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Re: No, No, NO.
Posted By: fAllen[Af]	Date: 6/30/02 12:12 a.m.
In Response To: No, No, NO. (Shishka) : First, Bungie would not be the ones making the movie. They're a game studio, : not a cinematics studio. That means that, at best, they could be behind : the scenes, but the vision of the movie would end up being mostly the : vision of the director. : If you ask me, the risk is just too damn high that a movie based on Halo : would suck, and suck horribly. Did it take you two, or even 3 hours to get : through the entire game? No, of course not. So, what parts do you think : would have to go? There WAS kind of a point to it all. And yet, a lot of : it would have to be thrown out to make the play-time reasonable. Then : you've got the issue of how to take what you didn't cut out and rewrite it : so it flows nicely in such a short time. This means stuffing the story : down, and mixing it with the proper amounts of action in order to keep the : movie compelling yet true to the idea. How do you make a movie out of a : game based on gorilla warfare with mysterious undertones, and not overdo : something? How do you push the store without changing Master Chief's : character? Where is the fine line between "good action movie" : and "bad action movie?" How can you trust a director, who had : NOTHING to do with the development process, to keep your movie from : becoming some kind of bullet-fest? How would you keep it from becoming : something cheesy, like Tomb Raider? Or misunderstood and, as such, : disliked, like Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within? And Halo's add more and : more story and twists like an rpg or survival horror, so it doesn't have : nearly as much story points injected as Resident Evil did. : Take all of that, and then add this: CGI? Better be high budget. That means : money. How much money do you think Microsoft is going to be willing to : inject into a risky venture like a video-game movie? The same goes for any : cinematic studio. Halo doesn't have the kind of story flow that would work : well in a movie, so it'd have to be changed, customized. How much risk : does that create? A lot. And looking at the general trend for Game Movies, : who'd be willing to make that risk for a game whose story they're : basically going to have to change to fit in a movie, anyways? : I didn't even go over the issues of bad acting, or bad voice acting. Just : throw a few more million down the proverbial tube, and come to your own : conclusions. The bottom line is, Bungie is very aware of the HUGE risk : that a movie based on Halo would go horribly, horribly wrong, and as such, : they have decided against taking it. I can't agree with them more. After : all, what if Halo: The movie was a horrible failure? Then Bungie has that : to live with, and yeah, you bet they'd take it personally. Or, what if it : was a box office hit, but completely missed some of the things Bungie felt : was the most important? Think about it... There's just too big a chance : that something would go wrong. Just because the movie's called : "Halo" doesn't mean it'd turn out to be any good at all, : unfortunately. : -S just to note, i think a movie should only be considered if acted out by actors, not cgi ....

Message Index

Halo The Movie...	Chris Hamilton	6/29/02 10:39 p.m.
Re: Halo The Movie...	evenpar123	6/29/02 11:11 p.m.
Re: Halo The Movie...	NthDegree256	6/29/02 11:33 p.m.
Re: Halo The Movie...	madinsaneIRClokedog	6/29/02 11:49 p.m.
Re: Halo The Movie...	fAllen[Af]	6/30/02 12:10 a.m.
Re: Halo The Movie...	Mr. Bobo	6/30/02 6:41 p.m.
No, No, NO.	Shishka	6/29/02 11:59 p.m.
Re: No, No, NO.	fAllen[Af]	6/30/02 12:12 a.m.
Re: No, No, NO.	Maxxxracer	6/30/02 12:41 a.m.
Re: Yes, Yes, YES! : ) (long)	Brian Josselyn	6/30/02 2:17 a.m.
Re: Yes, Yes, YES! : ) (long)	Shishka	6/30/02 2:36 a.m.
Re: Yes, Yes, YES! : ) (long again)	Brian Josselyn	6/30/02 4:51 a.m.
Re: Yes, Yes, YES! : ) (long again)	Shishka	6/30/02 11:34 a.m.
Re: Yes, Yes, YES! : ) (long again)	Brian Josselyn	6/30/02 3:45 p.m.
