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If they pick a game worthy of making it into a movie, that would be a good start. Halo would have made a great movie but MS messed that one up and the guy they

by evo_9 9y ago

If they pick a game worthy of making it into a movie, that would be a good start. Halo would have made a great movie but MS messed that one up and the guy they hired went on to make District 9. There are plenty of games worthy of movie treatments. Dark Souls, SkyRim, Zelda, Mass Effect, Ico, Last Guardian, just to name a few. If you start with Rampage or Mortal Kombat than you end up with equally shallow movies. There just isn't enough 'story' to make it worthwhile.

ansible 9y ago
> Halo would have made a great movie but MS messed that one up and the guy they hired went on to make District 9. Indeed. Ten years ago, Microsoft could have just taking the existing plot of Halo-1 (Combat Evolved) and turned it into a movie. They could have just cast Steve Downes, Jen Taylor and the other voice actors to play their own roles. And just use the original musical score too. They would have had audiences jumping to their feet and cheering. I'm not saying it would have been easy, making a truly great movie (or at least a truly great action movie) is never easy, but it would have been straightforward and easily successful.
- evo_9 9y ago
  I remember seeing some of the art work they'd developed and it looked fantastic. It would seem like one of the easier game-to-movie adaptation out there. For anyone interested, the script was leaked at some point. You can read it here (I have not yet): http://www.spumonte.com/files/pdfs/Halo%20Movie%20Script%20-%20Garland%20Alex%20(2-6-2005).pdf http://www.spumonte.com/files/pdfs/Halo%20Movie%20Script%20-...
  - ansible 9y ago
    I haven't read all of it yet. It's not bad, but I think elements like the conflict with Major Silva takes away the focus from the main storyline. A lot of that is: What is Halo? What do the Covenant want (other than killing humans)? And what is the Flood and how do we stop it? That's plenty of story for a 2-hour movie, I wouldn't spend a lot of screen time on much else.
debacle 9y ago
I don't think you could make a good Zelda movie about Link, though. It would have to be told from a different perspective.
- Izkata 9y ago
  The April Fools trailer [0] makes me think you could. It'd be more along the lines of a basic Hero's Journey story, but that doesn't necessarily mean it would be bad. [0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HBCzkz3gHb8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HBCzkz3gHb8
philangist 9y ago
The Halo 3 & Halo ODST advertising campaigns were so high quality, I think they could've made a great movie had they commited the time & resources necessary. The we are ODST video is probably the best example https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wjamhIPVvnI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wjamhIPVvnI

by evo_9 9y ago

ansible 9y ago

> Halo would have made a great movie but MS messed that one up and the guy they hired went on to make District 9. Indeed. Ten years ago, Microsoft could have just taking the existing plot of Halo-1 (Combat Evolved) and turned it into a movie. They could have just cast Steve Downes, Jen Taylor and the other voice actors to play their own roles. And just use the original musical score too. They would have had audiences jumping to their feet and cheering. I'm not saying it would have been easy, making a truly great movie (or at least a truly great action movie) is never easy, but it would have been straightforward and easily successful.

evo_9 9y ago
I remember seeing some of the art work they'd developed and it looked fantastic. It would seem like one of the easier game-to-movie adaptation out there. For anyone interested, the script was leaked at some point. You can read it here (I have not yet): http://www.spumonte.com/files/pdfs/Halo%20Movie%20Script%20-%20Garland%20Alex%20(2-6-2005).pdf http://www.spumonte.com/files/pdfs/Halo%20Movie%20Script%20-...
- ansible 9y ago
  I haven't read all of it yet. It's not bad, but I think elements like the conflict with Major Silva takes away the focus from the main storyline. A lot of that is: What is Halo? What do the Covenant want (other than killing humans)? And what is the Flood and how do we stop it? That's plenty of story for a 2-hour movie, I wouldn't spend a lot of screen time on much else.

debacle 9y ago

I don't think you could make a good Zelda movie about Link, though. It would have to be told from a different perspective.

Izkata 9y ago
The April Fools trailer [0] makes me think you could. It'd be more along the lines of a basic Hero's Journey story, but that doesn't necessarily mean it would be bad. [0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HBCzkz3gHb8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HBCzkz3gHb8

philangist 9y ago

The Halo 3 & Halo ODST advertising campaigns were so high quality, I think they could've made a great movie had they commited the time & resources necessary. The we are ODST video is probably the best example https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wjamhIPVvnI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wjamhIPVvnI