You want to fuck with the eagles, you have to learn to fly.

[rogueslayer452]

++ With the news about the possibility of a Black Widow movie (which I'll believe it when I see it, since Marvel has constantly flip-flopped on this for years now), I've been thinking about other ways that her story could be told. Instead of a film, I would much prefer a television series based on a young Natasha and her training in the Black Widow program. Her backstory is fascinating in itself, and I think a show would be more suitable for focusing and exploring those elements of her story than a feature film. Then again, I've always believed that certain stories are much better fitted for television anyway since film can be quite limiting. Plus, it would give us a chance to see someone else take on the character of Natasha Romanova, especially a young Natasha.

++ Agents of SHIELD is considered to be the highest top-rated Marvel show on Rotten Tomatoes to date, followed closely by Luke Cage and Jessica Jones. Seeing it has five seasons so far and has continued to just get better and stronger as it goes on, that very impressive. Well-deserved, imho.

++ There is going to be a new Freeform show called Siren that I am intrigued by. I am fascinated with mermaids along with other mythological creatures, and anything that explores the darker side of mermaid lore is something right up my alley. In general, I like things that challenge the way society and mainstream media has altered to be innocent when in actuality they are darker and much more frightening, particularly if it includes body horror. Mermaids, angels, fairies, most fairytale stories, etc. Granted, I know this series will most likely not be the thriller that I probably want it to be, but I'm intrigued by the concept nonetheless.

++ I had just heard about the whole Heathers television show remake, and now Charmed is officially getting a reboot on the CW, both which are completely unnecessary. Look, this has obviously been mentioned before plenty of times by myself and others, but to reiterate: I'm just so tired of all these reboots/remakes/revivals. True, some of them can be rather decent and even prove themselves to work really well, but those are really rare and let's be honest most of the time all these remakes/revivals are nothing more than just unimaginative money-grabbers that add nothing new. Every single time I hear news about a previous show possibly getting a revival or a reboot made, I inwardly cringe. Not everything needs to be revived, not everything needs to have a remake. Just because it is the current trend right now doesn't mean everyone needs to follow it.

Comments

[elizalavelle.livejournal.com]

I feel like Marvel got scooped on their Black Widow movie by Red Sparrow. I hope they still make one but I think they went back on it so many times that someone else just picked up the idea and ran with it.

Good dark mermaid story: The Rolling Deep and Into the Drowning Deep by Mira Grant. Mermaids are awesome and dark stories are just fantastic. I've also heard the movie The Lure is great but haven't watched it just yet.

With you on the remakes. Some really do rock but there are a lot of flops in there. I love seeing new shows get created and seeing fresh new ideas. I'm sure most of the younger audience for Heathers won't even really know the film so I'm not sure who they're trying to appeal to with the reboot.

[rogueslayer452.livejournal.com]

It just sucks that they waited so long, since there's been a high demand for it ever since the first Avengers film. They kept making vague statements about it maybe happening, but nothing ever came out of it, which is why I'm skeptical about their recent announcement that it'll happen because we've done this song and dance before. Though perhaps with the success of Wonder Woman they feel like they have to do it now. I mean, I'm looking forward to seeing Captain Marvel but Black Widow should've been a no-brainer years ago.

And I find it truly hilarious that the director of Red Sparrow doesn't see the connection people are making between that and Black Widow. It's like, really? lol

Oh, I'll have to check those out.

Yeah, I'm not entirely certain what they think they're going to accomplish with this remake television series. The younger demographic they're targeting probably hasn't even seen the original Heathers and won't be as interested in it, and those who have probably will be insulted by how cringey and embarrassing it'll be in comparison. It just makes no sense, especially by remaking it into a show set in 2018. No, just no. Plus, there's been a lot of television and movies made since where they were clearly influenced by Heathers, but were their own identity. Mean Girls, for example, was this for many young people. So why bother trying to remake something so iconic to begin with? So unnecessary.

[elizalavelle.livejournal.com]

I feel like the director has to actually see the connection but can't say so as they don't want to open a law suit door. It's probably original enough so that a law suit wouldn't be successful unless they said "well yeah, of course we were inspired by..."

Influenced by Heathers would have been way better. Mean Girls or Jawbreaker were definitely related to Heathers but did their own thing and turned out much better. The new series could be good but I'm pretty sure I've heard rumblings that it's not great.

[rogueslayer452.livejournal.com]

That could be very true, as well.

Oh yes, I love Jawbreaker. It's lesser known but is still amazing and such a cult classic.

I feel like being influenced by the original film is safer than just doing an entire remake, because Heathers is kind of untouchable and impossible to replica. It's going to be really, really, really difficult to maintain a good level of writing, direction, acting, and story that matches the original. Unfortunately, I don't think that will be the case with this show since it already sounds like a mess. I think I saw someone refer to it as more of a parody of the movie, which is not good. There are just some things you cannot recreate because they were very unique for the time they came out.

On the other hand, I've heard that Heathers: The Musical is actually quite good and that it stays true to the nature of the film. I've heard bits and pieces of the soundtrack for it and it's very catchy. So, there's that at least.