I'd watch it. It would be quite an epic fantasy series. Maybe even better than Game of Thrones. What say you?
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With the Fallout tv show success, could an Elder Scrolls adaptation work?
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Not sure if an Elder Scrolls series is achievable on a TV budget but if it's even half as weird as it gets in the games, then it'd be the greatest fantasy series of all time.
No kidding.
No kidding.
It's doable, but probably much harder to pull off than Fallout. I'd love to see a Morrowind show though. Just go full weird with it.
They should find the middle ground between the earnestness of Lotr and the silliness of Fallout.
Maybe a live action version of the anime Frieren set in Cyrodill? We follow a character who actually saved the world and goes back on their journey to reminisce about the past and find sidequests they missed the first time? That way you avoid a retread of having a main character that is a newbie but also allow the audience to discover the world.
Maybe a live action version of the anime Frieren set in Cyrodill? We follow a character who actually saved the world and goes back on their journey to reminisce about the past and find sidequests they missed the first time? That way you avoid a retread of having a main character that is a newbie but also allow the audience to discover the world.
i want this to happen because then it's a gateway to explain the absolute batshit bonkers lore of TES
"okay i think this character has achieved CHIM and therefore is aware they're in a TV show"
"what"
"oh the show introducing this contradictory piece of lore can be explained away by a dragon break so it probably happened and didn't happen at the same time"
"WHAT"
"see that cat person? that's a khajit. that's different from the cat you saw earlier, which was just a housecat, but don't be confused with khajit who are just cats"
"????????????"
"okay i think this character has achieved CHIM and therefore is aware they're in a TV show"
"what"
"oh the show introducing this contradictory piece of lore can be explained away by a dragon break so it probably happened and didn't happen at the same time"
"WHAT"
"see that cat person? that's a khajit. that's different from the cat you saw earlier, which was just a housecat, but don't be confused with khajit who are just cats"
"????????????"
Elder Scrolls on its face is just another generic fantasy world.
Fallout has a distinct flavor, has specific and interesting ideas about our world, and a tone that can oscillate between comedy/action/horror at any moment.
You could try but you'd have a far harder time making a case for it.
Fallout has a distinct flavor, has specific and interesting ideas about our world, and a tone that can oscillate between comedy/action/horror at any moment.
You could try but you'd have a far harder time making a case for it.
I don't think TES has enough of of a pitch identity to make it standout in a filmed medium and hook writers in doing something interesting.
Fallout as Jetson world as a radioactive hellscape stands apart better than another fantasy world of standard trappings.
It can be done, but it's more of an uphill climb to do something interesting that works in film whereas you have plenty of fantasy works that are more inspiring to kick off from.
Fallout as Jetson world as a radioactive hellscape stands apart better than another fantasy world of standard trappings.
It can be done, but it's more of an uphill climb to do something interesting that works in film whereas you have plenty of fantasy works that are more inspiring to kick off from.
If I was asked to do a TV-series of Skyrim, for example. I'd look at all the main story quests in the game. Then create a character for each of those stories. Tie them into the dragon-storyline and having them all being Dragonborn. Then having the choices along the way being the defining moments where the dragonborn are split up into factions waring among eachother and under the threat of the Imperial/Nord-civil war.
it'd have to a) differentiate itself enough from other high fantasy movies/shows (which, if they adhere to the source material may not be too hard) and b) have an interesting story tell, again not just boilerplate high fantasy intrigue
and of course, the budget would have to be there.
with success of Fallout wouldn't surprise me if Amazon and Bethesda are kicking the can around on this rn, but not saying anything will come from it either
and of course, the budget would have to be there.
with success of Fallout wouldn't surprise me if Amazon and Bethesda are kicking the can around on this rn, but not saying anything will come from it either
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Maybe, but Todd Howard already ruled out a TES show for any time soon.
www.gamespot.com
Bethesda's Todd Howard Responds To Possibility Of Elder Scrolls TV Show Coming Next
After Fallout, could other Bethesda games get spun into TV shows?
www.gamespot.com
No, there's precious little to set it apart from other fantasy settings. Not so much a problem in the games because the emphasis is more on the sandbox nature of the thing anyway, for a tv show though, you'd have to do a lot to distinguish it at which point it would have very little to do with TES so why bother.
