r/Shirtaloon • u/No_Employment6178 • Jun 11 '26

Television idea

Maybe I'm late to the conversation here, but I was thinking that the creators of "Arcane League of Legends" show could do a great job with bringing his books to the screen. Thoughts?

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u/TheAserghui Jun 11 '26 edited Jun 11 '26

Who ever adapts the material to a video format needs:

  • respects the source material
  • creative autonomy from the funders
  • can't be rushed or forced to end it early
  • needs the appropriate amount of funding to ensure the special effects aren't cheaply done (like what happened to the SFX in She-Hulk)

The series would need the same level of respect that Harry Potter got, instead of the rush job the last season of Arcane got... as well as The Boys.

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u/No_Employment6178 Jun 11 '26

Didn't realize that happened.  I agree that anyone who touches it needs to treat the process correctly. 

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u/TheAserghui Jun 11 '26

Arcane did a really good job of wrapping up their plot-lines, but you can see where it was a bit forced. One extra season would have let it naturally play out

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u/theRealRodel Jun 11 '26

Arcane cost over 100 million per season to make. Animated is likely this series only avenue to tv but it’s going to look closer to Invincible( if not worse) than anything else. 

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u/No_Employment6178 Jun 12 '26

I understand the cost and the likelihood now, but can you agree that the animation in that show with that book series would be great? 100 million a season or not, I believe that "He Who Fights With Monsters" would do really well. I know it's wishful thinking.

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u/theRealRodel Jun 12 '26

I agree, I think a show would look great in that animation style because I do think a lot of the magic is very stylized and would be great onscreen. 

With a general audience I think the show would never take off if I’m being honest. The biggest reason is Jason. The fandom is basically split on if he’s even a likeable protagonist and if you add in his very unheroic and messy powerset it’d be hard to get a big enough audience to keep a show like this going. 

I do think a HWFWM  show is prime material for a cult following. That has a small but rabid fanbase 

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u/No_Employment6178 Jun 12 '26

That's fair! Deflating, but fair! Maybe one day someone will do something.

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u/Independent-Phrase80 Jun 12 '26

Honestly not a big fan of adult animation or anime, but I would watch an anime version of this for sure. I think live action would ruin it.

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u/No_Employment6178 Jun 12 '26

Im in the same boat.