Five Comics To Take the Plunge into TV Land

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  1. Joe Washington

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    Name five comic book series that you feel would be better suited as TV shows.
     
  2. Mistral

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    Obvious Hermiod is obvious. :)
     
  4. Bad Bishop

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    The Green Hornet did not originate as a comic book, but it has been published as one. I think it would be perfectly viable as a TV series, as it was during the 1960's.
     
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  7. Jetfire

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    Only one...

    Astro Freakin' City!

    Astro City.

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  8. ClayinCA

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    Fables (it even comes with its own spin-off, Jack of Fables)
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  9. Tomato

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    I want to add Sleeper. The boys, and preacher would be wild but no studio in their right mind would want to tackle that.

    I think the key for comics to transition into TV land, is comics which don't require a lot of CGI and spandex.
     
  10. Dusty Ayres

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    Wow! Great minds think alike! I've been wanting to see a film or TV version of this character for years, so I agree.:techman:
     
  11. Mistral

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    Me too.
     
  12. Deckard

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    Surprised it hasn't happened before. Seems to me like it could be the perfect example of an episodic supernatural TV show. But maybe British channels haven't been looking for a supernatural horror/drama series.
     
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  14. Nick Ryder

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    She-Hulk. I mean hey you got a hot looking green chick, she's a lawyer, her clothes rip easily and she's got the silliest rogues gallery ever! Not to mention Marvel films has the rights to the Hulk so they could have Brucey or just the Hulk without Puny Banner show up, they could even have RDJr cameo/guest star as Tony Stark or Iron Man's voice/HUD during an episode or something.

    I'd adapt the original Byrne series and a little of the more current one.

    I'd keep the fourth wall breaks. That's what makes it kinda fun too.

    It'd be like WWE meets Ally McBeal meets the Incredibles meets reality TV
     
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    The Green Hornet is getting another movie, fairly high budget even apparently.
     
  17. Admiral_Young

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    Not only is Green Hornet coming out later this year with Seth Rogen but Kevin Smith has a comic coming out that is derived from his abandoned script. Anyways here are my top five:

    Ex Machina
    Y The Last Man
    The Authority (probably would have to be a HBO series)
    Ultimate Spider-Man (despite my own personal opinion that this is what Mark Webb and James Vanderbilt are turning into the new trilogy)
    Astro City
     
  18. Shazam!

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  19. Jetfire

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    Ok, I will add another...

    Spawn.

    I think Spawn needs another round on TV...as live action, not cartoon.
     
  20. Out Of My Vulcan Mind

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    Five for the broadcast networks

    Checkmate
    Fables
    Gotham Central (with Batman an unseen, off-screen force)
    Starman
    Supergirl

    Five for cable

    100 Bullets
    Hellblazer
    Preacher
    Sandman Mystery Theatre
    Scalped

    Five for animated series

    Green Lantern (reportedly in the works as a Bruce Timm series)
    Kamandi
    Metal Men
    Shazam!
    Tom Strong