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[New002]

My problem with this is that the action and choreography are huge parts of the appeal (to me) and those elements get watered down tremendously on TV, even when it comes to channels like HBO or services like Netflix.

 

[ViciousDS]

Yeah it really would work great, just so long as they can deliver engaging action sequences on a TV budget.

Sidenote, I'm so happy to see Ian McShane doing so well these days. I'm from the next town across from him.

Edit: Keanu Reeves discussed this idea in this interview, too.

they should probably get most of the team that does into the badlands for the action scenes and it should come out fine. 2 major scenes per episode.

Into the badlands showed that big action scenes can exist in a TV setting

 

[tearsintherain]

Westworld is technically a movie spinoff to TV. yeah, I'd agree it HAS to be HBO, Starz, or Netflix to be really good and limited to a 10 episode season.

Could totally be a Hitman or modern day Assassins Creeds kind of show, just focused on hitmen going about their jobs and maybe slowly building up a story arc over seasons. The big problem is that at some point people will want John Wick in it, which I guess could have a small tie in around the time of John Wick 3, JW4, etc.

Also might be great as a comedy, sort of like Powerless but done better - random guys who aren't assassins having to deal with the shit assassins leave behind. Probably not work that well since comedy is hard, but in the right hands would be crazy and solve some of the budget problems.

 

[Rumblebones]

I would love this.

 

[UrbanRats]

My problem with this is that the action and choreography are huge parts of the appeal (to me) and those elements get watered down tremendously on TV, even when it comes to channels like HBO or services like Netflix.

Banshee was pretty damn solid, Daredevil, too.
Neither on the level of movies though, but they could be pioneers on that front, who knows?

 

[Denzar]

Yes please!

Havent seen Pt. 2 yet, but the world building in the original is amazing and intriguing.

 

[SoRuffShoNuff]

My problem with this is that the action and choreography are huge parts of the appeal (to me) and those elements get watered down tremendously on TV, even when it comes to channels like HBO or services like Netflix.

Enter The Badlands has some amazing choreography, if a John Wick tv show had fight scenes on par with that show then there would be little to worry about.

 

[DarkJediKnight]

My problem with this is that the action and choreography are huge parts of the appeal (to me) and those elements get watered down tremendously on TV, even when it comes to channels like HBO or services like Netflix.

Banshee and Badlands are easily on par. Daredevil on Netflix has some wicked fights in the first season.