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[RiGoHUN]

Mass Effect movie is not the videogame, so no narrate the video game trilogy story,
have to totally new story in Mass Effect Movie. This is my opinion.

[meleander]

Legion64 wrote...

Video game movies are always bad. Always.

That's not true! Watch Mario, it was a great movie! Great storyline! And a plot that shocked every one its viewers.

Now that we are done with the sarcasm - Like i said many times before, make the movie about Miranda and Jacob!!! They already have the plot, the actors and everything else ready! Just make the damn movie! What's the fking problem? I'm sure the actors would love to play in this movie...

[thepayne78]

Here is my thoughts on how the Mass Effect Movie should be done.

Would like to see a film about the First Contact War or something else and have nothing to do with Shepard or the Reapers at all. We have already played out that story we do not need to see a rehash of it in movie form.

Also personally would prefer for it not to be live action but a R rated cgi animated film, for one thing that would probably cut down on the production costs a little bit. Also do not try to get huge A list celebrities to play the main characters maybe get 2 or 3 to voice secondary characters that are not the main focus of the story but have a big enough part in the movie to draw some people in due to name recognition who might not be Mass Effect fans.

If they did do a live action version about the games that had pretty big stars hope they would pull a Les Miserable and have some of the actors who originally did the roles, have them play some other part in the movie. Like how the Priest in the movie Les Miserable was the original Jean Val Jean in the musical.

[Master_Anthony]

thepayne78 wrote...

Here is my thoughts on how the Mass Effect Movie should be done.

Would like to see a film about the First Contact War or something else and have nothing to do with Shepard or the Reapers at all. We have already played out that story we do not need to see a rehash of it in movie form.

Also personally would prefer for it not to be live action but a R rated cgi animated film, for one thing that would probably cut down on the production costs a little bit. Also do not try to get huge A list celebrities to play the main characters maybe get 2 or 3 to voice secondary characters that are not the main focus of the story but have a big enough part in the movie to draw some people in due to name recognition who might not be Mass Effect fans.

If they did do a live action version about the games that had pretty big stars hope they would pull a Les Miserable and have some of the actors who originally did the roles, have them play some other part in the movie. Like how the Priest in the movie Les Miserable was the original Jean Val Jean in the musical.

Sorry but the first contact war was only two weeks long and didn't have enough action to sustain a two hour movie. i doubt it will be made, but if this movie is made it will be about earth born, soldier male Shepard. They'll cut out a lot of the playtime by making most of the squad already know each other (Ashley already on Normandy, no Jenkins), Tali and Wrex come to Shepard instead of getting recruited by Shepard while going after Fist, etc etc. 

Let's remember that if a movie is made, it will be for those who don't know the source material.

[k1ngl1ves]

Is this thing ever gonna happen...? Probably gonna be straight to video...

[ryla1976]

k1ngl1ves wrote...

Is this thing ever gonna happen...? Probably gonna be straight to video...

Nope, Legendary Pictures - probably a blockbuster. 

[Raging Nug]

Eyesofjon wrote...

If Keanu Reeves Is Shepard, I will cry.

I would laugh, then pay to see it ten times.

[Raging Nug]

Master_Anthony wrote...
Sorry but the first contact war was only two weeks long and didn't have enough action to sustain a two hour movie.

Depends on what they do with it. No matter what they're going to introduce new content and lore into the world we know. Who knows? Maybe we'll see the Protheans fighting the Reapers. At the same time, they know they have an audience to sustain, and nobody wants to see another Halo Legends. :\\

but if this movie is made it will be about earth born, soldier male Shepard.

If the movie involves Shepard, there's a high chance it'll be maleshep. Origin story is another matter entirely.

They'll cut out a lot of the playtime by making most of the squad already know each other (Ashley already on Normandy, no Jenkins), Tali and Wrex come to Shepard instead of getting recruited by Shepard while going after Fist, etc etc.

