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Post by dazed on Jun 28, 2018 19:23:21 GMT
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Post by stephen on Jun 28, 2018 19:36:06 GMT
I'm a big fan of Red vs. Blue (up till Season 12, at any rate) and the OG games are some of my favorites, but I'll believe this when I see it. I remember being stoked that they were doing a film version of The Fall of Reach with Peter Jackson over a decade ago.
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Post by theycallmemrfish on Jun 28, 2018 21:38:38 GMT
I'm a big fan of Red vs. Blue (up till Season 12, at any rate) and the OG games are some of my favorites, but I'll believe this when I see it. I remember being stoked that they were doing a film version of The Fall of Reach with Peter Jackson over a decade ago. Those early years of RvB were great. Then they got full of themselves... and then they went full fan service (and seeing as how they don't have the best of fans meant repeating their worst gags and starting meme shit). Shame, really. Also, I too remember those days of Jackson directing Garland's script. Such a shame that never came about. |
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Post by stephen on Jun 28, 2018 21:40:47 GMT
I'm a big fan of Red vs. Blue (up till Season 12, at any rate) and the OG games are some of my favorites, but I'll believe this when I see it. I remember being stoked that they were doing a film version of The Fall of Reach with Peter Jackson over a decade ago. Those early years of RvB were great. Then they got full of themselves... and then they went full fan service (and seeing as how they don't have the best of fans meant repeating their worst gags and starting meme shit). Shame, really. Also, I too remember those days of Jackson directing Garland's script. Such a shame that never came about. Seasons 1-5 (the Blood Gulch Chronicles) were fantastic. But I really liked it when the series went a more mature route with a proper mythology and excellent animation. But yeah, the times where they went back to the meme well were the weak points of the series's run. |
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Post by theycallmemrfish on Jun 28, 2018 21:45:47 GMT
Those early years of RvB were great. Then they got full of themselves... and then they went full fan service (and seeing as how they don't have the best of fans meant repeating their worst gags and starting meme shit). Shame, really. Also, I too remember those days of Jackson directing Garland's script. Such a shame that never came about. Seasons 1-5 (the Blood Gulch Chronicles) were fantastic. But I really liked it when the series went a more mature route with a proper mythology and excellent animation. But yeah, the times where they went back to the meme well were the weak points of the series's run. I can watch Blood Gulch Chronicles in any mood and be happy. *sighs deeply* Those Griff and Sarge back and forths... long gone (though to be fair I haven't watched in a long time outside of one random episode to see if I was missing anything... I wasn't). |
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Post by stephen on Jun 28, 2018 21:48:38 GMT
Seasons 1-5 (the Blood Gulch Chronicles) were fantastic. But I really liked it when the series went a more mature route with a proper mythology and excellent animation. But yeah, the times where they went back to the meme well were the weak points of the series's run. I can watch Blood Gulch Chronicles in any mood and be happy. *sighs deeply* Those Griff and Sarge back and forths... long gone (though to be fair I haven't watched in a long time outside of one random episode to see if I was missing anything... I wasn't). The Freelancer storylines are excellent stuff and, for my money, Wash is the best character the series ever produced (well, except for Church). But they are much more dramatic in nature. Still, Seasons 3 and 4 of BGC are endlessly rewatchable. That story arc where Church winds up blasting back in time and fucking things up . . . classic. |
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Post by Ryan_MYeah on Jun 28, 2018 23:18:09 GMT
I don’t think Halo - because of the set-piece heavy nature, and Master-Chief’s facelessness and mystery that makes him hard to characterize - could sustain a movie, let alone a TV series that’s likely going to be padded out.
