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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Levistus's_Leviathan" data-source="post: 9539724" data-attributes="member: 7023887">I think a 40k show could absolutely work, but the genre of the show and writing need to be right. A satire in line with Starship Troopers could absolutely work. Or a dark comedy like Jojo Rabbit. Andor is definitely a great series to look to as an example of a modern show that does a good job at portraying the inner workings of a fascist sci-fi society. But something like the 40k Secret Level episode would absolutely not work. Granted, the episode was too short to establish the world or characters at all, but in the fiction of that episode, the Space Marines are the good guys. Unquestioned protagonists. The whole episode was them killing the forces of evil while looking cool. If the TV show is an action/adventure series along those lines of a Space Marine protagonist traveling the galaxy killing Demons and Xenos and heroically defending humanity, I will not watch it. That would be a bad adaptation and a bad story. A 40k series needs to make it very clear to the audience just how evil the Imperium is. The Space Marines should not be the good guys. The audience should not be rooting for them, not that there’s really anyone to “root for” in the 40k universe. Maybe the T’au, depending on how they portray them. Like, the Imperium of Man is a terrible fascist regime, but it exists in a setting where the core points of fascist propaganda are objectively true. There are dark cultists that infiltrate human society and try to destroy it from the inside (Chaos and Genestealer cults). Humanity was ruled by the ubermensch God-Emperor who came right during humanity’s time of need to save them from utter annihilation. A great empire was entirely destroyed because they became sexually deviant hedonists (Aeldari Empire). People are sacrificed to evil gods in satanic rituals (by Dark Eldar). There are groups of sentient creatures that deserve to be eradicated (Tyranids, Demons). The show has to make it clear that all the factions are mandated to be awful. It’s a war game taking place in a setting that guarantees endless wars. There is no one to root for, and the problem is audiences love rooting for the protagonist. I wish the writers luck. Hopefully the end result is a good show while also being a good adaptation.</blockquote>

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