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Mass Effect To Invade the Big Screen
UgLyPuNk writes "This could be a good thing or a bad thing: EA has just confirmed that it's making Mass Effect into a movie. The franchise has been acquired by Legendary Pictures, which is best known for its co-productions of The Dark Knight, Clash of the Titans, 300, Watchmen, and, um, The Hangover, as part of a co-financing agreement with Warner Bros."
I think the comment about Sigourney Weaver is insightful, because the reality is that anyone who is a career military person is almost always going to look just like another person on the street looks-wise. The make-up and glitz and so on shouldn't be patterned after Star Trek, where everyone in the future is a model - and everything is clean and polished, but more like Pitch Black where everyone is more of a normal person caught in a bad situation.
Shoot, for the most part, just look at the original Star Wars(if you can find an original version to rent any more, that is... (shakes head sadly). They used mostly B actors and kept the dirt and grime in. And it added a lot to the story. What I'm afraid we'll see is movie star quality actors parading around in their shiny ship and then a bunch of CGI battle scenes.
In other words, Starship Troopers all over again, but with 1/4 the lighting and some rain thrown in for "effect". Ick.