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[N7Armada]

This is great for a few reasons not only does it not mess up all our stories but if it works they can come back and do more with a far bigger budget and do a proper trilogy right. At least if it sucks it will be no harm done to the source.

[GenericPlayer2]

Jade8aby88 wrote...

Great point! Although I wont for a second get my hopes up in any shape or form about this movie. I will, regardless, at least watch it. And only then will I judge their decisions.

For the mean time. Let's save our giddy feelings for Mass Effect 3 XD.

Agreed. I am far more excited about ME3 than any prospective movie out there. I recall how Wing Commander got butchered on screen...it was such a let down.

[CaptainZaysh]

Jexx21 wrote...

The source is IMBDPro, which you have to pay for.

IMDB is user edited.  You're being punk'd.

Jexx21 wrote...
So far your proofs that the guy made it up aren't satisfactory. Typoes mean nothing, as most of the people who play Mass Effect don't really know that much about the actual world and timeline anyway.

The typo isn't related to the world or the timeline.  It talks about an alien race "know" (not "known") as the turians.  That's the kind of mistake made by a user, not a marketing department, whose copy usually has to pass several internal checks before being released.

Jexx21 wrote...
And by the way, Mass Effect 1 already told it's story. Through the game. Why the hell would they make a movie about it, and establish a cannon which the BioWare team tried to avoid?

Because the game fan base will be a small percentage of the target market.  For a big Avi Arad blockbuster to be successful it needs to appeal to the summer sci fi blockbuster market, not the 1-2 million people who bought the game.  For that, they need to tell the best story possible and that is not the story of Ashley's grandfather surrendering to some CGI aliens.

Jexx21 wrote...
Also, the First Contact War makes a perfect basis for a movie that's about 90 minutes long.. which is probably the length of the movie.

The story of Mass Effect can be told in three acts.  They'll have to cut extraneous stuff, but that's not a problem since Feros (in its entirety) was cut from ME:Genesis.

Personally I'm really looking forward to a movie interpretation of the story.  They can make the "Race Against Time" really feel like a race against time!

[CaptainZaysh]

Gojiroth wrote...

CaptainZaysh wrote...

There isn't a source. The guy made it up. The proof is (1) the typo and (2) only an idiot would believe that Avi Arad bought the rights to Mass Effect in order to make a movie about Ashley Williams's grandfather.

Despite the fact that several months ago the devs made a news post announcing the very info you refuse to believe. No offence but that is a pretty big thing to miss.

None taken, because you completely missed my point.  I know Avi Arad bought the movie rights, the issue is about whether he's making it about a hero's battle to save the galaxy from extinction, or a short back story skirmish that was resolved diplomatically.

If you think it's the latter you're crazy.

[Had-to-say]

Contact is a pure science fiction based film that was nominated for an Oscar. The film Contact made 171 million dollars with a budget of 90 million dollars in 1997.

The introduction of "Mass Effect Revelation" takes a similar tone to Carl Sagan's Contact. Building up to the First Contact War is more than enough material for a movie.

If the First Contact War can take a similar mature action based approach we could have a decent movie. Unlike the movie Contact it could have a very satisfying action based climax.

Contact is my favorite sci-fi movie.

Anticipation adds so much to the drama it can be more powerful than the actual arrival. I'm usually let down in most alien invasion films.

I do think the movie based on the first game will be much more successful. Avi Arad would be silly not to make a movie based on the first game.

To condense all the elements into one 2 to 3 hour movie isn't fair to the source material.

To not cheapen the experience this will require a series of movies if not trilogies.

[CaptainZaysh]

They're only going to have one shot at this. There is no chance of them blowing a hundred million bucks on a Mass Effect movie that doesn't prominently feature the Citadel, blue alien space babes, the Normandy, and the Heroic Journey one man must race through in order to prevent total galactic extinction.

Y'hear me? No chance. There is not a professional writer or movie maker on this planet who would throw all that spectacular stuff away, in favour of telling the story of a skirmish that is resolved through diplomacy, and ends with humanity embarking on interesting new political relationships.

Modifié par CaptainZaysh, 25 mai 2011 - 03:58 .

[CaptainZaysh]

Had-to-say wrote...

To condense all the elements into one 2 to 3 hour movie isn't fair to the source material.

I think it'll be nice to see a leaner and meaner interpretation of the story.

[Jexx21]

I love how your taking your opinion and twisting it into facts.

[Jexx21]

I love how your taking your opinion and twisting it into facts.

[Bright_Ops]

The problem with trying to make a movie out of the first game (There are many problems, but this would be the biggest) is that people wouldn't understand it. Part of the charm of the ME games is learning the context. You can't just throw non players onto the citadel and introduce all the different races to Shepard without explaining what they are or why they act the way they do. If you don't handle it right, those 'sexy blue alien babes' are going to cause problems because people will misunderstand what gender they are.

The First Contact War makes a good starting point as an origin movie, in this case how Humanity became a galactic power. This opens the way for Origin movies for the other races of the ME universe as well. I've always found the history of ME's many different alien factions interesting as all hell. Not only does it explain why the aliens are the way they are, but there is even enough violence and bloodshed to keep people interested.

[Sir Edric]

Yeah, I think I'll skip this movie. Especially if it's anime

[CaptainZaysh]

Bright_Ops wrote...

