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That TV series Eve's getting, how would it be best?
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Kirjava
Lothian Enterprises
#1 - 2013-05-30 09:33:57 UTC
An idol thought coming on from watching Sword Art Online, an anime about an MMORPG, where the cast is the players of the game. It got me thinking, how would it be best to approach an Eve TV series?

Would it be a live action series within the universe as I understand HBO are doing, or would it be more engrossing to have it outside of the game, about players managing these titanic alliances of players? An anime, 3d ect.

Or go the .hack//sign approach, another anime where the protagonist is stuck inside an MMORPG, to them that is the world, with emergent AI in the system.

Penny for your thoughts?

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C DeLeon
Ministry of War
Amarr Empire
#2 - 2013-05-30 09:39:02 UTC  |  Edited by: C DeLeon
Immortal pilots fighting for power and wealth in the far future vs basement neckbeards playing games.
Hm, the choice is hard!
Kirjava
Lothian Enterprises
#3 - 2013-05-30 09:40:19 UTC
Middle of watching a series where they've made it work, I'm curious to see if it could with Eve, maybe it only works in Japanese media Bear

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ACE McFACE
Dirt 'n' Glitter
Local Is Primary
#4 - 2013-05-30 09:44:20 UTC
I think it'll be based on stories told by the players, maybe jazzed up a bit for a TV audience.

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baltec1
Bat Country
Pandemic Horde
#5 - 2013-05-30 09:44:31 UTC
Give it to HBO.
Hra Neuvosto
Party Cat Enterprises
#6 - 2013-05-30 09:46:55 UTC
Kawaii capsuleers?

Yes please.
Chribba
Otherworld Enterprises
Otherworld Empire
#7 - 2013-05-30 10:07:42 UTC
An EVE TV series should most definitely include pilots and events that happens.

CCP always said the key to EVE's success is its players, so it would be pretty dumb to not based or influence something like that from the players.

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Bischopt
Sebiestor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#8 - 2013-05-30 10:09:38 UTC
Personally I'm hoping to see something Firefly-like, set in the eve universe obviously.

The important thing is that they don't get too fancy with it. I have faith in HBO but still I'm worried the entire thing is going to be slo-mo explosions with no real content (depth).

no offense to anime fans, but I really don't want to see too much similarity between the eve series (if it actually gets made that is) and anime. In my experience anime tends to focus too much on the one thing that makes the particular anime series special, eventually turning the whole thing ridiculous as it keeps escalating.


To answer the OP: What I want to see is a live action series that takes place inside the eve universe.
Kirjava
Lothian Enterprises
#9 - 2013-05-30 10:18:04 UTC
Chribba wrote:
An EVE TV series should most definitely include pilots and events that happens.

CCP always said the key to EVE's success is its players, so it would be pretty dumb to not based or influence something like that from the players.

/c

Ah, I meant in the sense of will the cast be players of the game, or will the cast be people within New Eden?

I can imagine a heist style film of the fall of BoB, going between real world events and inside the game, spruced up for TV of course, but you get the idea.

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SB Rico
Sumo Wrestlers
#10 - 2013-05-30 10:20:38 UTC
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FlamesOfHeaven
Ministry of War
Amarr Empire
#11 - 2013-05-30 10:34:25 UTC
Hra Neuvosto wrote:
Kawaii capsuleers?

Yes please.


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Kirjava
Lothian Enterprises
#12 - 2013-05-30 10:47:35 UTC
Moe Tsundere Emperess Jamyll?

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dark heartt
#13 - 2013-05-30 10:49:07 UTC
C DeLeon wrote:
Immortal pilots fighting for power and wealth in the far future vs basement neckbeards playing games.
Hm, the choice is hard!


Hey! not all of us are neckbeards. I am clean shaven thank you very much!

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Muad 'dib
State War Academy
Caldari State
#14 - 2013-05-30 11:11:24 UTC
If its about alliance drama on a political stage - im out.

I hope its like battlestar only with more space fights and less love scenes.

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J3ssica Alba
Federal Navy Academy
Gallente Federation
#15 - 2013-05-30 11:13:16 UTC
cast Jessica Alba for Empress Jamyl's role pls!
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Muad 'dib
State War Academy
Caldari State
#16 - 2013-05-30 11:17:46 UTC
Whats it going to be called?

EvE sounds cool, Dust 514 does not... what will the series be?!

"Space Drama 258" ?

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Kirjava
Lothian Enterprises
#17 - 2013-05-30 11:26:42 UTC
"New Eden" sounds like the best name.

Didn't you guys get the memo about the cast?

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FloppieTheBanjoClown
Arcana Imperii Ltd.
#18 - 2013-05-30 11:27:21 UTC
I'm curious to see what sort of story arc they take with it. If they do it wrong, it'll be boring as hell and incomprehensible to anywho who doesn't play Eve.

One thing's for certain: the show's mechanics won't work like the game's.

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FloppieTheBanjoClown
Arcana Imperii Ltd.
#19 - 2013-05-30 11:32:00 UTC
Muad 'dib wrote:
If its about alliance drama on a political stage - im out.


I think the best possible setting would be a small group of pilots operating in a small pocket of lowsec where they regularly interact with both empire and alliance warfare, pirates, and "civilized" highsec.

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Mike Whiite
Deep Core Mining Inc.
Caldari State
#20 - 2013-05-30 11:33:54 UTC  |  Edited by: Mike Whiite
I think the concept of imortal pilots doens't realy work in a series that has to apeal to a audience with an age of 25 and older.

At the moment The Walking dead and Game of Thrones are amoung the most appreaciated genre series. A lot of that appeal comes from the fact that anyone can drop dead at any moment. (and boobies ocourse P )

What makes EVE online a dark a gritty game is the fact that there is loss, a tv serries should reflect that and that aint going to happen when the pilots wake up after every fight.

I think théy should take a different aproach.

in the 90's there was this western series (I believe it was called Deadman's gun) that evolved arround a gun.

This might be the proper aproach for EVE as well. Take a ship. Start openings credits with a Noctis that is salvaging a wreck wich is reconstructed to a ship. and make every story a new one. one that can end with blowing up the ship or selling it to the next pilot.


In that case you focus on the atchievement of the moment instead of the demigod pilot that keeps returning from the dead.

(It also gives the oppertunity to show things from a diferent perspective it will be easier to implant player stories in there as well)
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