if you were hbo - whats your next series?

ric · Post by **ric** » Thu Mar 22, 2012 2:13 am

and what is it about?

i havent seen game of thrones. i probably wont until theyre all out (books and shows)

if i was hbo i would do Shogun, the epic, mind-bogglingly immersive book. when youre reading that book, everything else becomes stuff in your world that you have to do to survive, like eat, and go to work, you get home and read shogun for like 5 hours and then realize you have to eat and sleep before it gets too late.

shogun is about a skilled english merchant-sailor who is shipwrecked out in japan, taken as prisoner, but sort of cared for, and then shit gets incredible from there on out. the story need not be directly ported over but the initial premise and direction and broad strokes would make the sweetest fucking series.

its a shame the hunger games opted to go the movie route. an hbo series could really expand a lot of whats going on there (i havent read the 2nd or 3rd books though). it need only be 3 seasons long.

None · Post by **None** » Thu Mar 22, 2012 2:22 am

They're already doing American Gods, so.

ric · Post by **ric** » Thu Mar 22, 2012 4:46 am

so what would you do if you were the boss?

citizen · Post by **citizen** » Thu Mar 22, 2012 8:54 am

maybe a sports series drama, like behind the scenes of a pro football team or somethin, mad drama

Guun · Post by **Guun** » Thu Mar 22, 2012 9:20 am

ric wrote:
i havent seen game of thrones. i probably wont until theyre all out (books and shows)

George R. R. Martin might die before he finishes the series if he maintains his current pace.

drizzle · Post by **drizzle** » Thu Mar 22, 2012 10:51 am

Shogun was already made into a mini series, pretty sure it was a HUGE deal when it came out (1980 according to imdb). they had toshiro mifune as one of the leads and orson wells doing narration. HBO would have to shell out a ton of money to match that kind of talent, and tons and tons and tons of money for authentic looking sets - exactly the kind of spending that made them cancel Rome. They would be working under the pressure of expectations of not just living up to the book but the previous version as well.

So while the source material maybe great, the logistics of implementation aren't very promising

EMCEE DARTH MALEK · Post by **EMCEE DARTH MALEK** » Thu Mar 22, 2012 11:29 am

something in space
show about hookers n pimps
live action lion king with real animals
breaking bad in russia

hit me up hbo i got more

ALASKA · Post by **ALASKA** » Thu Mar 22, 2012 11:32 am

I would go with a comedy about the actors who play the plushy characters in a kids show and how fucked up they are in real life.

YouTube · Post by **Philaflava** » Thu Mar 22, 2012 11:33 am

i want another sports/agent type show. i am a sucker for that shit. give me arliss meets ari gold.

Tommy Bunz · Post by **Tommy Bunz** » Thu Mar 22, 2012 11:37 am

ALASKA wrote:I would go with a comedy about the actors who play the plushy characters in a kids show and how fucked up they are in real life.

I would totally watch a Death To Smoochy series.

Seiko Flossberg · Post by **Seiko Flossberg** » Thu Mar 22, 2012 11:38 am

A fourth season of Deadwood.

Combo7 · Post by **Combo7** » Thu Mar 22, 2012 1:04 pm

Guun wrote:
ric wrote:
i havent seen game of thrones. i probably wont until theyre all out (books and shows)
George R. R. Martin might die before he finishes the series if he maintains his current pace.

I have a feeling he's going to pick up the pace now that the HBO series has taken off.

JaH BLaZe · Post by **JaH BLaZe** » Thu Mar 22, 2012 1:40 pm

id do a show where a kid is getting ready to go off to college and its his last year in high school. he wants to be criminal justice and his family wants him to stay home and work. the mother is an office manager and the dad is a C.O. and a secret faggot. the kid is super smart and steady shows his peers how stupid and fucked up they are. if it gets picked up, we follow the kid into college where he shows his professors and peers how stupid and fucked up they are too. it'll combination of the boondocks and saved by the bell

Ramen · Post by **Ramen** » Thu Mar 22, 2012 1:42 pm

gambling from casinos to the low level bookies. maybe like rounders.
I guess they have that horse racing show though right?

In that case I would go back in time and get louie ck before fx got him.

T Rav · Post by **T Rav** » Thu Mar 22, 2012 2:47 pm

Ramen, I would watch your show about travelling back in time to find Louis CK.

alpha · Post by **alpha** » Thu Mar 22, 2012 2:50 pm

Y: the last man

Combo7 · Post by **Combo7** » Thu Mar 22, 2012 2:53 pm

^^ Fuck yes

Employee · Post by **Employee** » Thu Mar 22, 2012 3:05 pm

"You Don't Live Here Anymore" - A thirteen episode series with each week revolving around a different family in a different city. The title refers to the foreclosures happening at a record rate across the country. Its message would be naturally anti-foreclosure and, because of the subject matter and network, would attract high profile stars. Gayest idea ever? Yes.

Leon Uris has so many great books that would look amazing on HBO. These two books specifically:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trinity_(novel)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Redemption_(novel)

ALASKA · Post by **ALASKA** » Thu Mar 22, 2012 4:07 pm

Employee wrote:"You Don't Live Here Anymore" - A thirteen episode series with each week revolving around a different family in a different city. The title refers to the foreclosures happening at a record rate across the country. Its message would be naturally anti-foreclosure and, because of the subject matter and network, would attract high profile stars. Gayest idea ever? Yes.

Most depressing show this side of how to make it in ny

AWAE · Post by **AWAE** » Thu Mar 22, 2012 11:30 pm

Blade Runner
live action Heavy Metal

ric · Post by **ric** » Thu Mar 22, 2012 11:30 pm

@drizzle
did not know that about shogun. i will probably not watch that series but im glad it got the golden treatment

i thought they cancelled rome because the storylines were getting ridiculous...but i wouldnt know, i didnt watch any of it

@alpha
y the last man would be sick, but i thought the comics had a major dip midway through. lots of good survival potential, sex potential, etc

Dan · Post by **Dan** » Thu Mar 22, 2012 11:34 pm

Sniglets: The Show

Kalel · Post by **Kalel** » Fri Mar 23, 2012 12:21 am

Some kind of show about indie pro wrestling.

"Preacher."

A raunchier version of "The League." Maybe involving gambling or poker instead of fantasy football.

Anything sci-fi related.

360 · Post by **360** » Fri Mar 23, 2012 7:49 am

Convince brad pit to give us world war z so we can turn it into a massive 2 season epic with each story as an episode.

Gregg Popabitch · Post by **Gregg Popabitch** » Fri Mar 23, 2012 8:31 am

alpha wrote:Y: the last man

blastmaster · Post by **blastmaster** » Sun Mar 25, 2012 1:12 pm

They own the rights to James Ellroy's Underworld USA trilogy.

GLUS · Post by **GLUS** » Sun Mar 25, 2012 1:17 pm

ric wrote: i thought they cancelled rome because the storylines were getting ridiculous...but i wouldnt know, i didnt watch any of it

Production costs...and you should watch it because it is great.

Also

@ Jahblaze

Panama · Post by **Panama** » Sun Mar 25, 2012 8:35 pm

Gregg Popabitch wrote:
alpha wrote:Y: the last man

Yeah that would be sick (or AMC could do it )

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