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[Ramikadyc]

From a die-hard Mass Effect fan, this just doesn't seem like a good idea. As has been pointed out countless times, the transition from a story that lasts 30 hours in which you choose the way events play out in game to a two hour long movie with a linear plot just doesn't make any sense.



However, as a huge fan of movies as well, I'm going to try and pretend I don't know anything about Mass Effect and try to judge it based on its own merits as a movie and not a game-to-film adaptation, as I hope everyone else will try to do as well...



...As long the people making this movie realize they need place more focus on STORY rather than ACTION. If this winds up being another Prince of Persia popcorn flick--which was a decent action flick but nothing more and will be forgotten in a matter of months--I will paint the walls with someone's brains. Or maybe I'll do something less drastic and leave an unattended bag in a Canadian train station to freak the populace out and send them into a frenzy of "Eh, what's this bag all aboot?!" exclamations.



CANADA WILL BURN IF THIS MOVIE IS BAD.

[GothamLord]

Riffan wrote...

Ok, I already know i'll get hate for this. The movie is either going to be a mortal combat style (first one was "trueeeee..ish" to the first games the second one hurt my soul) Or go the way of halo, and i hope is does to be frank. This is a game where there is so much plot and character. Even a novel only cover's a fraction of a percent of the depth How is a movie with a limit of 2 hours at most 2 and a half going to recreate that feeling you get when you play the game and go back to your friends and discuss how "i did this, or.."oh wow you did that?! how?" Yet to get back to my point. If the movie is made. And i prey, wish, hope, offer up my second born, that it is great. Yet i know deep down. In the logic of a gamer that it will be bad, and ruin the franchise over all. Mass effect is "NOT!" battletech. We already have a mental image of how the tech works, what a ship battle looks like. Why reverse course and make a video game into a movie?! Havn't the big wigs noticed that often the two don't mix. Name a good movie based off of a game? Name a good game based off of a movie? Answer one of those, and you'll have four others that suck.

I dont think you'll get hate.  I think all of us know that video game movies have not just a bad, but a down right awful track record. Tomb Raider and Resident Evil are about the only two franchises that managed to not tank instantly at the box office recently (Prince of Persia remains to be seen) and neither of those were really true to the video games. 

Some of use, like myself choose to be a bit more hopefully optimistic on the news and try and give things the benefit of the doubt. Choosing to actually judge the product when its comes out or atleast until more progress is made such as a script/screenplay. Others here are painfully jaded and seem to get some sort of enjoyment of spewing hate and venom on things as much as possible. Using nothing but the long list of failed video game to film experiments as fodder to fuel their tirades. Its impossible to judge something as crap that doesnt exist yet. Still others claim some sort of lofty elitism that its not going to be *their* Shepard in the movie and thus its making a canon story that will in someway cause the men in black to break down their doors and force them to erase all Mass Effect save files that dont adhere to the movie's plotline.

Will a 2.5 hr movie be able to cover the entire scope of Mass Effect?  We can all say no truthfully.  Can a script be penned that covers the most basic of the plots frame work?  Yes     Will it happen? It remains to be seen. Will it be good and still give us the epic feeling that the game did?  Its all speculation for now. 

Modifié par GothamLord, 31 mai 2010 - 08:44 .

[Mixon]

ME movie is most great news! Interesting, how long does it will take.... 2-3 years? thats why hate such early announcements...

[Fredvdp]

IntrepidProdigy wrote...

I haven't been on this site in a couple months...first thing I see upon clicking on the forums is this atrocity. If this movie is based in anyway on the main story (i.e. involving any of the main cast of the games), I'll be done with ME. I can't believe this amazing franchise is getting so streamlined, it had such potential...

That's crap. If you don't like the idea of a movie, pretend it doesn't exist. It doesn't alter the game in any way. Whenever someone says "Hey, you know Super Mario Bros.?', is the most logical answer "Ugh, that movie sucked'? There have been many crappy game to film adaptations but never have they ruined the games in any way.

[CPTamazing]

its going to be on the first contact wars imo, but if not, and they go the way of shepard and the story from the game, Matthew Fox, if he got alot buffer and fit, would be a great commander sheperd.

[GothamLord]

CPTamazing wrote...

its going to be on the first contact wars imo, but if not, and they go the way of shepard and the story from the game, Matthew Fox, if he got alot buffer and fit, would be a great commander sheperd.

I swear someone needs to take the time and explain the appeal of this guy to me.  The only reason I see people wanting him to play Shepard in the movies is because he played another character with the last name "Shephard"
He'll be like 46 by the time they would start shooting the movie, and I find his ability as an actor extremly limited. Then again I couldnt sit through a single episode of Lost without rolling my eyes at something so I didnt bother to watch it.

