Shawn posted on Jun. 16, 2010 at 11:54 AM
Booster did make his TV debut last week on MTV on the Life and Times of RJ Burger. RJ was in bed reading a copy of 52 #2 with guess who on the cover. And don't ask me why I was watching that show.

 Boosterrific [Official Comment] posted on Jun. 16, 2010 at 3:42 PM
Ok, I won't ask. I suppose that's another step closer to live action Booster Gold. Whatever raises the public's awareness of the Corporate Crusader is a good thing (even if that thing is RJ Berger).

Harry posted on May. 6, 2010 at 11:42 AM
Oh, Beetle and Booster in a walk. Access to far superior technology and Booster should be immune to conventional weapons (as long as the Joker isn't involved). Plus, the blue and gold would be so distracting with their witty quips! Course, they would loose a popularity contest hands down.

 Boosterrific [Official Comment] posted on May. 7, 2010 at 2:18 AM
Just discovered that this topic was featured in a previous thread in the same KillerMovies forums back in 2007. (See http://www.killermovies.com/forums/f77/t461704.html.) Seems they couldn't decide who was better then, either.

Anonymous posted on May. 9, 2010 at 11:27 AM
as much as I love Blue & Gold, I gotta go with Iron Man and War Machine since Tony Stark is one of the smartest peolpe in the Marvel universe, and Rhodey is a tactical genius, I'm not saying Blue & Gold would lose for sure since Ted is a genius as well, and Booster's bufoon act is certainly there to hide his potential from the enemy, but in the end, the Marvel heroes just have more firepower (and only Booster has a shield) once Ted goes down (and he would at some point) Booster would surely be outmaneuvered

 Boosterrific [Official Comment] posted on May. 9, 2010 at 9:25 PM
I feel that I must maintain neutrality in this argument. I think it's pretty clear who's side I'd come down on. After all, this site isn't named IronManiac.com.

Harry posted on May. 9, 2010 at 11:09 PM
Iron Man is a wuss. His mother was a hamster and his father smelt of elderberries.

 Boosterrific [Official Comment] posted on May. 10, 2010 at 12:01 AM
Ooh, that's telling those Iron Man fans, Harry. Maybe now they'll go away before you are forced to taunt them a second time. Though I suspect that most Iron Man supporters have already left to watch the current film starring their hero rather than linger here for quotations from a comedy classic about iron-clad men released 35 years ago today!

Anonymous posted on May. 10, 2010 at 3:14 AM
it's merely a flesh wound btw, Iron Man is about the only title I read from Marvel, its the only thing that keeps me half interested in whatever event they throw. I do like the Blue & Gold, but being intellectually honest, I still have to give IM and WM the edge (though it would be close due to Booster's ability to improvise and think on his feet)

 Boosterrific [Official Comment] posted on May. 10, 2010 at 10:03 AM
The way I see it, the match pretty well boils down to Booster Gold vs. Iron Man, as Blue Beetle's physical vulnerability and War Machine's inflexible (shall I say bloodthirsty?) mindset are relatively easily exploited. Booster Gold has an insurmountable physical defense via his impenetrable force field and employs sufficient power to dismantle an armored tank with ease. Iron Man cannot match Booster Gold for straight power, but could defeat him via strategic thinking, especially given Booster's tendency towards straightforward tactics, his terrific ego, and need for public approval. I call the matchup a push, and grant victory to the side with the greater time to plan.

tiggerpete posted on May. 11, 2010 at 9:54 AM
holy crap, I just noticed my previous posts were labeled anonymous, I'm not sure how that happened, but I take responsibility for the pro-Iron Man sentiment expressed above though I concede that the fight could go either way, I maintain that if they were to fight 10 times, Iron Man would probably win more than half the time. though it would never be an easy victory

 Boosterrific [Official Comment] posted on May. 11, 2010 at 10:23 AM
Wow! Hiding behind anonymity, much like one Mr. Tony Stark. (Comic book, pre-villain, Stark, that is.) I appreciate the verisimilitude, 'pete.

tiggerpete posted on Mar. 26, 2010 at 1:39 AM
I ws reading a little of that, and it seems they have some Blue and Gold slash fic in there too, so if you are into that kind of thing....there you go, me? I think I'll stick with Boosteriffic.

 Boosterrific [Official Comment] posted on Mar. 26, 2010 at 4:40 PM
You know that no site devoted to the Corporate Crusader could be a Communist state, right, tiggerpete? Monopolies are the goal, but competition is encouraged! You can have your Boosterrific and your slash fic, too, if you're into that sort of thing. And if you're not, well, you can be sure that until DC decides to include it in the canon, you'll encounter no Booster on Beetle smooches here. Other than that previous sentence. (Sorry.)

tiggerpete posted on Mar. 8, 2010 at 10:23 AM
I think the best person to play Booster would be Aaron Eckhardt, he is a great actor (Dark Knight, Thank You For Smoking) and has some good comedic timing, which I think is a must for Booster (no matter how serious things get, he can still find a way to crack wise) as for Ted, I think I might go with Robert Downey Jr. though this would be an expensive cast if one were to fill out the whole roster, any thoughts on who plays Guy, or Black Canary, Martian Manhunter, etc.?

