Halo Film Still On Track 70
Eurogamer reports that, despite the decision by Fox and Universal to back out of the movie's production, the film version of Halo will move forward. From the article: "Now Microsoft has released an official statement via the Bungie website which reads: 'We are disappointed that Universal and Fox wanted to significantly renegotiate the financial points of the deal. But the Halo franchise is hugely popular and our goal remains the same - to find a partner that shares our passion and will creatively collaborate with us to best represent the story and spirit of the Halo franchise ... Peter Jackson, Fran Walsh and the rest of the creative team are dedicated to ensuring the Halo movie becomes a reality,' the statement continues.
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Yes. Everyone had these inhumanly slow and fluid motions, especially of the head. As if each of the characters was suffering a horrible migraine during the whole picture. The "Spider-Man" digital cartoon that aired on MTV a few years ago had this exact same problem, even though the rest of the look was very different,
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They could have literally videotaped someone's Doom session, spent a few minutes inserting here and there the already-available 3d model of The Rock's face (used in Mummy 2), and put this in theatres. Would you have known the difference?
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Besides if they did it at a rate of one $100 bill a second it would take around 23 days according to my lousy maths skills.
And watching them do that for 23 days would be almost as boring as watching the extended "director's cut" edition of the Doom movie!
Although of course, 23 days still wouldn't be long enough for me to recite the entire list of plot holes in the film.
(with the first hole being the complete lack of an actual plot!)
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Video game movies (Score:2, Interesting)
But, with the up and down of "Yes it will be made" and "No, w
Peter? (Score:1)
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Much goes on that isn't being disclosed.
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I think the success is going to be more and more mixed the more and more advanced the games get: the difference between a videogame film and the demo mode of the game itself is fast dwindling. Look for a "Halo" movie that, if placed as a long AVI clip in the intro sequence to the Halo 3 game (instead of in the theatres), nobody would really notice anything special.
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Not really. He's done a decent bit of animation in TV and film. He's directed one piece, but the reality of Hollywood is it's all about who you know. If Jackson is "vouching" for him that's a great start in many circles and enough that many times you would be able to keep a Fox or a Universal on board.
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I don't know of an instance where a 200 million dollar film is directed by a first time feature director. I don't think such an instance exists.
The Jackson co-sign notwithstanding, I'm interested in a couple of things: why Peter isn't dire
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Your assessment is based on emotion (he's created the most unbelievable 3d work I've ever seen... I can imagine... etc.) and hype; there are a lot of people who are far more qualified to direct a film of this magnitude who have displayed Blomkamp's skillset and more.
I suspect the following: Blomkamp is a layer to shield Peter Jackson from personal damage to his brand should the film not do well or not be well received. Thus there needs to be significant disparity between relative skillsets. A failure is chalked up to: he's young and inexperienced, but shows promise. A success is win/win for everyone. This is risk mitigation. Jackson will essentially be directing this film. Blomkamp serves a dual role; he will essentially be pimped out on Hollywood projects afterwards; Jackson will be attached to all as exec producer (as will Weta be, of course: he needs to work hard to chip away at ILM's Hollywood monopoly) and collect his cut in addition to working on his own projects, essentially doubling his earning potential with nominal additional work.
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Not Mentioned in TFA (Score:3, Funny)
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Hold on now, he's a friend. (Score:4, Funny)
-Yes... Activate Halo's [financial] defenses, and destroy the [doubters], which is why we brought the [bag of money] to the control center.
=You mean this? [holds up a sack-o-cash© of fanboy money]
+A fanboy?! In the core?! That is absolutely unacceptable!
=Sod off!
+What impertinence! I shall purge you at once!
=You sure that's a good idea?
+How, how... How dare you! I'll-
=Do what? I have the [money]! You can just float and sputter!
-Enough! The flood [of disinterest] is spreading. If we activate Halo's [financial] defenses, we can wipe them out.
=You have no idea how this [bankroll] works, do you? Why the forerunners built it? Halo doesn't kill flood, it kills their food. Humans, covenant, [fanboys,] whatever. We're all equally [disposible]. The only way to stop the flood is to starve them to death. And that's exactly what Halo is designed to do; wipe the galaxy clean of all [interest]. You don't believe me? Ask him.
-Is this true?
+(pauses) More or less. Technically, this [adaptation's] pulse has a maximum effective radius of twenty-five thousand [theaters]. But, once the others follow suit, this galaxy will be quite devoid of [interest], or at least any [interest] with sufficient [income] to sustain the flood. (pause) But you already knew that. I mean, how couldn't you?
=Left out that little detail, did he?
+We have followed outbreak containment procedure to the letter. You were with me each step of the way, as we managed this crisis.
=Chief, I'm picking up movement!
+Why would you hesitate to do what you have already done?
=We need to go, right now.
+Last time, you asked me, if it was my choice, would I do it? Having considerable time to ponder your query, my answer has not changed.
=There is no choice. We must activate the [bankroll].
=(whispers in Master Chief's head) Get us out of here!
+If you are unwilling to help, I will simply find another. Still, I must have the [money]. Give your [fanboys] to me, or I will be forced to take [them] from you.
-That's not going to happen.
+So be it. Save his [wallet]. Dispose of the rest.
-Bungie
=Fans
+Microsoft
-Nis
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It's not like the game was locked in production limbo (Shenmue, Psychonauts) where we aren't sure if we'll see another game. If that were the case then the ending would have sucked, majorly. But this is frakin' Halo. Of *course* we were going to get Halo 3.
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Stephen Yan [wikipedia.org] would be my nostalgic choice, but I don't think he has the star power they're looking for.
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I think he's already under contract for that forthcoming Rockstar game in which he does the voice of a lycanthropic ice-hockey player. With that name, he's already pre-typecast.
I'm holding out for Emerill Lagasse going BAM! every time he vaporizes a baddie.
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Where's Mel Brooks? (Score:2)
Chocolate Salty Spaceballs, natch.
Steven Segal obviously (Score:2)
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Bork, bork, bork!
Better idea.... (Score:2, Flamebait)
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I bet I'm not the only one here who definitely does NOT consider the Mario franchise to be "garbage".
"developed the game a lot like an actual Hollywood production, with...."
Yes, indeed. And, given that they have set the bar so high ALREADY and in a Hollywood-like fashion, is there really anything the movie experience can do other than be like sitting and watching someone else play a videogame on a big screen
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I actually think it is less of a stretch to make Mario (back then) into a movie. The game itself was so primitive and abstracted that it was not much of a challenge to make something distinctive (movie-wise) from the game itself. There was no "This movie is too much like a videogame demo" back then. I don't think the "Super Ma
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And I, for one, really enjoy watching someone else play videogames. Especially cinematically awesome games like Halo 2, Resident Evil 4, Psychonauts, Condemned, Indigo Prophecy, etc.
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The difficulty with video game movies... (Score:1, Insightful)
"the Red-White-Blue cycle" (Score:2)
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Seriously... wow
I mean Tomb Raider was hardly a work of art but just... wow
Im tempted to watch the Doom movie just to see of anything can be worse than the AvP movie. I mean it can't be, surely.
I'll see this movie 5 times... (Score:1)
finance (Score:2, Interesting)
Movies as they are will NOT survive... (Score:1)
This is not necessarily a bad thing.
Movies haven't been a young medium for decades. They can't change largely because the people associated with them aren't adaptable. ...especially the select few who make the decisions.
Let games and other interactive media take their place.
...and let Hollywood continue to live in the past if that's what they want.