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Post by Cyberstrike on Mar 31, 2022 23:05:36 GMT
Go watch the Halo TV show on Paramount+ it's more like a Mass Effect TV show than you think there is even someone on Reach calling Commander Shepard in the background in the first episode and the daughter of creator the Spartan program is named Miranda.
I like it so far. It's better than I thought it would be, getting showrunners who weren't Halo super fans was the right call. They're telling their story and not the games' story which is IMHO the not only right but the best way to go with it. IMHO this would be the best approach to a Mass Effect and/or a Dragon Age TV series. Hell if they made a Halo game based on this show I might try it if they put it in the third person perspective. Please no. I do not want to see Dragon Age or Mass Effect ruined like the people making the Halo series did. Especially if they do the alternate timeline nonsense so do things like have characters who are nothing like their namesake. The Halo series is an insult, with nothing good about it.
I think that the Halo video games are pure trash and insult to gaming and the TV show is the only good things about it. We would be lucky to get people like the creators of Halo TV show to do a Mass Effect and/or a Dragon Age and not a substandard live action adaptation of a story that I can play on multiple platforms with no problems with the same characters and same stories.
If you think that should I give a shit about alternate timelines where characters don't act like they do then please go read about some of the major character differences between original Transformers TV and the Marvel US and UK comics from the 80s and then maybe you'll understand why don't give a fuck about that crap. I like Halo as a TV show much better than I will ever like Halo as a video game series.
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Post by Hanako Ikezawa on Mar 31, 2022 23:19:21 GMT
Please no. I do not want to see Dragon Age or Mass Effect ruined like the people making the Halo series did. Especially if they do the alternate timeline nonsense so do things like have characters who are nothing like their namesake. The Halo series is an insult, with nothing good about it.
I think that the Halo video games are pure trash and insult to gaming and the TV show is the only good things about it. We would be lucky to get people like the creators of Halo TV show to do a Mass Effect and/or a Dragon Age and not a substandard live action adaptation of a story that I can play on multiple platforms with no problems with the same characters and same stories.
If you think that should I give a shit about alternate timelines where characters don't act like they do then please go read about some of the major character differences between original Transformers TV and the Marvel US and UK comics from the 80s and then maybe you'll understand why don't give a fuck about that crap. I like Halo as a TV show much better than I will ever like Halo as a video game series.
I call bullshit on that. If your favorite characters in DA or ME acted like complete bastardizations of themselves, you would absolutely care. I know you’ve bitched about other characters you like acting out of character or being mistreated, like Superman in our recent discussion. You only take this arrogant position of yours since as you said you don’t care about the franchise it’s being compared to. I do agree that they shouldn’t just tell the same story with the same characters. They should do new stories with new characters, but in a way that fits the lore. That way everyone is happy. But whatever, I’m just a, oh how did you put it? No, because reading requires thought and these kind of people don't like to think just react. Because thinking would challenge their preconceived notions about how correct and right they are about the media they consume and when it's changed even just little bit and it's successful that means they're not correct and right but they're wrong and they can't handle it and cry the babies they are because they're feelings got hurt and they lost their precious safe space where all of their opinions and feelings are correct and won't be challenged. It also means that have to share with newbies who are people of color, LGBTQ+, different social, political, religious, and economic beliefs, or women. To them Mass Effect and Dragon Age is for straight, white cis-genered conservative Christian men and no one else. They will say otherwise but it's not true. They scream and react badly because any piece of Mass Effect and Dragon Age media that isn't exactly what they want in their heads and yell at people like me who want something new and exciting instead of the same thing over and over, because they can't and never will handle change. Yeah, this pile of utter nonsense.
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Post by Bann Duncan on Apr 1, 2022 3:12:24 GMT
I do agree that they shouldn’t just tell the same story with the same characters. They should do new stories with new characters, but in a way that fits the lore. That way everyone is happy. Spoken like a adopts cyberstrike voice white supremacist Christian nationalist.
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Post by damdil on Apr 1, 2022 13:11:51 GMT
Given the stance you're taking here it is somewhat ironic that there is a lot of assuming going on in your post, isn't it? I choose the quote I posted here earlier since it's hitting the nail on the head while making you smirk atleast. Maybe it's satire you weren't able to get given you have such a irrevocable opinion on these things and not us? And liking your own posts won't change that.
