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Post by codystarbuck on Mar 10, 2018 1:13:57 GMT -5
The pouch budget alone would be enormous. I was going to say, they will need really big shoulder pads and lots of belts and pouches. Don't know how any actors will squeeze their feet into tiny shoes, though. |
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Post by codystarbuck on Mar 10, 2018 1:15:50 GMT -5
Good for him for making some money from shows I likely won't watch. Yeah. Liefeld's kids have to eat. Or if he doesn't have kids, his cat or iguana or goldfish has to eat. He has at least one son, as mentioned in a clip, related to Deadpool. |
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Post by codystarbuck on Mar 10, 2018 1:17:00 GMT -5
Liefeld's had stuff optioned before. It's a long road between option and finished product.
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Post by String on Mar 10, 2018 10:26:51 GMT -5
I'm not going to begrudge the guy for seeking out a payday.
But my interest in this venture is very, very low because I never read any of those books.
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Post by Roquefort Raider on Mar 11, 2018 12:10:07 GMT -5
Back in the day, I remember an interview where Liefeld described how his then-new Awesome books were meant to be optioned for movie or TV treatment; he was already well-aware of the cross-platform potential of comic-book characters... So good for him for seeing it decades in advance.
I still believe that Netflix is throwing its money away on this, though.
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Post by rberman on Mar 11, 2018 13:24:07 GMT -5
Back in the day, I remember an interview where Liefeld described how his then-new Awesome books were meant to be optioned for movie or TV treatment; he was already well-aware of the cross-platform potential of comic-book characters... So good for him for seeing it decades in advance. That wasn't exactly a new thought; superman had been in cinema cartoon reels since 1941. There had been dozens of superhero live action and cartoon TV shows by then, some with somewhat bizarre spins on the original characters. Remember the cartoon where a kid had a "Thing Ring" that could turn him into the Thing? Still, Liefeld at least gets credit for the gumption to try to push his own creations down that well-worn path to fame and lucre. |
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Post by tarkintino on Mar 11, 2018 16:31:25 GMT -5
Those names.....beyond stupid. But is from one of the horsemen of the apocalypse of comics (the early 1990s), so the "why and how" of the names are easily explained.
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Post by tarkintino on Mar 11, 2018 16:41:47 GMT -5
Back in the day, I remember an interview where Liefeld described how his then-new Awesome books were meant to be optioned for movie or TV treatment; he was already well-aware of the cross-platform potential of comic-book characters... So good for him for seeing it decades in advance. That wasn't exactly a new thought; superman had been in cinema cartoon reels since 1941. Good point. Batman was only 5 years old when the first of his two Columbia serials premiered. The Phantom only 8 years at the time of his serial, so companies had always marketed their characters to other mediums early on. Leifield was no visionary in that regard. |
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Post by Icctrombone on Mar 11, 2018 18:43:31 GMT -5
I remember Erik Larsen saying that many of the Image 7 had their eye on TV and movies, but he was fulfilling this dream by making his own comic series. He did have a short lived Cartoon show about the Savage Dragon.
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Post by Roquefort Raider on Mar 11, 2018 20:08:11 GMT -5
Back in the day, I remember an interview where Liefeld described how his then-new Awesome books were meant to be optioned for movie or TV treatment; he was already well-aware of the cross-platform potential of comic-book characters... So good for him for seeing it decades in advance. That wasn't exactly a new thought; superman had been in cinema cartoon reels since 1941. The new thing was that while comics had been adapted in the past, Liefeld meant his new line to be cross-platform material right from the start. It just took longer than expected! |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 11, 2018 20:58:51 GMT -5
rberman ... I remember the The Thing Ring ... The most craziest idea for a cartoon!
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Post by rberman on Mar 11, 2018 21:25:56 GMT -5
rberman ... I remember the The Thing Ring ... The most craziest idea for a cartoon! Turning a tragic monster hero into Shazam wish fulfillment... that was wrong... but I guess it branded a generation of us to recognize The Thing later. Incidentally, my five year old son strolled by recently and saw Icctrombone's avatar and said "Fantastic Four!" I asked him how he knew that was the Fantastic Four (thinking he would point out the big "4" on Mr. Fantastic's chest), and he pointed to The Thing instead. |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 12, 2018 7:53:52 GMT -5
rberman ... I remember the The Thing Ring ... The most craziest idea for a cartoon! Turning a tragic monster hero into Shazam wish fulfillment... that was wrong... but I guess it branded a generation of us to recognize The Thing later. Incidentally, my five year old son strolled by recently and saw Icctrombone's avatar and said "Fantastic Four!" I asked him how he knew that was the Fantastic Four (thinking he would point out the big "4" on Mr. Fantastic's chest), and he pointed to The Thing instead. I understand what you are saying here and what they did to that version of the Thing with a Shazam wish fulfillment is about the worst thing to do with that character. About your son, it's understandable and needs to be addressed later when he is older ... thanks for sharing this! |
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Post by codystarbuck on Mar 12, 2018 12:36:00 GMT -5
Youngblood was optioned for an animated series at the start; but, it didn't sell and all that ever saw the light of day was a bit of footage that was carted around conventions. Then there was Doom's IV, his Fantastic Four rip-off, which was optioned almost from the start that never went anywhere. I suspect lawyers scared everyone away from it, as it was as derivative as could be. Most of the Image guys had options, at one point or another. Savage Dragon and WildCATS eventually got animated series, with pretty low end work, and were buried in the tv schedule (same with Malibu's Ultraforce). Spawn got the HBO cartoon and horrid movie (what was Martin Sheen thinking?).
Netflix needs content and they are snapping up properties; but, it's a long way to series, especially a relatively unknown product. I have a feeling it will languish in development hell, until an executive changeover kills it.
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Post by codystarbuck on Mar 13, 2018 12:55:31 GMT -5
Can't understand why Netflix would pay money for this crap? Maybe this will explain why...
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