Just a reminder: HBO’s about to be owned by Netflix.
Reactions online are mixed
No way! Say it ain’t so! I am excited about this show.
God this is gonna suck ass.
On the one hand they will almost certainly not produce a quality show regardless of the source material or who they hire
On the other hand I’m not sure what game devs have to do with making a totally unrelated show set in the same world
These fucking production companies always think they can do better than the original authors and they never do.
That is just not true.
See:
- The Last Of Us
- Adaption
- All the President’s Men
- The Maltese Falcon
- Jurassic Park
- Jaws
- The Godfather
- Die Hard
- All the Harry Potter Movies
- The Shawshank Redemption
All but 1 of those is pre streaming era and that 1 is highly questionable part of this list
The last of us had naughty dog on board, and the showrunner had just done the amazing Chernobyl.
Jurassic Park was Spielberg, possibly the greatest blockbuster director of all time.
Jk Rowling was heavily involved with the Harry Potter movies including casting.
Not all adaptiations are bad, but when it’s a cash in movie or series, it’s often those without involvement of the original writer that struggle.
Being involved doesn’t have to be the main writer. For instance game of thrones had george rr martin involved but had different writers. It’s when they didn’t have source material that it went off the rails.
And the last of us show wasn’t as good as the game.
It’s rare for any adaptation to be better than the source material. Usually the best you’d hope for is as good, or nearly as good but more accessible.
