Well, there's always been a "default" storyline for those who don't recover their profiles for ME2. They can just use that one. Sure, it won't be as good as the game, but that doesn't mean it'll be a bad film in it's own right.
Flaw in Mass Effect Movie
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I remember reading somewhere that any Mass Effect movie will be about Commander Shephard and that there is an official "canon" to the Mass Effect universe that Bioware have come up with, despite the variable nature of the content.
So far, the non-game material has been very careful about not stepping on the game's toes. Even the comic, which involves shepard doesn't make any reference to his/her gender or deeds.Programmed_For_Damage said:
The second novel mentions shepard merely as a passing reference and only references the destruction of the citadel, and doesn't even make a statement about the nature of the council - it's referenced, but the council is reformed even if you destroy it in ME1, so that's even in the air.
The only thing that seems CLOSE to establishing cannon is the non-imported Mass Effect 2 game's choices, but most of those choices involve omissions. Only people who have played through Mass Effect will understand what's missing in ME2 that shows any sort of cannon.
I don't think they'd go through so much trouble of keeping cannon regarding the game to just stomp all over that major selling point of the game for a movie that will probably fail anyway.
I suspect that the Mass Effect movie will either exist in a continuity separate from that of the video game, or it will focus on events and characters that do not appear in the game. Either way, this sort of nerdy nitpickery about canon isn't something that will effect the movie's success in any substantial way.
I vote we install little knobs in all the theaters and have the audience vote on what Shepard does!
Either that or make it like a "Choose your own adventure" story and have the audience move to another theater every time a decision arises.
Either that or make it like a "Choose your own adventure" story and have the audience move to another theater every time a decision arises.
The latter would be cool. Even if they only take us there long enough to see Kaiden snap his Turian instructors neck with a Biotic-powered kick to the jaw...Slangeveld said:I agree with Irridium :O
I'll make and continue my own story with Sheppard if you don't mind, but I wouldn't hate a prequel of some sort! First contact, or maybe even the uhm... The thing where humans learned how to use Bio powersA movie about those would be cool.
I've always wondered how that would look on screen.
It will probably not involve the main story line from the games. But even so, yes, there's no way you can fit the Mass Effect "universe" into a film. A TV show, maybe. A film? No way, unless it's 5 hours long.
Even with BioWare writers and designers collaborating on this film, I have very little hope that it would be good. How much effort are they putting into this film? Does the director really care about it, or is he just doing it for cash and connections? Does BioWare REALLY have creative control, or are they just wheeled in for a few chats every now and then, while execs and suits make all the decisions behind the screen?
Will it be CGI or live action? Will it have B-grade actors (hint: yes it will)? Will it try to fit in too much fan service and, as a result, have a scatterbrained plot with bizarre dialogue? Will it be constantly full of explosions because that's what suits think video-game audiences want?
I don't have hope for this film. No one can predict the future, but the track record indicates that it will just be another money making exercise, dreamed up by business people who have no love or care for the series at all.
The guy producing it, the one driving this whole project, is none other than Avi Arad, the man behind such "stellar hits" as "The punisher", "Fantastic 4", "Daredevil", "Elektra" and everyone's FAVOURITE FILM - "Ghost Rider" with Nicolas Cage, I kid you not.
Arad is a man who specializes in obtaining franchises and then shoddily producing the laziest cash grab tie-ins possible. This is the man who has the rights to the ME movie. Do you think he really cares about ME? Of course he doesn't, he probably hasn't even played the damn games. He's a suit who recognizes a cash opportunity, and he's going to put as much care and effort into it as he has put into his other films - in other words, not much.
Granted, Legendary Pictures is the studio, and they're great. And there's no word on a director yet. If they get someone good, maybe it will turn out to be decent. But given Arad's track record of making the laziest movies to cash in on a franchise, don't hold your breath waiting for this film. It will almost certainly turn out to be trash.
Which is a damn, damn, damn shame.
Even with BioWare writers and designers collaborating on this film, I have very little hope that it would be good. How much effort are they putting into this film? Does the director really care about it, or is he just doing it for cash and connections? Does BioWare REALLY have creative control, or are they just wheeled in for a few chats every now and then, while execs and suits make all the decisions behind the screen?
Will it be CGI or live action? Will it have B-grade actors (hint: yes it will)? Will it try to fit in too much fan service and, as a result, have a scatterbrained plot with bizarre dialogue? Will it be constantly full of explosions because that's what suits think video-game audiences want?
I don't have hope for this film. No one can predict the future, but the track record indicates that it will just be another money making exercise, dreamed up by business people who have no love or care for the series at all.
The guy producing it, the one driving this whole project, is none other than Avi Arad, the man behind such "stellar hits" as "The punisher", "Fantastic 4", "Daredevil", "Elektra" and everyone's FAVOURITE FILM - "Ghost Rider" with Nicolas Cage, I kid you not.
