Post by: Avinash_Tyagi on November 19, 2005, 02:57:46 AM
Mexican magazine Club Nintendo, basically the Spanish-language equivalent of Nintendo Power, quoted Nintendo executive vice-president of sales and marketing Reggie Fils-Aime as saying that the company is indeed planning a Zelda film.
Gamecube advanced
Post by: TMW on November 19, 2005, 07:31:39 AM
Although....which would be more awesome...LTTP or OOT in Movie Form?
Post by: mantidor on November 19, 2005, 10:13:29 AM
Post by: Don'tHate742 on November 19, 2005, 10:28:50 AM
There going to give Link a voice?! NO!!!!!!
Post by: TMW on November 19, 2005, 11:08:15 AM
Or...are they?!
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on November 19, 2005, 11:10:58 AM
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Link already has a voice. They're just going to give him dialogue.
Or...are they?!
No, the whole movie is going to be done in subtitles, silent film w/ sound effects.
I have very good sources that tell me so*.
*I have no sources
Post by: mantidor on November 19, 2005, 11:36:21 AM
Post by: Bill Aurion on November 19, 2005, 07:09:24 PM
Post by: KDR_11k on November 19, 2005, 10:05:13 PM
But I don't have a problem with Link speaking unless all he says is "excuuuuuse me, princess".
Post by: KnowsNothing on November 20, 2005, 04:41:15 AM
Post by: mantidor on November 20, 2005, 05:22:33 AM
Instead of trying to shoehorn the story into a movie format, the movie should try to reflect as much as posible what made great the game. Zelda is in its core for what Ive read in Miyamoto interviews, about the kid who goes into the dark cave, and discovers a whole new world, and also a sense of progression and maturity. Yeah it would take an excellent Director and writter to achieve that, but if there arent any, better to not make the movie at all. (Miyazaki maybe? it would be perfect, although the movie would take several years to be made, but seriously, if its him, who cares?)
If the people involved in this game to film adaptations took seriously what movies and games are as an art form, we could have excellent results and not the atrocities seen in Uwe Bolls offerings.
Post by: TMW on November 20, 2005, 10:31:04 AM
Its...too cruel.
Getting my hopes up about Miyazaki...whats wrong with you. =P
Post by: nemo_83 on November 20, 2005, 11:08:57 AM
If Zelda succeeds then Mario Bros gets a revision for the screen too. I would think Mario Bros may work best to be the one of the three that is animated.
I would vote for a version of LttP on the big screen.
Post by: couchmonkey on November 21, 2005, 05:11:10 AM
I'm still a little skeptical, especially after the fiasco that was the F-Zero cartoon last year...maybe Nintendo didn't have much to do with that show, but in any case it didn't leave me thinking "Oh yeah, Nintendo needs to turn more of it's games into shows!"
Post by: Terranigma Freak on November 21, 2005, 05:59:49 AM
Post by: mantidor on November 21, 2005, 06:02:39 AM
Post by: Avinash_Tyagi on November 21, 2005, 01:05:42 PM
The story eminates from Mexican publication Club Nintendo, which is the official Nintendo-endorsed magazine for the region. The magazine quotes Nintendo Vice President of Sales and Marketing Regie Fils-Aimes as confirming a Zelda film is indeed in the planning stages at the company. Furthermore, Fils-Aimes apparently also talks of a possible second celluloid outing for Mario, along with further confirmation of the long-awaited Metroid movie.
CVG
Post by: Ian Sane on November 21, 2005, 01:39:09 PM
Miyamoto has to be significantly involved or I'm just going to assume this will turn out crappy. Technically Nintendo is always "involved" with projects like this or it would be illegal to use their IP.
I don't think in general Nintendo's franchises don't lend themselves well to movies because they aren't very story focused. There's more focus on the gameplay and the main character is often just a representation of the player (even Mario was like this until they added his voice).
Post by: NinGurl69 *huggles on November 21, 2005, 04:15:38 PM
Post by: Shecky on November 21, 2005, 07:02:03 PM
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I really really think that as much as many people want, Link being mute wont work for a movie. We forget that we never hear Link speak not because Miyamoto is crazy and adds weird aspects to its characters like being left handed, but he doesnt speak because that enhances the inmersion part, you are playing the character, you put the words in his mouth, and thus you relate to Link's character in a more profound level. While for a movie audience, the effect is totally the opposite, a mute caracter alienates the audience, they cant relate to it.
Instead of trying to shoehorn the story into a movie format, the movie should try to reflect as much as posible what made great the game. Zelda is in its core for what Ive read in Miyamoto interviews, about the kid who goes into the dark cave, and discovers a whole new world, and also a sense of progression and maturity. Yeah it would take an excellent Director and writter to achieve that, but if there arent any, better to not make the movie at all. (Miyazaki maybe? it would be perfect, although the movie would take several years to be made, but seriously, if its him, who cares?)
If the people involved in this game to film adaptations took seriously what movies and games are as an art form, we could have excellent results and not the atrocities seen in Uwe Bolls offerings.
IMO, you nailed it. Basically, take the key elements and principles of what zelda is at it's core. I could picture a story that takes the young hero thrown into a new world as primary. Then, to make it unique from other movies in that same nature, the movie could utilize the idea of a "triforce", and off-setting sword of good vs a trident of evil kind of thing. The later would be more passive though and just add to the lore. (I'm guessing the core story would reflect a "sword in the stone" kind of setup).
Oh and the movie would HAVE to have an octorock *somewhere*even if it's just a short cameo...
(The whole principle of using just the core ideas to make a movie is what made me have a bit of confidence that the doom movie could actually be "alright"... simply because there isn't much to work with.
