#and without him they couldn't even keep the plot logic in SotE

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What do you think about GRRM hinting that an Elden Ring movie or TV show is in the works? Do you want it (if you do, then in what form, and what parts of the lore do you look forward to seeing adapted the most)? Do you dread it (like I do because I have no hope that the modern film or animation industry will do it right)?

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I don’t actually think it’s going to happen, for various reasons;

I don’t long for it. Personally I don’t think it’s necessary (even in the “art for art’s sake” definition of necessary; I am not Adolf Loos, I am ok with things being made for their own sake, but this feels potentially gratuitous.)

If it does happen, tbd I guess. I’ve only watched snippets of people playing TLoU but am looking forward to watching the series because the reviews overwhelmingly point to it being done right (for clarification I tend not to care what casual fandom/fans think and so I generally trust a diverse group of real media critics who actually, you know, think through the cultural relevance of art-making and have various expertises). At the same time, I have watched full playthroughs and been a semi-fan of Resident Evil since those first dumbfuck movies came out in the early 2000s, and despite a roster of decent actors and all the freedom of a proper series, Netflix still blew that one entirely. So 50/50 it’ll be great or mediocre as fuck.  

TLDR, there is so much good potential storytelling already baked into ER. In the hands of good TV writers it could be excellent - even if there are fewer and fewer, but we know they still exist: or we wouldn’t have Severance, and Shogun, and The Terror, and Fall of the House of Usher, and Wolf Hall, and Dark, and so on - and I purposefully include writing adaptation here, from Wolf Hall’s wonderfully faithful work to Usher’s supremely creative use of source material. So who knows - it could be tight and clean and compelling. In the hands of talented animators, it could be brilliant. A studio that could bring the two together in a limited series on either a Tarnished’s journey or the history of the Shattering: absolutely, why not. 

Do I trust the industry in its current state, ruled by mediocrity and algorithmic decision-making, aggressively dismissing senior talent and draining its juniors dry, leaving them overworked and underpaid and without veteran artistic leadership, all to churn out an unlimited library of banality - do I think the industry is, right now, in a position to do ER justice? Probably not.