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Post by dazed on Jun 29, 2018 16:39:40 GMT
I'm a big fan of Red vs. Blue (up till Season 12, at any rate) and the OG games are some of my favorites, but I'll believe this when I see it. I remember being stoked that they were doing a film version of The Fall of Reach with Peter Jackson over a decade ago. I have yet to watch the Red vs. Blue series, which is surprising since it seems like something I’d be into. It’s on Netflix Canada, so I’ll give it a go sometime. The OG games are amazing though, yeah. Halo: CE, Halo 2, and Halo 3 is probably my favorite gaming trilogy of all time. The memories they created for me, oh my. Having sleepovers at your buddies house and dicking around on the huge maps (especially with forge on Halo 3) until 3am are some of the best memories I have. I just finished beating Halo 2 on legendary (those fucking jackal snipers were the worst) and I forgot how much I loved the atmosphere they created with these games. |
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Post by dazed on Jun 29, 2018 16:40:33 GMT
I'm a big fan of Red vs. Blue (up till Season 12, at any rate) and the OG games are some of my favorites, but I'll believe this when I see it. I remember being stoked that they were doing a film version of The Fall of Reach with Peter Jackson over a decade ago. Those early years of RvB were great. Then they got full of themselves... and then they went full fan service (and seeing as how they don't have the best of fans meant repeating their worst gags and starting meme shit). Shame, really. Also, I too remember those days of Jackson directing Garland's script. Such a shame that never came about. A Peter Jackson movie with a Garland screenplay would be fucking amazing. It being a Halo movie would be the icing on the cake. |
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Post by theycallmemrfish on Jun 29, 2018 16:45:05 GMT
Those early years of RvB were great. Then they got full of themselves... and then they went full fan service (and seeing as how they don't have the best of fans meant repeating their worst gags and starting meme shit). Shame, really. Also, I too remember those days of Jackson directing Garland's script. Such a shame that never came about. A Peter Jackson movie with a Garland screenplay would be fucking amazing. It being a Halo movie would be the icing on the cake. Microsoft paid him $1M for a spec script (which will never get made). But yeah, back in the day Jackson was gonna be involved with a Garland script. Would have been pretty darned cool. |
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Post by theycallmemrfish on Jun 29, 2018 16:46:48 GMT
I'm a big fan of Red vs. Blue (up till Season 12, at any rate) and the OG games are some of my favorites, but I'll believe this when I see it. I remember being stoked that they were doing a film version of The Fall of Reach with Peter Jackson over a decade ago. I have yet to watch the Red vs. Blue series, which is surprising since it seems like something I’d be into. It’s on Netflix Canada, so I’ll give it a go sometime. The OG games are amazing though, yeah. Halo: CE, Halo 2, and Halo 3 is probably my favorite gaming trilogy of all time. The memories they created for me, oh my. Having sleepovers at your buddies house and dicking around on the huge maps (especially with forge on Halo 3) until 3am are some of the best memories I have. I just finished beating Halo 2 on legendary (those fucking jackal snipers were the worst) and I forgot how much I loved the atmosphere they created with these games. My friends and I would get drunk and play on Live... then proceed to have warthog races around the map in lieu of actually doing anything. It was always a lot of fun when people who weren't in our party join along. |
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Post by idioticbunny on Jun 29, 2018 18:23:02 GMT
Yeah, considering the Halo movie that Peter Jackson was supposed to direct based off an Alex Garland spec script - which was my most anticipated of anything ever - was announced over a decade ago and then went mysteriously into production hell, I'm very cautious about this show. I was thinking the other day how Halo should just go the TV route as there are so many sequels, it might be nice to just make each game its own season. But as Ryan_MYeah mentioned, it deserves an Avatar level budget for the VFX, set design, make-up, sound, and costumes alone, but add to that trying to find an actor willing to be under a helmet for the entirety of a series (or worse yet, if they end up saying fuck it to that whole idea and get a good actor and they make him show his face)... I can just see a lot of avenues for this not working out well at all. Unless of course they're just completely ignoring the video games and doing some separate story in the same universe, then I guess it could work? But who would even really be interested in that? I've been waiting for the first game to get the film treatment for over a decade, I'd hate for them to just up and ignore it when they have the chance now. Anyway, who knows. I still have that Garland spec script on my computer and it's pretty damn fantastic. I've wondered if Garland himself wouldn't actually be willing to take the reins of directing duties for it. I think his dark sci-fi style works really well for the first game. |
