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[sagefic]

A thought occurred to me re: the movie. I think it makes sense for them to make one - not for the existing fans, but to get new ones.



* i heard ME2 sold well, but not as well as hoped



* ME2 got rave reviews from critics, but again, didn't sell really well



* ME1 is like, what, 70+ hours of game time?



* ME2 is what, 100? 120? +? with DLC?



So if ME3 is coming along, the average John-Shep gamer is probably going to be a little unsure about taking up a game that is the third installment in a story-heavy trilogy when he knows little about it all. And he's probably not going to want to play from the beginning. and i'm deliberately using the word "he".



But if there's some movie out that gives the cliffsnotes version of what happened, he might see that and say, ooh, i'll just pick up with the last story.



that's my theory. it's like a friend of mine - wouldn't read harry potter because it was "too many books" - i said "yeah, but they're good books". he just watched all the movies until the last volume and then read 7.



anyhow. i'm thinking this movie is not really for the existing fans.

[sagefic]

jillyfae wrote...

@Sage: I your colonist Kyrie. 

ty! i'm fond of her, too.

btw,

That's kinda freaky. I approve.

LOL! This part of your story is my new favorite Joker line - canon or not. But it needs to become canon. Someone send it to the devs, please. Joker needs to say this about Shepard and Shep's LI. This is too funny.

[Nightodie]

It's a shame the Ash thread was closed.

I will wait to see the previews for a movie and see if it interests me,

The Harry Potter movies are not enough like the books for me.

and now back to our regularly scheduled Kaidan...

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[syllogi]

sagequeen wrote...

A thought occurred to me re: the movie. I think it makes sense for them to make one - not for the existing fans, but to get new ones.

* i heard ME2 sold well, but not as well as hoped

* ME2 got rave reviews from critics, but again, didn't sell really well

* ME1 is like, what, 70+ hours of game time?

* ME2 is what, 100? 120? +? with DLC?

So if ME3 is coming along, the average John-Shep gamer is probably going to be a little unsure about taking up a game that is the third installment in a story-heavy trilogy when he knows little about it all. And he's probably not going to want to play from the beginning. and i'm deliberately using the word "he".

But if there's some movie out that gives the cliffsnotes version of what happened, he might see that and say, ooh, i'll just pick up with the last story.

that's my theory. it's like a friend of mine - wouldn't read harry potter because it was "too many books" - i said "yeah, but they're good books". he just watched all the movies until the last volume and then read 7.

anyhow. i'm thinking this movie is not really for the existing fans.

I had the same sort of thoughts, which is why I really, really hope that the movie is in the planning stages for a nice long while, if it does get off the ground, and ME3 is not affected by it. 

The movie would help the franchise a lot after ME3, in terms of brand recognition and keeping interest alive, if they have plans for a MMO or standalone games set in the ME universe.  It doesn't make sense to try to sell an older game like ME1 to the audience that will be seeing the movie two or three (or more) years down the line.  They would be better served by making it a tie-in with the next big thing after ME3.

All I know is that *if* Kaidan has a role in the movie, it will be small and he'll be Virmired, because I would drop dead of shock if they went with Jane Shepard instead of John.  So phooey on them, not paying to see Kaidan get nuked on the big screen. 

[Daewan]

sagequeen wrote...

A thought occurred to me re: the movie. I think it makes sense for them to make one - not for the existing fans, but to get new ones.

* i heard ME2 sold well, but not as well as hoped

* ME2 got rave reviews from critics, but again, didn't sell really well

* ME1 is like, what, 70+ hours of game time?

* ME2 is what, 100? 120? +? with DLC?

So if ME3 is coming along, the average John-Shep gamer is probably going to be a little unsure about taking up a game that is the third installment in a story-heavy trilogy when he knows little about it all. And he's probably not going to want to play from the beginning. and i'm deliberately using the word "he".

But if there's some movie out that gives the cliffsnotes version of what happened, he might see that and say, ooh, i'll just pick up with the last story.

that's my theory. it's like a friend of mine - wouldn't read harry potter because it was "too many books" - i said "yeah, but they're good books". he just watched all the movies until the last volume and then read 7.

anyhow. i'm thinking this movie is not really for the existing fans.

Well, that's a terrible marketing decision.  Let's look at some other fan-heavy series that got a similar movie treatment:
The X-Files.
Most movies based on TV series from the 70's/80's - Lost in Space, Land of the Lost....

Well, that worked well, didn't it?

Your fans are your bread and butter, BioWare.  Not the people who
aren't interested in your IP.  You use fans to pull them in.  You don't
ignore the fans, because if they leave you have nothing.  If you ****** all over the story just to sell a blockbuster, fans will tell newcomers not to bother.  Unless you're George Lucas.  Then you can do whatever the hell you want to your IP, your brainwashed slaves will take it (myself included).  But BioWare isn't George Lucas.  Not yet, anyway.  And they never will be if they make a Mass Effect movie that kills off their fanbase.

Although I really do want to hear them defend 'monogendered babymakers with boobs' on screen.  She's not a woman.  She just looks, acts, and reproduces like one.

[jillyfae]

@Sage: Thank you too. I giggle with glee everytime someone else likes the Joker in my head.

RE: The Movie We are dangerously close to following the Ash thread into raging oblivion here. We all already know we think a canon-movie-Shep is a rotten idea. Something non-Shepard related could be good, but we're just going to have to wait and see what they do. There's an actual movie thread we can rant in, and I'm sure there are anti-movie groups already propagating.

