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I know I get a lot of shit for being negative about everything, but I have absolutely zero problems with this. Booster Gold is a great character for a standalone, non-DC-continuity-heavy show, it sounds perfect for Syfy, and if a guy from Fringe is working on it, I'd say the chances of it being at least pretty good are solid. In fact, the only problem I foresee is when SyFy inevitably cancels it for another Ghost Hunters spin-off, probably Ghost Hunters: In Tha 'Hood.Syfy is looking to bring Booster Gold to life on the small screen.
The NBCUniversal cable network has ordered a pilot script for the one-hour drama based on the DC Comics franchise.
The project, which hails from Greg Berlanti's Berlanti Productions in association with Warner Horizon Television, will count Berlanti (Brothers & Sisters, No Ordinary Family, Green Lantern) as an executive producer. Fringe's Andrew Kreisberg, who collaborated with Berlanti on ABC's Eli Stone, is on board to pen the script and executive produce. DC Comics will also receive an EP credit.
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Oh man! I would totally watch a Ghost Hunters In Tha Hood TV show.
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I disagree- this show won't be cancelled to make room for more Ghost Hunters episodes- it'll be cancelled to make room for more wresting shows. SyFy doesn't not stand for science fiction anymore for nothing.
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I love Booster Gold! A lot of my friends hate him though...but fuck them :D
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Yeah, but his self title was relatively new in Booster's history.
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Downplay the drama, up the comedy, and we'll have [Booster] gold.
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I'm amazed that you're amazed, Little Miss Know-It-All
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I'm amazed that anyone thinks this will be good.
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And now to dash your hopes and dreams, Rob... http://www.toplessrobot.com/2010/06/oh_hey_its_the_douche_who_walks.php Remember what they did to THIS guy? Now imagine what they'll do to Booster. You're welcome. ^_^
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I am so ready for this. Booster, unlike most capes, has something we can all relate too: wanting to help people....and make money. And get girls. And cars. And stuff. The fact that he eventually forgoes this stuff to become , in my opinion, the most important hero in the DC universe ( He fixes time. He's literally as close to Dr.Who as DC can get while still being American and allowing the hero to punch people in the face) is made poignant because he spent those years as a materialistic douche.
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Just make sure he's EXTRA SHINY, and we're good to go!
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Yes, I also have this kind of feeling.
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If this gets made, it will be the worst superhero show ever. EVER. Like, worse than The Cape.
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Inside joke 'kay please? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e7Zahj8bC3I
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SyFy: Where budget starved ideas go to die.
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They could opt for his classic storyline. Or just say "Fuck it!" and make a completely new plot.
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I love you! Have my babies! XD
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I kinda like the idea of a sleazy, money grubbing superhero since it would be hilarious to watch instead of the usual boyscout and broody emo guy on rooftops. It'll be the perfect anti-thesis and deconstruction of what a superhero is and how he's supposed to behave. You know, like "The Tick". Besides, I could do without the quantum leaping and I'm fine with the SIRI assistant. It makes the show more focused and up-to-date.
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Bah! Geoff Johns! -snarls- Ahem! Anyway, I can get behind the idea that the show would ONLY feature C-listers as both allies and enemies of Gold. It'll make for something new to see, and who knows? Might jack up their popularity to make people curious and want to read about them. See, DC? It's a convoy of money trucks ready to go at your command. Just don't fuck it up!
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I'd like to think that in the TV series, NONE of the DC regulars existed, and Booster is the only superhero in the world. Nice payback against those stuck up DC bitches. XD
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And this. Nothing to do with Booster, everything to do with farts. http://www.vice.com/read/what-makes-a-fart
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That's pretty much his classic origin. Don't know how the folks at Jack Donnaghy and Liz Lemon's home going to "re-imagine" (read: fuck up) him in this incarnation, though. Maybe cast Tracy Jordan as Skeet the Cellphone? Eh.
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You made me cry... and further the evil plan of FOX with my tears.
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I know, right? It's soooooo amaaaaaaziiiiiiing! -gives a long wet fart-
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Niiice.
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You should know that SeeFee operates just like Fox right about now, Rob: they create a nerdy property, produce the shit out of it, made sure it reaches a cult hit status, and then cancel it. Because they feed on nerd tears of anguish to sustain their continued existence in our realm, those Alien bastards!
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I'm pretty sure this thread exists for me.
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Ooooh I LOVE Green Lantern!!!
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That was my first thought. One of my favorite parts about BatB. And that's saying a lot.
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Careful with DC, or you might wind up dead and jammed into a refrigerator... ;)
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i'm laughing so hard i'm crying... thank you!!! the last line is the best...! :)
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The only thing I know about Booster Gold is from playing DCUO since it went free - he's a washed up football player from the future who stole a bunch of stuff from a museum to become a present day heroic tour guide for Metropolis and Gotham that the other heros pick on. It could make a good show.