I mean doom pretty much only ever had a core story. I've heard the movie was all right, although I have not actually seen it myself)Post by: Mario on November 22, 2005, 02:53:33 AM
Post by: Nile Boogie on November 22, 2005, 04:04:36 AM
Zelda + Pixar + Miyazaki = SEX GET!!!
Post by: couchmonkey on November 22, 2005, 04:51:51 AM
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Post by: Caterkiller on November 22, 2005, 10:47:48 AM
The Mario RPG's show that you can make a very intertaining story out of the Mario Universe. I would love to see scenes with say 2 or 3 koopas in the back ground like "hey frank... whats up"? "Its that jerk Luigi again, everytime I turn around he jumps on me and takes my cape!!! I mean I didn't even look at him and he-he..."
And the other koopa pats his back and says " I know man, I know"
Post by: odifiend on November 22, 2005, 11:18:28 AM
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Maybe the whole Zelda movie could be in first person, and when people talk to Link/the screen/you, nothing is said back, but they respond as if something was, like in the games. It would certainly stand out, and if they made it good it'd be huge and make Zelda more mainstream.
That has actually been done in "The Message", which recounts the history of Islam. The directors were very limited because they weren't allowed to show or portray Muhammad (pretty much the focus of the story). So when he had to be somewhere you were given his view of the situation and people would talk to him but he'd say nothing back. That technique sucked. FP just doesn't work long term in movies.
Post by: Don'tHate742 on November 22, 2005, 12:48:40 PM
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I would love to see a CGI movie of Zelda or Mario, I mean if they worked with Pixar on ether of the 2 and created a brand new story(not just recreating a game) that could work very well. But like Kirby, F-Zero, and Sonic-X they will create some brand new character who would pretty much run the show because the others don't seem to have much personality.
The Mario RPG's show that you can make a very intertaining story out of the Mario Universe. I would love to see scenes with say 2 or 3 koopas in the back ground like "hey frank... whats up"? "Its that jerk Luigi again, everytime I turn around he jumps on me and takes my cape!!! I mean I didn't even look at him and he-he..."
And the other koopa pats his back and says " I know man, I know"
I'd rather see a Lord of the Rings or Harry Potter type Zelda. It would seem less fictional. Lord of the Rings was pure fiction, but for some reason it seemed real. Everything seemed plausible. That's exactly how Zelda should be.
Link should traverse through many different regions, and dialogue should be kept to a minimum. And when he visits a town....lets say he's in a bar or something (I know I know), a guy would come up and start blabbing at the mouth trying to make conversation. When asked a question (like Where you from stranger?), Link would simply look back at the man. The guy would see a struck a chord or something and shy away from asking any more questions like that and instead talk about some gossip that might prove useful. Link would have to talk at some point but he should still feel like the strong silent type.
Anyway, I don't know where I'm going with this....
Post by: mantidor on November 22, 2005, 03:18:41 PM
http://www.zhq2.com/coppermine/cpg132/displayimage.php?album=lastup&cat=0&pos=0
Its the Dr Mario section of the magazine, the mailbag if you want. So it seems the Metroid movie was stopped by Nintendo themselves since they wanted to have more control over the movie and wanted the movie to be close to the original plot. First its the Metroid movie and later Zelda and Mario. It makes it sound like its going to be in the far far distant future though.
Post by: NinGurl69 *huggles on November 22, 2005, 04:03:07 PM
Post by: Bill Aurion on November 22, 2005, 04:17:45 PM
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So it seems the Metroid movie was stopped by Nintendo themselves since they wanted to have more control over the movie and wanted the movie to be close to the original plot.
That's exactly what I was hoping for...
Post by: Avinash_Tyagi on November 23, 2005, 07:28:59 AM
Personally i can wait that long for a very good Nintendo movie
Post by: odifiend on November 23, 2005, 07:31:44 AM
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Post by: Bill Aurion on November 23, 2005, 07:50:37 AM
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Though I don't want any N-franchise movie left to the likes of Uwe Boll, I don't really see how Nintendo's involvement would be that much of a plus. They themselves say that they aren't concerned with story... Miyamoto especially.
The fact that Ninty has an animation division in the works proves that they have (or will have) people that are concerned with scripting...
Post by: mantidor on November 23, 2005, 11:10:57 AM
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Though I don't want any N-franchise movie left to the likes of Uwe Boll, I don't really see how Nintendo's involvement would be that much of a plus. They themselves say that they aren't concerned with story... Miyamoto especially.
of course they arent concerned with story... for their games.
Maybe I exaggerated with the far distant future, they said they just have no idea when will the Metroid movie come along, that makes Zelda as an even more distant proyect.
Post by: mantidor on November 24, 2005, 08:56:24 AM
Post by: Hostile Creation on November 28, 2005, 06:10:21 AM
Anyway, I totally disapprove of this. I think the games should stay games and they should make original films.
Post by: nemo_83 on November 29, 2005, 10:12:24 PM
Link-- Elijah Woods-- he may feel type casted though
Zelda-- use natural blonde unknown actress
the G man-- Liam Neeson-- anyone else and it will not work
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Post by: couchmonkey on December 02, 2005, 06:00:00 AM
Post by: Bill Aurion on December 02, 2005, 07:16:19 AM
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Who should play Link, Zelda, and Gannondorf?
Link-- Elijah Woods-- he may feel type casted though
Ahaha, no...All cast members should be nobodys...
Post by: odifiend on December 02, 2005, 10:41:15 AM
Little boys can't act - Little 'Ani' still haunts me.
Post by: vudu on December 02, 2005, 11:12:02 AM
Post by: wandering on December 02, 2005, 10:06:37 PM
...but if they ever make an F-Zero movie, there's only one man who could play Captain Falcon: Bruce Campbell. Just thought I'd throw that out there.
