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Posted by: Sigma617
Have you guys ever read Mr. Vociferous's script down at Ascendant Justice?
it's by far the best on the subject matter I've ever read.
Long Ass read but worth it.
Aside from the sophomoric and deficient style of writing of the script, it outlines the game for what it is. Boring. It's a video game, I hate being the one to burst people's bubbles, but the reason no studio will fund this movie is because of how stupid and impaired of a story it holds. Having secondary characters speak for the main character makes the story mundane and monotonous. Lifeless at best. When you play the game, all that really occurs is you killing something and the occasional cut scene.
While doing a "producers" skim over the script, the first thing it should have done is catch my attention. Which it didn't. Even if you could re-write the script, it would still lack that main concept that all movies need. Now before everyone starts flaming me for holding a realists view on the matter, and before I start getting called a condescending ass; the only "HALO" related story that holds water, would be the books. But conceptually speaking, they have no relations to the games at all in terms of story, all they took after was the universe of "HALO." They built ontop of lifeless characters, gave them a voice, and put them into a fictional world that was conceptualized by the primary universe. A mundane universe.
If you were to look at all the pseudo live action trailers that have been released for the "HALO" games, you would liken one fundamental reoccurring aspect. Action with little to no dialogue at all. Sure it makes for great scenes, but aside from action, dialogue is what makes up for most of what is characterized in the movie. In movies, actions and words speak at the same level. Most people who I have talked to agree that they would rather have a silent character that represents them for a video game, because they can step into their shoes without having them already filled. This doesn't work in movies.
Let me summarize this for the loons that don't want to read it. There will never be a HALO movie. If there is, it will bomb terribly. There will be over a one tenth ratio to the required amount needed to meet the expenses. No director would touch that script, nor would any studio/distributer.