The dreadful pedant strikes again...	Louis Wu	6/30/02 4:16 p.m.
Re: The dreadful pedant strikes again...	Brian Josselyn	6/30/02 7:58 p.m.
Re: Yes, Yes, YES! : ) (long again)	Shishka	6/30/02 7:09 p.m.
Re: Yes, Yes, YES! : ) (shorter)	Brian Josselyn	6/30/02 8:25 p.m.
Re: Yes, Yes, YES! : ) (long)	Chris Hamilton	6/30/02 3:41 a.m.
Re: Yes, Yes, YES! : ) (long)-Thanks.	Brian Josselyn	6/30/02 4:53 a.m.
Re: No, No, NO.	Mr. Bobo	6/30/02 6:43 p.m.
Re: No, No, NO. (he he )	Brian Josselyn	6/30/02 7:56 p.m.
Re: No, No, NO. (he he )	Shishka	6/30/02 9:23 p.m.
Re: No, No, NO. (he he )	Brian Josselyn	6/30/02 10:27 p.m.
It was the damn sled! *cough*	Shishka	6/30/02 10:46 p.m.
Re: It was the damn sled!(I liked the snow globe:)	Brian Josselyn	7/1/02 3:15 a.m.
Re: It was the damn sled!(I liked the snow globe:)	Shishka	7/1/02 8:37 a.m.
No, It Was The Script.	Matt	7/1/02 5:50 p.m.
Oh hey! There y'are! Question, Matt?	Shishka	7/1/02 6:09 p.m.
If I may jump in....	Mark Levin	7/1/02 6:19 p.m.
Stand By	Matt	7/1/02 6:34 p.m.
Standing by. :) *NM*	Shishka	7/1/02 7:42 p.m.
Okay, Here's My Take	Matt	7/1/02 9:06 p.m.
Re: Okay, Here's My Take	oldmano'theC	7/1/02 9:15 p.m.
Thanks, Matt!	Shishka	7/1/02 9:32 p.m.
Re: Okay, Here's My Take	vector40	7/1/02 11:04 p.m.
Re: Okay, Here's My Take	Louis Wu	7/2/02 4:05 a.m.
Re: Okay, Here's My Take	Shishka	7/2/02 8:30 a.m.
Re: Okay, Here's My Take	Louis Wu	7/2/02 10:03 a.m.
Re: Okay, Here's My Take	vector40	7/2/02 4:34 p.m.
Re: Okay, Here's My Take	Louis Wu	7/2/02 5:00 p.m.
Re: No, It Was The Script.	oldmano'theC	7/1/02 6:11 p.m.
Re: No, It Was The Script.	Uriel	7/1/02 6:22 p.m.
Re: No, It Was The Script.	Matt	7/1/02 6:58 p.m.
Re: No, It Was The Script...no one can take a joke	Brian Josselyn	7/2/02 12:40 p.m.
Re: No, It Was The Script...no one can take a joke	oldmano'theC	7/2/02 12:56 p.m.
Re: No, It Was The Script...no one can take a joke	Mark Levin	7/2/02 1:59 p.m.
Re: No, It Was The Script...no one can take a joke	oldmano'theC	7/2/02 2:15 p.m.
Re: No, It Was The Script.	FrogBlast	7/2/02 2:30 p.m.
Re: No, It Was The Script. (well duh?) : )	Brian Josselyn	7/2/02 12:21 p.m.
OMG I'VE GOT IT!	PanZer	6/30/02 1:50 a.m.
Re: OMG I'VE GOT IT!	Chris Hamilton	6/30/02 3:38 a.m.
Re: OMG I'VE GOT IT!	Brian Josselyn	6/30/02 5:00 a.m.
Re: OMG I'VE GOT IT!	Chris Hamilton	6/30/02 6:47 a.m.
Re: OMG I'VE GOT IT!	Brian Josselyn	6/30/02 3:50 p.m.
How about...	vector40	6/30/02 4:05 a.m.