I don't see them doing a movie based on the first game for a number of reasons, chief among them that everyone already knows the story. On top of that, it establishes a cannon that people will feel invalidates their own account for what happens in the first game. If movie shepard saves the Rachni, players who killed the queen might throw a fit for movie-writers making it the 'wrong' choice.

Let's remember that if a movie is made, it will be for those who don't know the source material.

True enough, but that doesn't mean we should exclusively cover material we've already been through, or that they can't introduce new lore that both fans and newbies would be able to appreciate.

[Master_Anthony]

Raging Nug wrote...

Master_Anthony wrote...
Sorry but the first contact war was only two weeks long and didn't have enough action to sustain a two hour movie.

Depends on what they do with it. No matter what they're going to introduce new content and lore into the world we know. Who knows? Maybe we'll see the Protheans fighting the Reapers. At the same time, they know they have an audience to sustain, and nobody wants to see another Halo Legends. :

but if this movie is made it will be about earth born, soldier male Shepard.

If the movie involves Shepard, there's a high chance it'll be maleshep. Origin story is another matter entirely.

They'll cut out a lot of the playtime by making most of the squad already know each other (Ashley already on Normandy, no Jenkins), Tali and Wrex come to Shepard instead of getting recruited by Shepard while going after Fist, etc etc.

I don't see them doing a movie based on the first game for a number of reasons, chief among them that everyone already knows the story. On top of that, it establishes a cannon that people will feel invalidates their own account for what happens in the first game. If movie shepard saves the Rachni, players who killed the queen might throw a fit for movie-writers making it the 'wrong' choice.

Let's remember that if a movie is made, it will be for those who don't know the source material.

True enough, but that doesn't mean we should exclusively cover material we've already been through, or that they can't introduce new lore that both fans and newbies would be able to appreciate.

1.) I agree with you there is a lot of content there to make a movie. But, I doubt that movie goers would be interested in a movie that is a side story from a game that they know nothing about.

2.) I agreee.

3.) If they do Shepard's story, they will start at the beginning which is Mass Effect. There's too much that they would be skipping out on if they start at Mass Effect 2. Introducing characters such as Udina, Anderson (and why he's important), Ashley/Kaidan(which one dies at Virmire and how it affects Shepard), the cypher, and lastly it adds to improve character development for the reapers and geth without the audience even knowing until the later sequals. There's a few more, but I think you catch my drift. You can't start the Lord of the Rings with Frodo already on his way to Mordor, you can't start Harry Potter with Harry already being a wizard fighting Voldermort. You have to start at the beginning of the source material. 

4.) You have to remember that the "we" you're talking about is only a cuple hundred thousand and a couple million will watch the movie. Much more people don't know the source material. 

[Sir George Parr]

Raging Nug wrote...

Master_Anthony wrote...
Sorry but the first contact war was only two weeks long and didn't have enough action to sustain a two hour movie.

Depends on what they do with it. No matter what they're going to introduce new content and lore into the world we know. Who knows? Maybe we'll see the Protheans fighting the Reapers. At the same time, they know they have an audience to sustain, and nobody wants to see another Halo Legends. :

but if this movie is made it will be about earth born, soldier male Shepard.

If the movie involves Shepard, there's a high chance it'll be maleshep. Origin story is another matter entirely.

They'll cut out a lot of the playtime by making most of the squad already know each other (Ashley already on Normandy, no Jenkins), Tali and Wrex come to Shepard instead of getting recruited by Shepard while going after Fist, etc etc.

I don't see them doing a movie based on the first game for a number of reasons, chief among them that everyone already knows the story. On top of that, it establishes a cannon that people will feel invalidates their own account for what happens in the first game. If movie shepard saves the Rachni, players who killed the queen might throw a fit for movie-writers making it the 'wrong' choice.

Let's remember that if a movie is made, it will be for those who don't know the source material.

True enough, but that doesn't mean we should exclusively cover material we've already been through, or that they can't introduce new lore that both fans and newbies would be able to appreciate.

