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[Liraelx]

gavccu wrote...

StRaioh wrote...

I am really sorry, but I disagree. You see, female Shepards tend to excel at being Paragons, whereas male Shepards are usually best when played Renegade. You see this due to the quality of each respective VA's voice casting between the two choices. Meer has a very strong, imposing presence as a Renegade.

Besides, The Hunger Games is a completely different universe than Mass Effect, and I for one would certainly be more receptive to a male Shepard because, just as you would be more receptive to a female Shepard, I picture him in that way in my mind's eye.

Likewise, and respectfully, i don't agree with your opinion; firstly i dont think the games VA differentiate between Paragon/Renegade, as both actors portray both sides to Shepards character explicitly to the full.

The Hunger Games as you state is different to the ME universe and i would make no attempt to compare them. I was just saying that Jennifer Lawrence's portrayal of the lead character in that movie shows how a strongly written and strongly portrayed female lead character can suit a science fiction story and offer a fresh perspective to the story and a complex character like Commander Shepard. It is just my opinion but i can't see in my own head a male lead character who is not exempt from comparisims with every other science fiction hero (Avatar etc.) and therefore potentially cliche

I agree with gavccu, I think a female Commander Shepard would be infinitely more interesting as, while there are some strong females in films, the action movie genre is still overwhelmingly over-saturated with caucasian, brown haired, genericly good looking guy protagonists. Though having said that I can't think of any actresses who could play her (accept Karen Gillan, but she's probably too young right now). But I'm not anti male Shep if he's really, really well cast and doesn't get the generic action hero treatment. What I like about Meer is that he often sounds fantastically dead pan and sarcastic as Shepard, so I hope they keep that aspect if they have John Shepard in the movies. 

[RocShemp]

Instead of a movie, I'd rather see an HBO series adaptation of Mass Effect.

Modifié par RocShemp, 13 avril 2012 - 11:16 .

[CuseGirl]

RocShemp wrote...

Instead of a movie, I'd rather see an HBO series adaptation of Mass Effect.

This. The game has way too much content to be made into a 2 hour or even 2 and a half hour movie. With an HBO or Showtime setup, you get 50 to 55 minutes of runtime for 11 to 14 episodes. Plenty of time to flesh out Mass Effect 1, end the season with the Normany crash and Shepard being spaced. And---God willing but unlikely---start season 2 with Yvonne and Martin Sheen in Cronos Station lolllllll

[Ravenmyste]

RocShemp wrote...

Instead of a movie, I'd rather see an HBO series adaptation of Mass Effect.

no, thanks on  HBO series, some of us adults dont have cable channels that are stupid to have when we can just go rent a dvd/buy movies then rather pay for a channel that shows movies that are 4 months old

[Ravenmyste]

CuseGirl wrote...

RocShemp wrote...

Instead of a movie, I'd rather see an HBO series adaptation of Mass Effect.

This. The game has way too much content to be made into a 2 hour or even 2 and a half hour movie. With an HBO or Showtime setup, you get 50 to 55 minutes of runtime for 11 to 14 episodes. Plenty of time to flesh out Mass Effect 1, end the season with the Normany crash and Shepard being spaced. And---God willing but unlikely---start season 2 with Yvonne and Martin Sheen in Cronos Station lolllllll

no thanks

[steej]

@Ravenmyste
Your argument makes no sense.
You'd rather they try and cram all the story into a two hour film (lets be honest it'll more likly be around 90 mins actually) than keep watching it week after week?
Also, when its done you can go any buy a DVD box set of the whole series.

@Liraelx
No.
She could not pull of a convincing Commander Shepard.
A marine of this standing needs to be convincing and look the part.
All she convinces me of is that she is a young girl, not a survivor of a thresher maw attack, not the saviour of humanity.

Shepard needs to be male.
If they go with female you know they'll make her overtly sexy and dressed in skimpy outfits. This'll detract from any credibility the film/show could build.

Finally, why not a movie about the first film Followed by a TV series, based on MassEffect and the characters there in?

They could then do a second movie off any profits from the show, and repeat for a third film.

Modifié par steej, 14 avril 2012 - 09:48 .

[gavccu]

steej wrote...


Shepard needs to be male.
If they go with female you know they'll make her overtly sexy and dressed in skimpy outfits. This'll detract from any credibility the film/show could build.

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HaHa! i think you might be underestimating the writing team on this one.. Cant remember this happening in Battlestar Galactica/Alien/Terminator etc...
So what we will get instead is a  tall musclebound hunk who takes off his N7 armour at every oportunity to let Liara see his 'guns' etc... Boring zzzzzz....

