I suspect it's hard to successfully adapt a game where one has "experienced" the narrative. I'm sure that someone will try to adapt "Mass Effect" - but if we've "been Shepard" do we really get much out of watching someone else play & interpret the character of Shepard? Movies & TV shows have a hard time living up to the books they are based on, but it's probably an order of magnitude more difficult to live up to a game that captured an audience enough for someone to even attempt to adapt it in another form.
There's a separate line of inquiry to be explored as to whether the increasing number of female protagonists is a cause or an effect of men shifting towards consuming entertainment/narrative content through computer games rather than through "traditional media".
Yeah, I dont think it's even possible to 'tell' a story that has been told in a game because every play thru writes a new version. They're probably better off just starting with the story world and threading their own narrative through it. You're probably right about Mass Effect. And whatever movie or TV series is made from it, nobody will be pleased.
Agree with the having played and interpreted the character vs watching someone else do it - the rancid discussions around casting and performances in the Last of Us adaption is a case in point.
Ignoring the perceived success or failure of the Assassin's Creed movie, moving to a different historical era and protagonist for the movie was a smart move, and they took advantage of the franchise allowing for that kind of narrative flexibility.
The rise of female protagonists is probably driven in part by the brutal market reality that there are large audiences of people who are not cis-het men of certain age ranges, and that tent pole movies and TV shows can't rely just on the preferences of a shrinking demography, even if it's been the dominant target market for decades. In a few years time we'll see the rise and mainstreaming of non binary and queer protagonists alongside female and non white protagonists.
Watching the Fallout one, some of the visuals felt like I was immersed in the game, some very family parts of the game like as familiar as home. Looking forward to this one, can't wait to hear Ron Perlman's dulcet tones.
I'm excited for Fallout. I played the hell out of the turn-based games; alas, when they went FPS I was a little saddened, mainly due to my sucky FPS 'skills'.
Finally - something in the vein of fallout and its on a streaming service i am subscribed to (counting the days for Reacher s2 to drop as well). Although wont be impressed with the weekly drip feed - was just getting used to being able to binge stuff over the last few years and they go change it again because obviously they found it was bad for their business model.
Not sure if furiosa will get me into the cinemas though - worried it will just be a rehash of fury road "take successful movie, rehash the best bits that people seemed to like, rip out any soul to said original movie, apply to next three instalments squeezing for diminishing returns, leave dry husk on side of road for a war boy to inhale".
I'm hoping Miller is at a stage where he can make the films he wants to make, and that Furiosa will be a logical addition to the Fury Road universe. It can be argued that Fury Road as a Mad Max movie was really laying the foundations for a Furiosa universe offshoot of the Mad Max universe...
ol Mad Max had his time and place. Would be great to see different stories told - i'll probably end up watching it in the cinema but it better be good! Looking at you GM (he has a good track record, though he is starting to run out of time!). I particularly liked the differentiation between Babe and Babe2 so hopefully he can pull that off for Furiosa.
I mean Fury Road was such a masterpiece of splody story telling it's a high bar for Furiosa to match, but if anyone can do it GM can.
I'll never forget the Honest Trailer for Fury Road where they opened with "from the man that brought you Babe, Happy Feet, and Babe Pig in the City..." and then went into the sheer madness that was Fury Road 😂
I suspect it's hard to successfully adapt a game where one has "experienced" the narrative. I'm sure that someone will try to adapt "Mass Effect" - but if we've "been Shepard" do we really get much out of watching someone else play & interpret the character of Shepard? Movies & TV shows have a hard time living up to the books they are based on, but it's probably an order of magnitude more difficult to live up to a game that captured an audience enough for someone to even attempt to adapt it in another form.
There's a separate line of inquiry to be explored as to whether the increasing number of female protagonists is a cause or an effect of men shifting towards consuming entertainment/narrative content through computer games rather than through "traditional media".
Yeah, I dont think it's even possible to 'tell' a story that has been told in a game because every play thru writes a new version. They're probably better off just starting with the story world and threading their own narrative through it. You're probably right about Mass Effect. And whatever movie or TV series is made from it, nobody will be pleased.
Agree with the having played and interpreted the character vs watching someone else do it - the rancid discussions around casting and performances in the Last of Us adaption is a case in point.
Ignoring the perceived success or failure of the Assassin's Creed movie, moving to a different historical era and protagonist for the movie was a smart move, and they took advantage of the franchise allowing for that kind of narrative flexibility.
The rise of female protagonists is probably driven in part by the brutal market reality that there are large audiences of people who are not cis-het men of certain age ranges, and that tent pole movies and TV shows can't rely just on the preferences of a shrinking demography, even if it's been the dominant target market for decades. In a few years time we'll see the rise and mainstreaming of non binary and queer protagonists alongside female and non white protagonists.
Watching the Fallout one, some of the visuals felt like I was immersed in the game, some very family parts of the game like as familiar as home. Looking forward to this one, can't wait to hear Ron Perlman's dulcet tones.
I'm excited for Fallout. I played the hell out of the turn-based games; alas, when they went FPS I was a little saddened, mainly due to my sucky FPS 'skills'.
Finally - something in the vein of fallout and its on a streaming service i am subscribed to (counting the days for Reacher s2 to drop as well). Although wont be impressed with the weekly drip feed - was just getting used to being able to binge stuff over the last few years and they go change it again because obviously they found it was bad for their business model.
Not sure if furiosa will get me into the cinemas though - worried it will just be a rehash of fury road "take successful movie, rehash the best bits that people seemed to like, rip out any soul to said original movie, apply to next three instalments squeezing for diminishing returns, leave dry husk on side of road for a war boy to inhale".
I'm hoping Miller is at a stage where he can make the films he wants to make, and that Furiosa will be a logical addition to the Fury Road universe. It can be argued that Fury Road as a Mad Max movie was really laying the foundations for a Furiosa universe offshoot of the Mad Max universe...
ol Mad Max had his time and place. Would be great to see different stories told - i'll probably end up watching it in the cinema but it better be good! Looking at you GM (he has a good track record, though he is starting to run out of time!). I particularly liked the differentiation between Babe and Babe2 so hopefully he can pull that off for Furiosa.
I mean Fury Road was such a masterpiece of splody story telling it's a high bar for Furiosa to match, but if anyone can do it GM can.
I'll never forget the Honest Trailer for Fury Road where they opened with "from the man that brought you Babe, Happy Feet, and Babe Pig in the City..." and then went into the sheer madness that was Fury Road 😂