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The 90s one was SO bad. Maybe they can do it better with the CG now, but so much of the book series was based on extremely visceral body horror and violence. I don’t think any faithful adaptation could get a rating to be viewed by its intended audience.
Absolutely same, but I doubt a faithful adaptation true to the core message of the series (war sucks and makes no heroes) could be made right now without getting grimdark. But I would love to be surprised.
If they nailed the horror of a Yeerk Pool correctly that would be amazing. Also that scene with Marco and the Hork-Bajir when they were stealing that crystal would be incredible, especially narrated. Then the episode with David, goddamn
The Gang Become A Cell of Child Domestic Terrorists
I was about to say, you can't even do a "teachable moments" sort of kid's show with it because half the books are "teachable" in the sense of teaching a child to fire an RPG. Like, by only the eighth book (out of 56), one of them has already nearly died (maybe twice), and we also start getting thoughts like "could I murder my own brother if it came down to it".