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SIN CITY: The Series??

yeah by narky	Oct 24th, 2005 02:22:54 PM
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How watered down will this be? by TheJoker	Oct 24th, 2005 02:24:34 PM

Cool idea, but by Proglodyte	Oct 24th, 2005 02:26:07 PM
It would have to be on something like HBO or Showtime to live up to the graphic novels and movie. And would Frank Miller be writing every episode? If not then I dont know if it would be the same.
SIN CITY -- Pax's bold new companion series for SEVENTH HEAV by Roguewriter	Oct 24th, 2005 02:27:36 PM
I can't wait for the crossover episode. ;)
Perfect. by CatVutt	Oct 24th, 2005 02:33:23 PM
It really could be a perfect fit, if done right, for HBO. Other than that, they shouldn't bother. Toning it down for a network broadcast would be a disaster.
i hope it's not on showtime by JackDonkey	Oct 24th, 2005 02:39:57 PM
cause I don't want to sign up for them after they cancelled dead like me. But it was MGM that ruined dead like me, so I just have to not like either I guess.
I could see this on a prmium channel. I mean how cool was Spawn? by I Dunno	Oct 24th, 2005 02:58:09 PM
And if you mention the film, I shall smite you. I'm talking about the Spawn series. I can see the visual style and the stories getting old somewhat quickly but a couple seasons would work well on HBO or ShowTime or whatever.
Has there ever been a good live action comic series? by eg4190	Oct 24th, 2005 03:03:39 PM
I tried to think of one but all I came up with were the 60's Batman, Wonder Woman, Mutant X, Birds of Prey, etc. etc. I guess the George Reeves Superman series was okay for its time, but it's kind of lame when you watch it now. How come the bad guys, upon running out of bullets to bounce off Superman, always threw the gun at him as though it would do something? And how come Superman always flinched?
yeah, the new adventures of superman wasnt all bad when it first by colonel_lugz	Oct 24th, 2005 03:06:35 PM
terri hatcher, c'mon!
I really liked Lois and Clark by BrunoTheDog	Oct 24th, 2005 03:10:25 PM
I would love to see this in a gritty animated format. Fuck live-action; if you really want grit and gore and violence, anime is the way to go. The anime section of Kill Bill is the best part of both movies, in my opinion. Imagine that style in Sin City. I would watch.
Rounders? by BrunoTheDog	Oct 24th, 2005 03:15:22 PM
Missed that before...I dunno. This movie was pretty good, I thought, but it was too quiet and simple to make a good TV show out of. I mean, is it about Mike and Lester traveling the country playing in small games to get money to get into the tournament in Vegas? That would be like Maverick without the wit or charm. Yes, Maverick had wit and charm, bitches.
Lester=Worm by BrunoTheDog	Oct 24th, 2005 03:16:05 PM
For the uninitiated.
Could be good by viranth	Oct 24th, 2005 03:21:01 PM
There is a lot of good tvshows being aired currently, if they manage to keep it similar to the movie, they have a instant success. I would rather see it as miniseries or something, so they can keep the high quality from the movie, and not have to take shortcuts. And as mentioned by others, this has to be done by HBO.
Rounders fookin' rocks. by MasterWhedon	Oct 24th, 2005 03:22:35 PM
I'm a big fan. John Dahl knows how to make him a taut film. I find the Sin City thing funny since Frank Miller was so careful about handing over the rights for years, and now he's like, fuck it! Do your own thing! I'm assuming he'd be the showrunner though, or he'd have to be for this thing to turn out halfway decent.
It Could Work by EyeofPolyphemus	Oct 24th, 2005 03:26:15 PM
If it were on HBO or even FX. That's the only way it could keep its edge. Come to think of it, it might be a worthy replacement for The Shield.
Cast-wise by BrunoTheDog	Oct 24th, 2005 03:37:18 PM
It's an easy sell cast-wise; it could be like Twilight Zone, where every episode features a different story about someone different in Sin City. I still would prefer to see it animated.
Maybe on HBO... Otherwise, don't even bother. by El Fuego	Oct 24th, 2005 03:53:31 PM

