Frank Miller's Buck Rogers...oh dear.

[roseembolism]

OK, now it's time for me to turn my nerd rage up to 11: Frank Miller to Direct "Buck Rogers" movie

I mean, I'm not even all that big a fan of Buck Rogers (though I used to like watching the serials), but I can only imagine what Mr. "Whores! Whores!  hoores! " will do to that classic SF property.

No wait, I don't have to.  The quote below tells me everything I need to know:

..."while the creator has only begun to sketch ideas, it's expected to be a darker take, with many of Miller's signature visual elements and themes, such as corruption and redemption. "

And whores of course.  Along with ninjas.  And ninja whores. 

*sigh*

Comments

Re: Gah.

[roseembolism.livejournal.com]

That's exactly it. I can see room for updating the Buck Roogers mythos as long as it doesn't involve destroying the basic heroic elements of the story. "Updating" Buck Rogers in the way that Miller would do would be like...like...I dunno, like having Mark Millar write Captain America or something. A Frankenstein abomination that would resemble the original in name only.