Fantasy ‘God of War’ TV Series - Amazon Prime

[Elayis]

Judkins is no real loss (he also does Wheel of Time), but the creators of The Expanse have also left the series, which is a shame. I doubt they'll be able to attract better writers, especially after Amazon has now wasted two years on nothing.

 

[TheVileOne]

Doesn't inspire the most confidence, but we'll see.

 

[Pennywise]

 

[Sawyer]

Weeping at the thought of Ron Moore getting roped into another nerd thing I don’t care about.

 

[Elayis]

Well I was wrong about the show being able to get someone talented to take over. Moore's a great choice if this is a passion project for him, and if done well there's a good chance it'll actually be better than the games. I just hope it's not a paycheck for him.

 

[Pennywise]

God Of War TV Show Gets Surprising Update From Showrunner After Creative Overhaul

Amazon is confident in the new adaptation.

screenrant.com

During a recent interview with Katee Sackhoff on The Sackhoff Show podcast, Moore reveals that Amazon has already ordered two seasons of the God of Warshow. The showrunner reveals that he's currently hard at work in the writers' room for the series, despite not actually being able to figure out the game. Check out his comment below:

"Right now I'm working on the adaptation of this video game called God of War, a big title in the gaming world that Amazon has ordered two seasons of, and they have asked me to come in. I'm literally in the writers room and working on that. That's my new thing…

And I’m not a gamer, so it’s even more like, ‘Okay, I’ve never done this before.’"

 

[TheVileOne]

Him not getting the game causes concern, but we'll see.

 

[Drizzle]

"And I’m not a gamer, so it’s even more like, ‘Okay, I’ve never done this before.’"

Studios need to realize that the reason shows like The Last of Us and Fallout worked is because the showrunners were fans of the game. In the case of TLOU, one of the creators of the game was brought to that same role for the show.

You get someone who's not a gamer and doesn't fully understand the game and you're setting yourself up for disappointment.

 

[Deck Rickard]

Even if he does end up writing a really good script… seriously dude, why even say something like that out loud? Talk about putting a target on your back. Why not also talk about how stupid the story is and how all the characters suck? You’ll really be on a roll then!

 

[Drizzle]

I hate that I'm even referencing this movie right now but this is what that interview kind of reminds me of:

 

[Elayis]

What did he say that was so bad? All he said was that he's not a gamer. He didn't bash the games, he didn't demean the genre. You don't need to be a twitch streamer to understand the storytelling of God of War and make a functional TV adaption.

The problem with past video game adaptations was not that the creatives weren't gamers, it was that the kinds of people that got hired for these jobs were always lacking in talent. The Last of Us succeed because the showrunner was the guy that had done Chernobyl, not because he had played the games. TV and video games are two entirely different mediums, and it takes someone with real skill to understand what will make a good translation from an interactive experience to a passive one.

Ron Moore doesn't need to prove his bona fides. After his work on Deep Space Nine, Battlestar Galactica and Outlander, I think the guy has earned the benefit of the doubt. You're not going to find anyone better qualified to handle this show than him.

 

[TheVileOne]

Even if he does end up writing a really good script… seriously dude, why even say something like that out loud? Talk about putting a target on your back. Why not also talk about how stupid the story is and how all the characters suck? You’ll really be on a roll then!

It's kind of like the Halo writers all over again, and we saw how that worked out. At the very least, Ron Moore has experience writing some strong heralded work.

 

[Elayis]

Him not getting the game causes concern, but we'll see.

He never actually said that he didn't get the game, though, that was just Screen Rant adding their own spin on things to generate clicks.

 

[Elayis]

I listened to the podcast now, and I just thought I'd add some clarification about what Moore actually did or didn't say. He said that he tried playing the games, but he didn't have the skill set for it, as he grew up on arcade classics like Defender and Asteroids. His wife is a big fan of Skyrim, though, and his kids are gamers, too.

So he doesn't hate games, or not understand them at a conceptual level. Fandom needs to learn to take a chill pill.

The full episode is here (the video should open up at the correct timestamp):

 

[SwordOfMorning]

You can absolutely get an understanding of a heavily narrative, cut scene driven game by watching a playthrough - which I am sure he's done - obviously it is a very different experience, but you absolutely can. There's literally nothing in The Last Of Us, for instance, where it would have made a difference if they'd played the game or just watched it recorded.