Hey Everyone, here is food for thought. I have been reading the books and feel like we as a community have been left hanging by the end of the series. I also feel like there is a little to be desired about end. [b]IF[/b] anyone was to invest the time to make a movie, what time frame should it encompass? What characters should be included/left out?
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narcogen
Halo 1.
Economics pretty much demand that a Halo film appeal to those who aren't fans of the games, so I think you have to start all over, introducing the characters and the world. Halo 1 is the best portion of the story to do that.
As such I think the major characters are the Chief, Cortana, Keyes and Johnson. Keyes of course isn't going to make it, but for the audience to be affected by his death we have to feel some attachment to the character.
If someone was really feeling bold, I think the idea of telling part of the Arbiter's story in Halo 1 would be a neat idea. It would certainly set up the next part of the story better.
Rampant for over se7en years.
negi springfield
Re: Halo 1.
In reply to: Halo 1.*mc* [quote]halo 1 is the best portion of the story to do that[/quote]
i think youre right but possibly incclude the fall of reach there aswell explaining the chiefs backstory for newcomers to halo
narcogen
Re: Halo 1.
In reply to: Re: Halo 1.[quote=jake_014] *mc* [quote]halo 1 is the best portion of the story to do that[/quote]
i think youre right but possibly incclude the fall of reach there aswell explaining the chiefs backstory for newcomers to halo[/quote]
In the form of some flashbacks, maybe.
Until you know why the chief is special and why you should care about him, the backstory is irrelevant. Halo 1 is the best because within its context, the Chief is special-- he's "the last Spartan". Everything depends on him.
If the movie did Reach first and then Installation 04 it'd be harder to establish that. There'd be a preoccupation with those events, the other Spartans, and why he ended up being the last.
Garland's script actually worked this in to give the Chief some emotional grounding; he feels bad about Reach because he views it as a personal failure. You don't get that at all from just playing Halo 1; the Chief there is starting from a nearly clean slate. The PoA is on the run from the Covenant, but that's about all you know.
Rampant for over se7en years.
negi springfield
Re: Halo 1.
In reply to: Re: Halo 1.[quote]and why he ended up being the last.[/quote]
but he is not the last spartan
have you read first strike he rescues live spartans
also if you check on halopedia this can be proven
and what about johnson and captain keyes they are spartan 1's
:P
narcogen
Sheesh
In reply to: Re: Halo 1.Sheesh, man. Context.
Are there any other Spartans on Installation 04?
No. Others are all presumed dead. He's the last.
Later we find out that's not true, but it never has any impact on the game.
Are there other Spartans on Delta Halo? No. Because once again, all the Spartans that turned out not to be dead are once again either presumed dead, or missing in action (and since all Spartans actually KIA are all listed MIA, it's all the same thing anyway.
So once again, MC is the "last".
Are there other Spartans on Earth, or on the Ark?
No. He is the last. That's why the Halo soundtrack includes tracks called "The Last Spartan".
Plenty of people who would be expected to watch a Halo movie might not even have played all three games-- let alone also read all the novels. Those other Spartans [i]just don't matter[/i] in the grand scheme of things.
Bringing up that the Master Chief isn't the "last spartan" is like arguing how many episodes of the original Star Trek they were. It doesn't have a real impact on anything.
Rampant for over se7en years.
negi springfield
Re: Sheesh
In reply to: Sheeshyeah thats true
he is officially the last spartan
but this doesnt mean that he is the only spartan featureing in the film
i think if any other spartan is to feature it will be chiefs best friend sam who died in front of the chief to complete a mission concerning (i think) the human rebels that would be the films major flashback
also what do you think the length and certificate for the film are
narcogen
Re: Sheesh
In reply to: Re: SheeshI'm pretty sure that if a Halo film is made, the Chief will be the only Spartan featured.
They can't assume the audience has even played the games, let alone read the novel. Following the progression of the games makes the most sense.
There could be flashback scenes with more Spartans, but they would exist solely to flesh out the MC's position as the last.
I doubt they'd go back pre-Reach with any flashbacks to the missions against human rebels. Takes too much time to explain why that's even relevant. To be honest, it isn't really relevant to much of anything.
As for the length.. between 90 and 140 minutes. Probably closer to 90. Going for an audience that isn't just rabid Halo fans means keeping the length reasonable. This isn't going to be Lord of the Rings.
Certificate? You mean rating? I'd guess they'd shoot for PG-13 to make the audience as wide as possible. That's usually the best you can get with the descriptor "sci-fi violence". So mostly aliens, not humans being killed, and a cap on blood and gore.
Rampant for over se7en years.
negi springfield
Re: Sheesh
In reply to: Re: Sheeshi would make it 15 possibly 18
remember that the flood are going to be in it
think back to combat evolved level 6
the chief watching jenkins video and all of the marines getting killed by flood(no i am not including johnson)
thats going to be grusome considering this is a film and will not look like the game
also if the story is halo 1 then if they make sequels i think its possible that the chief allready has the mk VI armour
dablakpantha
Re: Halo 1.
In reply to: Halo 1.After finishing H3 on Heroic and playing around on the Forge, I thought about having Guilty Spark or some of the other AIs for the rings somehow thrown in. The Arbiter's story is a cool idea, but it is kinda told throughout H2. Maybe even having some more info about the Forerunners may be cool and since there is no solid info out there, it can lead anywhere.
Link for Forerunners @ wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations_Space_Command#Forerunner
negi springfield
Re: And if there were a movie???
all important characters will be in it
not minor characters