Waiting for "Elite Dangerous - The Movie"
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I feel like it would require a trilogy or something to do it with anything even approaching justice. Start with something based around Powerplay. Then have that escalate into a three-way narrative conflict between the superpowers. Culminating in an epic third act involving the Guardians and Thargoids.
It's like asking what "20th Century - The Movie" would look like.
It's like asking what "20th Century - The Movie" would look like.
Please no.
Hollywood havent got a clue anymore.
However..
Bollywood!!
Lots of dancing and musical numbers.
Campy costumes and chew the scenery acting.
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Hollywood havent got a clue anymore.
However..
Bollywood!!
Lots of dancing and musical numbers.
Campy costumes and chew the scenery acting.
अभिजात वर्ग खतरनाक
The only director to do the current technical state of the game justice, as well as having... let's just say experience in game-based film making, would be Uwe Boll.
And as with that, many of the best movies set in the 20th century largely ignored the major global political events, wars, etc. (at most, using them as a backdrop for a story of much smaller scope)
A lot of Elite universe fiction (official or fan) focuses on the (small) crew of a single ship, trying to survive and make a living. A war (hot or cold) between the Federation and Empire might at most be the explanation for why they've ended up on some really dangerous mission, but the impact of that mission on the war (if any!) is going to be way above their pay grade and as a result outside the scope of the story.
That's probably the best approach for any movie adaptation, too.
- setting details can be left fairly vague, and largely mentioned just by reference or background visuals; a fighter pilot they meet can mention the battle for Lugh and they can be impressed by that, without needing to go into any of the backstory or its eventual connection to Jupiter Rochester's schemes. Hudson can be staring down from "The Federal Navy Needs You" posters everywhere without any actual navy officers or ships showing up in the movie.
- the action focuses around a few characters who can be built up quite a bit in 90-100 minutes of runtime, rather than trying to give decent characterisation to the thirty or so recurring Galnet figures.
- the threats to them can be likewise kept comprehensible in scale: they're not the ace pilots in custom ships who can go toe-to-toe with battlecruisers; three pirates in Eagles is enough for a fight they'd really rather not have; a single tough with a P-15 is a potentially lethal threat when you can't just have your personal shields take the first ten hits.
Bladerunner in space, music score by Hans Zimmer, Javier Bardem as antagonist, Scarlett as protagonist. Legendary Picture in charge of production.
I’ve always wondered what went on behind the semi opaque windows of all those stations and ports with their silhouetted pot plants and other hinted ephemera.
I think an Industrial Coriolis station would be a perfect backdrop for a futuristic kitchen sink drama. They must be packed full of disillusioned, angry young men and women.
I think an Industrial Coriolis station would be a perfect backdrop for a futuristic kitchen sink drama. They must be packed full of disillusioned, angry young men and women.
I´ve always felt this was the best candidate for Aisling´s counterpart on looks alone, at least from the side profile angle. Though, not the category of actress you might be looking for...
Ian McKellen as Commander Jameson.
You would likely need to get the Japanese or Koreans to make an anime to have even a small chance of avoiding either agenda or cringe.
My thoughts are it will never happen. It's not a popular enough property to get a producer to license it and Frontier don't have the ability to be a movie/series maker (and shouldn't even try).
Elite even with its history (and anniversary coinciding) it didn't even get an episode on Secret Level this year. A game that got cancelled weeks after release did though.
Elite even with its history (and anniversary coinciding) it didn't even get an episode on Secret Level this year. A game that got cancelled weeks after release did though.
I think that a big budget movie is out of reach for above reasons (the story isn't tight enough, apart from CMDR Jameson there is not really a protagonist in the game but yourself and Jameson's story has ended decades ago, the game itself isn't all too famous), also pre-invest by FDev is a huge risk and I'd like to see the money invested into development of the game.
A series based on some of the short stories ('Dark Wheel', 'Tales from the Frontier') might work better but again it would be either need big budget to look halfway realistic (it needs a lot of CGI) or it would be a cheesy low-cost production (with plastic props) and that won't help anyone.
Who would be the targeted audience? We, the player base, consisting of a few thousand very vocal players who'd cry out when a tiny detail in the movie would differ from the game? Or the rest of the world who doesn't really know (and care) about Elite?
A series based on some of the short stories ('Dark Wheel', 'Tales from the Frontier') might work better but again it would be either need big budget to look halfway realistic (it needs a lot of CGI) or it would be a cheesy low-cost production (with plastic props) and that won't help anyone.
Who would be the targeted audience? We, the player base, consisting of a few thousand very vocal players who'd cry out when a tiny detail in the movie would differ from the game? Or the rest of the world who doesn't really know (and care) about Elite?
Fdev should let a movie or live-action series be made, because:
- Increases the value of the Elite franchise
- See more of the Elite universe (locations, cultures, events, creatures)
- Adds depth to the characters
- More people would try ED
Alec Turner for stunt driver!
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if they were to do it i would much rather it be based around the earlier games in the series, 1st encounters probably the best period as that could still have the dark wheel story in there from the 1st game (which would be essential) before jumping forward and then follow the story of J Jameson (not 100% sure but wasnt he the grandson of Jameson in the original? it was a long time ago and i cant remember for certain ) and cover the 1st Thargoid war.....
the only downside is we know the ending but C'est la vie.
personally 2 things i am happy to keep out of my sci fi (which invariably gets dragged in) (indepth) politics and religion........ as such i would not be interested in powerplay or the internal struggles of the different factions at all.
a high level Federation vs Empire disliking each other would be fine however.
as for who would play the roles..... i actually do not really care. i think i would rather have relative unknowns who actually care about the source material rather than A list bigshots who really do not give 2 hoots (aka borderlands cast)
which is why Henry Cavil was a blinding choice for the Witcher -- ok yes he was A list as well which is a bonus, but he genuinely loved the source material (which ultimately had a part in him leaving but that is by the by)
also would you want it to be a little bit campy and light hearted (like say Firefly) or would you want a darker more serious BSG reboot vibe? I could enjoy either but you would want a different type of actor depending
the only downside is we know the ending but C'est la vie.
personally 2 things i am happy to keep out of my sci fi (which invariably gets dragged in) (indepth) politics and religion........ as such i would not be interested in powerplay or the internal struggles of the different factions at all.
a high level Federation vs Empire disliking each other would be fine however.
as for who would play the roles..... i actually do not really care. i think i would rather have relative unknowns who actually care about the source material rather than A list bigshots who really do not give 2 hoots (aka borderlands cast)
which is why Henry Cavil was a blinding choice for the Witcher -- ok yes he was A list as well which is a bonus, but he genuinely loved the source material (which ultimately had a part in him leaving but that is by the by)
also would you want it to be a little bit campy and light hearted (like say Firefly) or would you want a darker more serious BSG reboot vibe? I could enjoy either but you would want a different type of actor depending
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