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Wolfstigma Apr 2, 2026 +452

A bad adaptation will not break me...

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TheMoonIsLonely Apr 2, 2026 +133

f*** you all

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NotAPreppie Apr 2, 2026 +33

I will break ***\*you\****

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TwoHandSquid Apr 2, 2026 +32

Imagine what Samantha will do to their mothers if it’s a bad adaptation.

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hieronymous-cowherd Apr 3, 2026 +3

Well, the *second thing* she'll do is kill them.

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melcolnik Apr 3, 2026 +17

No. But it will force me to deploy the Enchanted Arrow of Enthusiastic Double Gonorrhea

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bossyaussie Apr 3, 2026 +3

Goddammit Seth!

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YoungCaesar Apr 2, 2026 +11

best comment so far

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mjrasque Apr 2, 2026 +126

I really wanted Henson Studios to do this. This would have been so fun if it was all played by muppets except for the humans.

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jasonic Apr 2, 2026 +33

I had never thought about this, but now that's all I want this to be.

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Deranged_Kitsune Apr 2, 2026 +22

Give this a Farscape vibe, where it's the cast interacting with a lot of puppets (including animatronic Donut) and it could work. Would truly have to lean into the camp, though, given the scale of what's involved.

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jerpyderpy Apr 3, 2026 +11

> including animatronic Donut book 4 spoiler: >!and when they get to book 4 and she gets the robot version in a fan box, it could be an actual real live cat!<

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hippydipster Apr 3, 2026 +13

Dominar Rygel XVI was Princess Donut before Donut.

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Deranged_Kitsune Apr 3, 2026 +6

I can *absolutely* see that.

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Jebb145 Apr 3, 2026 +6

Farscape/mystery science theater vibes all they way. Hell I would also take team america style aka thunderbirds style and love it.

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dorkylibrarian Apr 2, 2026 +8

I kept picturing characters from Labyrinth while I was reading the first book.

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hippydipster Apr 3, 2026 +6

The murder dozer was straight out of labyrinth. When I started the first book I almost quit on it because it was just plagiarizing everything from 80s movies, DnD, nethack and all that. Then, I thought, well, its still sort of fun though, so why not continue. And then later on I began to see what was going on underneath everything. It's quite the series.

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Artistic-Okra-2542 Apr 2, 2026 +5

The best cat in cinema was a puppet (salem from sabrina)... so sure, why not do Carl like The Dark Crystal? Couldn't be worse than live action+plus cgi tbh.

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NotAPreppie Apr 2, 2026 +2

Holy shit, that would have been f****** ***\*magical\****

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FantasticJacket7 Apr 2, 2026 +1549

I just have zero faith that this can be any good in live action without a blockbuster budget that they obviously won't have.

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bwrobel12 Apr 2, 2026 +680

The deeper Carl goes into the dungeon, the more expensive the show would get (if the show even gets that far). I was wanting an animated show because of how expensive this would be. I’ll give it a shot, but will not have high expectations for it.

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MaverickTopGun Apr 2, 2026 +310

When I read the books I had the idea the show simply had to be animated, i'm shocked it's not.

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themisterfixit Apr 2, 2026 +15

Wait?!? Books? I just bought the first one on a whim in an airport last week and read it in the flight. I was super bummed I’d be having to wait for the next book. Good news everybody!

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MaverickTopGun Apr 2, 2026 +37

Bro there's SEVEN of them. They're pretty fun. Eighth one comes out in May, I believe.

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Microchaton Apr 2, 2026 +9

And they progressively get better imo at least in some ways. Book 5 or so blew my mind.

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DanHazard Apr 2, 2026 +74

Well you see, cartoons are for kids or something.

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peon2 Apr 2, 2026 +169

This is coming from Seth MacFarlane's studio...he's like the last person that would think that

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Rynetx Apr 2, 2026 +39

He just made his last live action tv show into an animated series because live action animation was too expensive.

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peon2 Apr 2, 2026 +75

> live action animation was too expensive Well it is a terrible strain on the animators wrist.

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avisilber88 Apr 2, 2026 +9

I think the ai would approve if feet are involved

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Genius-Envy Apr 2, 2026 +7

lol, I feel people downvoted you, but haven’t read the series

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fugznojutz Apr 2, 2026 +3

thats why you practice on a sausage first.

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asdvj2 Apr 2, 2026 +3

>live action animation was too expensive I bet it is.

