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redbrunja ([personal profile] redbrunja) wrote2013-09-23 11:18 pm
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Queen & Country

Ellen Page to star in Queen & Country movie.

I am super excited about this. I have yet to read Queen & Country (although it's been on my to-read list for years) because the library either doesn't have this and/or doesn't list these comics in a way that allows me to figure out the reading order.

That said, lady spies! Ruthless lady spies! Greg Rucka! Ellen Page! These are all things that I like!
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[identity profile] ladymercury-10.livejournal.com 2013-09-24 08:13 pm (UTC)(link)
I haven't read Queen & Country either, but Ellen Page as a lady spy from a Greg Rucka comic sounds AMAZING.

[identity profile] redbrunja.livejournal.com 2013-09-27 07:23 am (UTC)(link)
Doesn't it just?
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[personal profile] thatfangirl 2013-09-25 05:22 am (UTC)(link)
I'm happy this is finally getting made. (And for the love of God, can it please be a more faithful adaption than Whiteout?) Page is between five and ten years younger than I'd pictured Tara, but--acting. She'll make it work.

So, FOX announced tonight (in no way hoping to upstage Agents of SHIELD) that they're developing a Jim Gordon TV series, which I am meh about, but if it incorporates any of Gotham Central? I will be over. the. moon.

To return to Q&C, you can pick up the first omnibus for $20 or less, so give it a try. It's not my faaavorite of Rucka's work, but, as you say, lady spies! Just be warned that you're supposed to pause in the middle of third omnibus to read a (non-graphic) novel. Then there are two other Tara Chase novels after the comic ends. (The fourth omnibus is backstory for characters other than Tara, so it's skippable in my book.)

[identity profile] redbrunja.livejournal.com 2013-09-26 03:36 am (UTC)(link)
So, FOX announced tonight (in no way hoping to upstage Agents of SHIELD) that they're developing a Jim Gordon TV series,

Ugh, another series based around an older white dude? Yipee. Instead of the show I would commit blood sacrifice to see, which is the tv show based on the Robins.

.....That said Gotham Central would make a great tv show, especially if they but Renee Montoya front and center and non white-washed and not straight.

...except I just read a post saying that it was going to be set pre-Batman, which, why? Everything interesting and new was about regular cops working under the shadow of Batman.

Just be warned that you're supposed to pause in the middle of third omnibus to read a (non-graphic) novel. Then there are two other Tara Chase novels after the comic ends.

Okay, noted.

[identity profile] mistaria.livejournal.com 2013-09-25 06:13 am (UTC)(link)
I have the first volume of Q&C but haven't gotten around to reading it yet (partly because I'm worried I'm going to fall and love and immediately need to buy the rest and I can't afford the rest yet) but I love Greg Rucka! And Ellen Page! Even though Ellen looks nothing like Tara at least she's a good actress who will respect the role. And in an interview I read with Rucka he mentioned the Q&C movie has been in development hell for a while and he's had to tell them multiple times that no they can't change the lead into a male character so the fact that it's moving forward is happy making. From everything I know about it I think Tara is a lady we both can love.

[identity profile] redbrunja.livejournal.com 2013-09-26 03:39 am (UTC)(link)
but I love Greg Rucka! And Ellen Page!

These are two things I am a fan of!

Even though Ellen looks nothing like Tara at least she's a good actress who will respect the role.

Yes!

And in an interview I read with Rucka he mentioned the Q&C movie has been in development hell for a while and he's had to tell them multiple times that no they can't change the lead into a male character so the fact that it's moving forward is happy making.

Greg Rucka is one of those creators who has consistently written amazing female characters and defended them, and I just want to give that man a hug and a slow clap.

Also, off-topic, but you were the person who uploaded all those Catwoman comics for me, right? (I just finished the first arc, Anodyne, loved it.) I was wondering, can I pass that link on to another person who was looking for Catwoman comics?

[identity profile] mistaria.livejournal.com 2013-09-26 04:41 am (UTC)(link)
I totally want to hug Greg Rucka too. Someday I'm gonna buy everything he's written. :]

And yes I was and feel free to pass the link on to whomever you like! Selina deserves to be shared. Mrowr.
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