Sunday, December 27, 2009

Smallville substitutions

When that day comes when the CW is forced to make a new superhero tv show (most likely when near the end of Smallville), they will be searching through the comics in order to find a new character to use. Here are my suggestions:
1. A NightWing show. Nightwing is basically Dick Grayson after he quit being Robin. He became a darker superhero known as Nightwing. I'd imagine the show would most obviously start by showing why he quit being Robin, and the beginnings of NightWing. I think a main point of the show should be his transition from sidekick to superhero. Maybe a small thing about him having to decide to keep Batman's old ideals as in "not killing" and "not using guns". I think the first season should mainly be about him trying to establish himself as a superhero in his home of Bludhaven (kinda German sounding don't you think), and introducing the villains. Every show needs love interests and here are some of the obvious ones: Barbara Gordon (aka Batgirl), Starfire, Wonder Girl, Raven, or just make up your own. The show should also have plenty of cameos by batman (it could just be the shadow or an outline of him), Tim Drake (aka the new robin), the joker ( it would be very hard to find a replacement for Heath Ledger. RIP), some of the Batman villains, the Teen Titans (which include Cyborg, Raven, Beast Boy, Starfire, Robin, Superboy, and a couple others), and maybe Superman himself. If done well the Nightwing show could be a huge success. BIG tip: DO NOT USE THE NAME DICK GRAYSON (well don't use his first name by itself). Anything a character says can be translated into an insult because with a first name like Dick, anything can go wrong. You can probably make a nickname or use his normal name Richard. I personally think that Dick Grayson deserves a good reputation and believe me a show set in the batman-universe will drag in tons of fans.
My ideal cast: I would prefer to have Chace Crawford or Ian Somerhalder(though I would prefer him to play young Bruce Wayne on Smallville) play him.


2. A Justice league show. Yes I know that there was an animated Justice League show from 2002-2005, but what would be cooler than having a live-action version of the show? Nothing. They could keep Tom Welling as Superman even though he constantly is complaining about he doesn't want to wear the costume....SUCK IT UP! Now I know that the CW probably doesn't have a lot of money for a huge big-budget action series and it will be a challenge for them to have most of the Justice league characters to appear on the show, so here is my idea for the Justice League. Yes you have to have Wonder Woman on the show (get over it DC comics, you have no reason to keep her away from Smallville. She doesn't have a major movie contract coming up. In fact I think your trying to avoid making that film. Get this they have decided that a Swamp Thing, and Lobo movie is more important to make than a Wonder Woman film. Sexist might I say. There is a low chance that Batman can appear on the show, so I guess you'll use his replacement Green Arrow. Hawkgirl is needed (might I recommend Ashley Green), Aquaman can be played by the guy who played him in the show (I think his name is Alan Ritchson, but who the hell cares about Aquaman). The Flash would be pretty obvious, he should be played by the guy who played him in the show (I don't know what his name is). If the show is lucky then maybe than can have a Green Lantern on the show, most likely the Green Lantern will be Kyle Rayner, or John Stewart (not the Daily Show John Stewart). Then there's the Martian Manhunter, but who cares, right. BIG TIP: Please don't make this another of your stupid soap opera thingies, where half of the show is talking about their pitty internal problems. Sure internal conflicts are interesting, but don't dwell too much on it. We want a good fight in every episode (so no more of your stupid 2-punch fights, and the anti-climatic villain deaths). A Justice League show might cost more, but tons of people will watch it (I'm talking in the millions!)

3. Then there is the eye candy of the Smallville show, Justin Hartley. Sure everybody says that he deserves his own show, which he nearly got when he played Aquaman for the pilot of a would-be-Smallville spin-off. Thankfully that show was canceled after one episode. How sad. A Green Arrow show will be interesting and I would soo watch it. Any reason to see more Justin Hartley, I will take. Plus the show can introduce us to the Green Arrow mythology.

Ok so those are my top 3 ideas for Smallville spin-offs. What do you think?

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