Pop Culture from an Alternate Dimension

  After Smallville went off the air I heard there was going to be a Green Arrow series. I presumed it was going to be a spin-off of the Oliver Queen from Smallville but the network wanted to do something different. In my alternate dimension Oliver Queen is in season six of Smallville just like we know it but in 2008 he would get a spin-off series and the stories they had for him in seasons eight, etc. would be used for that. Characters from both shows would still cameo on both shows. It would be like what the Arrowverse became later. This time instead of just the cover and the booklet and added a slipcase that these shows often came in. Just print the last two images on card stock, cut, fold and paste at top and bottom.

  The Green Lama was a pulp hero that first appeared in the April 1940 issue of Double Detective magazine. He stood out from other heroes in that he was a Buddhist lama. I chose a variety of songs for this. Benny Goodman seemed a good fit in that it is from the time period of the pulps. I wanted to use "Bein' Green", I knew Kermit's original version and my dad had a Ray Charles album with it . When I found Sinatra had covered it, I had to include it. Diaba$e's album Baker's Dozen uses a clip from the Green Lama radio show at the beginning of a few songs. I concluded the album with the first radio show of the Green Lama. Green Lama playlist - YouTube

  I planned on having this be my post on the 12th but my MS Paint and Microsoft Word skills took a while to make the characters. This is based on the runners-up for the roles of Batman and Robin for the sixties television series: Lyle Waggoner and Peter Deyell. I also found that Gig Young was considered for the Joker, Suzanne Pleshette for Catwoman and Mickey Rooney for the Penguin. I knew then I had to use it for this blog. Here are the screen tests for the leads:  Batman screen tests

  A little different blog this time. What if an album was put out of songs with the names of Batman hero and villain characters. I named it after a Beach Boys song I decided not to use. The last track I included for the punchline of the song and I thought it was amusing. BATMAN Heroes & Villains - YouTube

  Jon Peters produced the 1989 Batman movie and in the '90s he got the film rights to Superman. Peters contacted Kevin Smith to write the screenplay. Smith met with Peters and the producer told him what he wanted. Smith found the pitch meeting odd and has told the story of what happened many times.  Nicolas Cage was cast as Superman/Clark Kent and according to him it was he that brought Tim Burton on board. After Smith, Wesley Strick rewrote the script followed by a Dan Gilroy rewrite. Concept art was commissioned, Cage had fittings for various "Supersuits" and it all seemed a go but it never got off the ground. Since the script was based on the "Death of Superman" storyline I wanted to base the cover on the poly bag that covered the comic when it was first released which was black with only a red dripping Superman logo on front. It would also be reminiscent of the original VHS release of Batman  which was black with only the Batman logo extended past the edges.

  September of last year I mentioned my friend Stefan had the idea of putting popular songs into a movie that only had incidental music. I've posted my version, which was Blade Runner , and he has allowed me to share his musical choices. Of course, being me, I designed the cd booklet and tray card. Star Wars alternate soundtrack - YouTube You can find Stefan's kindle books here: Amazon.com : stefan boales