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Posted by: Shai Hulud

..... That was me..... And it was no joke. There are very few actors that play with character similar to the Master Chief. I think Vin Diesel comes much closer than many. I wouldn't want his face shown, though, like in the game. Putting a face on the Chief would ruin things. If they needed an actor to play in the suit AND do the voice as well, I'd say him. He has the bad-ass attitude and deep voice, which are needed.

And to be fair, I only suggested him as an alternative to the CG with voice-overs and the "Darth Vader" type of role suggestions...


Fair enough. But my whole problem with Vin Diesel is his 'bad-ass attitude'. In short, it sucks. Case in point; XXX. I saw about 45 mins of that crap and had to turn off my TV before the death of brain cells set in.

And besides that, the Chief with an 'attitude' is EXACTLY the kind of thing that would ruin a Halo film. He is a soldier, trained from the age of six to protect humanity. He doesn't have an attitude, he just concentrates on completing a mission, and staying alive. In fact the only time he would probably even show any emotion is when a fellow Spartan or teammates dies or is in danger of death.

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  • 07.20.2004 9:01 PM PDT
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I think a Halo movie would be cool, but it would all depend on what happens in Halo 2. I mean it could all be over after Halo 2, we win that's it. Plus the movie might not be as cool if bungie didn't have much of a say in the movie, like if they gave it to some crappy director who takes it in the wrong direction. All in all, I think it would be a good idea but it would HAVE to be done well. And by bungie/spielberg(or any good director).

Edit: I don't know if Vin Diesel would be a good candidate for the chief considering his other acting roles, but then again an actor is supposed to become the character, not the other way around. If anything Vin should be a bad ass marine.

[Edited on 7/20/2004 9:43:05 PM]

  • 07.20.2004 9:38 PM PDT
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The movie should be CG cause you play the game,and well I cant really imagine a live action movie of HALO.The master chiefs voice should be played by,well the guy who played the voice in the game?!?!Captain keyes voice should be played bye Donald trump.

  • 07.20.2004 10:11 PM PDT

I think it would be so cool if they made a CGI film like Final Fantasy. I mean some games made some pretty cool movies like Resident Evil, Tomb Raider was ok, Wing Commander, even Super Mario Brothers. I love Halo, and turning it into a movie would be a dream come true for every TRUE Halo Fan. Halo is serenely popular enough and well known enough to become a movie. If they made Halo into a movie I would see it 200 times and would buy like 5 copies on DVD. If they made a Halo movie I would like to see the use a story different from the games, maybe they could turn The Fall Of Reach or First Strike into the movie for Halo. Lastly If there is a Halo movie in the works it should be Hollywood and Bungie to make it. I know people say bad things about Hollywood but they have the money and the proper technology to make the movie and they wont screw it up if bungie works with them, its either Bungie’s help or no movie at all.

  • 07.20.2004 10:49 PM PDT
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I would truly love a Halo movie if it was made correctly.......

-No thrash metal soundtrack. No thrash metal music. The music of Halo is truly beautiful, it fits the game fantasticly well. The music from the game should be the music for the movie.

-No cheesey death scenes. When the MC discovers Keyes flood-ised, i dont want to see him drop down to his knees, screaming NOOOOOOO!!!!!! In fact, Cortana should be the one to show emotion more than the Chief, like the game.

-It should be CG.

-The cast from the game should be the cast for the movie.

  • 07.21.2004 5:18 AM PDT

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Hugh Jackman fits the masterchiefs character, but not immediatly his fysique, Dolph Lundgren would have the wright fysique, but I haven't seen him around lately, so I agree to a CG movie. Please not Vin he doesn't belong in suche a movie.

The minds at Bungie should run the show though, just like one looooooong cinematic.

  • 07.21.2004 7:21 AM PDT
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what ever happened the HALO THE MOVIE? it was a fan movie that had special rights from black star productions. there should be an official movie for halo and halo 2 i would see it

  • 07.21.2004 7:48 AM PDT

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Posted by: Bloodywheels
There is no word to describe just how wrong casting Vin Diesel would be. Sure his voice is deep, but he still doesn't sound any thing like the Chief. That's like saying, "Isaac Hayes would make a good Master Chief cuz he has a deep voice." Also, Vin is a craptacular actor. But Isaac Hayes would be good as the Master CHEF! He'd protect South Park from the Covenant while singing songs about makin' sweet love down by the fire!





