Even Robin is getting his own show these days
http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire/index.php?category=1&id=60892
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ABoyNamedArt said, (52 days ago)
This made me think of a fanfilm that made the rounds awhile back. I give you "Grayson":
ABoyNamedArt said, (52 days ago)
You gotta believe they'll start shoe-horning Titans crossovers ASAP. And, hey, a young Beast Boy as one of the Grayson circus attractions might be cool.
Angus MacSmitey said, (52 days ago)
I can just imagine what this show will be: Supernatural in a circus.
No thanks.
Angus MacSmitey said, (52 days ago)
What's with the reluctance to just do a superhero show if they want to do a superhero show?
Angus MacSmitey said, (52 days ago)
Birds of Prey's problem was that it was shit.
And it wasn't a superhero show anyway. It was a "folks running around in trenchcoats on the set of Batman Forever" show. Not the same thing.
ABoyNamedArt said, (52 days ago)
Monkey: No, but that's the way it was framed and presented to the public at large. People like powers, but not spandex. They like villains, but not supervillains.
You'll note that on "Heroes," whenever characters like Micah or Hiro talk about superheroics, they're almost immediately dismissed. Not only that, those two are the most "childlike" members of the main ensemble. Peter wants to help people, but he doesn't quote superhero mythos when he talks about it, so he's "okay" in that context.
Which makes the series as it's evolved interesting to watch, in its' own way. In a comic, I'm convinced that the first season would've concluded with the gang banding together under Bennet and Peter's leadership, gaining codenames and costumes and going after the Company in full force. Instead, we're asked as viewers to believe that they just said, "Uh, later" until circumstances force them to sort-of team up months later.
Errr, sorry about the rant.
Angus MacSmitey said, (52 days ago)
But then audiences accept spandex-types wholeheartedly on the big screen. So where's the disconnect?
ABoyNamedArt said, (52 days ago)
Monkey: Good question. Is it the scale? The time-frame? The star power? The budget?
Angus MacSmitey said, (52 days ago)
I have no idea.
I just think that with the right idea you probably could do traditional superheroes on the small screen.
But I don't think that you could really pull it off with a known, marquee character. It would have to be a B or C lister or someone entirely new.
Like, you know who I think might work? The Question. Or Jack Knight Starman. Or, if one insists on costumes, the new Blue Beetle. Or Dr. Fate. Or the Spectre. Even a Martian Manhunter show might work.
ABoyNamedArt said, (52 days ago)
Hm. Jack Knight would be perfect for a CW show, come to think of it: young hipster, no costume, cool gadget, built-in Yoda figure. You're a genius, man.
The Question and the Spectre definitely have more of a Sci-Fi show vibe.
As for Blue Beetle, I'd like to see Jaime on network television, but a Hispanic lead who's not a comedian in a series not based in Los Angeles? Yeah, that'll happen.
Angus MacSmitey said, (52 days ago)
I'm just sayin', were it not for the Batman/Superman obsession, the show creators wouldn't have to monkey around as much.
ABoyNamedArt said, (52 days ago)
Definitely not. But Warner Brothers has displayed a particularly myopic approach to its' properties, no?
ABoyNamedArt said, (52 days ago)
Oh, and apparently one of the Heroes is interested in doing a movie version of Dickie Grayson:
http://blazingeeks.blogspot.com/2007/08/milo-looking-to-grayson.html?showComment=1216418340000
ABoyNamedArt said, (52 days ago)
Monkey: So, guess what? Apparently there were plans for a Jack Knight series, but the BOP show flopped so badly that they were shelved.
ABoyNamedArt said, (52 days ago)
Monkey: So, guess what? Apparently there were plans for a Jack Knight series, but the BOP show flopped so badly that they were shelved.
Angus MacSmitey said, (52 days ago)
You don't say?
Birds of Prey flopped for two reasons: 1) it was predictable, badly acted crap 2) the cultural zeitgeist wasn't quite there yet.
The thing about Jack Knight would be that you really wouldn't have to adapt much. He's tailor made for TV, lots of quiet family drama, fairly simple FX, and the folks that do show up in costume are actually supposed to look a bit silly.
could be interesting