They should start giving Peter Jackson enough money to make a movie out of this.

Astrok · 2012-07-26, 05:51 AM

The cinematic trailer i saw makes me want to see more.Why not make a movie thats based on planetside.?

BTW well done trailer.

The Kush · 2012-07-26, 05:54 AM

/fail

Astrok · 2012-07-26, 05:55 AM

Originally Posted by The Kush

/fail

if u can make it better u should...but hey i know something.... u cant.

MrKWalmsley · 2012-07-26, 05:59 AM

Well it's true. There's not much of a good story you can get about a struggle and loss and the horrors of war when the universe it is set in has re-spawning for everyone built into the lore itself. I mean with other games like Halo spawning is just a game mechanic which is supposed to be separate from the actual setting, but in Planetside re-spawning has been built into the very story of it.

Unless of course you are just looking for a Transformeresque movie all about 'splosions, in which case Peter Jackson has more credibility than to make such crap. Go speak to someone like Michael Bay, or George Lucas, I'm sure they're willing to make a film just to show off special effects.

Astrok · 2012-07-26, 06:02 AM

Originally Posted by MrKWalmsley

Well it's true. There's not much of a good story you can get about a struggle and loss and the horrors of war when the universe it is set in has re-spawning for everyone. Unless of course you are just looking for a Transformeresque movie all about 'splosions, in which case Peter Jackson has more credibility than to make such crap.

just a nice movie with a nice story...wouldnt be to hard to make a nice story out of this.

Their hasnt to be a ending just a war movie for like 1:30 hour (not longer).Like u watch the movie from 3 perspectives. The tr one,nc one,vanu one without anyone thats good or bad.

MrKWalmsley · 2012-07-26, 06:09 AM

Originally Posted by Astrok

just a nice movie with a nice story...wouldnt be to hard to make a nice story out of this.

Their hasnt to be a ending just a war movie for like 1:30 hour (not longer).Like u watch the movie from 3 perspectives. The tr one,nc one,vanu one without anyone thats good or bad.

1:30, shown from the perspective of 3 totally different factions is not enough to make a good story. If you want the story to just be like "we've got to go take this amp station, here we go" and they fight their way to the amp station, respawning as they go until one or none take the station, then that's still not worthy of Peter Jackson. It would still just be another Transformeresque 'splosion fest, without enough time to feel any emotional connection to any of the characters, and therefore the viewer does not care about the outcome.

I wouldn't call that a movie with a nice story, I'd call that a glorified trailer.

Harasus · 2012-07-26, 06:11 AM

Meh, movies inspired by games have a tendency to suck. I would prefer if they did not even try, to be honest.

Accuser · 2012-07-26, 06:17 AM

Originally Posted by MrKWalmsley

Well it's true. There's not much of a good story you can get about a struggle and loss and the horrors of war when the universe it is set in has re-spawning for everyone built into the lore itself. I mean with other games like Halo spawning is just a game mechanic which is supposed to be separate from the actual setting, but in Planetside re-spawning has been built into the very story of it.

I was thinking the same thing... but that doesn't have to be how the movie goes. Imagine this:
Act 1: Auraxis, factions, eternal warfare, respawning, main characters are introduced.
Act 2: Neutral scientists (who have rejected respawning as cheapening life) see constant pain and suffering of war, decide to sabotage ALL respawning with a computer virus or something. Thereby forcing humans to fear death and make peace.
Act 3: Each faction learns of the virus and clamors over each other in one epic final battle to take the virus to use as a weapon against the other factions.

Possible Conclusions:
1. Virus is destroyed. Neutral scientists lament the nature of man. Roll credits.

2. Virus is activated and all respawning stops. Everything goes quiet... until the soldiers realize how much is at stake and fight harder than ever and real deaths ensue. Scientists lament the nature of man. Roll credits.

3. Virus is activated and the factions make peace. The Vanu show up to wipe them all out, since the respawn tech they left behind was a test to see if humanity would squander the gift of immortality. Aliens lament the nature of man. Roll credits.

I'm no screenwriter, but imo that sh*t sounds like something I'd pay to see.

BlueSkies · 2012-07-26, 06:23 AM

You guys mention respawning as if it removed the horror of war...

Frankly, I think its a bit terrifying. Here are these soldiers, committed to a never ending war, and not even death can save them from it. They will die, and return to the fight. Watch their friends blown to pieces, and return to the fight.

Yeah.. doesn't sound terrible at all...

Harasus · 2012-07-26, 06:29 AM

Well, eventually you get blown up so hard that nothing can respawn you. Hopefully, yeah?

KnifeGun · 2012-07-26, 06:32 AM

Fuck a movie!

This is better suited for an HBO series similar to the format of Game of Thrones!

MrKWalmsley · 2012-07-26, 06:36 AM

Originally Posted by BlueSkies

You guys mention respawning as if it removed the horror of war...

Frankly, I think its a bit terrifying. Here are these soldiers, committed to a never ending war, and not even death can save them from it. They will die, and return to the fight. Watch their friends blown to pieces, and return to the fight.

Yeah.. doesn't sound terrible at all...

The main horror of war which I was referring to is the loss of those around you, and the fear deep inside of them for the loss of their own life. What do you think is more horrific, watching your friend get blown to pieces over and over again knowing full well that you'll see them later on anyway, or watching your friend get blown to pieces once, and knowing you will never see them again?

I know I do not have combat experience but I would wager you would become de-sensitized after a while. It just becomes a physical video-game, your friends just becomes a player. That horror eventually gets boiled down to just being visual since you know conceptually your going to be sat at a table joking with them in an hour. And visuals are pretty easy to become de-sensitized to when it has no conceptual horror to back it up.

Firearms · 2012-07-26, 06:46 AM

The main difficulty would be making a film that appeals to everybody but the Planetside community. It would have to do that, otherwise you're making it for the PS community, in which case you have to make sure that the same terrority is split three ways, the body count is the same on all three side. Equal screen time for 3 sets of max's...blah blah blah.
One elemnt wrong and the community goes in to melt down....the new CGI trailer is good though. NC were awsome in it. TR, not so much

MrKWalmsley · 2012-07-26, 06:50 AM

Originally Posted by Firearms

The main difficulty would be making a film that appeals to everybody but the Planetside community. It would have to do that, otherwise you're making it for the PS community, in which case you have to make sure that the same terrority is split three ways, the body count is the same on all three side. Equal screen time for 3 sets of max's...blah blah blah.
One elemnt wrong and the community goes in to melt down....the new CGI trailer is good though. NC were awsome in it. TR, not so much

Exactly, and as much as I love the NC, I wish they weren't practically "the faction" when it comes to the advertisements. It really is increasing the chances of lone-wolf Halo-like players joining NC rather than any other faction.

Otleaz · 2012-07-26, 06:51 AM

Originally Posted by BlueSkies

You guys mention respawning as if it removed the horror of war...

Frankly, I think its a bit terrifying. Here are these soldiers, committed to a never ending war, and not even death can save them from it. They will die, and return to the fight. Watch their friends blown to pieces, and return to the fight.

Yeah.. doesn't sound terrible at all...

That isn't how it would work. I can guarantee you that if getting a paper cut was lethal, it would be just as terrifying as getting blown to pieces. On the other hand, if getting blown up was as trivial as getting a papercut, it wouldn't be terrifying at all.

If I were to make a wild assumption, I would say that the people involved would start warming up to the other sides, treating it like a game with rivals that they enjoy seeing on the field.