The cinema going public are not going to know or care about the game, so to suggest everyone knows the story is wrong. They certainly won't care that this film could establish a canon that some game players feel invalidates their personal experience of this story. Your own unique experience of that story will always be yours.The film is just someone else's experience of that story. 
When ever a game gets turned into a film you usually end up with a film where you feel that you are watching someone else play the game.That the film makers want to recreate what its like to play a game. Instead it would be better if they just turned the story into a film instead of trying to turn the game into a film. 
As its an adaptation of ME into a film its quite reasonable to expect changes like Jenkins never appearing in the film and Ashley taking his place by being a member of the crew from the very beginning.As the film just won't have time to waste on cannon fodder like Jenkins 

Modifié par XM-417, 25 avril 2013 - 08:10 .

[Master_Anthony]

XM-417 wrote...

The cinema going public are not going to know or care about the game, so to suggest everyone knows the story is wrong. They certainly won't care that this film could establish a canon that some game players feel invalidates their personal experience of this story. Your own unique experience of that story will always be yours.The film is just someone else's experience of that story. 
When ever a game gets turned into a film you usually end up with a film where you feel that you are watching someone else play the game.That the film makers want to recreate what its like to play a game. Instead it would be better if they just turned the story into a film instead of trying to turn the game into a film. 
As its an adaptation of ME into a film its quite reasonable to expect changes like Jenkins never appearing in the film and Ashley taking his place by being a member of the crew from the very beginning.As the film just won't have time to waste on cannon fodder like Jenkins 

+1 We really need a like function on this board. Makes agreeing with someone much easier. 

[BrutalReaper32]

Blasto 7?

[Jull3]

I would much rather see the first movie actually be two movies. They could cover A lot more of the series, if not the ENTIRE game. I beat the first mass effect in 7 hours without doing any side quests. They won't be important to a movie, even if they are to us.

The same should be done about mass effect 2 and 3 that are made into movies. Or the third movie should be like...three or four. The cure, and the rannoch war are movie worthy all their own. The coup and the end though..they're not so much single movie worthy.

[kornel567]

I think that making a good mass effect movie is impossible. Main reason for it is of course money. When you make this kind of epic movie you need to put in it at least 150 million dollars. Which requires PG-13 cathegory. And this means no swearing, no sex, no violence and most probably dumb, but spectacular movie. But Mass Effect isn't dumb. We all love it for being such a mature story. So what about making it less spectacular, but for adults only? Still won't work. Movies with higher cathegories don't earn enough to cover budget required to make aliens look real and space battles look epic. There are also many artistic issues. How to make movie that follows Shepard's story and yet gives us something new? Mass Effect is perfect in its concept work, the looks, the lore, the characters, even music and camera work. I assume we want ME movie to be something more than just game with actors instead of gameplay. And, most importantly, you cannot make ME movie that fits in 120 minutes. Most of the lore would have to be cut out which means the movie could be incomprehensible for people who haven't played the games. The only thing that makes sense to me would be to make it TV series instead of a movie. There wouldn't be motion-capture made asari, turians etc, but it would have the most important thing in ME series - the story. Game plot is divided into missions, which makes perfect sense for cutting it into episodes. This would give creators opportunity to include all characters and plots. Can you imagine Mass Effect 2 with team of 6 people who are there just to kick ass and have no background? Because this would be 2-hour long ME2. Game has enough plot to cover 5 seasons 15 episodes each (ME 2 & ME 3 split into two seasons). And this would still give us enough time to explore something that wasn't present in the games - relationships between team members and crew. So far we've had conflict between Legion and Tali and Jack and MIranda. Wouldn't it be exciting to see how Wrex is in the beginning hostile towards Garrus? Or Ashley struggling with her attitude towards other races ? I think that ME games can be made into TV series that would include character-based storytelling, some action sequences and lots of emotions. For example - scene with Kolyat and Shepard praying for Shepard.Wouldn't it be a perfect cliffhanger at the end of season? And you could still earn money on that series - just look at Game of Thrones. It's only for adults and it still makes A LOT of money. Mass Effect could do the same thing, don't you think?

