Comments on: Mass Effect Goes To The Movies

By: Eric

Eric — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 22:27:29 +0000

Yep, you guessed it. My Shepard too.

By: Funky Badger

Funky Badger — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 21:08:00 +0000

Umm, my Shepard also. Somehow this makes me feel closer to all of you guys. And not necessarily in a good way…

By: Scandalon

Scandalon — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 19:59:59 +0000

I’m waiting for the Fox Outrage(TM) or over “The Sexxxinima”, alerting us all to the dangers of places that people actually go to with their friends/families and pay money to see someone make out with a blue-skinned alien chick…

By: Iain

Iain — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 11:57:11 +0000

@Anesthesia:

Actually, I’d rather have Tricia Helfer play Shepard. But with red hair, obviously.

By: Yhancik

Yhancik — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 11:01:18 +0000

We (well, you, I haven’t played ME yet) should make a Flickr group with all RPS’s Shepards ;)

(that could work for Oblivion too)

By: Bananaphone

Bananaphone — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 08:21:38 +0000

Prediction: if it ever makes it into cinemas Shepard will be played by either Karl Urban, Vin Diesel or The Rock.

By: Mr. President

Mr. President — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 06:08:21 +0000

Chiming in with yet another ‘hey, that’s *my* Shepard!’. Clearly, very few people could stand that dire, personality free meathead that was the male version.

Male Shepard was, basically, The Rock in disguise. I couldn’t get over the fact that I would have to be facing The Rock’s behind for 30+ hours. So yeah, pointy-faced female all the way, that model was really well-designed.

By: pauleyc

pauleyc — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 05:29:04 +0000

“So that seems to be a boatload of votes for Alyson Hannigan to play Sheppard.”

As long as Jennifer Hale provides the dubbing for all her lines…it might work.

By: Anesthesia

Anesthesia — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 01:55:23 +0000

So that seems to be a boatload of votes for Alyson Hannigan to play Sheppard.

By: Angel Dust

Angel Dust — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 00:40:03 +0000

That’s not my Sheppard! I attempted to make him look like me complete with big nose and ears, however he still came out good looking! Uniquely good looking though which I thought was pretty cool.

Anyway in regards to a Mass Effect film, it could work. In fact most games could easily be made into good or great films the reason they aren’t is not the reasons people usually trumpet around ie games are too different blah blah blah. Any decent filmmaker, note the word decent since not one game to film adaptation has had anyone remotely talented directing or writing it, knows how to adapt from one medium to film. I mean they’ve been doing it with books and comics for years now with some fantastic results. Sure it doesn’t always work but you usually that’s because the director or more likely scriptwriter where not up to the task and not because the material being too hard to adapt. ‘LA Confidential’ is an extremely dense book and many thought was impossible to film but Curtis Hanson and co managed to condense it into a brilliant film. Most games would be much much easier than that to adapt, more like comic books infact. You take the characters, the universe, maybe some major plot points and let the director put their spin on it. As soon as you get your Nolan’s and del Toro’s making game to film adaptations you’re going to get some good stuff.

By: DSX

DSX — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 00:23:42 +0000

Female with Red hair, green eyes, very diff face though. Think.. Russian weight lifter. She wasn’t pretty. Death rarely is.™

It’s about time though for the next generation to get their Sigourney Weaver-esque space marine ass-kicker that the gen x kids had. My gen had Princess Lea who sort of fell short in the butt kicking dept but made up in the looks.

By: drizzle

drizzle — Sun, 21 Sep 2008 17:16:19 +0000

Yep pretty much the same
http://i34.tinypic.com/29z7jtu.jpg