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Wade Wilson posted:What John tapped by Shazam as a new Captain Marvel or something? Nah, John stole Captain Marvel's powers briefly for Reasons. I'm reading Constantine but it really is a bland effort to milk the franchise, though it pains me to say it. I remember reading the first issue of Hellblazer at the tender age of ten, rented from the local library while on an outing with my day care. It gave me nightmares. I went back to it in my late teens when I had access to the internet and found a complete compendium of the issues and trades and tore through it. Constantine was always such a bastard that half the time you were just saddened to see him succeed as he just rolls over whoever can be used as a means to an end. I'm fairly sure I've read all of the old run, and there really is no comparison between Hellblazer and the new 52's Constantine. I just keep reading it in the hope that someone will come along and revitalize the character. Is it kosher to discuss the final issue of Hellblazer? I know a happy ending was never really in the cards for John but it seemed a bit bleak is all, wondered what others thought about it.
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It was a bit happy as he was not burning in hell. He is also giving his loved ones freedom from his poo poo. It was the happiest it could be.
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BUMP - We got a trailer - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uPE2oBnzROY
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That looks...remarkably high budget for an NBC title.
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Choco1980 posted:That looks...remarkably high budget for an NBC title. Between Grimm and Hannibal NBC has done pretty well with non Must See TV material
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May 11, 2014 20:10
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Holy poo poo, he's still British and the show actually looks really good!  This is basically the opposite of everything I expected.
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May 11, 2014 21:30
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But the important question is, how will they pronounce his name?
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Baby Broomer posted:But the important question is, how will they pronounce his name? Constan-teen. It was in another clip they released.
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May 11, 2014 22:22
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I never thought we'd see a comic accurate John, not after the liberties the film version took. I think I'm more excited for this than anything else comic related that's coming to the small screen.
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May 11, 2014 22:44
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Medullah posted:BUMP - I see heaven and hell, but no conservatives.
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Medullah posted:BUMP -
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May 12, 2014 01:52
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Say Nothing posted:Better than the mediocre movie. Does not chain smoke, still loving terrible.
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Sizone posted:Does not chain smoke, still loving terrible. He can't smoke in the ads, I believe during the show is fair game.
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Sizone posted:Does not chain smoke, still loving terrible. If he doesn't that's not the fault of the creators. That would all be on the network.
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I'm pretty sure NBC doesn't allow smoking on camera, but sometimes shows sneak a little smoke here and there. I think the latest Hannibal did that for example.
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I read something months ago that he can have a cig in his hand at any point, he just can't take a drag off it too often.
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Rhyno posted:I read something months ago that he can have a cig in his hand at any point, he just can't take a drag off it too often. That would be loving hilarious, if 90 percent of the time on the show he had a lit cigarette in his hand, but he never took a puff. (Side note, the main character in Thank You for Smoking is never shown smoking a cigarette, even though it's made explicit in dialog that he smokes) Edit: it's slightly bizarre that NBC has to do clever editing to imply someone smokes on Hannibal, but the rest of the show is perfectly fine as aired. Air Skwirl fucked around with this message at 06:33 on May 12, 2014 |
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May 12, 2014 06:31
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Other than certain things that the FCC cares about, everything else is based on the advertisers. NBC probably has a deal with some company or anti-smoking charity or whatever that says they can't show smoking if they want to keep getting ad money.
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May 12, 2014 08:05
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Show looks very watchable. Hopefully it will be on Amazon Prime.
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Skwirl posted:Edit: it's slightly bizarre that NBC has to do clever editing to imply someone smokes on Hannibal, but the rest of the show is perfectly fine as aired. Apparently the loophole Hannibal uses is that the censors don't care how gory a scene is as long as it's a motionless tableau. As long as they don't show the process of turning someone into a human violin, it's kosher.
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Welp, I have no expectations after the mediocre handling of the Keanu movie. Looks pretty decent, though 
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May 12, 2014 16:56
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I will be getting the iTunes pass. I guess it will either be 13 episodes than switch with Hannibal, or 13 episodes then replace another show for its back 9.
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bobkatt013 posted:I will be getting the iTunes pass. I guess it will either be 13 episodes than switch with Hannibal, or 13 episodes then replace another show for its back 9. Well it's NBC so it'll be on Hulu+.
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Cautiously optimistic over here. Hellblazer is one of my absolute favorite series so it'd be nice to have a good adaptation of it, but I'm not holding out too much hope until we've seen it in action. Also, something about his hair looks strange to me, not sure why.