I can't think of any reason why it couldn't work, but the main concern would be that it would come across as just another high fantasy show and we have quite a lot of those right now - Game of Thrones, LOTR, Witcher, Wheel of time, etc.
That space is pretty full.
That space is pretty full.
Make it an Isekai where Kevin Hart and Chris Pratt are playing Skyrim and get sucked into the TV
I was about saying the same. Take away the Elder Scrolls name and it's a "normal" fantasy series. Then again, everything can be outstanding with good writers und budget.
The Fallout setting is a bit more unique, so that helped.
I would rather see Bioshock or Dishonored as a TV series project.
Fallout is unique. Elder Scrolls is generic fantasy. I can't imagine how a TV show could work tbh.
A Mass Effect show could work if done correctly. Other than that I can't really think of any other shows (based on video games) I'd watch.
A Mass Effect show could work if done correctly. Other than that I can't really think of any other shows (based on video games) I'd watch.
Hmm… If Rings of Power can deliver fantasy set pieces on TV, Elder Scrolls should. But Fallout has the benefit of good writers and production from Westworld… so I guess it depends on the talent behind crafting the story (and their dedication to the adaption).
Maybe, which is better than the hard no I would give Starfield (game lacks any personality)
They would have to inject some humor into ES, otherwise it's just another GOT/Amazon Fantasy show clone.
They would have to inject some humor into ES, otherwise it's just another GOT/Amazon Fantasy show clone.
I think a bioshock show could be amazing if done right. You could jump back and fourth before and after rapture went to shit. There is so much you do with that setting and premise.
It could work but I doubt you'd get someone to pick it up right now as there is a glut of fantasy content.
But Mass Effect is a generic space opera and there're like 15 thousand book series' that have more narrative and creative meat to them.
I think with the right amount of tinkering you can adapt practically anyhting, if they can make Castlevania then there's no reason why TES wouldn't work. Should they do it is a different question though.
Amazon was at least interested in making one
https://www.theverge.com/2021/11/23/22799583/mass-effect-bioware-tv-show-movie-amazon-studios-rumor
Don't know what's going on with that, though.
Narratively, I can't stand the discrepancy between the weird depths of the lore and the boilerplate-itutde of the games themselves.
You can tell a good story anywhere with anything, but at face value, if you want something interesting you'd either have to go all in on the lore and get weird with it, but if you want a budget and profit you're probably gonna be aping the games.
So yeah, just... leave it be.
You can tell a good story anywhere with anything, but at face value, if you want something interesting you'd either have to go all in on the lore and get weird with it, but if you want a budget and profit you're probably gonna be aping the games.
So yeah, just... leave it be.
Not another successful and visually stunning hsow? :P The horror!
Lore isn't as entertaining so I don't think so.
Fallout works to me because it's so tongue in cheek and over the top. Elder Scrolls doesn't have that. So I don't think the "feel" or "spirit" of the games would translate as well.
Fallout works to me because it's so tongue in cheek and over the top. Elder Scrolls doesn't have that. So I don't think the "feel" or "spirit" of the games would translate as well.
I don't really think it has a distinct enough visual style to be appealing on the level Fallout is. It's just your utterly standard fantasy world and fantasy adventure shows tend to struggle in getting ratings despite being hugely expensive to make.
I think it's far more likely to get lumped in with other "generic fantasy" shows and get endlessly compared to GoT. It could work but for me the interest isn't really there. Fallout has a far more interesting world and sense of character to it IMO. I also just prefer its setting aesthetically.
Dang, with the success of Fallout, I kinda assumed someone at Amazon would already be rushing for an ES show.Maybe, but Todd Howard already ruled out a TES show for any time soon.
Bethesda's Todd Howard Responds To Possibility Of Elder Scrolls TV Show Coming Next
After Fallout, could other Bethesda games get spun into TV shows?
I think it's a far harder sell as we have slimmer pickings for post nuclear war shows, especially ones with a bit of a sense of humor. Fantasy settings are not all that rare, some have huge acclaim to go up against, and while ES has a rich lore I don't really think it holds up against the other offerings already available
What benefits Fallout is that the specific tone is pretty unique to the source material - that and the built in library of existing lore, characters, backstory, brand names, iconography, that are all thoroughly fleshed out. Elder Scrolls has a lot of that but to me it doesn't feel anywhere near as unique compared to other Fantasy stuff and wouldn't stand out to general audiences.
