This is basically in the same vein as Gandolfo's Movie news thread. Basically a catchall for TV news that doesn't quite fit anywhere and isn't really big enough to have it's own thread. I started it because I saw this and nearly wet myself.
http://www.avclub.com/articles/showtime-developing-adaptation-of-100-bullets,57836/I'm a major fan of 100 Bullets and for a long time felt that it would make a fine TV show. Though I felt the comic ended perfectly (which I won't spoil here), I could easily see the show taking it in another direction. And since every chapter had me rethinking what every character's grand designs are, I think it's open to a new take. That said, I certainly wouldn't mind if it was scene per scene the same, simply because while I like David Goyer, dialogue isn't always his strong suit and dialogue is the strong suit of the comic. I realized that the way language is used in the comic is often the way humour is used in Arrested Development: it plays with it and has fun with it, but usually does something surprisingly intricate with it. Yes, the dialogue is pretty crazy and over-the-top but it can be surprisingly subtle and it works for that world.
For those not in the know, the basic premise is that a man called Agent Graves (we don't find out what he's an agent of until later) gives people an attache briefcase with 100 bullets (untraceable), a gun, the promise of carte blanche to murder (as long as whatever you did was done with the gun) and irrefutable evidence that they have been horribly wronged. What is done is up to the person who has the weapon. It starts off like an anthology, but soon it becomes apparent that each story fits into a much larger tapestry.
Also, this comic has some awesome friggin' covers.
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