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MeCritic Apr 2, 2026 +28

Not just Seth, the main showrunner is Chris Yost, which strong name in animated shows territory. Decision making it live-action basically make no sense, more from Yost experience with Cowboy Bebop.

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turkeygiant Apr 2, 2026 +25

YIKES, Cowboy Beebop was an impressively bad adaption from the writing standpoint. I would be so mad if live action Carl was as far removed from his original characterization as live action Spike was.

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Vohn_exel Apr 2, 2026 +18

Seriously, I wouldn't trust the guy who did Live Action Bebop to do ANYTHING adaptation wise. That series mangled every character except maybe Jet, and even then they made him a deadbeat Dad for some reason.

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turkeygiant Apr 2, 2026 +15

It was so disappointing because you could see that costume/set/vfx departments really cared about the original.

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Accomplished-City484 Apr 2, 2026 +7

I think the fact the original is so good really hurt it, whereas One Piece is already pretty goofy so the silliness of adapting it to live action works in a real campy kinda way

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edwardsamson Apr 2, 2026 +4

Spike wasn't even the issue (still not great though) so much as Vicious and Gren and just the fact that the entire adaptation had a different energy/feel to it that absolutely was NOT Cowboy Bebop.

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grammar_nazi_zombie Apr 2, 2026 +18

-Seth MacFarlane

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coffeebribesaccepted Apr 2, 2026 +5

Some people just don't enjoy animation, without thinking it's specifically for kids or something.

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seeyou_nextfall Apr 2, 2026 +7

From the Family Guy creator???

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ManofCin Apr 2, 2026 +48

He’s also made the Orville which gives me absolute faith in Seth MacFarlanes ability to make a show like this, budget withstanding

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corndogs102 Apr 2, 2026 +25

Did you hear how much they spent per episode on Ted? The man cares about good looking quality.

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RolloTonyBrownTown Apr 2, 2026 +19

Thats whats concerning, they spent that much for a single Teddy Bear, Dungeon Crawler Carl has a different monster every 5 minutes.

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Xaron713 Apr 3, 2026 +4

Not to mention the aliens. And race selection. And Mongo. The ball of Swine. The Rage Elemental. Shit the explosions are going to be so disappointing

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inplayruin Apr 2, 2026 +15

Also, the show Ted is way, way, way better than a just and caring God should allow. It is so stupid and so enjoyable that I can't recommend it enough.

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BigNervous2808 Apr 2, 2026 +6

I honestly was shocked at how much I enjoyed the first season and actively looked forward to the second season. Definitely worth watching.

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MichaelTruly Apr 2, 2026 +3

If this god is so caring, why is he punishing us by not giving us a season three!

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TheForeverUnbanned Apr 2, 2026 +16

That does allow them to build the budget for it though. Depending on how they structure it, like how many floors per season, it starts as a much more contained scope. If it finds an audience and doesent suck by the time they’re playing pokemon in Cuba or doing demon kaiju fights they would have more money

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Strange_Quantity5383 Apr 2, 2026 +27

Will they have the balls in include Uzi Jesus? Or will that character be trimmed out to not offend people? That is from book 6 so I might be thinking too far ahead.

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Chataboutgames Apr 2, 2026 +26

I mean, Jesus has been a recurring character on Family Guy for like a decade.

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w1czr1923 Apr 2, 2026 +7

The passion of the Christ 2: crucify this clip is a core memory of my childhood

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quirkymuse Apr 2, 2026 +10

Yeah we need to deal with the threatening goddess stuck in the head of a sex doll first

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Taylorenokson Apr 2, 2026 +6

I mean, Seth McFarlane has basically already [given us an iteration of Uzi Jesus](https://makeagif.com/i/iTENZ-)

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Taylorenokson Apr 2, 2026 +3

Dad-Dammit

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LeagueIndependent367 Apr 2, 2026 +7

I doubt the live action will even get that far. This has "cancelled after one or two seasons" written all over it.

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Lespaul42 Apr 2, 2026 +20

They could lean into an idea that the corps c**** out on things or the AI has a love for old sci fi tv shows.

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FantasticJacket7 Apr 2, 2026 +64

That doesn't change the fact that a CGI cat and dinosaur on screen for almost every scene is going to be extremely expensive if they don't want it to look like shit.

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CaptainSkel Apr 2, 2026 +10

Just take a real cat and train it to shoot lasers from its eyes I don't see the problem.

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Lespaul42 Apr 2, 2026 +5

SNL did it in a cave with a bunch of scraps.. i am sure... Peacock... Could... Could... Yeah they could do it.

