better, but that looks like a frown.

There we go. Simple, to the point, inviting.

Also, whose idea was it to rename IHOP to IHOB?

 

[Thiletonomics]

Ford Escape. @StarkRavingMad

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Boxy cars are ugly in my opinion. The curves give it a bit more personality.

What's your thoughts about the current generation Ford Escape?

To me, it kind of rubs off as being salt in the wound to the fans of the Ford Focus, which is no longer sold in the US, because the US automakers decided to give up on cars for some reason. Then again, the Focus being saddled with one of the worst automatic transmissions ever to be made in modern times, the PowerShift, aka PowerShudder and PowerShit, didn't help it's cause either.

Speaking of Fords, the redesign to the front end of the Transit Connect, that Ford did in 2019 (as seen on the right in the below picture, this generation of the TC, as seen on the left, was introduced in 2014 for the US), made the van look more enticing of a car, even though it's still very niche compared to other much larger minivans, due to it being primarily used for commercial use:

 

[Calandrino]

The old Batman cartoon took a few swings at Scarecrow, improving every time

 

[Newman's Lovechild]

That third Scarecrow was part of the overall character redesigns for the fourth season, IIRC. One of the really good ones. Others didn't go so well. Here's what the Joker became.

Spoiler: As menacing as Peewee Herman

I don't know what happened next, maybe a lot of backlash from nerds on the early internet. Anyway, for the Batman Beyond movie and Justice League, they walked it back and took it in a different direction. Probably the best DCAU version, and that's coming from a dyed in the wool fanboy of BTAS.

Spoiler

BRB, I have to post part one in Worst Redesigns.

 

[The Last Stand]

What's your thoughts about the current generation Ford Escape?

I like the look of it. Fords look better curved than flat and boxy like they did in the 00s.

 

[The Last Stand]

Juicy Juice.

I like the elegance of the new logo.

 

[Billy_Sama]

I think they really saved the franchise with this one.
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Spoiler: My favorite Mario redesign

I don't think movies fit this thread but the only movie remakes that were even better than the original were the Horror ones from the 80s based on earlier movies from the 50s and 60s. The Thing, The Fly, The Blob, and Invasion of the Body Snatchers are the only movie remakes or reimaginings that I can enjoy as they took movies that could have used improvement with awesome practical effects unlike present day remakes that movie studios are clueless for ideas or trying to hold on there copyright to their IP.