Harry posted on Mar. 8, 2010 at 3:35 PM
I'm afraid I'm not the best for the casting game (way too removed from pop culture, old fogie that I am - though my Booster suggestion is Guy Pierce b/c I just rewatched Memento), but I was impressed with the effort by the site. He choose actors that could conceivably be cast if the production were ready for filming. The problem is of all the logistical complications with such a film, casting is low on the list. Look at the Heculean effort put forth by Marvel Entertainment to get an Avengers flick, and DC Enterainment is light years behind them.

Harry posted on Mar. 8, 2010 at 3:43 PM
On the other hand, a good script idea and the right medium could be too tempting to pass up. For instance, what if a creative effort similar to Battlestar Galactica went into a Syfy series or miniseries? Forget an origin tale, but open up in full swing middle of the action, completely emersed in the DCU? Have one character speak directly to the audience (breaking fourth wall style - before the Deadpool movie uses it) to catch people up on the needed story elements. Limit production costs by emphasizing the human drama/comedy elements but periodically deliver the CGI goods. Smallville functions well this way... maybe so could the JLI? Although I think the next series of this nature we would see is a WB JSA program.

 Boosterrific [Official Comment] posted on Mar. 8, 2010 at 5:57 PM
I agree, Harry, that the site did such a great job casting in a budget, which is one of the reasons that I linked to it. Wizard has long played the casting game without any such consideration, always resulting in perhaps an ideal cast, but also an impossible one. (It's also funny that you mention a JLI show where the fourth wall is broken, as that is exactly the convention attempted by the awful live-action JLA television pilot a few years back [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0118365/].) While I adore the work of Eckhardt and Downy Jr (he could play Amanda Waller and make it work!), I do think they set the bar pretty high for a casting call. I'm loathe to suggest any stars myself, but I'm always a big fan of giving lesser-known stars a shot at playing heroes so that the star doesn't outshine the role. (See Stallone as Judge Dredd for an example of what NOT to do.)

Harry posted on Mar. 8, 2010 at 10:08 PM
The link took me to an error. I am unfamiliar with a JLA pilot. Was it aired?

 Boosterrific [Official Comment] posted on Mar. 9, 2010 at 12:24 AM
Sorry about that link to IMDB, Harry. I was careless, but have fixed the link and thrown in a few more to Wikipedia and, if you dare, YouTube. And no, it never aired so far as I'm aware, but it's made the convention rounds as a bootleg for years.

tiggerpete posted on Mar. 9, 2010 at 4:02 AM
yeah I saw part of it on youtube, it is pretty bad, but I think a JLI tv show could be made using young talent (emphasis on talent) and with a similar effects budget of Smallville and it would work pretty well

Harry posted on Mar. 9, 2010 at 1:00 PM
Good god! That is awful. It is quite possibly the worst thing I have every seen on film. What were they thinking?

 Boosterrific [Official Comment] posted on Mar. 9, 2010 at 5:22 PM
Sorry to have done that to you, Harry, but you just couldn't leave well enough alone, could you? And yes, tiggerpete, I agree completely that the success of any such show would be based entirely on the talent of the actors. I have long believed that the success of any work of fiction is based entirely on the development of the characters, and if the producers focused on stories about the characters more than events, effects, songs, etc, a JLA story would be bound to succeed. Give us some talent that can portray the dysfunctional family dynamic of the old JLI days, and I think you have a success in any media.

 Boosterrific [Official Comment] posted on Mar. 12, 2010 at 3:25 AM
Just noticed that on March 4, the DC Message Boards suggested a Kevin Smith-directed Booster Gold movie featuring Jason Lee as Booster and Jason Mewes as Skeets. I don't know if it was intended as a joke, but I thought I'd point it out since we were on the subject.

tiggerpete posted on Mar. 13, 2010 at 8:06 AM
that might be good, Kevin Smith does have a good voice for comic characters, and he does have serious work under his belt as well, but I think that would be mostly comedy oriented, and might devolve into dick and fart jokes, which can be funny from time to time, but not what I want to see out of a Booster Gold movie.

Harry posted on Mar. 13, 2010 at 11:44 AM
Ok, forget my TV movie/miniseries suggestion. I want the team that produced "Zombieland" to do a JLI feature film. The film had the right look and tone (minus the flesh rending undead) that I think would work for JLI. It could be a different take on superheroing in general.