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Off-Topic Discussion => General Discussion => Topic started by: MR_T3D on October 18, 2009, 02:44:18 pm

Title: Get a sock ready...
Post by: MR_T3D on October 18, 2009, 02:44:18 pm: Mechwarrior Movie movie 'in development' (http://www.joystiq.com/2009/09/29/source-mechwarrior-movie-in-development-at-eisners-tornante/)
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Post by: NGTM-1R on October 18, 2009, 03:17:31 pm: So where's the catch? Uwe Boll to direct?
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Post by: Scotty on October 18, 2009, 03:34:34 pm: Harmony Gold be the catch, I guess. Maybe some settlement that leaves little cash for actual production.
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Post by: Colonol Dekker on October 18, 2009, 03:37:11 pm: Worst unrelated thread title ever :lol:
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Post by: Blue Lion on October 18, 2009, 04:53:47 pm: What am I supposed to do with a sock?
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Post by: Colonol Dekker on October 18, 2009, 05:06:35 pm: Please don't ask that question. . . I'm afraid he'll tell you the answer.
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Post by: NGTM-1R on October 18, 2009, 06:47:47 pm: Quote from: Blue Lion on October 18, 2009, 04:53:47 pm
What am I supposed to do with a sock?

Because I am the embodiment of all that Dekker fears.

The term is "wanksock"
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Post by: Colonol Dekker on October 18, 2009, 06:56:26 pm: /me facepalms

I knew that would happen. . .

So. . . .the film, is it gonna be full of political junk I won't understand or is it mostly mech funtimes?
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Post by: The E on October 18, 2009, 07:07:13 pm: It's gotta come out of "in development" first...
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Post by: Colonol Dekker on October 18, 2009, 07:11:07 pm: I hope Digital Anvil head up the CGI effects. They're my industry favourite. . . . .
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Post by: Blue Lion on October 18, 2009, 07:30:55 pm: Quote from: The E on October 18, 2009, 07:07:13 pm
It's gotta come out of "in development" first...

The movie or the... hmmm
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Post by: Nuke on October 18, 2009, 08:07:59 pm: wanking in socks is so uncivilized
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Post by: DarkBasilisk on October 20, 2009, 01:04:29 am: Won't get even a twitch unless you make it Armored Core :D
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Post by: General Battuta on October 20, 2009, 01:12:11 am: Quote from: DarkBasilisk on October 20, 2009, 01:04:29 am
Won't get even a twitch unless you make it Armored Core :D

Oh, come on. Armored Core is a bunch of video games.

Battletech is god-knows-how-many novels, sourcebooks, and years of careful sociopolitical development and atmosphere.
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Post by: DarkBasilisk on October 20, 2009, 01:26:45 am: Quote from: General Battuta on October 20, 2009, 01:12:11 am
Quote from: DarkBasilisk on October 20, 2009, 01:04:29 am
Won't get even a twitch unless you make it Armored Core :D

Oh, come on. Armored Core is a bunch of video games.

Battletech is god-knows-how-many novels, sourcebooks, and years of careful sociopolitical development and atmosphere.

This is why you're setting yourself up for disappointment :P With AC they can just have bad-ass high speed giant robot fighting (probably done by Michael Bay) with a standard non epic level plot that can be whatever the writers feel like at the time beyond some general guiderules. When the universe has been rebooted a ton of times you have a lot less instances of fans with pitchforks saying you screwed with the story :D

Wow. Yes. Now I need to find some way to have an armored core movie made by Michael Bay. That'd be a good use of his tendency to OMG SPECIAL EFFECTS
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Post by: General Battuta on October 20, 2009, 01:52:52 am: Yeah, maybe.
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Post by: Nuke on October 20, 2009, 01:53:04 am: id be happy to see any battletech story. i cant be bothered with the books when i still got dune books i haven't read yet.
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Post by: Colonol Dekker on October 20, 2009, 03:15:21 am: Michael bays writing and filmmaking is crap. I only like the CGI complexity and appreciate the technical skill required to pull it off.

