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ultra_balexbot
01/27/09

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"The story of Gears Of War is a solid science fiction tale..."

yeah...maybe if you read the manual. if you've actually played the game at all though you'd know that there is literally no plot to the game itself. just whatever the makers tell you the story was supposed to be.

also, you realize this will never actually happen, right? a video game movie trilogy? the fact that the Resident Evil series even happened blows my mind. i think it had more to do with Zombies than the video game aspect. i don't get why people get excited for video game based movies when there has yet to be "a" good movie in that genre not to mention three of them.
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tetracycloide
01/27/09

@ultra_balexbot: i'm pretty sure it had more to do with hot chicks fighting than zombies or video games. if there's one thing you can count on a producer green lighting it's a hot girl with a gun.
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tetracycloide
01/27/09

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it's hard to tell if he is so inept he actually belives a gears of war trillogy will in any way resemble the lord of the rings trillogy or if he's so poor a communicator that 'like lord of the rings' is his way of saying 'trillogy adapted from another medium.' my money is on 'some of both.'
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zenpoet
01/27/09

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I think this has possibility, but I really do hope they stick with the existing story line. Hell, its not like there is much that would really need to be changed. Its not like there are demons or nazi's that need to be written out to make it more palletable to audiences, its nothing but aliens.

Keep the story, find a good leading man, and have a field day.

I am not so sure they need to find a marque name for Marcus though. Give it to someone who is really hungry to make a name for themselves. Let this picture be someone's Conan, or First Blood.
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lightninglouie
01/27/09

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Yep, Gears of War is just like Lord of the Rings, only "harder-edged."
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goldfarb
01/27/09

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Len Wiseman and Chris Morgan?

the guy who wrote Wanted?

the chances of these films a) being made b) remotely resembling the games is very low...

there will be:

- an altered (lame) backstory

- a sassy gal added to the cast (beyond Anya Stroud)

- a kid (I'll donate $100 CND to the io9 booze fund if this doesn't happen)
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crashedpc - Haifisch
01/27/09

@goldfarb: Ah, yes, I've been designated the io9 Treasurer and I'll take that $100CND first as an investment. An investment on my liver.

How many ladies were in GoW? I can only remember two so far: a commander (or at least field support), and a missing wife (no spoilers here today!). Now who can we make sassy?
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Belabras: now with Kung Fu grip!
01/27/09

@goldfarb:

You know the reason Wanted departed so far from the source material was that they only had the first few issues, right?

Not that I'm saying their writing was good, but there was a reason.
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goldfarb
01/27/09

@Belabras: Wanted was published in 2003/2004...the script by Morgan was written in 2006.
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crashedpc - Haifisch
01/27/09

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But... but... if the hobbitses has the chainsaws, then what does the dwarvses use? *mind explodes*
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Gann
01/27/09

@crashedpc: Flame throwers and explosives, of course.
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crashedpc - Haifisch
01/27/09

@Gann: Have the elves use stealth cloaks and monomolecular filament garrottes, and this would be the best LOTR adaptation ever!
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Gann
01/27/09

@crashedpc: Has anyone ever steampunked LOTR? I smell a photoshop contest!!!
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Gann
01/27/09

@Gann: Ok not necessarily steampunked, but you get the idea...
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crashedpc - Haifisch
01/27/09

@Gann: I'll be the idea guy. We need Garrison's PS skills in here! Turn on the Dean Beam!
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Belabras: now with Kung Fu grip!
01/27/09

@crashedpc:

Suggest it to the ConceptArt.org folk. That sounds right up there alley.

All this is reminding me of a moment in Tad Williams Otherland series where they let a simulation of LOTR go on to long and the sides start to become technologically advanced.
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Gann
01/27/09

@crashedpc: I'm picturing the ents as giant lumbering harvesterish mechas, soaking up the sun's energy with massive bioengineered solar arrays growing out of their backs.
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crashedpc - Haifisch
01/27/09

@Belabras: Speaking of Otherland, I could never get past the first book. Does it stop being so draggy? Mind you, I read that back in high school like 10 years ago...

*ahem* But ANYWAY, mechadwarves and chainsaw hobbits!
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crashedpc - Haifisch
01/27/09

@Gann: Ogres need to have armor plating with turrets mounted on their backs. I'm thinking laser gatlings.
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Gann
01/27/09

@crashedpc: @Belabras: The otherland series was a pretty good read. Not quite hard scifi - more of a good, solid fantasy series in a scifi setting. I'm not sure what I think of the ending though.
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Gann
01/27/09

@crashedpc: The wizards most definitely need to be wielders of the nuclear power. Makes sense with the whole tower concept also. Of course the orcses as a genetically bred warrior race makes perfect sense.
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crashedpc - Haifisch
01/27/09

@Gann: Wizards tossing nuclear fire at incoming hordes of orcs with nanoimplants that enhance their reflexes and make them damage resistant? Also: need towers that beam scrambler waves that befuddle enemies.
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Gann
01/27/09

@crashedpc: Of course all this begs the question - what was the ring?
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crashedpc - Haifisch
01/27/09

@Gann: I want to say it's a Macguffin after all this posturing we did, but since it obviously confers upon the user invisibility (as well as slowly drive the user mad), I think we need to think of the possibility of a skin grafted patch that secretes some sort of endocrine system based hormone that ... something something growth and mood. Help!

Plus I have a meeting in 10 minutes.
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Gann
01/27/09

@crashedpc: Maybe a neural link into the fabric of space-time? Allows the user to directly manipulate reality with enough focus. The invisibility thing could just be a subconscious reaction to the new-found ability. All the other changes could be contributed to the corruption power brings.

On a related note, this is the geekiest conversation I have ever had.
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Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H.
01/27/09

@crashedpc: What am I your monkey? Alright. I'll think about it. But steampunk LOTR may take some actual illustrating so you may have to wait a couple of weeks on that one.
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