I personally agree partly because I think a movie, even if they miraculously made a decent plot (Shepard or not Shepard related), they could never find a nice tall dark actor-guy with a voice as sexy as Sbarge's. *grins* I mean, this is the Kaidan thread, and we've never, to my knowledge, managed to think up an actor for him.

[Sialater]

Yeah.. unless they found someone completely unknown who would agree to just mouth the words and Sbarge say them.. (not bloody likely, I know), we're going to be disappointed by anyone they pick.



So, the Trio for happy thoughts:

[KendallX23]

so why did the Ashley thread close..we weren't doing anything that the other char threads were not doing also

[SilverRose208]

KendallX23 wrote...

so why did the Ashley thread close..we weren't doing anything that the other char threads were not doing also

Hi Kai thread!  Kendall, we've gathered here for the meantime: http://social.biowar.../&v=discussions.  I'm PMing with Woo.  We haven't got a final verdict on getting our thread re-opened, just to keep everyone updated.  

[Daewan]

Just to keep this on topic:

[jillyfae]

Sialater wrote...

Yeah.. unless they found someone completely unknown who would agree to just mouth the words and Sbarge say them.. (not bloody likely, I know), we're going to be disappointed by anyone they pick. 

Ha! They could do a CGI movie a la Beowulf, and then we could have Sbarge... they'd just need someone else for the motion capture/face model. We could even keep Seth Green as Joker that way. Not that I'm supporting a movie based on the Normandy. Dang, now even I can't stay on topic.

So, um...

have another picture? (I <3 Winde)

Modifié par jillyfae, 25 mai 2010 - 05:09 .

[Jenova65]

Daewan wrote...

Just to keep this on topic:

There is never a time when that picture isn't exactly what is needed 

[Nightodie]

Daewan wrote...

Just to keep this on topic:

And as we know, this is my favorite uummm .... oh... Topic yeah

[Alanna]

TeenZombie wrote...

While the Ash fans are waiting for a new thread to be opened, we might as well have some on topic discussion that we can all participate in.  Let's play the Mass Effect Movie fantasy casting game with Ashley and Kaidan!  Yeah, we all know the movie will suck, but fantasy casting can be fun!

Not my favorite actor or anything, and I don't even like the show he's on, but based on physical appearance alone, (yeah, I know, ringing endorsement) here's a choice for Kaidan:

Danny Pino

Nice. Though he looks a little young for my taste.

I've actually had this idea sitting on the shelf since last week, funny now it seems the perfect opportunity to post it. I was watching the Grey's season finale on Thursday and I actually did a double-take when I spotted this guy:

Robert Baker

Must have been the hair.

[Daewan]

Nightodie wrote...

Daewan wrote...

Just to keep this on topic:

And as we know, this is my favorite uummm .... oh... Topic yeah

Reasons why a drunk Cmdr. Shepard should never be allowed near the intercom:
"Lt.  Alenko, please report to my pants!"

Still trying to work that line into a story

[Nightodie]

It's a great line

Modifié par Nightodie, 25 mai 2010 - 05:19 .

[Daewan]

Note to self: Minimize screen before walking away.

[jillyfae]

Alanna wrote...

Nice. Though he looks a little young for my taste.

I've actually had this idea sitting on the shelf since last week, funny now it seems the perfect opportunity to post it. I was watching the Grey's season finale on Thursday and I actually did a double-take when I spotted this guy:

Robert Baker
Must have been the hair. [smilie]../../../images/forum/emoticons/wizard.png[/smilie]

Hmm. He has potential, I suppose, but I am all about the voices.  Does he have a suitably raspy sexy voice to pull it off?  [smilie]../../../images/forum/emoticons/wink.png[/smilie]

Daewan wrote...

Reasons why a drunk Cmdr. Shepard should never be allowed near the intercom:
"Lt.  Alenko, please report to my pants!"

Still trying to work that line into a story

Ha!  That reminds me of one of Sesh's random's, tbh. 
(Poor Shep would be so embarrassed the next day.  Not that I doubt Alenko would answer... )

Modifié par jillyfae, 25 mai 2010 - 05:22 .

[Nightodie]

Okay am off to STO now. Keep Kaidan warm for me.



Chapter 19 is finished / up later.



Make it so..



Later

[Shenzi]

jillyfae wrote...

Alanna wrote...

Nice. Though he looks a little young for my taste.

I've actually had this idea sitting on the shelf since last week, funny now it seems the perfect opportunity to post it. I was watching the Grey's season finale on Thursday and I actually did a double-take when I spotted this guy:

Robert Baker
Must have been the hair. ../../../images/forum/emoticons/wizard.png

Hmm. He has potential, I suppose, but I am all about the voices.  Does he have a suitably raspy sexy voice to pull it off?  ../../../images/forum/emoticons/wink.png

The voice was also the first thing I thought of too when looking at the pictures of the proposed actors.  We wouldn't be camped out in the gutter, drooling over Kaidan without Sbarge’s voice.

[Sialater]

Aural Panty Remover.

[sagefic]

 alright, in the interest of staying on topic: fanfic! chapter 15 up. we're finally at feros. woohoo! my inspiration for some of this is that i often get so caught up in writing that i forget to eat. drink tea, sure, but not eat.

two apologies: 1) i pulled what i posted last night. decided to post this story in order, so...yeah. i'll post those chapters again later. 

2) my open office spellchecker will NOT work. i keep setting language as english, but it just undoes all my settings. so i didn't realize this for a while. i try to do a spell and grammar check and all, but apologies for mistakes in advance.

[Daewan]

Am I the only one who's ever felt compelled to redo an existing Shepard so that their backstory matches a story idea?