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[krystyn]

Eye Candy goes really far, though.

I can attest to this recently with the viewing of Spongebob Squarepants. It was a feature-length movie full of totally bizarre sillines (I loved it; but it broke my brain), but man, the plot was super-simple caper blah blah.

Also, that Final Fantasy movie? I never saw the whole thing, but it seemed pretty 'light' on plot, and totally (and excellently) gratuitous with pretty things to look at.

[DNico]

I would say let's do something with the Forerunners and the Flood, but I think that would probably spoil some of the game stuff. I'm still half expecting to see some time travel in Halo 3.

DN

[Clayfoot]

[water10]

[thebruce]

well hey, they made star wars 1-3 without luke skywalker

it could be done... especially if say, they introduced MC at the end in a cameo, setting up for a sequel . But if it's advertised as, say, a prequel, or as the war of the covenant before MC was introduced in the story line, it can still work... the reception would give them an idea of whether or not they'd need to find a way to make a movie centered around the MC...

[water10]

[DreamOfTheRood]

Woo is an excellent director who is afraid of being stereotyped as an 'Asian' director, so he's stayed away from the tricks of Wuxhai film-making even when those tricks became prevalent in American film making. A confident Woo-directed Halo film would be like pure cinematic love wired directly to my brain.

[water10]

[thebruce]

[Buzzkill247]

[water10]

[TridenT]

Here's what I think would make a great Halo movie, at this point.

First, the whole thing needs to be CGI or anime of some sort. I know both these styles grate on some peoples' nerves, but the reasons will be clear shortly.

Second, I want it to be based on everything except the Halos. The games pretty well have these sections of the Haloverse covered. I expect a third Halo game would only continue with that, so the movie would have to stray from the game path to avoid being a "Game Movie", i.e. Tomb Raider.

Third, I want to format it like the Animatrix somewhat. I want the animation style to be constant throughout so it feels the same from piece to piece, but I want fragmented stories that all relate in the same universe somehow. (In other words, we could follow the ILB characters' stories in beautiful motion picture form.) Then, after five or six chapters that seemingly have very little in common, there would be four or five more where they begin to merge. MC could meet the 1.1's, Durga could interact (positively? negatively?) with Cortana, Kamal could run across Johnson or Ms. Keyes as a field doctor of some sort, and Jersey could say "Daayaam" until it all ends. The point of having it animated, of course, would be to allow all the obscenely talented voice actors and actresses to continue to take part in the Haloverse.

From the standard gamer/moviegoer's point of view, the movie would simply detail things happening between H1 and H3, and allow for the introduction of the ILB characters so when H3 comes out nobody seems to mind the sudden addition of all the extra cast. For us, it'd be... heavenly.

[tarjema]

I apologize if this seems incoherent, just some random thoughts on the subject...

I agree. I wouldn't want it to be a movie easily classified in the action genre, or even strict SciFi for that matter. Look what happened to Starship Troopers. The book: I wore out three copies of it as a teenager, but the movie? it was a sham. Out of curiosity I rented Starship Troopers 2 (direct to video) and it was even worse.

While I enjoy action movies - over seven years in the USMC will do that to you - I am more interested in a story that has action in it than I am in an action movie that tries to have a little bit of a story. I played Halo and Halo 2 eagerly anticipating the cinematics. I've read the books three times each and the ILB story was a delicious treat for me that pushed the story farther than I thought anyone would carry it.

I'm also a Buffy/Angel fan. The series went on as long enough (and some of us wish it went longer) that the story wasn't just the one-hour bit of fighting whatever demon or vampire showed up, it was about the relationships between the characters, their growth over time (Buffy was a vacuous teenage bubblehead, and became a warrior and reluctant general) and their relationships. There were strong characters, mystery, problem-solving and fantasy. Things I think we all enjoy

I'd like a Halo 2 movie to be another peripheral story. I would also like to see John and Cortana make guest appearances; maybe even just flashbacks or something. I think it would be best to make the movie about Dr. Halsey and Kelly, a story that dead-ended in First Strike when they left and wasn't addressed in Halo 2.

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