Redartz: Good day, all! Today we feature a topic suggested by our friend and frequent commenter, Charlie Horse 47: given the plethora of shows the past few years centered on and around our favorite heroes, what characters have been overlooked by the "Powers that Be"?
Martinex1: There sure have been a lot of programs over the decades that fall into our hobby wheelhouse. It may have seemed sparse when we were growing up, but between Saturday morning live-action shows and the occasional nighttime classic we still had some choices. Today though with Supergirl, The Flash, Arrow, Legends of Tomorrow, Jessica Jones, Luke Cage, Daredevil, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., and the upcoming Defenders, it is a good thing that somebody invented the DVR.
Redartz: Quite right! I don't know what I'd do without Netflix and CW on Demand from our cable provider. It's almost an embarrasment of riches, hero-wise. Who would have thought, thirty years ago, what we'd have to choose from today?
Martinex1: I still have a fondness in my heart for that strange Shazam! show. Riding the highways and biways in a Winnebago with a guy named Mentor, Billy Batson converses with animated Greek gods, yells "Shazam," becomes Captain Marvel, and fights some bullies on dirt bikes, saves a girl who loves horses, and protects kids from falling boulders! It is so bad it is good!
Redartz: Back in the day, I was nuts over The Green Hornet, and of course Batman. I also liked Incredible Hulk , and watched (but was less than ecstatic about) Nicholas Hammond as Spider-Man. Now I never miss Gotham, Supergirl, Flash and Legends. It's amazing to me, each week, how much detail and attention is given in these shows to their four color origins.
Martinex1: As far as what I would like to see some day on TV, I will stay off the A-List and leave those characters for the theaters. I'd like small screen versions of Monark Starstalker (from Marvel Premiere fame) in a more cerebral space adventure ala Space 1999. Or 3-D Man in a 1950's battle with shape changing Skrulls. Or even better, ROM's adventures against the Dire Wraiths in Clairton, West Virginia.
I'd also like to see a fourth-wall breaking version of She-Hulk on TV.
The only casting selections I can think of would be Timothy Olyphant as Starstalker. And I'd like to see Lance Henriksen, Peter Weller, and Bill Paxton as Skrulls.
Redartz: What (who?) would I like to see? Like you, Marti, I'd avoid the big guns and leave them for the big screen. How about...Deadman- great potential as a crime/horror meld. Man-Thing: could be done as a creepy anthology, kind of like Gerber's original version was. And Marti, I'd tune in to watch your 4th. wall She-Hulk every episode!
What shows would all of you schedule? Any casting suggestions? Go for it, the networks are listening...
