Y the Last Man is a groundbreaking story of the last man on Earth who travels his monkey Ampersand and a coup of women as the travel. The story is very realistic in narrative and is very low on the action/blowing shit up Micheal Bay method. This leads me to only one conclusion... Y The Last Man should be an HBO miniseries for the following reasons:
1. It is tense and narrative heavy: If there was one thing viewers could get out of Y that they couldn't get out of a two hour movie is a sense of message and narrative. Rarely is there ever an original film in which you feel the impact that is felt every time you see it. Y has some truly surreal moments which both the book and the Home Box Office pride themselves on.
2. It has a sense of maturity: Sex, drugs, and violence are the three thing HBO has been known for since The Sopranos. Y the Last Man has material in it necessary to the story but would be hated by the MPAA and parents everywhere. In Y the Last Man, these factors of sex and violence wouldn't be there to remind you it's HBO, instead it would change your perception of events and characters.
3. It makes unknown people superstars: Shia Labouf is not the most talented actor in the world and is still far from the worst, but in order to play Yorick a unknown actor who looks and plays the part is needed. Big names like Shia don't cut it. Also, if there was something else HBO does is make unknown actors relatively big.
4. A movie would be sold as a Summer Popcorn flick: If Y were to ever be a movie then you and me both know it would be sold as either a Summer popcorn flick or a February/September movie failure. You know those movies that miss the season because they either suck or the company has no faith in it. HBO takes it's miniseries with pride, often winning Emmys and other awards.
5. Equivalent promotion: Band of Brothers and John Adams both received movie level promotion on TV and on billboards. If Y were to do this then what would be there to lose?
6. Bringing in a broader audience: Recently, studies have shown that HBO and other TV networks get more viewers of a movie equivalent than most other movies. Also, since Watchmen failed to bring in as much viewers into the serious comic book medium, Y The Last Man would be able to pull this off.
Overall, there is no downside to a miniseries of Y the Last Man while a movie adaptation has little to no positive effects. Well, that's all for now and until the New Year I'll be on the Throne...
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