The word is getting around now days that the movie is in the early stages. With that in mind what are you hopes for the movie that will innevitably come? What do you hope the movie is about? Who do you should be the cast?
What do you want from the Mass Effect Movie?
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Posté 26 septembre 2010 - 06:49
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Two things.
That doesn't suck and that is entertaining.
That doesn't suck and that is entertaining.
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Posté 26 septembre 2010 - 06:50
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I actually was hoping it wouldn't be made. TBH to capture Mass effects choices in a movie is stupid. You are going to have to cut it down to 1-2 hours and then on top of that, dumb it down for a audience that only wants explosions half of the time. Unless they pull some who wants to be a millionaire (You know ask the audience thing) and allows the audience to choose I have no interest. Ill watch of course but I don't have high hopes.
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Posté 26 septembre 2010 - 06:55
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I hope .. that the movie isn't touted as being "the canon".
Since Shepard will invariably be an american male soldier, who makes Paragon choices but has a Renegade attitude towards enemies and authority. In other words, traditional hollywood cheese. Entertaining to watch, but not what I want ME to be universally considered.
Since Shepard will invariably be an american male soldier, who makes Paragon choices but has a Renegade attitude towards enemies and authority. In other words, traditional hollywood cheese. Entertaining to watch, but not what I want ME to be universally considered.
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Posté 26 septembre 2010 - 07:01
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Talogrungi wrote...
I hope .. that the movie isn't touted as being "the canon".
Since Shepard will invariably be an american male soldier, who makes Paragon choices but has a Renegade attitude towards enemies and authority. In other words, traditional hollywood cheese. Entertaining to watch, but not what I want ME to be universally considered.
Same... would love an idea that I came across in a post here of them filming two movies with male and femshep that have slightly different dialog. I know that's a lot to asked but it's what I would like to see.
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Posté 26 septembre 2010 - 07:03
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A plot. I think a movie at least deserves a plot.
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Posté 26 septembre 2010 - 07:08
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See the thing is that people who will go see this movie other than the hardcore ME fans will either think one of two things depending on how its produced.smudboy wrote...
A plot. I think a movie at least deserves a plot.
1. Too "nerdy" and gives newcomers no direction.
2. Awesome due to it being so dumbed down and will be a cliche hollywood movie.
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Posté 26 septembre 2010 - 07:08
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ok we get it you don't like the plot now stfu about it.smudboy wrote...
A plot. I think a movie at least deserves a plot.
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Posté 26 septembre 2010 - 07:11
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So long as the movie's not about Shep. Coz Shep is unique in his/her own right depending on how the players mold him/her and it's kinda sucks seeing Shep being portrayed differently from in-game to big-screen ( atleast for me, anyways...)
The story about 1st contact war will be kinda cool, tho. It could compliment the game nicely.
And I hope they make it GOOD.
The story about 1st contact war will be kinda cool, tho. It could compliment the game nicely.
And I hope they make it GOOD.
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Posté 26 septembre 2010 - 07:28
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I want to to cover an existing character, but not TIM.
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Posté 26 septembre 2010 - 07:34
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I want better character customization. Without, I am not going to watch the movie. Ugly Shepard Movie or no movie. Simple as that!
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Posté 26 septembre 2010 - 07:39
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Legendary Studios is apparently the studio that claimed the IP. While that might seem iffy that boots my confidence in it's quality at least abit. For the simple fact that I Iike MOST of their movies. Also three Bioware names, one of them being Ray, are executive producers of the movie. But I must say that after The Last Airbender my faith in Live Action interpretations are shakey at best.
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Posté 26 septembre 2010 - 07:53
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I am opposed to a Mass Effect movie in general.
Mass Effect and Mass Effect 2 are unique achievements; they represent the elevation of the video game into a storytelling medium on par with movies or books, it was a story meant to be told in the medium of video games.
Making Mass Effect into a movie would be like making a Hemingway novel into a movie, or a Shakespeare play into a comic book, or (for that matter) like making Saving Private Ryan into a video game it’s not going to work.
