It depends what you mean by "require."Dalisclock said:
Playing Warcraft III for the first time in an Internet cafe, I had no idea what was going on outside "humans good, orcs bad" (didn't get to play much because my friends were there for the multiplayer). Later getting the game and getting the manual, that helped, but you still need to piece it together. I remember for instance that in the Alliance history section it discusses the Second War ad nauseum, but the First War isn't ever mentioned until the Horde history section, and even then it mostly pertains to Thrall's backstory.
So, it's technically possible, but I'd argue that playing the earlier games would help. As it turned out, the order of me playing the games was 3>1>2. But point being, there's little reason to skip to three straight away IMO, even if it's the strongest of the bunch.
I'll believe it when I see it.
That said, assuming it's a full adaptation, it strikes me as making more sense to adapt Metal Gear, because otherwise you're going to have to get an awful lot of backstory out of the way. Metal Gear Solid is able to convey that backstory well because not only does it have a manual, but it's not beholden to the pacing of a movie. So when Snake is in the cell for instance, and him and Naomi discuss how he killed Big Boss, that can work. In a film though, it would come off more as exposition. In contrast, the plot of Metal Gear is light enough that it can better fit a film, but it would arguably benefit from it since you'd gain a cinematic presentation, whereas most Metal Gear games already have cinematic presentation.
No, not really, for a number of reasons.Samtemdo8 said:
First, Robert's Rebellion doesn't exist in book form, so there's nothing to adapt per se. Second of all, suppose the showrunners wanted to make the Rebellion season 1 or something, then make GoT (the book) season 2, and so on. That could technically work, but it would be off in the greater scheme of things because of the time jump. You'd likely have to get a set of actors for season 1, then bring in new actors for season 2. If you want an example of this practicality, look at the Shannara Chronicles. Season 1 adapts Elfstones of Shannara. Season 2 creates its own story rather than moving onto Wishsong. You can theorize why, but a common suggestion I can get behind is that because Wishsong effectively gets a new cast of characters (at least main ones), it was probably more cost effective to stick with the original actors and strike out on their own.
And yes, you can point to Shannara as an example of an adaptation skipping the first book, but the gap between Sword and Elfstones is significant. The gap between WC1 and 2? Not so much. Most of the characters who debut in WC1 are still around in some form in WC2.