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Too bad Ted Kord doesn't even exist in the DC Universe anymore. You thought it sucked when he was dead? Now he never existed. How the hell does Smallville do a character better than current comics? Well, maybe Ted can be alive and exist in this series.
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There's no way this can be happening. DC adapting a fan favorite character. There's no way they can't fuck it up like Birds of Prey or various Smallvilles... is there? Is it possible? A -good- DC tv show? I can't even wrap my mind around it. Hell, Booster would be a great character to just have in the DC Universe. He could run into DC characters left and right who write him off as a sell out and hack. If Warners had any brains, they'd let DC characters cameo like crazy in this series.
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The Quantum Leap Booster was only a recent plot line. He wasn't always time hopping around throughout continuity. I think the idea of a guy from the future, stealing superhero equipment and using it for financial gain can stand alone. I'm in.
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If the show can get the rights to some of the other c-listers in addition to Booster, this might have a chance. We don't need to see Booster try and fix the Death of Superman or Bane breaking Batman's back, but it could be cool to see him interact with the Freedom Fighters, or other lower-tiered characters. And yes, I want regular appearances from Ted Kord. But because DC is what DC is, Geoff Johns will probably insist on the new Beetle.
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Nah, they'd cancel it for more pro wrestling...
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Holy Crap....you just pitched a show. Booster Gold-Ghost Wrestler!!! Watch as Booster travels through time using DDT's and Sleeper Holds to investigate the paranormal with some of history's greatest occult figures! Can Booster and Harry Houdini defeat Aleister Crowley and The Undertaker in a two-man steel cage death match? Losers leave time and space....FOREVER!!! This Saturday night,right after The Erotic Adventures of DinoCroc-A SYFY original feature starring Debbie Gibson,Debbie Harry,and Little Debbie!!!!!!
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Two problems....one,this will have NOTHING to do with DC Continuity...and part of the fun of Booster Gold is seeing him Quantum Leap through great moments in the DC Universe trying to put right what once went wrong. Two,no way will this have any kind of a budget-calling it right now,Skeets will be a Siri-like smartphone. Still....I'll probably watch it. Hell,I watched Birds of Prey and even considered buying the DVD's. My abusive relationship with DC Comics continues!!!!
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If they actually pull this off I do't know what will happen, I may explode, or have a stroke, or something. And all they have to do to keep it from getting canceled is have one wrestling match and/or one ghost hunt per episode.
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Say it with me now! BLUE AND GOLD! BLUE AND GOLD! BLUE AND GOLD! BLUE AND GOLD! BLUE AND GOLD! BLUE AND GOLD! BLUE AND GOLD! BLUE AND GOLD! BLUE AND GOLD! BLUE AND GOLD!
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I would watch the hell out of a good Booster Gold show ...
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I am intrigued by this. I don't know about booster gold, but he seems like a good candidate for a series.
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Felicia Day will play Skeets. I'm in.
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They're trying to sway you to evil...DON'T TRUST SYFY
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No, no, that's obviously Adam Strange.
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As one who reads boosters comics, I find this would be very difficult because he isn't really a standalone character. There are cameos all over his series. It is a major part of his modern story lines.
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Doesn't Andrew Kreisberg do Warehouse 13 too?
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I'm totally passing on this because of the involvement of Andrew Kreisberg - the one man on Earth who writes a worse Green Arrow/Black Canary book than Judd Winick.
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Billy West as Skeets. MAKE. THIS. HAPPEN.
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Well get the guy who played Booster on Smallville and there you go for casting
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Do you exist for this thread?
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His own TV show? Awesome! Way to go, Green Lantern!
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Booster Gold is quite possibly one of the most awesome characters to get a show. Fingers crossed that Ted Kord turns up. Further fingers crossed that Guy Gardner turns up as well down the road.
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I'll give it a shot. The potential for cameos is too great a chance to pass up.
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SKEETS SKEETS SKEETS! as a huge Booster fan (i'm of the mind that the Giffen/Demmateis JLI is the best thing DC has ever done), im trying to be excited about this, too.when he showed up on Smallville, he was pretty well done... even with Geoff Johns writing him!hopefully they will stay away from the recent serious tone of Booster and go more for the early JLI days. oh, and if Beetle shows up, it better god damned well be Ted Kord and not Blue-Iron-Man-Power-Ranger-Kid or whatever.
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if berlanti wasnt involved, i might have hope... alas
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i am 100% on board with this. my body is ready
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I hope he crosses over with Smallville and uses Rip Hunter's time machine to travel back to stop that show from ever happening.
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I hope he crosses over with Smallville and uses Rip Hunter's time machine to travel back to stop that show from ever happening.
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Odd. I'm beginning to show interest in Syfy. Respect even. I suspect an evil plot at work. I should know.
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It'll be Boosterific!
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