[quote name='jaykrue']The thing is, they don't need to. It really doesn't matter whether or not Crisis of Infinite Earths or 52 happened as the events of Kingdom Come & the concept of Hypertime essentially negate any retcons by making everything possible. Even if the current DC Executive Editor Dan DiDio disavows its existence, once he's either retired, fired, or dead, you can bet some writer will bring the concept back thus retconning that pronouncement. :lol:
I dunno if it could be pulled off that way. The 4 colors don't really translate very well to a 'real life' interpretation. I don't think Sin City would apply either since it's monochromatic for the most part and 300 is more surreal than real. Plus you have to consider the extreme level of detail in the graphic novel. Gibbons work (at Moore's direction) is chock full of little things in a single splash page. W/ moving pictures & a 2 hr something constraint, there's only so much you can pull off. That's why I'd prefer this as a limited mini-series on HBO a la Rome because it lends itself well to detail & exposition[/quote]
Ahhh, yes...I don't really mind the continuity going slightly nuts because I just want great stories, as long as they give homage to what came before. Sometimes it gets a little too nuts, though.
As for an HBO mini-series, great call. That would be simply spectacular. Have 12 1-2 hour episodes, each one covering an issue of the original run. Damn, that would work so well. I don't know how they're even going to attempt to squeeze this into a couple of hours to 3 hours without gutting key portions. But I will still support the project, because that is how we continue to get Hollywood to get these project greenlit.
I dunno if it could be pulled off that way. The 4 colors don't really translate very well to a 'real life' interpretation. I don't think Sin City would apply either since it's monochromatic for the most part and 300 is more surreal than real. Plus you have to consider the extreme level of detail in the graphic novel. Gibbons work (at Moore's direction) is chock full of little things in a single splash page. W/ moving pictures & a 2 hr something constraint, there's only so much you can pull off. That's why I'd prefer this as a limited mini-series on HBO a la Rome because it lends itself well to detail & exposition[/quote]
Ahhh, yes...I don't really mind the continuity going slightly nuts because I just want great stories, as long as they give homage to what came before. Sometimes it gets a little too nuts, though.
As for an HBO mini-series, great call. That would be simply spectacular. Have 12 1-2 hour episodes, each one covering an issue of the original run. Damn, that would work so well. I don't know how they're even going to attempt to squeeze this into a couple of hours to 3 hours without gutting key portions. But I will still support the project, because that is how we continue to get Hollywood to get these project greenlit.
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