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| Absolutely right, good observation | |
| Posted By: Mr Yun | Date: 3/5/02 3:42 p.m. |
In Response To: The Helmet Issue (poena.dare #CP#) That is always a big deal in movies/TV. If you cant see the main characters face, it is harder for audinces to relate. Of course that works well on many levels in the game. MC can be anyone you want him to be. We can relate to MC because we control him. But in any good movie it is necissary to sympathize with the character (ie- Die Hard versus any Steven Segal movie....Die Hard had a good 20 minutes devoted soley to John Mclains failing marriage....Im sure we can all name 100 other examples). MC would be hard to relate to in a movie. WE know when he's about to die...or if he's in a tight spot....But from an audience point of view, He's just a machine, and he's better that a regular human. If Hollywood taught us anything it's that the human spirit will triumph over machines and computers. Which brings up an interesting question: why did Bungie choose to use a super soldier who is expected to win against the odds. It would be cool if at the end of H2 your suit fails and you have to fight out the very end as a man not a cyborg. But that wont happen since the man vs machine issue isn't part of Bungies litany. - : I think if Hollywood got ahold of Halo or FoR they would screw it up. Why? I
: Hollywood just can't make a movie with enclosed helmets. Look what they did
: If Hollywood would do movies with characters in enclosed battledress, then
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