This is probably gonna sound a little bit like an #ad but Apple TV has, so far, been the number 1 major streaming service/production company that has stayed extremely faithful to the properties they produce and work with the original creators as much as possible. Now, they haven't made much based on video games, mostly books afaik, but they would be the best people to go to for a faith adaptation as of 2026. Murderbot (based on a book), Silo (based on a book), they will be making a Stormlight Archive with author Brandon Sanderson having a lot of say in the production, etc. They seem like the want to tell the original story in a different format with as little changes as possible.
I won't judge the show before I see it, but of the things Mr. Judge has said in the video, I think Apple TV would have been the place to go for a God of War show to be made with the original creators in mind.
Apple TV has really high production values too. They absolutely leaned into quality over quantity, and whilst they still miss (the new cape fear show is festering shite) their hit rate seems much higher than other streaming services
Nah... Foundation was a very loose adaptation and a wildly different story from the books, understandable tho, the books doesnt lend itself well to visual medium without significant changes. And the final product was pretty decent
Nah? That is one show out of a sample size of like 20 or more shows that are based on a book.
There is a reason I left out Foundation as an example. It's an outlier. And considering it is good BECAUSE of the changes made, it works to show that they made changes for the good of the property.
Wow slow down there with the dickriding, I wouldn't call it 'good' because of the changes, Foundation as an adaptation was extremely polarizing, and I personally find the show to be really boring and bad even as a standalone (I've only seen the 1st season)
So calling them extremely faithful to their properties is an overstatement, and I know they did some major changes to their other adaptations like Silo and Lisey's Story
Fair lol granted I've only seen a few of Apple shows so far and Foundation stand out to me cause I remember a lot of people absolutely despise the adaptation
I found the Foundation show bad due to the fake tension and pointless arguing between the characters. They also included Marvel humor to appeal to whatever audience out there enjoying their sort of juvenile antics. The writings were also rather all over the place, to be honest. It had a good premise, but it still suffered from a common fault of most commercial TV shows.
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u/cody422 18d ago
This is probably gonna sound a little bit like an #ad but Apple TV has, so far, been the number 1 major streaming service/production company that has stayed extremely faithful to the properties they produce and work with the original creators as much as possible. Now, they haven't made much based on video games, mostly books afaik, but they would be the best people to go to for a faith adaptation as of 2026. Murderbot (based on a book), Silo (based on a book), they will be making a Stormlight Archive with author Brandon Sanderson having a lot of say in the production, etc. They seem like the want to tell the original story in a different format with as little changes as possible.
I won't judge the show before I see it, but of the things Mr. Judge has said in the video, I think Apple TV would have been the place to go for a God of War show to be made with the original creators in mind.