Hollywood Interested in Mass Effect Movie
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I have a suggestion for Bioware on this. Let Ronald Moore (Battlestar Galactica) write it. Then it really will be the first truly excellent video game movie.
Probably turn out similar to the star trek movie that came out last year. If made I some how just don't see it being profitable.
Wait, I'm not done being ticked off. I'm pretty sure I'm going to have to start an email campaign or something. Surely Bioware would put a stop to this... if money hungry EA wasn't their new lord and master.
Alright, now let's break down a few (a very small percentage) of the reasons this won't work.
Shepard's character is malleable and personalized to the player. No writer can show every aspect of that without making the him seem insane.
The universe of Mass Effect takes pages and pages, hours and hours to create and flesh out. You can't do that within the time frame of a movie.
Ensemble Cast is a vital part of Mass Effect, something Hollywood routinely screws up. Sure, Seth Green can actually play Joker. But if you screw up or marginalize even one character, you destroy the story. For instance, you make Halle Barry Storm in the Xmen. Or in Mass Effect, you make Meagan Fox into Ashley Williams. Same problem. She's a celebrity, she's popular right now. Cram her in anywhere she fits. Damn you and your committee-based casting Hollywood!
Effects. The SFX in Mass Effect, done right, would cost more than Avatar. Your alternative is atmosphere destroying cheap CGI.
Racism. Racism is a very real part of Mass Effect, but Hollywood has rarely, if ever, handled racism deftly. Sure, the occasional movie gets it right, but its hardly universal. And you thought Fox News' Sexbox - Mass Effect Porn story was bad? Wait till Hollywood mishandles the racism and suddenly: Video Games turn kids into racists.
I could keep ranting, and its tempting to do so. But I try not to post more than three times in a thread.
Alright, now let's break down a few (a very small percentage) of the reasons this won't work.
Shepard's character is malleable and personalized to the player. No writer can show every aspect of that without making the him seem insane.
The universe of Mass Effect takes pages and pages, hours and hours to create and flesh out. You can't do that within the time frame of a movie.
Ensemble Cast is a vital part of Mass Effect, something Hollywood routinely screws up. Sure, Seth Green can actually play Joker. But if you screw up or marginalize even one character, you destroy the story. For instance, you make Halle Barry Storm in the Xmen. Or in Mass Effect, you make Meagan Fox into Ashley Williams. Same problem. She's a celebrity, she's popular right now. Cram her in anywhere she fits. Damn you and your committee-based casting Hollywood!
Effects. The SFX in Mass Effect, done right, would cost more than Avatar. Your alternative is atmosphere destroying cheap CGI.
Racism. Racism is a very real part of Mass Effect, but Hollywood has rarely, if ever, handled racism deftly. Sure, the occasional movie gets it right, but its hardly universal. And you thought Fox News' Sexbox - Mass Effect Porn story was bad? Wait till Hollywood mishandles the racism and suddenly: Video Games turn kids into racists.
I could keep ranting, and its tempting to do so. But I try not to post more than three times in a thread.
Of course the best bet is that it will be anything but. After all how many other video games that have had movies that could have been good? Potential means nothing when idiots involve themselves.Logan Westbrook said:
I would like to see a good Mass Effect movie, there I said it. Do I have very high hopes of that happening, well..
Pretty much.BaldursBananaSoap said:
Once again Hollywood exemplifies its creative bankruptcy.
I'm at least surprised to see BioWare are not in a hurry of giving away the franchise. But I doubt any good production will ever come out of it, so long as the creatively-bankrupt Hollywood continues to show disrespect to game franchises by treating them as a free idea bucket.
I'm at least surprised to see BioWare are not in a hurry of giving away the franchise. But I doubt any good production will ever come out of it, so long as the creatively-bankrupt Hollywood continues to show disrespect to game franchises by treating them as a free idea bucket.
I kind of thought the entire point of Mass Effect's style was that is was movie-esque in it's own right. It's already a playable movie, we don't need an actual movie to go along with it.
That said, if it was done properly, it could be awesome. But I have little faith in that happening.
That said, if it was done properly, it could be awesome. But I have little faith in that happening.
Could work. The story of ME1 is that of a hollywood sci-fi movie to begin with, so adapting it shouldn't be too difficult. Actually, I think I said to myself when I finished it that "huh, I would've rather watched this as an action movie..."
ME2 looks like it'll be a much better 'game' and not as suited for movie adaptation.
ME2 looks like it'll be a much better 'game' and not as suited for movie adaptation.
As a rule of thumb,an story driven game can NOT be put in movie format.
Unless they went for a 3h30 per movie triology,a Mass Effect movie would an incoherent shit pile with bland,undevelopped characters,and blue boobies popping up for no reason at one point in the movie.
Unless they went for a 3h30 per movie triology,a Mass Effect movie would an incoherent shit pile with bland,undevelopped characters,and blue boobies popping up for no reason at one point in the movie.
