I am hoping that Marvel's Agent Carter mini-series does well, because that could open the door for more period piece comic adaptations. Who wouldn't want to see a live action Sandman Mystery Theater with Wesley Dodds solving crimes and dealing out justice in the late 30's? Well, I would anyway! Perhaps a period Green Hornet show could help undo the damage done by the Seth Rogen film.
If anything can be done to undo the damage Seth Rogen did to Green Hornet, I'd like to see the same thing done -- or at least attempted -- with Land of the Lost.
ReplyDeleteWhat is it that leads so many of today's stars to take old favorites and throw the serious tone out the window to make them into silly comedies?
Hopefully after the two above-named disasters (among others; 21 Jump Street also comes to mind) the folks in Hollywood have come to recognize what a bad idea that is. Tossing in bits of humor is good; making them into these kinds of comedies, not so much.
I woud love to see Golden Age-era tv shows. In particular, Dominic Fortune. But The Invaders would be cool. And Plastic Man!
ReplyDeleteGah! Seth Rogan! Just Gaaaah!
ReplyDeleteLessee... Sandman first appeared in July, 1939 and Green Hornet in 1936, so Dodds' accusation is a little odd.
Regardless, I love these non-powered pulpish heroes, as well as the Crimson Avenger, and would love to see more of them.
Maybe Disney/Marvel could get the film rights for The Green Hornet and then make a better Lone Ranger film; then, franchise The Lone Ranger and The Green Hornet, re-connecting them as legacy characters...
ReplyDeleteDon't get me started on the I-Spy and Starsky and Hutch remakes...
I totally agree, very few "update" or remakes these days are worth watching! The new Flash so far is decent, but still not the Flash of Silver Age comics! The newer versions of tv series have generally been disasters yet I still am open to any effort that can compare favorably to originals, but I think writers no longer have any ideas so they try working on others' successes. No wonder I prefer MeTV and others!
ReplyDelete@Bob Greenwade: The Seth Rogan movie was much more of a goof on the Green Hornet TV show than the Green Hornet pulps/radio/serials/ comics incarnations. However, there's no way that the "21 Jump Street" movies, at least the first one, will ever convince Hollywood that it was a bad idea. It must have cost a fraction of what the Green Hornet movie cost and took in far more than the last decade of syndicating the original show.
ReplyDeleteThey probably won't touch "Land Of The Lost" with a ten-foot sharpened 'flyswatter' again, though. Not only did it not make a respectable return on the cost, but the original was funnier unintentionally than the movie was on purpose.
Actually, Will Farrell's bastardization was based on the prime-time bastardization ABC did as a remake of the undeniably far superior NBC Saturday morning show...which I always found suitably dramatic.
ReplyDeleteLAND OF THE LOST, that is.
ReplyDeleteAs for the Green Hornet? Now, that GOTHAM has proven successful (in its Monday night time slot), maybe a GH series could be attempted by the Fox Network. Hopefully on currently boring Thursday nights!
The Green Hornet and The Sandman almost feels like a natural team-up, even though I didn't think of it. But I think this seems like it would be a great story.
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