They aren't up to the task of doing a Kingdom Come adaptation that would do the series justice. Maybe if they can ever get their movie franchise off the ground, they might have the budget for it. Can't just be one of their 70 minute features. Those are often good but its not enough. That was evident when they tried to adapt All Star Superman.
DC should not TOUCH this great piece of art. This had a great Deconstruction of The Cape and the Nineties Anti-Hero. Their Flashpoint adaptation was great but Justice League: War.....*shudders* don't make me remember that horror.
Hey, they gave DKR a two-parter, and I loathe that entirely. Why not for this?
I would say Justice League: War is a good example of why not but I heard that the source material was terrible too. I think they shouldn't touch this because they would probably mess this up by having too many things happen at once (like with Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths which had way too many things happening at once and had a relationship that didn't have any business being there. Plus the DVD came with the DCAU version of that "A Better World" which is MILES better I might add) or they might even miss some specific parts (it's an adaptation, I get that but.....sometimes people just don't really know what exactly to take out and what to keep in their adaptations)
And I thought the DKR was ok (though the source material was better of course). But who knows, maybe they will actually do this right. After all, not all adaptations are bad.
They're not going to adapt it. They've said that they do not want to attempt to imitate Ross's art style.
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An Essential Read For Comic Fans
Okay seriously, why hasn't DC done an animated adaptation of this? Flashpoint is a-okay but not this masterpiece? Oi...
Anyway, long ago before DC decided to make a terrible reboot, DC had created many great storylines and alternate continuities. Out of all of them however, Kingdom Come will always be my favourite. Not only is the book visibly gorgeous, wish Alex Ross' magnificent artwork oozing style and detail into every panel, and Mark Waid's spectacular writing providing a deep and profound look into the philosophy, morality and ethics of superheroes.
The story centers around a potential Bad Future of the DC Universe, where the Silver Age heroes have all been replaced by murderous Anti-heroes. Superman is in self-imposed exile, Batman controls Gotham with an army of Bat-robots and Wonder Woman has been exiled from Themyscira. At first the world seemed glad to have heroes who would kill villains off, but then once the villains are dealt with, what are the 'heroes' to do other than fight each other for fun? Now the world is left with an army of superpowered, amoral teenagers beating the shit out of each other for fun and causing massive collateral damage, with no earthly force capable of stopping them. After a disaster caused by the anti-heroes leads to Kansas being nuked to ashes, the stage is set for the return of Superman and an all out war between the reborn Justice League, the anti-heroes, humanity, and the surviving supervillains of yesteryear.
To say any more would spoil some truly amazing scenes and a deep plot with well-thought out and flawed characters. It presents one of the best potential futures for the DC universe...well the old one at least.
I've heard detractors of the book call it glorification of the Silver Age and saying Waid was completely biased against the 90's heroes. Honestly though I think people are missing a lot of detail there. While ultimately the classic heroes are shown to be in the right, leading to less loss of life and widescale destruction, the book does point out that the classic heroes caused problems like Joker Immunity and Cardboard Prison.
Give this a read if you're a comic fan, especially a DC fan.