Seven reasons why the Mass Effect Movie will suck.

[thiosk]

They should totally ignore the commander shepard story and do first contact with the whatever they were species instead.

 

[theSovietConnection]

1. reapers are just more exciting

they said the same thing about the Death Star and Darth Vader.

Then KotOR came along.

2. It might be the story from the game

So first it'll suck because it's not the game, then it'll suck because it is? As usual, no pleasing some people. It can be centred around the timeline the games are set without dealing with Shepard at all. For instance, they could have the movie focused around Garrus and his team on Omega, never mentioning Shepard's gender or specific non-canon actions (i.e. Saren's still dead of course, so they can mention that, but they can skirt around the likes of the Rachni or the Krogan).

3. They will cut things/characters that we love

Unless it's set in a different time, as you pointed out it could be. A film doesn't have to cameo every character from the game anyway - as I said above, could be set around Garrus. Could be set around Wrex rebuilding the Krogan, but that'd canonise him living. Could be set around Tali dealing with the Migrant Fleet.

Cutting characters from screen time won't necessarily hurt the film. Writing them in and using needless cameos will.

4. Cheapness-

No comment. You're basing this on speculation. You've got no idea what budget they'll use. When you're asserting it will suck, it'd pay to have some backup to your points rather than "Oh, they might not give it a big enough budget." which would cripple most every film.

5. And starring as Commander Shepard, Shia Lebouf

They could just have Mark Vanderloo do the body and Mark Meer do the voice - Vader style. And again, that's even assuming they put Shepard in the film.

6. When has Hollywood ever cared?

They care about making money. Generally to do that you need to at least make a halfway decent film. This is the information age and games are a far, far different medium than how they were back when the MK or SF films were made.

Besides, I think with the likes of the recent Iron Man films, it's not unreasonable to say they might be able to do something good with nerddom for once.

7. Uh... Asari are interesting-

I have no idea what you're on about. How would having male asari give it a PG-13 rating?

At the end of the day

Think you're talking a load of old bollocks, mate.

Thank you Amnestic, you have saved me from rambling drunkenly and others from having to read said drunken rambles. Have a cookie

 

[gmaverick019_v1legacy]

I see as lot of concerned folks here and for good reason. I am a long time hardcore ME fan but i have to say this: i could care less about a ME movie being good or not. Seriously, sure there's a strong chance that it will not do the ME universe justice or that it won't stay true to the story but it really doesn't matter. People that never heard about mass effect will probably enjoy it as a summer blockbuster(i'm assuming that's what it will be) and the people that do know what's what in the ME universe shouldn't go berserk over it even if it does suck. Point is we, the ME fanbase, have our games and our books/comics. We should regard a movie as a nice little addition to the collection, not something that jeopardizes it's image. If anything, this might get people that where previously unaware of ME into its fascinating universe.

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there is so much nerd rage and elitism toward video game movies and famous actors its ridiculous, wait to see the movie before freaking out about it.

 

[Velvo]

I think it'll suck because it will take out Mass Effect's unique features. those being choices and interactivity in general. Going from a story that branched off in a million ways to a story with one branch will not go well.

I think that it has a rich enough background to do well as an independent plot. I always did love all the science that they put into it. Or at least they explain everything with just one fictional scientific property. That's what I always thought was Mass Effect's unique feature. Not the hum-drum story or the choices but the background. It's based a little off of Contact, a little off of Ender's Game, and it's all awesome sci-fi.

 

[manaman]

At the end of the day I will have to let the final product stand on its own, and please I am so going to see this like 8 times anyway, and hope that the Movie is good. Don?t be surprised however if the movie falls through or it sucks because guess what I warned you all?

All the wild speculation aside that statement there cracks me up.

So your saying if it's bad you warned us it could be bad.

You might die tomorrow. Now don't be surprised if it happens cause I warned you it could.

 

[Eldritch Warlord]

I would honestly be surprised if the Mass Effect movie follows the games, or novels even. What with the BioWare leads being executive producers and all.

And that could only be a plus. Think of all the decent video game movies, their commonality is that none of them actually follow the game's plot. They just use the game's universe or simply the stylistic ideas of the game.

 

[Nomanslander]

Mark Protosevich, the writer of I am legend, and the Thor movie coming next year.

