Extra Sauce
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I got exicted when I saw the new pic, then I remembered the show is produced by David S Goyer.
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ACIV's Matt Ryan cast as John Constantine for NBC show (Trailer in OP)
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Cornballer
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Press Release said:
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Starting to get hyped.
isn't it kinda unusual to have a promo picture like that for a pilot? or was it picked up to series? Actually, The Flash had some too so I guess it's not that unusual.
anyway, he looks good at least
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NotTheGuyYouKill
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Looking good, John.
Wiktor
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Don;t worry. He's not a showrunner. He acts the way JJ Abrams does with all the shows, he bassicaly provides the hype and helps with launching the show. The actual day to day showrunner will be Daniel Cerone, which was the guy responsible for the incredible first four seasons of Dexter.
Wiktor
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It is unusual, extremely so. Most of the time we don't even know pilots are done beyond title. In both those cases it's means the chances of show being greenlight skyrocketed.
Also...love that picture..that trenchcoat, that pose and most of all that asshole smile. Yeah that's John Constantine alright.
DC shows are really killing it with casting recently.
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Plus (was just talking with Phonciple on twitter about this) Goyer the producer is way different than Goyer the writer. Goyer should just BE a Producer at this point, as he's pretty good at coming up with ideas, just not so great at executing them. There's a reason all the highlights on his writing resume have other people's names on the script next to his.
Essentially - he's like an evolved Akiva Goldsman.
Wiktor
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Yep. Goyer coupled with talented writer produces gold. On his own he produces crap. Anyone making DC adaptations should want Goyer in his camp, if only for his pull among execs and great ideas. Just don't leave him alone.
Cornballer
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I did a little bit of cleanup and added some information to the OP. If there's anything major that I missed, please let me know.
Wow. They did pretty much nail the look.
Wag
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Guest appearance from the phantom stranger would be cool.
Better yet, just have the whole Trenchcoat Brigade show up.
Alx
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There's something off, though... I don't know exactly what, but he looks too happy/healthy/sane to be a convincing Constantine. I always thought there was a touch of desperation in the character, having seen things that he shouldn't have.
Indrid Cold1
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I always hear Constantine with a trace of the south Liverpool, Beatles style accent, which you don't even hardly hear in Liverpool anymore nowadays, whenever I've read Hellblazer. Not many scousers in comics, I'm keeping this one
Edward Kenway really looks the part, I'm looking forward to this pilot. Despite my jokey comment earlier.
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obin_gam
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Reeves couldnt even pronounce his own name right.
It should rhyme with valentine damnit!
Extra Sauce
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Meh. I dropped out during the third season.
Season 4 was good tho.
lastflowers
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Wiktor
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Well..Castiel's looks are homage to Constantine.
And how close...hard to say. I think it will go darker, more twisted and sharper. Grimm already is doing things a lot more disturbing than Supernatural ever dared to and that's based on damn fairy tales. With Hellblazer as source material and Cerone as showrunner I expect pretty sick things.
As someone with the same last name, I disagree.
Messypandas
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He looks smug as fuck, I love it.
I wonder on a scale of 1 to 0 how excited Alan Moore is.
I wonder on a scale of 1 to 0 how excited Alan Moore is.
obin_gam
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The comics would have precedence with its own character though...
shacklesmcgee
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I've never heard anyone every say it like valentine, always constanteen, like the emperor
RatskyWatsky
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A bi superhero? Hm. I might watch this if NBC goes ahead with it.
obin_gam
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I think it's mainly an American English v. British English thing (am: "een", brit: "ine") so the movie has that excuse. To a point.
But since the character is british, and he himself proununces it this way...
Superhero isn't exactly accurate. More like a bi superbastard.
Auron_Kale
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Definitely looks the part, so I'm cautiously optimistic.
I've only read a handful of the Hellblazer books, but the source material itself should be good for a series. Sad about the lack of smoking but eh, that was going to be hard to get away with anyways.
So please be good.
