You have to consider that there is a huge amount of time consuming sidequests in ME1, sidequests that are there for gameplay reasons but add next to nothing to the universe, characters or plot/story.
If you take away extensive Mako rides, drifting freighter ships and other mostly-gameplay sidequests it is possible to do the whole game within a day, and since fighting has to be reduced to a narrative level anyway it is not easy but possible to do a good ME-movie
I see greater potential in Mass Effect in a serial format than a film. Movies are the big money maker, but for such a big world full of so many species and characters, a series allows you to go on tangents and flesh out numerous characters, and be able to have each one get a meaningful arc of their own without having to worry about cramming it all into the space of 2+ hours.
To put it in a catchphrase: There is no Mass Effect without Shepard, the people around him/her and the Reapers.
The Mass effect universe is a big place and can have a lot of stories to tell, it doesn't need Shepard to survive, in fact the movie we be much better if it didn't have Shepard in it at all, instead it should add a new story to the universe with new characters and have a plot of its own that isn't related to the trilogy, or just have Cpt Anderson the main character of the film.
Something that would no doubt always bug me about any Mass Effect movie, regardless of how good or bad it ends up being, is that this depiction of Shepard will simply feel like an imposter. Granted, the plot can and likely would be changed in a number of ways so that it can fit the motion picture format, but one of the benefits of the game is that the character can feel more personal to us in the way the character can look and act, and in the choices we have this character make in dialogue, how to treat allies, love interests, etc..
@Drone223: That may be a valid point if you make a movie only for those who played the game.
But since this it not the case there will be many viewers who have not.
For those people there is no ME-Universe atm., you need a "large-scale" (do not know a better word right now) plot to start-up the whole universe.
Unless you retcon Shepard or go post-reaper (which in both cases is not the universe as you know it from the games), that is Shepard.
@KaiserShep: What about Lets's Plays, other people playing and different playthroughs in general? If you pretend that you won't like it you might end up not liking it just because of your "fear" (no better word now, it is really getting late...).
You have to consider that there is a huge amount of time consuming sidequests in ME1, sidequests that are there for gameplay reasons but add next to nothing to the universe, characters or plot/story.
If you take away extensive Mako rides, drifting freighter ships and other mostly-gameplay sidequests it is possible to do the whole game within a day, and since fighting has to be reduced to a narrative level anyway it is not easy but possible to do a good ME-movie
In addition to cutting the side missions they'd also have to address one of the bigger plot holes of the series. As a Spectre with Asari commando minions, Saren didn't need the Conduit to get to the Presidium. He and his Asari already had full access to the Presidum. In addition he didn't need the Prothean beacon on Eden Prime, because he already had one on Virmire. I think that would need to go through a rewrite. For the most part though, ME1 would be filmable.
Where a film adaptation of the series would run into greater problems would be with Mass Effect 2 and Mass Effect 3. The format of ME2 would not work on film, where you introduce an entirely new cast of characters, only to have them shoved to background again in ME3. Also there are too many squad mate characters to account for in a film series. Some squadmates would need to be cut from the film series, and it is probable that the films would have Shepard travelling with the same supporting characters through all three films.
And with ME3, the ending would need a complete rewrite.
Problem with that is people will think "movie Shepard = "canon Shepard" and won't realise that shepard can be either gender and they don't have to make the choices "movie Shepard" made, it would be much better for the movie to expand the universe rather than retell a story that the fans already know.@Drone223: That may be a valid point if you make a movie only for those who played the game.
But since this it not the case there will be many viewers who have not.
For those people there is no ME-Universe atm., you need a "large-scale" (do not know a better word right now) plot to start-up the whole universe.
Unless you retcon Shepard or go post-reaper (which in both cases is not the universe as you know it from the games), that is Shepard.
In addition to cutting the side missions they'd also have to address one of the bigger plot holes of the series. As a Spectre with Asari commando minions, Saren didn't need the Conduit to get to the Presidium. He and his Asari already had full access to the Presidum.
Neither of them is allowed to bring a huge amount of their own armed forces in there without reason.
You also kill Benezias entire commando unit (except Shiala) while on Noveria, their number is insufficent.
Thats why it was needed to bring a sufficent amount of geth forces
Where a film adaptation of the series would run into greater problems would be with Mass Effect 2 and Mass Effect 3. The format of ME2 would not work on film, where you introduce an entirely new cast of characters, only to have them shoved to background again in ME3.
Mass Effect 2 was the introduction for the dark energy plot (building a human reaper was one possible ending for that), while it was (especially gameplay-wise) a great game on its own, its main plot remains a dead end.
As for the Squaddies: Bioware even said that ME2 had too many of them.
