SyFy has ordered a pilot based on DC’s Booster Gold.
Created by Dan Jurgens in 1986, Booster Gold is really a former athlete from the future named Michael Jon Carter who gambled on his own games and got banned from football. He stole some time-travel and crime-fighting tech from a museum and slipped back in time to the present, where he planned on becoming a beloved and well-compensated hero. Instead, he became a laughing stock.
Presumably, the hour-long series—the pilot for which will be written by Warehouse 13‘s Andrew Kreisberg and executive produced by Greg Berlanti (No Ordinary Family, Green Lantern)—will track Booster’s transformation into the real deal.
The character has previously appeared on Smallville. The pilot will be for a brand new take on the character.
The only person that will be a laughing stock will be anyone who looks at this drivel. If you must trawl through DC or MC sources there must be something better than this ?
All I know about Booster Gold is what I saw on “Smallville”. Regardless, I’d still probably give this a chance, just as long as they don’t go the cheap route, like they did for “Flash Gordon”.
Booster was a pretty good comic relief character in the 1990s Justice League and its recent reiteration in the Brave & Bold animated series. Not sure he’s strong enough to be the central character of a live action series.
They could play it for laughs or as a serious character arc. Either way it’s a tough row to hoe.
Maybe SyFy needs to get on the ball and order up a season of BSG: Blood and Chrome.