On a more serious note: If I'm informed correctly, the company interested making a ME series would be Amazon and they openly stated that the reason for their curiosity is the financial success of the LE. So their motivation boils down to one sentence: "I like money." Which more or less equals that they rather have a marketing team taking the lead and not a team which wants to stay true to the source material. You can compare this to the history behind the ME:A flop: While the original ME developement team made some questionable choices over the course of the series they were still as truly passionate about their project as possible given the restrictions due to working for EA. For ME:A, a different team was responsible and the game got streamlined into your typical modern open world game and they just couldn't pull of the same magic in terms of story telling and character writing. Which imo heavily hints what would happen if you try do some kind of side story series taking place in the Mass Effect universe if the whole motivation behind it is having financial success.
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Post by Cyberstrike on Apr 2, 2022 13:59:01 GMT
I think that the Halo video games are pure trash and insult to gaming and the TV show is the only good things about it. We would be lucky to get people like the creators of Halo TV show to do a Mass Effect and/or a Dragon Age and not a substandard live action adaptation of a story that I can play on multiple platforms with no problems with the same characters and same stories.
If you think that should I give a shit about alternate timelines where characters don't act like they do then please go read about some of the major character differences between original Transformers TV and the Marvel US and UK comics from the 80s and then maybe you'll understand why don't give a fuck about that crap. I like Halo as a TV show much better than I will ever like Halo as a video game series.
I call bullshit on that. If your favorite characters in DA or ME acted like complete bastardizations of themselves, you would absolutely care. I know you’ve bitched about other characters you like acting out of character or being mistreated, like Superman in our recent discussion. You only take this arrogant position of yours since as you said you don’t care about the franchise it’s being compared to. I do agree that they shouldn’t just tell the same story with the same characters. They should do new stories with new characters, but in a way that fits the lore. That way everyone is happy.
First off been there and done that. I hate the Micheal Bay Transformers movies but I've also learned to accept them and not waste my time and life hating on them because they were never made for me or people like me in mind, and I've met people who became fan of the whole franchise through those movies and they were the shot in the arm that the franchise needed. Again I hate the damn things and I don't watch them or buy media that is connected to them but I also don't call people who are fans of them and now the larger TF franchise as "not real fans" they are fans of the Transformers. Period. End of Story.
Second: The Halo TV show is a great way to get new fans (like me) who aren't familiar with the adventures of Master Chief in a way that won't give me a fucking migraine headache so while I do know a little about the Halo universe in stuff like some of the Halo Legends anime shorts (which are mixed bag) and whatever I've read online. So to me "the bastardization" of Master Chief means absolutely NOTHING to me because for the billionth time:
I HAVE NOT PLAYED AND NEVER WILL PLAY THOSE FUCKING GAMES BECAUSE I CAN'T STAND FIRST PERSON SHOOTERS!
Now if you want to explain to me what you're talking about the bastardization of the characters you know where to find me and we can talk in private.
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Post by ahglock on Apr 5, 2022 2:16:57 GMT
Please no. I do not want to see Dragon Age or Mass Effect ruined like the people making the Halo series did. Especially if they do the alternate timeline nonsense so do things like have characters who are nothing like their namesake. The Halo series is an insult, with nothing good about it.
I think that the Halo video games are pure trash and insult to gaming and the TV show is the only good things about it. We would be lucky to get people like the creators of Halo TV show to do a Mass Effect and/or a Dragon Age and not a substandard live action adaptation of a story that I can play on multiple platforms with no problems with the same characters and same stories.
If you think that should I give a shit about alternate timelines where characters don't act like they do then please go read about some of the major character differences between original Transformers TV and the Marvel US and UK comics from the 80s and then maybe you'll understand why don't give a fuck about that crap. I like Halo as a TV show much better than I will ever like Halo as a video game series.
Further proof that you have shit tastes.
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Post by General Mahad on Apr 5, 2022 4:13:10 GMT
What are you hopes for the Mass Effect universe on Film or in TV/Streaming series? After Paragon lost, I never want a Mass Effect film or series. They would probably make it so stupid like Shepard falling in love with a Reaper and supporting environmental activism on Earth or something.
Also have you seen what the studios are doing to Star Wars, Star Trek, and Halo? I feel so sorry for Halo fans. At least my beloved game series are either dead or forgotten or are not important enough to get their own live action butchering.
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Post by Son of Dorn on Apr 5, 2022 6:10:52 GMT
I think that the Halo video games are pure trash and insult to gaming and the TV show is the only good things about it. We would be lucky to get people like the creators of Halo TV show to do a Mass Effect and/or a Dragon Age and not a substandard live action adaptation of a story that I can play on multiple platforms with no problems with the same characters and same stories.