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Post by dazed on Jun 29, 2018 18:49:27 GMT
Yeah, considering the Halo movie that Peter Jackson was supposed to direct based off an Alex Garland spec script - which was my most anticipated of anything ever - was announced over a decade ago and then went mysteriously into production hell, I'm very cautious about this show. I was thinking the other day how Halo should just go the TV route as there are so many sequels, it might be nice to just make each game its own season. But as Ryan_MYeah mentioned, it deserves an Avatar level budget for the VFX, set design, make-up, sound, and costumes alone, but add to that trying to find an actor willing to be under a helmet for the entirety of a series (or worse yet, if they end up saying fuck it to that whole idea and get a good actor and they make him show his face)... I can just see a lot of avenues for this not working out well at all. Unless of course they're just completely ignoring the video games and doing some separate story in the same universe, then I guess it could work? But who would even really be interested in that? I've been waiting for the first game to get the film treatment for over a decade, I'd hate for them to just up and ignore it when they have the chance now. Anyway, who knows. I still have that Garland spec script on my computer and it's pretty damn fantastic. I've wondered if Garland himself wouldn't actually be willing to take the reins of directing duties for it. I think his dark sci-fi style works really well for the first game. I’d be so down if Garland was able to get a huge budget and direct the screenplay that he made for Halo. I agree, his direction would be a nice fit in translating the game style to the big screen. The chances of it happening sound like pie in the sky but he’s had pretty big two back to back successes since he wrote the screenplay, so who knows. |
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Post by idioticbunny on Jun 30, 2018 18:01:40 GMT
Yeah, considering the Halo movie that Peter Jackson was supposed to direct based off an Alex Garland spec script - which was my most anticipated of anything ever - was announced over a decade ago and then went mysteriously into production hell, I'm very cautious about this show. I was thinking the other day how Halo should just go the TV route as there are so many sequels, it might be nice to just make each game its own season. But as Ryan_MYeah mentioned, it deserves an Avatar level budget for the VFX, set design, make-up, sound, and costumes alone, but add to that trying to find an actor willing to be under a helmet for the entirety of a series (or worse yet, if they end up saying fuck it to that whole idea and get a good actor and they make him show his face)... I can just see a lot of avenues for this not working out well at all. Unless of course they're just completely ignoring the video games and doing some separate story in the same universe, then I guess it could work? But who would even really be interested in that? I've been waiting for the first game to get the film treatment for over a decade, I'd hate for them to just up and ignore it when they have the chance now. Anyway, who knows. I still have that Garland spec script on my computer and it's pretty damn fantastic. I've wondered if Garland himself wouldn't actually be willing to take the reins of directing duties for it. I think his dark sci-fi style works really well for the first game. I’d be so down if Garland was able to get a huge budget and direct the screenplay that he made for Halo. I agree, his direction would be a nice fit in translating the game style to the big screen. The chances of it happening sound like pie in the sky but he’s had pretty big two back to back successes since he wrote the screenplay, so who knows. I think it'd be a really cheap way to get a good director on board with it too. I mean, he wrote the script, he has a pretty good idea of what he wants it to look like. They wouldn't need to shovel out a ton of money for a James Cameron or Peter Jackson to get it done. And as you said, he's got two back-to-back successes within the genre. It's super wishful thinking, but I guess we'll see what becomes of the TV series first. |
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Post by theycallmemrfish on Jun 30, 2018 18:09:01 GMT
Yeah, considering the Halo movie that Peter Jackson was supposed to direct based off an Alex Garland spec script - which was my most anticipated of anything ever - was announced over a decade ago and then went mysteriously into production hell, I'm very cautious about this show. I was thinking the other day how Halo should just go the TV route as there are so many sequels, it might be nice to just make each game its own season. But as Ryan_MYeah mentioned, it deserves an Avatar level budget for the VFX, set design, make-up, sound, and costumes alone, but add to that trying to find an actor willing to be under a helmet for the entirety of a series (or worse yet, if they end up saying fuck it to that whole idea and get a good actor and they make him show his face)... I can just see a lot of avenues for this not working out well at all. Unless of course they're just completely ignoring the video games and doing some separate story in the same universe, then I guess it could work? But who would even really be