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Arline Kley
PIE Inc.
Khimi Harar
#101 - 2012-08-30 13:21:52 UTC
Personally, I think this would be good, since it would get EVE's name out to a group of people that dont normally get to hear about it, but it might suck the proverbial, since the history/narrative of EVE would have to be explained in a far more dumbed down way - not becuase of the people watching the show, but because of the time that would be available; after all, your going to have 10 hours to show 10 years worth of history...

"For it was said they had become like those peculiar demons, which dwell in matter but in whom no light may be found." - Father Grigori, Ravens 3:57
Abel Merkabah
Caldari Provisions
Caldari State
#102 - 2012-08-30 13:34:25 UTC
Arline Kley wrote:
Personally, I think this would be good, since it would get EVE's name out to a group of people that dont normally get to hear about it, but it might suck the proverbial, since the history/narrative of EVE would have to be explained in a far more dumbed down way - not becuase of the people watching the show, but because of the time that would be available; after all, your going to have 10 hours to show 10 years worth of history...


I don't think that would be a problem if handled right. Every detail of history doesn't need to be covered, just enough to give a feel for the universe Eve provides. For example, Tolkien's work makes lore reference covering thousands of years, he didn't flesh out every day of that time. He provided enough to to explain the high points, give an impression of the worlds history. The key is consistency and ambiguity. He kept what he did tell consistent, and also left it open enough we could fill in the rest our selves.

An original story in Eve's universe would not have to tell the whole lore. It would simply have to use the lore to provide context for its story and give flavor to the universe.

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Yokai Mitsuhide
Doomheim
#103 - 2012-08-30 14:48:26 UTC
Paul Oliver wrote:
Vince Arron wrote:
the the god awful mario movie from the 80's

Are you kidding? Dennis Hopper was great in that movie, in fact thank you for mentioning it, I haven't seen it in years so I think I'm gonna go grab it now. Big smile

And come to think of it, Dennis Hopper would probably make a good President Souro Foiritan.


He might be a little preoccupied being dead to play a role in anything these days.
Ginger Barbarella
#104 - 2012-08-30 14:54:42 UTC
Jonah Gravenstein wrote:
Hulu is fine if you live in the US, unfortunately most of the world doesn't and can't access hulu due to geographic restrictions. Any collaboration like that would get the crap pirated out of it by those who aren't "lucky" enough to live in the US


That's fair, but isn't Hulu coming to Europe here shortly? I seem to recall hearing that on Frame Rate (TWiT network podcast about movies, tv, etc)...

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Jantunen the Infernal
Aliastra
Gallente Federation
#105 - 2012-08-30 15:03:27 UTC  |  Edited by: Jantunen the Infernal
Steve Ronuken wrote:
The crew of a supercarrier, trying to get home, after being sucked through a wormhole into W-space.

A DED team, hunting a notorious Capsuleer, who's been abusing tech like the Dust mercs have, formenting revolt and regime change.

Rebel Slaves, fighting the might of the Amarr Empire. A Moderate tries to get the Theology council to soften their hardline view.

A miner, driven by revenge and the loss of a loved one, working tirelessly to purge the galaxy of each and every last asteroid belt.
Pinstar Colton
Sweet Asteroid Acres
#106 - 2012-08-30 15:15:30 UTC  |  Edited by: Pinstar Colton
HBO would demand we have an active TV Cable subscription for us to play EVE, even though the product is available online. *cough* HBO GO *ahem*.


As for the show itself, I think the best would be a comedy about a pirate gate camp in some null sec system border system. Waiting for ships to gank. Most episodes would have the pirates sitting there...with no targets, bored out of their minds. To pass the time, they start trading stories with each other. These stories would form most of the individual episodes. The tale of the dumb miner...a story about scamming someone out of millions, the ultimate corp heist... the 100 rifter capital ship kill...

Occasionally, the action would cut away from the flashbacks to show some actual action happening at the gate. To tie the whole thing together, several of the people who come through the gate happen to have had a role in previous flashbacks... thus coloring the pirates reaction to them.

In the cat-and-mouse game that is low sec, there is no shame in learning to be a better mouse.

