Curse

Cale Roughstar · Nov 08, 2007, 09:11 PM // 21:11

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Originally Posted by Phoenix Tears

Mhenlo > Chow Yun-Fat
Cynn > Scarlett Johansson
Aidan > Tom Cruise (looks awesome with a full beard, just perfect for Aidan XD)
Eve > Jennifer Love Hewitt
Devona > Jessica Alba
Ogden > John Rhys-Davies
Tahlkora > Halle Berry
Kahmu > Will Smith
Xandra > Kate Hudson
Morgahn > Samuel L. Jackson
Sousuke > Owen Wilson
Norgu > Eddie Murphy
Master ... > Morgan Freeman
Anton > James Marsden
female Sin Hero XD > Anne Hathaway
Koss > Cuba Gooding Jr.

hmm, more ideas i havent atm for the rest, maybe other fidn some nice actors for the characters i left out

Okay, you just named a cast that I would pay to see PLAYING Guild Wars on the computer!

Also, dont you think Jennifer Love Hewitt would be better in Female Elementalist armour?

"As for Samuel L Jackson, he would be much better as Koss! THATS IT I have had it with these BALTHAZAR BLASTED DRAKES! On this BALTHAZAR BLASTED PLAIN!"

I said it before, and I will say it again
/signed

Sniper22 · Nov 08, 2007, 09:14 PM // 21:14

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Originally Posted by Master Sword Keeper

ID software did it.

Lol we know how that turned out. That movie was like 99% BS and 1% Doom.

No GW movie - ever! Just sit back and laugh at the lame WoW movie when it comes out. Can you seriously imagine a wow movie... what's the story line gonna be like. "Dwarfman help me!!! Someone slayed my elf friend when we were leveling off wolves!"

IMO the only decent movie based off a game was Tomb Raider.

If Anet ever considers making a gw movie, its just gonna be 2 hours of snoozing and embarrassment. There is no way to make a movie based off of GW good, and its just not going to happen.

A11Eur0 · Nov 08, 2007, 09:17 PM // 21:17

Why would the movie be based directly on the storylines in the games?

I was thinking this and was actually working out some plot ideas.

Which I won't post on here because I don't do free stuff for big corporations.

And how could you have General Morgahn played by Samuel L. Jackson, and have Morgan Freeman (whom Morgahn is designed off of/an homage to) play a different role? And could you pick some actors who aren't anything more than tabloid food and teen movie rejects?

Shadow Spirit · Nov 08, 2007, 09:48 PM // 21:48

This whole idea is kind of crazy and I really hope they don't make a GW movie, but if they did it would have to be a totally different story and just based on the game's concepts.

I mean, story is definitely not GW's strong suit. It's the fun gameplay that makes the cliched "save-the-world" narratives tolerable.

Some things just dont translate between mediums well.

Phoenix Tears · Nov 08, 2007, 10:40 PM // 22:40

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Originally Posted by A11Eur0

Why would the movie be based directly on the storylines in the games?

I was thinking this and was actually working out some plot ideas.

Which I won't post on here because I don't do free stuff for big corporations.

And how could you have General Morgahn played by Samuel L. Jackson, and have Morgan Freeman (whom Morgahn is designed off of/an homage to) play a different role? And could you pick some actors who aren't anything more than tabloid food and teen movie rejects?

I just took them, because they are

1. good actors/actresses
2. well known actors/... (so more well known actors, so better a movie can become
3. good looking actors/... ( we naturally all want eye candy XD)
4. they fit as actors7... to the Age circa of the Characters, they should play

because

1. A movie just with crap actors won't sell good and makes no sense
2. unknown actors don't lure so much people into the kinos and are lesser interesting (marketing)
3. who please will look a movie with ugly people XD?
4. what makes it please for a sense, to take actors, that are and look like 40+, to let them play roles as a 20-27 aged characters ?

Samuel L. Jackson is just perfect for the Role as Morgahn.
Costumized he surely looks good like Morgahn, hes in a similar age in kind of looks, like Morgahn, he is naturally colored, like morgahn, makes no sense to put some white guy as Morgahn XD, hes good, hes very experienced as actor and has just the charisma, I'll expect from him for playing Morgahn. he has the body of Morgahn XD, come on, Samuel is just perfect XD

Morgan is too old for the role as Morgahn, he fits much better to the old looking Master ...which age is even unknown XD
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Nah, Jennifer is good in looking scary and cruel like a Necro XD ,shes the ghost Wisperer XD, hmm, what would also mean, she could be Xandra rofl and put then Kate for Eve.

