The maker of the “God of War” video games, David Jaffe, criticized the first glimpse at the impending “God of War” TV series on Amazon Prime on his own YouTube channel on Saturday.
The frame, which demonstrates series hero Kratos with his son in a forest, was “so bad in so many ways,” according to him.
“I’m sure everybody’s trying real hard, [but] it’s so dumb,” Jaffe said. “But let’s be incredibly clear, okay? Two things can be true. This can be a terrible image, and it is. It’s so bad in so many ways, which we’ll talk about in a moment. And Ron Moore is awesome, who is the showrunner… This guy is a juggernaut of a talented fellow. I have absolutely no doubt it is going to be a good show.”
Jaffe went on to say that while he doesn’t mind that actor Ryan Hurst doesn’t look exactly like Kratos, he does object to his face and stance in what he called a “dumb fucking image.”
“Kratos in this pose with this expression, not the guy’s face, but this expression, he just looks stupid,” he elaborated. “If you’re going to reveal, to most people, a brand new character that you hope is going to carry your series, for the first time, and they’ve never really seen this before, and this is the way you introduce them?”
He added, “Maybe that’s conscious. Maybe they’re like, ‘Well, what we really want to focus on is the father-son story. And if we focus on him being like, Spartan rage, and all that, maybe people are like, “I don’t want to watch that show.”’ Ok maybe. But then, at that point, could you find a picture that doesn’t look like he’s shitting in the woods? Cause that’s what the picture looks like.”
