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Subject: The Halo Movie Discussion Thread
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Posted by: Ghetto Monkey
Ya know wha? I think that it might be a good Idea. As long as you get the Wichouski Brothers.

(Don't criticise my spelling. Like you could spell their last name better than me.) ;-)

Every one of the Matrix movies sucked, and I am going to say it again, BUNGIE DOES NOT PICK THE DIRECTOR!

  • 08.18.2004 11:01 AM PDT
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Posted by: Oppiten
Posted by: Ghetto Monkey
Ya know wha? I think that it might be a good Idea. As long as you get the Wichouski Brothers.

(Don't criticise my spelling. Like you could spell their last name better than me.) ;-)

Every one of the Matrix movies sucked, and I am going to say it again, BUNGIE DOES NOT PICK THE DIRECTOR!



OKAY FINE!!!

  • 08.18.2004 11:02 AM PDT
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Whoa wait a minute. I thinka halo Movie would be really cool. Bungie could sell thier rights ya, but it would be worth the trade, besides, microsoft could buy them back after the movie was done and finished. Heh, another wonderful thing that microsoft would do to help BUNGIE.

  • 08.18.2004 11:51 AM PDT
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I dont think there is much point in a halo movie because the game is so much like a movie anyway

  • 08.18.2004 12:13 PM PDT
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Posted by: mustafaibqal
DOOM 3 HAS ALREADY BEEN VOTED SCARIEST GAME THIS YEAR! THAT'S NOT TRUE. Nothing can match halo. Halo's different... Alot different...

have you seen some of the original storyboards for the first meeting with the flood? not that bungie didn't do that part well but i wish they had kept in some more of that stuff...gore all over the place

  • 08.18.2004 12:23 PM PDT
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I've always the master cheif as being a really pale Vin diesel

  • 08.18.2004 12:39 PM PDT
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if they did a halo movie they should put it right to video, so your can see it more than once plus you can see if it blows wang for cheap, they should also let people who like the game and have actually played it before, and should wait until like the 3rd game

  • 08.18.2004 12:43 PM PDT
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i think they should make a halo movie but wat should the topic of the movie it can't be the game because that would ruin everything for new halo people and they could play through the whole game so i think there shouldn't be any halo movie

  • 08.18.2004 1:15 PM PDT
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You obvoisy haven't been here long huh? if you had read some of the other entries, then you would know that most of the people who want a halo movie(including myself) that if it is made, we want a movie for each book. so it is possible.

  • 08.18.2004 1:30 PM PDT
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If there was going to be a halo movie from what perspective would it be shot from? Would it be shot as if you were seeing everything through the eyes of MC like on the game or just like a 3rd person type thing where you can see him aswell as everyone else what do you guys think?

  • 08.18.2004 1:33 PM PDT
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if it did become a movie, it would be like Mortal Kombat, really bad compared to the game, let us not forget Mortal Kombat 2, i would only accept a CGI movie

  • 08.18.2004 1:40 PM PDT
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The only problem with having a Halo movie would be that most of us would know what probably was going to happen throughout the film.......possibly

  • 08.18.2004 1:54 PM PDT
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Not if they add some stuff like in the books.

  • 08.18.2004 2:41 PM PDT
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yeah i suppose you're right

[Edited on 8/18/2004 2:53:59 PM]

  • 08.18.2004 2:52 PM PDT
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The Halo movie is a terrible idea. I don't even need to break it down any further than just asking for someone to name one good videogame movie.
The game was presented in it's intended medium and the simple fact of it is that the story and setting translate into a movie very poorly. The whole Halo-destroys-everything-the-Flood-can-eat plot twist would get torn apart in a movie. Additionally, all the dip-blam!-s in Hollywood would completely change the story and the essence of Master Chief as a hero. In the film world, whenever a single person is all that stands between victory and failure, the hero becomes too larger-than-life. Imagine Star Wars if Luke had to fight every stormtrooper by himself, or a Lord of the Rings where Aragorn battled the orcs single-handedly. The nature of Masterchief as a character is that YOU as the player are the bad-ass who single-handedly saves the universe. The rush of turning a corner and dropping a Hunter in a single shot is what makes the game fun and exciting, and it is not a feeling one can translate to the silver screen.... Unless you were playing Halo on a movie screen, which, would be awesome.