If you think that should I give a shit about alternate timelines where characters don't act like they do then please go read about some of the major character differences between original Transformers TV and the Marvel US and UK comics from the 80s and then maybe you'll understand why don't give a fuck about that crap. I like Halo as a TV show much better than I will ever like Halo as a video game series.
Further proof that you have shit tastes. Given the fact that the Halo TV show was made to pander to those who like shitting on beloved franchises, it's no surprise.
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Post by General Mahad on Apr 7, 2022 5:09:35 GMT
Further proof that you have shit tastes. Given the fact that the Halo TV show was made to pander to those who like shitting on beloved franchises, it's no surprise. Exactly
In my opinion, Hollywood and Western entertainment in general has run out of creativity and has now embraced subversive destruction of their franchises thinking that they will gain diamonds from the ashes.
What short-sighted fools.
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Post by Phantom on Apr 7, 2022 19:42:28 GMT
Given the fact that the Halo TV show was made to pander to those who like shitting on beloved franchises, it's no surprise. Exactly
In my opinion, Hollywood and Western entertainment in general has run out of creativity and has now embraced subversive destruction of their franchises thinking that they will gain diamonds from the ashes.
What short-sighted fools.
now is the question, should we eat them or throw them into a Cerberus Test Chamber to see what happens
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Post by Son of Dorn on Apr 7, 2022 20:23:10 GMT
Exactly
In my opinion, Hollywood and Western entertainment in general has run out of creativity and has now embraced subversive destruction of their franchises thinking that they will gain diamonds from the ashes.
What short-sighted fools.
now is the question, should we eat them or throw them into a Cerberus Test Chamber to see what happens I say throw them into the Warp, let Slaaneshi daemons.... "play" with them. 😈
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Post by Phantom on Apr 7, 2022 21:36:23 GMT
now is the question, should we eat them or throw them into a Cerberus Test Chamber to see what happens I say throw them into the Warp, let Slaaneshi daemons.... "play" with them. 😈 yeah that would be a funny option due to how sadistic Slaaneshi Daemons can get. They can show them such pleasures. Angels to some and Demons to others.
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Post by Cyberstrike on Apr 8, 2022 21:31:12 GMT
Given the fact that the Halo TV show was made to pander to those who like shitting on beloved franchises, it's no surprise. Exactly
In my opinion, Hollywood and Western entertainment in general has run out of creativity and has now embraced subversive destruction of their franchises thinking that they will gain diamonds from the ashes.
What short-sighted fools.
Or maybe the idea is making new Star Wars, Star Trek, Transformers, and Halo fans. Not everyone likes the Halo games I don't and unless they make one in third person perspective I doubt will I tried Halo Wars but it didn't work for me. Halo Legends was good but not great, and the trailers for Forward Until Dawn didn't appeal to me. I think show is fun and is enjoyable in a way that makes me actually like this version of Halo Universe.
I know a lot of people who got into various long running sci-fi franchises like Star Wars through the Disney sequels, Star Trek through the Kelvin Timeline movies and/or Discovery, Picard, Lower Decks, and Prodigy. I've met fans of the Transformers who became fans through the Micheal Bay films. That is how these franchises are going to survive they're appealing to new fans and regardless if you love or hate them (and FTR I hate, despise, and loathe the Bay TF movies and I'm not fan of Lower Decks or Star Wars 9) but if they help introduce new and younger people into these franchises so that they will survive then that is OK. I got plenty of Star Trek, Star Wars. Halo, and Transformers media that I still love and whatever my personal feeling about the quality and/or lack there of any of the new stuff some of it was never going to made for me but the next generation of fans to enjoy and you know what? That is OK too.
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Post by Hanako Ikezawa on Apr 8, 2022 21:41:03 GMT
Exactly
In my opinion, Hollywood and Western entertainment in general has run out of creativity and has now embraced subversive destruction of their franchises thinking that they will gain diamonds from the ashes.
What short-sighted fools.
Or maybe the idea is making new Star Wars, Star Trek, Transformers, and Halo fans. Not everyone likes the Halo games I don't and unless they make one in third person perspective I doubt will I tried Halo Wars but it didn't work for me. Halo Legends was good but not great, and the trailers for Forward Until Dawn didn't appeal to me. I think show is fun and is enjoyable in a way that makes me actually like this version of Halo Universe.