Mass Effect and Mass Effect 2 are unique achievements; they represent the elevation of the video game into a storytelling medium on par with movies or books, it was a story meant to be told in the medium of video games.
Making Mass Effect into a movie would be like making a Hemingway novel into a movie, or a Shakespeare play into a comic book, or (for that matter) like making Saving Private Ryan into a video game it’s not going to work.
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Posté 26 septembre 2010 - 07:59
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Personally, I wish a Mass Effect adaptation was never made. Or perhaps a TV show would be better. What do you think about that one, guys? A series with the style of Stargate. In each episode Shepard and his team would travel to a different system, different nebula solving different mysteries.
But back to the topic now: as mentioned above, the movie will probably be "dumbed down" and there is going to be lots of explosions and visual effects everywhere; I like the concept of going with the Paragon way, it would really be a typical American movie. I think as long as they stick to some part of the ME storyline the movie will be decent, as in decent for an adaptation, not like in the case of Doom where they simply omitted the demons and put infected people / monsters everywhere.
But back to the topic now: as mentioned above, the movie will probably be "dumbed down" and there is going to be lots of explosions and visual effects everywhere; I like the concept of going with the Paragon way, it would really be a typical American movie. I think as long as they stick to some part of the ME storyline the movie will be decent, as in decent for an adaptation, not like in the case of Doom where they simply omitted the demons and put infected people / monsters everywhere.
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Posté 26 septembre 2010 - 07:59
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I dont know...Saving Private Ryan is basicly a game already with so many different WWII games around all ready lol
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Posté 26 septembre 2010 - 08:03
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kylecouch wrote...
I dont know...Saving Private Ryan is basicly a game already with so many different WWII games around all ready lol
True 'nuf. But I must say that I didn't have quite the same emotional reaction to Saving Private Ryan that I did to Call of Duty...
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Posté 26 septembre 2010 - 08:04
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CorvusCorax86 wrote...
Personally, I wish a Mass Effect adaptation was never made. Or perhaps a TV show would be better. What do you think about that one, guys? A series with the style of Stargate. In each episode Shepard and his team would travel to a different system, different nebula solving different mysteries.
But back to the topic now: as mentioned above, the movie will probably be "dumbed down" and there is going to be lots of explosions and visual effects everywhere; I like the concept of going with the Paragon way, it would really be a typical American movie. I think as long as they stick to some part of the ME storyline the movie will be decent, as in decent for an adaptation, not like in the case of Doom where they simply omitted the demons and put infected people / monsters everywhere.
I don't think the story of Shepard should be the focus of the movie. At most it should be mentioned by the movie's stars like a gossip topic or something...I say this because if it's not related to the main story it won't hurt as much if it sucks. On top of that it might enforce the idea of a "canon" Shepard.
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Posté 26 septembre 2010 - 08:13
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I hope (and thinks that) the movie isn't about Shepard at all. I hope it's just a cool side-story taking place in the same universe as the Mass Effect games. No movie about Shepard please. 
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Posté 26 septembre 2010 - 08:14
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YEAH! Now that’s a great idea! A movies set in the Mass Effect universe, but not about Shepard. I could really get on board with that!
Just off the top of my head, I’d like to know the story of the second human SPECTARE. It might be neat to see this bloke, already an elite soldier/spy/secret agent have to do his galaxy protecting thing while living in Shepard’s shadow on account of race.
Just off the top of my head, I’d like to know the story of the second human SPECTARE. It might be neat to see this bloke, already an elite soldier/spy/secret agent have to do his galaxy protecting thing while living in Shepard’s shadow on account of race.
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Posté 26 septembre 2010 - 08:23
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Honestly, I can't see it being done all that well.
Lets say that they base the first movie solely on the first game. There's simply too much material to cover in 2 - 2.5 hours. Lets list the main plot points they'd need to cover in some approximate order:
1) Backstory/Intro
2) Eden Prime
3) Citadel
a) Recruiting Wrex, Garrus and Tali
Spectre Induction
4) Therum / Liara recruitment
5) Feros
6) Noveria
7) Virmire
8) Ilos
9) Citadel Finale
AND they'd need to find time to squeeze in some sort of "intro" for who/what Cerberus is if they hoped for a sequel.
