Movies: Stop Adapting The Wrong Comics
Some suggested comics to adapt. I've read some of these -- and Thunderbolts is (conceptually, stripped of its Marvel history) a great idea. 1602, though, is only suitable for comics geeks, as wonderful a volume as it is.
5 Upcoming Comic Book Movies That Must Be Stopped | Cracked.com
The writer has a nice turn of phrase at times (and a grotesque one at others), and some of what he says is good (I simply do not see how a Sub-Mariner movie could work, largely because Namor is best as a supporting character). On the other hand, there are some serious holes in the author's comic book knowledge and history, enough to render his overall judgment more than a bit dubious.
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Actually, I got pointed to that article in about three places -- but, yes, ought to have mentioned that you had it, too, BD. :-)
So what else would work? Or could work in the right hands?
Ooh. Sandman miniseries. Amazing potential, odds of success very, very low.
Sandman would need to be a TV Series, not a Movie. It would need to be something where you could easy folks into the world and the Characters. A movie just would not be able to do that in 2 hours.
Hey, they used my scan of Hal Jordan on page 5! It's always weird to see how far those things travel.
Heh. That's funny.
I don't see Sandman working, alas. Too episodic -- but each episode feeds from the previous. And it's looooong, and very varied in tone. If it were done as a TV series, you'd want, oh, a ten year arc or so.
"Dynamo 5" has a good concept you could work with (byblows of the world's most famous, and now dead, superhero, each of which inherited one of his powers, brought together to Fight Crime by his ex-wife), and it doesn't have a big shared world to have to work in.
Ellis's William Gravel (MI.5 combat magician) would also be fun to see.
Some of the early "Fables" stuff (before it got too continuity-bound) would rock.
Looking at others in the recent comics review post, "Echo" and "The Sword" would also work well. Heck, I might even suggest taking a chance on that "Serenity" thing ... I hear that Joss Whedon is pretty good ...
What about the OTHER Sandman, you know, the one that predates Gaiman, parallels Batman and has the silly name of Wesley Dodds?
A chance to see a gritty reimagined 1930s New York/Metropolis would be VERY cool.
Yeah, you could do the whole "Sandman Mystery Theater" bit quite easily.
I don't see Sandman working, alas. Too episodic -- but each episode feeds from the previous. And it's looooong, and very varied in tone. If it were done as a TV series, you'd want, oh, a ten year arc or so.And?
And?
I somehow see nothing wrong with that. :)
A sad thought:
If I were as rich as Bill Gates I there would be so many movies and TV shows that I would just pay to have made, and my own cable channel to show them on it wouldn't even be funny.
Wow, did I mess up *those* blockquotes...
Need Coffee.
Not at all -- sounds very inner-monologuish ...
And, yes, being Rich as Croesus and funding my own production company to make the shows *I* want to see ... would be keen.
How about Girl Genius for the purely comedic angle on comics, albeit non-superhero.
Not sure how well Heterodyne Boys adventures would play out on their own.
Girl Genius could be faboo. Ah, but Live Action, CG, or traditional animation?