I'm not sure how many people actually get the CVS Pharmacy
advertisements on the TV but they have a certain style I find
appealing.

Contract that with the characters (not the over all effect, but the
characters, esp Yoda) in the soon the be released Star Wars animated
move. Yoda should sue.

But back to Doc. Often, and again I'm sure, we get stumped on who
would be the big tent pole in a Doc Savage film. Well, surely there
are a number of good casting choices out there, what with a few
Billion folks on the planet and all, there has to be a really good Doc
out there. Somewhere.

But in the mean time, and what with the sets and backgrounds, and
Locations! to be filmed an Animated film and/or series would be a
great idea.

Would they suffer, the books as source material, if the stories where
done in half hour shorts? I know some of the tales could be done in 30
mins of screen time, but of course the initial story would warrant a
multi-parter kick-off, even a three parter for a total of 90 mins to
tell the tale of backstory, Mayan Jungle, 80th floor digs, and travel
between, back and forth.

SO, with all that said I return to the CVS Pharmacy ads as a good
example of what is being done to tell a story and create an
environment onscreen.

Addendum: I did some digging and found a number of the small videos
online. Now, as I (re) watch them I am am sure to hear from folks who
will reject out of hand the following and not-Doc:

http://www.forallthewaysyoucare.com/videos/five.asp

1) too pastel-y.
2) too cartoonish, not human looking enough.
3) Too sunny and not 'noir-ish' enough.

Well, on top of agreeing with all that I'll ad the examples suffr from
being broadcast over the net too.

Still, just prior to writing this, this screed, I saw a recent one
that isn't online, and it was superior to these in quality. Also I'd
expect the final product to benefit from a pallet change, a Doc
'bible' (a reference book with character expositions and stats), and a
makeover int he over all look to fi the twenties/thirties/forties that
define the Doc Era. (Twenties? you say? Well, yeah- some leftover
stuff, while old by Doc's time, would still be cluttering up the
landscape...)

My point isn't that _these_ guys need to be hired tomorrow, but that
even a pharmacy commercial can demonstrate some interesting
possibilities for realizing Doc on the Big Screen.

TBerk