Power Girl: The Series
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seriousficI keep saying this would make a better TV show than Wonder Woman...
The pitch: Okay, basically, think of this as JLI: The Series. Power Girl is our main character, the straight man, the voice of reason who says "You have got to be kidding" when everyone else is running from a Chocos-deprived J'onn. This isn't to say she isn't funny -- think of her like Jeff from Community. She's just the normalest one in her bunch of misfits. Also, she'll be played by Diora Baird, to ensure faithfulness to comics canon (32DD).
In her off-hours, Power Girl is Karen Starr, CEO of Kord Industries. Ted Kord, the namesake and technically the owner of the company (he inherited it from his father), prefers to work in his lab all day. He's nerdy, but in a cuddly way - think George from Being Human, minus series two. The expression penny wise and pound foolish could've been made for this guy. He can figure out how to invent a giant robot capable of tearing down buildings in half the time of a demolitions team, but he can't think of why it'd be nice to have an off-switch for such a thing. After all, there's no chance of it getting out of control... Karen relies on Ted for the mad science, like he's the Walter Bishop to her Olivia Dunham. If Walter had a crush on Olivia. Eww...
Booster Gold is an obnoxious gloryhound intent on either replacing Karen as the city's superhero du jour or getting her into bed -- he doesn't seem to know either. While he's brash and arrogant to a Captain Hammer-level, there isn't any cruelty in it -- he's just sure that he's that awesome. The swagger makes him sympathetic, even if he has a lot of growing up to do before he becomes a true hero. Likewise, him flirting with Karen (and her invariably shooting him down) isn't skeevy -- Karen finds it endearing, somehow -- possibly because DAT ASS -- just hopeless, and a fun source of banter. Booster shows up on the day a subterranean invasion threatens the city, hoping to get a piece of the action... not knowing that his future knowledge doesn't cover...
Atlee, the inadvertent cause of said invasion. Karen's thoughtfulness trumps Booster's egotistical heroics and she helps Atlee shut it down... and finds herself with a new sidekick. Also, Atlee bears an astonishing resemblance to Alison Brie...
The love triangle is never a source of drama... after some initial misgivings, Booster and Ted become fast friends. At one point, Karen half-laments "Remember when they were both in love with me?" Because every comedy needs heterosexual life partners.
Other members of the JLI show up as recurring cast members. For instance, after a fight with Scott, Big Barda shows up to crash at Karen's place.
BARDA: I don't need him! Who needs to escape something when you can just break out of it? Who needs men anyway!? I could turn lesbian, that'd show him. (looks at Karen) No, I couldn't...
KAREN: Hey!
In another thrilling adventure, Wonder Woman shows up to set up a Theymyscrian embassy and agrees to a night out with Ted, provoking Karen's envy. After some slut-shaming on Karen's part, Karen learns a valuable lesson and apologizes.
Basically, since real superhero action can't be filmed on a TV budget, much less on a weekly basis, the show will focus on comedy and shenanigans. Think Silver Age Superman, where Supes was always having to think of creative ways to use his superpowers to get out of jams. Similarly, Karen might have a reporter trying to uncover her secret identity, possibly with some subtextual issues ("I'm not in love with Power Girl, I just want to expose her! To the world! I'm not talking about her breasts! ...I was talking about her secret identity.")
However, since Peej is canonically not as powerful as Superman, that gives us some leeway to actually put her into some real rights. Think of how depowered TAS Superman was. A shotgun blast might knock him back a few steps. Same with Peej. Whereas the only threat Superman faces from a giant robot would be it making him late for dinner, Power Girl could conceivably be creamed by one unless she comes up with something clever. We can even lampshade this a bit.
ATLEE: Why are you dodging? It's just small arms fire.
POWER GIRL: I'm invulnerable. The suit isn't. And there's already a guy calling himself the Flash.
Power Girl's origins won't be covered, at least in the pilot. Several years ago, she was found by Superman, suffering from amnesia and possessing superhuman powers. Her secret origins will serve as a meta-plot for the show (although no Atlantean pregnancies, except as fodder for cheap in-jokes).
Also, something something Max Lord.