Scarlett has just the perfect face for Cynn ^^, like Tom has the perfect bearded face for aidan.
Anyone rembers beard-tom in "The Last Samurai"?
Thats the look, how i Like him for Aidan ^^

Cuba a a good Koss-Face *gg* look only at a picture of Cuba and think, of him, wearign a big black affro rofl perfect ^^

however, its only a list, just fill in the names, i couldn#t thought of actors for and replace the names, where you think, an other actor/actress is better for and then post your lists ...

when we have a complete list and for several roles more than 1 good actor, that would fit, maybe let us make polls *g*, until we have the final setting, with that are most people here happy

X Salvation X · Nov 08, 2007, 10:41 PM // 22:41

You actually think this is a good idea?

Phoenix Tears · Nov 08, 2007, 10:46 PM // 22:46

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Originally Posted by X Salvation X

You actually think this is a good idea?

sure, why not, when hollywood stands behind this project XD and the whole thing don't ends up in a B-Movie ...

nah we expect a S-Movie..a blockbuster *g* ^^

with right actors, good computer technis ect, to make the film look good, with the performance of like the lotR- movies and with a very good thought out plot, that must even have nothing to to with the game story at all, i think, this can be a success ^^

don't think of things so pessimistic, which aren't even anyhow really planned lol

the Puppeteer · Nov 08, 2007, 10:48 PM // 22:48

/signed tho there probably won't be a GW movie ever

Someone call Uwe Boll

x-stunt-x · Nov 08, 2007, 10:54 PM // 22:54

wow is it just me are did i start some crap with this post?
I hope leeroy jinkins will be in the WoW movie

warcrap · Nov 08, 2007, 10:59 PM // 22:59

ii wish but its not gonna happen =(

Wyrmdog · Nov 09, 2007, 12:42 AM // 00:42

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Originally Posted by Shadow Spirit

This whole idea is kind of crazy and I really hope they don't make a GW movie, but if they did it would have to be a totally different story and just based on the game's concepts.

The biggest factors in game properties sucking as movies are easily boiled down to a few things.

First, they try to put in EVERYTHING. I don't know who is typically responsible, but there is a tendency to try cramming in every ridiculous notion or iconic character or story arc they can. The end result is usually a poorly done ad for the game. The reason the Tomb Raider movies are generally regarded as successful game films is because they take the concepts and make original stories from them while incorporating specific game elements where and when they can.

Too many game movies think that without showing the full scope, perhaps it will be stunted or lack one of the things that make the game work. A meandering story becomes the only character to receive any real attention and nothing can save it when it's that bloated. Any attempt to do the entirety of the Prophecies storyline (even in scope only) would fall directly into this trap.

Ironically, including too much means leaving too much out.

Second, it's likely the studios involved believe that since it's a property with a relatively small fan-base, they don't have to pay as much attention to it, just enough to ensure that it does well with that niche audience and turn a profit.

In order for a GW film to be successful, several things would have to happen, and they'd have to be willing to pull the plug if it didn't pan out the way it needed to.

First, figure out what makes Guild Wars what it is. Is it the setting, the Guild Wars themselves, or maybe a specific arc of storyline? What could they do that would at once be appealing to a wider audience and satisfy their fanbase that the property remains what they know and love?

Identify a coherent storyline from this.

Second, trim the fat. Don't include characters that aren't part of the story just to include them. Make them decorative backdrop if you must, but only include what you intend to use on that front. This means that people may not see Cynn or Koss or Jin. They may never see Kryta or the Shiverpeaks. They may not see a lot of things they may want to see, but you have to make sacrifices for a coherent story.

Third, wardrobe. Be smart enough to put the brakes on anything that doesn't look believable enough. We've all seen bad cosplay, terrible costumes in movies, and we know enough to tell when something is unnecessarily tacky. If a costume looks like a costume and not clothing when on a character, it needs to either go or be re-designed.

One of the best indicators of a neglected production is the costuming. Clothing should look lived in, comfortable. It should never make the actor look like they're off to a costume party. If that means not using some rather signature game designs, so be it.

Fourth, hire real writers for the project. Many of the writers on staff are good, but they don't write for the bones of a film, they write for the bones of a game. The extant writers should be involved at every step to provide advice, insight, and oversight, but the crafting of the story, it's pacing and structure, should be handled by a pro.

There's a lot more, but this is beefy for a post so I'll sum it up like this:

Any video game property, especially our beloved Guild Wars, needs to step away from many of it's conceits in order to successfully shift mediums. They must be willing to make changes and some hard exclusions (like perhaps dropping the monker Guild Wars for something less niche-sounding yet still recognizably property-specific when seen in context like Ascalon, or The Catacombs), and tell a story that's more about what it's about than it is about the setting...if that convoluted mess of a statement makes sense.