[steej]

gavccu wrote...

steej wrote...


Shepard needs to be male.
If they go with female you know they'll make her overtly sexy and dressed in skimpy outfits. This'll detract from any credibility the film/show could build.

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HaHa! i think you might be underestimating the writing team on this one.. Cant remember this happening in Battlestar Galactica/Alien/Terminator etc...
So what we will get instead is a  tall musclebound hunk who takes off his N7 armour at every oportunity to let Liara see his 'guns' etc... Boring zzzzzz....

Hmmm, you might be right.
Oh, i got it!

MassEffect is big deal right? an important game to the gaming community?
They should release TWO films!

Before you chew me out, think about it a moment.
They could film the role of Shepard twice, one with a man one with a woman.
All other scenes remain the same, all other characters etc.
Just two versions of the same movie!

Sure it might push the post production costs up a little with the slight extra editing, but it'll pull in even more profit!
Even non fans might go and see them both to see what all the fuss is about!

The ends will justify the means.
Radical ideas are exactly what progress is built on.
(..hang on, I’m sounding like the Illusive Man now..)

But seriously, it's so crazy it might just work!

[gavccu]

Steej, Thinking outside the box; i like your style man! - but i'm not sure any movie company would be as bold and courageous to make the films like you suggest.

I think if you looked at it again , you might agree there would be a lot more diverse selection of potential lead actressess to play Shepard rather than the amount of male leads that fit into the current archetypal version of Male Shepard. As i said before i think the Mass Effect story fits more towards a female lead; but what do i know? it's just my opinion...

[ShepardTheHopeful]

My male was pure paragon and my femshep was a ****. I don't think gender matters as long as Casey Hudson and Mac Walters aren't allowed anywhere near this movie project. But that's just my opinion of course.

[CuseGirl]

ShepardTheHopeful wrote...

My male was pure paragon and my femshep was a ****. I don't think gender matters as long as Casey Hudson and Mac Walters aren't allowed anywhere near this movie project. But that's just my opinion of course.

Eh, while I wish women were featured more as the main protaganists in action movies/shows, this isn't the project for it. There's no way a Mass Effect show or movie sells with a FemShep. The numbers show the majority of ME players play MaleShep. 

As for writing? Casey Hudson and Mac Walters can consult, but all of their requests and suggestions need to be reviewed by an entire group of writers for sense and continuity.

If they're serious about adapting this for a screen, they really need to consider a premium channel, at the very least, a channel like AMC or Spike or even TNT. Preferably HBO/Showtime/Starz/Cinemax. There's just too much content, too much dialogue and too many characters to make ME into 2 and half hours.

[gavccu]

CuseGirl wrote...

Eh, while I wish women were featured more as the main protaganists in action movies/shows, this isn't the project for it. There's no way a Mass Effect show or movie sells with a FemShep. The numbers show the majority of ME players play MaleShep. 

You are bang on about the amount of ME players who play Male are in the majority  - no argument at all. However i would argue that it is a bit of a reach to compare the numbers of ME players out here as an accurate representation of the vast general movie-going/tv-watching population.

[Biotic Budah]

Bioware/EA have pretty much killed the movie project with the games ending. If they go through with the movie they most certainly will change that ending. What movie goer would buy it?

[ShepardTheHopeful]

CuseGirl wrote...

ShepardTheHopeful wrote...

My male was pure paragon and my femshep was a ****. I don't think gender matters as long as Casey Hudson and Mac Walters aren't allowed anywhere near this movie project. But that's just my opinion of course.

Eh, while I wish women were featured more as the main protaganists in action movies/shows, this isn't the project for it. There's no way a Mass Effect show or movie sells with a FemShep. The numbers show the majority of ME players play MaleShep. 

As for writing? Casey Hudson and Mac Walters can consult, but all of their requests and suggestions need to be reviewed by an entire group of writers for sense and continuity.

If they're serious about adapting this for a screen, they really need to consider a premium channel, at the very least, a channel like AMC or Spike or even TNT. Preferably HBO/Showtime/Starz/Cinemax. There's just too much content, too much dialogue and too many characters to make ME into 2 and half hours.

I'm just worried I can see it now it's going to star FemShep starring Jessica Chobot, Vega starring The Rock from WWE, and Joker starring Seann William Scott. It's going to be an hour and thirty minutes long and be all about searching for the mysterious starchild to stop the reaper virus from taking over all computers on earth. It'll be an action comedy and rated pg-13.

The sad thing is given how hollywood works this could very well happen....I kinda want to cry in a corner now. 

[CuseGirl]

Biotic Budah wrote...

