r/hbo • u/InternationalChip111 • 8d ago

New show idea only hbo can do

Hey huge fan of hbo platform

This is a long shot but feel like hbo would be able to capitalize with the video game tv show’s popularity right now

Dead Space Think this would be a great tv show

Only flaw- Lacks ton of characters about 10 total in the first game and then you see 10-15 different holograms of characters who were on the ship before the outbreak and could be alive and hiding or dead/zombie

Can turn it into a old school alien movie vibe with zombie aliens and it would be scary as shit so wouldn't be for everyone but can be last of us tv level scary and still be excellent

Game has love interest with main character, your 5 man squad has likeable characters and characters you dislike that may have heroic moments where you kinda like them, has tons of twist and turns that will leave you on your seat and have the viewers talking

id want the tv show to be scary scary, jump scares, f up tv scenes. Something hbo can do

think the second game could be possibly a season 2 but could lack the characters even more so, 3rd game isn't as scary and intense and has a companion character with you so would be good for tv reasons but I wouldn't care about as much as first two games

Another question you can ask is how many great horror tv shows are out there? Not enough is the answer

Guarantee this would be a great choice and could bring a whole new market of fans to the platform

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u/DizzySkunkApe 8d ago

Dear Diary

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u/Accomplished-City484 6d ago

I think it would be tough to adapt because most of the game is just the character in a mask going around performing tasks and getting attacked by nasties, it’s a lot of fun as a game but a tv show needs multiple characters to focus on and interact with each other. They’d really have to change it a lot to make it work and that often draws a lot of ire from the fandom. The new season of Silo did that for one episode and people complained about it a lot, not sure a whole season like that could work.

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u/AsleepYesterday05 8d ago

I just know that I would like it if HBO made more sci-fi stuff. Yes I know there is Dune currently airing but it is very rare.

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u/InternationalChip111 8d ago

Didn’t even think about dune being newly released, great counterpoint. Agree that it’s a long shot, don’t think hbo go full scfi for next couple of years

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u/Similar-Broccoli 8d ago

I usually roll my eyes at video game adaptations but a Dead Space series could be amazing if done well

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u/InternationalChip111 8d ago edited 8d ago

Yeah that’s how I feel about most games, think dead space would have to be done right, think other streaming services just wouldn’t be able to do it. It could be a hit or miss regardless but can be a massive hit. God of war is the only other video game show I think could be fire