#Animorphs could bring back good television if we were brave
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Animorphs literally made me like filler again. Please god give us the filler books
I think the way Animorphs would work really well as a TV show is only if it's with:
The acknowledgement that the original series of books itself included "filler episodes" and to use those. It won't work if you skip the Atlantis episode or the oatmeal episode to get to the David arc. The fact that the characters can find out Atlantis exists and has nothing to do with the aliens they're fighting and is actually a doomed misanthropic population of humans horrifically mutated into fishmen by radiation and then just open the next book like that never happened is critical to the tone of the series.
Following that, an understanding of how to write with A, B, and C plots. You don't need to skip books to cut down on the series length. Since the POVs alternate between books, most of the books are heavily focused on a single character's emotional story or development. So other than the books where all six of the main characters are sent to a remote location for a while (like the Arctic or space or yesterday or Atlantis), you could really easily adapt multiple books per episode. Have Rachel allergic reacting to alligator DNA while Tobias discovers his parentage. Hell, consolidate 37 and 31! The only reason those didn't take place at the same time is because Animorphs is a book series and not a TV series!
#I mean there are a few I think are just too dumb or retcon things#looking at you 32 and 39#but in general that’s only 3-4#the rest are fine#the Atlantis book is literally one of my faves#personally I think we should do each book as a 30 minute episode with occasional two parters#such as the original Anitv did#just because it would bring back seasons that were over ten episodes long#my ideal is a 15-16 episode season#with the last being extra long#it could easily be a five season show#Animorphs could bring back good television if we were brave
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