Without it, I probably would've just snapped a long time ago.
I actually kind of liked it too. It was a nice homage to the original movie.
I meant it as kind of a joke, but I honestly do like the idea itself. It's the first comic series that I've been following. (Plus, less history means more room for interpretation). But my idea mostly came from the whole thing of the "spider-man race thing" when everyone was saying that he had be be whatever race they were fighting for this new franchise and I was thinking "why not a woman?"
Spider-Gwen And as much as Black Widow is a fun character, I don't think a solo film for her would be that strong. I feel that her story works best as that of a supporting character. I mean, she's been in 4 movies and it's only the last one where we got some good development from her. That's not to say that it would be bad, but I just don't think it would work. Before Age of Ultron, she was just the "kick butt strong female", but didn't give much to her character. I get that people like that she can kick butt, but that doesn't mean she's a "strong character".
I'm pretty sure you get screwed if you says she's beautiful. Not necessarily dead, but screwed none the less. Saying "you're average" should confuse her.
I feel this might be more for users in other countries than Japan. I remember reading somewhere that smartphones haven't necessarily caught on there as they have in the Western world.
Laugh tracks can be the kiss of death for a lot of shows. I really liked the way Scrubs handled it. I felt it was a good balance of goofball humor as well as handling the serious issues. I'm kind of influenced by the musical adaptation, where Misa is an Idol, but I've had that kind of idea for a while now. I feel that a singing reality star (like American Idol or The Voice) would be the American equvialent to what they did to Misa. She would be a side story during the first season, with her main competition being Hidaki Ryuga. Her back story would also work, deciding to audition for the show to honor her fallen family, and she would be an open Kira supporter while Ryuga would be the opposite. It would be a way to allude to her throughout the first season, with the ending of that being Rem giving her the notebook. There would be a bit of a time gap between Misa almost getting killed by the stalker and her getting the notebook, so she would be even more devoted to Kira, believing that she was saved twice.
Blue! No, wait!!
I feel the best example of this is Turn Down For What. The demographic pop music hits won't listen to straight instrumentals, so they literally found the minimal amount of lyrics needed to write a hit pop song. And that's why TDFW is secretly brilliant.
It seems a lot of spritual successors are created thanks to Kickstarter. I guess it's because the creators know that there is a dedicated fanbase to something, and they want something that is very similar to the thing they love. It reminds me of when Zach Braff was asking for help funding his film "Wish I Was Here". He's known for being in a good amount of projects, but he sold it as being the spiritual successor to his first film "Garden State," which a lot of people have a fondness for. I have two ideas for a tv show. One would be something I'd want to pitch to Disney. Basically, it chronicles the story of a young adult who moves to a new place for a heart transplant. It would show a lot of people with varying disabilities, how they cope, and re-enforce with every episode that they are still normal people. I'd sell it as a half-hour comedy, in the style of Boy Meets World, and be willing to compromise on a laugh track (goddammit, I hate laugh tracks). My second idea would be a one-hour drama American adaptation of Death Note (yes, I know they're doing that in Japan). Death Note takes a lot of its influences from Western sensibilities, and it really works with the Rise of the Anti-Hero that television is going through recently. There would be a number of changes I'd like to make (Misa would be a contestant on a singing reality show instead of a model), but it would still keep with the whole spirit of the source material. I also think that it would have enough legs to get at least a second season (which would immediately go into the 2nd Kira arc). Yes, Kingsman is a spy-film, but it uses some elements from Arthurian myths. The code names for the main spies are directly lifted from the Knights of the Round Table (Collin Firth is mainly known as Galahad), and the bulk of the plot is finding the right person to take the place of the recently deceased Lancelot. While the use of their code names were obvious, I wasn't too sure if they used any other elements in the story. It's a nice motif, but I'm not sure they used it to its full extent. And Misty totally sounds like ScarJo in this episode!
Regrets, I've had a few But then again, I'm not going to bring up that stuff because I'm cringing just thinking about it.
Parental Guidance. Nobody making it gave a crap, so why should I?