I know a lot of people who got into various long running sci-fi franchises like Star Wars through the Disney sequels, Star Trek through the Kelvin Timeline movies and/or Discovery, Picard, Lower Decks, and Prodigy. I've met fans of the Transformers who became fans through the Micheal Bay films. That is how these franchises are going to survive they're appealing to new fans and regardless if you love or hate them (and FTR I hate, despise, and loathe the Bay TF movies and I'm not fan of Lower Decks or Star Wars 9) but if they help introduce new and younger people into these franchises so that they will survive then that is OK. I got plenty of Star Trek, Star Wars. Halo, and Transformers media that I still love and whatever my personal feeling about the quality and/or lack there of any of the new stuff some of it was never going to made for me but the next generation of fans to enjoy and you know what? That is OK too.
That's part of the problem though I think. Star Wars, Star Trek, Transformers all have loads of other shows and movies to enjoy that they can be more open with experimenting like that. If you hate the Disney Star Wars, just stop watching after Ep. 6. If you don't like a timeline of Star Trek or Transformers, you have a dozen others to choose from. But this is Halo's first true series. And one the game developers have been hyping up for years. There is no "Well if you don't like it, just watch the others" since there are no others. And all those other series you referenced, even Michael Bay's Transformers, respected the foundations of those franchises. None of them completely disregard them like the Halo series has. Optimus is still recognizable as Optimus, Megatron as Megatron, Starscream as Starscream, etc. The Halo series doesn't do that.
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Post by blah23 on Apr 8, 2022 23:39:08 GMT
Or maybe the idea is making new Star Wars, Star Trek, Transformers, and Halo fans. Not everyone likes the Halo games I don't and unless they make one in third person perspective I doubt will I tried Halo Wars but it didn't work for me. Halo Legends was good but not great, and the trailers for Forward Until Dawn didn't appeal to me. I think show is fun and is enjoyable in a way that makes me actually like this version of Halo Universe.
I know a lot of people who got into various long running sci-fi franchises like Star Wars through the Disney sequels, Star Trek through the Kelvin Timeline movies and/or Discovery, Picard, Lower Decks, and Prodigy. I've met fans of the Transformers who became fans through the Micheal Bay films. That is how these franchises are going to survive they're appealing to new fans and regardless if you love or hate them (and FTR I hate, despise, and loathe the Bay TF movies and I'm not fan of Lower Decks or Star Wars 9) but if they help introduce new and younger people into these franchises so that they will survive then that is OK. I got plenty of Star Trek, Star Wars. Halo, and Transformers media that I still love and whatever my personal feeling about the quality and/or lack there of any of the new stuff some of it was never going to made for me but the next generation of fans to enjoy and you know what? That is OK too.
That's part of the problem though I think. Star Wars, Star Trek, Transformers all have loads of other shows and movies to enjoy that they can be more open with experimenting like that. If you hate the Disney Star Wars, just stop watching after Ep. 6. If you don't like a timeline of Star Trek or Transformers, you have a dozen others to choose from. But this is Halo's first true series. And one the game developers have been hyping up for years. There is no "Well if you don't like it, just watch the others" since there are no others. And all those other series you referenced, even Michael Bay's Transformers, respected the foundations of those franchises. None of them completely disregard them like the Halo series has. Optimus is still recognizable as Optimus, Megatron as Megatron, Starscream as Starscream, etc. The Halo series doesn't do that. Disney Star Wars is not even that good either. Given what they did towards Han Solo, Luke and recently Boba Fett by humiliating them subverting them and deconstructing them. Just to alleviate their newly made characters. Not just those movie and video game franchises, even anime is treated like shit with Netflix doing shitty live-adaptations by adding woke nonsense to it. Cowboy Bebop got cancelled after first season so I'm sure Halo will get cancelled as well. The producers will blame the fans instead of themselves fucking it up.
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Post by blah23 on Apr 8, 2022 23:58:58 GMT
Given the fact that the Halo TV show was made to pander to those who like shitting on beloved franchises, it's no surprise. Exactly
In my opinion, Hollywood and Western entertainment in general has run out of creativity and has now embraced subversive destruction of their franchises thinking that they will gain diamonds from the ashes.
What short-sighted fools.
What can you expect from a bunch of creatively bankrupt political activists who treats the entertainment industry as an echo chamber to preach their agenda to the audience.