interested in that? I've been waiting for the first game to get the film treatment for over a decade, I'd hate for them to just up and ignore it when they have the chance now. Anyway, who knows. I still have that Garland spec script on my computer and it's pretty damn fantastic. I've wondered if Garland himself wouldn't actually be willing to take the reins of directing duties for it. I think his dark sci-fi style works really well for the first game. Yeah it's the best option in my eyes. Don't need to live up to preexisting expectations, can forge your own characters (and despite what every Halo fan says, Master Chief isn't really all that interesting... and his voice actor isn't the bees knees), and the writers/directors can make it their own. Plus, I think having the stories in the show be parallels of what we see in the game (but obviously from different POVs and different locations) would be rad as hell. |
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Post by idioticbunny on Jun 30, 2018 19:01:12 GMT
Yeah, considering the Halo movie that Peter Jackson was supposed to direct based off an Alex Garland spec script - which was my most anticipated of anything ever - was announced over a decade ago and then went mysteriously into production hell, I'm very cautious about this show. I was thinking the other day how Halo should just go the TV route as there are so many sequels, it might be nice to just make each game its own season. But as Ryan_MYeah mentioned, it deserves an Avatar level budget for the VFX, set design, make-up, sound, and costumes alone, but add to that trying to find an actor willing to be under a helmet for the entirety of a series (or worse yet, if they end up saying fuck it to that whole idea and get a good actor and they make him show his face)... I can just see a lot of avenues for this not working out well at all. Unless of course they're just completely ignoring the video games and doing some separate story in the same universe, then I guess it could work? But who would even really be interested in that? I've been waiting for the first game to get the film treatment for over a decade, I'd hate for them to just up and ignore it when they have the chance now. Anyway, who knows. I still have that Garland spec script on my computer and it's pretty damn fantastic. I've wondered if Garland himself wouldn't actually be willing to take the reins of directing duties for it. I think his dark sci-fi style works really well for the first game. Yeah it's the best option in my eyes. Don't need to live up to preexisting expectations, can forge your own characters (and despite what every Halo fan says, Master Chief isn't really all that interesting... and his voice actor isn't the bees knees), and the writers/directors can make it their own. Plus, I think having the stories in the show be parallels of what we see in the game (but obviously from different POVs and different locations) would be rad as hell. Yeah, I agree with you there. I mainly just really love the story in the first game and think it's ripe for a proper film adaptation. But I agree that Master Chief is pretty much uninteresting aside from his size, stature, and strength - though I'm sure a good writer could expand his role a bit. But if they go this route with the series, then I just hope they don't hire the same writers who worked on any Halo game post Combat Evolved because it felt like Lucas' Star Wars prequels with the amount of people standing in circles talking or over-exposition. A Band of Brothers in the Halo universe would be pretty rad indeed. |
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Post by stephen on Jun 30, 2018 23:16:53 GMT
Yeah it's the best option in my eyes. Don't need to live up to preexisting expectations, can forge your own characters (and despite what every Halo fan says, Master Chief isn't really all that interesting... and his voice actor isn't the bees knees), and the writers/directors can make it their own. Plus, I think having the stories in the show be parallels of what we see in the game (but obviously from different POVs and different locations) would be rad as hell. Yeah, I agree with you there. I mainly just really love the story in the first game and think it's ripe for a proper film adaptation. But I agree that Master Chief is pretty much uninteresting aside from his size, stature, and strength - though I'm sure a good writer could expand his role a bit. But if they go this route with the series, then I just hope they don't hire the same writers who worked on any Halo game post Combat Evolved because it felt like Lucas' Star Wars prequels with the amount of people standing in circles talking or over-exposition. A Band of Brothers in the Halo universe would be pretty rad indeed. When I was in high school, I wrote a fairly lengthy Halo fanfic storyline/script that was pretty much this: charting a company of soldiers from enlistment to their first battle with the Covenant, all throughout the war. It had a pseudo-documentary feel to it, as in there was a USMC journalist/film crew embedded with them to put out a "morale/propaganda" story for recruitment purposes. I had the idea that we'd use the machinima capabilities of the games at the time to do it, and I'd actually cast most of my friends and classmates in roles . . . but it never really came to fruition beyond a table read or two. The idea would be that Master Chief/the main story would only be mentioned in passing as a rumor/scuttlebutt among the infantry. |
