would an adaptation of the authority be good?
YOU CANNOT UNDERSTAND THE AUTHORITHY WITHOUT UNDERSTANDING STORMWATCHOIOIOI
>>153844162What kind of good? Good as in "Makes changes, but is overall faithful to the original spirit of the comic"? Or good as in "It's a decent TV show that uses the basic concept as a springboard for a new direction?"Also are we talking a hypothetical scenario pre-2016, or if it were made today? Because there's no way an adaptation will ever be anything close to enjoyable if it were made now.
>>153845208>Also are we talking a hypothetical scenario pre-2016, or if it were made today? Because there's no way an adaptation will ever be anything close to enjoyable if it were made now.why?
>>153845849Assuming you're not being facetious, it's a tough sell in today's culture. A unilateral multiversal defense force. With people that are fundamentally people, edges and all. But the thing is, it's not in a "upset the social order" kind of encouraged rebellion for today's peeps. The Authority is crude, crass, doesn't apologize or wink. And quite frankly that degree of sincerity isn't allowed.
>>153844162Only if it's the uncut version.
>>153844162Would a bad adaptation of Authority be good? As the comic is bad?
>>153846237who dis?
>>153844162Oh hey that's uncensoredI haven't been paying attention so I didn't know they ever released that
>>153847181Cut scene from that arc where the bad guy dug up Jenny Sparks body to have sex with it
>>153847259basedstupid wonder slutfuck you, get fucked
>>153846237>>153847259>>153847343they should've kept it
these are so much better
>>153847436what a good girl
>>153844162I hate edge and I hate Ellis
>>153847489This is Millar, retard
>>153847614to be fair to him, they all blend after a whileennis, miller, ellisblessed be alan moore
>>153847220The newest printings of the collections and the omnibus have the uncensored panels and not-Captain America has his shield. The one guy puts his cigar out in Swift’s mouth and the other stuff Levitz made them cut like here >>153846237>>153847436>>153847457
>>153847829are they colored or just black and white?
>>153844162I think if they could’ve got an Authority adaption out before Deadpool or The Boys or even Invincible it would’ve been well received but after those things an R-rated super hero thing will just seem like rip offs of those. Which sucks, The Authortiy is in my top five favorite comics ever and a big budget disaster-style movie with the same sort of tone as Robocop would be the jizz.
>>153847859Colored, fully integrated like a Director’s Cut movie
>>153847917holy shitlink?
>>153844162I see a lot of people not getting the fact that the authority was good because we had the global war on terror underpining everything.
>>153847925It’s the current ebook edition
>>153847829>>153847994So why did they take it out?
>>153848129After 9/11 the censors were uptight over these things and they came down on millar
>>153847436>>153847457NATO. Not even once.
>>153844162Only as an elseworld where they are the only supers of earth
>>153844162The Authority is a juvenile, embarrassing power fantasy and I'm glad DC bought all the characters and made them secondary jobbers to their own characters.
>>153847994weird
>>1538481299/11
>>153848164>>153848332Did they think Americans couldn't handle necrophilia of a former hero?
>>153847436>>153847457>>153847994This seems like something that is actually edgy and reprehensible. But the stories themselves are try hard
>>153848374they censored 19/2000 because it features a missile against a giant moose.
>>153848400book one and book two are untouchable.Is canon that the Authority was destroyed by NATO.
>>153848436lolthey deserved to get raped then
>>153847994having trouble finding itnot sure if google being google or me just being lame
>>153845938Are you kidding, fake edgy lovable rogues (with an explicit leftist bent) are pumped out as rage-with-the-machine slop
>>153847994>>153848487nevermindfinally got itthe things i do for an obscure wank
>>153848129>>153848374The Authority started like right before Jim Lee sold Wildstorm to DC. Paul Levitz, the president of DC at the time, HATED The Authority and did everything he could to get the book canned. 9/11 was an excuse but really it was Levitz’s hate boner for the book
>>153848768If it sold why would he care Was he autistic?
that's the stuff
>>153848786>Was he autistic?Yes. But he also stopped execs from turning Watchmen into a franchise for a couple decades so he’s not all bad.
>>153844162Just do Superman vs The Elites but with Captain Atom with elements of Captain Atom: Armageddon on top. The Authority would work if they get their shit checked hard for thinking their shit don't stink.
>>153848786You have to understand that Levitz was under a lot of pressure to avoid having WB take notice of what DC was doing (at one point Ted Turner asked why WB didn't simply make DC a licensing entity), and at the time Authority was in Millar's run, AOL was buying out WB, and the deal was cleared in December 2000. Think about what happened to DC when WB took an active role in overseeing it in the 2010s, when Didio was in charge. That's the kind of thing Levitz didn't want.Millar was pissed off about how the book got censored and had Swift kill off a knockoff of Ted Turner and I forget who the other analogue was>>153849465He didn't just do that, he also compensated when particular designs or sometimes even dialogue was used in other media. This stopped after he left, IIRC.
>>153847639English, Irish, scottish...Who the fuck is counting innit
>>153849730>Captain Atom: ArmageddonI remember that reading like a shitty piece of fanfiction by someone who hated the fuck out of Wildstorm.
>john, as the president of the United States I am asking you: Do not go to that island. >I know you have heard stories, even I even I'm surprised by what I've heard, but you need to understand, what happens in that island responds to a diplomatic necessity
>>153844162Early WildStorm has better material for adaptation.
>>153847994>>153848933holy fucki wish more writers had the balls to do this to their heroinesthis level of domination, degradation, and exploitation is mouth watering
>>153844162adulthood is not wanting stuff you like to be adapted
>>153846237>>153847412They restored it for the omnibus
>>153853039God damn that's right
>>153847994I wonder what Art Adams thought about having to draw this
>>153852064I'm always wondered why comic writers from UK love writing edgy shit compared to US writers.
>>153848197DC already owned all the characters when the original series was published, you colossal mong
>>153846237So make it worse?Censored version>shows that the Authority are fully taking advantage of all the privileges that come with being superheroes that the people need.>And need as in millions and billions will die without them>so they get every whim catered to them>their downfall is their own making>the replacements just take over doing the same shitUncensored version>generic villain shit>shock value but no substance>them being defeated is just nornal and carries no weight>the replacements will always be better
>>153847882>an R-rated super hero thing will just seem like rip offs of thoseNo it wouldn’t. It might be colloquially be compared to them but the Authority is nothing like Deadpool or The Boys so calling it a ripoff would be entirely nonsensical.
>>153847436>>153847457Less awful than the final version where he pops her souffle.
>>153853134that one was just comedically kicking dog evil
>>153853100>I want mature edginess (I'm really mature and intelligent you see) but only until I get actually shocked then it's cheap garbage for CHUDSevery time.
>>153854382>theres a point where you go too far and the original point loses all meaning.Glad you understand this basic concept of storytelling.
