I seen over the weekend, an article-which apparently first appeared in the LA Times, that the producers of SMALLVILLE, are looking at what to do next now that Clark Kent is, according to their story timeline, nearly ready to become Superman.
They seemingly have set their sights on another teen hero. Robin. And, according to the story, it won't be Tim Drake, the current comic book wearer of the red-themed costume. But the original, Dick Grayson. How they will fit him in the no tights storyline like they had for Clark Kent, will remain to be seen.
(I know that this is not an exact fit for the toonpedia, since it primarily deals with toons, drawn, and, or, animated. But since it's a character taken from the world of toons, I thought I'd post it here anyway for comments.)
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Posted by: Don Markstein
Posted on: 2008-10-06 at 06:03:26 AM
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Yow! Shades of Star Spangled Comics!
Thanks. You're right that this concerns the site. If it comes off, it'll naturally be mentioned in the article about him.
So they're also pulling a "Flash" and basing the show on an earlier version of the character than the one currently in comic books. I'm with you, wondering how they're going to pull it off. Will Batman be a presence? Gotta be, if they're going to base it on comics at all, since no incarnation of Robin got superheroized before hooking up with him.
Personally, I think the Birds of Prey (gotta get an article written on that soon) TV show suffered by having a Batman connection. If they'd ignored that aspect of the comic, which has no connection in current TV, I think it would have lasted longer. But who listens to me? I'm not a show biz professional. I just observe that it did suffer an early death, and infer reasons for it on my own.
Quack, Don
Thanks. You're right that this concerns the site. If it comes off, it'll naturally be mentioned in the article about him.
So they're also pulling a "Flash" and basing the show on an earlier version of the character than the one currently in comic books. I'm with you, wondering how they're going to pull it off. Will Batman be a presence? Gotta be, if they're going to base it on comics at all, since no incarnation of Robin got superheroized before hooking up with him.
Personally, I think the Birds of Prey (gotta get an article written on that soon) TV show suffered by having a Batman connection. If they'd ignored that aspect of the comic, which has no connection in current TV, I think it would have lasted longer. But who listens to me? I'm not a show biz professional. I just observe that it did suffer an early death, and infer reasons for it on my own.
Quack, Don
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Posted by: Chuck Taine
Posted on: 2008-10-07 at 05:36:22 AM
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Don;
As I recall-and, my memory isn't always reliable, on Birds of Prey Batman/Bruce Wayne was never mentioned directly, just that Gotham's protector disappeared after Catwoman died. The main link was Huntress's last name,(Helena Wayne,) and, the fact that Alfred Pennyworth (Micheal Gough,) keep coming around the clock tower to see that the ladies had plenty of good food to eat-seems like Barbara never got around to grocery shop, and, to try and convince Helena (Huntress) to move into her father's mansion
As I recall-and, my memory isn't always reliable, on Birds of Prey Batman/Bruce Wayne was never mentioned directly, just that Gotham's protector disappeared after Catwoman died. The main link was Huntress's last name,(Helena Wayne,) and, the fact that Alfred Pennyworth (Micheal Gough,) keep coming around the clock tower to see that the ladies had plenty of good food to eat-seems like Barbara never got around to grocery shop, and, to try and convince Helena (Huntress) to move into her father's mansion
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Posted by: Don Markstein
Posted on: 2008-10-07 at 07:04:36 AM
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Well, that may not have been too bad, then. But I still think it might have been enough to alienate a substantial number of viewers, who would think (correctly) they weren't telling the whole story. It would seem like a tease that they never got around to resolving.
Quack, Don
Quack, Don
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Posted by: Chuck Taine
Posted on: 2008-10-08 at 08:19:25 AM
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Another fault of Birds of Prey is that Selina (Catwoman) and Helena (Huntress) were said to have super powers unlike their comic book counterparts.
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Posted by: Don Markstein
Posted on: 2008-10-09 at 04:28:59 AM
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There are only six people in the average superhero universe who never have had, and never will have super powers. They're used in crowd scenes. Super powers in comics are like law degrees in David E. Kelly shows -- the darnedest characters turn out to have them.
But on TV, they're not absolute show-killers, but they're a definite liability. I'm sorry to hear the Birds of Prey creators succumbed to funnybook cliches and threw them in even when the comics themselves didn't. You're no-doubt right about that having contributed to the show's demise.
Quack, Don
But on TV, they're not absolute show-killers, but they're a definite liability. I'm sorry to hear the Birds of Prey creators succumbed to funnybook cliches and threw them in even when the comics themselves didn't. You're no-doubt right about that having contributed to the show's demise.
Quack, Don