[Sir George Parr]

@Kornel567:
I do agree with the idea of a TV series. Particularly a HBO series based on the games. But as discussed earlier it will be possible to make a film out of the game with some changes to the story like having Ashley as a member of the crew from the beginning. Also having Liara on the ship as well would make sense as a Prothean expert. Your collecting the beacon from Eden Prime so it would make sense for her to be there as well, I use them as an example to show how you would start to arrive at a film by making those kind of changes to the story.Which is why its being adapted for film.

But the story telling is a consist weak link in any film based on a game. These films usually manage to get the look, feel and atmosphere of a game beautifully brought to life, but the story telling is where it falls on its face.
The Lore is not as critical as is suggested because the Cinema going public aren't going to know anything about the lore or the game its based on. It won't matter as much as you think it does.If anything the film runs the risk of being incomprehensible if all of the lore is covered. Gamers are but fraction of this films potential audience.

Modifié par XM-417, 26 avril 2013 - 07:01 .

[kornel567]

@ XM-417
I agree that part one can be a good film. But I was talking mostly about 2 and 3. And yes, most people who would watch this movie wouldn't be gamers. But still there will be gamers and you have to please them too. Everyone has their favorite characters and while I can imagine getting rid of Aria or Shadow Broker, try to make these movies without Thane, Garrus, Tali or Jack. Are they necessary for the plot? Probably not, but I can't imagine ME without them. As to lore.. Sure, there's no need to include entire codex in the series. But there must be some basis for people who haven't played the games, so they can understand what is going on between the races for example. Video game movies fail at storytelling? Yes, but in every case I recall either a game was not fit for adaptation (Mario) or creators have completely changed a very good plot (e. g. Prince of Persia). Or it was Uwe Boll's film (I hope he doesn't get to touch ME!)

[ccg83]

 I am very interested in this concept, specifically since it has been talked about since ME2 came out and has gone through as many scripts and writers as Ghostbusters 3 has... it gives me hope that they are waiting for just the right story to come along or more likely the best re-telling of Shepard's Story.

It is pretty much a safe bet that we will be looking at an EARTH BORN, MALE SHEPARD, WAR HERO, who ROMANCES LIARA.

Those are safe bets but I think I am more interest in what will and perhaps won't make the cut.

What events are MUST have for ME 1, 2 and 3? Not just the core basics like Virmire, ILOS, and the core story elements from the franchise but side missions, DLC's, etc. 

What could be left out that perhaps would not be missed such as Characters,Side characters, missions, etc.

I know there are a lot of threads and comments about how this movie will suck, and it better not be about MY SHEPARD but lets be realistic and perhaps take a moment to think about we would be OK with dropping from the story in an effort to make sure that something else we enjoyed makes it into the 2hr maybe 2 and a half hr movie.

My thoughts are that we could lose Jacob, Vega, Zaeed, Kasumi and Thane in an effort to get more time with Javik, The Search for Shepards body and The Shadow Broker. 

What about you guys? What would you like to see?

[Jull3]

ccg83 wrote...

 I am very interested in this concept, specifically since it has been talked about since ME2 came out and has gone through as many scripts and writers as Ghostbusters 3 has... it gives me hope that they are waiting for just the right story to come along or more likely the best re-telling of Shepard's Story.

It is pretty much a safe bet that we will be looking at an EARTH BORN, MALE SHEPARD, WAR HERO, who ROMANCES LIARA.

Those are safe bets but I think I am more interest in what will and perhaps won't make the cut.

What events are MUST have for ME 1, 2 and 3? Not just the core basics like Virmire, ILOS, and the core story elements from the franchise but side missions, DLC's, etc. 

