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I know there are several people who want a Halo movie, but I was thinking how much better a Marathon movie could be. So, I decided to start this thread (which, knowing my threads, will die within about 2 hours) for the creative users here so they could give their ideas for a Marathon movie.
I think a Marathon movie could work better than a Halo movie because it could be a lot more intense (sort of like "Alien) and thought-provoking (How far can we take artificial intelligence? What are the consequences of living in a society where man and machine have essentially become one?).
My idea: I decided to scrap the whole alien-invasion thing for the Marathon movie. Mainly because I felt it would seem too much like a direct rip-off of the "Alien" movies, since I would like the movie to go more in a scary and tense direction, than an action movie where a man shoots a bunch of aliens. So, without the aliens the movie would be less likely of being brushed-off as another "Alien" copycat.
But how does this movie work without the Phfor? Well, I thought the AIs Durandal and Leela can still be in the movie, but instead of the Phfor, cyborgs and the such could be used.
So, the storyline would be something along the lines of the AI at Marathon becomes rampant, and since the AI runs everything technology-wise at Marathon, the cyborgs go crazy and start slaughtering the colonists. It soon becomes a story of survival, man vs. machine, for a group of survivors on Marathon.
That's just the gist of my idea for a Marathon movie. Now you post your ideas, and discuss those ideas. Remember: have fun and no flaming other people's movie ideas.
[Edited on 8/14/2004 11:36:39 PM]