6 Hellblazer Storylines Too Weird For Constantine
Let's face it - not everything John Constantine does is TV-friendly.
So the television news is still abuzz with the upcoming series Constantine, produced by NBC with the pilot episode due to début on October 24th. The show is an adaptation of DC Vertigo's Hellblazer series about everyone's favourite liverpudlian mage John Constantine. Unlike more conventional occult investigators like Stephen Strange, Constantine was a chain-smoking cynical con artist, relying mostly on lies and manipulation. Prior to the reboot in New 52 Constantine rarely used magic and often got his friends killed due to his addiction to the occult. The series looks to be a much more faithful adaptation than 2005s Constantine, with leading man Matt Ryan looking the part and sporting an accent at least from the British Isles. Long-standing Constantine nemesis Nergal is confirmed to be a factor as well as, for some odd reason, Dr Fate. However, there are some storylines from the comic that its safe to say wont be in the series. Hellblazer ran for over twenty years and in that time produced some of the goriest, most twisted and just plain weird story arcs in a medium known for weird. While you could get entire seasons out of say Dangerous Habits or Highwater there are several stories just unsuitable for a television adaptation, starting with...