  • 08.18.2004 3:34 PM PDT
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Dude, you can't flame these people. They don't feel it. They're so far gone in their fantasyland, where halo is a movie and they all have real friends, that they don't register reason. No one will respond to your logic--they ignore it like they do their crushing lonliness. I'm this close to finding and/or starting my own thread all about the the craptasticness of a halo movie.
And if we get enough people on our thread, Bungie will notice, and maybe, just maybe, they won't make a halo movie, thereby preventing their becoming the biggest laughing stocks of the intelligent world! Ooooh, the possibilities are freaking me out!

  • 08.18.2004 4:22 PM PDT
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i was wondering what type of animation they would use or if it would be best in live action. so i read a some posts and i agree that CG animation like Final Fantasy: The Spirits within would be awsome and bungie should have all the say over the movie. i was wondering when the movie would take place though?...that could take some thought....

  • 08.18.2004 4:32 PM PDT
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Okay, not to sound like a paranoid weirdo or anything, but you all are talking about getting in touch with Bungie like they have no idea what we are talking about on their own message boards! (or on any others for all that matters, I know we all gave out damn near our first born to register here) They have already heard us!

As for the height/appearance issues for the actors, Elijah Wood and cast were made to look like four foot tall hobbits in LOTR and makeup can do it all so none of that matters.

And dammit, call me a geek but I totally dug Tomb Raider and Mortal Combat so poop on all you game to movie convert haters.



[Edited on 8/18/2004 9:44:05 PM]

  • 08.18.2004 5:10 PM PDT
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I swear to god, I you do that i will fill that thread up with so much S**t that bungie will close it down because it is pointless to keep it. If you somehow make it so i can't do things to it, i will have my many many friends doi it for me. i swear to god man.
Posted by: Mattacus
Dude, you can't flame these people. They don't feel it. They're so far gone in their fantasyland, where halo is a movie and they all have real friends, that they don't register reason. No one will respond to your logic--they ignore it like they do their crushing lonliness. I'm this close to finding and/or starting my own thread all about the the craptasticness of a halo movie.
And if we get enough people on our thread, Bungie will notice, and maybe, just maybe, they won't make a halo movie, thereby preventing their becoming the biggest laughing stocks of the intelligent world! Ooooh, the possibilities are freaking me out!

  • 08.18.2004 5:13 PM PDT
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ok a few quick, not so eloquent points before i have to get back from my lunch break...

- The undertaker as the MC is an interesting idea, but I think, in the end, he is not really an actor, EVEN if he IS a 'wrestler'. I think, in the end, heed mistake 'cold' for 'angry'. those are two, very, very different character types.
- It would be entirely possible for the MC to cruise around in his armour most of the time... I mean, this would be a critical part of the movie, and would most likely get more critical acclaim because they tried to make a hero who was 'different'.
- There is absolutely no reason why Bungie have to sell there rights to have a movie made... what kind of idiot would think that? I mean, they did all the storyboarding for the halo cinematics - hey! they do that in movies too! plus, FF was done by the FF crew... how good the movie was is opinion, im merely tating they dont have to sell the rights
- Maybe they wont make a movie... its probly unlikely. BUT, if they get enough of a positve response, they may think twice - bungie care about what their fans think. To that end as well, if they were to make a movie, they would READ THROUGH this forum and forums like this to see what the general concensus would be on key ideas, such as whether the MC should wear his armour all the time, and what the books should be based on.

  • 08.18.2004 5:53 PM PDT
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C'mon guys, an anime movie for Halo is way out of the question! Think of the audience; mostly people who played and enjoyed the game. Which one of these three looks more like the game?

1.Live Action

2.Anime

3.CGI

Look at my post on page 16 and you will understand what horrors would happen in theatres if something like anime halo was allowed to be unleashed. HORRORS, DAMMIT!! USE YOUR HEAD!!

  • 08.18.2004 6:10 PM PDT
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Posted by: cronanthehalofan
wait, there is the concept of the placement, if the cast were real, then were would they film it. if they built a scene that would be exteremely expensive also, and they don't have floating ships and what not in real life. once again, it would be alot of hard work.
What the crap? Are you all that stupid? God that make me sick

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i think that they should just make it a cartoon series.

