Petition asking Larian to STOP the Netflix live action adaptation of Baldur's Gate 3!

[M]

https://chng.it/fXpjRkmmFM

One of the greatest, if not the most important aspect of role playing games is the ability to choose. A live action adaptation would mean canonisation, which goes against one of the game’s core values: player choice and the freedom to create your own story.
Netflix is a greedy company who wants to profit off the works of others while remaking them poorly (saving money on locations, workers etc.) and with no respect towards the original themes, ideas or the people behind those ideas.
Many people would only know Baldur's Gate as a generic bad fantasy and shortlived netflix show when they could have enjoyed the incredible, one of a kind experience of the game.

[KingOfFriedChicken]

Hmmm where is the petition to push forward with it? That's what I want lol

[Orion Invictus]

Originally posted by KingOfFriedChicken:

Hmmm where is the petition to push forward with it? That's what I want lol

Same.

[Remnant Melody]

Kinda hoping it falls through tbh.. As much as it'd be kinda neat to see an adaption, we already live thru a pretty cinematic rich experience IN the game, with the original spirit of the characters and voice artists.

Without even considering how terrible their greed is in not paying up properly (while charging more and more for the customer) they are so notorious at cancelling shows and just saying 'bad numbers' and yet, never showing those numbers. They've also had goldmines of ip like The Witcher and just bombed it so hard in the third season for literally no reason. And this is just a common theme with netflix. Even if it gets it, it'll be 1-2 seasons before the big cancel and it'll be a whole lotta wasted time and effort where you could of just played the game instead at that point.

DnD is ripe for some GOOD adapations, I just don't think Netflix has the balls OR proper show-runners to do it even remotely well and not immediately cancelled. Which is pretty bad considering how easy the material is to adapt.

[アンジェル]

Originally posted by KingOfFriedChicken:

Hmmm where is the petition to push forward with it? That's what I want lol

a Baldur's Gate 3 series in Netflix quality? After One Piece I am all in favour for that!

[Taifun_Vash]

It would make most choices in the game moot and etablish a canon line for the game, on which the could base their next game.

[M]

Originally posted by SassyKitKats:

Kinda hoping it falls through tbh.. As much as it'd be kinda neat to see an adaption, we already live thru a pretty cinematic rich experience IN the game, with the original spirit of the characters and voice artists.

Without even considering how terrible their greed is in not paying up properly (while charging more and more for the customer) they are so notorious at cancelling shows and just saying 'bad numbers' and yet, never showing those numbers. They've also had goldmines of ip like The Witcher and just bombed it so hard in the third season for literally no reason. And this is just a common theme with netflix. Even if it gets it, it'll be 1-2 seasons before the big cancel and it'll be a whole lotta wasted time and effort where you could of just played the game instead at that point.

DnD is ripe for some GOOD adapations, I just don't think Netflix has the balls OR proper show-runners to do it even remotely well and not immediately cancelled. Which is pretty bad considering how easy the material is to adapt.

My thoughts exactly! Thank you!
(Also DnD is full of opportunities for new stories or there are books to adapt if they insist on creating only adaptations. BG3 is a brand new story and its better left in its original form as an rpg.

[gungadin22000]

BG3 is getting a Netflix series?

Good lord, I have to start studying English. My grasp of the language is insufficient to properly express just how unspeakably awful it will be.

Still, we will be able to appreciate the amount of trolling the writers will do with it. BG3 is already full of LGBT characters - can you IMAGINE the LGBT extravaganza Netflix is going to make?

[NixAhmose]

I don’t think Larian has much if any day on the matter. WotC/Hasbro are the ones who actually own the IP and can probably green light any adaptation or continuation to BG3 regardless of Larian’s feelings on the matter.

That being said, a Netflix adaptation sounds doomed for failure for several reasons.
1) BG3 has such a big core cast and long story arcs attached to them that juggling all the essential parts would require lots of cuts and changes. Every origin character by design is meant to be their own main character, so it’s hard to see how a show could include all 7 without demolishing the pacing of the show.

2) BG3 focuses a lot on the most exotic parts of the FR setting, and as such any live adaptation would require a heavy amount of cgi and costuming in order to pull off especially with Kharlach and a potential Dragonborn dark urge being consistent main characters.

3) Like others have said, BG3 already contains so many cinematic elements and well voiced and animated dialogue scenes that a live action show just feels redundant.


If they wanted to make a live adaptation of anything, it should be BG1. Budget wise it would be much cheaper as it’s a lot more low-fantasy than BG3, the core plot beats are simple enough that you could make heavy alterations while still keeping the story make sense and retain its core themes, and the companions are written as side characters and thus aren’t as essential or destructive to the pacing as BG3’s origin characters.

[gungadin22000]

4) Netflix shows are dreadful and have zero respect for the source material of pretty much anything they adapt for TV.

[Snake_In_The_Eye]

Larian doesn't own BG IP. That is Beamdog

[M]

Originally posted by NixAhmose:

I don’t think Larian has much if any day on the matter. WotC/Hasbro are the ones who actually own the IP and can probably green light any adaptation or continuation to BG3 regardless of Larian’s feelings on the matter.

That being said, a Netflix adaptation sounds doomed for failure for several reasons.
1) BG3 has such a big core cast and long story arcs attached to them that juggling all the essential parts would require lots of cuts and changes. Every origin character by design is meant to be their own main character, so it’s hard to see how a show could include all 7 without demolishing the pacing of the show.

2) BG3 focuses a lot on the most exotic parts of the FR setting, and as such any live adaptation would require a heavy amount of cgi and costuming in order to pull off especially with Kharlach and a potential Dragonborn dark urge being consistent main characters.

3) Like others have said, BG3 already contains so many cinematic elements and well voiced and animated dialogue scenes that a live action show just feels redundant.


If they wanted to make a live adaptation of anything, it should be BG1. Budget wise it would be much cheaper as it’s a lot more low-fantasy than BG3, the core plot beats are simple enough that you could make heavy alterations while still keeping the story make sense and retain its core themes, and the companions are written as side characters and thus aren’t as essential or destructive to the pacing as BG3’s origin characters.

Very well said! Remaking this cinamatic game that just released as a live action movie/tv show is so dumb. (I have seen people asking for a dnd campaign where the bg3 cast plays their characters... that would be low budget if they insist on making a series based on the newest game specifically.)

[KingOfFriedChicken]

Originally posted by Snake_In_The_Eye:

Larian doesn't own BG IP. That is Beamdog

Ultimately this, it isn't up to larian, it's up to its IP holder and likely WoTC cuz it involves DnD

[M]

Originally posted by Snake_In_The_Eye:

Larian doesn't own BG IP. That is Beamdog

I suspect Larian still must own at least the characters they created for their own game, no? And the major plot points etc. ... surely that cannot be used without Larian's approval?

[nuther]

Originally posted by lankaras:

Well, at least they cannot make it any more woke. In fact they might have to dial it back a bit.

There are plenty of ways to make this more woke. You could have one of the companions be fat and another one in a wheel chair.

[Remnant Melody]

Originally posted by Snake_In_The_Eye:

Larian doesn't own BG IP. That is Beamdog

Sorry.. my brain read 'Bingbong' and I was like "Yup! That tracks! That Diabolical Imp.."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IqNxA_MTyA0