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[Andrew999]

So what's your favourite comics-based live-action TV show of the Millennium?

I'm going for Gotham - but it's up to you......

[The Australian Panther]

I haven't watched a lot of TV this century, but I have found that many comic adaption TV shows start strong, then go on too long and get to convoluted and they lose me. Arrow was OK for about 2 seasons and I liked Agents of Shield for about 2 seasons Then everybody turned out to be somebody else and it lost all consistency. Gotham had a fine talented cast but it was just too black and dark for me. I'm getting tired of dark and black. I will have a look eventually at the Doom Patrol and the Umbrella Academy.
In similar vein, but [to my knowledge] not a comic book, The Librarianss was a wonderful series. 

Cheers!   

[SuperScrounge]

Overall probably The Flash.

Arrow & Supergirl started off fine but Arrow had it's ups and downs, while Supergirl has had a downward trajectory.

Legends of Tomorrow didn't have the smoothest beginning, almost gave up on it in the third season, then they embraced the humor potential and it got better.

Stargirl... feels like a bright and shiny coat of paint over a very dark and grim story. So mixed feelings.

iZombie had a great mystery premise that could have been used for years doing fun and interesting stories, but they kept getting caught up in story arcs that didn't always help the show, then the creators caught a serious case of Trump derangement syndrome, so some weeks might have a fun mystery, while other weeks were "Orange man bad".

Constantine was a lot better than I expected. Some hated the idea that putting the show on NBC would get rid of the cursing, nudity and other things the comic did, but I found that eliminating that forced the creators to focus on the stories strengths rather than R-rated fluff.

Agent Carter was fun. Shame it was cancelled rather than getting a final season to wrap things up with.

Cutie Honey The Live was interesting.

[ComicMike]

The other day I saw 'Preacher'. The series is based on the comic book series 'Preacher', created by Garth Ennis and Steve Dillon and published by DC Comics' Vertigo imprint.

The series has an extraordinary sense of humor, but also extraordinarily brutal scenes, that are not always tone down by the black humor. Some scenes are just gross. Nevertheless, the series is recommendable, because of the good actors, the extremely black humor, the intelligent story and the surprising plot turns.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preacher_(TV_series)


As for "IZombie", I agree with SuperScrounge.

[paw broon]

Not many.  I love the idea but some of them, Flash in particular, seem more like a soap with everyone airing their feelings and emotions.  There's an enormous, deadly gorilla trying to kill you all.  Shut up, get in costume and defeat it. Arrow was a mumble fest for me.  I started off keen on Legends of Tomorrow but got a bit fed up with it a season or two in.
Batgirl was one dimensional.
I wont be trying Constantine - don't like the comics.
Haven't seen Stargirl and haven't heard of the other series mentioned.
It's not a comic but I much prefer a re-run of an old Brokenwood Mysteries. Or when my wife is otherwise occupied, a DC cartoon on the dvd player.

[Yoc]

I quite enjoyed Preacher but know a good many might be put off by the religious aspects of the thing.  So I was very happy when they moved on to The Boys.  Again, it's very black humour with graphic violence at times but it's up my alley.

The Umbrella Academy got mentioned earlier so I gave it a look.  I'm up to the last episode and love it.  It completely reminds me of the first few issues of the original X-Men book from Lee and Kirby (at first) back in 1963.  Each kid has a power, the 'beast' one is in love with the cute girl, the 'professor' is a cold fish, etc.  They've changed the powers and brought it into today but it's definitely been influenced by those '63 X-Men books.

Other's I'd recommend:  Barry, Better Call Saul, Russian Doll, The Orville, The Venture Bros.

-Yoc

[The Australian Panther]

I knew the Umbrella Academy from the comic books, your post Yoc, made me look at the trailer, and yes it looks good.
For those who don't know, Umbrella Academy is a creation of Gerard Way. Who he?

Gerard Arthur Way is an American singer, songwriter, and comic book writer. He is best known as the lead vocalist and co-founder of the rock band My Chemical Romance. He released his debut solo album, Hesitant Alien, in 2014. Way is the co-founder of DC Comics' Young Animal imprint 

  So a 21st Century Renaissance Man. If your introduction to the Umbrella academy is via the TV series, you may find the comic book something of a shock. If the book was influenced by the X-men, and it undoubtedly was, its a good deal less obvious in the comic. The comic, to my mind, also has elements that are reminiscent of Morrison's run on the Doom Patrol. i was never a fan of that run, but Umbrella Academy I do like. It occurs to me while I'm writing this, that as a musician Way may have let his knowledge of music [chords and timing for example] influence his writing. Then again, maybe not. there is now a spin-off comic.

You Look Like Death #1 Out Now! September 16, 2020. You Look Like Death is available in shops and online now! This is the first limited series in what will hopefully be multiple series exploring some of the characters in the Umbrella Academy world.

 
Here is Gerard's own website.
https://www.gerardway.com/       

[Andrew999]

Interesting post, Panther - thanks.

You've prompted me to take a second look at Umbrella, which I previously wrote off as an X-Men clone.

[Andrew999]

I'm a big fan of The Orville too - series 2 is on my Christmas list!