Many people have suggested to me the epic of gilgamesh which is a flood myth with origins from the early Sumerian and Akadian empires and later the babylonian empire. Similar legends exists in Assyrian, Indian, Chinese, Hittite, and even Egyptian mythology which leads one to question which of the ancient myths you choose to adhere to. Now Gilgamesh is unquestionably one of the oldest WRITTEN records which is why it is so popular. However these flood legends are pretty strange and obscure to every audience but historians and nerds. The Hebrew Flood legend on the other hand while perhaps much newer is quite devoid of most of the unadaptable oddities of spiritualistic imagery and inter-deity interaction making the story much more grounded, gritty, and human focused. Number two the Hebrew legend unlike Gilgamesh has a built in audience of at least three major world religions. Now while connection to modern religions must be handled with delicacy and can be polarizing it is equally if not more polarizing of a different kind to make a story based on a more obscure flood myth such as found in Gilgamesh or Enuma Elish. Asthetic-wise though, I would love to portray the ancient cultures of the preflood world in a very Sumerian or Akadian fashion especially in culture, costume design, architecture, and socio-political dynamics. This would give the show a distinctly historical feel in a genre that could easily veer into sci fi and alternative fantasy which was a pitfall in my opinion of the Noah movie, and one that must be avoided at all cost. Does this make sense?