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abouttogivebirth Apr 2, 2026 +20

For the cat either get Cat from Red Dwarf or the original Salem from Sabrina, sorted

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rothj5 Apr 2, 2026 +9

If I recall correctly Mongo doesn’t appear until season 2? Maybe as a tiny baby in season 1. But yeah Donut will be hard to animate, but Seth MacFarland did do Ted.

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WeiShiLirinArelius Apr 2, 2026 +12

if you mean book instead of season, mongo is introduced at the end of book 1, which encompasses floor 1 and 2

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Lespaul42 Apr 2, 2026 +28

God damnit Donut. Why is it after you got smart you look like shit CGI? And Mongo is even worse? Carl! Mongo is appalled! Bad cgi is now acceptable!

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Kennys-Chicken Apr 2, 2026 +24

MONGO IS APPALLED

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gerarddominus Apr 2, 2026 +5

Due to budget constraints, Mongo is now expreessionally indifferent.

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Kelcak Apr 2, 2026 +4

This is my feeling as well. If the show is animated it can hit all the right notes. Maybe it won’t jive with a mainstream audience, but readers will lap it up and anime lovers who are friends with someone that read the book will give it a shot. So make the budget fit accordingly. Making it live action is a fools errand IMO.

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FlukyS Apr 2, 2026 +73

Never was a fan of Family Guy or American Dad but Seth seems to generally do well with some nerdy topics, I'll wait to see how it goes

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repalec Apr 2, 2026 +70

He does pretty well with live-action TV. The Ted series got a pretty warm reception for both seasons and although the first season of The Orville is kinda Family Guy humor-heavy, the second and third seasons are fantastic.

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ldnk Apr 2, 2026 +45

And the Orville was basically forced to be that way. He knows how to play the game to eventually get to what he wants

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themaskedhippoofdoom Apr 2, 2026 +11

Yep, season 1 had to be different. Then it got to be The Orville we love. That being said, I still enjoy season 1.

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Bud_Fuggins Apr 2, 2026 +18

I agree it got better on season 2; but s1 was good too. "Majority Rule" felt like I was watching Sliders again after 30 years.

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JimiSlew3 Apr 2, 2026 +3

I'd go for a reboot of Sliders.

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DizzyFrogHS Apr 2, 2026 +4

The Orville is kinda great. Makes me think he could do a decent adaptation. The humor seems up his alley.

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djgoodhousekeeping Apr 2, 2026 +7

I haven’t enjoyed that stuff in like 20 years but yeah, his other shows and movies are awesome. I seriously can’t stop watching the Ted show.

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jimbobhas Apr 2, 2026 +5

I loved the DnD episode this latest season so this seems like a good match. I’m upset there’s not going to be a season 3 of Ted though

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ohyoshimi Apr 2, 2026 +11

If you’re a fan of Star Trek (think TNG era), you may want to check out The Orville. I am not a huge fan of Family guy ect, but The Orville is so great and it’s a crime it got cancelled. It gives me hope this might be good!

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Hail_LordHelix Apr 2, 2026 +11

It's not for sure cancelled. Seth mentioned he finished writing season 4. Whether or not it gets filmed is another story altogether though

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Freecz Apr 2, 2026 +10

I am not really sure how it will do either way tbh. Feels like books is just a better medium for this type of story but maybe they surprise me.

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j0mbie Apr 2, 2026 +10

Especially because *so much* of the comedy comes from the AI descriptions of things. Those feel natural in a book, but having a two-page item description doesn't really work for a TV show. Obviously, things get adapted to fit their medium, but I'm still nervous about it. They even address in the books why such a thing works for the characters within the books. Why isn't not weird for those characters to get a wall of text in the middle of a fight.

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supernerdlove Apr 2, 2026 +9

Ted was a very popular show, and it’s not getting anymore seasons because a single basic CGI character made the show, that was otherwise filmed on simple sets, too expensive. Unless this show reaches GoT levels of popularity it’ll never make it.

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Gofunkiertti Apr 2, 2026 +31

Yeah it's a tough adaptation. I mean someone just did One Piece well so it's not impossible but it's hard on this budget. Even animated it would be expensive to animate I feel like it's doable as long as you adjust the power level down though. You could tell a lot of the same story with alot more humanish characters. Have a few more prosthetics monsters and less CG stuff. Less giant monsters and more weird ones. The real problem is Donut (and Mungo). I get that Ted just did this but it literally just got cancelled because too much CGI made it too expensive. It's one thing to have CGI creatures once an episode. Donut is basically in every scene. Could they make it work with puppetry?

