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[Kenrae]

biomag wrote...

I think its a bad timing for the movie. The first contact war doesn't fit as a stand alone. See it from a neutral position and not that of someone who knows the universe. What's the point of a war that lasted just a few days? Why did the turians attack? If you explain its because of the rachni, people will wonder who are does rachni and the film will feel incomplete. And as soon as you start the dialog between turians, council and humans, you are forced to explain the whole background. To what point? You start the film with colonization, followed by a brief war part followed by long explanations without a proper finale.

Why is "just a few days" a problem? There have been good films whose action lasts 24 or 48 hours. Not every story must be about a saga.

It would make more sense to turn Anderson's story into a film. It gives the audience a slow start into an unknown universe, but it also has a clear ending and it could be seen as a stand-alone story. Otherwise maybe Jacob's background could be used.

Those would be good options too, I agree.

Shep's story is too long for a single film, would force a canon version and take away a big part of ME-charm of modeling an universe by your decisions.

I completely agree with that too. But it seems that's what they'll do...

[biomag]

Kenrae wrote...

The Mythical Magician wrote...

If only Stanley Kubrick was still alive and directed this I would of have 100% trust that this movie would be a hit of the decade..

That's the only way I would pay to see it. Since resurrection isn't still possible, and it seems the movie will be about Shepard, don't count me in. A pity.

How about a Lazrus project? Would be worth it... Yvonne could color her hair black and play the part of the mean CEO of the project - just for the flair of it.



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Kenrae wrote...

biomag wrote...

I think its a
bad timing for the movie. The first contact war doesn't fit as a stand
alone. See it from a neutral position and not that of someone who knows
the universe. What's the point of a war that lasted just a few days? Why
did the turians attack? If you explain its because of the rachni,
people will wonder who are does rachni and the film will feel
incomplete. And as soon as you start the dialog between turians, council
and humans, you are forced to explain the whole background. To what
point? You start the film with colonization, followed by a brief war
part followed by long explanations without a proper finale.

Why
is "just a few days" a problem? There have been good films whose action
lasts 24 or 48 hours. Not every story must be about a saga.

It isn't about the few days, its about how it would feel for someone going into the movie not knowing the background. The war was short and without real highlights. The whole importance of this conflict is the introduction of the humans into galactic community, but this part comes only after the battles. You could pull of a nice story, but it would leave far too many questions unanswered for those who don't care about the games or books. Either that or the movie would need 1-2 hours of citadel politics after the last battle... I guess most viewers would just think "WTF was that? And whats the point of all this?"

I think the first contact war would be more fitted as introduction like it was in the first ME book, but not as a first and only movie.

Modifié par biomag, 26 mai 2010 - 07:27 .

[Minister of Sound]

Minister of Sound wrote...



Dane Cook as Cmdr. Shepard, Chris Tucker as Jacob Taylor, and Renee Zellweger as Miranda.

[GMulryan]

I hope they include a helmet toggle function in their somewhere.

[Alex_SM]

The best thing they can do is to follow the ME1 plot. I'm tired of awful adaptations wich ignore great stories to use their own awful story.



And of course, make Tali the main love interest of Shepard, that will mean trillions of $$$ in the box office LoL

[colossus50000]

MonkeyChief117 wrote...

Whats the point? - Mass Effect is the most cinematic game i've ever played. I can't really see what a movie will do that's better. I don't think Mass Effec warrants a movie.

[Blk_Mage_Ctype]

Well, they do comic book adaptions excellently, so hopefully they'll do as well with video games.

[spacehamsterZH]

colossus50000 wrote...
I can't really see what a movie will do that's better.

That's a really good point too, actually... I can honestly only think of things it would lose in translation and nothing that could be gained. Better... facial expressions? I'm really drawing a blank here.

Honestly, the only way this can possibly work is if they essentially rewrite the whole story. Keep the setting and the characters, but completely change the way Shepard gradually finds out about what Saren and Sovereign are really up to. The way it's broken up into these long quests in ME1 that are all individual stories with their own dramatic curve, you'd need an entire trilogy for that game alone.

[Ryllen Laerth Kriel]

Well, if the Movie is based around the plot of the Game, I can't wait for the corporate pressure from the film studio to do a re-release of the Mass Effect game to increase hype and movies sales. This time with a canon male Shep with no physical customization options, no paragon/renegade paths...it will just be like a Final Fantasy game where you get stuck with a certain character and then have to watch hours of cgi. And the best part...they could call it "Mass Effect:The Movie: The Game" since it is a game based on a movie based on a game.

[Bluko]

Darth Vader: "NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!"

Seriously if there was one thing I was counting on in life, it's that there'd never be a Mass Effect movie. I mean I guess you can give it a go using default Shepard and cutting out a lot of the missions but still...

Trying to base a movie off a game that's essentially better then a lot of movies is kind of foolish. I just have severe doubts it could be done well. I'd also feel better if this was CGI cause at least then you could use the same VA for authenticity. Of course the movie may not be based off the game story. This might be interesting. But I don't think any side story would be adequate for a movie.

Still I keeping hearing there's going to be Halo movie, but I ain't seen anything about that. Hopefully this is a more of myth movie that never sees the light of day.

Bioware I hope you know what you're doing.



Wait... OMG Bioware's been indoctrinated!!!

[GothamLord]

Bluko wrote...

Darth Vader: "NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!"

Seriously if there was one thing I was counting on in life, it's that there'd never be a Mass Effect movie. I mean I guess you can give it a go using default Shepard and cutting out a lot of the missions but still...

