Any thoughts on that live action Powerpuff Girls T.V. show?

[Specter Von Baren]

So, I wasn't going to bring the topic up but now people that posted the supposedly leaked script are now being hit with copyright claims so it's looking like the script was legit and... oof.



I'm not posting it here because of those copyright take downs but it shouldn't be too hard for anyone to find it if they look it up.

 

[thebobmaster]

That script legitimately angered me. It's an insult to PPG fans (quite literally, at times), and the way they were planning to reveal that Buttercup was lesbian (itself already a bit shaky) was so freaking tactless I was almost in shock. The biggest insult is that one of the script writers, Diablo Cody, is quite capable as a writer, with one of her biggest strengths being able to write characters who talk like actual people, so the flat-out terrible script is baffling coming from her pen.

 

[Bedinsis]

I thought it was a bad idea even before I saw the script. Or at least an idea I wasn't interested in.

 

[Casual Shinji]

The what now?

 

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[twistedmic]

Having only just now learned about its existence and not watched all that many episodes of the original (and none of the reboot/revival) I can say that I think it is a catastrophically bad idea. One only slightly better than a land invasion of Russia in the middle of winter wearing gear suitable for jungles because I feel like their will be fewer casualties when the dust settles.

 

[BrawlMan]

Even before the script leak, which I have not read or seen at all, I still have no investment toward this live action adoption. As far as I'm concerned, there is only one Powerpuff Girls show.

 

[Johnny Novgorod]

Diablo Cody, is quite capable as a writer, with one of her biggest strengths being able to write characters who talk like actual people,

 

[thebobmaster]

Cody is incredibly hit and miss for me. Juno is probably the best movie about being a teenager there is but here other writing credits are either mediocre TV movies or decent concepts with flawed execution. She's really strong in dialogue and concepts (Jennifer's Body is a shit movie, but the idea itself and the themes in it are great) but struggles to actually make something good with the actual story.

True. It just feels like even that strength of concepts and dialogue are completely missing. It's like they brought in a second writer not to cover her weaknesses, but obscure her strengths.

 

[Dreiko]

Remember Panty and Stocking with Garterbelt, that anime that had art style like powerpuff girls but was about two girls having lots of sex? Apparently they knew something we didn't even back like a decade ago.

 

[Samtemdo8]

The script is a thing to behold

For those that want's to hear something in the background while playing a game

And yes, Buttercup is a Black Lesbian Tomboy that apparently regularly cheats on all of her partners and has lines like this:

 

[Asita]

That script legitimately angered me. It's an insult to PPG fans (quite literally, at times), and the way they were planning to reveal that Buttercup was lesbian (itself already a bit shaky) was so freaking tactless I was almost in shock.

...Because that's totally not playing off stereotypes as progressive representation, amirite?

Fun reminder: While today the concept of a "tomboy" is largely normalized and innocuous in its meaning of a girl who is not traditionally feminine, in the early 20th century the term also came packaged with strong implications about sexuality. That the girl was not traditionally feminine was seen as a tell that the girl was in fact a lesbian, specifically of the 'butch' variety, much like how a boy with "effeminate" interests (eg, cooking, sewing, dance, sometimes theater...) would be assumed to be gay.

This is not to say that a rough-and-tumble girl cannot be depicted as lesbian, but it feels disingenuous and a bit insulting when such a character is reimagined as such. Yes, it gives some LGBT presence in the media, but in so doing it's effectively flattening the character into a stereotype, which feels very much like trading one problem for a worse one.

 

[SilentPony]

I mean if only some brilliant and stunningly handsome guy said it was a bad idea to cast three actresses who look nothing alike as genetic triplets, and that it was gonna be a bad idea to make Buttercup a lesbian who gets abused at a frat party. If only...

 

[Bedinsis]

I mean if only some brilliant and stunningly handsome guy said it was a bad idea to cast three actresses who look nothing alike as genetic triplets, and that it was gonna be a bad idea to make Buttercup a lesbian who gets abused at a frat party. If only...

They were created in a lab accident. How are they genetic triplets?

 

[SilentPony]

They were created in a lab accident. How are they genetic triplets?

They're made up of 4 ingredients, Sugar, Spice, Everything nice, and Chemical X. So you're right, not genetic, CHEMICAL triplets.

 

[Piscian]

Zero interest. My crystal ball tells me its riverdale reskinned and called powerpuff girls or something similar.

They have interesting creative talent behind the "development", but you need to take that with a grain of salt. That could literally be just to generate hype. I kid you not studios often bring surprising names to "develop" pilots and scripts and then turn around and hire Kamino plot cloners like JJ abrams to actually film.

If you take a look at the IMDB page the production studio is the same old CW shit factory

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So yeah maybe the Juno lady "helps" develop a pilot that may never air, but the most likely scenario is Riverdale reskinned or maybe worse The Flash.

This is CW. Curb your enthusiasm. This is going to be about as edgy as it will be true to the source material. Its gonna be a 3 day old wet bagel.

 

[Trunkage]

Zero interest. My crystal ball tells me its riverdale reskinned and called powerpuff girls or something similar.

They have interesting creative talent behind the "development", but you need to take that with a grain of salt. That could literally be just to generate hype. I kid you not studios often bring surprising names to "develop" pilots and scripts and then turn around and hire Kamino plot cloners like JJ abrams to actually film.

If you take a look at the IMDB page the production studio is the same old CW shit factory

Advanced search

www.imdb.com

So yeah maybe the Juno lady "helps" develop a pilot that may never air, but the most likely scenario is Riverdale reskinned or maybe worse The Flash.

This is CW. Curb your enthusiasm. This is going to be about as edgy as it will be true to the source material. Its gonna be a 3 day old wet bagel.

Wasn't Riverdale and The Flash popular? It's not like they didn't change Smallville and Arrow lots as well...

 

[meiam]

Anyone watched the teen titan live action? Did that turn out good? (yes I'm being sarcastic)

 

[Elvis Starburst]

I'll just post what I said in my discord group chat over this cause I'm lazy.

They seem so incredibly in love with the Powerpuff Girls being women that every script leak has shown "Hey, remember the Powerpuff GIRLS? Aren't they AWESOME and perfect FEMALE ROLE MODELS?! Aren't they feminist ICONS for being POWERFUL WOMEN?" Like, beat us over the head with it harder why don't ya. Not like we can't figure that shit out ourselves or anything

 

[TheMysteriousGX]

I mean, I thought it looked amazing.

Not good, but amazing