[Eternal Density]

Mixon wrote...

ME movie is most great news! Interesting, how long does it will take.... 2-3 years? thats why hate such early announcements...

I was thinking 4-5 to be on the safe side.


If people want to pull the 'played a character with a similar name' card then why haven't I seen more mentions of Joe Flannigan? (John Shepperd of Stargate Atlantis).
It would be kinda weird for me if that happened... *mindtrips*

[pc_wizard]

@Eternal Density: I don't think Joe Flannigan would be suitable, although I liked his character in SGA. Maybe it's because John Shepperd is quite different from Commander Shepard (at least the Commander Shepards I have created:)).



As for the movie, I hope they stay true to the story and universe, and I really hope they don't mess up.

[GothamLord]

Save Flannigan for Nathan Drake in the rumored possible Uncharted movie... Yes if you havent heard they are trying to turn that into a movie too.

[Zanis]

for actors id say the if it will be about Shepperd then the one who plaid John Connor in the terminater 4 or the other Sam Worthington but he looks bit like joker

[GothamLord]

*sigh*



Really another Sam Worthington suggestion?? I really thought Mass Effect fans would have had higher standards.

[sedrikhcain]

Ramikadyc wrote...

From a die-hard Mass Effect fan, this just doesn't seem like a good idea. As has been pointed out countless times, the transition from a story that lasts 30 hours in which you choose the way events play out in game to a two hour long movie with a linear plot just doesn't make any sense.

However, as a huge fan of movies as well, I'm going to try and pretend I don't know anything about Mass Effect and try to judge it based on its own merits as a movie and not a game-to-film adaptation, as I hope everyone else will try to do as well...

...As long the people making this movie realize they need place more focus on STORY rather than ACTION. If this winds up being another Prince of Persia popcorn flick--which was a decent action flick but nothing more and will be forgotten in a matter of months--I will paint the walls with someone's brains. Or maybe I'll do something less drastic and leave an unattended bag in a Canadian train station to freak the populace out and send them into a frenzy of "Eh, what's this bag all aboot?!" exclamations.

CANADA WILL BURN IF THIS MOVIE IS BAD.

Geez, no pressure.

I think the movie has a chance to be great. It's got all the story and plot anybody should need to build a masterpiece but they need to take their time and make it, not take the quick, easy way and just hire a bunch of actors solely because they look like the characters in the game and throw a boatload of special effects at them. I agree with bringing the author of the books and maybe just keeping the bioware writing team on as consultants. It would be a good idea to involve someone who has written good scripts for movies before as well. Get the script right and hire good actors. The rest will then fall into place.

[Klimy]

Hope this movie will not suck as every other game-to-movie. But will go for premier and by disc none the less.



Wish it will not be contact war, because we will not see much of the universe and other spiecies, Better some alternative storry parallel to ME game timeline or something.

[JoJohnson117]

If you ask me it will either be the gap between mass effect 1 and 2 or while shepard was dead

[DnVill]

Don't really think this is a good idea.. I don't remember any type of game made into a movie ever been successful... Will Shepard be playing paragon or rene?

The best thing about ME was that we had choices on developing Shepard's character. Having a linear story line with only 1 type of Shepard will suck. There's a good chance I won't be watching this cause it will only ruin my idea on who Shepard is....

If Bioware really wants to squeeze cash over the ME franchise with a movie then it wouldn't be too bad if they made a movie based on already developed characters such as Anderson or Kahlee Sanders or better yet Saren that way fans wouldn't be disappointed and say something like "My Shepard would never do that!"... just my opinion of course.


If they insist on Shepard, who else but the look-alike.. the older brother from Prison Break! lol


*edit
Read above about Tomb Raider and Resident Evil.... might I say the 2 movies had female lead actors.. not to be sexist or something but put bombshells as lead actors and dress them up in skimpy outfits and you increase sales. XD

Modifié par DnVill, 31 mai 2010 - 12:55 .

[Lotion Soronarr]

Kilshrek wrote...

Seriously, we should steer this away from Shepard. Shepard is the game. And the game shouldn't be translated directly into a movie. We see so many failed films, for a variety of different reasons.
That and most fans would end up hating whoever is cast as Shep anyway because he/she doesn't fit into their idea of Shep. And they wouldn't be wrong.

No, they would be wrong.
"I won't like who you cast" is no valid reason. For EVERY movie that is based on something people will argue about the casting. You had people argue about Spiderman, Batman, LOTR and any other movies of a similar nature.
The move is NOT the game, and any so-called fan who cannot grasp that simple concept, and judge hte movie on it's own merrits, doesn't realyl deserve to be called a rational, mature being.

