I don't know about you guys but Id certainly love to see AMCs adaptation of Crossed haha. That and the talk show that appears after the main show with a bad pun name. Uncrossed? Crossed Streams?
The Boys is a comic book series, not a graphic novel.
The Boys has been published in collected book form, therefore it is a graphic novel.
The Boys is definitely one of the weakest things Ennis has written. It showed flashes of brilliance but was mostly just an excuse for him to wank over his hatred of superheroes (which created some great moments). He more successfully took the piss out of heroes in Hitman and his recent Section 8 series.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.
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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.
If you're reading this at 13 your parents need a fucking check.
LOL yeah no.
I'm sorry, you can't do a TV show or movie of The Boys. It's too graphic and too explicit.
The main characters literally castrate people.
Shame. The concept actually sounded interesting. Castration for the sake of it isn't.
well, it's @ Cinemax, so... yeah.
Anyways....count me in the "it won't be great" camp. Though I think the chance is much higher on Cinemax for unedited content than AMC obviously, but then again....it's still Cinemax.
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.
Have you watched much on Cinemax? They've had top-tier television for years now. Have you seen Banshee or The Knick?
Babies also get eaten, you literally see a super-villain rending an infants flesh off the bone with his teeth. I'd be surprised if a lot of the overly harsh moments(there's plenty) in The Boys get on TV.Shame. The concept actually sounded interesting. Castration for the sake of it isn't.
I'd choose Ray Stevenson myself but other fans might be against that casting as he's already played The Punisher.I said Vinnie Jones but my friend insists Jason Issacs for Billy Butcher.
So are they gonna get Simon Pegg to play that one dude that's super obviously based on him?
I remember reading the first several issues of this with my dad and thinking it was an interesting idea but I never got very far in it. I typically prefer more light hearted stuff.
I wish the series was just dark but it's more then that. Large parts of it are just gratuitous, shock value for the sake of it, and a lot of times just outright disgusting. The general premise of the story is actually really interesting, even some of the references to the characters from other publishers. The details and how it's actually done is another story and is the big problem with it. Like said there are really good and interesting parts to it but there is a lot of shit you have to push through to get to it and it's not worth it at all. At least I didn't feel it was and I was glad I borrowed the books vs buying them.
Babies also get eaten, you literally see a super-villain rending an infants flesh off the bone with his teeth. I'd be surprised if a lot of the overly harsh moments(there's plenty) in The Boys get on TV.
Not a huge fan of Ennis, but it deserves a try.
People claiming that it will be watered down to unrecognizable levels are obviously unfamiliar with Cinemax's latest output. Banshee can be pretty fucked up at times, and Strike Back redefined TV action.
I'd trust Cinemax to make a good adaptation of The Boys well over AMC or HBO.
I really liked The Boys, but I think there's no way this will be any good.
Just working our way slowly towards that uncensored Crossed TV adaptation fellas.
also if they don't get Simon Pegg as Wee Hughie then I'm calling this thing a farce from step 1
also if they don't get Simon Pegg as Wee Hughie then I'm calling this thing a farce from step 1
Throats get ripped out, legs are blasted off clean and people get blown up by RPGs. Sex scenes can be as graphic as anything shown by HBO, too. Banshee can get particularly brutal at times (Strike Back is more about insane gun fights and stunts), but more often than not the bad guys are at the end of it and the show doesn't try to be shocking just because it can. It's savage, but not sadistic.
Somebody put Kurt Sutter on the phone.If it's faithful it's probably be the rapiest show that ever raped on TV.
Every few issues had someone getting raped or molested.
Somebody put Kurt Sutter on the phone.
The project is, of course, dead at Cinemax, but Amazon has put in a script order for it, with an eye for a straight to series order.
Source, at bottom of article
The project is, of course, dead at Cinemax, but Amazon has put in a script order for it, with an eye for a straight to series order.
Source, at bottom of article