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Chillpop
05-15-2007, 05:33 PM
Any talk about a Marvel superhero getting their own spotlight on TV.
I have just been getting into
"Smallville" and Im hooked on it. But I was wondering if any other charachters could get a TV show like this. Not an animated series, even though they are always entertaining hah

Just wondering. =]
nervmeister
05-15-2007, 05:44 PM
They're gonna do a live-action high school drama involving Reed Richards and Vic Von Doom. Needless to say it takes place long before the space accident.
Spidey-kid1
05-15-2007, 05:45 PM
They're gonna do a live-action high school drama involving Reed Richards and Vic Von Doom. Needless to say it takes place long before the space accident.

Seriously? Whats it called?
nervmeister
05-15-2007, 05:56 PM
Seriously? Whats it called?Stretching to Baxter.
Spidey-kid1
05-15-2007, 05:59 PM
Stretching to Baxter.

Sweet. Even though there are no super powers involved, I'll watch it.
Spidey-kid1
05-15-2007, 06:03 PM
Stretching to Baxter.

You sure its called Stretching to Baxter? I just looked it up on google and didn't come up with the title.
Armless Penguin
05-15-2007, 06:03 PM
Wow, it wasn't that funny at first, but Nervmeister stayed with it and won the thread.
nervmeister
05-15-2007, 06:07 PM
You sure its called Stretching to Baxter? I just looked it up on google and didn't come up with the title.Hm. It might have been "A Stretch to Baxter" instead. Try typing that in.
Spidey-kid1
05-15-2007, 06:10 PM
Wow, it wasn't that funny at first, but Nervmeister stayed with it and won the thread.

He was kidding?

I really wanted that show...
DonC
05-15-2007, 06:11 PM
Wow, it wasn't that funny at first, but Nervmeister stayed with it and won the thread.


You just don't see commitment like that anymore. Kudos to you, Mr. Meister. Kudos.
kel25
05-15-2007, 06:12 PM
It seems like no Marvel show has any staying power. They had Blade but I haven't heard anything about that for a long time. I probably got cancelled.

Same goes for the Fantastic Four cartoon they had.
nervmeister
05-15-2007, 06:13 PM
He was kidding?

I really wanted that show...It's gonna be in USA's fall lineup. Check USA's official site.
Spidey-kid1
05-15-2007, 06:24 PM
It's gonna be in USA's fall lineup. Check USA's official site.

Ya, I bet.:p
nervmeister
05-15-2007, 06:29 PM
Ya, I bet.:p(sighs) Alright. Alright. I'll come clean with you......................... USA's kept this project firmly under wraps, so they havent posted it up on the site just yet. You're gonna have to go to Colombia and bUy a bootlegged script. That will be all the proof you need that this will happen.
DonC
05-15-2007, 06:32 PM
Ya, I bet.:p


Actually, he's telling the truth.

http://www.usanetwork.com/series/a_stretch_to_baxter (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v164/Don3172/r2d2.jpg)
Spidey-kid1
05-15-2007, 06:35 PM
(sighs) Alright. Alright. I'll come clean with you......................... USA's kept this project firmly under wraps, so they havent posted it up on the site just yet. You're gonna have to go to Colombia and bUy a bootlegged script. That will be all the proof you need that this will happen.
Dude, I fell for one thing. Doesn't mean I'll fall for everything else. Not like I would go to columbia for a fake script anyway.
:p

Actually, he's telling the truth.

http://www.usanetwork.com/series/a_stretch_to_baxter (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v164/Don3172/r2d2.jpg)

...

O_O

Ok, that was kind of funny.
nervmeister
05-15-2007, 06:38 PM
Dude, I fell for one thing. Doesn't mean I'll fall for everything else. Not like I would go to columbia for a fake script anyway.
:p



...

O_O

Ok, that was kind of funny.Dont be such a buzz kill. :D
Young Avenger
05-15-2007, 06:40 PM
I remember reading about Moon Knight getting a live-action TV series. Any news on that?
nervmeister
05-15-2007, 06:42 PM
I remember reading about Moon Knight getting a live-action TV series. Any news on that?Dude, lying's not cool.
Spidey-kid1
05-15-2007, 06:44 PM
I remember reading about Moon Knight getting a live-action TV series. Any news on that?

