Powers

[Emperor]

This is my skeptical face.

 

Following a long development process, FX has finally greenlit a pilot for “Powers,” based on the graphic novels by Brian Bendis and Michael Avon Oeming.

 

The ongoing comic, launched in 2000, follows homicide detectives who specialize in cases connected to people with superpowers.

 

FX may or may not have been encouraged by NBC’s decision to greenlight the pilot for Ronald D. Moore’s “17th Precinct,” which offers a similar premise.

 

Veteran TV writer Charles Eglee (“St. Elsewhere,” “Moonlighting,” “L.A. Law,” “NYPD Blue,” “Murder One,” “Dark Angel,” “The Shield,” “Dexter,” “The Walking Dead”) authored the pilot script.

 

Since the crash and burn of “Heroes” a year ago, it’s been a bad season for superhero series. Both ABC’s “No Ordinary Family” and NBC’s “The Cape” expect cancellation notices in the coming weeks. “Smallville,” which garners even lower ratings on the little-watched CW, is exiting the airwaves for good in May.

 

Nonetheless, TV producers – encouraged by a seemingly endless series of big-screen blockbusters based on the Spider-Man, Iron Man, X-Men and Batman comic books – continue to develop superhero TV shows. NBC has ordered David E. Kelley’s “Wonder Woman” to pilot and ABC is hard at work developing a new series version of The Incredible Hulk. Warner Bros. TV is scouring the characters owned by sister company DC Comics for a live-action superhero series to replace “Smallville.” An hourlong featuring the characters from “Sandman” is reportedly among the projects being contemplated

[Canis Rufus]

Meh, the problem with these shows is that they get silly quick. They keep trying to raise the bar of believability till your watching it going “we’ll now you lost me.” Hero’s was great when there was a small percentage of the population that had powers. By the end it was every other person with powers and a whole flipping town that moved around magically. They miss that the success of movies like Batman is that anyone can accept the premise. Yes, the characters are larger than life but not so large that you cannot accept them in the world created. It was not that the movie was dark that made it work, the story was dark by default its batman. The movie worked because it was believable. Give the players powers but they have to have a balance of believability.

[Mendorah]

Ok, I only watched one ep of The Cape and Hated it. Good Lord that show was terrible! But I like No Ordinary Family and I'd hate to see it go. I think it needs more wit though. It needs a Whedon infusion.

[Canis Rufus]

Well Whedon so far has been the only writer that can take an idea all the way through and not get all caught up in cash cow politics.. well except for that angel thing and well the whole Buffy lives thing and….. you know what never mind.