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Subject: A halo movie
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Poll: should there be a Halo movie?  [closed]
yes:  72%
(26 Votes)
no:  28%
(10 Votes)
Total Votes: 36

I think that a halo movie would be great.It would make more money then the lord of the rings or the game itself.think about it just on this website there is about 500 members imagine a movie hell I'd go see it for sure as long as it's not animated cause anime is pretty -blam!-

  • 06.18.2004 12:14 PM PDT
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like everyone else on this website, i would like to see a halo movie, but the only problem is it would probably end up being done really crappy, because when u think of how much special effects and things of that sort would go into the movie, it would cost a fotune. I could see it being maybe in thte style of the final fantasy movie. I think that would be pretty cool. But all in all, i would see it no matter what!

  • 06.18.2004 12:46 PM PDT
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To think that it would beat the Lord of the Rings is pretty optimistic. If pulled off it would make good money at the box office. If not I don't think I have to remind anyone about starship troopers.

I think a good question to be asked inside this topic is: Who would play Master Chief? It wouldn't really have to be a big star unless there was some screentime without the helmet. Someone like a Christian Bale (don't know if spelling is right) springs to my mind. You would also have to make R. Lee Ermey the Sarge or Captain Keyes.

[Edited on 6/18/2004 1:09:02 PM]

  • 06.18.2004 1:00 PM PDT
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people c'mon, this is the oldes and mos common topic. Get with it.

  • 06.18.2004 4:02 PM PDT
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R lee ermy is perfect for captain keyes

  • 06.18.2004 8:08 PM PDT
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If there's going to be a movie, it would be best if it was computer generated.

  • 06.25.2004 1:36 PM PDT
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what do you call red vs blue?

  • 06.25.2004 1:48 PM PDT
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Ah why so many threads about a halo movie?

  • 06.25.2004 3:17 PM PDT
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I think a Halo movie is a bad idea. Movies based on games are always failures, and a Halo one would be no different. You just can't replace the game with a movie, there is no interaction which is what makes the game so good. This is at least my opinion, and obviously, based on the results from the poll, my opinion seems to be the lesser of the two.

  • 06.25.2004 3:59 PM PDT
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The more I think about it look how they did Resident Evil and Super Mario Bros. movie. It ould be cool and who ever is going to direct it better do it right.

  • 06.25.2004 4:05 PM PDT
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No. Movies based on games suck. Hell, movies based on anything (books, games, real life) suck. Some anime shows are pretty cool, to generalize such a vast genre is stupid.

  • 06.25.2004 4:18 PM PDT
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EVERY MOVIE ABOUT A GAME HAS SUCKED, SUPER MARIO BROS, MORTAL COMBAT, STREET FIGHTER, ECT! U DONT WANT TO RUIN A GREAT THING ...

  • 06.25.2004 4:21 PM PDT
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Can u get any blacker sharpshooter. Street fighter was a classic.the effects in that movie were amazing, it won at least 2 oscars

  • 06.25.2004 5:02 PM PDT
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Yeah. I am pretty sure Jean Claude Van Damme won the best actor oscar. Man that speech before the allied nation forces go to attack M Bison........ Best. acting. ever.

  • 06.26.2004 1:04 AM PDT

Me: "OMFG, Dude... wtf!"
AbolitionofMan: "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to betray you."
Me: "That's the 4th time in this game alone!"
Chris: "Third, besides he had the flag I was trying to stop him, how was I supposed to know you were there."
Me: "I said, 'I got the Flag, don't shoot.'"
Chris: "Well those Wraith shots take a while to reach you."
Me: "You were right next to me, I had killed him and a minute passed before you decided to shoot."
Chris: "Hahahahaha, yeah... that was great."

No to the movie... why? Cause Holloywood would -blam!- it up. They would would shorten the story... throw in something that doesn't belong, remove key characters and add non-exsistant ones... and some how add a love triangle.

Achiles

  • 06.26.2004 4:39 AM PDT

Me: "OMFG, Dude... wtf!"
AbolitionofMan: "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to betray you."
Me: "That's the 4th time in this game alone!"
Chris: "Third, besides he had the flag I was trying to stop him, how was I supposed to know you were there."
Me: "I said, 'I got the Flag, don't shoot.'"
Chris: "Well those Wraith shots take a while to reach you."
Me: "You were right next to me, I had killed him and a minute passed before you decided to shoot."
Chris: "Hahahahaha, yeah... that was great."

Making it an anime or computer-generated would do it justice perhaps... oh and personally I think Super Mario Bros. was decent as well as RE... look at it this way. It could've been A LOT WORSE!!!

Achilles

  • 06.26.2004 4:41 AM PDT
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Halo movie...it'll make trillions

...however, we do have a perfectly good game out, and another one soon to be out: why make trillions when we could make BILLIONS! ;)

A Halo movie? No way...it would suck, just like every other movie based ona game.

  • 06.26.2004 12:47 PM PDT
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You can make a good movie out of HALO, if you take the plot and not the game itself. Such remarkable achievement is viewed in the movie "Mortal Kombat", which by the way pleased all the fans.

  • 06.26.2004 1:12 PM PDT
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Movies based on games is such a bad idea. Everyone thinks the movie will have the exact same storyline as the game, and are disappointed when it doesn't. But what do you expect? Do you actually think they would re-create the exact storyline of the game into a movie? Hell no, the big (or even little fans) of the game could guess what comes next, it would be so predictible. Instead they have to make things similar so the fans can still relate to it.

In my opinion its either one or the other.

The Lord of Rings games didn't do too well but the films were absolutely massive (and still are).

The Tomb Raider films were probably the most sucessful transition from game to film.

  • 06.26.2004 1:21 PM PDT