  • 08.18.2004 7:46 PM PDT
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Alright-I think I agree with most everyone that if Bungie were to help direct or produce the film I'd go and see it-I'd also hope they'd be the ones to write it, along with the authors from the books. As far as would it be good? It could either suck like the last two star wars movies, be a cult classic and be condemned by the critics (I'd still go and see it) or become so popular that anyone would feel intimidated trying to criticize it (aka matrix). The question you've gotta ask yourself is this-if there was a HALO movie-would you go and see it? Regardless of criticism? I'm not a big fan of anime or cg-live action would be the best in my opinion-but I say do a darth vader voice over and have cortana, the chief, and the other spartans/guilty spark and all talk for themselves-in other words USE THE ORIGINAL VOICE ACTORS! Don't screw with a good thing. As for as time period and subject matter-stick with the books-they're written-you don't have to hire a hollywood screen writer ($$$), just a screenplay writer-and they're not bad. Seeing a bit more new blood in the sci fi genre wouldn't be a bad thing. As for the love story stuff-totally out of the question-I mean, come on-who's gonna wanna see a growing romance between the chief and cortana-she lives in his head-that's gotta be violating some sorta code <shivers>.
And for the love of all that is holy-if you're doing a prequel-don't use some -blam!- actor like hayden christensen to portray one of the coolest characters <cough> vader <cough> like Lucas did. That goes to say-don't make leo decrapio into the master chief or some pansy actor like him or I'd have to go covenant on their sacreligious film ideas.

  • 08.18.2004 8:32 PM PDT
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In all honesty, I'd love to see a movie from Halo. Awesome special effects, great opportunities for some cool one-liners, a potential series of movies or even a mini series, plus something to record and watch over and over until the next Halo game is released.

There are many things that would have to be taken into consideration though, and it all weighs heavily on the outcome of the movie.

I'm actually between CG and Live Action...*not* anime. While I adore anime and it's visual effects, Halo is far from a cartoon, and I don't see how it would make sense to display it as one. I've seen some very nice example of anime, but one thing that I feel that's lacking in that visual style is a sense of presence. When you see a big enemy or imposing weapon of sorts, you don't get that feeling of fear or "whoa...look out" kind of feeling. I see these things and I start having visual flashbacks of the scene in The Waterboy where Bobby looks at his rival and visualizes his head as a baby and starts to tickle him. Yet, when you see the same enemy or what have you in CG or Live Action, you step back and say "oh ****" If any of you remember Alien or Predator (the original movies), think about the first time you saw them. Try to remember that feeling of "what the hell is that?!", or "ewww", and how scared you might have been when they jumped at you. Now imagine seeing them as a cartoon image. (Mojo-Jojo anyone?)

I like the idea of seeing it in Live Action also, and think that's more than possible to do. The issue with the Master Chief "talking to himself" while he converses with Cortana can be easily solved. He can either have a communications piece in his helmet (ie headset, direct link, etc), or he can have some type of small LCD screen on the arms of his armor, something similar to the device Sam Fisher from Splinter Cell has on his right arm. As far as costume design, the Mjolnir armor has already been created by another company, and the rest of the Marines armor doesn't seem like it's something that difficult to create. (If they were really in a pinch, they could take the design from the Marines in Aliens, as the Chief's rifle and the dropships seem heavily inspired by that movie anyway)

The story is also of major concern for me. One thing I see that Holly-wierd does is alter the storylines of acquired properties to make them more appealing to the mainstream. Right off the bat, that's a horrid idea. If the war with the Covenant didn't take place on Halo, doesn't move to Earth, and didn't involve absolutely everything from the books or the game, then the movie wouldn't be Halo, period. Who cares if we all know exactly what's going to happen? We don't need to be surprised with a pointless plot-twist thrown in the script because some director thought everything was too predictable. I can only speak for myself on this point, but I want to see Halo as it's meant to be, not how someone else sees it. If Hollywood just *had* to make a romantic interest, I'd say use Kelly / Linda from The Fall of Reach. Probably Kelly, but this obviously would be more of a love between soldiers that never grew into more since she dies before the Chief is put into cryosleep aboard the Autumn. This would show a semi-soft side to him, and would also show that now, after losing her, he truly is alone.

In short, there are so many different variables for this, that it's too easy to miss something and throw the entire movie off. Could it be done right? Without question, and if it were, I think this could be contender for Movie of the Decade (if there were such a title). However, if it's not, then we'll have another Fist of the North Star, Heaven forbid. (I just want to strangle the people that let such an atrosity leave the studio).

  • 08.18.2004 8:46 PM PDT