Re: More Screenplays in the Sea of Time

So, would any of these concepts have succeeded in 1930s Hollywood?

(Disclaimer: I haven't actually seen/read all these concepts, but I
think I know enough about them to answer the question.)

>    Black Lagoon

Given the popularity of both gangsters and pirates, it might have
worked in the 30s (albeit with a lot of retooling).

>    Avatar: the Last Airbender

Martial arts weren't that popular then.

>    Witch Hunter Robin

Maybe; horror was popular in the 30s.

>    Girl Genius

It's similar enough to the pulp fiction of the time that it might have
had a chance.

>    Mahou Sensei Negima!

Fantasy wasn't popular then.
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>    Heroes

Maybe, considering that superheroes were just emerging then, but would
the special effects of the day been able to do the concept justice?

>    Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha

See "Negima".

>    Firefly

Probably not. Most 30s sci-fi was strictly in the Flash Gordon/Buck
Rogers mode.

>    Neon Genesis Evangelion

See "Firefly".

>    The Terminator

Maybe if the Frankenstein-like aspects were emphasized.

>    Gargoyles

It's just pulpish enough that it might have had a chance.

>    Ranma 1/2

Given that everyone else has commented on this extensively, I have
nothing to add.

>    Boondocks

Are you kidding? Seriously, the *only* chance this would have in the
30s is if they made Uncle Ruckus the star.