I've only read a handful of the Hellblazer books, but the source material itself should be good for a series. Sad about the lack of smoking but eh, that was going to be hard to get away with anyways.
So please be good.
.la1n
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Not sure how well that will go over on basic cable nowadays but it is part of his character so maybe they will figure out something.
Discotheque
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I should have dropped out after the first. Showrunner gives me doubts. And they better not make him sappy because he's a lead in an nbc show
obin_gam
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Supposedly the plot of the pilot:
Sounds fun!
The pilot takes place in and around New York City (which I don't think has been known about until now).
When we first find John, we learn he has voluntarily checked himself into a psychiatric clinic. He's haunted by an incident in which he lost a 9-year-old girl to a demon who has dragged her soul to hell. This incident has a
significant impact on his life and it's hat is driving him. He checks himself out of the hosptial after six months to find something sinister is afoot in the realm of the supernatural.
John's a clever wise-ass. His business card reads "Exorcist, Demonologist and Master of the Dark Arts," but as he tells his doctor, he should replace "master" with "petty dabbler" because he hates to put on airs. He also doesn't like to talk much about his past; he masks his emotions with wry humor.
We won't see John in his classic trenchcoat right away, but he gets there.
An angel Manny has been assigned to John to help ease his soul into damnation. John hates angels.
Liv Parsons, a young woman who works at a rental car facility, gets caught up in John's world when she discovers something is after her. Liv's deceased father, Jasper, knew John and John owes a debt to him.
Papa Midnite an imposing Cuban man who can dream the future is ailing when we first find him. He's doing a lot of cocaine because he has to stay awake.
Expect to meet "Chaz," John's driver who is a tall, sensitive, quiet type yet is quite knowledgeable about the supernatural himself.
The pilot is brimming with possessions, ghosts (Liv discovers a way to see the dead) and demons and the story does an adept job at not losing its audience in the mythology. Liv is our conduit to John's world of rituals, pendants, black magic and more and it handles the exposition well.
The foundation is set for a long-lasting partnership between Liv and John. Now that she's aware of the world beyond ours, she wants to use her knowledge to help others. But is John willing to assist her?
When we first find John, we learn he has voluntarily checked himself into a psychiatric clinic. He's haunted by an incident in which he lost a 9-year-old girl to a demon who has dragged her soul to hell. This incident has a
significant impact on his life and it's hat is driving him. He checks himself out of the hosptial after six months to find something sinister is afoot in the realm of the supernatural.
John's a clever wise-ass. His business card reads "Exorcist, Demonologist and Master of the Dark Arts," but as he tells his doctor, he should replace "master" with "petty dabbler" because he hates to put on airs. He also doesn't like to talk much about his past; he masks his emotions with wry humor.
We won't see John in his classic trenchcoat right away, but he gets there.
An angel Manny has been assigned to John to help ease his soul into damnation. John hates angels.
Liv Parsons, a young woman who works at a rental car facility, gets caught up in John's world when she discovers something is after her. Liv's deceased father, Jasper, knew John and John owes a debt to him.
Papa Midnite an imposing Cuban man who can dream the future is ailing when we first find him. He's doing a lot of cocaine because he has to stay awake.
Expect to meet "Chaz," John's driver who is a tall, sensitive, quiet type yet is quite knowledgeable about the supernatural himself.
The pilot is brimming with possessions, ghosts (Liv discovers a way to see the dead) and demons and the story does an adept job at not losing its audience in the mythology. Liv is our conduit to John's world of rituals, pendants, black magic and more and it handles the exposition well.
The foundation is set for a long-lasting partnership between Liv and John. Now that she's aware of the world beyond ours, she wants to use her knowledge to help others. But is John willing to assist her?
Sounds fun!
Cornballer
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Yes, everything got picked up. CW will have Arrow, The Flash and iZombie; FOX has Gotham and NBC has Constantine.
Discotheque
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out of the upcoming DC shows this will be probably be the best. I have high hopes for flash too but the supporting characters they showed in arrow seemed intolerable.
Future Foundation
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What happened w/ DMZ + SyFy? Or is that too early?
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