Now that DC Animated has shown they don't shy away from the more brutal side of story-telling(thanks to Under the Red Hood), what do you think the odds are they might make Hush into a film? would it work? I think it could despite the editing down they'd have to do, but if it looked half as good as Red Hood, I'm sold.
Hush
Character » Hush appears in 316 issues.
Thomas Elliot is a renowned surgeon and childhood friend of Bruce Wayne. A meticulous planner, Elliot resents the fact that Bruce's father thwarted his plot to murder his parents. Aware of Bruce Wayne's secret identity, and assuming the identity of criminal mastermind Hush, he sets out to destroy Batman.
DC Animated Should Do Hush!
I like Batman 608 to 619 (plus the Interlude). I love DCAU.
I think Hush would have serious trouble being translated to animation. Three main things sell Hush: 1) Jim Lee's Art; 2) The comprehensive cameos; 3) The mystery of Hush.
In animated form nearly all of those are compromised. Lee's Williams inked art doesn't really translate to animation. The duration of the film means that characters are going to get cut or much less screen-time (compared to their comic appearance were everyone shows up to get their fair rendering by Jim Lee and Loeb). And the screen-time means there's going to be little mystery to Hush (introducing Tommy Elliot and spending time on his backstory will make his role rather transparent). To top it off, an adapted Hush would bear too many similarities with Mask of the Phantasm, Mystery of the Batwoman, and Under The Red Hood (particularly the latter considering its in-comic motivation was heavily inspired by the stunt in Hush)... I'm not sure how many times you can use that formula for animated Batman before it gets to be an issue.
That doesn't mean there's not some magical idealized wishlist version floating around in my head, but as a practical matter I see a lot of concerns (the whole Jason Todd scene would have no impact post Under The Red Hood for just DCAU watchers).
"It would be weird since UTRH came out first."
I don't know. It doesn't have to be acurate.
I'd love for them to do Hush, but it's far too big for their run times. It would need to go 120 minutes at least if they were going to do it right (all the characters, adequate examination of Bruce's emotional state). Most likely, they'd wind up cutting the romantic subplot, and then I'd have to kidnap various executive's children and make them do it again until they got it right.
@FadeToBlackBolt said:
I'd love for them to do Hush, but it's far too big for their run times. It would need to go 120 minutes at least if they were going to do it right (all the characters, adequate examination of Bruce's emotional state). Most likely, they'd wind up cutting the romantic subplot, and then I'd have to kidnap various executive's children and make them do it again until they got it right.
This guy knows what hes talking. I really admire those who would kidnap children for thier own needs.
@bob agent of agency x said:
@FadeToBlackBolt said:
I'd love for them to do Hush, but it's far too big for their run times. It would need to go 120 minutes at least if they were going to do it right (all the characters, adequate examination of Bruce's emotional state). Most likely, they'd wind up cutting the romantic subplot, and then I'd have to kidnap various executive's children and make them do it again until they got it right.This guy knows what hes talking. I really admire those who would kidnap children for thier own needs.
A fifteen month old comment made in jest, that was worth bumping.
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