Top 3 franchises to transition to TV

 Although we would always see our favorite franchises to go to the big screen, we must admit some would be better suited for TV. Welcome back to VGBM and today we will be looking at some franchises that I thought can make for great TV series, my choice will be based on storyline and adaptability for the small screen, and we will be looking at one franchise from anime, books and comics.
1 - Cowboy Bebop (anime)

Cowboy Bebop

Cowboy bebop is a 1998 Japanese anime developed by Sunrise that followed a group of bounty hunters in their spaceship called the bebop. Set in the year 2071 where most of humans have colonized the different planets of the Milky Way, it explores the different past of each character and how they live together in the ship. I really liked the diversity of the different characters and the fact like in real life that the different characters don’t really get along in the ship. The reason why I think it’s a good idea for a live action TV series is that the world although it’s vibrant and colorful but you style have that old-school Noir vibe, especially with the themes of existentialism and loneliness. And it all work perfectly well with the jazz inspired soundtrack by Yoko Kanno. Not only that but the characters are so deep with their past always becoming a part of their story-line may it be for Spike the former mafia enforcer, Jet the ex-cop and Faye the con-artist. Everyone has a great story in which they were greatly developed in the 26 episodes but still as a fan I wanted a bit more. For me and for a lot this was one of the best anime series of all time and I wish that a live action series adaptation will do it Justice.

The crew of the Bebop : Faye, Spike, Jet, Ed and their dog Ein.

2 - Anne Rice The Vampire Chronicles (books)

The Vampire Chronicles collection

Although I must admit that there are plenty of shows in which we have vampires ,I must admit that there was not a show that truly explored the vampire lore may it be Joss Whedon’s Buffy the vampire slayer and it’s spinoff Angel, the CW’s Vampire Diaries, HBO’s True Blood and more recently FX’s “The Strain” . I’m not saying that these shows are bad (Although I was disappointed with True Blood’s final season and the pacing in the Strain is super slow) but with all the different vampire characters they never really developed the vampire mythology, and with one recent movie series you kinda forget that Vampires are actually cool and blood thirsty killers and that they DO NOT SHINE IN SUNLIGHT (I’m looking at you Twilight Saga). Now with the vampire chronicles what is interesting with the book series is that some books have different narrator may it be Louis Pointe du Lac, the series protagonist Lestat de Lioncourt or the vampire Vittorio. They explore the lives of different vampires and how they live throughout the ages may it be Ancient Rome, the 18^th century or the present day. And with each narrator comes a different point of view and has a fan of the series I must admit the idea is very appealing. Not only that it’s how they explain the transformation from human to vampire and how each vampire powers evolve with time and how one’s mentality change when becoming a vampire.

Brad Pitt as Louis Pointe-du-Lac in the 1988 Interview with a Vampire movie.

3 - Daughters of the Dragon (comics)

Daughters of the Dragon.

In comics especially in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU), there are plenty of different characters there maybe transition to TV, so why in this case I took a story about 2 female bounty hunters of the marvel universe. The answer is quite simple, when it comes to comic book media going live action its better in my case to target a wide audience which in some case do not necessary read comics. In the case of Misty Knight and Colleen Wing there’s not much back story or subplot to tire the average TV viewer and there can be enough cameo presence and Easter eggs for any hardcore reader to enjoy. The story focus on these 2 leads catching B-List super-villains bailing on parole and occasionally helping the main heroes like Captain America and Iron Man in certain cases. So in the MCU you can expect team-up with characters from Agents of Shield, Daredevil and even the future Spider-Man. But let’s not get ahead of ourselves, the focus of the franchise that’s basically a fun action packed series which I find that would transition greatly in TV.

Misty Knight, Colleen Wing, Iron Fist and Luke Cage.

As fan in this era , we see many of our beloved franchise going live action although there were many failures but some came out really well , like Smallville, The Flash , Agents of SHIELD and Daredevil, and we hope to see many more of fan favorite franchise to go live action.

Thanks again for reading, see you soon.