What could be left out that perhaps would not be missed such as Characters,Side characters, missions, etc.

I know there are a lot of threads and comments about how this movie will suck, and it better not be about MY SHEPARD but lets be realistic and perhaps take a moment to think about we would be OK with dropping from the story in an effort to make sure that something else we enjoyed makes it into the 2hr maybe 2 and a half hr movie.

My thoughts are that we could lose Jacob, Vega, Zaeed, Kasumi and Thane in an effort to get more time with Javik, The Search for Shepards body and The Shadow Broker. 

What about you guys? What would you like to see?

I'd either not want this shepard to romance anyone, or romance Tali in the second and third movie. It probably will be Liara because bioware loves to force her down our throats, but my dream can live on. I think Vega is a good character, and you don't really need to lose him in the third one, just have some occasional dialouge with him and some of your other crew mmebers. 

I'd love for a writer to take a poll, and base their script off of the polls that come out. Oh the mjaority of the fan base voted for no romance in one, kill off the rachni, save Wrex, and kill Ashley. That would be the best way, in my opinion, to do it. You'd please the majority of the fans, it would be OUR choices brought to the big screen. 

[crooked]

Is there any news on this? I've read they had some trouble with the screenplay. Not sure why they would go for an entirely new story though, unless it's THAT good. The story in the first installement was perfect for an adaptation. Betrayal, love, ancient civilizations, heroism, etc. It's just perfect for a Hollywood film.

All they need to do is remove the non-essential parts and BAM, you got a story for the ages. I've read a lot of books and played a fair amount of games. And ME1 still has one of the greatest and most cinematic stories I've seen/read (plus it has a great soundtrack).

I went looking for this post after watching Oblivion. The styling and soundtrack reminded me a lot of Mass Effect and Portal. It had a decent story, but nothing compared to the Mass Effect 1 story. So it's confusing that something like Oblivion attracts such a huge budget while Mass Effect struggles.

Modifié par crooked, 01 mai 2013 - 02:40 .

[Mr. Mistake]

Don't know if this has been mentioned before, but they could satisfy everyone by introducing decisions in the movie, Futurama style:

Should Calculon double check his paperwork, or race to the laser gun battle in his hover Ferrari? Make your choice now!

[WhiteKnyght]

How I would expect ME movie to flow.

Note: My ideas make changes to ME1's story, mostly to shorten things down and keep a Cerberus presence to set up Mass Effect 2's story.(since in all of ME1, they were a side mission thing)

- Shepard is male, earthborn, and sole survivor. Which is the default settings for the character.

- Eden Prime is the start of the movie, just as the game, but they shorten it for time.

- The Citadel also plays out in a slightly different way than the game. Short but sweet. Garrus could be the C-Sec offer arresting Wrex who has the information on Tali. But instead of the Shadow Broker being the one after her, it's Cerberus who wants intel on Saren and Sovereign.

- Therum might go by quickly or skipped altogether(meeting Liara could be integrated into the time at the Citadel). Feros is expendable and the thing with Benezia and the Rachni queen can just be integrated into Virmire.

- For Virmire itself, Shepard can split his team up more than he did - Take Wrex and Kaidan with him to set up the bomb(which would also lead to Shep/Wrex confrontation), and Liara, Garrus, and Tali could be the ones who confront Benezia and battle her, and the Rachni queen escapes in the chaos. And Ashley could be the one sent with Kirrahe. Also I'd add in Cerberus to the mix, they could be on Virmire as well seeking to steal information on Sovereign and they face Ash and Kirrahe, who is killed in the combat along with the rest of the STG team, leaving Ash to survive against the Geth alone. And in the choice part - unless Shepard is chosen to be paired with Ashley, would choose to save Kaidan.