While some say that you can skip ME2 (and all its DLC) entirely without missing anything important, i whould not go that far, the important things in ME2 are:
- Proper Cerberus Introduction (and maybe Overlord)
- Mordin
- Wrex/Wreav
- Any other Krogan-/Tuchanka-stuff that is relevant for the "Curing the Genophage"-plot
- Tali
- Legion (and the whole explanation of geth and heretics)
- Arrival DLC
Problem with that is people will think "movie Shepard = "canon Shepard" and won't realise that shepard can be either gender and they don't have to make the choices "movie Shepard" made, it would be much better for the movie to expand the universe rather than retell a story that the fans already know.
Why would it matter?
Why would it matter?
This movie is going to be sold to people who never even heard of the franchise, not the actual fan base I won't be surprised if fans aren't happy with movie Shepard's portrayal.
I am just very happy and excited about this.
No one's forcing anyone to see the movie so I don't see how it'll make the old fan base unhappy the slightest. It'll attract new fans to the ME universe at best.
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Dark energy is BS. Nothing but.
Less than five minutes of exposition in 100 hours, and you couldn't follow up on it at all. Dark energy was never a game plot.
In addition to cutting the side missions they'd also have to address one of the bigger plot holes of the series. As a Spectre with Asari commando minions, Saren didn't need the Conduit to get to the Presidium. He and his Asari already had full access to the Presidum. In addition he didn't need the Prothean beacon on Eden Prime, because he already had one on Virmire. I think that would need to go through a rewrite. For the most part though, ME1 would be filmable.
Saren was barred from the Citadel completely (barred from Council space in fact) after Shepard brought forward that dubious recording of him (Saren) and Matriarch Benezia that Shep retrieved from Tali. Not sure how Saren has access to the Presidum?
Additionally, why didn't Saren need the beacon on Eden Prime? To answer that question, one must know what Saren was actually doing with it--and we don't. We already KNOW that Saren knew about the Reapers--he was already with Sovereign. I suspect he was planning to take the beacon away, keep something like Shepard's magic vision from happening.
No one's forcing anyone to see the movie so I don't see how it'll make the old fan base unhappy the slightest. It'll attract new fans to the ME universe at best.
Thing is the fan reaction will be a huge deal. They want to see a faithful adaption to the universe not the Hollywood version of it.
In addition to cutting the side missions they'd also have to address one of the bigger plot holes of the series. As a Spectre with Asari commando minions, Saren didn't need the Conduit to get to the Presidium. He and his Asari already had full access to the Presidum. In addition he didn't need the Prothean beacon on Eden Prime, because he already had one on Virmire. I think that would need to go through a rewrite. For the most part though, ME1 would be filmable.
Where a film adaptation of the series would run into greater problems would be with Mass Effect 2 and Mass Effect 3. The format of ME2 would not work on film, where you introduce an entirely new cast of characters, only to have them shoved to background again in ME3. Also there are too many squad mate characters to account for in a film series. Some squadmates would need to be cut from the film series, and it is probable that the films would have Shepard travelling with the same supporting characters through all three films.
And with ME3, the ending would need a complete rewrite.
I think you forgot that Saren wasn't going to open the citadel for the reapers, he was just there to let sovereign take control of it, so HE could open it. Isn't that the whole reason why Sovereign was latched onto the presidium?
The format of ME2 wouldn't work in any way possible, since it has one of the worst plots in the history of gaming sequels.
The best they could do is open up the mass effect 3 scenario a bit more, keep the shadow broker DLC and mordin/legion, since they are the only things that can be salvaged from ME2.
As for ME3 ending, yeah.
My theory on this is IF the new star wars films make big money, everyone will want to jump on the bandwagon and there is a good chance that Mass Effect will be one of the films that benefits.
If the Star Wars films bomb, the space opera genre will suffer and Mass Effect will probably never see the light of day
I hope there is a Fem Shepard, too many poster boys now adays, But it would also be awesome if they took a stab at the indoctrination theory at the end of the.... Third movie? assuming its going to be a three parter like the games. Make an ending where shepard lives?
They won't use femshep, and I seriously doubt they'll use IT, (given the first is profitable).I hope there is a Fem Shepard, too many poster boys now adays, But it would also be awesome if they took a stab at the indoctrination theory at the end of the.... Third movie? assuming its going to be a three parter like the games. Make an ending where shepard lives?
Any news on when the release date is for this movie? Ahhh need to see shepard kill stuff lol....Withdraws ehhh aahh kkkkhh lol
Any news on when the release date is for this movie? Ahhh need to see shepard kill stuff lol....Withdraws ehhh aahh kkkkhh lol
With any luck, they will kill it with fire before it becomes this franchise's 'Spirits Within'. Love the games, love the universe, not remotely interested in another Beefy McDudeBro space opera which is assuredly what this film would be.
From the wiki, they are staying 2018\2019, but no actors have been cast and no director has been hired.
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