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[Sundance31us]

sedrikhcain wrote...
There are thousands of stories that have been told over and over again in different formats: spoken word to books, books to audio, audio to film, film to video, etc. Also various remakes and reboots of film franchises.

Are you also willing to claim you have never seen any of these stories?

After four decades of life one of which was spent working in the movie theater business I couldn't claim that if I wanted to.

Phaedon wrote...
You guys should stop getting worked up over minor things that may not very well even make it to production.

Now is the time to make a fuss, before things get locked down.

[Sundance31us]

PXXL wrote...
Furthermore, the producers are in negotiations with screenwriter Mark Protosevich (I Am Legend, Thor) about penning the script.

Pity they couldn't get Straczynski to write the script.

[Lotion Soronarr]

The Interloper wrote...

...I thought it was about the first contact war.

Even if they make a movie of the first game, and it doesn't suck balls, it'll still defeat the entire purpose of and RPG series by making an established canon.

Unless they intend to do just that so they can make more future products without relying on a super complex import system, which would not surprise me in the least.

No, it won't.
The purpose of a game is to be played and to sell.

You dillude yourself into thinking there is some higher purpose, or that Sheppardis yours, or that a movie about Shepaprd somehow destroyed the ME universe.

[Ymladdych]

Modifié par Ymladdych, 28 septembre 2011 - 01:31 .

[TexasToast712]

I am sad because idiots are going to point at the movie and scream that it was canon and use that to support their arguments on these forums.

[Originsmaster]

Very true points. Although the purpose would kinda be messed with. It really wouldn't matter if they made a movie about Shepard and what he did it wouldn't matter because that is not YOUR version of Shepard.

[XyleJKH]

Shut up, all you whiners about the movie. You realize that other people who don't play video games may have a different perspective on how good this story is. Your whining is making me sick. STFU! All of you seem to forget about thr other audiences out there. Its not just about you. Stupid stupid people. God I just want to **** slap everyone of you crying idiots.

[Originsmaster]

XyleJKH wrote...

Shut up, all you whiners about the movie. You realize that other people who don't play video games may have a different perspective on how good this story is. Your whining is making me sick. STFU! All of you seem to forget about thr other audiences out there. Its not just about you. Stupid stupid people. God I just want to **** slap everyone of you crying idiots.

lol i am not crying cause I am going to see it any ways lol.

[WidowMaker9394]

I'm fine with anything as long as it's not anime.

[The Interloper]

XyleJKH wrote...

Shut up, all you whiners about the movie. You realize that other people who don't play video games may have a different perspective on how good this story is. Your whining is making me sick. STFU! All of you seem to forget about thr other audiences out there. Its not just about you. Stupid stupid people. God I just want to **** slap everyone of you crying idiots.

Yeah, lets line up the dissenters to the wall and shoot them. If you object to anything the devs do, ever, you're not a real fan.

There are many ways to show the universe to a wider audiance without shepard. Though as far as I can tell, they only said they're focusing on the first game, not necessarily shepard...right?

And it's still early in development. We'll see how it goes.

[Originsmaster]

WidowMaker9394 wrote...

I'm fine with anything as long as it's not anime.

lmao  i agree. Also I object to much of what the Devs. do but i don't whine about it. Even if we whine about it its what rea fans do right lol. 

[ShadowSplicer]

Disappointed as I am that it will be about the game, I'm not that sad about it. After all, it will undoubtedly be a failure and never be heard from again.

[Medhia Nox]

Yes - I am very upset... wait, no, I am not upset about this at all.

[Eamon696]

If the movie was based on the main "Mass Effect" trilogy, it doesn't mean that the event that take place are necessarily deemed to Cannon.  Even if it was, why do you care?  How does it affect the choices you made, the relationships you forged, and the Shepards you crafted?

[ME-ParaShep]

XyleJKH wrote...

Shut up, all you whiners about the movie. You realize that other people who don't play video games may have a different perspective on how good this story is. Your whining is making me sick. STFU! All of you seem to forget about thr other audiences out there. Its not just about you. Stupid stupid people. God I just want to **** slap everyone of you crying idiots.

How ironic and hypocritical of you to say that whiners should shut up when you're whining as well. Apparently only your whining is legitimate isn't it? If you want to slap crying idiots, slap yourself.

[VeniceKing]

The main problem in making films of games is in the role of the audience. In the game you are the one driving the story, whereas in the movie your role is totally passive. This shift means that you can't replicate the game experience on film.

