Drunken_Vike t1_j4rv6xz wrote on January 17, 2023 at 8:50 PM

Reply to comment by __War_Eagle__ in This is why I believe HBO should make 'Assassin's creed' A tv show by metronomy94

Almost everyone's favorite video game gets picked up for screen adaptation already anyway, then quietly dropped after a few years of trying to put a script together. Good adaptation is hard to do.

The Last of Us benefitted from a perfect combo of a talented screenwriter with a golden ticket to make anything and an interest in the game combined with the game's respected producer wanting to dabble. It won't be that easy for most.

OkayAtBowling t1_j4s6c6v wrote on January 17, 2023 at 9:59 PM

It also helps that The Last of Us is a pretty easily adaptable game, all things considered. Not to diminish what they've done with the show so far, but it was already quite a tightly-paced and well-structured story as video games go. Most games would need a lot more work to get them into a place where it could be a compelling TV show. (Even the sequel is going to be tougher to adapt, I think.)