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07/29/09
Now seriously, if someone says to me "Jackson", I woudn't think of Peter Jackson at all. Maybe it's because I'm not a group.. er I mean, close friend of him...
Erm, anyway, does he has any past with games besides PLAYING them? I remember Steven Spielberg since Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis, and The DIG, so when I heard about boom Blox I wasn't "omg spielberg into games!" but "yeah..." As with Jackson, I respect him for his actual movies (not his first ones) but as for games... well, I will have my opinion after something showns up, but right now I think of him as a new developer. As I said before, the same way that I feel about shigeru Miyamoto directing a movie.
07/30/09
I prefer PJ.
07/28/09
All fucking stupid and ignorant hypocrites, that's how!
07/28/09
Really? I found all of the trailers unassuming at best and trite at worst. I'll admit that I've probably missed a trailer or two though since I haven't been paying too much attention.
07/28/09
With that useless troll bait out of the way, I am very excited for District 9. But what the hell is Mark Wahlberg doing being the headliner for The Lovely Bones? Whatever. If that movie doesn't move me to tears I'll loose all faith in Jackson as a director. All the excited nerd joy seemed to flow out of him along with those excess pounds.
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Verhoeven could never make another movie and that would be too soon for me.
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It's so weird seeing a South African production with so much international attention (I live in South Africa). Especially when you watch the trailers and the actors are all South African with hectic Afrikaans accents.
Finally, something to be proud of.
07/28/09
Sweet, I loved that book!
"starring Mark Wahlberg,"
Wait, what?
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No matter how good the directors are (see Warcraft), I can't stand all this heavy brand exploitation.
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G.I. Joe, Transformers, Ninja Turtles... That was your Wife's time, she just wasn't into them.
07/28/09
07/30/09
A good one will eventually happen... We'll just see a lot more crap until one does (and then more until the next one)
07/28/09
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07/28/09
The same games you were playing directly after coming out of the womb.
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07/30/09
What is with people? My mom was born in 1933. She played a good deal of games on the 2600 and NES. What does when you were born have anything to do with it?
PJ would have been a teen when the 2600 came out, and could have been a big arcade gamer...
Someone on here said I couldn't have started with the 2600 because I was born 5 yeas after it came out...
I don't get people when they say stuff like this...
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07/28/09
I'd like to see a halo movie done right but we'll see if it happens now. I'm a bit sceptical with how MS handled it.
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So Microsoft, who owns the Halo license, comes in and says "hey, we want you to make our movie," and Universal's all "okay, you want to give us Halo" and Microsoft is like "wait, no, what? We're hiring you to MAKE our movie. You work for us."
Microsoft was trying to contract a studio to develop and release a film, and Universal wanted to essentially cut Microsoft out; pay them some licensing fees, but take all of the profits.
Hollywood isn't used to being the guy on the bottom.
07/28/09
Everyone in this thread so far right now, are whining about how much they want a Halo movie, but would be the first people in line to cry a river if Hollywood fucked up the Halo film they same way they have fucked up every other videogame-to-film ever made.
I can tell you right now, that the very first change the studios are going to want, is hire an "A-List" actor to play the part of Master Chief, which is automatically going to necessity by the actor's contract, that the audience to sees Master Chief's face throughout the entire film, as no Hollywood actor has the balls to do an entire 2-hour film and not show their face for the whole thing.
Tell me how many of you whiny, little pissants would not cry a river if you had to watch Brad Pitts face for two whole hours, as he butchered Master Chief, for the sake of a Hollywood contract?
Please do not take my comments the wrong way, but I am just keeping things real for once, here in make believe land. I'd much rather simply not have a Halo at all, than to watch Microsoft sign over a contract to do a film, that ultimately compromises the Halo image or the Halo franchise. As it is, I am really not feeling too good about the upcoming Gears of War. Epic sold out way too easy, and they like every other game publisher before them, are going to reap the benefits of selling out too easily to Hollywood . . . that is reap the benefits of having a shitty, and/or half-assed film based upon the Gears of War franchise. The very fact that Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, was ever even at some point a serious contender for getting a part in the Gears of War film, should have been sending red flags up all across the videogame world. And is no one worried in the slightest that the lead writer on the Gears of War film is the same guy who wrote Cellular, Tokyo Drift and Wanted or the fact that Len Wiseman, the director picked to make the Gears of War film, only has one good movie to credit his name to?
The other problem working with Hollywood, is they may want to control too much of the Halo film franchise and the commercialization of said franchise based off the film. With Halo being Microsoft's puppy, I do not blame Microsoft for being very critical of any deal they sign with anyone to make merchandising based on that property. If more publishers had the balls to simply just stick it out and not cave to the first piece of ass that Hollywood through at them, then the history of videogames-to-film conversions would not be littered with some of the worst movies ever made in the history of film.
Have patience Halo fans, the Halo movie will eventually get made. But it is going to have to get made on Microsoft's terms - and that is fine by me. The creation of 343 Industries is the first proper step to getting that Halo film made. Microsoft will no doubt invest time and resources into building up 343 Industries to handle all aspects of Halo commercialization. Halo: Legends is just the first step towards a Halo film that every videogamer will feel proud to say was based on a game . . . a Halo film that Microsoft themselves, will no doubt foot the entire bill for to insure the film is true to the source material without compromising quality film making . . . a Halo film that is not a complete clusterfuck, like every other videogame-to-film ever made.
A little patience on our part as fans, is such a small price to pay for perfection. Have faith and be patient, we are going to get our Halo film. It is simply going to take a little longer to get there than we had initially anticipated. But that is fine, so long as the film turns out to be every bit just as awesome as the games. And isn't that really, what we all really want in the film in the first place? After all what would you rather have? A Halo film made by Peter Jackson, but produced directly by Microsoft's 343 Industries, or a Halo made by Peter Jackson, after he is forced to make all the changes to the Halo universe that Universal Studios demands as part of their contract for producing said film?
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07/28/09
whiny pissants? You're getting a bit pissed off now. Either way I agree with you,. I want a Halo movie but I do want it done right and no Brad pitt etc.
I hope we do get our Halo film but I hope they haven't lost the chance to have the best director possible do it.
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Whether or not he was actually dressed up for most of the movie is another question. They could just do some ADR with a popular actor like in an animated picture and everyone would know who it is. As far as I'm concerned the actor can literally phone his lines in as long as they don't ruin the story for the sake of an actors ego.
But for every character like V they do, Hollywood has 100 "Deadpools".
07/28/09
BADFRAKKINGASS!
It was a total JiMP (jizz in my pants) moment!
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But then again, I will be paying attention to District 9 as it sounds pretty cool. Jackson could impress with an original story instead of using other's works (Lord of the Rings, King Kong).
07/28/09
*EDIT*
Well chalk one up for not reading prior comments. Whoops. At least readers are now doubly informed! :P