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Post by smilesja on Apr 9, 2022 14:53:22 GMT
Further proof that you have shit tastes. Given the fact that the Halo TV show was made to pander to those who like shitting on beloved franchises, it's no surprise. Seesh no need to insult those who like the show.
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Post by Son of Dorn on Apr 9, 2022 15:12:44 GMT
Given the fact that the Halo TV show was made to pander to those who like shitting on beloved franchises, it's no surprise. Seesh no need to insult those who like the show. What's that old saying? Ah yes: "What's goes around, comes around".
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Post by Bann Duncan on Apr 9, 2022 18:47:32 GMT
Given the fact that the Halo TV show was made to pander to those who like shitting on beloved franchises, it's no surprise. Seesh no need to insult those who like the show. Son is responding to the loudest voice in the topic, who claims that anyone who is skeptical about the Halo or Mass Effect shows is ackchually expressing white supremacy.
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Post by Son of Dorn on Apr 9, 2022 18:50:44 GMT
Seesh no need to insult those who like the show. Son is responding to the loudest voice in the topic, who claims that anyone who is skeptical about the Halo or Mass Effect shows is ackchually expressing white supremacy. Indeed. But smiles knows that.
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Post by Sundance31us on Apr 10, 2022 2:44:32 GMT
What are you hopes for the Mass Effect universe on Film or in TV/Streaming series? As long as nothing that happens within the series becomes canon I don't give a flying pyjak what they do. TV and film are lesser entertainment types...why sit and watch Mass Effect when I can play it?
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Post by Bann Duncan on Apr 13, 2022 9:35:13 GMT
What are you hopes for the Mass Effect universe on Film or in TV/Streaming series? As long as nothing that happens within the series becomes canon I don't give a flying pyjak what they do. TV and film are lesser entertainment types...why sit and watch Mass Effect when I can play it? I tend to take that approach, and it’s partly correct. A bad adaptation can’t damage what you’ve already enjoyed. But especially in recent ways, it hasn’t worked that way. Crappy movies/tv shows start being treated as the “official” thing, their poor writing and lazy aesthetics re-imported into new installments of the source material.
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Post by AnDromedary on Apr 13, 2022 20:08:53 GMT
The Halo series is actually an interesting study on how it might all work out if there was an ME show.
I watched the forst 3 episodes of Halo and while I have played about half the games in the Master Chief Collection, I wouldn't call myself a massive Halo fan, more like someone who is mildly interested in the franchise. As such, I personally like the series quite a bit. Yes, it's a kind of reboot (or alternate timeline or whatever) of the Halo franchise but seen on its own merits, the show so far is not bad and I do get a lot of the changes they made. IMO, having Master Chief as this faceless character worked well in the shooter games because a lot of the actual time you spend in the game and a lot of your enjoyment hinges on the gameplay itself, which is action/shooter passages in which you move from point A to point B. The actual story of the thing is then told in rather short concise cutscenes that are packed with exposition or characterization.
The kind of pacing and dynamic that works for the game would probably not work as well for a tv show where you are supposed to watch for an hour or more (if you binge) straight. You can't make it all action and movement, it needs to shift into a more character driven story. Therefore, inventing this whole new arc about Chief coping with the repercussions of the alien artifact, rediscovering his humanity to some extent and struggling with these newfound feelings vs. his conditioning was probably a decent move and so far I think they are also doing a pretty decent job executing it. I am actually surprised they were bold enough to really only have one single Halo-like action scene in the very beginning and then really slowing it down and focusing on the characters for 2 1/2 entire episodes with barely any action thrown in. I also understand why - in that context - they really wanted to get MC out of the helmet (and the suit as it were), it's just more engaging for the viewer for that plot arc if you really see the character.
However, I also absolutely understand why die-hard Halo fans are upset. After all, this is not their Halo. It's got barely anything to do with the established lore and plot that they fell in love with so if you - as a fan - were hoping for an addition to the existing lore and stories, just in a another medium, you must have been in for a shock. I honestly, I understand the "hate" and the "this is not Master Chief" and the "they are messing with the franchise" attitudes. After all, if someone made a Mass Effect show - a franchise I really do care about - with such changed characters (say a shady or evil Admiral Anderson and a Commander Shepard that starts out as completely incompetent or whatever), I'd be just as upset even if the actual premise of the show was decent in and of itself.
