Monday, July 10, 2017

The Defenders and Death




Over the years, there has been talk of getting an adaptation of Neil Gaiman's groundbreaking Sandman series, or at least a film focusing on Death of The Endless.  So far, though,  nothing has materialized yet.  The sprawling Sandman epic is understandably very tough to translate into a movie (they really should try for a TV series to fit everything in), but I still feel that Death: The High Cost of Living could make for a very cool flick.

17 comments:

  1. Somewhere, in a better Multiverse, Death decided she didn't want all the extra work, so she killed the Anti-Monitor way back when, and the Crisis never happened...

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  2. Oh wow Ross, I friggin' LOVE this cover! Damns it's so seamless and something I'd love to see really happen.

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  3. The Sandman belongs on HBO. Each trade paperback volume could make an entire season.

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  4. I half-hope that this will have a part two, wherein the Defenders of the Endless take on...Thanos!*

    *Can you think of another Marvel villain who might regard DC's Death Incarnate as too frivolous a female?

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  5. Kid Charlemagne, that's the best and funniest comment I've seen in a long time!

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  6. P.S.---is that Matt the Raven perched on DI's right shoulder?

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  7. How about Popeye meets Aquaman and/or Namor? (Or the Sea Devils, or the anime hero Marine Boy, or the adventurers of the British sub Stingray...)

    I would suggest Popeye & Spongebob, but TV Guide already did that cover several years ago--although that wouldn't forbid you from doing it as well.

    Oh, and thanks, Anon! I had an idea years ago that since Morpheus wasn't freed until after the Crisis, maybe if he had been free earlier, he would have noted the activities of the Anti-Monitor, called a meeting of his siblings, and Death might decide to kill AM to save herself the huge workload (and/or because she's actually a nice soul and doesn't want all those innocent folks meeting her prematurely).

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  8. Oh yeah, have I ever mentioned I really think killing the original DC Multiverse was a very bad idea? ;)

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  9. Batman of Earth 13July 10, 2017 at 1:37 PM

    I agree with you Kid Charlemagne. Crisis on Infinite Earths was the biggest mistake DC ever made. How many subsequent reboots have they gone through trying to fix this original error?

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  10. Too many...including the increasingly misnamed "Final" Crisis!

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  11. I actually preferred Death: Time of Tour Life, but you are right, there is a lot of material there.

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  12. Dale: Thank you!

    Kid C - I do have an idea for another Popeye appearance...

    Anon 1: Sure It's Matt, if you want him to be

    Anon 2 : Yeah Time of your Life was great too, either would work

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  13. @Cc: honestly? Thanos vs. Death-DCU would be a terrific throw-down!

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  14. @ Anon: I agree. But, as this is his website, Ross' agreement counts for more. ;-)

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  15. There is a Thanos/Death cover on this blog, at least.

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  16. Kid Charlemagne said...
    "How about Popeye meets Aquaman and/or Namor? (Or the Sea Devils, or the anime hero Marine Boy, or the adventurers of the British sub Stingray...)"

    Or just a Marine Boy & Stingray team-up? *(*starts whistling Marine Boy's theme tune)*

    Actually, thinking further, Marine Boy & Johnny Quest would probably work quite well together...

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  17. @ Ross (re: 05/22/2013): I was thinking more of a lover's spat-gone-bad. With Thanos exclaiming something like: "You are naught but a poser!" But, I suppose you could save such a concept for a team-up between him and Lady Death of Dynamite/Chaos fame.

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