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Five TV Shows Based on Graphic Novel Literature. Pickles, 26 августа 2017 г., 17:01
In the last few years, television has experienced an upward boom in which many original tv series has come forward and has, in turn, blown our collective minds. Some of the series that has come out has been sourced from graphic novels, which are basically comics with adult themes. These are 5 shows that I've seen that's based on graphic novels that are worth watching (and my opinion matters, because I only watch the awesome shows)
1.
American Gods is a tv show based on the celebrated graphic novel of the same name by the great Neil Gaiman. It's a story about a recently released convict, Shadow Moon, who travels across the country with a mysterious man called Mr Wednesday, which he works for. It's basically a story about how the old gods of yore (Easter, Odin, Anubis, etc) are being forgotten and being replaced by the Gods of the New Age (Drugs, Media, Sex, etc). Honestly, this is one of the best recent series I've seen this year and if you don't mind a show about various gods and how they go along, I highly recommend it.
2.
Lucifer is a tv series based on a spinoff of The Sandman comics off the Vertigo stable of DC, called Lucifer. Now I'm going to admit that I haven't read the Sandman comics, but what I do know that it's not a procedural type of comic. Yes, Lucifer does settle on Earth because he got tired of running Hell ever since he pissed off Dad 3 seconds into the creation of the Universe, but what he doesn't do is decide to become a police consultant. Now that is just unrealistic. That just doesn't happen at all, BUT it is a good show to watch, if you don't mind the biblical references (unless you're deeply religious and get easily offended).
3.
Preacher (3 shows about gods? I'm on a roll)is a series which was created by writer Garth Ennis and artist Steve Dillon and adapted for tv by the duo of Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg. It's about a preacher named Jesse Custer who one day receives a heavenly entity called Genesis, who forces itself inside Jesse afer escaping from Heaven. Genesis gives Jesse the power of the Word (to command anyone to do anything). He wonders why he has been given this power and so he, along with his girl, Tulip o'Hare and his vampire friend, Cassidy, goes on a countrywide trip across America to find God (since God is missing from heaven) and hoping to find answers and if he doesn't get his answers, he will "kick God's ass". His words. If you have a dark sense of humour, you will love this show. I mean, who wouldn't want to see the adventures of Assface (a character in the comic) and Adolf Hitler trying to escape Hell?
4.
The Walking Dead needs no introduction. Zombie apocalypse. That's all you need to know and you know you've been watching this show from the beginning or at least caught up with everyone else. I've read the comics and the TV show has followed more or less the same path as the comics, although Andrea is still supposed to be alive. But she's dead and I didn't like her character anyway. If you haven't watched this show, please watch it or you will be like me with Game of Thrones (I've never seen a single episode and I'm proud of it). But for the uninitiated, The Walking Dead is a show set in Atlanta during the zombie apocalypse and it revolves around Rick Grimes, his son Carl and his fellow group of survivors who are just trying to survive, but these damn zombies just keep getting in the way, you know?
5.
This one is a bit of a cheat, because it's still being developed and adapted for TV, but there is a movie out, so I guess it's fine.
Watchmen is a film that was released in 2006, I think, directed by Zack Snyder. It's adapted by what is honestly one of the greatest graphic novels of all time: Watchmen by Alan Moore. Watchmen depicts an alternate history where superheroes emerged in the 1940s and 1960s and their presence changed history so that the United States won the Vietnam War and the Watergate scandal was never exposed. World War 3 is on the horizon and there's been a murder of a "retired" superhero, which smells of a huge conspiracy. Honestly, if you're not going to watch the movie (WATCH THE MOVIE!!! It has one of the best opening scenes I've ever seen going along to the tune of Bob Dylan's The Times Are A-Changing (I didn't have to Google that. I know my music)), then read the comic and have that mind of yours blown. Anyway, it's being adapted for television and you might just see it on your screens soon.
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American Gods is a tv show based on the celebrated graphic novel of the same name by the great Neil Gaiman. It's a story about a recently released convict, Shadow Moon, who travels across the country with a mysterious man called Mr Wednesday, which he works for. It's basically a story about how the old gods of yore (Easter, Odin, Anubis, etc) are being forgotten and being replaced by the Gods of the New Age (Drugs, Media, Sex, etc). Honestly, this is one of the best recent series I've seen this year and if you don't mind a show about various gods and how they go along, I highly recommend it. 2.
Lucifer is a tv series based on a spinoff of The Sandman comics off the Vertigo stable of DC, called Lucifer. Now I'm going to admit that I haven't read the Sandman comics, but what I do know that it's not a procedural type of comic. Yes, Lucifer does settle on Earth because he got tired of running Hell ever since he pissed off Dad 3 seconds into the creation of the Universe, but what he doesn't do is decide to become a police consultant. Now that is just unrealistic. That just doesn't happen at all, BUT it is a good show to watch, if you don't mind the biblical references (unless you're deeply religious and get easily offended). 3.
Preacher (3 shows about gods? I'm on a roll)is a series which was created by writer Garth Ennis and artist Steve Dillon and adapted for tv by the duo of Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg. It's about a preacher named Jesse Custer who one day receives a heavenly entity called Genesis, who forces itself inside Jesse afer escaping from Heaven. Genesis gives Jesse the power of the Word (to command anyone to do anything). He wonders why he has been given this power and so he, along with his girl, Tulip o'Hare and his vampire friend, Cassidy, goes on a countrywide trip across America to find God (since God is missing from heaven) and hoping to find answers and if he doesn't get his answers, he will "kick God's ass". His words. If you have a dark sense of humour, you will love this show. I mean, who wouldn't want to see the adventures of Assface (a character in the comic) and Adolf Hitler trying to escape Hell? 4.
The Walking Dead needs no introduction. Zombie apocalypse. That's all you need to know and you know you've been watching this show from the beginning or at least caught up with everyone else. I've read the comics and the TV show has followed more or less the same path as the comics, although Andrea is still supposed to be alive. But she's dead and I didn't like her character anyway. If you haven't watched this show, please watch it or you will be like me with Game of Thrones (I've never seen a single episode and I'm proud of it). But for the uninitiated, The Walking Dead is a show set in Atlanta during the zombie apocalypse and it revolves around Rick Grimes, his son Carl and his fellow group of survivors who are just trying to survive, but these damn zombies just keep getting in the way, you know? 5.
This one is a bit of a cheat, because it's still being developed and adapted for TV, but there is a movie out, so I guess it's fine. Watchmen is a film that was released in 2006, I think, directed by Zack Snyder. It's adapted by what is honestly one of the greatest graphic novels of all time: Watchmen by Alan Moore. Watchmen depicts an alternate history where superheroes emerged in the 1940s and 1960s and their presence changed history so that the United States won the Vietnam War and the Watergate scandal was never exposed. World War 3 is on the horizon and there's been a murder of a "retired" superhero, which smells of a huge conspiracy. Honestly, if you're not going to watch the movie (WATCH THE MOVIE!!! It has one of the best opening scenes I've ever seen going along to the tune of Bob Dylan's The Times Are A-Changing (I didn't have to Google that. I know my music)), then read the comic and have that mind of yours blown. Anyway, it's being adapted for television and you might just see it on your screens soon. Source: Pickles
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