TT would require a lot of costuming/makeup too. Cyborg and Gar right off the bat. Sounds expensive.
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§ ita § - May 17, 2006 7:12:53 am PDT #74 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Tom Scola - May 17, 2006 7:14:28 am PDT #75 of 10001
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I wish Birds of Prey had been done right. So much potential.
Matt the Bruins fan - May 17, 2006 7:30:48 am PDT #76 of 10001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
I don't know that green body paint and hair dye would cost all that much for Gar (they had to have spent what, $5 on Cesar Romero's Joker getup?), but the transformation CGI would be a bitch, even without the need for realistic fleshtones.
§ ita § - May 17, 2006 7:36:13 am PDT #77 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I don't know that green body paint and hair dye would cost all that much for Gar
I've yet to see green body paint and hair dye (I would assume wigs) that don't look like ass, and I'm wholeheartedly including the Hulk here. Star Trek was pretty much the last show to have regulars sitting around in full makeup, weren't they? What were their costs like, I wonder.
bon bon - May 17, 2006 7:45:52 am PDT #78 of 10001
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
Farscape?
§ ita § - May 17, 2006 7:46:57 am PDT #79 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Sorry--I failed to transcribe my rich inner life--I meant on the main networks. Where did TNG air? It was cancelled before I came to the US, and I do remember that it ended pre-UPN.
Tom Scola - May 17, 2006 7:48:12 am PDT #80 of 10001
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TNG and DS9 were syndicated.
Kalshane - May 17, 2006 7:58:55 am PDT #81 of 10001
GS: If you had to choose between kicking evil in the head or the behind, which would you choose, and why?
Minsc: I'm not sure I understand the question. I have two feet, do I not? You do not take a small plate when the feast of evil welcomes seconds.
Cyborg and Gar right off the bat.
Starfire, too. Though I suppose gold skin and green all-eye contacts wouldn't be too tough.
And there's also the Superboy angle. People (and execs) would wonder why have two show's featuring him (counting Smallville), not realizing they're different characters.
ETA: I'd imagine the make-up for Cyborg would be really, really, really hard to do right. Which is probably part of the reason Smallville chumped out on it, I suppose.
§ ita § - May 17, 2006 8:02:19 am PDT #82 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
there's also the Superboy angle
Go back to TT of old, and he's no longer an issue.
Forgot Starfire. Her hair would have to be a disappointment.
Kalshane - May 17, 2006 8:06:24 am PDT #83 of 10001
GS: If you had to choose between kicking evil in the head or the behind, which would you choose, and why?
Minsc: I'm not sure I understand the question. I have two feet, do I not? You do not take a small plate when the feast of evil welcomes seconds.
Go back to TT of old, and he's no longer an issue.
Right, but we've already seen that in the cartoon. Which is why I was angling for the pre-IC lineup.
Speaking of live-action superheros, the local Six Flags park is apparently featuring the Justice League as part of their nightly parade now (they've featured Batman since the original movie. It was kind of a surprise when I worked then when I ran into the Batmobile parked in backlot the first time.) I only saw them for a few seconds in a commerical, but wow, talk about crappy-looking costuming. I can only imagine they'd look worse IRL.