Halo movie dumped.
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my basic rule concerning videogames:
Don't watch movies based on videogames and don't play videogames based on movies.
Generally accurate although I believe there has been one exception: "Chronicles of Riddick" was a crap movie but a pretty good game! How bizarre. :smile:
my basic rule concerning videogames:
Don't watch movies based on videogames and don't play videogames based on movies.
A rule that keeps you away from LEGO Star Wars is a bad rule ;-)
Resident Evil was both a good game and a decent movie (first one, anyway), in my opinion.my basic rule concerning videogames:
Don't watch movies based on videogames and don't play videogames based on movies.
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http://news.cnet.com/8301-13506_3-20116673-17/spielberg-dreamworks-working-on-halo-movie-for-2012/
Rumors just won't die.
MS, if they were really smart, would be coordinating with the best talent to ensure a good Halo movie was coordinated with the first Halo game release for the new Xbox.
If MS could pull off in Fall of 2013: Xbox 3 launch, Halo 5 game, Halo movie, and a convergence of Marketing for all 3 during the summer / fall build up they could move a ton of hardware and software.
Actually a better reason to aim for 2014 when console units would be more available. Anyhow, that would be a sure fire way to swell a new platform install base early in its life--even sell it at a premium.
Rumors just won't die.
MS, if they were really smart, would be coordinating with the best talent to ensure a good Halo movie was coordinated with the first Halo game release for the new Xbox.
If MS could pull off in Fall of 2013: Xbox 3 launch, Halo 5 game, Halo movie, and a convergence of Marketing for all 3 during the summer / fall build up they could move a ton of hardware and software.
Actually a better reason to aim for 2014 when console units would be more available. Anyhow, that would be a sure fire way to swell a new platform install base early in its life--even sell it at a premium.
Do you think there's significant draw to Halo that hasn't already been capitalised on? I'd every thought everyone interested in Halo would already have bought into the XB family. Gears helped attract a new audience. Next-gen will surely need a new IP to attract new customers not already bagged with the lure of Halo or Gears.
Well, not necessarily.
IF the movie is good, it will have a positive impact on drawing in new users to try the Halo game experience.
Also, as the console is adopted by more users outside the traditional xbox market (ever cheaper price, ever expanding acceptability (kinect), and ever growing population along with pushing the console in new territories) MS may find that the popularity of Halo increases.
Much of that will be dependent on what 343 studios do with it and, perhaps more importantly, what Spielberg does with it.
Interesting that the movie tie in is scheduled for 2012 ...
Call fake as if they were targeting anytime during 2012 they would have already finished principal photography. 2012 might be when they start filming.
Tommy McClain
Well actually the article claims the movie being set in 2012, not releasing.
Master chief has as much personality as any action movie lead. There's a tiny number of game franchises that would have anywhere near the appeal of a halo movie from an interest factor. Doesn't really matter, every movie ported from a game has sucked anyway, because hollywood doesn't have a clue how to do it.
Master Chief makes for a terrible lead. Either you give him a persona that anybody thats a fan of the Halo game would automatically recognize as being out of place or you have a Master Chief with the blandest performance by a lead actor ever.
Even RoboCop with has rather stoic demeanor comes as more personable than MasterChief. Doing a Halo movie thats authentic to the video game would be like doing a RoboCop movie with ED-209 as the lead. But doing something other than that comes off as brand exploitation versus giving something of substance to real Halo fans.
Even RoboCop with has rather stoic demeanor comes as more personable than MasterChief. Doing a Halo movie thats authentic to the video game would be like doing a RoboCop movie with ED-209 as the lead. But doing something other than that comes off as brand exploitation versus giving something of substance to real Halo fans.
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I'm not sure. It may be possible to give the Chief a personality through the situations you put him in, how he handles those situations, and how others react to him and his actions, all without him having a "personality" in the traditional movie sense. Sure, it would be a challenge, but I think it could be possible. After all, the Chief is basically defined by his badass actions in the face of overwhelming odds and impossible situations.
Let's also not forget that the Halo brand is more than "the chronicles of Master Chief".
In fact, the movie could be the back story to how he became the Master Chief with it only ending at that point. The rest of the Halo universe is an interesting one and could make for a good movie if not focusing on a guy behind a Helmet mask who doesn't say much the whole time.
In fact, the movie could be the back story to how he became the Master Chief with it only ending at that point. The rest of the Halo universe is an interesting one and could make for a good movie if not focusing on a guy behind a Helmet mask who doesn't say much the whole time
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Judge Dredd speaks, and you can see half of his face. Even Robocop has more personality than Master Chief. He is like a soulless robot and all his personality comes from people describing how legendary he and the spartans are.
I think TheChefO's idea is the best scenario for making a good Halo movie
Wane as in still one of the top IPs in the entire industry? As in Halo: Reach, the game on the "wane" sold $200M the first day, $350M in about 2 weeks, and at the time was one of only 3 games all generations, alongside Halo 3 and MW2, to sell 3M copies in the first month? Or the 3rd best selling game of 2010 with nearly 4.75M copies (behind multiplatform releases of BLOPS and Madden)?
I am sure you will note that those numbers are a decline from Halo 3 (another game you have slagged at multiple opportunities
) so those numbers are there to quantify what "wane" really means. As in, "The game still kicks ass in terms of sales."Looking at recent action movies (Avatar, Thor, Captain America, Wolverine, Transformers, Green Lateran, Conan, the Green Hornet, I am Four, Immortals, etc) I agree--that genre is full of kill stud actors at the peak of their abilities with thoughtfully deep characters!
You are a Kiwi so you may not be in touch with American tastes and habits (kind of like the whole debate about retail pricing of electronics not-named-Isomething) but Master Chief is pretty much right down the the ally of heros: tough, kick butt and take names later, doesn't take crap from anyone, few words and a lot of doing, principled, just a soldier in someone else's war, etc. And he is sympathetic--a child kidnapped, who has seen his close childhood friends killed, and entire planets wiped out. He is the last hope. (Hit the Star Wars music).
And there is the other element: the universe and unfolding story and the trials they present are what makes Master Chief who he is, not some especially deep character development via dialogue.
Now you are just trolling!
Well, seeing as that isn't even true... have you ever played the games? Because, you know, he talks! A bit actually.
You are either trolling or speaking matter of factly about a topic you actually don't know much about and possibly should take a less firm position seeing as you are completely out of touch.
The books do delve into his body, as did the ditched script.
While they would most likely show his face it isn't impossible for it to be one of the catches of the movie: you never see the hero's face as he is the everyman's hero.
MC is a tough guy, a leader, but he isn't a cold blooded killing machine either. The entire book series and movies bank on the fact that he can rally the troops and has compassion for other humans. He is the human hero much like the heroes of Greek mythology where their fame comes from their epic conquests, not some cuddly speech they give.
Hence a couple good one liners like, "I will be back" would work just fun!
