The Halo movie thread
polycounter lvl 18
Ok. This is a first for me since I am really not a fanboy in any regards to any franchise. I liked the VG Halo enough, but that's about it.
But now with all of this babble about the movie and 'Peter Jackson' and 'Neill Blomkamp' and whatnot, and seeing how there wasn't a thread here already, I figured I'd start one up. And here is why:
After hearing that they hired this new director (Blomkamp), I instantly became very interested in the film. I wasn't terribly before. Most people think that this is terrible news to have a FX artist in his directorial debut to take on such a big franchise. I think it's awesome news. And if you've seen his short films ( http://youtube.com/watch?v=4Zep9TlaPSo ), I hope that you would understand why. The reasoning is because of this: Halo 2 partially takes place in Africa. This director is from South Africa. If the film is to take place in Africa at all (and even the Halo 3 trailer is hinting that it will take place here), then this guy isn't going to give us a gimiky hollywoodized version of Africa. It's going to be real. Of course most of it will depend on the script, but I have faith that he can pull it off. And PJ seems to have a lot of faith in him as well. I think he could give us a down to earth realistic sci-fi tale. The key word there is realistic.
The whole Denzel Washington thing going around being cast as Master Chief is pretty stupid though if you ask me.
But now with all of this babble about the movie and 'Peter Jackson' and 'Neill Blomkamp' and whatnot, and seeing how there wasn't a thread here already, I figured I'd start one up. And here is why:
After hearing that they hired this new director (Blomkamp), I instantly became very interested in the film. I wasn't terribly before. Most people think that this is terrible news to have a FX artist in his directorial debut to take on such a big franchise. I think it's awesome news. And if you've seen his short films ( http://youtube.com/watch?v=4Zep9TlaPSo ), I hope that you would understand why. The reasoning is because of this: Halo 2 partially takes place in Africa. This director is from South Africa. If the film is to take place in Africa at all (and even the Halo 3 trailer is hinting that it will take place here), then this guy isn't going to give us a gimiky hollywoodized version of Africa. It's going to be real. Of course most of it will depend on the script, but I have faith that he can pull it off. And PJ seems to have a lot of faith in him as well. I think he could give us a down to earth realistic sci-fi tale. The key word there is realistic.
The whole Denzel Washington thing going around being cast as Master Chief is pretty stupid though if you ask me.
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The whole Denzel Washington thing going around being cast as Master Chief is pretty stupid though if you ask me.
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I don't think it'll really matter who they get to play MC, since he's just going to be a guy in a suit for 99% of the movie.
I think this guy would blow a fuse.
I know of a racist who loves Halo. It would just make my day if Denzel was cast or more, at the end of Halo 3, master chief takes off his helmet and is black.
I think this guy would blow a fuse.
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Only trouble is I'm pretty certain Master Chief is written as being white. Not a big thing to change, obviously, but might bother some fans of the books for racism-irrelevant reeasons. I wouldn't really mind at all myself, but it seems like a silly thing to change (albiet an equally pointless thing to get worked up over someone changing)
Niven needs his props...
The Fall of Reach explains this very well. MC was quite the bully as a kid
Shouldnt we make a movie about ringworld before we make a movie about Halo?
Niven needs his props...
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Damned right. At least Bungie sent him an Xbox and a copy of Halo. Last news (2004) was that Sci-Fi is doing a 4-hour Ringworld miniseries. Personally I don't know how well the book(s) would adapt to the screen...much of "Known Space" is established in earlier and later novels. It's a metric shitload of background that would be difficult to fit in 4 hours and still keep the story briskly moving.