- The aftermath with the citadel start off like in the game, but rather than Shepard being grounded to keep him from flying off into the terminus systems, he could be stripped of his spectre status by the council and placed under house arrest for "letting the STG team die" which would be a crap excuse to keep humanity down. Then cue Cerberus chiming in again. They would use the Terra Firma Party's Armistice Day protests to cause a station-wide human riot over the first human Spectre being railroaded and Shepard would use the chaos to escape and steal the Normandy with Anderson's help.

- Ilos and the Geth Attack would happen more or less like in the game. Vigil, the Counduit, Saren fight. Shepard would save the Council and be a hero(making them all look like asses), and would decline to pick who would be the councilor.

- And the last scene of the movie would be Miranda and Jacob reporting the destruction of Sovereign to the Illusive Man, who would tell them that an entire human colony in the Terminus systems mysteriously disappeared. And that their new orders are to investigate, and to "keep an eye" on Shepard. Thus paving the way for the inevitable sequel.

[P3kki5]

I've been reading a lot of the comments here and i would have to agree that making a movie based on the trilogy would be a bad idea. Shepard is a depiction of us and taking that personal depth away from the story would be a huge **** u to everyone who played the game differently. Besides The games are enough movie like for us to not have to experience them again in an actual movie.

Now a lot of people have been suggesting the first contact war as a good story for the movie. I don't think its the best idea simply because its too focused on the war and a war being the main focus of the movie doesn't sound very mass effecty if u know what i mean. The idea of mass effect has been more about exploration and relationships between characters and i feel the movie should have these themes but just without taking them from the games.

I don't know if anyone else has shared this idea yet but i think Paul Grayson's story would be the best idea for a mass effect movie. Paul Grayson, to those who don't know, is one of the main characters in mass effect books: Ascension, Retribution and Deception. The story rolls around the empty time periods between the games. I think this movie idea would be great because u get to see the universe during the same time period without canonating anything. What i mean by this is that they could potentially add Easter eggs like cameos of squad mates or news bulletins of Shepard saving the citadel without angering any of the fans. Also Paul Grayson and his daughter Gillian make for great main characters. U'd get to see places like Omega, The Migrant Fleet and Grissom academy from different perspectives.

I personally haven't read any of the books (though i guess i will soon), all of my info on them i got from the mass effect wiki. I would like to hear what people think of this idea and if anyone has read any of the books please share ur thoughts on this as well. I really feel the mass effect books have cool concepts that would make for an awesome movie/movie series.

[WhiteKnyght]

P3kki5 wrote...

I've been reading a lot of the comments here and i would have to agree that making a movie based on the trilogy would be a bad idea. Shepard is a depiction of us and taking that personal depth away from the story would be a huge **** u to everyone who played the game differently. Besides The games are enough movie like for us to not have to experience them again in an actual movie.

There are a few things wrong with that comment.

1. The movie is not just for the gamers. Those who have never played the game wont care. And a lot of ME players play with the default Shepard anyway and don't bother customizing.

2. Your idea of Shepard implies that the default Sheploo is also a "huge **** u to everyone" for not being a customized refletion of the player.

3. The Mass Effect movie will not happen in the same continuity as the video games. It's a parody retelling of the story, with no bearing on your experience, just like any one of the million alternate playings others have done.. Thinking it invildates your head-canon is simply foolish and hypocritical. Because just as you are entitled to your own Shepard experience, so are the developers of this movie. And like anybody with enough time and bandwidth to make a Let's Play - the developers are allowed to make a movie of "their" Shepard.

So please, just drop the insta-hate. They haven't even started making the movie yet.  And the movie is in the hands of a blockbuster movie company, with a writer who is an avid fan of the games you're saying it'll never live up to, and it has the producers and whatnot from the games consulting on it.

[Sir George Parr]

The Grey Nayr wrote...

P3kki5 wrote...

I've been reading a lot of the comments here and i would have to agree that making a movie based on the trilogy would be a bad idea. Shepard is a depiction of us and taking that personal depth away from the story would be a huge **** u to everyone who played the game differently. Besides The games are enough movie like for us to not have to experience them again in an actual movie.