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religiousrights Apr 2, 2026 +39

Mongo is appalled at your spelling of Mongo

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trebory6 Apr 2, 2026 +12

As someone who used to work in the entertainment industry in the art department as a production designer who's ENTIRE job was to make things look good within budget, it frustrates me to absolutely no end watching people discuss this since I've been in many meeting rooms discussing budgets. TED is overbudget because it's supposed to be a 20 min family sitcom. It's overbudget for what the network expects a family sitcom to be. I would assume the budget for an episode of TED isn't higher than an episode of The Orville. The difference is that The Orville is a SciFi show that requires many different special effects. Typically you'd be given a far higher budget for a scifi show than a family sitcom, and if your family sitcom is getting close in budget to a scifi show then something's amiss. And I'm basing this on my knowledge of Seth McFarlane's tendency to embrace practical and digital effects in his shows. Donut would be CG. They'd go all in on Donut in the marketing and merchandise tie-ins, so the cost of Donut would be irrelevant. Donut would be the single most profitably justified expense in the entire production would be my guess. Like the character is set up for it and for all the marketing to be tongue-in-cheek about it. Mongo could be a mix of CG and puppeteering potentially. That's been done before and it's a straightforward process. They'd probably use a mix of practical sets and [StageCraft](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/StageCraft) would be my guess. And to the VFX guy who got mad at me last time because he thinks straightforward and simple mean the same thing, IT DOES NOT MEAN THE SAME THING. I AM NOT SAYING IT IS SIMPLE, JUST THAT IT'S A WELL TREADED PROCESS THAT DOESN'T NEED TO REINVENT THE WHEEL.

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rtiftw Apr 2, 2026 +6

I agree that One Piece is something we can point to that demonstrates that it’s possible to do live action and if done right could knock it out of the park. But there needs to be a fairly long leash for that to happen. That said it has a big enough fandom that it could be a major staple and cashcow for a decade.

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verrius Apr 2, 2026 +6

The thing with One Piece though is that Luffy isn't going full rubberman every single scene; they're pretty good about constraining it to one set piece every 2-3 episodes. About half of DCC, especially in the first book, is Carl arguing with Donut. You don't need her to be visible in every shot, but she's going to be there in every scene. And people are going to be a lot more unforgiving of a bad CG on a cat, which they see all the time, than they are of an "alive" stuffed animal, which they've never seen.

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Jokerzrival Apr 2, 2026 +7

I feel like if anyone can make a show with CGI but learn how to keep it costs effect its Seth.

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ensanguine Apr 2, 2026 +4

Ted cost a reported 10 million an episode.

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ohyoshimi Apr 2, 2026 +2

I would assume he would have to take the basic premise and run instead of being totally true to the books.

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Randolpho Apr 2, 2026 +2

Twisted Metal is being run by Peacock, and it's surprisingly good. Maybe it'll work out. But I agree it's gonna need a good budget.

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Lespaul42 Apr 2, 2026 +321

Mongo is appalled!

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gmapterous Apr 2, 2026 +191

"Say the line!" "Goddammit, Donut" *Universe erupts in laughter*

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xel-naga Apr 2, 2026 +48

GLURP GLURP

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imadragonyouguys Apr 2, 2026 +15

God damn it, Mongo.

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jfstompers Apr 2, 2026 +109

Just go watch Twisted Metal on peacock if you want to know what it's going to look like

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barnesnoblebooks Apr 2, 2026 +18

I haven’t seen the show but I thought the same thing, does Twisted Metal look good or bad

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Jimmni Apr 2, 2026 +80

It doesn’t look amazing but it’s a really fun show. Much more fun than you’d expect going in.

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SDRPGLVR Apr 2, 2026 +24

It's much more Dollar Store than you'd expect for an accurate adaptation though. That's fine for Twisted Metal because that fanbase is very into camp. Dungeon Crawler Carl has *complex* and *pervasive* fantastical imagery. Hell, one of the two main protagonists is a talking cat. Are they going to be able to nail a fully CGI cat? Will they make it a puppet? I doubt they'll use cat actors because her coloration is tortoiseshell, but maybe they'll just change that. Another main character is a shapeshifter, who looks like a poorly drawn human when we meet her. Do they skip that part, or do they put her in makeup until she's able to more accurately create a face? The first enemies they fight are goblins, then llamas who spit lava. That's dozens of CGI characters that you really can't do any other way. Essentially, if they're going to make this show they're either going to compromise deeply on the aesthetics and plot, or they're going to spend Rings of Power type money on making it happen. It will be interesting to see play out. On the bright side, we already have an audiobook series that is acclaimed as some of the best audiobooks ever made. If anyone is interested in this story, go check those out! We'll always have the source material to savor even if adaptations are bad.