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NotAnArtist posted:Welp, I have no expectations after the mediocre handling of the Keanu movie. I mean, the biggest problems with the Keanu movie (which boil down to "they replaced John with a ball of wet paper") seem to have been fixed. 
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MagnesiumB posted:Cautiously optimistic over here. Hellblazer is one of my absolute favorite series so it'd be nice to have a good adaptation of it, but I'm not holding out too much hope until we've seen it in action. Also, something about his hair looks strange to me, not sure why. I noticed that too. He just looked a bit off. Hair mussed... perfectly. Trenchcoat? Yup but not worn in enough... I'm nitpicking. This looks pretty cool. Wondering if they will go the Supernatural route with some one off episodes and a larger arc threading through?
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sporklift posted:I noticed that too. He just looked a bit off. Hair mussed... perfectly. Trenchcoat? Yup but not worn in enough... I'm nitpicking. This looks pretty cool. Wondering if they will go the Supernatural route with some one off episodes and a larger arc threading through? I could see them doing it like Original Sins, where its revealed that Nergal is behind all the poo poo, plus Newcastle. It could even end with the reveal that he has a boss and its the first of the fallen/triumvirate.
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bobkatt013 posted:I could see them doing it like Original Sins, where its revealed that Nergal is behind all the poo poo, plus Newcastle. It could even end with the reveal that he has a boss and its the first of the fallen/triumvirate. I'm assuming they're going with Newcastle, the trailer shows a clip of a girl he "damned to Hell" so that's gotta be Astra.
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Medullah posted:I'm assuming they're going with Newcastle, the trailer shows a clip of a girl he "damned to Hell" so that's gotta be Astra. I am sure they will include her and Nergal, as its an important part of his backstory. I wonder if they will include him getting his blood, and banging the purity out of Zed?
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bobkatt013 posted:I am sure they will include her and Nergal, as its an important part of his backstory. I wonder if they will include him getting his blood, and banging the purity out of Zed? Nergal has been cast alresdy. It's pretty obvious that the show takes place right after Newcastle, because that's when John was committed into Ravenscar. The pilot is probably going to start with the botched exorcism, and definitely has flashbacks to it.
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Okay yeah there is nothing about this I am not 100% OK with
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Pope Guilty posted:What are the odds of Hellblazer's politics coming into the series? I don't think ragging on Thatcher and the Tories is going to be all that topical stateside.
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True, but at the same time I could totally see NBC being cool if John talked poo poo about the tea party now and again. Not saying it's likely, but I do think NBC is the network with the best chance of allowing it.
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sporklift posted:I noticed that too. He just looked a bit off. Hair mussed... perfectly. Trenchcoat? Yup but not worn in enough... I'm nitpicking. This looks pretty cool. Wondering if they will go the Supernatural route with some one off episodes and a larger arc threading through? This show was likely greenlighted on the back of Sleepy Hollow's great performance last fall, so I'm gonna guess it'll take a similar trajectory to that.
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coffeetable posted:This show was likely greenlighted on the back of Sleepy Hollow's great performance last fall, so I'm gonna guess it'll take a similar trajectory to that. I think Supernatural, Sleepy Hollow, and the fact that all the stories are already written. Makes Constantine a perfect choice. I just hopeI enjoy the show. I know I am going to watch it no matter what. Just like I did with Lost. I watched the entire thing when it aired. I still regret that decision. Somethings can not be unwatched.
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Baby Broomer posted:True, but at the same time I could totally see NBC being cool if John talked poo poo about the tea party now and again. Not saying it's likely, but I do think NBC is the network with the best chance of allowing it. Devil's advocate: Rage Against The Machine got banned from NBC for putting inverted U.S. flags on their amps and playing anti-capitalist songs on an episode hosted by Steve Forbes.
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The political climate isn't quite the same as it was when RATM was a major thing, to be fair. e: Yeah, that was 2 loving decades ago jesus christ. NBC isn't even under the same ownership anymore.
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El Gallinero Gros posted:Devil's advocate: Rage Against The Machine got banned from NBC for putting inverted U.S. flags on their amps and playing anti-capitalist songs on an episode hosted by Steve Forbes. Was that that on SNL? Because apparently Lorne Michaels goes loving ballistic when guests go odd script.
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SALT CURES HAM posted:Holy poo poo, he's still British and the show actually looks really good! I hadn't realized they were filming in Atlanta; I saw the skyline shot and went "what the gently caress?"
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