No one is going to sound like the Master Chief except for the guy that voiced over the Master Chief.... And I don't think Vin Diesel is a bad actor. I loved the Riddick movies... he's not the greatest actor, but he's a good one, in my opinion... You can think he's bad... that's your thought.

  • 07.21.2004 9:49 AM PDT
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HELL YA HALO MOVIE O YA
i would love that!!!!!

  • 07.21.2004 9:51 AM PDT

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Posted by: Shai Hulud

..... That was me..... And it was no joke. There are very few actors that play with character similar to the Master Chief. I think Vin Diesel comes much closer than many. I wouldn't want his face shown, though, like in the game. Putting a face on the Chief would ruin things. If they needed an actor to play in the suit AND do the voice as well, I'd say him. He has the bad-ass attitude and deep voice, which are needed.

And to be fair, I only suggested him as an alternative to the CG with voice-overs and the "Darth Vader" type of role suggestions...


Fair enough. But my whole problem with Vin Diesel is his 'bad-ass attitude'. In short, it sucks. Case in point; XXX. I saw about 45 mins of that crap and had to turn off my TV before the death of brain cells set in.

And besides that, the Chief with an 'attitude' is EXACTLY the kind of thing that would ruin a Halo film. He is a soldier, trained from the age of six to protect humanity. He doesn't have an attitude, he just concentrates on completing a mission, and staying alive. In fact the only time he would probably even show any emotion is when a fellow Spartan or teammates dies or is in danger of death.



The Chief does have a bad-ass attitude. And Vin is an actor... that means he can probably tone down his bad-assness if he wanted to. And it also depends on the movie. I thought that XXX sucked badly as well.

  • 07.21.2004 9:52 AM PDT

I love Halo, I would love a movie, AND I just found this! All of you who think the Halo movie would rock click here!

If it dosnt show go here:

http://www.gametrailers.com/gt_fanmovies/ft_halo_themovie.htm l

(it the same thing) Bungie should make a movie like this.....HEAR THAT BUNGIE?!


[Edited on 7/21/2004 3:39:11 PM]

  • 07.21.2004 1:13 PM PDT
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yeah i can totally see actual actors and real costumes totally ruining it. if it were to be done right it would take a company like pixar or dreamworks to make it all in animation. or better yet why not just get bungie to make a giant animated movie, like the ones they make in the game anyways?

  • 07.21.2004 2:30 PM PDT
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i would love a moive of Halo or Halo 2 if its done right by the right people... Like one of the best directors, maybe Spillberg (Sp?) or the LOTR's director. MC armor should be REAL, but the Covenant should be AWESOME computer generated effects. Then it would be a good movie, not just a low budget film like most video game movies

[Edited on 7/21/2004 4:48:23 PM]

  • 07.21.2004 4:47 PM PDT

Is nobody looking at the link that I posted??

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I was mulling over First Strike the other day and, Vin is almost the exact image of Corporal Locklear, the tanned skin and bald head, not to mention the attitude and such. But only if it HAD to be live action.

  • 07.21.2004 4:54 PM PDT
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I personnaly think that the Halo storyline would be a pretty -blam!-in' movie(s), but it would HAVE to be CG. Also, it would have to be packed with massive space battles, which is a massive part of the story that is pretty cool, but thusly ignored :( ... death lasers rule!

[Edited on 7/21/2004 5:01:03 PM]

  • 07.21.2004 5:00 PM PDT

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IT WOULD HAVE TO BE DONE WELL!!!!! BUNGIE, DON'T GO GIVING IT TO A CRAPPY DIRECTOR AND SCREENPLAY WRITER!!! USE THE BOOKS AS A SCRIPT AS MUCH AS YOU CAN!!!! TAKE CONTROL OF THE MOVIES!!!!!!

Sorry, I couldn't find the caps button for a while *cough*. It should be done in CG like FF, but more like the games than FF. Yes, I know that there is no real storyline to the final fantasy series, just a bunch of games very cool and similar put together in one of the most kick ass series of them all. But, the Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within was almost nothing like the games.

