Sequels Live Action X-Men Show On Syfy ?

[Donut]

I noticed that casting sites have this listed

http://washingtondc.craigslist.org/doc/tlg/2500444111.html
http://www.actorspages.org/notice_details.php?pd_id=9662

 

[Angamb]

oh my god....

I hope this is true!!!

 

[Wesley Dodds]

Mmmmmmmmmmmno... Something doesnt feel right about this. If there was gonna be an X-Men show we woulda heard something before now...

 

[Angamb]

I find it weird too....

It would have been a bigger announcement on the net, either from Marvel or Sci-fi...

but who knows?

 

[By your Command]

Very odd, talk about a big demotion for the X-Men. If its somehow true, hopefully its a "X-Factor Investigations" show.

 

[def28]

Seriously Wtf? Someone would have heard about this.

Wouldnt it be on a Fox owned channel? Dont think they own Syfy.

 

[Nell2ThaIzzay]

A craigslist ad? For real?

P.S.: I'm not knocking the original poster for posting this information. I think it's worth a find. I'm knocking the person who posted the craigslist ad, because I think it has zero credibility.

 

[Thundercrack85]

Kind of early, April is a few months away.

 

[Cherry]

Actually these kinds of ads are constantly listed on Craigslist from real casting agencies. I've even been to a few auditions myself. I can't speak for the legitimacy of this particular listing, but it will be interesting to hear if anything is mentioned at Comic Con. I heard somewhere that we would hear some surprises for Marvel TV.

 

[psylockolussus]

LOL! this is not true!

 

[Dr.Negative]

Hmmm Marvel did want to explore the Mutant universe on TV maybe this could be true. I mean, i did hear they were interested in making the current X-Factor comics into a mutant detactive kind of story

 

[The Overlord]

How would all the powers the X-Men have work on a TV budget? Frankly there hasn't been any good super hero live action TV shows because they don't work on a TV budget.

 

[psylockolussus]

Heroes was pretty amazing.

 

[The Overlord]

Heroes was pretty amazing.

Heroes sucked after season 1 and relied mostly on powers that were easy to do on a TV budget. Super Strength or healing are far easier to do on a TV budget then optic blasts and controlling the weather. If making super hero live action TV shows was so practical, why doesn't it happen more often and why are almost all live action super hero shows terrible?

 

[Cherry]

Heroes sucked after season 1 and relied mostly on powers that were easy to do on a TV budget. Super Strength or healing are far easier to do on a TV budget then optic blasts and controlling the weather. If making super hero live action TV shows was so practical, why doesn't it happen more often and why are almost all live action super hero shows terrible?

That's unfair. I've seen amazing weather manipulation on Vampire Diaries and optic blasts on Smallville. Whatever you think of the shows' quality, the effects are totally doable, just a bit scaled back from a summer blockbuster. And the reason most superhero shows are terrible is because of the WRITING. Besides, I would rather have an X-Men show that focuses on character over powers, something the movies have yet to learn.

 

[The Overlord]

That's unfair. I've seen amazing weather manipulation on Vampire Diaries and optic blasts on Smallville. Whatever you think of the shows' quality, the effects are totally doable, just a bit scaled back from a summer blockbuster. And the reason most superhero shows are terrible is because of the WRITING. Besides, I would rather have an X-Men show that focuses on character over powers, something the movies have yet to learn.

The heat vision on Smallville is pretty lame and looks nothing like Cyke's optic blasts, which would be more flashy and colorful.

Are the special effects in Smallville at all comparable to those on X-Men: First Class? Because of special effects limitations we ended by with smoke demon Darkseid and sorts of limitations of things from the comics. the special effects limits meant Smallville ended up being a teen drama show rather then a super hero show, that seems to be a TV executive idea of focusing on characters instead of powers.

Mutant X was essentially X-Men done on TV budget and look how well that worked. There hasn't been one example of a super hero live action show that was actually good.

 

[Lord]

Huhm?
Heroes?
Smallville for some seasons?
I think that with an x-men tv show in the style of x-men evolutions that goes back to the basics where they were teens and go with the original team being slowlly assembled, and a Mutant of the week structure could work too.
Like with buffy the characters would evolve.

 

[Cherry]

The heat vision on Smallville is pretty lame and looks nothing like Cyke's optic blasts, which would be more flashy and colorful.