The ME universe isn't just about Shep, most of us know that. Drawing from anything but the current game timeline, or even a parallel story to the game (but I don't see what that could add to a movie) is a recipe for win.

You already have a super plot with ME1.
Why risk it with a new, unproven plot?

Anyexity wrote...

I also REALLY hope they don't include Shepard. Shepard's story is your story and it shouldn't be canonized.

...urge to kill...rising. WTF?? WTF????

Dear Lord, so many possesive primadonnas. Look, Shepard ain't yours. It's Biowares. And move Shepard doesn't canonize a game shepard in any way. For example, there have been several movies about Batman. Does their mutual existence somehow make the other less valid?

Modifié par Lotion Soronnar, 31 mai 2010 - 01:16 .

[DnVill]

By the way... If this movie in any way will delay the release of ME3 or ruin its quality. I'll surely be pissed xD

[Lotion Soronarr]

You know what? There's speed runs of Mass Effect that roughly take 3 hours.



So no, adapting the story for a 2.5 hour movie wouldn't be difficult.



You get a intro that gives you the rundown of the mass effect and humanities position, and then it moves to the Normandy and follows the game plot.

Remove the needless fights, remove the needless locations (pack some events closer) and events, and you cna fit it into a 2-hour move with space to spare.

[Bennettfocht]

russl crowe as shepherd

[Glasious]

I agree with the people who say it should not involve Shepard, but should be a parallel story or in a different time frame. They (bioware) have worked to hard to make this "our" story so going and making a movie that destroys or story would be pointless. As long as Bioware plays it smart, sticks to the already well established history and story of Mass Effect it should be a great story, that will become mainstream Sci Fi cinema.

[Gabee]

 Matthew Fox is a doctor type, he can't get N7 training, he would die in it..

What do you think about this? In the end of the movie there's a twist... Shep is actually a doctor! That would be awesome and that way Fox could play him.

Whitfield would be also a nice choice for Shep btw but my vote is for Matt Fox! Please, Bioware, my life depends on this! 

[killerbeeee]

will smith as shepard,he'll look better lol.

[BenXyan]

I still think the chances of this film being any good/doing justice to the ME series are extremely slim. Hopefully it will come out after Mass Effect 3, so it doesn't put me off playing it. Anyone who thinks the film will be as intelligent as the game has either not been to see a sci-fi film at the cinema for over ten years, or knows something about the people making it that I don't. I expect very little.



Having Shephard in the film is a very big no-no. I doubt I will watch the film, because its likely to be a dumbed-down cheese fest, but if Shephard is involved as a main character, that will bother me without even having seen the film. The whole appeal of BioWare games is that the hero lives by your decisions. If Shephard has a path chosen for him for the mainstream, that would really cheapen the choices that each player made in their own version of the story.



Its not that I don't want a film in the Mass Effect universe - but only if it does justice to the game, and I think that the general population don't have the attention span for that, which is why only films to cater for those with short attention spans are made nowadays. All because people want more money, even at the expense of artistic integrity. But never mind, who cares? I don't think integrity pays much.

[kyle924]

GothamLord wrote...

*sigh*

Really another Sam Worthington suggestion?? I really thought Mass Effect fans would have had higher standards.

You got any better suggestions than Sam Worthington or Matthew Fox?

[kyle924]

BenXyan wrote...

I still think the chances of this film being any good/doing justice to the ME series are extremely slim. Hopefully it will come out after Mass Effect 3, so it doesn't put me off playing it. Anyone who thinks the film will be as intelligent as the game has either not been to see a sci-fi film at the cinema for over ten years, or knows something about the people making it that I don't. I expect very little.

Having Shephard in the film is a very big no-no. I doubt I will watch the film, because its likely to be a dumbed-down cheese fest, but if Shephard is involved as a main character, that will bother me without even having seen the film. The whole appeal of BioWare games is that the hero lives by your decisions. If Shephard has a path chosen for him for the mainstream, that would really cheapen the choices that each player made in their own version of the story.

Its not that I don't want a film in the Mass Effect universe - but only if it does justice to the game, and I think that the general population don't have the attention span for that, which is why only films to cater for those with short attention spans are made nowadays. All because people want more money, even at the expense of artistic integrity. But never mind, who cares? I don't think integrity pays much.

Then I guess we'll have to wait and see whether the producers make the right choices for this Shepard, i guess, right? No doubt do I agree with you that they shouldn't use Shepard for the film, but since the movie already have the producers and screenwriter, I don't think there's any way that this film wouldn't not be Shepard. Sure, they can surprise us by having a backstory of Mass Effect like the First Contact War, but it could kind of kill what the ME 1 & ME 2 represented. Unfortunately, we'll just have to wait and see IF they make right the decision. If they don't, then...I don't know, you can throw a book at the ME movie poster and call it names.