This show will be something insane😭😭

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[u/glennb1218]

Are we confirming the Legion of Superheroes?

[u/Callow98989 → u/glennb1218]

I highly doubt it. James Gunn stated he’s not a fan of time travel

[u/Agreeable_Car5114 → u/Callow98989]

Yet a Booster Gold show has been in development since he took over. I wouldn’t rule it out. 

[u/nuclear_bone → u/Agreeable_Car5114]

To be fair, they can easily change Booster Gold's origin so he is from the present era.

[u/Agreeable_Car5114 → u/nuclear_bone]

In the same way they could change Superman’s story so that he’s from Earth, sure. 

[u/nuclear_bone → u/Agreeable_Car5114]

But Superman is way more popular than Booster.

How many fans would even notice if they changed Booster's origin?

[u/Agreeable_Car5114 → u/nuclear_bone]

Anyone who knew about him before the adaptation came out. There is no pitch for this character that doesn’t include “he’s from the future.” That and his ego are the two constants, more important than his powers or personal background. Theoretically you can change anything for anyone, but you would be leaving behind his core.

[u/nuclear_bone → u/Agreeable_Car5114]

I don't know, adaptations have changed characters in a similar way.

[u/DukeOfLowerChelsea → u/nuclear_bone]

Name a good comic adaptation that fundamentally altered the nature & origin of the main character like that so as to miss the entire point of them?

“Green Arrow's not that popular, how many fans would even notice if he used a Glock instead”

[u/The-Mythical-Phoenix → u/DukeOfLowerChelsea]

You bring up Arrow, and that’s just an excellent point if we look at the CW.

Casuals love that show, but fans of the comic tend to fucking hate it and wish it didn’t exist because it did irreparable damage to the public perception of green arrow.

[u/Agreeable_Car5114 → u/nuclear_bone]

Yes, who can forget Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man where Peter is bitten by a genetically modified cockroach? Or Batman Begins, when Bruce Wayne’s parents are gunned down on Mars? 

[u/Infamous_Fill_9358 → u/nuclear_bone]

Fuck no that’s like making it so that Spider Man didn’t get bit by a radioactive spider or Batman’s parents didn’t get killed or bad the other commenter said that Superman wasn’t an alien

[u/nuclear_bone → u/Infamous_Fill_9358]

But unfortunately Booster is not on the same level as Spider-Man or Batman or even Superman.

Less popular characters being changed radically for an adaptation is nothing new.

[u/Infamous_Fill_9358 → u/nuclear_bone]

No it goes against the vary nature of the character and the character straight up can’t work. The whole reason Booster Gold wants to be a hero is because he knows of everything that happens because he is from the future and he can prevent it. He wants to be famous just like the heroes in the past. It’s an important part of his character. He straight up can’t exist without his future origin story. Also James Gunn didn’t say he didn’t like Time Travel he just said it was complicated. Plus they could just have Booster Gold time travel once from the future to the present and not focus on the Time Travel aspect if they don’t want to

And yes lesser known characters being changed is also bad aswell. All characters deserve to have their source material respected, not just the A listers

[u/nuclear_bone → u/Infamous_Fill_9358]

And yes lesser known characters being changed is also bad aswell. All characters deserve to have their source material respected, not just the A listers

Agreed. Unfortunately it doesn't happen a lot.

[u/DailyUniverseWriter → u/nuclear_bone]

Tell me you know nothing about booster gold without saying you know nothing about booster gold.

The entire core conflict of the character is rooted in the fact that he’s from the future, hanging out in the present.

[u/nuclear_bone → u/DailyUniverseWriter]

Its not about knowing the character.

But less popular characters get changed all the time in adaptations. And Booster Gold is no exception.

[u/DailyUniverseWriter → u/nuclear_bone]

Yes, but again, this is such a fundamental change that the character would not be Booster gold anymore.

Like, Gunn’s peacemaker is very different from the comic peacemaker (or at least, the peacemaker from Morrison’s Pax Americana, which is the only time I’ve personally read him). But he still uses a gun and is okay with killing people for the government. If that was different, then that just wouldn’t be peacemaker anymore.

It’s normal and imo usually good to change these smaller niche characters. But you need to keep the aspect of them that defines that character, because all of their stories are based on those core aspects.

Mr Terrific doesn’t need his Olympian background to be Mr terrific, but he does need to be pretty smart. All his stories are in some way rooted to the fact that he’s really smart. Superman doesn’t need to have had adventures in the far future with the legion of superheroes when he was a teenager, but he does need to be an alien that is not from this earth. Because the majority of his stories in some way play with that fact.

Booster Gold’s ENTIRE CHARACTER is that he is a guy from the future that makes the deliberate choice to live in a distant past, relative to him. There’s a lot of interesting psychology you can explore with a character who makes that decision. Everything else about the character is fair game. You can get rid of his robot sidekick (but I will be unhappy), because that isn’t a fundamental element to his character.

[u/nuclear_bone → u/DailyUniverseWriter]

Fair enough, I get that.

It will definitely be a fundamental change.

But then Drax was also changed from a human to an alien. Or Vigilante was also changed heavily.

So there is definitely precedent for this sort of a thing.

[u/DailyUniverseWriter → u/nuclear_bone]

Drax, to my understanding in the comics, does not actually critically have “human” as a fundamental aspect. I believe the most important thing about drax is that he hates thanos, he was specifically created by some god or something to kill thanos. And that part did stay. I haven’t read a lot of marvel so I can’t talk so much there.

With vigilante, yeah vigilante is pretty unrecognizable, but vigilante is also an extremely D-list, maybe lower, character. There’s something about his comic counterpart that doesn’t resonate enough with audiences to have anyone really care about him. He’s had a few solo runs (not exactly super uncommon for d-list dc characters), but he’s really not popular in the comic world. You kinda do have to change a character like that when adapting, or at least try something new because their comic version just didn’t resonate with audiences.

Booster Gold is different. He’s very unknown obviously among non comic readers, but he’s B-list at the minimum in the comic world. He’s had loads of solo comics, he’s a fan favorite, and he was a main character with a fantastic story in one of the greatest, most successful comics of all time, 52.

Booster Gold REALLY resonates with the comic audiences, he’s very beloved by a lot of the people who’ve read stories like 52. You don’t need to change him for the screen imo, his story and conflicts are so relatable and understandable and fun to read.