Assassin's Creed

[dude stannis]

Your last point leaves me scratching my head. By that logic, there's no point in ever making a movie adaptation of any book or comic book character because those stories have already been told.

If the film wasn't in universe, then I'd totally want an Ezio trilogy on the big screen.

 

[DarthDorranceBane]

Your last point leaves me scratching my head. By that logic, there's no point in ever making a movie adaptation of any book or comic book character because those stories have already been told.

That's not his point.

 

[I SEE SPIDEY]

When they stop trying to make a video game adaptation that is supposed to mimic the game exactly and worry about writing a solid story using the best characters from that world, they might have something.

Yeah there isn't enough focus on just making a good film. Like with the Silent Hill film I felt that all of the focus was on the visuals.

I can still watch most of Silent Hill but it's still a bad film. Funny enough that is one of the few games where they should have followed the source material more closely.

 

[dark_b]

-bad movie (good adaptation)
-bad movie (bad adaptation)
-good movie(bad adaptation)
-good movie(good adaptation)

maybe maybe its hard or impossible to make a good movie that is also a good game adaptation. but its very easy to make a good movie that doesnt follow the games. so how the f. is it possible that after years they didnt make one movie that was a good movie(bad adaptation) ?

 

[chamber-music]

The first Silent Hill film was ok. The sequel was awful.

 

[Rowsdower!]

It's been a long time since I've seen Silent Hill. I remember the first half being good and then the film kind of falling apart in the second half. Never saw the second one.

Prince of Persia wasn't awful. It wasn't great either, but Jake and Gemma were a lot of fun and the film looked really good.

 

[Loki882]

Ah yes Jake Gyllenhaal and Gemma Arterton, those intrepid Persian actors. Oh how convincing they were when playing Middle Eastern characters.

 

[I SEE SPIDEY]

I thought Jake was miscast and not just because of his race either.

 

[Crosswind Ghost]

Reason to be optimistic. http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/macbeth_2015/

My Favorite quote.

Kurzel's chilling debut feature, the 2011 true-crime thriller Snowtown, suggested the then-37-year-old Australian filmmaker was a talent to watch. But this towering, consistently ingenious film establishes him as a director to cherish

 

[Rowsdower!]

Ah yes Jake Gyllenhaal and Gemma Arterton, those intrepid Persian actors. Oh how convincing they were when playing Middle Eastern characters.

LOL, I'm not saying it wasn't your typical Hollywood whitewashing bullsh** but I still liked the two of them in their roles.

 

[carrrnuttt]

Ah yes Jake Gyllenhaal and Gemma Arterton, those intrepid Persian actors. Oh how convincing they were when playing Middle Eastern characters.

I posted this in this VERY thread in 2012, almost a year (actually, exactly a year—July 2012) before you signed up to SHH, so I forgive you for not having read it:

If this is gonna be another Jake Gylllwhatever with a tan in Prince of Persia - it will be upsetting.

You mean Jake Gyllenhaal, who looks almost exactly like Saman Arbabi, the Iranian (Persian) satirist?

I won't argue this any further, because I don't want to get banned three times for the same damned argument, since you happen to have mods that narrow-mindedly agree with your worldview, but maybe it's you who needs to watch how you're stereotyping how you *think* people should look based on their background.

Also, please look up the word "Caucasian," and where it originated and what people it encompasses.

 

[jmc]

Your last point leaves me scratching my head. By that logic, there's no point in ever making a movie adaptation of any book or comic book character because those stories have already been told.

This is different though in that the film is cannon with the video games.

 

[Quasimod0]

The fact that this movie is canon with the video games gives me a lot of hope.

 

[Slick]

Looking forward to this. It's been a minute since I played an Assassin Creed game. I might get the new one that comes out this year.

 

[Tacit Ronin]

Could ASS Creed be the very first good video game flick?

 

[Slick]

What about the first Mortal Kombat. It wasn't great but it was decent.

 

[Marvolo]

I posted this in this VERY thread in 2012, almost a year (actually, exactly a year—July 2012) before you signed up to SHH, so I forgive you for not having read it:

Too many americans think everyone in the middle east has dark brown skin, round faces, brown eyes, and dark hair. They forget or dont know that the Middle East is in Asia and encompasses a large area that has a wide gene pool with skin colors as white as American and european caucasians and as dark as northern africans.

Its not surprising tho. For over a decade all most americans have seen of the middle east is a limited amount of pictures and videos of terrorists on the news. If they actually went to the middle east or googled the region and its people theyd be surprised what they would learn.

 

[Whiskey Tango]

Too many americans think everyone in the middle east has dark brown skin, round faces, brown eyes, and dark hair. They forget or dont know that the Middle East is in Asia and encompasses a large area that has a wide gene pool with skin colors as white as American and european caucasians and as dark as northern africans.

Its not surprising tho. For over a decade all most americans have seen of the middle east is a limited amount of pictures and videos of terrorists on the news. If they actually went to the middle east or googled the region and its people theyd be surprised what they would learn.

 

[godisawesome]

Am I the only one thinking that having a canon story with a seperate character encourages the movie's real world plot to actually matter to the story in a major way? Right now, most of the post-Desmond games seem to be delaying for all their worth in the real world, since addressing the elephant in the room of Juno's revival would force them to change their yearly-game formula. We've now had three featureless modern day protagonists who are just punching the clock until they get mobbed up with our two factions.

Launching a successful film adaptation would almost require a reason for the audience to invest in the modern day story, since the premise is still very high-concept.

 

[TheVileOne]

Too many americans think everyone in the middle east has dark brown skin, round faces, brown eyes, and dark hair. They forget or dont know that the Middle East is in Asia and encompasses a large area that has a wide gene pool with skin colors as white as American and european caucasians and as dark as northern africans.

Its not surprising tho. For over a decade all most americans have seen of the middle east is a limited amount of pictures and videos of terrorists on the news. If they actually went to the middle east or googled the region and its people theyd be surprised what they would learn.

Because they don't look like Jake Gyllenhaal.

 

[Marvolo]

Because they don't look like Jake Gyllenhaal.

You should scroll up and look at the picture of Saman Arabi. And probably Google "middle east people" or even just Google "afghanistan people" and take a look.

 

[TheVileOne]

Yeah I saw that picture. Then I saw this.

http://thedailyshow.cc.com/videos/4...iz-hosseini---saman-arbabi-extended-interview

And he still looks nothing like Jake Gyllenhaal.

 

[carrrnuttt]

Yeah I saw that picture. Then I saw this.

http://thedailyshow.cc.com/videos/4...iz-hosseini---saman-arbabi-extended-interview

And he still looks nothing like Jake Gyllenhaal.

Actually, that interview was my first time ever seeing Saman, and where it hit me just how much he looks like Jake.

But even before that, I dated a Persian girl whom I first thought was white.

Persians (especially early Persians) come from the same Indo-European stock that Greeks and Italians come from.

Here's a couple of sample Iranians for you:

So, between the two us, who do you think is being ignorant?

 

[TheVileOne]

Honestly I think this whole thing is stupid.

Fassbender is playing a Spaniard ancestor in the 14th century so...who cares?

 

[Whiskey Tango]

Honestly I think this whole thing is stupid.

Fassbender is playing a Spaniard ancestor in the 14th century so...who cares?

Jesus Christ, if you think it's so stupid then why the **** do you insist on chain posting about it? Go find a thread you're interested in and stop stinking this one up.