RPG You’d Like to See on TV
I always give this answer for this, I’ve been giving this answer for years: somebody needs to make a #iHunt TV series. Really, seriously, right now.
We’ve already had lots of classic monster-hunting series: Buffy, Supernatural, Grimm, izombie, etc. It’s a tried and true formula– especially when that’s mixed up with messy lore. An #iHunt series could have that, with an outside looking in approach.
We have hunters but they don’t know much about their supernatural quarry. What they get is contradictory and incomplete. The people who do know probably chase the same quarry or know that the info has value. And frankly shit shouldn’t make sense. Over time our protagonists should be putting together their own sense of this world– only to have it overturned by some new encounter.
That’s the monster/target side of things. The more interesting side is the gig economy of monster-hunting and what that that does to our heroes(?). They’re desperate and hungry. The system’s an even bigger foe than that which they pursue. Lots of room for great character development, real life tensions, and moral quandaries. It’s also a sharp comment on tech bro culture, the rapacious nature of gigging, and the drive to the bottom of capitalism.
Make our characters have messy lives tied up with some supernaturals– love, sex, family disputes. It could be dynamite. Some recent media have glanced off the edge of this. Day Shift, for example, has an exploitative hunter company, but it really avoids engaging with any real critique. Any show should be messy, with a non-comedic version of the vibes of something like Los Espookys, Chambers, or 30 Coins.
If forced to give another answer, probably an Apocalypse Keys animated series– maybe with the vibe of Suicide Squad isekai. I think that could be dynamite. I would also dearly love to watch a show based on Danger! Unexploded Spell. A prestige mini-series of that would be incredible– magic, desperate characters, and constant danger. The Magicians meets The Hurt Locker.