My view is that they could cut Feros completely. That's at least a large chunk. They could do a very short intro that matches the end of the first chapter of the first novel (conversation between Grissom and Anderson just before Shanxi invasion). They could drop Therum and introduce Liara in some other way. And for me, I'd guess they'd just tie Cerberus to the events on Noveria and call it a day for them.
The big problems come for the major plot points. We can assume in today's society that Shep is going to be male, he's going to be paragon and he's going to have a bit of ****iness to him. Who does Shepard romance? Who dies on Virmire? Do you include a second romance between Kaiden and the remaining female thereby making the Virmire choice even more emotional? The entire Wrex dilemma will be glossed over and there's no way they'd kill him off. How do you write Garrus, paragon or renegade? How much side info makes it into the movies?
The writers are going to have to be very deft with the scissors and are going to have to take liberties with certain plot points. There's no way it will all fit and they're going to have to mash certain things together to make it work.
Lets say that they base the first movie solely on the first game. There's simply too much material to cover in 2 - 2.5 hours. Lets list the main plot points they'd need to cover in some approximate order:
1) Backstory/Intro
2) Eden Prime
3) Citadel
a) Recruiting Wrex, Garrus and Tali
Spectre Induction4) Therum / Liara recruitment
5) Feros
6) Noveria
7) Virmire
8) Ilos
9) Citadel Finale
AND they'd need to find time to squeeze in some sort of "intro" for who/what Cerberus is if they hoped for a sequel.
My view is that they could cut Feros completely. That's at least a large chunk. They could do a very short intro that matches the end of the first chapter of the first novel (conversation between Grissom and Anderson just before Shanxi invasion). They could drop Therum and introduce Liara in some other way. And for me, I'd guess they'd just tie Cerberus to the events on Noveria and call it a day for them.
The big problems come for the major plot points. We can assume in today's society that Shep is going to be male, he's going to be paragon and he's going to have a bit of ****iness to him. Who does Shepard romance? Who dies on Virmire? Do you include a second romance between Kaiden and the remaining female thereby making the Virmire choice even more emotional? The entire Wrex dilemma will be glossed over and there's no way they'd kill him off. How do you write Garrus, paragon or renegade? How much side info makes it into the movies?
The writers are going to have to be very deft with the scissors and are going to have to take liberties with certain plot points. There's no way it will all fit and they're going to have to mash certain things together to make it work.
Modifié par Omega-202, 26 septembre 2010 - 08:24 .
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Posté 26 septembre 2010 - 08:25
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That it cotains the plot "exactly" from the games. no deviations that you see from all most games to movies. other than that im sorted
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Posté 26 septembre 2010 - 08:46
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8T8 wrote...
That it cotains the plot "exactly" from the games. no deviations that you see from all most games to movies. other than that im sorted
You have to realize that you're talking about an 8 hour movie then, right?
Its simply not feasible to include everything which is why half of me really doesn't want the movie to be made.
The other half of me knows that a great movie can be made with the right writers, the right director and most importantly a very good editorial staff.
BioWare would need to do the writing in house and ideally, they'd have to make sure that the fans were ok with what was being cut.
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Posté 26 septembre 2010 - 09:00
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Making Mass Effect into a movie would be like making a Hemingway novel into a movie, or a Shakespeare play into a comic book, or (for that matter) like making Saving Private Ryan into a video game it’s not going to work.
We saw this in Red Dwarf. Well, Virgil, not Shakespeare, but still...
"Kerpow, kersplat, die you Trojan pigdog. Well, I see they've remained faithful to the original text. I'm sure Virgil would have approved."
I am not at all looking forward to this, for two reasons. First, if it involves Shepard at all, the movie is going to be terrible. There is no canon Shep, and putting a particular Shepard in as a character in the movie would be working to destroy the choice and customization that defines the games. And, second, the books, in my opinion, are not as well written as the games, so I have little faith that adapting it to yet another medium will work as well, especially since it will mean cutting out so much that both the books and the game had, in an attempt to fit the two hour timeframe.