There are a few things wrong with that comment.

1. The movie is not just for the gamers. Those who have never played the game wont care. And a lot of ME players play with the default Shepard anyway and don't bother customizing.

2. Your idea of Shepard implies that the default Sheploo is also a "huge **** u to everyone" for not being a customized refletion of the player.

3. The Mass Effect movie will not happen in the same continuity as the video games. It's a parody retelling of the story, with no bearing on your experience, just like any one of the million alternate playings others have done.. Thinking it invildates your head-canon is simply foolish and hypocritical. Because just as you are entitled to your own Shepard experience, so are the developers of this movie. And like anybody with enough time and bandwidth to make a Let's Play - the developers are allowed to make a movie of "their" Shepard.

So please, just drop the insta-hate. They haven't even started making the movie yet.  And the movie is in the hands of a blockbuster movie company, with a writer who is an avid fan of the games you're saying it'll never live up to, and it has the producers and whatnot from the games consulting on it.

@The Grey Nayr: So much this +10.

Modifié par XM-417, 08 mai 2013 - 07:20 .

[P3kki5]

The Grey Nayr wrote...

P3kki5 wrote...

I've been reading a lot of the comments here and i would have to agree that making a movie based on the trilogy would be a bad idea. Shepard is a depiction of us and taking that personal depth away from the story would be a huge **** u to everyone who played the game differently. Besides The games are enough movie like for us to not have to experience them again in an actual movie.

There are a few things wrong with that comment.

1. The movie is not just for the gamers. Those who have never played the game wont care. And a lot of ME players play with the default Shepard anyway and don't bother customizing.

2. Your idea of Shepard implies that the default Sheploo is also a "huge **** u to everyone" for not being a customized refletion of the player.

3. The Mass Effect movie will not happen in the same continuity as the video games. It's a parody retelling of the story, with no bearing on your experience, just like any one of the million alternate playings others have done.. Thinking it invildates your head-canon is simply foolish and hypocritical. Because just as you are entitled to your own Shepard experience, so are the developers of this movie. And like anybody with enough time and bandwidth to make a Let's Play - the developers are allowed to make a movie of "their" Shepard.

So please, just drop the insta-hate. They haven't even started making the movie yet.  And the movie is in the hands of a blockbuster movie company, with a writer who is an avid fan of the games you're saying it'll never live up to, and it has the producers and whatnot from the games consulting on it.

I think u misunderstood my comment a little bit.

The whole point of my comment was to try and find a story that both fans of the franchise and other people could appreciate. Watching the movie could very possibly spark an interest to play the games. Are u sure they wont care then? And don't get me wrong, I actually played my first playthrough as the default Shepard. Infact every maleshep i make has a sheploo face just because i like it the best. 

The Mass effect movie doesn't have to be based on the games to make the general public interested in it. Also u have to understand that the devs have been deliberately trying to keep the mass effect game canon as vague as possibly to let the player have the most personal experience as possible. Most of the canon has been made around the story of the games, u can see this in the comics, the books, spinoff games even in the codex.

I don't really understand why the devs would go through all the trouble to first get all the variables in the games (that infact also limited what they could do in the long run), to then just make a generic story without any choice making. It's kind of like making Heavy rain the movie if u know what i mean. It takes the whole point of interactive storytelling away from the experience. In short why would u want to strip down all the choices into one path, then limit that path and make it into a movie when theres a whole UNIVERSE to expand upon.

I set the books as a good example for a movie because book to movie adaptations are generally quite good and I haven't yet stumbled upon a movie adaptation of a game with interactive story telling. I'm also not insta-hating on anything. I'm actually very excited for the movie. I'm just sick and tired of people assuming its going to be based after the games when really all we know is its based in the ME universe. Just because the movie is in the right hands doesn't mean its automatically going to be good. Please stop assuming anything and rather come up with ur own ideas for the movie because after all the fanbase helped shape the games, we can do so with the movie as well.