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Cinemax developing TV series adaptation of 'The Boys' graphic novel
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What did he mean by this?
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This is natural progression of Deadpool's success. Going from "Fuck Superheroes" to "Murder Superheroes"!
Will wait to see how their Preacher turns out before feel anything about this
Will wait to see how their Preacher turns out before feel anything about this
Eh, Kripke gets a 'will give it a chance' pass. Revolution wasn't much of anything, but Supernatural was exceptional at points.
Have you seen any Cinemax shows? They don't give a fuck about censoring shit.
flaxknuckles
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On Cinemax? Hell yeah. Now take Preacher back.
Have you read Garth Ennis unchanined? He does nasty shit for the sake of it.
Besides that The Boys is really a deconstruction of the comicbook industry, not just superheroes, but the whole industry and I can't see how they can translate that to a tv audience and have them "get it"
It could becomea deconstruction of the comic book movie and TV industry.
LabouredSubterfuge
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Just working our way slowly towards that uncensored Crossed TV adaptation fellas.
Seeing what happened to the Preacher TV series, which isn't out yet and could still be good , I'm not sure I'm very excited for this. Its not only just about the graphic violence and sex, Cinemax could do that in spades and we'd still get a shitty show. The Boys was great because of its seeming hard on and hatred for superheros and everything about them. Its a mean mean fucking story and I just don't see that coming across very well on the TV show.
Pai Pai Master
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This should be...interesting.
Crossed I can see but what was unreadable about the Boys.
Garth Ennis hates superheroes, realize this and his work makes sense
Mrs. Manky
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No Simon Pegg, no sale.
Gentleman Jack
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Let's hope they change the ending, too.
Also
The Avengers
The Justice League
Young Justice
GuitarAtomik
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Ho boy. This should be interesting one way or the other.
Problem with the ending is that the whole story ran for too long
LOLOLOLOLOLOLOL
Yeah that would be too much too soon.
Martian Manhunter shooting up heroin made from the crust off of a superhero's dick takes some easing into.
Oh I realized this long long ago even before I read the Boys. Seeing the changes made to Preacher for budget reasons alone I have serious issues thinking they could do the Boys any justice on either the scale or the story.
Corpsepyre
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That's just not going to happen. Heads will roll, and not in a good way.
LabouredSubterfuge
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A-train's defining scene by itself would take some cash
Gentleman Jack
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The story has a lot of bloat, certainly. You could probably cut out most of the depravity and have a lean, mean revenge story told from a unique POV. That's The Boys that I want to see on TV.
Saint of Killers
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I wonder when WB/DC will turn to Hitman...
Sibersk Esto
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Enid doesn't really hate superheroes (well, some more than others), he just has no reverence for them.
"The Boys" was a pisstake on the comic book industry more than superheroes.
"The Boys" was a pisstake on the comic book industry more than superheroes.
Saint of Killers
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Changes such as...?
ViewtifulJC
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The Boys is a comic book series, not a graphic novel.
It's also my least favorite of all of Ennis major series(Hitman > Punisher > hell blazer > preacher > the boys)
It's also my least favorite of all of Ennis major series(Hitman > Punisher > hell blazer > preacher > the boys)
The Silver
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It is of the utmost importance they adapt the scene where Hughie went down in Starlight when she was on her period and Butcher catches him.
Bronsonlee is a piss take of Sibersk Esto
I have so many questions for him
JesseEwiak
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Yet he wrote one of the best Superman stories of all time. Garth Ennis just hates dumb superhero stories - it's just that 85% of all superhero stories are pretty dumb.
Sibersk Esto
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Ennis shitting all over Wolverine is still one of the funniest comics ever
"We just had a teamup, you were great"
xaosslug
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well, it's @ Cinemax, so... yeah.
The entire beginning of the story is probably the biggest one but there are tons of changes, some of which feel really arbitrary like Cassidy not wearing sunglasses.
It will be the Punisher but funny. I know James Gunn will talk about the wrong lessons learned from Deadpool but I think this could be one of the good lessons learned from Deadpool and if Suicide Squad kicks ass this could further open the door for dark comedic comic book shows.
That was with Spidey, bro.
It would be called "Talking Crossed" and you know it.
I'm convinced Talking Dead was accidentally clever because Talking Bad and Talking Saul are not puns.
Anyways....count me in the "it won't be great" camp. Honestly I never finished The Boys, but I don't really see how it can be done justice considering. Though I think the chance is much higher on Cinemax for unedited content than AMC obviously, but then again....it's still Cinemax.
This will look like it's going to get picked up and then the higher ups at Time Warner will demand that Cinemax pick up a Vertigo TV project from Warner Bros instead and this show will, once again, disappear into development ether where it's destined to spend eternity.
It's amazing.....,
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--- if you're 13 years old.
If not you are not, then no, it is not good.
It's amazing.....,
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--- if you're 13 years old.
If not you are not, then no, it is not good.
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