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God of War TV Series is "Starting From Scratch" as Executive Producers Leave
Robb
Gold Member
Doesn’t sound too bad if it’s ‘just’ about the scrip and direction. I was thinking maybe they’d been shooting some stuff as well.
I just hope it stays true to the source material and has people who actually care and know a lot about the franchise working on it. More Fallout, less Halo.
I just hope it stays true to the source material and has people who actually care and know a lot about the franchise working on it. More Fallout, less Halo.
Mister Wolf
Member
You just know this will be an absolute shit show.
Cakeboxer
Member
Bodyshaming fat chicks in 2025? Not even a God dares to do so.
adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
Probably gonna get canceled like that Horizon TV show.
Little Mac
Member
Is Pedro Pascal in this too?
Gamer_By_Proxy
Member
Show me Kratos' butt like Master Cheeks!
MiguelItUp
Member
Sounds like a great sign, lol.
NuclearDiarrhea
Member
Kratos wasn't gay enough probably. They need to fix that.
FoxMcChief
Gold Member
That show was perfection.
DeepEnigma
Gold Member
No faith in Amazon. Look at the Ring of Power atrocity.
Kratos will be lactating by episode 3.
Kratos will be lactating by episode 3.
ItJustWorks
Banned
Lol and actual talented director could do something special with the Greek saga.
But seeing as they need the story basically played out for them, they are going Norse.
Imagine what prime Peter Jackson would do with the Greek saga.
But seeing as they need the story basically played out for them, they are going Norse.
Imagine what prime Peter Jackson would do with the Greek saga.
Big Baller
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Matt_Fox
Member
This is one of those few occasions where you'd say... bring in Zack Snyder.
Doing this in a heavily stylized form like 300 could work. It'd have to be based on the original God Of War trilogy though with younger Kratos.
Sad dad Kratos and California-kid Scrappy Do would be awful.
Doing this in a heavily stylized form like 300 could work. It'd have to be based on the original God Of War trilogy though with younger Kratos.
Sad dad Kratos and California-kid Scrappy Do would be awful.
Robb
Gold Member
FoxMcChief
Gold Member
It’s only Pedro Pascal in this one.
Revolutionary
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Physiognomonics
Member
Some more money to burn. Price increase incoming soon for games, hardware and subs to compensate their bad decisions.
Perfectly goes along with Sony new push toward wokeism. It's not gonna end well for them if that's the case.
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Cakeboxer
Member
Mibu no ookami
Banned
Great news. You know Sony doesn't want to fuck this up. Massively important that they get this right out of the gate. Amazon probably feels the same after the success of Fallout. I'm not surprised to hear it either. We still hadn't gotten a cast set here. Rafe Judkins did a terrible job with Uncharted. Was surprised to see him coming back here. Sony needs to learn from Marvel and make sure they keep getting better writers and directors on their projects. That's why Phase 2 was better than Phase 1 and Phase 3 was better than Phase 2. It's also why Phase 4 was worse than Phase 3.
You have to decide whether to do Greek Saga, Norse Saga, or interlace of both. That's a difficult task.
I hope the rumors of remasters aren't true and they are remaking the Greek games. Remasters won't cut it.
Not sure there is an IP with more potential for Sony right now than God of War.
Get it right. Go get someone like Michael Hirst (Vikings), Stephen Butchard (The Last Kingdom), or my top pick which would be Stephen DeKnight (Spartacus, Daredevil).
You have to decide whether to do Greek Saga, Norse Saga, or interlace of both. That's a difficult task.
I hope the rumors of remasters aren't true and they are remaking the Greek games. Remasters won't cut it.
Not sure there is an IP with more potential for Sony right now than God of War.
Get it right. Go get someone like Michael Hirst (Vikings), Stephen Butchard (The Last Kingdom), or my top pick which would be Stephen DeKnight (Spartacus, Daredevil).
delfrickintree
Banned
How bout we just let games be games. Fuckoff tv shows & movies! Fallout was a shitshow and so is 99% of everything else
Mibu no ookami
Banned
Take a look at my suggestions. I think they're way better than Zack Snyder. Snyder has never done a live action tv show and really struggles with long form story telling. If you want something with multiple seasons, Snyder is not your guy.
God of War is a really hard show to do successfully. The games don't have a ton of characters and they weren't built around story.
Leonidas is someone you want to root for immediately. Kratos is not. You have to humanize him in order for people to want to watch him. Your show would just be a darker version of Hercules from the 90s.
Ovek
7Member7
Shit I would watch it
Badlucktroll
Member
Mibu no ookami
Banned
Jason Mamoa may have made a great choice for Kratos, but I think it's a bit too on the nose now. You never know though.
Joe Manganiello is an option though not a great one.
My choice for Kratos would be Jon Bernthal.
Joe Manganiello is an option though not a great one.
My choice for Kratos would be Jon Bernthal.
nial
Member
Culture wars are rotting your brain, man.
FoxMcChief
Gold Member
Only one duo could do the family justice.
Angry_Megalodon
Member
Yeah, and that's why they bring in the showrunner of the Wheel of Time, one of the most spectacular failures out there.
It's gonna be shit. There's zero chances, literal zero, that this doesn't become a cringefest with Californians cosplaying as ancient greeks.
Neon Xenon
Member
Three Executive Producers leaving a show can't be a good sign, though there is the mention that the scripts were apparently praised by both Sony and Prime.
I don't think I've ever seen a situation where this many EPs left a show. Makes me really curious about what led to this.
I don't think I've ever seen a situation where this many EPs left a show. Makes me really curious about what led to this.
But this actually sounds like fun.
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Chuck Berry
Gold Member
Tell me it was shit without telling me it was shit.
JusticeForAll
Gold Member
The Wheel of Time is probably one of the worst adaptations i've ever seen.
Mibu no ookami
Banned
Judkins made a lot of sense. He'd already worked with Amazon and PlayStation Productions. And despite what you might think Wheel of Time was pretty successful.
I think they're making the right choice by going in a different direction though. Again, see my suggestions.
Jon Bernthal and Steve DeKnight pairing up again... would be excellent.
mckmas8808
Mckmaster uses MasterCard to buy Slave drives
This is what I think too.
Punished Miku
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U n i o n 0015
Member
Absolutely f**king butchered.
First, the casting came out and looked like a college brochure.
Then the show comes out, and ten minutes into the first episode, I knew it was going to be garbage from the wooden acting alone.
Then I discovered that the showrunner--same guy who just left this God of War show--was a pompous as$hole who thought he was a better writer than Robert Jordan.
RagnarokIV
Battlebus imprisoning me \m/ >.< \m/
Hopefully it's based on the old real God Of War and not the new soy boy virgin kratos games.
Mibu no ookami
Banned
RagnarokIV
Battlebus imprisoning me \m/ >.< \m/
Probably adopted, that's why he's a little twat and shit.
