re: Exclusive: And The Winner For Best Supporting Actor Is...As Master Chief? Bungie Writing Director Joseph Staten Gives Level Up Some Insight Into The Stalled Halo Movie

xjake — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 18:16:39 GMT

I fear the day that I see Master Chief "emotively" *** his head to the side like a puppy.

re: Exclusive: And The Winner For Best Supporting Actor Is...As Master Chief? Bungie Writing Director Joseph Staten Gives Level Up Some Insight Into The Stalled Halo Movie

Dersu — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 06:53:06 GMT

It sounds like a perfectly interesting and acceptable method for cinematic drama. Good ideas aside, what matters most is execution. If the characters act in a generic, overly clichéd, and/or one-dimensional manner, then this idea wouldn't work. If they want heartfelt drama, if they want two or more hours of straight action, if they want a love story between the Chief and Cortana, if they want to make something obscure and abstract, then by all means do it if they have the talent and ability and desire to make it work. I'll admit I've had my share of problems with the cinematic and dramatic execution of the cutscenes in "Halo." I found the characters often acted in exactly the manner I described above, and I mainly enjoyed the first game for its game content, not so much for its story content, although potential is there. I feel the second game improved the story (I particularly liked the Covenant being fleshed out more), but I didn't like it's trend-following cliffhanger ending (I'm clearly not alone there). If a great, and I mean truly great, movie can be made from this - and I think it can in the right hands - then I'm all for it. I would honestly love to see the Halo universe lifted from the current limitations of the video game medium and beautifully drawn out on the cinematic canvas. Because as much as I love video games and acknowledge what they offer that movies don't (being directly involved in what goes on), I haven't seen a game yet that can execute an idea and offer up a world the way some of the very best movies have been able to, although games like "Half-Life 2" have come pretty close. I also regrettably acknowledge the fact that most movies based on video games have been forgettable cinematic cotton candy at best. But considering the names involved with the apparently dead Halo movie (such as Jackson, and not to mention Blomkamp, whose shorts are remarkable), I had hoped we were going to see the first true video game-based movie masterpiece. So naturally, it had to die, along with George Romero's "Resident Evil" movie, because God forbid that talented people be allowed to properly adapt a game into a movie. Such is life, I guess.

re: Exclusive: And The Winner For Best Supporting Actor Is...As Master Chief? Bungie Writing Director Joseph Staten Gives Level Up Some Insight Into The Stalled Halo Movie

Xenobia — Sun, 27 Jan 2008 00:35:39 GMT

Erm, at the end of the article it says "come back tomorrow for the full transcript of Part II", yet I can't see a Part II anywhere, and it has been over a week since. So, where is it?