Posted by: DrummDragon
I think a Halo movie would be cool, but it would all depend on what happens in Halo 2. I mean it could all be over after Halo 2, we win that's it. Plus the movie might not be as cool if bungie didn't have much of a say in the movie, like if they gave it to some crappy director who takes it in the wrong direction. All in all, I think it would be a good idea but it would HAVE to be done well. And by bungie/spielberg(or any good director).

Edit: I don't know if Vin Diesel would be a good candidate for the chief considering his other acting roles, but then again an actor is supposed to become the character, not the other way around. If anything Vin should be a bad ass marine.

Lol, if they did live action, they should make Vin into sargeant johnson. Perfect fit there.
Badass with badass. Awesome. But, they should give him like a slight voice over (is that possible) with the real sgt johnson's voice (the dude that did his voice in the game), if not possible, don't voice over at all. Anyway, the Halo movie idea is a great one.

  • 07.21.2004 6:16 PM PDT
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Why waste time and money on a movie when you could make another game? Making a movie would be taking a big risk, but the games have already been proven to be a big hit. Who here would like another game?!

  • 07.22.2004 11:14 AM PDT
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the armor would be hard to make in an actual film

  • 07.22.2004 12:01 PM PDT
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Nightmare armor has already made the spartan armor, bungie did a little news story on it awhile back

  • 07.22.2004 1:01 PM PDT
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Posted by: halo owns u
Why waste time and money on a movie when you could make another game? Making a movie would be taking a big risk, but the games have already been proven to be a big hit. Who here would like another game?!


I completely agree. Also there is not one single game turned movie or vice-versa that was any good. I challenge anyone to come up with an example in wich one or both didn't suck

  • 07.22.2004 1:54 PM PDT
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I want to make the Halo movie, because I want to become a movie director. But I would want to make the movie(s) based off of the books.

  • 07.22.2004 2:12 PM PDT
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I recently broke both my arms so as you can imagen Halo is imposable to play so I found my self watching all the trailers over and over again and this made me think of how much fun it is to watch the MC kick ass. I'd like a movie to be made, maybe just a really long cinematic by bungie them selves. CG of corse andwith all the same voice actors (so far nothing different from any one else) but what if it was following the ODST or Marines with the MC as a camio. Cause lets face it the movie would be a tad dull if MC was on his own most of the time. Like star ship troopers.

  • 07.22.2004 2:30 PM PDT

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Posted by: DolphinsSJB
Posted by: halo owns u
Why waste time and money on a movie when you could make another game? Making a movie would be taking a big risk, but the games have already been proven to be a big hit. Who here would like another game?!


I completely agree. Also there is not one single game turned movie or vice-versa that was any good. I challenge anyone to come up with an example in wich one or both didn't suck


James Bond Goldeneye. The best JB game there is, one of the best games there is in general, they made a movie out of it, and it definitely didn't suck. Don't be stupid and stereotypical, they're usually not a very good combination. *cough*arrogant b!tch*cough*

[Edited on 7/22/2004 5:18:41 PM]

  • 07.22.2004 5:16 PM PDT
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Posted by: DolphinsSJB
Posted by: halo owns u
Why waste time and money on a movie when you could make another game? Making a movie would be taking a big risk, but the games have already been proven to be a big hit. Who here would like another game?!


I completely agree. Also there is not one single game turned movie or vice-versa that was any good. I challenge anyone to come up with an example in wich one or both didn't suck


James Bond Goldeneye. The best JB game there is, one of the best games there is in general, they made a movie out of it, and it definitely didn't suck. Don't be stupid and stereotypical, they're usually not a very good combination. *cough*arrogant b!tch*cough*


Excellent point Goldeneye was pretty cool, game and movie, but just think of all the times a movie to game (or vice-versa) transition has gone so horribly wrong. I don't want the reputation of the best game ever soiled by a bad movie, it simply isn't worth the risk. Besides the only people who could make a good Halo movie would Bungie and the people at Bungie are not in the business of making movies they make games, excellent games, and they should stick to what they are good at, not waste time and money on something that probably would only be mediocre. Bungie should make stuff that is spectacular, like more games, which is what they are good at.

  • 07.22.2004 8:26 PM PDT