Paul Oliver
Doomheim
#107 - 2012-08-30 15:49:13 UTC  |  Edited by: Paul Oliver
Paul Oliver wrote:
And come to think of it, Dennis Hopper would probably make a good President Souro Foiritan


Yokai Mitsuhide wrote:
He might be a little preoccupied being dead to play a role in anything these days.


lol man seems like it's getting harder everyday to keep track of which stars are alive or dead.
Its good to be [Gallente](http://dl.eve-files.com/media/1209/QEQlJ.jpg).
Ranger 1
Ranger Corp
Vae. Victis.
#108 - 2012-08-30 15:56:21 UTC  |  Edited by: Ranger 1
Step 1:

Use the existing tools and make an ongoing series of YouTube videos, with high production values and a witty and action filled script. Get some big name voice actors if at all possible. Nathan Fillion is known for doing stuff like this, and it might also interest Karl Urban (who is known for taking roles in the SciFi fantasy genre simply because he personally prefers them)... he should be done with Judge Dread now.

Step 2: Make them engaging enough that they develop a cult following. Promote them, get them in the face of the public, link them everywhere... with luck win a few awards.

Step 3: THEN talk to someone about taking it to the next level, or simply enjoy the increased attention generated from YouTube.

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Il Feytid
State War Academy
Caldari State
#109 - 2012-08-30 17:24:48 UTC
And who is supposed to pony up the funds for this?
Anslo
Scope Works
#110 - 2012-08-30 18:52:22 UTC
Mara Rinn wrote:
Scandinavian French descendants versus the Sino-Russian accord


You got sources on these two being major players in pre-New Eden?...

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Celeste Taylor
Ruby Dynasty
#111 - 2012-08-30 19:09:38 UTC
Oops got the name wrong,. It is Defiance. http://blastr.com/2011/06/farscapes-rockne-obannon.php

Quote:
Set on a future Earth, Defiance introduces players and Syfy viewers to a world ravaged by decades of conflict, where humans and aliens live together in a world the likes of which no one has seen. The game combines the frenetic action of a top-tier console shooter with the persistence, scale, and customization of an MMO, while its TV counterpart exudes the scope, story, and drama of a classic sci-fi epic. The game's story will take place in the San Francisco bay area, while the TV series will be set just outside of St. Louis, MO. Because they exist in a single universe, the show and the game will influence and evolve each other over time, with actions in both mediums driving the overall story of Defiance.


PS3, XBox and PC...

Rockne S. Obannon has been busy these past few years working on this.
Natsett Amuinn
Caldari Provisions
Caldari State
#112 - 2012-08-30 19:12:14 UTC
Vince Arron wrote:
Natsett Amuinn wrote:
Vince Arron wrote:
Because all the other game to TV show-movies worked out so well right?

Game story telling doesnt work with in the Movie or TV format you are taking a interactive medium and turning it into a spectator sport.

it hasnt worked, it doesnt work and it wont work.

Belive it or not, the first Resident Evil movie was actually pretty good. Maybe you didn't like it, but most people seemed to.

Aside from that the only other movie that actually comes to mind is House of the Dead, whatever it was called, and yeah it was awful. Had nothing to do with being a movie based on a game though, it was just a bad movie.

Bad movies aren't usually bad because of what they're based on, they're bad because they weren't done well. Most Stephen King novels have been turned into pretty bad movies, even when he wrote the screenplays himself. It's not because books don't make for good movies, it's because the movie wasn't made well.

Once upon a time comic books were notorious for being made into bad movies. Look at some of the biggest movies to come out lately. Iron man, Avengers, the first and second spider man, the last three batman movies. If the movie industry looked at what was done in the past and said, "well, movies based on comic books are bad" we would have never got some really great movies made.

Thankfully the world isn't full of people that make ridiculous statements like the one quoted.


True but many books have been made into movies and done well. Comics and graphic novels are essentially books.

the first resident evil move took quite alot of liberty's with the story line.


Then you look at something like the doom movie... the the god awful mario movie from the 80's

Also

1.Prince Of Persia movie that no one remembers
2. the BloodRayne movie that people dont talk about
3.Double Dragon the movie...yeah
4.Mortal Kombat: Annihilation

ECT...ECT

If you want to make a movie biased on a video game you really need to toss out almost all of the story and try to make a new one thats so removed that i doesn't resemble the video game at all.

Perhaps eve could be different but i doubt it.

I like the prince of Persia movie. Granted all the others are crap.

Something to keep in mind. Bad movies are bad because they're poorly written and directed; some have no business being made into movies to begin with, like ones with little to no plot.