on premium cable and animated by steveinbaltimore	Oct 24th, 2005 03:56:19 PM
If they put it on a premium cable channel (HBO,Showtime,etc.) and if it was animated it could be great. Also has to have Frank Miller involved.
A Rounders series? How about Tilt? by zer0cool2k2	Oct 24th, 2005 04:40:21 PM
The ESPN series TILT was kind of similar to what a Rounders series might be. Tilt rocked though.
the only thing i enjoyed about sin city was that yellow bastard. by jig98	Oct 24th, 2005 04:44:51 PM
everything else was a graphic copy of other comic book novel and my dad thought it was just another roger rabbit kind of a movie
How much source material is even left... by Childe Roland	Oct 24th, 2005 04:54:52 PM
...in that very finite series of graphic novels? I mean, there's the story that was kind of glimpsed in the opening and closing sequences, and the Marv flashback to ancient times. Am I missing a bunch of stuff? What I can recall hardly seems like enough to do a whole series on (maybe another movie or two). Trust me, the last thing you want is Miller trying to write again. Whatever he was putting in his coffee back in the 80s, he's clearly run out of it (anybody read Dark Knight 2?). And even his "good" stuff doesn't necessarily hold up well when actors are reading the dialogue out loud (most of its designed to be internal monologue and just doesn't work any other way). Even if Frank did start churning out new material based on the world of the books, how far would the series get with his habit of killing off protagonists at the end of each story arc? I don't know... maybe it could work on cable.
I emailed the link! by Cedar_Room	Oct 24th, 2005 04:56:25 PM
Shit I've emailed loads of stuff and they've always ignored it before. Still as far as the TV show goes if it's anything like the film - and it would have to try pretty hard - this could be awesome.
It would have to be the early adventures of Marv. by cookylamoo	Oct 24th, 2005 04:58:41 PM
He was the best thing in the movie.
IT MUST BE ANIMATED by SnapT	Oct 24th, 2005 05:11:42 PM
All the live-action recreations of Frank Miller's comics is fine and good, but let's actually see some Frank Miller-style DRAWINGS moving around in this thing. Save the live-action stuff for the movies.
requirements by redshirt	Oct 24th, 2005 05:42:51 PM
no boobs = no way
requirements by redshirt	Oct 24th, 2005 05:43:05 PM
no boobs = no way
i don't know why that went twice, sorry! by redshirt	Oct 24th, 2005 05:43:53 PM

why Redshirt, that because it was worth repeating! by Manaqua	Oct 24th, 2005 06:21:17 PM
This idea makes me twitchy. Do it well and it'll be a thing of beauty. Fuck up and... well... that would lick. M
manaqua, there could not have been a better reply to such a stat by Holodigm	Oct 24th, 2005 07:19:49 PM
that's pretty much all i have to say really
Anyone remember Spicy City, the Bakshi (sp?) animated series on by Lenny Nero	Oct 24th, 2005 08:53:02 PM

Count Me In! by JustinSane	Oct 24th, 2005 09:04:38 PM
Especially if it was HBO. And for whoever said it should be anime - fuck that. Why does anime have to be the only animation style nowadays to feature sex and violence? I hate the anime "look", so screw that. Hopefully they'll get Miller to at least write some stories, if not the scripts themselves and not hand this over to some hack-jobs.
Say What by Meremoth	Oct 24th, 2005 09:22:23 PM
Is there enough source material for that? Oh well, I'm suckered into watching it already.
Right when they announced a sequel I thought they were being gre by Samuel Steamer	Oct 24th, 2005 10:01:16 PM
Why not let a good movie be remembered as it was when you saw it? Because there's money to be made. Don't do it or the sequels. Do something new. Money grubbers.
Animation style. by SeVen Higgins	Oct 24th, 2005 10:20:45 PM
Not all anime is spikey hair and bouncy boobs. I would prefer an exact style as Miller's. B&W with stylized flashes of color. If they go animation I hope they wont think if it is not color, people will not watch it. In fact the B&W part of the Animatrix (Detective Story I think) was awesome. And when I first watched it, Sin City was the first thing I thought of.
Anime by JustinSane	Oct 24th, 2005 11:22:29 PM
Yeah, I know all anime isn't the same - but there's something about the look of it that is indeed similar and, for some unknown reason, irks me to no end.
You know... by Neosamurai85	Oct 25th, 2005 12:01:47 AM
With Miller on board and a good chunk of the Spawn animated series team mixed with something else... running a blank on who... but yeah. I could see an animated series on HBO. Peace.
Still wish they'd bring Spawn back... by Neosamurai85	Oct 25th, 2005 12:03:03 AM
Hated the movie, couldn't care much for the comic... but that series kick a hell of a lot of ass. Peace.
I love the movie and novels.... by OriginalThinker	Oct 25th, 2005 12:30:32 AM
but this sounds like a terrible mistake. unless its on HBO and they are totally unrestricted this could be the downfall of Sin City. I weep for the future.
the weinsteins have rights to the name only by angrykirby.tk	Oct 25th, 2005 12:34:30 AM
all characters and style and names are frank miller's. he is responsible for anything that is sin city and unless he's writing it he'll never let this shit fly
I thought you were intentional, redshit by white owl	Oct 25th, 2005 02:10:22 AM
in posting twice until I scrolled further along. no boobs = definate no way.
redshirt, that is. by white owl	Oct 25th, 2005 02:11:08 AM

