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HALO has a director!!!
Ahoy, squirts! Quint here. I know a lot of you are HALO geeks like me and like me you've probably been wanting to hear about the status of the HALO movie being produced at Universal and 20th Century Fox, Weta Workshop and Digital signed on to bring the special effects, and Peter Jackson onboard as executive producer.
Well, the wait's over. A director has been chosen, according to Microsoft, a man by the name of Neill Blomkamp.
Before you start getting too worried that an untested director has been chosen to direct such a high profile movie, you should see his short film ALIVE IN JOBURG.
http://ia300227.us.archive.org/3/items/ ... mpr480.mov
On top of that, Blomkamp's short work includes that awesome Citroen dancing, transforming car commercial, the above ALIVE IN JOBURG and a great little short called TEMPBOT
http://www.transbuddha.com/mediaHolder.php?id=1301
I trust Peter Jackson's choice and looking at this dude's work, it's clear he can handle effects and an epic scope (JOBURG) and even more subtle character effects work (TEMPBOT). Let's hope he's up to the challenge!
Halo ...the movie. The director has bin picked.
Halo ...the movie. The director has bin picked.
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tbh... I never really played halo. I have both, my mother bought me the xbox1 for xmas and it came with halo..I didnt have the heart to tell her it bored me...so when halo2 came out, she bought be the collectors edition for xmas...which I never played.
I know i make the baby jesus cry when I lie to my mother.
but I cant help it.
I only posted this thread cuz it was game related....
/me runs out of thread crying and slams the door on the way out.
(door knob hitting me where the lord split me...which make me cry more.)
I know i make the baby jesus cry when I lie to my mother.
but I cant help it.
I only posted this thread cuz it was game related....
/me runs out of thread crying and slams the door on the way out.
(door knob hitting me where the lord split me...which make me cry more.)
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yah ...I saw ALIVE IN JOBURG years ago and have showed it to everyone who comes to my house since.... funy how they picked a net film,unknown director for it...seems a bold choice.
Pitty they didnt do the same for doom.
Pitty they didnt do the same for doom.
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lol!... I cant wait to watch that match.Dave wrote:http://www.togrc.com/forums/showthread.php?ID=007forum&t=139471
lols... watch this space
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Well, that's part of the explanation. It brought FPS MP gaming to the mainstream, plus it was a very heavily marketed poster child of the original xbox.Ryoki wrote:I think the only possible explenation for it's popularity is that Halo appealed to a whole new target group, with it being a decent shooter for consoles. And it had co'op, that was pretty fun.
I thought it was nothing special either.
But there is also a rather intricate and compelling backstory, which is rather cleverly written to keep people speculating about the story and the characters. Bungie has a great track record for this kind of thing, and it has enticed both their old loyal die-hard fans and the new ones. You could say that the theorizing and the speculations by the old fans have created a mystique about the franchise that has bled over into the minds of the mainstream players, which is pretty interesting, since the strengths of the actual game lies in the MP, not the SP campaign (which is rather mediocre, especially Halo 2).
again, a terrible troll. either post using your real account or fuck off.squeaky wrote:looks like you're leading the wayMKJ wrote: either way, people will complain
anyways, grudge kinda tells it like it is. bungie has always created books worth of backstories for their games, and always let this seep through ever so subtle in their games. hance, its a bit too subtle for the mainstream SP gamers who wil all cry 'no story!!1one'. pity, really
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pfft...riddla wrote:It was the first decent fps game with vehicles.Ryoki wrote:I think the only possible explenation for it's popularity is that Halo appealed to a whole new target group, with it being a decent shooter for consoles. And it had co'op, that was pretty fun.
I thought it was nothing special either.
Tribes - 1998
Still the best multiplayer game to date. Just a shame no one really plays anymore and the other two were shit.
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Tribes 2 was cool....ctrlnuke wrote:pfft...riddla wrote:It was the first decent fps game with vehicles.Ryoki wrote:I think the only possible explenation for it's popularity is that Halo appealed to a whole new target group, with it being a decent shooter for consoles. And it had co'op, that was pretty fun.
I thought it was nothing special either.
Tribes - 1998
Still the best multiplayer game to date. Just a shame no one really plays anymore and the other two were shit.
Halo came out November 2001 for the xbox if i remember correctly.
What else were you playing in 2001? Quake 3? RtCW? Max Payne?
In other words, comapred to what was out at the time, Halo was visually stunning, had vehicles, had a damn fine single player plot, amazing music, and a fantastic MP mode... And it was ALL on a home console. The last time we got such a complete package was when Goldeneye was released, so it WAS a huge leap for the console world. It may of lost a little of its sparkle thanks to Halo 2's poor story/ending, but its still regarded as one of the most anticipated titles because we all loved Halo 1. Halo 1 may be a bit old now, many many games are better than it, but we are looking forward to it because its the next chapter. Same as Metal Gear. the first game owned, and even though we had the poor MGS2 and the better MGS3, we are lookign forward to MGS4 simply because its called metal gear solid. Doesn't matter that everything that made the original so fun for us is now taken out, no more stealth, all based on shooting etc, its called metal gear solid, so it will sell.
In other words, halo is popular because at the time of its release, there was nothing better than it. Its only retards who played it for 10 mins 3 months ago that cant see the appeal of it tbh.
What else were you playing in 2001? Quake 3? RtCW? Max Payne?
In other words, comapred to what was out at the time, Halo was visually stunning, had vehicles, had a damn fine single player plot, amazing music, and a fantastic MP mode... And it was ALL on a home console. The last time we got such a complete package was when Goldeneye was released, so it WAS a huge leap for the console world. It may of lost a little of its sparkle thanks to Halo 2's poor story/ending, but its still regarded as one of the most anticipated titles because we all loved Halo 1. Halo 1 may be a bit old now, many many games are better than it, but we are looking forward to it because its the next chapter. Same as Metal Gear. the first game owned, and even though we had the poor MGS2 and the better MGS3, we are lookign forward to MGS4 simply because its called metal gear solid. Doesn't matter that everything that made the original so fun for us is now taken out, no more stealth, all based on shooting etc, its called metal gear solid, so it will sell.
In other words, halo is popular because at the time of its release, there was nothing better than it. Its only retards who played it for 10 mins 3 months ago that cant see the appeal of it tbh.