Although not a video game, star trek shows what happens when you put good writing and direction behind a movie. Wrath of khan set box office records when it came out. The series only managed 3 seasons, and contrary to popular myth, wasn't that well liked. A sequel to a pretty crappy movie, based on a rather lackluster tv series made star trek what it is today. Because it was a good movie.
Alexa Coates
Center for Advanced Studies
Gallente Federation
#113 - 2012-08-30 19:37:37 UTC  |  Edited by: ISD Dorrim Barstorlode
Marlona Sky wrote:
And who is supposed to pony up the funds for this?

the network does. CCP presents them with the idea, if whatever network likes it, they fund it.

That's a Templar, an Amarr fighter used by carriers.
Vincent Athena
Photosynth
#114 - 2012-08-30 20:14:19 UTC
ISD Dorrim Barstorlode wrote:
Why has no one listed any actors for the Jove?

Wait, you don't need an actors for people hiding in the shadows.

Im wondering why people are naming actors at all. I thought this was a spaceship game.

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Paul Oliver
Doomheim
#115 - 2012-08-30 22:28:59 UTC  |  Edited by: Paul Oliver
Vincent Athena wrote:
ISD Dorrim Barstorlode wrote:
Why has no one listed any actors for the Jove?

Wait, you don't need an actors for people hiding in the shadows.

Im wondering why people are naming actors at all. I thought this was a spaceship game.

Sure they could do it like Thomas the Tank or Cars and give all the spaceships CG faces that talk to each other. Big smile
Its good to be [Gallente](http://dl.eve-files.com/media/1209/QEQlJ.jpg).
Alexzandvar Douglass
Motiveless Malignity
Deepwater Hooligans
#116 - 2012-08-30 23:21:48 UTC
A space Drama about the rise and fall of BoB would be interesting.
MeBiatch
GRR GOONS
#117 - 2012-08-31 01:47:56 UTC
Marlona Sky wrote:
And who is supposed to pony up the funds for this?


sony media entertainment?

There are no stupid Questions... just stupid people... CCP Goliath wrote:

Ugh ti-di pooping makes me sad.
MeBiatch
GRR GOONS
#118 - 2012-08-31 01:56:43 UTC
I would make the show about the lead up to the great war when the minnie got thier independence (with jove help) and the gal/caldari war...

you could have a main char who is a gal male who was born on caldari prime and had his underwater city destroyed by the caldari who eventually became some sort of freedom fighter eventually getting out of caldari prime when the galente invade and ends up joining some elitle military unit...

His love interest would be the daughter of a famous but peace loving caldari man who gets killed from a reprisal attack after the destruction of the underwater city...

I am thinking some pseudo romeo and Juliette thing...

I would also take from the perspective of one of the main generals who works with the emperor. from the amarr side...

and perhaps from the story line of a minnie slave who breaks his bondage and attacks a guard in a minning operation and starts the revolt!

the show would be very dynamic with the jove acting as a hiden but always present force that guides the main races...

also this would lead to some epic story lines because we have the great battles that we read in all those Chronicles...

i would do it like game of thrones... high production but only 10 episodes a season... get really good Shakespearean actors to play the main roles (but with American accents so people will watch it)

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Ugh ti-di pooping makes me sad.
KIller Wabbit
MEME Thoughts
#119 - 2012-08-31 02:46:03 UTC
CCP Phantom wrote:
Akirei Scytale wrote:
Video games make terrible movies / shows. Their entire selling point is interactivity.


I think lots of people disagree with that statement, especially after they have watched the Clear Skies series. Smile


Having just watched all of the series - kudos for the effort, a real accomplishment for the level of technology used and the dedication put into it.

Given all that - no way in hell would I watch a TV show made about EVE. It is all about the interactivity and the spontaneity of dealing with the throng of EVE. It would be a joke.
Sobaan Tali
Caldari Quick Reaction Force
#120 - 2012-08-31 02:57:51 UTC
Vaknar Onzo wrote:
Oh my god, this would be the best thing ever. Generation Kill is my favourite TV show.. this would be incredible.


"Look at me, Brad. I'm a man now, just like you. Except, I don't talk like a ****** and act all educated." Everyone on that show were increadible and (thankfully) believable.

"Tomahawks?"

"----in' A, right?"

"Trouble is, those things cost like a million and a half each."

"----, you pay me half that and I'll hump in some c4 and blow the ---- out of it my own damn self."