facialstrokage wrote...
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See here's the thing. Ever wonder why mass effect is such a great game?
Most would say because it's a great rpg and has one of the best storyline ever for a video game.
Now why is the story good?
Because it's immersive. Why is it immersive? Because we were there making every little decision for a 30+ hour experience.
Now imagine a 2 hour movie that has to include the following events:
-Introducing Shepard
-Battle of Eden Prime
---meeting kaiden and ashley
---introducing nihlus and saren
---vision of prothean artifact
-Report back to Council
---Fighting fist
---Finding evidence
-Meet 3 other team members
-Become a spectre
-Track down saren
---feros
---noveria
---therum
---virmire
---Illos
Final Battle
Even if you play through the game just doing the main plot it'd take you at least 15 hours (if you know what you're doing.)
Now squish that into 2-3 hours and say goodbye to immersion. Say goodbye to good storyline.
In a movie there are not 2 hour battles; the longest action sequence is probably be around 10-15 minutes and would be the final battle.
Then, I thik it would mostly be like:
-Introducing Shepard and a walk around the Normandy to see the crew (opening credits)
-Eden prime (with Alenko)
--meeting ashley
--Saren's treason (in no more than 15-20 minutes we should know the movie is about chasing Saren)
--Vision
-Citadel (like 25-30 min)
--Reporting the council
--Finding evidence (which leads to meet Tali, Garrus and Wrex)
--Becoming a Spectre
-Finding Liara (like 50-55 min)
(By this momment would have passed like an hour)
-Tracking Saren
--somehow like a video montage with just a image+music
--Virmire (knowing about the reapers)*
--One place with Benezia+cipher*
-Back to the Citadel
--Council (ast a fleet to illos)+Escaping the Citadel
-illos
(Two hours)
-Ending Battle divided in two
--Shepard's battle
--Normandy battle (with at least one or two of the characters with Joker)
*I choose that order because it's more coherent to talk the council right after you know where wants Saren to go than wait for another planet.
You don't need too much action sequences (Eden Prime as an opening, Virmire and the Ending Battle as main ones, and little ones while finding Liara, meeting Benezia and in illos) and with a good character development (makes us care about Liara when she faces benezia, makes us care about the character who die, make us fear for their deaths in the ending battle). And they have to be very careful on the meetings so it makes sense for Wrex, Garrus and Tali to join the team.
You just have to take a look at the movie Serenity. The idea is similar; tracking down someone (just seen from the other side) until we discover what is all about (discovering the reapers and illos in ME case) and we go for the final confrontation.
In Serenity they also go to lots of places (7 different I remember) and the crew is large and they made us care about them (I spent the whole ending battle near the heart attack). And everything in 1 hour and 50 minutes.
With the correct people it can be done great. Now let's see if they choose the correct people...
Modifié par Alex_SM, 05 juin 2010 - 09:25 .
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