Bioware/EA have pretty much killed the movie project with the games ending. If they go through with the movie they most certainly will change that ending. What movie goer would buy it?

After reading this it doesn't really matter how much content the video games have. It seems like the movie will be completely made up as it goes along. So the ending to ME-3 is irrelevant.

[CuseGirl]

ShepardTheHopeful wrote...
I'm just worried I can see it now it's going to star FemShep starring Jessica Chobot, Vega starring The Rock from WWE, and Joker starring Seann William Scott. It's going to be an hour and thirty minutes long and be all about searching for the mysterious starchild to stop the reaper virus from taking over all computers on earth. It'll be an action comedy and rated pg-13.

The sad thing is given how hollywood works this could very well happen....I kinda want to cry in a corner now.

Now this? I am worried about exactly the things you mentioned, minus Jessica Chobot. No way she gets into an ME movie. More likely a Megan Fox type. The thing is, I realize, with the prevelance of aliens in the game, they probably want the movie to go away from the game so they can reduce the amount of alien screentime. A lot of these aliens, if they aren't done with CGI, are gonna look REALLY strange to the average moviegoer. Even a character like Liara or Samara, who are totally humanoid. They will probably barely write in the Krogan, because they are so wierd looking. 

[Emzamination]

I'll be sure to miss it, ash won't sound like ash.

[digby69]

is this ever going to get made, I imagine the stuido is a bit gittery after the me3 ending fiasco, might be scarred of a boycot, cos lets face it the main audiance is the mass effect gaming croud.

[Sarah Knight]

gavccu wrote...

CuseGirl wrote...

Eh, while I wish women were featured more as the main protaganists in action movies/shows, this isn't the project for it. There's no way a Mass Effect show or movie sells with a FemShep. The numbers show the majority of ME players play MaleShep. 

You are bang on about the amount of ME players who play Male are in the majority  - no argument at all. However i would argue that it is a bit of a reach to compare the numbers of ME players out here as an accurate representation of the vast general movie-going/tv-watching population.

i like both of your statements  on this but what if they brought both  Male and Female shepards into a movie  instead of just one?  it would be good for both male and Female population that   plays the franchise instead of some men and women raging that their wasn't  the shepard they used Also bring the original Actors for Edi JEff and  all the other characters  instead of newbies that make  it seem like the movie is not a waste of time?

i don't know it just doesn't seem right that. but their was supposed to be a halo movie but look how that turned out it was cancelled entirely and only brought  invidual anime versions of it than the actual movie if anything and if bioware does it i think they'd be one of the first game companies to  do that aside From Prince of persia and Resident evil "which both i love"  heh  ^^

[MichaelSD]

I do not see forward to this movie. Story wise each ME sequel got weaker and weaker. In a movie story is everything. So if they "artistic vision" remains the same as in ME3, then we should let the dead rest.

[indyracing]

I can't see how this can go forward (if it still is planned, I don't know).

As of now, there's a pretty decent sized chunk of the core Mass Effect fanbase who won't see it on principle, and I can't see how the controversy about the ME 3 ending doesn't get brought up when the movie is about to be released.

Until something about as big of a release as Mass Effect 3 messes up as bad, or worse, than ME 3 did, Mass Effect 3 is going to be a punchline for a lot of people, and used by people long after they really care about ME 3.

Long after, and more often than, it will be referenced fondly.

[Mulehorn117]

If they do a movie, and do it right it could be this generations Star Wars. It could be as epic as LOTR movies.

[hanssolon]

I probably a bit late to this, but I hope that it is a CGI film similar to the Take Earth Back trailer than a live action one as though that live action trailer for ME3 was a let down for me. I feel that a spin off story concerning one of the allies might be good, but I would like to see a movie about the First Contact War or a story set around Aria might be interesting

[passizle]

indyracing wrote...

I can't see how this can go forward (if it still is planned, I don't know).

As of now, there's a pretty decent sized chunk of the core Mass Effect fanbase who won't see it on principle, and I can't see how the controversy about the ME 3 ending doesn't get brought up when the movie is about to be released.

Until something about as big of a release as Mass Effect 3 messes up as bad, or worse, than ME 3 did, Mass Effect 3 is going to be a punchline for a lot of people, and used by people long after they really care about ME 3.

Long after, and more often than, it will be referenced fondly.

This^^^

After the backlash from that seriously questionable ending... I dont see how they could bring the story we all lived to the big screen. Who would go see it when they had that ending?

[_FLANDERS]

Every one talks about the movie , but it is not up to the fans. It is what bioware/ea make it. IF they were on the right track, they would do a 3 part base one the game less starkid.