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Post by Roquefort Raider on May 29, 2019 17:24:04 GMT -5
Welllllll...
... this looks a lot more like the ‘80s Wes Craven film than like the post-Alan Moore version of our favourite plant elemental.
Not that the film was that bad for its time... but in these post-Alan Moore times, I was expecting something more trippy and/or ecologically-minded.
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Post by badwolf on May 31, 2019 15:58:12 GMT -5
It's not quite Alan Moore but I think it looks way better than the Craven film (which may be one of the worst movies I've seen). Nice to see supporting cast like Woodrue. They couldn't make Abby look like the one in the comics though?
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Post by Deleted on Jun 1, 2019 10:15:44 GMT -5
My guess for her hair would be that sometime over the season, it's turned white.
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Post by hondobrode on Jun 1, 2019 14:47:39 GMT -5
That's what I was thinking too.
Maybe as a side effect of some supernatural hoodoo.
Haven't seen the pilot yet.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 3, 2019 7:40:50 GMT -5
I watched the pilot last night and I thought it was really good. Like watching a movie rather than a tv show.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 6, 2019 11:51:20 GMT -5
According to articles at IMDB, Swamp Thing has been cancelled. The remaining episodes will be broadcast. Something to do with the show's budget and tax rebates that were not received by the production company.
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Post by thwhtguardian on Jun 6, 2019 18:21:07 GMT -5
According to articles at IMDB, Swamp Thing has been cancelled. The remaining episodes will be broadcast. Something to do with the show's budget and tax rebates that were not received by the production company. That sucks, this show was great. |
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Post by The Captain on Jun 7, 2019 5:29:13 GMT -5
It was apparently very expensive to make, with a reported first-season production budget of $85MM. For 10 episodes, that's a lot of money per, like GoT money, and somehow I'm betting there weren't people lining up to pay for this one like they did for GoT.
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Post by thwhtguardian on Jun 7, 2019 17:49:20 GMT -5
Looks like it might live again...on HBO. Here's hoping.
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Post by Icctrombone on Jun 10, 2019 7:52:17 GMT -5
Why are the budgets so huge on these shows? Is it CGI gone wild? Maybe they have to go back to rubber costumes ala Lost in Space.  |
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Post by codystarbuck on Jun 13, 2019 11:54:28 GMT -5
It's not quite Alan Moore but I think it looks way better than the Craven film (which may be one of the worst movies I've seen). Nice to see supporting cast like Woodrue. They couldn't make Abby look like the one in the comics though? You need to see more movies; the sequel was infinitely worse.  |
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Post by codystarbuck on Jun 13, 2019 11:57:32 GMT -5
Why are the budgets so huge on these shows? Is it CGI gone wild? Maybe they have to go back to rubber costumes ala Lost in Space. Hollywood excess and the use of CGI to do things you could do practically, on a budget. When JMS conceived Babylon 5, he focused on the pitfalls of series television and they planed things out to balance costs, shoot in an efficient manner, and got more people with theatrical backgrounds involved. Theater people are used to miniscule budgets and tend to think more creatively. Hollywood types just throw money at a problem. |
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Post by badwolf on Jun 13, 2019 13:21:37 GMT -5
It's not quite Alan Moore but I think it looks way better than the Craven film (which may be one of the worst movies I've seen). Nice to see supporting cast like Woodrue. They couldn't make Abby look like the one in the comics though? You need to see more movies; the sequel was infinitely worse. I didn't even know there was a sequel and I certainly wasn't going to go looking for one. |
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Post by codystarbuck on Jun 13, 2019 21:57:42 GMT -5
You need to see more movies; the sequel was infinitely worse. I didn't even know there was a sequel and I certainly wasn't going to go looking for one. Oh, yeah. Dick Durock was back, under a new suit, and had Heather Locklear as a love interest. I know it sounds like an SNL skit (complete with Don Pardo); but, it was an actual theatrical film. Wes Craven at least knew how to make a watchable film. This isn't even "so bad it's good." About the only improvement was in the suit, which was based on the Bissette and Totleben look and they swiped a few Alan Moore plot points; but, ugh!!!! The tv series, on USA Network, was better than this. |
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Post by rom on Jul 23, 2019 20:55:45 GMT -5
Really enjoying the new Swamp Thing TV series; it's one of my favorite new shows currently on (and I watch a lot of current TV). Very creepy & atmospheric, with a definite horror element re: the late-night scenes, the "ghost"?! of the dead young woman that is haunting both Abby Arcane & the girl's mother; the "living" plants that are taking over the swamp; the monstrous appearance of the Swamp Thing; etc. Going along with this, I feel the visual appearance of the Swamp Thing in this series is the most effective & interesting live-action version of the character.
Great cast here, with a lot of familiar faces - though some I haven't seen in years: Virginia Madsen (Candyman I; Sideways); Jennifer Beals (Flashdance); Will Patton (numerous films over the years, and you always know he's going to be playing a bad guy); etc.
SPOILERS below - don't read beyond this if you haven't seen all of the episodes (so far):
It was interesting that Arcane blames herself for her friend's death years before, when she didn't actually cause the death; based on the flashback, she jokingly pushed her friend into the river when they were teens - and then when she was afraid that the girl had drowned, jumped in after her - and the girl was actually fine. However, something pulled the girl in soon after - but Abby had nothing to do with that. It seems like she was blaming herself needlessly for the death all these years - strange. I hope this sub-plot gets explained/resolved in a future episode, but with the show getting canned - probably not.
Going along with this, too bad that the show is getting cancelled. It's excellent, and far better than much of the crap that's on the air these days.
Note that given ST is not a first-tier DC character (like Superman, Batman, Wonder-Woman, The Flash, etc.) it's interesting that he's spawned numerous live action movies/TV shows (both live-action & animated) over the years. Obviously, the popularity of the character has gone far beyond the various comicbook series:
-Two ST feature films (1982 & 1989); the first was solid; haven't seen the second.
-In the '90's, there was a ST live-action TV series (on an independent channel, I think) which I didn't think was that great. I saw a handful of episodes years ago, and it was not a "continuing" program per se; they tried to have stand-alone episodes each week, which I don't think worked too well for a show like this. Plus, it had a cheap budget - which definitely showed.
-There was also an animated series in the '90's; never saw this, but thought it looked mildly interesting.
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