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vincentric:
I'd want the showrunners of Lucifer. And it so happens they're just about to finish the 6th and final season on Netflix.

seanham:
My fear with animation would be that it would lose the real-world Chicago vibe that Butcher writes so well. I really like Legend of Vox Machina and other anime series, but all the anime is set in a very fantasy-style world. The Dresden Files is set in our world. I am just not sure the setting and all the emotional stakes that go along with real people dying would transfer over the animation. In contrast, the reason why the Two Rivers Folk left their village in Wheel of Time was because of the very real threat of violence done to their friends and family, and I, as a viewer, had a very emotional reaction because I could see all the blood and gore. If that was done in animation, I am not sure how I, as an audience member, would feel.

CrusherJen:

--- Quote from: vincentric on May 19, 2022, 05:38:08 PM ---I'd want the showrunners of Lucifer. And it so happens they're just about to finish the 6th and final season on Netflix.

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Oh hell no.

That last season broke the fandom; quite a number of people are not happy at how that show ended, feeling that the conclusion was forced rather than a natural growth of the storyline, and that the season in general forgot, ignored, and/or directly contradicted characterization and themes established through the previous five seasons. If you don't believe me, check out the subreddit. There's still disagreement on whether or not the ending was good, over six months after it aired. We don't need showrunners who alienated a huge chunk of their loyal fanbase in charge of any Dresden Files adaptation (and I'd refuse to watch with them in charge, knowing they wouldn't stick the landing.)

If you mean the original Lucifer showrunner, who left after the first two seasons, then I'd agree with you. I don't think anyone would argue that those episodes were a good, solid start of a great show.

Arctos:
What about the showrunners from Bosch?  That one felt like an excellent mystery series, and properly did one case per season instead of a crime of the week setup. (I could also probably see Titus Welliver as Morgan, but that's a different conversation).

seanham:

--- Quote from: Arctos on May 20, 2022, 12:13:28 AM ---That one felt like an excellent mystery series, and properly did one case per season instead of a crime of the week setup.

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I don't know anything about Bosch or the showrunners, but this brings up a good point. Do you think the adaptation (if done in TV form) should be one season per case, one case per week, or something else? Personally, I think it should be more of an arc format. The first season could be made up of books 1-3, each being 2 or 3 episodes, with later seasons being more one case per season (you can't or shouldn't do Changes or DB in only 3 episodes). The issue with this format would be showing a progression of time between arcs. In the books, we know that typically each book is 9-15 months after the last book. You could get away with this time progression easier if each case is a full season, but it would be much harder in other storytelling methods, leading to confusion among first-time viewers.

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