"Marvel's Runaways" , A Hulu Original Series

Honestly, I don't mind Hulu dropping episodes weekly. I don't have Hulu (since it is an American streaming service), but some shows simply work better if you don't watch them all at once. Getting the potential anticipation for the next episode as well as the option as being able to watch the already aired episodes whenever you want is not a bad mix.

Yeah. There is a reason the Daredevil and Jessica Jones threads are so tiny compared to the Agents one.

Although personally I like having some of each. Variety is the spice of life and so?

"But if that happened, Melia might actually be happy. We can't have that." - Handsome Rob

Does it have to be on Hulu?

Never trust anyone who uses "degenerate" as an insult.

I'm just going to quote my previous post:

If it helps, Hulu may come out with DVD sets faster than Netflix does. Netflix is finally coming out with Daredevil Season 1 DVD in October, even though it's been 18 months since it aired. (Or is Marvel in charge of DVD sales?)

edited 28th Aug '16 8:04:38 PM by alliterator

I think Netflix doesn't do DVD in general. We are lucky that Daredevil gets a release.

I know House of Cards got a DVD release. Don't know about their other original series.

"We'll take the next chance, and the next, until we win, or the chances are spent."

Orange is the New Black has gotten a DVD release of all of its seasons so far.

.. That makes zero percent sense. If you want to watch a netflix show, subscribe for a month, it costs way less. Who is the target audience for these ?

Presumably they're for people that might want to cancel their subscription some day or don't want to buy one in the first place.

Or who simply like to have their own copy, with all the extras which come with it. It is not like we can trust Netflix to never take any show off their server after all.

When I really like something, I prefer to have my own copy, too, though I am really selective...I also usually wait until I can get the perfect version of a movie.

Also people in areas where internet speeds are still limited/usage capped, rural areas, older people who don't understand the internet, etc. Even now broadband isn't completely universal. Presumably that's why they tried it with their most critically successful, talked-about, traditional dramatic offerings first, since while the DVD market might be shrinking, as long as it's still there, might as well try and tap it.

And the reason some posters might wish that the show wasn't a Hulu exclusive isn't necessarily anything to do with Hulu as a service, but rather because it's not available outside the US.

edited 29th Aug '16 10:44:26 AM by Unsung

Considering that the CD market is still around, too, I have the feeling that the DVD market will never totally vanish. The time to just slap a movie on a DVD and make money out of it is over, though, they need to put a little bit effort into it.

JJ relied much less on comic book lore than pretty much every single other "mainstream/main universe" Marvel or DC show. The writers obviously had others thing in mind than placing as many small winks towards the CB readers as possible, and the few elements they picked from the comics were chosen not to please the fans but because it served a purpose in the narrative - like picking Nuke and Kilgore as the villains because they perfectly fit the themes of the story, which has very little in common with all of Jess' CB arcs anyway.

So if they keep this "In Name Only" vibe going on, JJ's lack of comic content is a godsend, because it gives the writers complete creative freedom. They won't feel forced to include this or that character or this or that storyline that are considered to be "essential" - like Marvel doing a Civil War, Supergirl having a "For the Girl who has Everything" episode, or Flash apparently starting season 3 with Flashpoint. They'll just narrate what they want to narrate without being choked by fanservice needs.

Anyway, Runaways is one show in which I will follow the casting choices very carefully. If Hulu screws up when casting Nico and Gert, I will be very mad.

edited 31st Aug '16 4:55:53 AM by Julep

Kilgrave and in the comics, Killgrave did have a huge part in Jessica's comic, but only for the very last story arc (even though his presence looms over her entire comic). It's clear, though, that Melissa Rosenberg read all of Jessica's comics, because she does use some of the same scenarios and dialogue, but she also includes a lot of things that are very different (like Hellcat being Jessica's adopted sister). This bit of dialogue, however, comes directly from the comics:

edited 31st Aug '16 6:10:05 AM by alliterator

Sure, and "Give me a red" also counts. I know that Kilgrave is extremely important in the comics, but "only" as the cause of Jess' traumas, not as the looming threat over her life and that of her friends. She also does not get a "Mind control prevention treatment" in the show (or rather, she ignores she did) which massively influences her behavior.

The feeling was similar in Agent Carter: lore elements are only added because they fit to the bigger story, it never feels like the CB content comes first.

Again: in the last story arc, when he escapes prison, he is the looming threat.

That I thought was kind of clever: in the comics, Jean Grey implants an anti-mind control trigger into her head in case the Purple Man ever tries to control her again, but she only remembers it when it actually happens. In the show, they can't show Jean Grey, of course, so they just leave it as unexplained and have her have no idea she can resist his commands until she does towards the end of the season.

I prefer to have a physical copy of everything so I even if I have Netflix I still want it on Blu-ray so if I go somewhere without Netflix I can still watch it without having to sign into Netflix.

Batman Ninja more like Batman's Bizarre Adventure

Even beyond that - it's easy to forget that there are still plenty of people, even within the US, who simply don't have Internet, or don't have halfway decent Internet. And they like watching TV just as much as the next person.

There's also public libraries. While I don't imagine those would be a massive source of income, there are plenty of libraries these days that have large DVD collections, and some of the Netflix shows are pretty sought-after, so it's nice for them to be able to add those to their shelves.

"We'll take the next chance, and the next, until we win, or the chances are spent."

Despite the rise of VOD, physical ownership of a product is far from being a thing of the past.

I mean, most of us are one Valve crash away from losing from tens to hundreds of games.

edited 1st Sep '16 2:48:35 AM by Julep

Why Marvel’s Runaways TV Series Could Be Groundbreaking

http://www.themarysue.com/runaways-could-be-groundbreaking/

Pilot starts filming next month.

Should be getting some casting relatively soon.

I'm not sure what makes me raise an eyebrow higher - the fact that they're described solely as "six diverse teenagers," or the fact that the very first response is some guy complaining about diversity being "shoved in his face."^note Well, technically he said "showed in his face," but he probably meant shoved.

That aside, I hope the show turns out to be good, and I'm curious to see what kind of cast we end up with. Fingers crossed for Victor Mancha.

"We'll take the next chance, and the next, until we win, or the chances are spent."

.. That's not a person, that's an automated twitter troll. Okay, if we're really unfortunate, it's a fully automated twitter troll running on the wetware of some particularily dim H.Sap, but.. probably not. The runaways has zero fans who mind diversity. So this is likely some asshat running a twitter account entirely via scripts.

I don't know, I think there's a decent chance it's a real person. Or a real jerk, I should say. There are unfortunately plenty of people in the world who hold those perspectives and opinions, and not all of them are bots.

Also, I wonder if Old Lace is going to be in this. Presumably she will, but I can see the CGI getting a tad on the expensive side for a production of this modest scale.

"We'll take the next chance, and the next, until we win, or the chances are spent."

Six teenagers? They gonna age up Molly?

You fell victim to one of the classic blunders!