It truly is parallel universe stuff, isn’t it, having had 27 hour-ish-long episodes already of a Doom Patrol series; sure, there have been animated versions
, and evidence is ample that things have veered off course
, but this is still as close as an executive will ever again greenlight an adaptation of the 90’s Morrison run. And while it’s nowhere near a perfect one (the Big Bad Bureau of Normalcy cringingly on-the-nose), some of the liberties taken for the sake of script or budget actually improve upon weaknesses in the original, such as the deus ex resolution of the Decreator arc. There may be brilliant stories like “Aenigma Regis” and “And Men Shall Call Him–Hero!” that just aren’t possible in another medium, but the showrunners have proven themselves capable of creating poignant moments for the characters, so I’ll trust them to stick the denouement
. Meanwhile, why not bring in the man himself themself or a writing rival?
, and evidence is ample that things have veered off course, but this is still as close as an executive will ever again greenlight an adaptation of the 90’s Morrison run. And while it’s nowhere near a perfect one (the Big Bad Bureau of Normalcy cringingly on-the-nose), some of the liberties taken for the sake of script or budget actually improve upon weaknesses in the original, such as the deus ex resolution of the Decreator arc. There may be brilliant stories like “Aenigma Regis” and “And Men Shall Call Him–Hero!” that just aren’t possible in another medium, but the showrunners have proven themselves capable of creating poignant moments for the characters, so I’ll trust them to stick the denouement. Meanwhile, why not bring in the man
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