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Artistic-Okra-2542 Apr 2, 2026 +7

And Rings of Power didn't even look good with that much f***-you cash. Even with unlimited CGI, you still need a DP, cinematographer, and director who knows what they want it to look like.

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tokmann67 Apr 2, 2026 +14

Good

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best-wpfl-champion Apr 2, 2026 +9

Maybe hot take but I really enjoy Twisted Metal and played the games growing up as they came out. If anything that makes me somewhat optimistic, though I do wish it was just animated.

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VinTheHater Apr 2, 2026 +241

>‘Dungeon Crawler Carl’ TV Series From Seth MacFarlane, Chris Yost Lands at Yes! >Peacock (EXCLUSIVE) Nooooooo

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theprotomen Apr 2, 2026 +104

I fully expected this to be Amazon's next big live action series after The Boys, but I guess Peacock laid down some big bucks to get a tentpole franchise opportunity.

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Double-Bend-716 Apr 2, 2026 +33

It was always likely to be Peacock. Fuzzy Door, MacFarlane’s production company, has a first-look contract with NBC Universal. Fuzzy Door is contractually obligated to pitch any new show to NBCU and give them a chance to say yes or no. They can only shop a show around if they pitch it to NBCU and they pass on it

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Joetheshow1 Apr 2, 2026 +18

They better be ready to shell out even more money because this series has the potential to be Peacock's The Boys or Stranger Things. They need their massive show that other streaming services have

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nicklovin508 Apr 2, 2026 +41

They did a good job with Twisted Metal

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The_I_in_IT Apr 2, 2026 +13

I watched the first season, enjoyed it. Apparently between the first and second season, Peacock changed their subscription tiers, because when I started the first episode of the second season, I was assaulted with commercials. It wasn’t worth it.

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JRange Apr 2, 2026 +9

2nd season is SO much better

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Nasty_Goblin Apr 2, 2026 +5

Day of the Jackal is great. Twisted Metal… is far better than it should be

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jonomacd Apr 2, 2026 +4

Seth McFarland gets a long leash. If you trust him I think it doesn't matter that much about the network.

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Taylorenokson Apr 2, 2026 +11

We aren't getting book faithful Odette and Signet.

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LyingPug Apr 2, 2026 +336

This makes no sense. MacFarlane said there won't be a S3 of Ted because it's too expensive to make due to the CGI. How is this series, which will need a significantly higher budget, going to work on Peacock?

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DrSpacemanSpliff Apr 2, 2026 +250

Different shows get different budgets. Ted ended up going beyond it’s budget. Likely Peacock would give a larger budget to this potential tentpole scifi series than they would to a comedy show about a talking bear.

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grammar_nazi_zombie Apr 2, 2026 +31

Which is kind of a bummer, the Ted TV series is f****** hilarious

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KaffeMumrik Apr 2, 2026 +10

It’s so f****** funny. ”Anybody here gay?” ”Yeah!” ”What’s it like?” ”It’s the f****** t***, bruh!”

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BagAndShag Apr 2, 2026 +55

How well he did with Orville, here's hoping he can pull this off too.

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aerojonno Apr 2, 2026 +22

Orville Season 4 when?

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gaytechdadwithson Apr 2, 2026 +11

not soon enough!

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pak256 Apr 2, 2026 +34

False equivalency. Completely different properties with different budgets. If nbc sees this as a money maker they can give it a much larger budget. Ted always was niche

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turtlebear787 Apr 2, 2026 +14

Ted has too high a budget for fairly niche comedy series. It's a good show but it just doesn't get the views. DCC on the other hand has the potential to be a huge hit of done right

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WintersDoomsday Apr 2, 2026 +8

Honestly DCCs source material is so good it could be a huge huge hit…like record numbers. I think all the non readers would be hooked pretty fast.

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taylorpilot Apr 2, 2026 +6

Everytime you saw TED it was whole ass movies worth of work.

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darkeststar Apr 2, 2026 +5

It might depend on how they plan on handling Princess Donut. The main CGI in Ted is the title character needing to be fully rendered for every single scene he is in in every episode. A lot of the characters and scenes in the first DCC book at least can be achieved with practical effects enhanced with CG to touch it up. MacFarlane already has multiple seasons of The Orville under his belt so he absolutely has a practical team in mind for prosthetics and makeup and set design. I just don't know how they do Donut without making her CG...unless they want to go the original Sabrina the Teenage Witch route and have shots of a real cat in the background and then when she talks they switch to a puppet.