The pitch: Okay, basically, think of this as JLI: The Series. Power Girl is our main character, the straight man, the voice of reason who says "You have got to be kidding" when everyone else is running from a Chocos-deprived J'onn. This isn't to say she isn't funny -- think of her like Jeff from Community. She's just the normalest one in her bunch of misfits. Also, she'll be played by Diora Baird, to ensure faithfulness to comics canon (32DD).
In her off-hours, Power Girl is Karen Starr, CEO of Kord Industries. Ted Kord, the namesake and technically the owner of the company (he inherited it from his father), prefers to work in his lab all day. He's nerdy, but in a cuddly way - think George from Being Human, minus series two. The expression penny wise and pound foolish could've been made for this guy. He can figure out how to invent a giant robot capable of tearing down buildings in half the time of a demolitions team, but he can't think of why it'd be nice to have an off-switch for such a thing. After all, there's no chance of it getting out of control... Karen relies on Ted for the mad science, like he's the Walter Bishop to her Olivia Dunham. If Walter had a crush on Olivia. Eww...
Booster Gold is an obnoxious gloryhound intent on either replacing Karen as the city's superhero du jour or getting her into bed -- he doesn't seem to know either. While he's brash and arrogant to a Captain Hammer-level, there isn't any cruelty in it -- he's just sure that he's that awesome. The swagger makes him sympathetic, even if he has a lot of growing up to do before he becomes a true hero. Likewise, him flirting with Karen (and her invariably shooting him down) isn't skeevy -- Karen finds it endearing, somehow -- possibly because DAT ASS -- just hopeless, and a fun source of banter. Booster shows up on the day a subterranean invasion threatens the city, hoping to get a piece of the action... not knowing that his future knowledge doesn't cover...
Atlee, the inadvertent cause of said invasion. Karen's thoughtfulness trumps Booster's egotistical heroics and she helps Atlee shut it down... and finds herself with a new sidekick. Also, Atlee bears an astonishing resemblance to Alison Brie...
The love triangle is never a source of drama... after some initial misgivings, Booster and Ted become fast friends. At one point, Karen half-laments "Remember when they were both in love with me?" Because every comedy needs heterosexual life partners.
Other members of the JLI show up as recurring cast members. For instance, after a fight with Scott, Big Barda shows up to crash at Karen's place.
BARDA: I don't need him! Who needs to escape something when you can just break out of it? Who needs men anyway!? I could turn lesbian, that'd show him. (looks at Karen) No, I couldn't...
KAREN: Hey!
In another thrilling adventure, Wonder Woman shows up to set up a Theymyscrian embassy and agrees to a night out with Ted, provoking Karen's envy. After some slut-shaming on Karen's part, Karen learns a valuable lesson and apologizes.
Basically, since real superhero action can't be filmed on a TV budget, much less on a weekly basis, the show will focus on comedy and shenanigans. Think Silver Age Superman, where Supes was always having to think of creative ways to use his superpowers to get out of jams. Similarly, Karen might have a reporter trying to uncover her secret identity, possibly with some subtextual issues ("I'm not in love with Power Girl, I just want to expose her! To the world! I'm not talking about her breasts! ...I was talking about her secret identity.")
However, since Peej is canonically not as powerful as Superman, that gives us some leeway to actually put her into some real rights. Think of how depowered TAS Superman was. A shotgun blast might knock him back a few steps. Same with Peej. Whereas the only threat Superman faces from a giant robot would be it making him late for dinner, Power Girl could conceivably be creamed by one unless she comes up with something clever. We can even lampshade this a bit.
ATLEE: Why are you dodging? It's just small arms fire.
POWER GIRL: I'm invulnerable. The suit isn't. And there's already a guy calling himself the Flash.
Power Girl's origins won't be covered, at least in the pilot. Several years ago, she was found by Superman, suffering from amnesia and possessing superhuman powers. Her secret origins will serve as a meta-plot for the show (although no Atlantean pregnancies, except as fodder for cheap in-jokes).
Also, something something Max Lord.
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Date: 2011-02-03 02:35 am (UTC)Oh the humanity!
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Date: 2011-02-03 03:16 am (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2011-02-03 01:30 pm (UTC)FTFY.
>Also, something something Max Lord.
Rival businessman who might not be on the up-and-up. Basically, Xanatos without the beard and ponytail.
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Date: 2011-02-05 03:59 am (UTC)Like everyone else I would watch the hell out of this show.