As fans wait to see if the new series Arrow will hold its own or be cancelled, Michael Edwards wonders why live-action superheroes have such a hard time making it on the small screen:
“Television hasn’t seen the comic book boom that the movies have seen, even though television with its serialization seem like the perfect medium for comic book adaptations.”
He thinks cautious television producers have too few good models to follow:
He thinks cautious television producers have too few good models to follow:
“Just as shows like The Sopranos, 24, Battlestar Galactica, and Lost set the tone for genre television in the early ‘00s, The Walking Dead and Smallville are really the only success stories in the last decade that network and cable executives have to go by for developing future television adaptations.”
(Image: Stephen Amell as Green Arrow in Arrow, The CW)
(Image: Stephen Amell as Green Arrow in Arrow, The CW)
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