So, you can get around this problem in ME by using it's lore. Don't try to film the game, instead make a film about the First Contact War with Anderson as the main character. Finding the relays, the attack on Shanxi and the discovery of the Citadel and the wider galactic community would make for an excellent movie.

[Lotion Soronarr]

XyleJKH wrote...

Shut up, all you whiners about the movie. You realize that other people who don't play video games may have a different perspective on how good this story is. Your whining is making me sick. STFU! All of you seem to forget about thr other audiences out there. Its not just about you. Stupid stupid people. God I just want to **** slap everyone of you crying idiots.

I just want to fire them out of a cannon.
Preferably to place that grants reason.

[littlezack]

So, you can get around this problem in ME by using it's lore. Don't try to film the game, instead make a film about the First Contact War with Anderson as the main character. Finding the relays, the attack on Shanxi and the discovery of the Citadel and the wider galactic community would make for an excellent movie.

The problem here is that there's a contradiction - Anderson didn't discover the relays, he wasn't present at Shanxi, and it's not like he had some pivotal role in the discovery of the Citadel. How could he be the main character in a movie with events that don't have anything to do with him?

[Wynne]

Mdoggy1214 wrote...

1. Why would we want to see a movie about a story we've played through god knows how many times? I assume most of us have made multiple playthroughs of ME1. Do we really need to see it again? Plus have no control of the choices and what Shepard is like? And that's my second problem.

2. A movie that features Shepard and the events of the games, completely contradicts the whole theme of the Mass Effect Series. The series is about choice and how you the player make the story progress. There is no official canon and there never can be because everyone's playthrough is different. You could say the movie is just another take on the story but it's not that simple. The majority of people are gonna take it as canon. A movie about Shepard and the events of the first game will actually do harm to the game.

Yeah, those are pretty much my exact reasons for not wanting it to be this way, but they made their choice. It's likely too late to change it now. And no doubt to appease as many as possible, Shepard will be as default as it gets. Name of John, face of Loo, Spacer, War Hero, Paragon. That's what I'm expecting, anyway. (Even if I've given up on there being a female Shepard, I'd much rather they at least give their male Shepard a less common name, an actor that fits the character more than the face, and a Colonist because it's the most emotionally rich pre-service history, IMO.)

If they at least made Shepard a more intriguing and deep character, and not just what I've already see in the game, I'd be interested. But I'm not expecting they'll do that. I'm thinking they'll keep it all as default as they can.

littlezack wrote...

The problem here is that there's a contradiction -
Anderson didn't discover the relays, he wasn't present at Shanxi, and
it's not like he had some pivotal role in the discovery of the Citadel.
How could he be the main character in a movie with events that don't
have anything to do with him?

Anderson wouldn't have to be THE main character, he could be A main character, and he could then move into the spotlight for fims based on the books. Those would be stories not everyone has seen, and stories that haven't been realized cinematically.

Modifié par Wynne, 30 juillet 2011 - 07:45 .

[Sundance31us]

There are only two points where an audience can affect a film:

1) Before production* - This is where we are now, the details are not nailed down and can change.
2) At the box office - By this time it's too late to change the film and the only way to "voice your decent" is to NOT buy a ticket.

* This point only exists if those involved with the production care about what the fan base think.

So, you can either voice your opinion now or wait unitl it's too late.

[Dandynermite]

Movie set in the Mass Effect universe with Alliance or whatever, NOT SHEPARD = Winning
Movie with Shepard = yes I'm really upset and need to go cry

[sH0tgUn jUliA]

Should be about the discovery of the Charon Relay and the FCW.

[Originsmaster]

But that's just us. Although I would be REALLY REALLY pissed if they included Shepard It is up to them. The reason why it would ****** us all off is because of what they said in Gameinformer issue 217 Mass Effect 3 cover. page 51
". . . Players craft the nuances of the story through there choices. The result is legions of fans with personal connections to their visions of commander Shepard, and unique perspectives on the events in the Mass Effect Universe."

Although it pains me to say it this is true but what about all the people who have never played ME and are going to watch the movie? This fact wouldn't bother them. Thats where the director has to make his choice. Target the legion of fans...or everyone else.

[LGTX]

Eamon696 wrote...
Even if it was, why do you care?  How does it affect the choices you made, the relationships you forged, and the Shepards you crafted?

Careful now. Posting super-disarming and logical questions like those can quickly kill the discussion, which is based on anything but.

Seriously though, seconded.