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Why can't they realize that they will be taking a massive game, full of individual stories and side-bits, and be trying to compress it to 2 hours, max?
Didn't they take heed of Airbender?
It will only end in disaster, one which will further deface the landscape that is the "Movie/Game" waste.
Didn't they take heed of Airbender?
It will only end in disaster, one which will further deface the landscape that is the "Movie/Game" waste.
It might be good, but then again they don't really have to do much to keep with how oblivion was. It could basically just be an Elder Scrolls movie. ..Something tells me it won't be good, but the idea intrigues me to say the least.godofallu said:
Taking something so open ended and...say, telling one story within the whole thing...Might actually open up for a decent movie series. If they do it right.
Especially something like Mass Effect, I'd much prefer it to not be made into a movie. It just wouldn't come out as well as the game does. In the game, YOU are commander Shepard, and you do all the moves. Sure it'd probably make tonnes of money, but I think it'd rip off the game. This goes for all those games with movie-like qualities.godofallu said:
An Oblivion movie would be the same thing. No real soul behind it, but making money off all the Oblivion fanboys. If even though, Oblivion's popular because of the huge epic world and tonnes of stuff to do. Those qualities don't translate at all into a movie, while an actual character or story ported from a video game might.
I'm sorry, but I can NOT see how this is a good idea?
Oblivion was all about the freedom and the massive amounts of side quests you had, so how exactly can they make this into a movie?
Oblivion was all about the freedom and the massive amounts of side quests you had, so how exactly can they make this into a movie?
As far as the ME comment goes, I don't think the movie would have any bearing on how good the games are. So I would say go for it, and I am sure it could be done well.Blue_vision said:
As far as Oblivion goes, there was a central storyline in that game. People just forget because there was like 100 hours of other things too.
In summary, a movie can't hurt me. It can entertain me.
Well I'm personally a person who expects any work in any medium to be gold before paying for it or giving my time to it. Before, I've given uninspired games and genre films thrashings, because they don't offer anything to the world other than a mind-numbing time sink. And I've said before, if that's all some people want, they might as well have their mind-numbing time sink be good.godofallu said:
A Mass Effect movie is totally unneeded. The game does not need a movie experience to get any different angles out; characters are characterized, voiced and rendered as naturally as they would be in any movie, and it has the added benefit of using the interactive medium to to push it's themes further towards the player (as pointed out in today's Extra Credits.) It could already pass as a movie, so why do we need a game to come in and just suck up money and time?
I also only watch things that I think will be good. I just see no harm in a film company making a ME movie. It's an interesting subject that I am interested in. You act like Bioware is going to shoot the movie, and in so doing isn't going to release games at the same pace. That isn't how videogame movies work at all.Blue_vision said:
Not needed, but I don't need to drive a Mercedes either.
if they just take the Oblivion world / history and then write a whole new story with new characters set in that world then it could work... course then it wouldn't really be Oblivion The Film, it'd be more The Film That Reminds You Of Oblivion A Little, but at lease then it'd stand a chance of being good.
I know all of that. But to be blunt, I'm tired of all of the painfully average movies out there. If we don't need a Mass Effect movie, why should it be made? Aren't the games a good enough method of stimulating emotion and exploring the story? Especially since a Mass Effect movie would probably cover the events of one of the games, it'd just be unneeded.godofallu said:
I say the exact same thing to anyone who does drive a Mercedes. But it's not even the same thing; a Mercedes (can be) a personal object that's special because it's seen as the best of the best. It can be justified. I see no justification in a Mass Effect movie that'd go around treading old ground just to get some easy cash.
And for the Mass Effect series, ME is going good enough that it doesn't need a movie to explore other viewpoints. It's got the storytelling, characterization, etc. down just as good or better than a movie as a video game, and a lot of it's novelty comes form the fact that it does that so well. Put it in a different medium and I don't see it as a story continuation of the ME series turning out so well. So for Mass Effect, I can really only see it as being a bland little ball for the purpose of sucking up money. For other concepts, I'll definitely say it's important to experiment. But ME doesn't need it.
And to be on topic, Oblivion couldn't do it. Like actually, if it gets made and turns out to be good, my view of the world would be flipped upside down.
this. there are some games where they are heavily story based or follow that good linear line, but oblivion was NOT one of them.masseyguy911 said:
they might as well make a whole new movie, as NO ONE followed the main story line...