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CW looking to develop a Raven series

Dream said:
What?

Why not just do a Green Arrow series instead? They already had Justin Hartley playing the character for several years now on Smallville.
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Because no one cares about Green Arrow, particularly now that he's been on Smallville for several years, thus spoiling any chance of novelty?

If the CW does a DC Comics-based show, they'll need male interest, of the sort that Clark Kent naturally attracts but Ollie Whoever doesn't. Until they can convince WB to let them have a young Bruce Wayne, focusing on a bodacious heroine is a much safer bet in that regard.
 
There is Wonder Woman in development...but no one knows what network it will be on...unless I missed the news for that.

I have no problem with The CW replacing crap like 90210 with genre programs...bring on superheroes, the supernatural and they need a good space opera. :bolian:
 
Gaith said:
If the CW does a DC Comics-based show, they'll need male interest, of the sort that Clark Kent naturally attracts but Ollie Whoever doesn't. Until they can convince WB to let them have a young Bruce Wayne, focusing on a bodacious heroine is a much safer bet in that regard.
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I dunno, I think a Raven series is more likely to be designed to appeal to the female audience that's into Twilight and The Vampire Diaries and such.
 
Christopher said:
Gaith said:
If the CW does a DC Comics-based show, they'll need male interest, of the sort that Clark Kent naturally attracts but Ollie Whoever doesn't. Until they can convince WB to let them have a young Bruce Wayne, focusing on a bodacious heroine is a much safer bet in that regard.
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I dunno, I think a Raven series is more likely to be designed to appeal to the female audience that's into Twilight and The Vampire Diaries and such.
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Clearly...other than ANTM, TVD is the only show that gets above 3 M in the ratings.
 
The foundational conceit behind behind "Smallville" was to detach as much as possible from it's comic book as much as possible? Christopher that has to be one of the most bizarre comments I've ever read from you and I'm not attempting to antagonize you at all. The concept of "Smallville" was to depict Clark Kent's youth using the basis of the source material as the foundation for the series. "Superman:For All Seasons" has been cited many times as an early influence for the series and one of the reasons why Jeph Loeb got a job on the show as the series consultant. I don't understand how you think that the show has distanced it's self from it's comic book roots. Sure it has done a lot of things differently than the comic books, created new and interesting characters that have only proven to bolster the Superman mythos, but it has taken most of it's story lines and plots straight from the comics.
 
Christopher said:
Gaith said:
If the CW does a DC Comics-based show, they'll need male interest, of the sort that Clark Kent naturally attracts but Ollie Whoever doesn't. Until they can convince WB to let them have a young Bruce Wayne, focusing on a bodacious heroine is a much safer bet in that regard.
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I dunno, I think a Raven series is more likely to be designed to appeal to the female audience that's into Twilight and The Vampire Diaries and such.
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Sure, or they could be hoping for a Buffy-esque crossover hit. Either way, I doubt such a second-tier male hero as Green Lantern would generate much interest.
 
^Weren't we talking about Green Arrow, not Green Lantern? I mean, there's a big GL feature film coming out next June, so he might not be considered second-tier anymore if it does well (although the film would probably preclude any TV series except for the animated one that's in production; studios seem to think that animated tie-ins can help a live-action film franchise but live-action ones somehow compete with it).

Anyway, whether there's prior interest in the character is irrelevant. Plenty of shows succeed with completely original characters nobody's ever heard of before (for instance, Supernatural was an original concept), so it doesn't make sense to say that a pre-existing character who's fairly obscure would be incapable of succeeding. And if anything, Raven is an even more obscure character than Green Arrow. The only thing that matters to the network is whether a series premise will appeal to the demographic they're aiming for.
 
A Green Lantern tv show would be lame.

Remember that time when Guy Gardner was knocked out with one punch from Batman? Something like that would happen in every episode. :rommie:

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A friend of mine mentioned that he thinks this could be the next "Supernatural" style type show as opposed to "Smallville" which I found to be an interesting concept. Guy mentioned "Lost Girl" above which is a Showcase Original series that airs here in Canada and kind of has a vibe of what a "Raven" show could be like. The show has possibilities but I understand people's fears about it. It could easily slide into being another Twilight-esque property modeled on the "Smallville" formula of writing. If this actually happens I'll be interested to see who is cast as Rachel (Raven's real name). This has potential if handled well.
 
Dream said:
A Green Lantern tv show would be lame.
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Are you assuming live action? Because Bruce Timm and Avatar: The Last Airbender director Giancarlo Volpe are producing a CG-animated GL series (not yet scheduled, but I'd assume for 2011 or '12).


Remember that time when Guy Gardner was knocked out with one punch from Batman? Something like that would happen in every episode. :rommie:
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I don't follow your reasoning at all.
 
I believe Dream is implying a Green Lantern live action show and not referring to the animated series that is so far scheduled for air at the end of 2011.
 
Christopher said:
Dream said:
A Green Lantern tv show would be lame.
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Are you assuming live action? Because Bruce Timm and Avatar: The Last Airbender director Giancarlo Volpe are producing a CG-animated GL series (not yet scheduled, but I'd assume for 2011 or '12).
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I meant live action. A television show would have a low budget, so the visual effects would probably be very cheesy compared to the upcoming movie.


Remember that time when Guy Gardner was knocked out with one punch from Batman? Something like that would happen in every episode. :rommie:
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I don't follow your reasoning at all.
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Clark is always taken down by Kryponite almost every week on on Smallville.

Superheroes need weaknesses, especilaly powerful ones like a GL or the story won't work. I see the same thing happening with GL getting tricked into taking off his ring all the time, which is what Batman did in the scene mentioned, followed by villains punching him out.
 
TrekBBS doesn't care about the Martian Manhunter. :(

Anyway, I said this in the other thread, but I'll repeat it here: Raven?!

Okay, it's a slightly better idea than Deathstroke and Terra: Adventures in Ephebophilia.
 
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