So, Oblivion might become a Movie....
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I'm kind of hoping for it, so I can see my favorite video game made into a movie.
On the other hand, my favorite video game might be made into a movie... Ehh...
On the other hand, my favorite video game might be made into a movie... Ehh...
That would be a horrible movie - you get Patrick Stewart spouting inane NONSENSE for 3 minutes, then you meander the woods looking for dungeons to pillage for 2 hours.
That would be the best case scenario.
Oblivion has such a horrible storyline that I can't even imagine it as anything but the game where it is... sitting right on top of a giant ball of freedom of choice - distinct from the ball, like a hot air balloon resting on the earth. Your character in Oblivion isn't some important figure. He's basically just a prisoner that caught a lucky break, then WATCHED the story unfold.
Are there stories in Elder Scrolls that might make an interesting game? Yeah, alright, I can see that, and maybe if you nixed the whole "using the main character from the game in the movie" idea, the main story of oblivion might suffice. But Elder Scrolls bucks a lot of the trends in High Fantasy. Magic is Omnipresent, not some mystical faraway thing, but at the same time, it hasn't elevated the world past its High Fantasy setting. The races in The Elder Scrolls are odd. Orcs that are civilized? Dwarves that are really elves? 4 "races" of humans that are almost entirely unrecognizable at a glance (except for Redguards - "the Black Guys" - who happen to be great at fighting and physical labor). 9 "gods" who are complete gibberish mostly.
The world just is too heavy to just easily set into a movie. Fans of the game will hate it (both for the reasons lifted from above and for the fact that most of those reasons will have to be cut), and the average moviegoer will not understand even a dumbed down version of the game - even the average gamer who isn't well introduced to the game wouldn't understand it.
That would be the best case scenario.
Oblivion has such a horrible storyline that I can't even imagine it as anything but the game where it is... sitting right on top of a giant ball of freedom of choice - distinct from the ball, like a hot air balloon resting on the earth. Your character in Oblivion isn't some important figure. He's basically just a prisoner that caught a lucky break, then WATCHED the story unfold.
Are there stories in Elder Scrolls that might make an interesting game? Yeah, alright, I can see that, and maybe if you nixed the whole "using the main character from the game in the movie" idea, the main story of oblivion might suffice. But Elder Scrolls bucks a lot of the trends in High Fantasy. Magic is Omnipresent, not some mystical faraway thing, but at the same time, it hasn't elevated the world past its High Fantasy setting. The races in The Elder Scrolls are odd. Orcs that are civilized? Dwarves that are really elves? 4 "races" of humans that are almost entirely unrecognizable at a glance (except for Redguards - "the Black Guys" - who happen to be great at fighting and physical labor). 9 "gods" who are complete gibberish mostly.
The world just is too heavy to just easily set into a movie. Fans of the game will hate it (both for the reasons lifted from above and for the fact that most of those reasons will have to be cut), and the average moviegoer will not understand even a dumbed down version of the game - even the average gamer who isn't well introduced to the game wouldn't understand it.
Knowing the quality of most fantasy movies (minus LOTR) this will end up being like that horrible Dungeon Siege movie. You know, the one with Jason Statham that features elves who are essentially Cirque du Soleil performers dressed in leaf suits and has the most generic story ever?
IDK. i think it could be good, if they did it right, and not just focus on the whole game aspect, but build up a story, only using the world and the lore, cause thats what oblivion is about, the rest is up to the player, so world and lore would be good to see in a movie ( a good one) and u don't have to do all the quests, maybe the hero could say no to some because he just isn't like that, or make it like sin city so we follow four people for example the mage apprentice, the town guard/gladiator/warrior, the thief and the assassin, and it could be different races, i dont quite see the problem in making this film, they have almost everything they need right in front of them
"We're going to take a generic fantasy setting and slap on a trademarked name! it's brilliant!"
Does this mean that occasionally, while watching the movie, people will be thrown out of the theater?
I expect they'll make it, and then, at the end 5 minutes, remember the plot, so throw in a big magic 'splosion to sort it all out.
I look forward to it.
I look forward to it.
This made me lol. Seriously, though, I'm a perpetually late to the party gamer, so I've just started playing this game...but from the impression I've gotten so far, if handled delicately or just used as a loose basis it could make a not bad to good movie, but it's not entirely unlikely they'll screw it up.The Bucket said:
