All of the Cosmere adaptations should be animated. There’s nothing more jarring than seeing actors age 10 years between 10 episode seasons.

Apologies. Robert Jordan is the author of the wheel of time series and I guess im used to speaking about him with wot (wheel of time) fans or such. I do the same with asimov (foundation and robot series), herbert (dune), and such. Its a bad habit.

Just FYI, the series devolves into Mormon propaganda in the first trilogy. I wasn’t sure why the third book felt so off until I saw that Sanderson went to Brigham Young University. I also talked to an ex-Mormon friend of mine, and he apparently noped out halfway through the first book when he saw the signs

I loved it as a kid. But it was one of the first books I ever read so I didn’t have much to compare it to. I tried rereading it a few years ago and it’s fine up until about the third or fourth book. Rowling loses control over the world building and the plots become boring. So many things could have been avoided if Dumbledor wasn’t so secretive about Harry’s past. There’s no reason Harry should have thought that Sirius killed his parents and was a crazed lunatic. Dumbledor just hid the truth for no reason. Petrigrew not being spotted by George and Fred was a huge oversight. There’s too many contradictions by the end of the series. Also the fourth book is just a mess with all the side plots like Hermione trying to free the house elves from Hogwarts. Hilariously no one gives a fuck at all and she just abandons trying to do the right thing. Even Harry who didn’t grow up as a wizard was just like “if they wanna be slaves then let them”. Its fine for kids, especially as a first series, but there’s too many issues to ignore.

Even if I explained in painstaking detail how Sanderson mixes metaphors or fumbles diction, what’s the point?

Honestly, go read a few thousand books, then revisit Mistborn and see for yourself. Or maybe make friends with a literature professor and ask them to explain it to you using tiny words.

Now that you mention it, a Mistborn’s Pushing and Pulling could move around a lot like Spider-Man. Pewter and tin for Spider-strength and Spider-Sense. Soothing and Rioting can work as dialog options or like Repels in the overworld.

With a proper stat tree I think it could work.

I think it can work very well as a video game if it’s done correctly. It needs to be about movement. If it’s made kind of like Spider-Man was it might have a chance. If it has that type of movement and weight to it I could see it working. It’d be super easy to screw it up though.

Mistborn can be live action, I can see it being done well if Sanderson keeps a tight grip on the reigns. None of the effects would be all that difficult to show. Stormlight, on the other hand, 100% needs to be animation. Far too many scenes and effects that just would not translate well to a live action medium.

I just finished the first era of mistborn. I know nothing about Mormons, how does Mormon propoganda fit into those books?

As someone who has read thousands of books you should be able to clearly and accurately describe the major flaws and recommend books that were superior in relation to the problems you see.

That’s why I bothered reading this back and forth for so long. I am someone who has NOT read thousand of books , but enjoyed the 8 books of mistborn.

I’d be joyed to read something in the same vein but even better.

A) I could do that, as I already said, yes.

B) I’m glad you enjoyed Mistborn. I enjoy frozen pizza. Is it culinary art? No, and I’m not writing an essay to explain why. Just try some other food and then reflect on your experiences.

Reddit needs you. You shouldn’t bother posting on lemmy. You bringing nothing of value.

Do you realize how entitled it is to expect a detailed explanation for why Mistborn, Twilight, and a stack of fart jokes aren’t the height of literature?

What’s next, I say the sky is blue and you tell me to prove it? Go outside. Look up. Behold.

Never have I have had to ask twice from an avid reader for a book recommendation. It’s like asking for a tech geeks favorite linux distro.

I know and chat with actual literature professors and professional authors. Someone who knows what they are talking about is not reluctant to share knowledge with people. I always learn, even by accident being in the mere vicinity of those folks. You are not from that group.

For you I recommend Something Happened, by Joseph Heller

I suspect your life is going to go about as good as Bob’s life. Nice easy book by a famous author. I’ve read dozens of books and this was one of them.

From what I recall the powers were written as an RPG type game, it wouldn’t take a lot to make an RPG or video game out of it (yes I know it is a tabletop RPG as well now).

I think I only got 3ish books in (maybe 4 can’t recall) but having to hear the exact amounts of material for their powers really struck the idea home is all. I believe I read he played DnD and if true it shows.

The movement may make it more fun than the rest of the ideas combined really (just look at spider man, the agility alone makes that a fun combat system), that’s probably where’s it’ll succeed or die off I imagine. It may be good without a good movement mechanic there but it’d be awesome with it done right.

Been awhile but not all powers were movement based either, while it can make or break a game it may break the setting if not done well either, which would suck for fans but if it’s fun to play then it’s fun to play.

At my age I’ve played enough adaptations that weren’t overly true to the material but still has a fun game underneath can’t recall exactly but I know I’ve had that thought previously.

ill never forgive his homophobic bigotry and defense of the LDS church. i realize he tried to reform, but i believe he did it for sales. Dude is toxic, regardless of his capitalist reforms

Well he is a proponent of hard magic systems so it’s not so much that he wrote it like a video game I think, that video game is necessitate hard magic systems.