Trying to base a movie off a game that's essentially better then a lot of movies is kind of foolish. I just have severe doubts it could be done well. I'd also feel better if this was CGI cause at least then you could use the same VA for authenticity. Of course the movie may not be based off the game story. This might be interesting. But I don't think any side story would be adequate for a movie.

Still I keeping hearing there's going to be Halo movie, but I ain't seen anything about that. Hopefully this is a more of myth movie that never sees the light of day.

Bioware I hope you know what you're doing.



Wait... OMG Bioware's been indoctrinated!!!

Seeing as the movie rights were sold based off the game itself and not the Mass Effect universe as a whole, the movie kinda has to be based on the game.

[Stmbuzz]

I think Mass effect should be a tv series seeing as how there are different adventures, different enemies. This would alloew the director and writers to be more creative with their work. It would be a cheap Star trek Knock off lol!

[Lotion Soronarr]

ME1 story is almsot perfect for the movie.

It gives a good glimpse into the ME universe, has lots of interesting characters and locales, politicking, danger, action. It's prefect. Almost.



It's a bit too long for a movie, but that's nothing that can't be easily fixed. You can place Liara and the Prothean artifact on the same planet, skip the Rachni and that should be enough.



Basicly, there's no reason to have the locales and plot elements sapced so far apart as in the game. the move doesn't need any side-quests or game-length padding in any way.

[Vormalon]

Im a supporter of the first contact war movie movement!

That could be very awesome. But a shep movie will be hated by fans bbecause whatever you do the story wont be theirs any more and everyone else wont give a dren.

[Yakko77]

Jeremy Renner from The Hurt Locker would make a excellent Shepard methinks. He's about the right age, he's got the right physical build and he's a good actor who can play the part of a soldier very well.

[masterthehero]

I must figure out how to join the crew for this movie, put my studies to use!

[Master Smurf]

ME1 story is almsot perfect for the movie.
It gives a good glimpse into the ME universe, has lots of interesting characters and locales, politicking, danger, action. It's prefect. Almost.

It's a bit too long for a movie, but that's nothing that can't be easily fixed. You can place Liara and the Prothean artifact on the same planet, skip the Rachni and that should be enough.

Basicly, there's no reason to have the locales and plot elements sapced so far apart as in the game. the move doesn't need any side-quests or game-length padding in any way. [/quote]
[quote]Yakko77 wrote...

Jeremy Renner from The Hurt Locker would make a excellent Shepard methinks. He's about the right age, he's got the right physical build and he's a good actor who can play the part of a soldier very well.[/quote]

Agree and Agree
I would have preferred Mark Wahlberg (Departed) / Matt Damon (Green Zone) but I actually think Renner is a great choice.

The suits will most likely go for some "handsome" dude ala Channing Tatum or flavour of the month Sam Wortington.

[Master Smurf]

Vormalon wrote...

Im a supporter of the first contact war movie movement!
That could be very awesome. But a shep movie will be hated by fans bbecause whatever you do the story wont be theirs any more and everyone else wont give a dren.

They will make that after the ME movie trilogy is complete or as a pilot to a TV series
..boy I am jaded 

[DigitalMaster37]

I have mixed feelings. But of course I hope since they're doing it, it will be done as close to right as possible. I agree anything Shepard related is going to be off-putting as I will most likely have a totally different Shep from who they will cast as him.



Here's hoping for a totally unrelated story to Shepard.

[screwoffreg]

I think the movie will definately make money especially if they approach it as action movie with cool ship battles. Whether its a "good" movie is a different story. All the "succesful" video game movies, while entertaining, were pretty bad when it came to plot and any lasting impression.

[CroGamer002]

Mass Effect the movie will be Mass Failure.

[TurbanSoviet]

Well Think about it this way ME3 will come out before the movie becuase me3 is in production and they are still negoitating for writers so they have gotten anything together so atleast 2-3 years before the movie comes out:) or the world ends in 2012 as predictied by the dead mayans and ME the movie never is seen

[Lotion Soronarr]

If I could kill people with hate, half of you "No, not a movie about Shepard! It's not MY Shepard" whining pansies would already be dead.



I cannot even begin to describe the irritation of such a confounding stance.

[Yakko77]

Lotion Soronnar wrote...

If I could kill people with hate, half of you "No, not a movie about Shepard! It's not MY Shepard" whining pansies would already be dead.

I cannot even begin to describe the irritation of such a confounding stance.

LOL!

The whole idea that a movie Shepard will somehow invalidate and negate everyones Shepard is pretty silly.  I  made 4 Shepard's and none negated the other.  Each was a valid and exciting story to play through.

Am I concerned that it will be hard to tell this story in roughly 2 hours?  Yes.  Am I concerned that movie adaptations of video games have a notoriously bad reputation?  Yes.  That said, I  ma excited about a Mass Effect movie telling the story of Shepard and that those at Bioware invilved with the movie will work exceptionally hard to keep the movie faithful for us fans.    I wish someone from Bioware would post something here to reassure and remind people how involved they will be in this process to help some the worries.

[glacier1701]

If they are going to make it around Shepard then perhaps they should consider the following short article I happened upon in a local newspaper this morning. For video game flicks ladies call the shots which basically says that in the last 20 years where game-to-movie ideas have reached the theaters the ones that are the most successful are those that have strong FEMALE leads. So perhaps it should feature a FEMSHEP.