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Slurm11 Apr 2, 2026 +67

Live action? I figured this would be animated. Either way, can't wait!

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mtmc99 Apr 2, 2026 +41

This would be fantastic as a cartoon. Live action with a huge budget could be great as well, but a live action show that’s c**** will be horrific

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Captain_Promise Apr 2, 2026 +14

The book has plenty of camp to it, if it's got a budget similar to Twisted Metal I think they could do great with it.

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w3stwing Apr 2, 2026 +8

Live action plus puppets please

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Lard_Lord_ Apr 2, 2026 +34

I will reserve judgment but like everyone, I have concerns. I want this done well, even the campy aspects, and the budget required has to be astronomical. The fact that Seth pitched Matt for it gives me some hope that they will work to make it faithful. As recent shows like The Boys, Fallout, and Invincible, have shown a hunger for less punches pulled. This is a gore infested, swear riddled, campy IP that somehow has deep meaningful messages about persistence, found family, and dealing with trauma. I hope they can thread the needle but the odds seem be long

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Sekh765 Apr 2, 2026 +10

I generally have 0 interest in this book genre, my partner f****** loves them and binge reads pretty much everything from the best to the worst of it and kept telling me how good this was. I eventually exchanged a "I'll read book 1 of DCC if you read book 1 of something else" deal and tried DCC. Legit some of the most fun I've had listening to an audiobook in a long time. Jeff Hayes is incredibly talented, and Matt's ability to juggle a frankly massive cast while slowly introducing new ideas and meta concepts to the series while also just being... generally really pissed off at the real world and pouring that into the books is just great. Probably one of my favorite long series I've read in a long time, just from the sheer "f*** yeah" moments followed by absolute tragedy, repeat. Looking forward to seeing how it all wraps up in the end. I don't think I'll be going off on a LitRPG adventure after this series, but I'm very glad I picked this one up. Also for the people complaining about the cursing and general language.... have ya'll never been around people in traumatic, dangerous situations? Especially military people? This language is *tame*.

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jerpyderpy Apr 3, 2026 +3

> "I'll read book 1 of DCC if you read book 1 of something else" deal and tried DCC just curious what your rec was and if it ended up being a good trade for them as well?

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Sekh765 Apr 3, 2026 +4

The Blade Itself / First Law series. They liked it a lot, but didn't enjoy the politics sections towards the end of the series. I think we both came out pretty well in the trade.

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RedofPaw Apr 2, 2026 +30

Yeah... I'm not sure. I hope for the best, but... we will see. It does take place in what is effectively a made up dungeon, so it can get away with a lot. It doesn't need to be hyper serious, so that will help. I guess they can do a lot of costumes, rather than make everything a CG monster. Donut could be a puppet for some of it, or just a cat on set or something. Patrick Warbiton can play Carl's dad!

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Sunbro_Sao Apr 2, 2026 +14

Patrick Warburton absolutely NEEDS to play Carl’s dad in this. There’s no other option.

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Sekh765 Apr 2, 2026 +11

Jeff Hayes needs to be kept around as the AI's voice. It's meant to be.

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McGarnagl Apr 3, 2026 +4

Save money by letting him do like half the voices, he’s fantastic!

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antisp1n Apr 2, 2026 +28

Danny Devito in a bodysuit, as Donut.

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TheForeverUnbanned Apr 2, 2026 +20

Magic Missile? So anyway I started blasting

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Taylorenokson Apr 2, 2026 +8

I'm stuck with this crown of the sepsis hoooor

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McGarnagl Apr 3, 2026 +3

Topless Danny Devito as Signet

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Key_Town Apr 2, 2026 +168

It was already doomed by being live action and now it's on Peacock. Double doomed. This is getting cancelled by season 3 at the maximum.

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TheAgeOfAdz91 Apr 2, 2026 +104

Season 3 is REAL generous

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MaverickTopGun Apr 2, 2026 +8

You really think this is gonna be good enough to get THREE seasons?

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Captain_Promise Apr 2, 2026 +21

Peacock has Twisted Metal and it's onto a third season.

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Key_Town Apr 2, 2026 +14

The Wheel of Time got to three off a horrendous first season.

