Legion World Forums LEGION CLUBHOUSE The Legion of Super-Heroes Legion of Superheroes HBO TV show

Something done in the style of Young Justice would be cool. My fear, like others, is that it would be more like Titans, with more of an emphasis on violence than on heroics.

Wow, this is exciting!!!

And yeah, I agree with Gaseous Lad - as soon as I saw "adult animated series", I assumed it simply means the content "rating" is on par with the live-action Titans show, but animated.

Actually, slightly disappointing that no one thinks they would rate their own live-action show. Such a show could be epic!!!!!!

Then again, if the quality is on par with something like "Invincible", animated might even make it better. It certainly allows more expansive settings.

I think with the futuristic setting, animation is the only way they could afford effects and world design and a large cast, but we'll see how many Legionnaires they pull into this effort.

I was also thinking if they could get to the level of quality of Arcane vs. Invincible it REALLY be a good show!

Yeah, between the futuristic setting and the raw number of characters and powers with the Legion, there's no way we'd be getting live action any time soon. Even with the greater budget for HBO shows, it would likely just end up with the Legends of Tomorrow problem of having characters running around barely ever actually using their powers.

This is my concern as well...while a lot of the powers are actually very low/non-existent on FX (Luornu, Brainy, Dreamy, Invisible Kid/s etc) you can guarantee characters like Sun Boy, Cham, Lightning Lad/Lass or Wildfire would barely do anything...watching Firestorm on the CW shows has been one of the most frustrating TV experiences of my life lol

I'm way more excited for animation than a live action show!

that point about the FX is one reason why I generally prefer animation for live-action, at least for the superhero genre.

Yeah, after seeing the various takes on Hawk-peeps, or even the giant eagles in the Lord of the Rings/Hobbit movies, I suspect that Bendis' decision to change Dawnstar's wings from feathers to energy constructs might have been a minor blessing for live-action purposes... GGI can do many wonderful things, but it sucks so far at fur or feathers, even when someone like Peter Jackson, who literally has dumptrucks worth of money to throw at the problem, takes a stab at it.

And yeah, the CW's choice to use characters like Steel and Firestorm, and then attempt to save money by having them never use their powers, was crappy. Hence shows like Arrow generally being much better, since they can stick to practical effects and stuntwork.