The problem with trying to make a movie out of the first game (There are many problems, but this would be the biggest) is that people wouldn't understand it. Part of the charm of the ME games is learning the context. You can't just throw non players onto the citadel and introduce all the different races to Shepard without explaining what they are or why they act the way they do. If you don't handle it right, those 'sexy blue alien babes' are going to cause problems because people will misunderstand what gender they are.

Firstly, how is it possible to mistake the gender of an asari?  They have tits and wear dresses.

And what is it you think the viewers won't get about krogan or turians that they can't learn from observing Wrex and Garrus?

[Darth Death]

I honestly can't say if this is a good thing or a bad thing. I can't remember a movie portraying a videogame ever being successful.

[sponge56]

why would this film be a retcon? come on, we all want to see a massive space battle between the Turians and Humans

[Crackseed]

@ R Bond - I know it listed them in the announcement but that IMDB posting was also saying otherwise, so I'm not sure what to believe atm haha

[Dangerfoot]

rolson00 wrote...

Da Mecca wrote...

What?

It's the First Contact War.

Why the hell are you disappointed, it's not like they changed the story.

im not disappointed iv just never liked it when they do thing before main games timelines like fable2 & da2 used stuff like that, im very picky see

Fable 2 is actually way after Fable 1. So much so that there are now guns. And DA2 isn't the best example of a prequel since it takes place before, during and after DAO. It's more of a sidestep, same time/different perspective. Although it has a whole load of retconning, so I can see why it seems like a prequel.

But I agree that prequels are usually awful from an artistic point of view and also just shameless cashgrabs. Case in point, Star Wars.

Modifié par Dangerfoot, 25 mai 2011 - 06:32 .

[Bright_Ops]

CaptainZaysh wrote...

Bright_Ops wrote...

The problem with trying to make a movie out of the first game (There are many problems, but this would be the biggest) is that people wouldn't understand it. Part of the charm of the ME games is learning the context. You can't just throw non players onto the citadel and introduce all the different races to Shepard without explaining what they are or why they act the way they do. If you don't handle it right, those 'sexy blue alien babes' are going to cause problems because people will misunderstand what gender they are.

Firstly, how is it possible to mistake the gender of an asari?  They have tits and wear dresses.

And what is it you think the viewers won't get about krogan or turians that they can't learn from observing Wrex and Garrus?

Asari are a unisex race that can breed with anyone, regardless of gender and race. The fact that they appear female doesn't mean that they are. Try explaining that too a movie going crowd. The amount of anti-same sex relations bull**** you would get from this is mind blowing. 

But clearly, you are not playing for the thrill of RP. You are clearly one tracked minded about this. Personally, I don't really care about why you play this game, or why you are so against a movie that doesn't have 'Sexy Blue Aliens' in it. All I ask is that you at least open yourself up to the idea that Bioware doesn't want to set a canon Shepard to a game that is all about creating your own.

[Dangerfoot]

CaptainZaysh wrote...

They're only going to have one shot at this. There is no chance of them blowing a hundred million bucks on a Mass Effect movie that doesn't prominently feature the Citadel, blue alien space babes, the Normandy, and the Heroic Journey one man must race through in order to prevent total galactic extinction.

Y'hear me? No chance. There is not a professional writer or movie maker on this planet who would throw all that spectacular stuff away, in favour of telling the story of a skirmish that is resolved through diplomacy, and ends with humanity embarking on interesting new political relationships.

You are aware that you are talking about the same Hollywood that wants to make an American Akira, right?

Akira with Travis and Kevin instead of Tetsuo and Keneda. And 9/11 instead of WWII.


Don't be too sure Hollywood marketting guys and executives won't do everything in their power to make this movie into something truly awful.

[CaptainZaysh]

@Bright Ops: you mean monogendered. They are, in fact, all females. And I don't really see why it's important, anyway, if maleshep is the protagonist.

[MarchWaltz]

Would be cool at the end of the movie or credits, the camera zooms out of the galaxy and we see a bunch of reapers just chilling like villains.

[Mohak]

MarchWaltz wrote...

Would be cool at the end of the movie or credits, the camera zooms out of the galaxy and we see a bunch of reapers just chilling like villains.

Or just Sovereign floating somewhere.

[rolson00]

Dangerfoot wrote...

rolson00 wrote...

Da Mecca wrote...

What?

It's the First Contact War.

Why the hell are you disappointed, it's not like they changed the story.

im not disappointed iv just never liked it when they do thing before main games timelines like fable2 & da2 used stuff like that, im very picky see

Fable 2 is actually way after Fable 1. So much so that there are now guns. And DA2 isn't the best example of a prequel since it takes place before, during and after DAO. It's more of a sidestep, same time/different perspective. Although it has a whole load of retconning, so I can see why it seems like a prequel.

But I agree that prequels are usually awful from an artistic point of view and also just shameless cashgrabs. Case in point, Star Wars.

forgot to put a fullstop in front of timelines i ment when they skip a few years into the future cant stand it, for me its game breaking. i really loved fable 3 tho shame it wasnt what peter M said it was tho, loud mouthed fool that he is.

[thetruefreemo]

If it's around the FCW then I'd love to see Martin Sheen make an age-reversing, tron-legacy-esque appearance.