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Dietomaha Apr 2, 2026 +10

CARL I DONT LIKE THIS

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Runzas4dinner873bf7r Apr 2, 2026 +8

Glurp Glurp!!

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updownkarma Apr 2, 2026 +18

The Borant Corp of streaming services.

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EHP42 Apr 2, 2026 +5

That actually brings up a good question. If the series gets that far, will peacock allow the anarchist anti capitalist themes to actually be shown?

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JPeterBane Apr 2, 2026 +6

"Don't gaslight me, Jesus!"

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BrycetheBarbarian Apr 2, 2026 +15

As a fan of the series, this is going to be a *terrible* live action show. What a bizzare decision to make. There's just no way they have the budget to be doing all of the CGI that would be required for this to work.

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_gravy_train_ Apr 2, 2026 +6

Gonna need a lot of corporate sponsors and benefactor boxes.

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Appollix Apr 2, 2026 +11

Viva La revolucion, Carl!

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OttawaDog Apr 3, 2026 +6

I'm spoiled by the Audiobooks. I think I'd have a hard time with different voices. But I'm totally OK just sticking with the audiobooks.

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OozeNAahz Apr 2, 2026 +13

This doesn’t make any sense. Carl running around in his boxers would look fine animated. But season three of that with a live action dude would be so annoying.

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ComputerAbuser Apr 2, 2026 +11

Ya, you sometimes forget while reading/listening that he's running around barefoot in boxers with a big jacket and kneepads. It's my favourite series, but I don't know how that will look in live action.

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5510 Apr 2, 2026 +4

I honestly think that whole gimmick won't translate well. Like you said, I tend not to think about it while reading unless it's specifically mentioned, but it might be too ridiculous to just be constantly looking at.

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brannigan_zapp3375 Apr 2, 2026 +15

Best audiobook series out there. Seriously, go listen to it before Peacock (potentially) botches it.

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Minimum_Reference_82 Apr 3, 2026 +4

“Should have been animated” - my wife. Smart lady.

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SomethingAboutUpDawg Apr 2, 2026 +9

this is my favorite series of recent. can’t get enough of it, and am so excited for book 8 this year. with that said i am keeping my expectations extremely low for this tv series. i hope it’s great!

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brazilliandanny Apr 2, 2026 +3

After book two I just went out and bought 3-7 in one go.

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Designer_B Apr 2, 2026 +3

Yeah I just wasted an entire week of productivity reading all 7 with the kindle unlimited. Had no idea I timed it so well with book 8 coming out lol.

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RefinedBean Apr 2, 2026 +15

Ah, f***, it's on Peacock. Shit. God damn it Donut, that's the LAST platform we wanted!

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TheForeverUnbanned Apr 2, 2026 +4

With any luck they’re trying to find their own epic prestige series and are willing to drop the money to make it happen. This series has absolutely *exploded* in sales and has potential for huge market share

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Attack_the_sock Apr 2, 2026 +10

Wait, it’s not gonna be animated? I just assumed it would have to be an animated…. Oh no.

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Historical_Fan_8799 Apr 2, 2026 +18

this better be worth the TED cancellation...

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noraa_94 Apr 2, 2026 +10

I don't think Ted was actually cancelled, it just sounds like they had already decided S2 would be the last one because the cost of the CGI was incredibly expensive.

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InevitableAvalanche Apr 2, 2026 +3

That's too bad. They won't do it justice.

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Bakersquare Apr 3, 2026 +3

Well this isn't gonna be good. Peacock is subpar with their shows in my opinion and Carl is gonna take a huge budget to accomplish and adaptation.

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keith2600 Apr 3, 2026 +3

It'll be interesting to see where the average lies between the good of MacFarlane and the bad of Peacock. DCC is not going to be a c**** show to do well unless its animated

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Gucci_Unicorns Apr 2, 2026 +15

Honestly - kneejerk reaction is this is going to suck; but then I remembered how f****** good Orville is when Seth has large amounts of creative control and a good budget.

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stripesonfire Apr 2, 2026 +10

will all come down to the budget.

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Elexandros Apr 2, 2026 +6

I’m willing to have some high hopes because of the Orville. The humor is the right brand, but he’s proven he can write some great stories. DCC has some serious depth in between the foot f***** jokes.

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j_b_1983 Apr 2, 2026 +7

Anywhere but Peacock....noooooooooo

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HighMarshalSigismund Apr 2, 2026 +15

To be fair Peacock also had Twisted Metal which was entertaining as hell.