Are the special effects in Smallville at all comparable to those on X-Men: First Class?

Well, no, because you are comparing a movie-to-TV budget, but I loved the heck out of Smallville seasons 8 to 10. I personally would love an X-Men TV show around that budget. Or even a little higher if it were on a bigger network than The CW. For me, the important thing is the STORY, and television allows characters to develop much more than a movie franchise. Besides, television has advanced SO much in recent years -- I'm constantly surprised at the level of stuff they can do on a TV budget.

Huhm?
Heroes?
Smallville for some seasons?
I think that with an x-men tv show in the style of x-men evolutions that goes back to the basics where they were teens and go with the original team being slowlly assembled, and a Mutant of the week structure could work too.
Like with buffy the characters would evolve.

100% agreed. I've seen amazing effects on Heroes.

An X-Men Evolution type of show is exactly how it should be approached. Very, very do-able on a TV budget.

 

[Lord]

If done like i said it would probably have the first class being slowly assembled, Mutant of the week aspect would be the best aproach for the first seasons.
The pilot episode could already have cyclops as a member and be about iceman with a later episode showing cyclops origin, then it would be a mutant of the week aproach:
Episode 1: Iceman origin
Episode 2: Toad
And so on, they could even create some mutants to serve as little bad guys and by the end of the season have them fighting the brotherhood and Magneto.

 

[Cherry]

That's how I see it too. Each season could build up to an overall threat in the season finale and subsequent season premiere. Season 1 could lead to the Brotherhood and following seasons could lead to more grounded takes of Phoenix, Apocalypse, House of M, etc.

We can't really complaining about things being more grounded either because, heck, X3 grounded Phoenix. Just as long as Cyclops remains a central focus.

 

[Lord]

Yup, Cyclops should be the first main character, in the first season could grow from cyclops and Iceman to the rest of the first class, then use the first class as the main cast for later seasons, in least for the first 3 seasons i would keep the first class and the original classic stories before giant-sized x-men.

Season 2 could have Mimick for a moment, the first half could be centered in the Juggernaut storyline with xavier, but still keeping the mutant of the week episodes, then a mid season twist where the sentinels become the main villains.

Making the sentinels could be difficult but they could make the cyborgs dressed as human like in their first appearance where they were human sized, cyborgs actually work in tv shows if you don't show the robotic interior mutch like in Terminator: The Sarah Connor chronicles and buffy.

Season 3 could have the return of Magneto, make Quicksilver and scarlet witch discover he is their father, show Havoc (cyborg's brother), and end some other things.

After that they could go all new team for Season 4 or for seasons 4 and 5 take things from here and there in the comics to make the characters grow into adults.
Then use the new team of Wolverine, Nightcrawler, Banshee, storm, etc for season 6, or not, it depends on what is done in later seasons

 

[Guhndoi]

Mutant X was essentially X-Men done on TV budget and look how well that worked. There hasn't been one example of a super hero live action show that was actually good.

One fact to consider though, Mutant X came out in 2001.

 

[Cherry]

I like your idea for the Sentinels, Lord. I had a similar idea.

I'd probably introduce the second generation of X-Men (Storm, Wolvie, etc.) a little sooner than that because you can never count on a show being renewed indefinitely, unfortunately. I'd prefer doing all the major X-Men storylines by season 5, where you could get to stuff like House of M. Then if they got lucky enough to have more seasons, the producers could use original ideas. However, 5 seasons seems perfect to me -- enough to get everything in there that I'd like to see. This is assuming we have full 22-episode seasons though. My timeline would expand if we only got 13 or so episodes a year.

Sanctuary on Syfy seems like X-Men to me, only with different characters. The concepts are very similar. I see a budget like that working very well for a live-action X-Men. Now, granted, I've only seen a few episodes of that show, but I liked what little I saw.

 

[Lord]

Does SyFy normally have good special effects? I heard bad things about their movies, but not about some of their tv shows, are their special effects on the level of Smallville or Fringe?

 

[Hellion]

Season 3 could have the return of Magneto, make Quicksilver and scarlet witch discover he is their father, show Havok (cyborg's brother), and end some other things.

Cyclop's I presume......unless were speaking of a Sentinel twist and I misunderstood ......but I like your Ideas.