Craft new and compelling characters and maybe even drop them into an unforseen environment or put them in a well-known one from a different angle. Give it life and perhaps a reason for someone not into Guild Wars to be interested in it. Look at what X-Men and Spiderman and Batman Begins did right. Pay attention to why Blood Rayne and Dungeons and Dragons or Eragon (different original medium, but my point stands) were so incredibly bad. Learn from your peers and predecessors.

If it's just an excuse to make a sequence of Guild Wars themed scenes with little regard for the actual craft of storytelling in the framework of a film, count me out. If it's just going to be a poor excuse for watching Jason Statham with a dumb name kick the crap out of people in rubber masks, count me out. If it's just going to be a dumb LotR knock off, count me out.

If, on the other hand, it's an exciting story with engaging characters in a setting I game in without the idea that 'it's just a video game property'...I'm there.

Tenjin · Nov 09, 2007, 12:52 AM // 00:52

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Originally Posted by Cale Roughstar

Orlando Bloom would make the best ranger ever! Oh wait...

I lol'd.

I would like to see a movie... but if it was poorly done then those WoW freaks would have an excuse to diss on us.

silv3rr · Nov 09, 2007, 12:55 AM // 00:55

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Originally Posted by Avarre

Just make a series of adult movies starring Mhenlo and various female npcs from the story.

And maybe throw in some Togo too

If they did turn this into a movie, I think it'd be best in CG... I'd love to see Square Soft-Enix in-charge of graphics while Peter Jackson & company can get busy with the other stuff >.>

Wyrmdog: You are incredible. Maybe you should take charge of this

greenreaper3 · Nov 09, 2007, 04:51 AM // 04:51

umm... id watch it IF it came out... i guess... but i really couldnt care less lol...

i mean.... a MMORPG movie?

therangereminem · Nov 09, 2007, 06:42 AM // 06:42

wow is going to be the worse movie ever why make a movie about wow there no new story they wont be like everything else im glad guild wars wont make a movie

A11Eur0 · Nov 09, 2007, 08:48 AM // 08:48

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Originally Posted by Phoenix Tears

I just took them, because they are

1. good actors/actresses
2. well known actors/... (so more well known actors, so better a movie can become
3. good looking actors/... ( we naturally all want eye candy XD)
4. they fit as actors7... to the Age circa of the Characters, they should play

because

1. A movie just with crap actors won't sell good and makes no sense
2. unknown actors don't lure so much people into the kinos and are lesser interesting (marketing)
3. who please will look a movie with ugly people XD?
4. what makes it please for a sense, to take actors, that are and look like 40+, to let them play roles as a 20-27 aged characters ?

Plenty of movies out there are good, and used at-the-time unknowns. How many of the actors/actresses in LoTR, X-Men, and other big budget high-grossing movies with large casts and epic stories were unknown before the movie was released? Quite a few. Orlando Bloom, Viggo Mortensen(although he had some good roles up till then, but was shamefully overlooked), Hugh Jackman (who has gone on to do very very good artsy and thought-provoking films), too many to list when I'm this tired.

And Samuel L Jackson looks older than Morgan Freeman, and doesn't have the tone of voice that goes with Morgahn. I personally would feel strange seeing Samuel L. Jackson trying to play morgahn...because his bread and butter is overdone loud monologues with his high pitched voice. This is what gives him his trademark, and gets him his loyal fans. If anything, Denzel Washington could play Morgahn, and Morgan Freeman can play MoW and have some witty banter with the character designed originally after him. Leave SLJ out of it...he doesn't fit the personalities of any of these roles except Koss who is just way too young.

Onarik Amrak · Nov 09, 2007, 12:33 PM // 12:33

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Originally Posted by therangereminem

wow is going to be the worse movie ever why make a movie about wow there no new story they wont be like everything else im glad guild wars wont make a movie

How about using grammar and punctuation?

Solas · Nov 09, 2007, 01:34 PM // 13:34

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Originally Posted by x-stunt-x

make a movie before WoW does

sorry but thats the worst motive for a film, + you want them to rush a movie while there rushing GW2?

i'd love to see a GW movie tho, if it was good, not like the normal game-> Film movies

~Solas

jackie · Nov 09, 2007, 02:09 PM // 14:09

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Originally Posted by Sniper22

No GW movie - ever! Just sit back and laugh at the lame WoW movie when it comes out. Can you seriously imagine a wow movie... what's the story line gonna be like. "Dwarfman help me!!! Someone slayed my elf friend when we were leveling off wolves!"

http://warcraft.moviechronicles.com/...blizzcon-2007/

With Legendary Pictures & $100m+ budget, it's at least epic. Seems to be a war movie rather than adventure, at the moment thinking of 300, Kingdom of Heaven type of film.

Exterminate all · Nov 09, 2007, 04:28 PM // 16:28

Its a game...not a movie.

/notsigned