Agree. Also not a big fan of the screaming portrait, from this one picture it looks mannish and ugly. I'll wait and see until we get pictures of the completed prototype. On the other hand, there nothing mannish about the rest of that hot bod she's sporting.
I have to agree that the original version has a great presence. This pose is nice, it reminds me a lot of my original Red Sonja piece, but I'm not a fan of the unmasked face on this version. Thankfully, the masked version looks great. I'm just not sure if I need another Kier in my collection since this is going to be another tight year for me and half my budget is already spoken for.
These second versions are making the assumption that people are actually following the comics in Heavy Metal and are invested in the various stages of these characters.