magic the gathering Netflix series taps Terry Matalas as new showrunner

[Henadic Theologian]

West VII ride or die!

I don't know what that means?

 

[briggart]

I don't know what that means?

12 Monkeys TV show. Acevedo, Stanford, and Stashwick's characters were all members of the West VII.

 

[LuisCarlos17f]

‘Magic: The Gathering’ Film & TV Universe In Works From Legendary Entertainment, Hasbro Entertainment

'Magic: the Gathering' is being eyed by Legendary and Hasbro as the subject of a new film and TV universe.

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‘Magic: The Gathering’ Film & TV Universe In Works From Legendary Entertainment, Hasbro Entertainment​

 

[wicked cool]

What is the actual plot? Who would be the characters? Who’s the big bad? What would be the things they must include?

I played years ago and I only remember getting land to power up creatures

 

[Mallus]

Matalas sounds like just the right kind of talented hack to make a fantasy drama based on a collectible card card work. Note: this is actually meant as a compliment.

Full disclosure: I only know his work on season 3 of Picard.

 

[Willie the Duck]

Matalas sounds like just the right kind of talented hack to make a fantasy drama based on a collectible card card work. Note: this is actually meant as a compliment.

Full disclosure: I only know his work on season 3 of Picard.

I'm mixed on that product -- most of my complaints are about what they didn't do, rather than what they did*. However, I noticed that (a subset of) the fanbase in general had issues with various violations of universe lore/continuity (changelings being vulnerable to vacuum, etc.). Given the unmitigated knot that is M:tG canon (across tens of thousands of different cards, plus novels, web publications, and so forth), I can only imagine the sturm und drang that will arise in pockets of the fandom over any given directorial decision.
*plus going back to the borg well again, which is a complaint about the repeated-ness of doing so, not the given instance.

 

[Paul Farquhar]

As long they make an entertaining movie don’t really care about the usual loathsome fans. MtG has plenty of material to make an entertaining high fantasy movie. Too much really, it’s a matter of picking the best.

 

[FitzTheRuke]

As long they make an entertaining movie don’t really care about the usual loathsome fans. MtG has plenty of material to make an entertaining high fantasy movie. Too much really, it’s a matter of picking the best.

Ever notice that "X Fan" has become a term that means "someone who hates everything new that ever emerges from property X"?

I wouldn't worry about what MtG "fans" might think - I'd worry about making a show that people who both have or have not played MtG will want to watch.

 

[Paul Farquhar]

Ever notice that "X Fan" has become a term that means "someone who hates everything new that ever emerges from property X"?

I wouldn't worry about what MtG "fans" might think - I'd worry about making a show that people who both have or have not played MtG will want to watch.

I don’t think it’s particularly difficult to make MtG accessible. It has lots of story based content, no need to try and turn the actual gameplay into a movie.

 

[UngainlyTitan]

I don’t think it’s particularly difficult to make MtG accessible. It has lots of story based content, no need to try and turn the actual gameplay into a movie.

That is the biggest issue with a lot of game base movies and TV. It is a different medium the gameplay is not what makes a good story.