11-07-2004, 07:07 PM
I'm not even sure how to reply to this......but here goes.....
Painkiller Jane is undoubtedly one of the most overlooked characters in small press history. For those of you unfamiliar with the character she is a former cop who is mystically imbued with incredible healing capabilities, making her a unique mix of The Punisher, Wolverine, and Ressuerection Man. I add Ressurection Man (if that was indeed his name. I'm a bit fuzzy..) because.....she dies. A lot. And I mean like...once an issue. Sometimes twice. But that healing factor o'hers just keeps kickin' in and pulling her through.
Now then, how they would translate that onto the big or even small screen I'm not sure, though with shows like Angel (in which the lead character is constantly getting himself impaled) and movies like X-Men (which feature Wolverine, natch) I suppose it wouldn't be to hard to get people on board with the healing factor. The only problem I can see is how they would deal with how brutally she gets hurt time and time again. Shot gun blasts to the chest, 3 foot shards of glass thru the back and heart, getting hit by busses and trains.
Once that little obstacle is overcome, I have no doubt that such a show or movie would instantly become a cult classic.
Painkiller Jane is undoubtedly one of the most overlooked characters in small press history. For those of you unfamiliar with the character she is a former cop who is mystically imbued with incredible healing capabilities, making her a unique mix of The Punisher, Wolverine, and Ressuerection Man. I add Ressurection Man (if that was indeed his name. I'm a bit fuzzy..) because.....she dies. A lot. And I mean like...once an issue. Sometimes twice. But that healing factor o'hers just keeps kickin' in and pulling her through.
Now then, how they would translate that onto the big or even small screen I'm not sure, though with shows like Angel (in which the lead character is constantly getting himself impaled) and movies like X-Men (which feature Wolverine, natch) I suppose it wouldn't be to hard to get people on board with the healing factor. The only problem I can see is how they would deal with how brutally she gets hurt time and time again. Shot gun blasts to the chest, 3 foot shards of glass thru the back and heart, getting hit by busses and trains.
Once that little obstacle is overcome, I have no doubt that such a show or movie would instantly become a cult classic.