Arad is a man who specializes in obtaining franchises and then shoddily producing the laziest cash grab tie-ins possible. This is the man who has the rights to the ME movie. Do you think he really cares about ME? Of course he doesn't, he probably hasn't even played the damn games. He's a suit who recognizes a cash opportunity, and he's going to put as much care and effort into it as he has put into his other films - in other words, not much.
Granted, Legendary Pictures is the studio, and they're great. And there's no word on a director yet. If they get someone good, maybe it will turn out to be decent. But given Arad's track record of making the laziest movies to cash in on a franchise, don't hold your breath waiting for this film. It will almost certainly turn out to be trash.
Which is a damn, damn, damn shame.
Yeah, that's very true, but I don't think it will hurt the movie in the slightest, which is also a problem. I don't think many fans of the game wouldn't see this movie, either at the cinema or later on DVD (or of course the ever popular pirated download) so execs will think this is popular.
I think Bioware Word of God has said that male Shepard full Paragon is canon, but beyond that nothing, so that's what the movie will reflect. Which is a shame, given how many praise Hale's VAing over Meer's.
The other problem is that people who don't know Mass Effect will criticise it for being shallow (there won't be much time for character development for eight people in three hours and still containing six main missions after all), and a rip-off of space operas.
Basically, Mass Effect is almost automatically doomed to being one of the worst movies in history critically, because the fans will hate it for the reasons of their own canon, and the non-gamers will hate it for it being stereotypical and having shallow characters.
I think Bioware Word of God has said that male Shepard full Paragon is canon, but beyond that nothing, so that's what the movie will reflect. Which is a shame, given how many praise Hale's VAing over Meer's.
The other problem is that people who don't know Mass Effect will criticise it for being shallow (there won't be much time for character development for eight people in three hours and still containing six main missions after all), and a rip-off of space operas.
Basically, Mass Effect is almost automatically doomed to being one of the worst movies in history critically, because the fans will hate it for the reasons of their own canon, and the non-gamers will hate it for it being stereotypical and having shallow characters.
Yeah, a movie about past (technically future, but past for the game series) eventswould be sweet. The First Contact War or Krogan Rebellions (but that didn't have any people...) or Batarian pirate battles would be cool. And add backstory that is sketchy in-game.Irridium said:
If you ask me, the most sensible thing to do is to what they did in the books; use a side story which is compatible with every possible "canon" without completely ignoring events from the game. The books have several instances of events from the game being mentioned, however they are written in such a way that the reader can fill in the 'blanks' for themselves. I think it worked pretty well in the books, so I see no reason why it wouldn't work in the movie.
Better yet, continue a plot line from the books (with some back story as well, obviously). For example:
Better yet, continue a plot line from the books (with some back story as well, obviously). For example:
Gillian, Hendel, and Lem's adventures on the quarian exploration ship
They don't have to make the movie based on the games. It can just take place in the universe the same way the books do.
Of course, if you're right then I don't want to see that movie for obvious reasons. It's hard enough for me to watch videos of the version of Shepard used in ads. That's an impostor!
Nothing against Matthew Fox as an actor. He had some great moments in Lost, though I haven't seen him in anything else. Nothing really against Avi Arad either. I can't say I like many of the movies he's been a part of, but so many of those are dime-a-dozen comic book movies anyway that I care little about. The story of Commander Shepard is one that is crafted by the gamer, not a studio.
Source? I haven't seen that anywhere. This [http://www.imdb.com/news/ni1941704/] is the best I can find, which doesn't sound 100% (maybe 90%, that "latter stages" doesn't mean finalized. But that article is many months old now).Ultratwinkie said:
Of course, if you're right then I don't want to see that movie for obvious reasons. It's hard enough for me to watch videos of the version of Shepard used in ads. That's an impostor!
Nothing against Matthew Fox as an actor. He had some great moments in Lost, though I haven't seen him in anything else. Nothing really against Avi Arad either. I can't say I like many of the movies he's been a part of, but so many of those are dime-a-dozen comic book movies anyway that I care little about. The story of Commander Shepard is one that is crafted by the gamer, not a studio.
*She.theriddlen said:
But yeah, I'm hoping they go with the Skyllian Blitz or FCW over the shenanigans with the reapers.
I don't think Matthew Fox is officially confirmed. I know he's interested, I know the director is interested in him, but I don't think he's signed on any dotted lines.
As a Lost fan I'd be happy with him as Shephard. He does look the part too (that is if you go by default Shephard's appearance).
As a Lost fan I'd be happy with him as Shephard. He does look the part too (that is if you go by default Shephard's appearance).
A First Contact War movie would be awesome. And avoid the whole "20+ hours of gameplay condensed into at most 4 hourse of movie" issue.Irridium said:
