Actually, Karpyshyn moved to Austin, TX to work on the SW:TOR team. He's not on the ME teams anymore.
Mass Effect this generation's Star trek article
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Mass Effect 2 is a console game
Why? Drew is a Science fiction writer and the rest certainly have more talent than your average script writer. They certainly written more lines of dialogue and crafted more scenes. I think you are confusing Mass Effects with your run of the mill First Person Shooter.
Uhm Have you ever played Mass Effect or any other Bioware games. Bioware is known for their strong plots, deep characters and excellent dialogue. Honestly you get a Bayformers or Abrams Trek if you don't know the universe you are working in and throw out references like confetti (and it doesn't matter anyway because people will still watch your movie).
I though he was still attached to ME3.
Something like, yeah. That kind of energy and accessibility, certainly.
The success of a Mass Effect movie will depend upon grabbing and holding the attention of many millions of people who have no understanding of or interest in gaming ever or at all.
Well you should tell that to every script writer in Hollywood.
ME BTW is one of the most character driven in terms of storytelling.
Good point.
Most of the successful ones appear to understand it a great deal better than the majority of would-be Internet movie critics.
Not really. You don't have to understand/have interest in gaming to fall for the story/characters.
You gotta to be kidding. There are so many plot holes and inconsistency that it's not even funny. I mean compare Abrams Trek with "Super 8", a movie you can tell he actually cared about and you notice the difference right away.
I don't get how being compared to Trek "09" could in anyway be a bad thing for a future Mass Effect movie. Trek was very well received by critics and by the general movie going audience and it made a very respectable profit for the studio. The cast was all around top notch and fit into their respective roles very well. The writing was also very good without being heavy handed at trying to appease to the old fans. It had great pacing throughout and was able to bring in new fans who would have never even considered going to see a Trek film. In pretty much every way it could be, it was successful. Mass Effect fans like myself should count themselves lucky if we get a film of the same calibre as "Abrams Trek".
NOTHING. It already has a built in audience. The rest will come for the fancy 3D CGI. Like it or not the "Transformers" formula works.
If the studio is going to not care about the story, they might as well give it to Bioware who can do the job.
Wrong.
Yeah.
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People who build videogames know nothing about making movies. If they're talented they may move into the business and learn it - but no studio needs to give them a nine-figure production and promotion budget to do it.
Well I want a plot that can follow and that is faithful to the ME universe. I actually want the movie to look like the game and not some reinterpretation to satisfy the director's ego. I want all the character to work ESPECIALLY Shepherd. I'm sure Garrus and Wrex will steal the show but Shepherd is the glue that holds everything together. Just like ST falls apart when you have a whiny loser as the captain.
Give me a break. Critics were like "well ST isn't terrible". That's not what I called well received.
The Mass Effect folks should pray for the kind of success and critical reception JJTrek got. In the crap shoot that is filmmaking, the odds rarely favor big success.
I liked Wing Commander - especially Saffron Burrows - but that doesn't make it a good movie.
Then Dennis, please explain the success of Transformers.
Give me a break. Wing Commander was made on a shoe string budget. Chris Roberts stated that he couldn't do half the things he wanted because of the budget plus the studio forced the two leads on him (Lilliard actually was a pretty good Maniac)
The other problem was well Chris Roberts sucks as a director. I'm not saying Bioware directs the film but the job should be divided with Bioware handling the creative end and some experience director handling the technical end.
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