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    Lucifer being played for laughs for TV

    in Comics in other media

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    The twist to the Lucifer/Chloe relationship is that she appears to be the only woman who is not attracted to Lucifer in some way, indeed his very presence gives her the heebies. And he seems to see that as a fascinating challenge. We get the kind of Moonlightingrelationship without the inevitable and show-destroying sex.

    What Lucifer also gives us is a lot of talk. This is, to some extent natural, Lucifer is portrayed as a lover not a fighter, and a man who uses words to get people to do what he wants. However, as a result amongst the monologues pretending to be dialogues, there’s a lot of “tell” and not a lot of “show”. To have a chance of succeeding they’ll need to cast a loquacious non-violent alpha male. Basically they need Russell Brand.

     

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    John's (Bi)Sexuality: That big of a deal?

    in Bring the Noise

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    Ok, as a bisexual fan of John Constantine, this debate has annoyed me to no end. Why? Because I find that the people who make the most noise about this has been "fans" who never actually read much of Constantine to begin with. His bisexuality is now canon, fine. But it has never actually played a part in any of the character's development or story. The one story line it plays a part, he's playing a con on the guy who's interested in him. When the producers of the show announced that his bisexuality wasn't going to play a focal point, people got pissed as if we were losing an aspect of the character yet him being into dudes have NEVER EVER played a focal point in the source material.

    Thank you! Constantine's no Jack Harkness so they can stop acting as if he always was when he damn well isn't here.

    Ratings

    in Constantine - Adaptations on screen

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    “Constantine” (0.8/3 in 18-49, 2.9 million viewers overall from 8-9 p.m. ET) equaled the prior week’s 0.8 rating in adults 18-49 and grew week to week by +14% or 0.1 of a point in men 18-49 (0.8 vs. 0.7).

    “Constantine” will add substantial audience via time-shifting, last week having increased by +64% in 18-49 rating (from a 0.81 to a 1.33) and 1.2 million viewers overall (3.3 million to 4.5 million) going from L+SD to L+3.

     

    http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2015/02/07/nbcs-constantine-grows-week-to-week-in-men-18-49/360668/

    Constantine: The Hellblazer Relaunch

    in Hellblazer

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    Yes, I think DC chose the most interesting names they could come up with for the book.

    OK, Ming Doyle also did artwork on Mara (Brian Wood Image mini-series). The art was pretty good, different. The writing fell apart as Wood lost the plot-thread, but we can't blame Ming Doyle for that.

     

    Umm...Irish surnames? Yeah. You're forgetting Milligan, after Ennis.

     

    James Tynion IV does not create confidence for me. I haven't really read much by him, but DC kept seeming to pair him up with Scott Snyder. Nothing I've seen from him has interested me. I fear that, like Lemire, the book will drop to Tynion alone within a few months (ok, so Constantine somehow almost improved after Lemire, somehow, it's true).

    Rossmo alone is reason enough to get me to buy #1, as Proof is one of my favourite comics.

     

    I'm not sold on the idea that the infamous "haunted trenchcoat" is returning in this story. It might be artistic license and meant to represent something totally different. Until I see the synopsis, I'm not going to lose hope. That idea seemed very Milligan, as he used it to better effect during his Shade series. I think the idea just fell so flat in HB because Milligan never quite figured out that things that might work in Shade were unfit for HB (not the only problem of Milligan's run, but part of).

     

    For our sake, lettuce prey Tynion IV gets assigned to another book before they cross that bridge.

    Constantine: The Hellblazer Relaunch

    in Hellblazer

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    To be fair, I don't think the sentient trenchcoat -idea- is a complete dead loss. There's potential for cuteness.

     

    It's just really not a great opening gambit. Between it and the DCU bollocks, there's a lot of crumminess weighing down on any potential excitement here.

     

    I'm glad there's a woman writing it, though; I hope she does it well. And if we can then at some point have a Scot do a good job with the character, Denise Mina won't be the circumstantial flag-bearer for both camps anymore. Because she butterfingers'd that flag quite a lot (which still baffles me). And hey, just to continue playing the "let's classify everyone" card, the last time someone with a gratuitously Irish surname took over the character, it gave it a nice shot in the arm. THESE PATTERNS EXIST. THEY EXIST AND MEAN MUCH

     

    Apparently Ming will be co-writing with James Tynion IV, whom I also know nothing about, but who has a great name. Ming Doyle and Riley Rossmo are also pretty great names too. So at least there's that.

     

    If you're Milligan (or Steven Moffat)

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