You should have been in here earlier. I might have actually fallen for that.
:p
StoneGold
05-15-2007, 06:48 PM
I remember reading about Moon Knight getting a live-action TV series. Any news on that?

Yeah, but they changed the costume a bit.

http://epguides.com/NightMan/cast.jpg
Spidey-kid1
05-15-2007, 06:52 PM
Yeah, but they changed the costume a bit.

http://epguides.com/NightMan/cast.jpg

You do know that if you right click on it and press properties, it says Nightman right?

:p
StoneGold
05-15-2007, 06:53 PM
There's also a new Cap series in the works.

http://www.polarblairsden.com/superherocaptainamericalookalike01.jpg

http://www.polarblairsden.com/superherocaptainamericalookalike02.jpg
Spidey-kid1
05-15-2007, 06:58 PM
There's also a new Cap series in the works.

http://www.polarblairsden.com/superherocaptainamericalookalike01.jpg

http://www.polarblairsden.com/superherocaptainamericalookalike02.jpg

And thats some lady in a Captain America suit. If you right click on her and click on properties, it says superherocaptainamericalookalike01.jpg.

Oh, what one could learn from properties.
:p
StoneGold
05-15-2007, 07:04 PM
And thats some lady in a Captain America suit. If you right click on her and click on properties, it says superherocaptainamericalookalike01.jpg.

Oh, what one could learn from properties.
:p

My parents were right, this is what happens when kids read comics.
Spidey-kid1
05-15-2007, 07:05 PM
My parents were right, this is what happens when kids read comics.

They click on properties?

Kiddin.

EDIT:
As for comics, I haven't read half the comics most of the people on these forums have. I learn everything from spending too much time on these forums.
Magneto_X
05-15-2007, 07:09 PM
Richard Morgan's Black Widow would make the perfect tv show.

Think Alias but in the Marvel Universe with Hydra and/or A.I.M as the bad guys.

Occasionally with cameos by captain America, Hawkeye, Daredevil, Spiderman (?), Moon Knight etc.

It writes itself.
Magneto_X
05-15-2007, 07:11 PM
Yeah, but they changed the costume a bit.

http://epguides.com/NightMan/cast.jpg

The costume looked great but the show was awful.

It made Black Scorpion look good. :eek:
nervmeister
05-15-2007, 07:13 PM
EDIT:
As for comics, I haven't read half the comics most of the people on these forums have. I learn everything from spending too much time on these forums.Likewise here.
Spidey-kid1
05-15-2007, 07:15 PM
Wait a second. Didn't Hulk have his own series waaaaaay back or whatever? I remember seing a green buff dude show or whatever. Hold on...
nervmeister
05-15-2007, 07:16 PM
Wait a second. Didn't Hulk have his own series waaaaaay back or whatever? I remember seing a green buff dude show or whatever. Hold on...Yep. Lou Ferrigno was the green buff dude you speak of.
Spidey-kid1
05-15-2007, 07:19 PM
Yep. Lou Ferrigno was the green buff dude you speak of.

Ya, here we go.

http://www.nndb.com/people/262/000025187/LFerrigno-sm.jpg

He looks about as buff as Mysterio...

They should have just gotten some wrestler that had wtf huge muscles or something. This guy didn't seem to fit it.
Toonimator
05-15-2007, 07:37 PM
You're right... instead of Lou Ferrigno they should've got Captain Lou Albano to play the Hulk!
Spidey-kid1
05-15-2007, 07:39 PM
You're right... instead of Lou Ferrigno they should've got Captain Lou Albano to play the Hulk!

Perfect.
http://www.nndb.com/people/220/000030130/lou-albano-sm.jpg
Ryan K
05-15-2007, 07:50 PM
The Moon Knight thing's legit.

http://forum.newsarama.com/showthread.php?t=88846

I don't believe there's been any word on it since then though, so it could be in limbo.
Magneto_X
05-15-2007, 08:37 PM
I'm not sure if MK would work or not. To many people could see him as a Batman ripoff and not take him seriously since he dresses in a white costume.

It would make a great HBO series (in the vein of Huston's MK).
Patient Boy
06-06-2007, 04:18 AM
http://www.thecollectortv.com/14.html

As of 24th May 2007...

Meanwhile, continuing to develop scripts for Moon Knight. The first draft of the pilot is done, and we have 3 outlines in progress, with an eye towards having at least 6 scripts when we head to the US to sell the show during the summer.

The quote is from the blog of the creator of the Collector (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Collector_(TV_series)), which was a pretty good Canadian made TV show (which is one of the few that's shot as well as set in Vancouver, rather than Vancouver posing as say Kansas or Virginia). It might not ever actually get made, but there's still some hope. Hopefully the success of Heroes means that somebody might be willing to invest the time and money for a decent superhero TV show.
mgs
06-09-2007, 08:40 PM
re: Female Cap America...WOW!!! O.O

ona nother note, just watched the FF4 animated show on Cartoon Network....eh, a watered down version for the kiddies. That's fine by me, but also unwatchable for someone like me.
nervmeister
06-09-2007, 08:49 PM
re: Female Cap America...WOW!!! O.O

ona nother note, just watched the FF4 animated show on Cartoon Network....eh, a watered down version for the kiddies. That's fine by me, but also unwatchable for someone like me.It still beats the live-action movie (the first one) by a mile.
Erebus
06-09-2007, 11:03 PM
You do know that if you right click on it and press properties, it says Nightman right?

:p

...
Did that costume include Moon-Nipples?

According to Wiki, here are some of the shows that are going to appear in the future:
Live action

* Moon Knight (2008?, in development)
* Skrull Kill Krew (TV series)|Skrull Kill Krew (2008?, in development)

Animated

* Wolverine & the X-Men (2007?, in pre-production)
* Iron Man (2007?, in development)
* The Amazing Spider-Man (2008, in development)
Demon wizard
06-10-2007, 08:37 AM
I hear that they're making a Fantastic four spin-off where Johnny moves to San Fransisco and finds out he's gay. It's gonna be called "Flamer-on"
saintsaucey
06-10-2007, 12:58 PM
I think they need to do a daredevil live action series based on the latest run starting with guardian devil with Michael Vartan as Matt and John Goodman as King Pin
MakeshiftHero
06-10-2007, 01:33 PM
I remember reading on Superhero Hype that there is a Skrull Kill Crew live action TV show being worked on. Or that there were plans to make one. I think that could be pretty cool. Me like Skrulls.
mgs
06-10-2007, 07:00 PM
It still beats the live-action movie (the first one) by a mile.

still haven't seen it, so I can't compare. But I still plan on renting all those 'comic book' movies that I have not seen yet, that we discussed on some thread a while back. :)
Night
06-12-2007, 09:34 PM
The problem with live action TV of superheroes is trying to present them in a way that shows super powers on a budget without looking cheesy...

http://xoomer.alice.it/amasoni2002/shl/marvel/generation_x_(1996).htm

I actually liked parts of it. If they had not gone nuts with the villain and gone into too strong of off topic weirdness, it might have taken off.
Chiasm
06-12-2007, 11:31 PM
The problem with live action TV of superheroes is trying to present them in a way that shows super powers on a budget without looking cheesy...


Yep. The special effects requirements automatically eliminates a lot of the fancy powered folk and pretty much requires a brawler type character. Daredevil, Hulk, and Captain America (if you go the TV series route instead of the movie route), and Wolverine all spring to mind as fairly easily done TV characters that might have enough of a following to succeed. Because no matter how well done the show is unless its on the Sci Fi network its going to need to pull good ratings early to keep going which means its going to need a well known character. Spidey is definitely out because of the movies and the CGI requirements. Hulk is out because of the sequel in the works. Which really only leaves Wolverine and Cap. Everyone else is too lesser known to succeed on network TV IMO.