Comments on: METAL MEN forge ahead at WB http://www.comicsbeat.com/2007/04/04/metal-men-forge-ahead-at-wb/ The News Blog of Comics Culture Sat, 11 Feb 2012 17:26:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v= hourly 1 By: cary coatney http://www.comicsbeat.com/2007/04/04/metal-men-forge-ahead-at-wb/#comment-14945 cary coatney Thu, 05 Apr 2007 02:55:24 +0000 http://www.comicsbeat.com/2007/04/04/metal-men-forge-ahead-at-wb/#comment-14945 This story's like months old.... going back to the day when the Iron Man movie was first announced by Paramount. Did your subscription to Hollywood Reporter lapse or something, Heidi? ~ Coat This story’s like months old…. going back to the day when the Iron Man movie was first announced by Paramount.

Did your subscription to Hollywood Reporter lapse or something, Heidi?

~

Coat

]]> By: caleb http://www.comicsbeat.com/2007/04/04/metal-men-forge-ahead-at-wb/#comment-14944 caleb Wed, 04 Apr 2007 23:34:17 +0000 http://www.comicsbeat.com/2007/04/04/metal-men-forge-ahead-at-wb/#comment-14944 Weird. Allred's usually a really fast writer, isn't he? And when was the last time DC axed something because the artist was too slow? Weird. Allred’s usually a really fast writer, isn’t he? And when was the last time DC axed something because the artist was too slow?

]]> By: Tag http://www.comicsbeat.com/2007/04/04/metal-men-forge-ahead-at-wb/#comment-14943 Tag Wed, 04 Apr 2007 22:47:50 +0000 http://www.comicsbeat.com/2007/04/04/metal-men-forge-ahead-at-wb/#comment-14943 I'd love to see the Dorkin/Allred book, too (which I think was meant to be a miniseries), but to hear Evan tell it, it self-destructed so spectacularly and with such animosity that it's unlikely we'll ever see it: <i>Well, I'm very happy to hear how glad Allred sounds about drawing so slowly that the series has been frozen. Yeah, that's just so very cool. Maybe if you're not the guy writing the series that sounds just way, way cool, and, as he puts it, "ultimately a good thing". Wasn't a good thing for me, or DC, for that matter.</i> (comment reply from Evan, 5/27/04) <i>I heard from a source affiliated with DC that one reason my Metal Men series was canned was because the scripts were deemed "too goofy" by a power-that-be. That's right."Too goofy". The Metal Men. If that's true, I guess I should've had Platinum get raped and killed by Chemo while she was going to have Tin's clockwork baby. Or maybe someone should've read my pitch more closely before they approved it. In case you hadn't noticed, I'm still pretty sore about the whole thing.</i> (Evan's LJ, 12/17/04) He's got some swell page roughs posted on his LJ <a href="http://evandorkin.livejournal.com/106550.html" rel="nofollow">here</a>. In the interests of fairness I'd like to know Allred's side of the story, because my bias is with Evan. I’d love to see the Dorkin/Allred book, too (which I think was meant to be a miniseries), but to hear Evan tell it, it self-destructed so spectacularly and with such animosity that it’s unlikely we’ll ever see it:

Well, I’m very happy to hear how glad Allred sounds about drawing so slowly that the series has been frozen. Yeah, that’s just so very cool. Maybe if you’re not the guy writing the series that sounds just way, way cool, and, as he puts it, “ultimately a good thing”. Wasn’t a good thing for me, or DC, for that matter. (comment reply from Evan, 5/27/04)

I heard from a source affiliated with DC that one reason my Metal Men series was canned was because the scripts were deemed “too goofy” by a power-that-be. That’s right.”Too goofy”. The Metal Men. If that’s true, I guess I should’ve had Platinum get raped and killed by Chemo while she was going to have Tin’s clockwork baby. Or maybe someone should’ve read my pitch more closely before they approved it. In case you hadn’t noticed, I’m still pretty sore about the whole thing. (Evan’s LJ, 12/17/04)

He’s got some swell page roughs posted on his LJ here. In the interests of fairness I’d like to know Allred’s side of the story, because my bias is with Evan.

]]> By: Sphinx Magoo http://www.comicsbeat.com/2007/04/04/metal-men-forge-ahead-at-wb/#comment-14942 Sphinx Magoo Wed, 04 Apr 2007 20:48:19 +0000 http://www.comicsbeat.com/2007/04/04/metal-men-forge-ahead-at-wb/#comment-14942 Wow! Metal Men seems like such a no-brainer in a way... shape-changing robots, weird opponents, wild sci-fi concepts. Maybe they'll go up against Chemo... every time my kitchen sink is backed up I think about Chemo's origin and make sure to disinfect everything to make sure nothing grows in there! Wow! Metal Men seems like such a no-brainer in a way… shape-changing robots, weird opponents, wild sci-fi concepts. Maybe they’ll go up against Chemo… every time my kitchen sink is backed up I think about Chemo’s origin and make sure to disinfect everything to make sure nothing grows in there!

]]> By: Patrick Dean http://www.comicsbeat.com/2007/04/04/metal-men-forge-ahead-at-wb/#comment-14941 Patrick Dean Wed, 04 Apr 2007 20:34:36 +0000 http://www.comicsbeat.com/2007/04/04/metal-men-forge-ahead-at-wb/#comment-14941 I wonder if they'll dust off the one Evan Dorkin did a few years ago that Allred was rumored to draw. I wonder if they’ll dust off the one Evan Dorkin did a few years ago that Allred was rumored to draw.

]]> By: caleb http://www.comicsbeat.com/2007/04/04/metal-men-forge-ahead-at-wb/#comment-14940 caleb Wed, 04 Apr 2007 20:23:49 +0000 http://www.comicsbeat.com/2007/04/04/metal-men-forge-ahead-at-wb/#comment-14940 Uh oh, DC better get around to publishing a Metal Man comic soon then! How about... Doc Magnus--Pierce Brosnan Gold--Daniel Craig Platinum--Naomi Watts Mercury--Adam Sandler Lead--John C. Reilly Tin--Crispin Glover Uh oh, DC better get around to publishing a Metal Man comic soon then!

How about…

Doc Magnus–Pierce Brosnan

Gold–Daniel Craig

Platinum–Naomi Watts

Mercury–Adam Sandler

Lead–John C. Reilly

Tin–Crispin Glover

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