Oh you mean the guy that took Richard Mattison's masterpiece and turned it into another dumb post apocalyptic zombie movie.....yeah I can see he'll be sticking to the source material...nice!

-_-

 

[Flying-Emu]

More importantly, will it be a male or female Shepard?

I'm hoping female, played by Cate Blanchett.

 

[Aiden Rebirth]

Thank you Amnestic, you have saved me from rambling drunkenly and others from having to read said drunken rambles. Have a cookie

well its good to see we have readers who values other peoples opinions about something enough to accept them as truth, instead of formulating thoughts and ideas based on ones own experience. Cheers.

 

[Zayren]

Did you just say Tali is interesting? I don't understand the hype about the Quarians. They're literally the least interesting thing in the entire Mass Effect universe. I want them all to die painfully.

 

[theSovietConnection]

Thank you Amnestic, you have saved me from rambling drunkenly and others from having to read said drunken rambles. Have a cookie

well its good to see we have readers who values other peoples opinions about something enough to accept them as truth, instead of formulating thoughts and ideas based on ones own experience. Cheers.

OR, you know, maybe he shared a similar enough opinion to mine that I felt no need to post aside from agreeing with him?

 

[AgDr_ODST]

I've got low hopes for this one, despite people from Bioware being involved.

 

[XMark]

The first Mass Effect novel was pretty good on its own. It's a prequel to the game with a younger Anderson as the main character. It had a really fast-paced plot which could easily fit in a 90-minute movie (though I'd prefer 2 hours to flesh the story out). Translated to a movie, it would basically be a sci-fi James Bond flick.

 

[iLikeHippos]

1. reapers are just more exciting

they said the same thing about the Death Star and Darth Vader.

Then KotOR came along.

2. It might be the story from the game

So first it'll suck because it's not the game, then it'll suck because it is? As usual, no pleasing some people. It can be centred around the timeline the games are set without dealing with Shepard at all. For instance, they could have the movie focused around Garrus and his team on Omega, never mentioning Shepard's gender or specific non-canon actions (i.e. Saren's still dead of course, so they can mention that, but they can skirt around the likes of the Rachni or the Krogan).

3. They will cut things/characters that we love

Unless it's set in a different time, as you pointed out it could be. A film doesn't have to cameo every character from the game anyway - as I said above, could be set around Garrus. Could be set around Wrex rebuilding the Krogan, but that'd canonise him living. Could be set around Tali dealing with the Migrant Fleet.

Cutting characters from screen time won't necessarily hurt the film. Writing them in and using needless cameos will.

4. Cheapness-

No comment. You're basing this on speculation. You've got no idea what budget they'll use. When you're asserting it will suck, it'd pay to have some backup to your points rather than "Oh, they might not give it a big enough budget." which would cripple most every film.

5. And starring as Commander Shepard, Shia Lebouf

They could just have Mark Vanderloo do the body and Mark Meer do the voice - Vader style. And again, that's even assuming they put Shepard in the film.

6. When has Hollywood ever cared?

They care about making money. Generally to do that you need to at least make a halfway decent film. This is the information age and games are a far, far different medium than how they were back when the MK or SF films were made.

Besides, I think with the likes of the recent Iron Man films, it's not unreasonable to say they might be able to do something good with nerddom for once.

7. Uh... Asari are interesting-

I have no idea what you're on about. How would having male asari give it a PG-13 rating?

At the end of the day

Think you're talking a load of old bollocks, mate.

Haha this was the best counter argument I've seen to date.

Good show!

He's right you know, you are speaking bollocks. I very much look forward to this movie, put your chin up boy!

I totally agree. Hollywood are likely to aim their attention to the fan base's desires. It's their main income idea most likely.
Have some faith, lad!

 

[Twilight_guy]

Or you know... they could not screw it up. I admit that people might dislike Sheppard because he's not how they made him but a wise man once told me that it doesn't matter what a character is like, so long as the audience connects with him, they will go with it.

The odds of a videogame movie screwing up are huge but its like its impossible for it to work.

 

[chstens]

A movie based on the First Contact War could be interesting, but that would just become another War movie with aliens"... So maybe not.

 

[RobCoxxy]

Follow the novels, I'll be happy, that way it will be unrelated to the main storyline's canon and individual choices, the characters, etc, so it won't be raped.

 

[Harry Cutter]

i think they should give the movie to james cameron or whatever that guy who made avatar is