Elder Scrolls Would Make an Excellent TV Show

Post » Mon Feb 04, 2013 7:46 pm

While you could do a film in the LOTR style epic fantasy genre. I think elder scrolls is very conducive to a television drama - similar to game of thrones, but less about royalty and power, more about characters within a world.

You could follow a variety of different characters living their lives in Tamriel, who have to confront extraordinary things.

One character arc could follow a man trying to summon the dark brotherhood for revenge. Another could focus on the imperial guard searching for illegal activity regarding the black sacrement.

Another character could be a dark elf living in a racist district with his family, where taxation has driven him to theivery, inevitably leading him to joining the thieves guild.

Another character could be a young girl looking to become a champion in the fighters guild.

Lots of micro stories would work excellently in the television format!

I know fallout was an idea they had, but I think elder scrolls works even better for the television format.
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Ann Church
 
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Post » Mon Feb 04, 2013 1:00 pm

You may want to request that this be moved to the general TES subforum; I've stated this before, but I don't believe something so universally large as TES can be adequately portrayed in television. Or rather, it cannot be done well.
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Post » Mon Feb 04, 2013 3:19 pm

fus ro noo
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Post » Tue Feb 05, 2013 1:32 am

They could do something epic for sure (like game of thrones series, or the LOTR films) if they're willing to spend a lot of cash. I watched the recent TESO trailer and it's freaking epic, but had I not seen the white tower visible in the distance, it's not TES specific like at all. Could have been any other fantasy universe.
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Post » Mon Feb 04, 2013 10:05 pm

Hahahaha.... No....just no, it's a bad idea and any execuitive or marketing spec who would be willing to that should feel bad
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