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CONSTANTINE
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Of all the comic book-related television shows that I follow, I'm most excited about Constantine. I know the source material very well, having own nearly all the 300 issues run of Hellblazer comic book. My favorite stories are the ones by Garth Ennis, who I thought brought a much better pace (and violent) to the horror comic book. Jamie Delano is a good writer, but his stories takes so long to build up... and they really feel very British to me.
So the new live action Constantine show just aired on NBC and I have to admit, they got the character right: a blond British guy in a trench coat with his cab driver friend Chas. I am one of the few people that actually like the Constantine movie, even though they got the character wrong... but if you've seen the movie, then you're probably already familiar with the TV show.
I'm probably just nitpicky, but the Astra little girl character in the comic book is white, and she's missing an arm. They reference the 'Newcastle' storyline in the show, but they gloss it over and didn't mention the child molestation thing that caused the demon to manifest in the first place.
Constantine is sometime not a very likeable character, especially when he sacrifices his friends like pawns.
Some things:
Constantine is a chain smoker... which lead to a great storyline about how he got lung cancer (and how he tricked to get a healthy set of lungs!). In the TV show, he's not smoking (or perhaps gave up smoking).
Astra is missing an arm in the comic book, thanks (or no thanks) to John Constantine.
Dr Fate's helmet is shown in the show, let's just keep Constantine away from other DC 'superhero' characters. I never want to see Constantine hanging out with Batman (which he does in the new 52 and that's why Justice League Dark sucks...) The only exception is Swamp Thing, otherwise all DC characters in tights should not be in this Constantine world.
While Ritchie (the computer hacker) is a Constantine friend from Hellblazer #7, I do not believe Liv and her father Jasper actually appeared in the comic book. Let's hope to see Map brought to life.
I just read that the pilot received poor rating and that the show will likely be cancel. I hope not, I want to see more Constantine!
nbc.com/constantine
Of all the comic book-related television shows that I follow, I'm most excited about Constantine. I know the source material very well, having own nearly all the 300 issues run of Hellblazer comic book. My favorite stories are the ones by Garth Ennis, who I thought brought a much better pace (and violent) to the horror comic book. Jamie Delano is a good writer, but his stories takes so long to build up... and they really feel very British to me.
So the new live action Constantine show just aired on NBC and I have to admit, they got the character right: a blond British guy in a trench coat with his cab driver friend Chas. I am one of the few people that actually like the Constantine movie, even though they got the character wrong... but if you've seen the movie, then you're probably already familiar with the TV show.
I'm probably just nitpicky, but the Astra little girl character in the comic book is white, and she's missing an arm. They reference the 'Newcastle' storyline in the show, but they gloss it over and didn't mention the child molestation thing that caused the demon to manifest in the first place.
Constantine is sometime not a very likeable character, especially when he sacrifices his friends like pawns.
Some things:
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