Mechwarrior if made into a film would be more of a band of brothers style i'd hope.
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Post by: Stormkeeper on October 20, 2009, 03:54:21 am: Michael Bay AC film, eh. I have no doubt you'll get an AWESOME film filled with AWESOME special effects, cause he's such an AWESOME producer and I especially love his AWESOME explosions.

I'm still gonna adopt a wait-and-see with this. Don't wanna get my hopes up then get it crushed.

Also ...

/me holds up a sock
What do I do with this?
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Post by: StarSlayer on October 20, 2009, 08:25:00 am: War of the Roses with Battlemechs would be pretty sweet.
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Post by: Dough with Fish on October 20, 2009, 12:13:43 pm: Long time no post..

Anyway, I wonder if this will actually get off the ground. There were plans for a Battletech/Mechwarrior TV series a few years back that just faded into oblivion.
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Post by: The E on October 20, 2009, 12:21:37 pm: Yes, too bad they never made (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/DisContinuity) that saturday morning cartoon... (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BattleTech:_The_Animated_Series)
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Post by: Colonol Dekker on October 20, 2009, 01:43:31 pm: I definitely remember one hundred and ten percent, seeing an episode or two of the cartoon on channel four, early saturday mornings during my youth. . .
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Post by: Stormkeeper on October 20, 2009, 06:59:40 pm: I was watching it on youTube once.
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Post by: NGTM-1R on October 20, 2009, 07:05:39 pm: I have my Bushie toy still, somewhere. It makes me giggle a bit...
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Post by: Dough with Fish on October 21, 2009, 03:44:17 am: Quote from: The E on October 20, 2009, 12:21:37 pm
Yes, too bad they never made (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/DisContinuity) that saturday morning cartoon... (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BattleTech:_The_Animated_Series)

Not talking about that, you smart ass. There were talks of a live action show.
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Post by: Stormkeeper on October 24, 2009, 07:28:23 pm: Quote from: NGTM-1R on October 20, 2009, 07:05:39 pm
I have my Bushie toy still, somewhere. It makes me giggle a bit...
Really? Pics?
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Post by: NGTM-1R on October 25, 2009, 12:59:10 am: No. :(
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Post by: Stormkeeper on October 25, 2009, 01:44:51 am: Wow, I found it!

Pictures here (http://www.toytent.com/Robots/1608.html)!

And one of a Hunchback (http://extensive-enterprises.de/bilder/tycobattletech4.JPG), apparently.

Found even more! (http://www.virtualtoychest.com/b/battletech/battletech.html)
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Post by: Dough with Fish on October 25, 2009, 09:44:59 pm: Quote from: Stormkeeper on October 25, 2009, 01:44:51 am
Wow, I found it!

Pictures here (http://www.toytent.com/Robots/1608.html)!

And one of a Hunchback (http://extensive-enterprises.de/bilder/tycobattletech4.JPG), apparently.

Found even more! (http://www.virtualtoychest.com/b/battletech/battletech.html)

Wow.. those take me back. I had a Bushwacker and a Toad and my brother had a Hunchback and Sloth. And holy ****, that person is trying to sell a Bushwacker for $130?!
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Post by: StarSlayer on October 26, 2009, 09:55:33 am: Quote from: Stormkeeper on October 25, 2009, 01:44:51 am
Wow, I found it!

Pictures here (http://www.toytent.com/Robots/1608.html)!

And one of a Hunchback (http://extensive-enterprises.de/bilder/tycobattletech4.JPG), apparently.

Found even more! (http://www.virtualtoychest.com/b/battletech/battletech.html)

I believe I've have that Hunchback up at the cottage somewhere from when i was a kid.
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Post by: Stormkeeper on October 26, 2009, 08:19:49 pm: Really?

Sadly I couldn't find a toy of you, StarSlayer. :p
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Post by: Scotty on October 26, 2009, 09:09:05 pm: I have a military ID, so until recently, it had my SS number printed on it. However, they changed that, so now it's just a series of "X"s. Makes me wonder why put the category there in the first place.