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Wednesday, May 30, 2012
Unique Opportunity Facing SyFy's Booster Gold
L. Vincent Poupard has written an article for Yahoo TV detailing the "Unique Challenges Facing Syfy's 'Booster Gold'." Among the issues that Poupard lists are the fact that Booster is a newer, relatively unknown character with no actual super powers. It strikes me that those same factors are not liabilities but assets.
Booster Gold has been around for 35 years, which is the same age that Wonder Woman was when Lynda Carter donned her tights for television. Superman was only 2 when he got his first radio show. That allowed the shows's writers some leeway in inventing the character's adventures. This also let an inexperienced audience to grow along with the Man of Steel. Many of the elements of that show eventually found their way into Superman's comics, and have served Superman well for decades since.
Having no super powers shouldn't be a detriment to a super heroic television show, either. Fans of police shows already know that nothing adds drama like life-threatening situations for the protagonists. Without super powers, Booster is as mortal as anyone else. That eliminates the needs for plot devices like Kryptonite or complicated death traps. Better still, it makes Booster more relatable to an audience which also must deal with moral choices and physical limitations.
Yes, there are unique challenges facing a Booster Gold television show. No television budget -- on SyFy or anywhere else -- can reproduce the work of the artists that have given us alien invasions, Vanishing Point, or even flying robot sidekicks. Considering that Michael Jon Carter is both gambler and thief who is selfish and conceited, will audiences even want to see a show about a self-appointed "hero" whose moral compass doesn't always point north?
Accepting these facts allows us to prepare for the changes needed for Booster to succeed on television. As the character himself has proven, one man's liabilities can become his own opportunities. If any character can overcome his own hurdles to stardom, it would be Booster Gold.
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Thursday, May 3, 2012
There's a Name for It
A 2-to-1 margin? Wow. That "time cop" concept is pretty good, huh. Someone should probably make a television show about that.
Last week's poll question: If future stories were to focus on only one aspect of Booster Gold's multifaceted career, which would you prefer? (38 votes)
Speaking of that television show, what should they call it? Since SyFy is still referring to it as the Untitled Booster Gold Project (probably because they are still lining up a corporate sponsor), I'm shamelessly stealing an idea from Russ Burlingame's article at ComicBook.com, and putting possible titles to a vote.
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Thursday, April 26, 2012
Public Or Private?
Would Booster Gold fans read Booster Gold comics even if those comics were only online? The answer appears to be yes.
Last week's poll question: If Booster Gold becomes a television series, would you be willing to buy digital-only comics about the series? (41 votes)
This week's poll question was suggested by Grimmy in the forums during a discussion of the possible direction of SyFy's anticipated Booster Gold television show. I apologize in advance to Xylob, who will soon be complaining that he can only pick one option.
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Thursday, April 19, 2012
Save a Tree, Watch TV
It's kind of comforting to know that every canceled title was somebody's favorite.
Last week's poll question: Which other character(s) of a recently-canceled New 52 title should join the JLI next? (41 votes)
Beginning last week, DC is now publishing Smallville: Season 11 online as a weekly digital comic. If this is the beginning of a trend in how the company plans to handle the ongoing continuity of its television licenses, how will this new digital initiative affect Booster Gold comics should SyFy decide to produce the series?
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Tuesday, March 20, 2012
Green Arrow Shafts Booster Gold
Yesterday, the CW Network released a pic of Green Arrow from the Arrow pilot. This is bad news. Follow my logic:
- The CW and SyFy request scripts for Green Arrow and Booster Gold respectively from Berlanti Productions
- Berlanti makes a Green Arrow script that CW likes enough to turn into a pilot and publicly promote.
- Berlanti focuses on the project that is most likely to make them money.
- Therefore, the Booster Gold television project slides into development hell.
Pilot season for Fall 2012 is almost over, and there has been no new news about a Booster Gold pilot. In Hollywood, no news is bad news. It is beginning to look like we won't be seeing Booster Gold on TV this fall. Maybe next year?
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