Is it Time for a Halo Movie ?

[Zersy]

Seeing the new Live action ODST trailer seem to prove that it is possible to make a Halo movie that looks kick ass if done within the right story arc and correct execution. But is it time for Halo movie ?

we all want one thats for sure and we all want Master Chief in it that even more for sure we just want it to be great not good Great ! which is why having a hell lot of "Good CGI" would be the way to go.

Your opinion's ?

 

[WrongSprite]

They're making one....

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0464037/

 

[Midniqht]

I think there's a reason the original idea for a Halo movie was abandoned

 

[Armored Prayer]

They can, as long as it looks like the ODST commercial.

 

[Casual Shinji]

I don't really understand why the live action material is grey, since the actual game has the colours of a candy shop.

 

[ryai458]

the person who made district 9 (cant remember his name) was actually working on a halo movie before it got scrubbed, and he moved to district 9.

 

[Jim Grim]

I don't like this idea. I don't think Halo would transfer well into movie form, and not only because games of films usually suck. I can't quite put my finger on why, but I just think it would be silly.

 

[Grab-bag]

Well Peter Jackson was making one but the budget ran out.

 

[Silver Scribbler]

Seriously, no. And definitely not about Master Chief. He is the least interesting character in a game in recent memory.

 

[incrediblegeek]

It'd be such a unique concept, too!

"A gravelly-voiced masked space marine shoots aliens. Now with 50% more pseudo-religious bullshit!"

 

[userwhoquitthesite]

there already was one, its called starship troopers.

meh i just dont see the halo series makin that good of a movie

 

[cyber_andyy]

No no no no.

 

[J-Alfred]

I want you to imagine something: imagine your favorite video game. Now imagine that they program in a cutscene-to-gameplay ratio of 20-to-1 (for many JRPG fans, this should feel familiar already). Now imagine that, in that gameplay, you control only the movement during non-combat situations. That is, whenever Master Chief is walking down a tunnel by himself, you can control him. But the second a Grunt shows up, the game takes over for you. Now imagine that when controling the character during non-combat situations, you can't stop the character from talking to everyone he gets within 20 feet of. And finally imagine your favorite character played by some live-action star who doesn't really resemble in any way the character you're so used to controling.

That would be a video game movie.

Video game movies don't need to exist. When you play Halo you're already staring at a screen, so why would you want to do that AGAIN for the price of a movie ticket? Besides, odds are the action scenes would be cooler in the game then they would be in the film. Imagine the "give the Covenant back their bomb" scene in Halo 2. Could they really do that in a film and make it look as cool?

So, to close this mini-rant (apologies, all), I believe that now is NOT the time for a Halo movie, or any video game movie for that matter. And that time will probably never come.

 

[ALKATRAZACAZ]

A good one would be nice.....don't think it will happen though(i don't have faith in humanity for a good one to be made)

 

[Jaranja]

we all want one thats for sure

No we don't.

and we all want Master Chief in it that even more for sure

No we don't.

No it's not.

You said it Max. I don't want a Halo movie; it'd be ridiculous.

 

[Eagle Est1986]

I don't really understand why the live action material is grey, since the actual game has the colours of a candy shop.

One of the reasons that the trailers are so much better than the games, they feel a lot more natural and real.


Edit: If they do make a Halo movie, it should be about a story that hasn't yet been told, Master Chief shouldn't be anywhere in sight and if possible there shouldn't be any Spartans at all.

 

[gamegod25]

I think there's a reason the original idea for a Halo movie was abandoned

Because the investers didn't believe that Blomkamp could make a good movie, so they wouldn't give them the money they wanted. See how they were wrong.

we all want Master Chief in it

actually thats the last thing we want/need. The movie needs to be like Halo 3: ODST. It needs to about the normal marines and ODSTs fighting the battles we never saw in the games. And it needs to be like the commercial, live action instead of fully CG.

I know so many people are skeptical but I honestly think that with proper funding and Jackson/Blomkamp at the wheel it could be the first truly great videogame movie.

 

[Shadowed Intent]

I only want one if:

A. it is very similar to the ODST trailer we saw recently.

or

B. it is directed by Neill Blomkamp.

 

[Shadowed Intent]

we all want Master Chief in it

actually thats the last thing we want/need. The movie needs to be like Halo 3: ODST. It needs to about the normal marines and ODSTs fighting the battles we never saw in the games. And it needs to be like the commercial, live action instead of fully CG.

I know so many people are skeptical but I honestly think that with proper funding and Jackson/Blomkamp at the wheel it could be the first truly great videogame movie.

He said he wants Master Chief IN it, not necessarily as the main character.