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[jerseydevil]

Stephen Amell Lands Lead in The CW’s ARROW



As far as that tweet Adgy, first off, it's good to see that bitterness is hereditary, but mostly can't they realize that the comic BUSINESS is a BUSINESS, and in order to survive sometimes creativity has to be sacrificed to save an industry that has serious issues maintaining relevance. While I could do without these, I understand A)DC has very few opportunities like this to get a large bump in the market share and B)Moore's daughter fails to express that maybe, just maybe, the ****ton of cash/exposure DC garners from this will allow them to fund some more risky books and encourage growth. DC has always been second to Marvel because they have not sacrificed a desire to provide creative content to simply overexposing and/or killing characters, changing costumes, having 'events' purely in the interest of the bottom line.

 

[jerseydevil]

Creative Team Shake Up On Three DC Comics | Geeks of Doom

Besides JLD, looks like they are shuffling Stormwatch and Frankenstein...

 

[adgy-san]

Creative Team Shake Up On Three DC Comics | Geeks of Doom

Besides JLD, looks like they are shuffling Stormwatch and Frankenstein...

I don't know Kindt, but if he's already been working with Lemire a lot, I will give him a shot. And I think Milligan will be great for Stormwatch. I had dropped that book, but now I think I might want to go back to it...

 

[adgy-san]

Stephen Amell Lands Lead in The CW?s ARROW



As far as that tweet Adgy, first off, it's good to see that bitterness is hereditary, but mostly can't they realize that the comic BUSINESS is a BUSINESS, and in order to survive sometimes creativity has to be sacrificed to save an industry that has serious issues maintaining relevance. While I could do without these, I understand A)DC has very few opportunities like this to get a large bump in the market share and B)Moore's daughter fails to express that maybe, just maybe, the ****ton of cash/exposure DC garners from this will allow them to fund some more risky books and encourage growth. DC has always been second to Marvel because they have not sacrificed a desire to provide creative content to simply overexposing and/or killing characters, changing costumes, having 'events' purely in the interest of the bottom line.

I don't disagree at all, and I think Darwyn Cooke made a great point when he was talking about "should no one have ever written another Swamp Thing after Len Wein?" Also, I know she's probably trying to establish herself as much as possible, but Leah Moore has probably gained plenty from just being the daughter of Alan Moore, so...

I DO wish there was more attention/focus on original works, but like I said earlier, we all know those don't sell very well.

 

[adgy-san]

When Alan Moore Helped Write A Series Of Watchmen Prequels | Bleeding Cool Comic Book, Movies and TV News and Rumors

I actually have one of those RPG guides that I bought when I was trying to be a Moore completist back in the day.

 

[adgy-san]

Ok Comic Geeks, get ready, CHRONICLE is something all kinds of special. Harry says so.
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From Patton Oswalt's Twitter:

Ooooh, people. I just saw CHRONICLE. Holy ****.

CHRONICLE is The Ramones to the big studio, "Led Zeppelin-circa PRESENCE" bloat.

CHRONICLE is a great-1st-act, better-2nd-act, awesome-3rd-act flick -- w/ a sinister use of "Ziggy Stardust." You'll see.

 

[jerseydevil]

Chris Weston Takes On Brian Bolland For 2000AD | Bleeding Cool Comic Book, Movies and TV News and Rumors

Lets not get crazy here. This is nice work, but Bolland is one of a kind.

 

[adgy-san]

EXCLUSIVE PREVIEW: Brian Wood's "The Massive" - Comic Book Resources

Dark Horse has provided CBR with an exclusive preview of Brian Wood's "The Massive," which debuts in today's "Dark Horse Presents" #8, takes place in the midst of a unique environmental collapse.

"The Massive" is one of several story ideas I came up with that I refer to as 'post-crash,'" Wood told CBR News in 2011. "In each case, that means something a little different -- an economic crash, and environmental crash, a breakdown of society, a man-made disaster of some kind. Basically, a disaster story that starts after the disaster has already come and gone. That probably sounds a lot like 'post-apocalyptic,' but in no way am I writing this as genre. But yeah, in the case of 'The Massive,' this is an environmental collapse, a rather unique one, and the story starts in the aftermath."

Brian Wood can be a damn good writer when he wants to be (DMZ, Northlanders), but it's too bad Dark Horse Presents is $8.

 

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[jerseydevil]

Bendis is Back on the Murder Beat with "Powers" - Comic Book Resources

While Bendis is working on new "Powers" comics, work continues on the "Powers" television pilot. "The good news was that the pilot was put together. I've seen it and it's not embarrassing on any level. It's very interesting, dense, and complicated like every FX show is. We were tested and the things that you need to continue forward we tested very well with. People liked our lead Jason Patric and the idea of the show. They said they would watch the show. So all of these things did very well," Bendis said. "If those things didn't do well we would have been dead. There were a couple areas that we needed to clarify for a mass audience, but they were very easy fixes. We also came up with an idea for an opening that we liked better than what we had.