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Post by idioticbunny on Jul 1, 2018 17:07:42 GMT
Yeah, I agree with you there. I mainly just really love the story in the first game and think it's ripe for a proper film adaptation. But I agree that Master Chief is pretty much uninteresting aside from his size, stature, and strength - though I'm sure a good writer could expand his role a bit. But if they go this route with the series, then I just hope they don't hire the same writers who worked on any Halo game post Combat Evolved because it felt like Lucas' Star Wars prequels with the amount of people standing in circles talking or over-exposition. A Band of Brothers in the Halo universe would be pretty rad indeed. When I was in high school, I wrote a fairly lengthy Halo fanfic storyline/script that was pretty much this: charting a company of soldiers from enlistment to their first battle with the Covenant, all throughout the war. It had a pseudo-documentary feel to it, as in there was a USMC journalist/film crew embedded with them to put out a "morale/propaganda" story for recruitment purposes. I had the idea that we'd use the machinima capabilities of the games at the time to do it, and I'd actually cast most of my friends and classmates in roles . . . but it never really came to fruition beyond a table read or two. The idea would be that Master Chief/the main story would only be mentioned in passing as a rumor/scuttlebutt among the infantry. That actually sounds pretty amazing, and I think if they went that route with the show it might actually make way for a film adaptation of Halo even (considering the "rumors" of Master Chief and all). I like this. Also, never took you to be a big fan of Halo.  |
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Post by stephen on Jul 1, 2018 18:08:40 GMT
When I was in high school, I wrote a fairly lengthy Halo fanfic storyline/script that was pretty much this: charting a company of soldiers from enlistment to their first battle with the Covenant, all throughout the war. It had a pseudo-documentary feel to it, as in there was a USMC journalist/film crew embedded with them to put out a "morale/propaganda" story for recruitment purposes. I had the idea that we'd use the machinima capabilities of the games at the time to do it, and I'd actually cast most of my friends and classmates in roles . . . but it never really came to fruition beyond a table read or two. The idea would be that Master Chief/the main story would only be mentioned in passing as a rumor/scuttlebutt among the infantry. That actually sounds pretty amazing, and I think if they went that route with the show it might actually make way for a film adaptation of Halo even (considering the "rumors" of Master Chief and all). I like this. Also, never took you to be a big fan of Halo. Oh yeah. I still consider it one of my favorite game franchises, even if I haven't played any of the new games since Halo: Reach. Alas, my script/notes were lost when my computer crapped out on me several years ago. |
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Post by idioticbunny on Jul 2, 2018 0:00:10 GMT
That actually sounds pretty amazing, and I think if they went that route with the show it might actually make way for a film adaptation of Halo even (considering the "rumors" of Master Chief and all). I like this. Also, never took you to be a big fan of Halo. Oh yeah. I still consider it one of my favorite game franchises, even if I haven't played any of the new games since Halo: Reach. Alas, my script/notes were lost when my computer crapped out on me several years ago. Aww, that's a shame... Wouldn't have minded reading them. To be honest, beyond Reach there's nothing really to play anymore. They're just milking that franchise for money at this point and nothing else. My best friend and I still play the new ones, but only for nostalgia. |
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Post by stephen on Aug 3, 2019 23:44:04 GMT
BOKEEM WOODBINE JUST JOINED.
Also Natascha McElhone as Cortana and Dr. Halsey.
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Post by stephen on Dec 11, 2021 14:10:13 GMT
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Post by Tommen_Saperstein on Dec 11, 2021 17:03:41 GMT
Never could get into these games so I have no idea about the plot at all but the VFX is so cool in that trailer. Can't wait to see some of the alien species because that's really where the effects might falter (see: Wheel of Time). But this looks cool. Optimistic!
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Post by theycallmemrfish on Dec 11, 2021 18:38:58 GMT
Never could get into these games so I have no idea about the plot at all but the VFX is so cool in that trailer. Can't wait to see some of the alien species because that's really where the effects might falter (see: Wheel of Time). But this looks cool. Optimistic! The plots for 1 and 2 are actually very good (1 especially), so they have a good amount of lore to go on just with those. |
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Post by Ryan_MYeah on Dec 11, 2021 21:18:29 GMT
Ok, following The Mandalorian, I’m fully prepared to eat my own words if this succeeds.
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