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This semester, I'm TAing a class on the history of HBO, so when I saw the news that David Cronenberg has inked a deal to direct an HBO series adaptation of Dead Ringers, I emailed the news to the instructor. She asked, "who in their right mind would want to see a creepy Cronenberg Dead Ringers show? " adding, "That sounds like the worst idea for a series ever—maybe like if the Fisher brothers were into necrophilia on 'Six Feet Under'." I haven't watched "Six Feet Under," but I otherwise agree. Part of my objection is that Dead Ringers is hardly my favorite Cronenberg flick. In response, I thought of adaptations Cronenberg should do for the network.

• "eXistenz: The Series" Like "The Twilight Zone" or "Tales from the Crypt," this wouldn't be a serial. Instead, each week would find new characters dropped into the world of the game. Characters could re-appear in the game world, but plenty would die off.
• "Bleeding Kansas", a sitcom based on William S. Burrough's later life in Lawrence. It would feature a goofy Mugwump mailman, and, of course, those lovable little typewriters from Naked Lunch.
• "Black Hole" I saw on the Fantagraphics blog that Alexandre Aja will be directing a movie version of Charles Burns comic book series "Black Hole." This is all wrong, it should be an HBO original series and Cronenberg should direct. I think audience would be ready for a serial about 1970s teenagers in the northwest, struggling to come to terms with a disfiguring "bug."
  Posted by McChris at November 14, 2005 04:39 PM
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