The goal is to produce "Powers" at a monthly clip once again

"So here's the thing, FX is different from other networks. Other networks make a bunch of pilots and watch them once. They then test them and decide whether they want to put them on the air or not. If FX greenlights a pilot they're 80 percent sure that they're putting the show on the air. They reshoot pilots before they abandon them. From what I understand the 'Sons of Anarchy' pilot that aired was almost completely reshot from the original. It was done by our director," Bendis continued. "So they look at it as a first draft of a five-year investment in a series, which I think makes their shows better. I think that's why their success rate is so high. If a series doesn't connect with an audience it isn't from a lack of quality.

"So that's where we are now. The important stuff worked. There are rewrites happening as we speak and I talk with the other producers all the time. Just last night me and Chic Eglee, our show runner, had a wonderful conversation about 'Powers' involving things we can do right now and in the future. Also I have to say our network president [John Landgraf] is very intelligent and very invested. He's spending a lot of time with us," Bendis said. "I've been told by almost everybody working on this pilot that we're being very spoiled. The president of FX will call us to talk about 'Powers' in a philosophical manner and it's such a wonderful conversation. Everyone says to me, 'That's not how it is. And I go, 'I know. I've been around.'"

And that's why Fx is simply better than everyone else.

 

[jerseydevil]

The Case For and Against 'Before Watchmen' | CraveOnline

decent read.

 

[jerseydevil]

 

[adgy-san]

Wow.

 

[adgy-san]

Review: Teens & Superpowers Are A Volatile Mix In Refreshing & Clever 'Chronicle' | The Playlist

What keeps "Chronicle" compelling is not the quickly wearing novelty of verit?-style narrative, but a story in which the stakes aren't on some far-fetched villain who has a plan to destroy the world, but are based on character-driven issues. It's not about a hero who is running out of time to save humanity, but a human who is running out of options. And while we're making it sound deeper than it is (and the movie cheekily tosses around some philosophical mumbo jumbo), it's just the right amount detail to make these characters worth caring about, and their adventure meaningfully engaging.

 

[adgy-san]

Jane Goldman Adapting Eisner Award-Winning Comic 'Nonplayer' For Warner Bros. | The Playlist

Beloved and beautiful geek scribe Jane Goldman has her hands full. In addition to penning this weekend's gothic Hammer horror story "The Woman In Black," she's lined up a number of big projects. And while there's a chance one of them may or may not be involved in the forthcoming "X-Men: First Class" sequel, she may have bigger fish to fry.

During a recent interview with The Playlist for "The Woman In Black," Goldman responded to an X-franchise query with a coy, "That's not certain yet. But I'd like to, and Matthew [Vaughn] would like me to." But she expressed reservations about her availability, given her stacked dance card. "I'm working on a sci-fi project for Warners [Bros.]," she told us. "It's called 'Nonplayer,' an adaptation of a really wonderful comic that just won the Eisner for [Promising] Newcomer." "Nonplayer," if you recall, is an Image Comic that was recently picked up by the WB for David Heyman ("Harry Potter") and Roy Lee ("The Departed") to produce. The story follows a young woman who escapes from her drab life into an online fantasy world. "It’s futuristic, it’s incredible," Goldman enthuses about the story, which is set in a distant future. "Science fiction is not a genre I’m used to [writing], but it’s my favorite."

Haven't read the comic myself (waiting for the first trade), but I hear it's great.

 

[jerseydevil]

Kevin Smith Turned Down BEFORE WATCHMEN | Bleeding Cool Comic Book, Movies and TV News and Rumors

“Talked to Jim [Lee] and Dan [DiDio] about it two years ago. Only passed because I’m not Alan Moore, sadly. If I was Alan Moore, I’d be all over it. As Kevin Smith, I’d likely just make Bubastis “big pussy” jokes and have Rorschach wet himself. Hurm.”

 

[jerseydevil]

The Ethics Of Before Watchmen | Bleeding Cool Comic Book, Movies and TV News and Rumors

 

[jerseydevil]

Review: Smart and angry Chronicle pushes superhero genre past the breaking point - HitFix.com

But in the end, it all comes down to Dane DeHaan and Alex Russell, and the film works because they both absolutely inhabit their characters. They've been pushed together for years because of their family ties, but finally, their powers teach them to be real friends, to really see each other. Russell goes from being this pretentious philosophy-spouting jackass at the start of the film to a looser, more open guy, finally comfortable in his own skin. For a while, it looks like DeHaan's Andrew makes the same sort of evolutionary jump. But his is curdled in progress, and Andrew becomes the worst of what these boys are capable of, all power and no boundaries. By the time cousin and cousin are fighting their way through a downtown cityscape, the truly spectacular effects work (led by Rhythm & Hues, evidently) takes a backseat to the emotionally ugly nature of what we're seeing.

A stylistic success loaded with great performances from a young cast, "Chronicle" is more than just good mindless genre fun. It does its best to leave a mark, and it plays rough. It is a very good film, and a real pleasure during what so often used to be a fallow period in the theater. See "Chronicle" on the biggest screen you can, and prepare to have brain, heart, and senses engaged fully by a great example of what happens when you bend a genre till it breaks, resulting in something that we really haven't seen before.

 

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[jerseydevil]

notice they never show hulk in that gif????