Maybe on the show by blues	Oct 25th, 2005 04:22:10 AM
they'll actually hire an actress to play a stripper who's WILLING TO BE TOPLESS. I mean seriously - Jessica Alba's hot, but she's not the only hot actress in the world, and it's not as if she's TALENTED. They couldn't find a hot actress willing to be topless? Bullshit.
and why no good DC comics as HBO shows? by dwam0	Oct 25th, 2005 09:38:33 AM

and why no good DC comics as HBO shows? by dwam0	Oct 25th, 2005 09:40:16 AM
Because they don't have any liason between DC and HBO or the Warner Bros. studios. The exact opposite kind of thing going on at Marvel, where there is cooperation between publishing and film division and now between Marvel and Paramount.
Sin City isn't Marvel by Gheorghe Zamfir	Oct 25th, 2005 11:21:55 AM
nice theory though.
Was HBO's SPAWN not successful? by Immortal_Fish	Oct 25th, 2005 11:49:50 AM
I admit the quality noticeably dropped from season to season, but there were three of them, right? Anyone know why it never came back? Also odd how there appears to have been no mature animated shows on pay channels since.
they're gonna fuck it up... by purplewarrior	Oct 25th, 2005 01:10:57 PM
Just like they're going to fuck up xmen and blade by proposing a tv series. Oh and I can't stand you hercules. in fact I hate you. I think.
Miller A Sell Out? by Barron34	Oct 25th, 2005 02:06:12 PM
Man, so what? Frank Miller wants to make some more Hollywood money. Who can blame him? SIN CITY was a faithful adaptation, he got a co-director credit, he got to work with good people, and he got paid. What is wrong with that? Myself, I would prefer to see more SIN CITY movies; I don't think a TV series would be easy to maintain; they would run out of source material too quick. They should just keep making movies. More power to Miller.
I wouldn't call Miller a sell out... by LeFlambeur	Oct 25th, 2005 03:56:15 PM
Some people say he's become a hack (DK2). But that isn't the case at all. The problem is that these days he's obviously having more fun making his comics than anyone is having reading them. It seems to me that to him drawing has always been the means to an end. He is interested in lighting, composition, storytelling, I dont think he really cares about the technical processes of drawing. Which his where film comes in. Drawing comix can be a tedious process. He wants instant gratification. Lately film has been giving him that.
Fuck That Shit! by NubtheSquirrel	Oct 25th, 2005 04:18:35 PM
Miller will never let that shit fly without his final approval. Let the movies be made and that's it. Unless Miller himself has a hand in the writing and creative side of things, Unless the show runs on HBO or Showtime fuckin' forget it.
They should make the Sin City Series an Anime and get Shinchiro by Johnno	Oct 25th, 2005 04:22:07 PM
Mr. Watanabe of Cowboy Bebop fame who's most recent work was Samurai Champloo. And if you doubt it, simply check out his Animatrix episode 'Detective Story' That could work, seriously! Also concerning HBO's Spawn series, Head over to IGN or Spawn.com to hear mroe about the next season, Todd is apparently still seeing if he can pitch another season to HBO, but at the very least you'll end up with a new animated film. Apparently they're upping the quality with some CG for the cape and chains n'shit...
I wouldn't call Miller a sell out... by Childe Roland	Oct 25th, 2005 04:46:15 PM
...either, LeFlambeur. But I don't think his lack of patience for the artistic process involved in comics is what's holding him back from doing great things. It's his lack of fresh story ideas and reliance on that freshly-spun version of cliche-ridden, hard-boiled dialogue that has since become cliched itself (in his hands and many others). He's lost his edge because everyone else in comics (and movies and TV) spent 20+ years emulating his style and many surpassed him in it. Sin City the movie was cool in a retro way for folks familiar with Miller's history and what he did for comics, but if they keep going to that well they're eventually going to run out of the stuff that worked and end up pumping whatever self-indulgent piss he's churning out these days.
I think they should call the sequel, Sin City 2: Electric Boogal by Doc_Strange	Oct 25th, 2005 05:52:01 PM
"Is that all ya got ya pansies, BROTHER!!"
??? by soma_2501	Oct 25th, 2005 06:54:32 PM
Has this been verified? Or is this a terrible rumor? This doesn't seem like something Frank would do, and he still has plenty of control.
sin city already got a movie franchise.. by Gwai Lo	Oct 26th, 2005 04:08:56 AM
lets see a 12 part WATCHMEN miniseries already..
It makes sense by Lone Fox	Oct 26th, 2005 03:34:57 PM
Miller said a couple of months back that he could see the franchise spanning 5, 6, 7 movies, as he's been working on new Sin City tales. But as they've already nailed the style perfectly, it could run the risk of becoming unimpressive, whereas it could cut quite a niche on TV... plus you could focus on one story per episode, really expand the Basin City universe. Fuckit, anything's good. And how exactly is Miller a sell out? Retarded.
Miller Is Not a Sell-Out by Barron34	Oct 26th, 2005 07:57:30 PM
And, I could PERHAPS see SIN CITY working as a series on cable, as others have mentioned, but I still think it would be better served as a continuing film franchise. I just do not think that there is enough source material for a TV series. Also, I would like to see an animated RONIN film. I wonder if an older property like that would be viable, but it would look cool up onscreen, in my opinion.
Metal Gear creator Hideo Kojima really digs Miller... by Johnno	Oct 26th, 2005 10:39:03 PM
Says so in his little gem of a blog right here... http://www.blog.konami.jp/gs/h ideoblog_e/2005/09/000169.html #more

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