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Mass Effect To Invade the Big Screen

Posted by Soulskill on from the seth-green-seems-like-a-lock dept.

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."

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  1. Legendary Pictures is good news! by tingeber · · Score: 3, Funny

    Maybe we'll get Zach Galifianakis as Shepherd.

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  2. Can it wait? by atheistmonk · · Score: 4, Funny

    I'm in the middle of some calibrations.

    1. Re:Can it wait? by atheistmonk · · Score: 3, Informative

      Seriously, though. Reading TFA (I know I know) it is somewhat comforting to know that Bioware dudes are going to be involved. I'd prefer to know if their writers were in on it, though. Hell, Mass Effect blew my mind with its cinematic integrity. Will it get the Hollywood treatment and everything we know and love about it is raped and murdered before our eyes? Yeah, probably. But who knows, 300 and Watchmen were pretty faithful adaptations and maybe we won't have Johnny Fucking Depp or Robert Downey Jr playing Commander Shepard.

    2. Re:Can it wait? by Rogerborg · · Score: 5, Insightful

      Bioware dudes are going to be involved

      And if they're really quiet and well behaved, they may even be allowed to stay on set and fetch coffee for the guy who walks the dog of the broad who puts the makeup on Johnny Fucking Depp.

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    3. Re:Can it wait? by shadowknot · · Score: 3, Insightful

      I agree and, of course, the really good news is that Uwe f*cking Boll isn't involved.

  3. Uwe Bolle to direct. by deniable · · Score: 4, Funny

    Since he's made so many other game adaptations.

  4. EVE Online by DigiShaman · · Score: 3, Interesting

    My vote goes for a Movie based on the EVE Online universe. Keep it very dark, moving, and awe inspiring.

    I bet you could get away with multiple franchise spin-offs too. Just like with Star Trek and Stargate.

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    1. Re:EVE Online by Rogerborg · · Score: 5, Funny

      That would be awesome. The movie could start, we could get up and go play some frisbee, come back in 2 hours, and get the "movie watched" experience without the tiresome business of having to sit through it!

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  5. Shepard by fightinfilipino · · Score: 5, Funny

    Wrex

  6. Re:Jack Shephard by stealth_finger · · Score: 5, Funny

    You surely mean Assface Shepherd?

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  7. Great... Game to Movie by ronoholiv · · Score: 4, Insightful

    My recommendation? Leave Shepard alone. Work on another point in time in the universe,preferably in a spot where all the back-story that would have to be told is either integral to the story or doesn't limit people from understanding the story. Maybe pluck stories from the First Contact War, or events just before the start of Mass Effect.

  8. No thanks by elrous0 · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I loved Mass Effect 1 and 2. I have almost every achievement known to man in them, even in the DLC. I am a major fan. But I have no interest in a movie. Playing Mass Effect has, in fact, made me much *less* inclined to see a movie. Why? Because any Shepard on that screen won't be *MY* Shepard. Any story on that screen won't be something I will play a part in. The only choice I will have in that theater is which size popcorn to buy. That's not Mass Effect--it's just a glorified game trailer. I am no more interested in watching it than I would be in watching a video of someone else playing through ME1 or ME2. I couldn't give a shit less how the director wanted to play *his* Shepard.

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  9. Re:I'm... by ElKry · · Score: 3, Funny

    They could go fully recursive and re-release the original game marketing it "I'm Commander Shepard and this is my favorite game".