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doc_zoid_md Apr 2, 2026 +6

I get it if people don't like Family Guy, but, for my money, Seth MacFarlane has a proven track record in creating strong adaptations of source material. Both The Orville and The Naked Gun were loving, faithful updates of beloved franchises that did a fantastic job of capturing the spirit of their respective sources. I actually think he's one of the better people to helm a DCC project, especially given DCC's sense of humor which is very in line with MacFarlane's. It should be of note that MacFarlane pitched Dinniman and Dinniman chose MacFarlane.

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TristanDuboisOLG Apr 2, 2026 +3

Just think guys, can’t be any worse than the Halo tv show. Or the Wheel of Time tv show, or the Percy Jackson tv show, or any of the other completely destroyed IPs that Hollywood “adapts”. For real, they’ve been handed a golden goose. Just let it shit out gold by following EXACTLY what was already written. As long as they don’t show in their own love interests or side plots, and speed run tying that goose’s neck in a knot, they’re set for 10 seasons.

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Ferbtastic Apr 2, 2026 +5

I actually think this will do well live action. Seth will get a big budget and I expect a gritty mix of Ted and The Orville.

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HoagiesNGrinders Apr 2, 2026 +2

If it was on a better platform I’d say I’ll definitely at least check it out, but I’ve been able to easily avoid Peacock so far and have no desire to add yet another streaming service just for this. I was more optimistic when there was a chance it could be animated. I just don’t see a Peacock exclusive level budget live action version being able to do these books any semblance of justice.

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vladimirTheInhaler Apr 2, 2026 +2

How are they even going to do this absurd shit on television, are they really going to have a a CGI Crab “ascend” because of a dead baby seal and insults - I guess it will be easy to cast you know who, because of Seth’s working relationship with him.

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thekillercook Apr 2, 2026 +2

I’m in if donut is done to the level Ted was this series will be great. Peacock hit the ball out of the park with Twisted Metal and Ted. Both have same vibes imo

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hexcodehero Apr 2, 2026 +2

>>Peacock aaaaaaaaaaaand its already over before it begins

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shadowdra126 Apr 2, 2026 +2

I wish this had landed elsewhere (Apple ideally) I also would love if [Jared Keeso](https://i.imgur.com/LWBNHmx.jpeg) played Carl!

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SlitSlam_2017 Apr 2, 2026 +2

But who plays the baby seal?

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hackingdreams Apr 2, 2026 +2

Peacock *sad trombone*.

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hotz0mbie Apr 2, 2026 +2

Should’ve been animated, the amount of monsters and effects is going to get expensive

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mehtehteh Apr 2, 2026 +2

They canceled Ted for being too expensive and that was just a single CG teddy bear. This has no chance lasting long as well if its live-action

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-Zero00 Apr 2, 2026 +2

Live action is worrying. Anime/adult animation would be a much better format for everything happening in this series. I just have a feeling it is going to come off c**** or cheesy (or both) in a very massive way. I guess that makes me a little less disappointed it will feature on Peacock, one of, if not *thee* worst of all the streaming services. Dont have high hopes for this personally, but hey, who knows right?

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HighDrive2RightField Apr 2, 2026 +2

Yeah, mongo is appalled knowing every death will be watered down. I mean come on … peacock will never allow for a faithful adaptation. Just the AIs sexual desires will get it cancelled.

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imapiratedammit Apr 2, 2026 +2

Do people pay for peacock? It’s more cost effective to just buy the entirety of Parks and Rec and the Office.

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SpeakingTheKingss Apr 2, 2026 +2

No shows started on peacock do well.

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Wozar Apr 2, 2026 +2

This is an outrage!

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tomuchpasta Apr 2, 2026 +2

Shoulda went with Apple or HBO, not sure if they were even in the mix but Peacock/NBC is not going to do this story justice.

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HumanDissentipede Apr 2, 2026 +2

Peacock will not give this series even a fraction of the budget that it needs to be good. It’s going to be terrible.

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MCB1317 Apr 3, 2026 +2

It's not at Amazon or Netflix, so it has a chance to be good.

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Melkor404 Apr 3, 2026 +2

It would be cool if they formated it like a game show/ gladiator style. With in universe brand commercials and such

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Zakernet Apr 3, 2026 +2

On peacock?!

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Thrysh Apr 3, 2026 +2

They’re gonna f*** up Donut in a live action setting. I am appalled.

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Vaiden_Kelsier Apr 3, 2026 +2

I think this could work. Cautiously optimistic, and if it flubs, the books are still fantastic, so like....what's the real loss here.

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