And this is where I think the Halo series went the wrong way (and thus also where I am hoping any potential creators of a future ME show will pay attention): IMO The big mistake of the Halo show was to use the main character from the game John 117 Master Chief as the main character of the show while changing him. If they had just used another Spartan, they might have been able to tell this story without going so clearly against established canon from the games. They might have lost a little bit of brand recognition but I think it would have been minimal and the acceptance with the fan base would have been much better.
So if they ever make an ME show, I hope they just make one in the ME universe, so we get all the cool ships and suits and aliens and all the N7 stuff, etc. but do tell new stories with new characters and their own identity. The ME universe is certainly broad enough to accommodate this. Supporting characters like Hackett, Anderson, etc. could certainly have cameo appearances and there could (and should) be all the familiar elements but the stories itself should stand on their own.
That way, the authors would also have enough freedom to do their own thing, which they will probably need to do anyway because of the different medium (see above) but we can still get all the coolness of the franchise anyway. Best of both worlds, if you will.
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Post by smilesja on Apr 13, 2022 21:20:44 GMT
The Halo series is actually an interesting study on how it might all work out if there was an ME show. I watche the forst 3 episodes of Halo and while I have played about half the games in the Master Chief Collection, I wouldn't call myself a massive Halo fan, more like someone who is mildly interested in the franchise. As such, I personally like the series quite a bit. Yes, it's a kind of reboot (or alternate timeline or whatever) of the Halo franchise but seen on its own merits, the show so far is not bad and I do get a lot of the changes they made. IMO, having Master Chief as this faceless character worked well in the shooter games because a lot of the actually time you spend in the game and a lot of your enjoyment hinges on the gameplay, which is action/shooter passages in which you move from point A to point B. The actual story of the thing is then told in rather short concise cutscenes that are packed with exposition or characterization. The kind of pacing and dynamic that works for the game would probably not work as well for a tv show where you are supposed to watch for an hour or more (if you binge) straight. YYou can't make it all action and movement, it needs to shift into a more character driven story. Therefore, inventing this whole new arc about Chief coping with the repercussions of the alien artifact, rediscovering his humanity to some extent and struggling with these newfound feeling vs. his conditioning was probably a decent move and so far I thinik they are also doing a pretty decent job executing it. I am actually surprised they were bold enough to really only have one single Halo-like action scene in the very beginning and then really slowing it down and focusing on the characters for 2 1/2 entire episodes with barely any action thrown in. I also understand why - in that context - they really wanted to get MC out of the helmet (and the suit as it were), it's just more engaging for the viewer for that plot arc if you really see the character. However, I also absolutely understand why die hard Halo fans are upset. After all, this is not their Halo. It's got barely anything to do with the established lore and plot that they fell in love with so if you - as a fan - were hoping for an addition to the existing lore and stories, just in a another medium, you must have been in for a shock. I honestly, I understand the "hate" and the "this is not master Chief" and the "they are messing with the franchise" attitudes. After all, if someone made a Mass Effect show - a franchise I really do care about - with such changed characters (say a shady or evil Admiral Anderson and a Commander Shepard that starts out as completely incompetent or whatever), I'd be just as upset even if the actual premise of the show was decent in and of itself. And this is where I think the Halo series went the wrong way (and thus also where I am hoping any potential creators of a future ME show will pay attention): IMO The big mistake of the Halo show was to use the main character from the game John 117 Master Chief as the main character of the show while changing him. If they had just used another Spartan, they might have been able to tell this story without going so clearly against established canon from the games. They might have lost a little bit of brand recogniition but I think it would have been minimla and the acceptance with the fanbase would have been much better. So if they ever make an ME show, I hope they just make one in the ME universe, so we get all the cool ships and suits and aliens and all the N7 stuff, etc. but do tell new stories with new characters and their own identity. The ME universe is certainly broad enough to accommodate this. Supporting characters like Hackett, Anderson, etc. could certainly have cameo appearances and there could (and should) be all the familiar elements but the stories itself should stand on their own. That way, the author would have enough freedom to do their own thing, which they will probably need to do anyway because of the different medium (see above) but we can still get all the coolness of the franchise anyway. Best of both worlds, if you will. I guess I consider myself a "die-hard" Halo fan but I didn't mind the show at all. It was an okay show for what its worth. Not amazing but good.
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Post by smilesja on Apr 13, 2022 21:23:05 GMT
Seesh no need to insult those who like the show. Son is responding to the loudest voice in the topic, who claims that anyone who is skeptical about the Halo or Mass Effect shows is ackchually expressing white supremacy. I see people throwing strawmen on both sides.
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