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Offline Unknown Target

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I'm saying that Freespace doesn't have a main character or character interaction, so that gives the studio even less of a reason to write a movie about it. If they do write it in, then they'll have to change the story quite a bit, and if they do that, then they'll consider it carte' blanche' to write whatever the hell they want, so we'll probably end up with something as related to Freespace as the Wing Commander movie was to the game series.

What it would take to make a successful, well-written version would be someone (probably from the community) who understands the ins and outs of the storyline, but also understands how to write a good script and pitch it to network executives.

 

Offline Woolie Wool

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That was kind of my idea--create an outline, a new FreeSpace Reference Bible--of what FreeSpace is and should be, and the basics of the series and universe. It must be entirely self-contained, so the studios could be told the series is based on this document, not some game that nobody bought. Keep harping with all your might on the fact that the FreeSpace games were never really marketed, so all this is really still new. Make the document comprehensive enough so that the writers can stick to it, not the games.
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Offline TrashMan

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So you're saying that they'd make a movie based on a game without advertising that it was based on the game? I doubt that...on top of that, what studio would want to sink millions of dollars into a movie about a game franchise that probably moved less than a million units? It makes no business sense.

That doesn't matter.. all it matters is if the story is good enough to sell.
Take a look at all the sci-fi series and moves out there - how many of htem are actually based on a franchise? You dont NEED that to make a movie...

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Do you honestly think that a movie based on a video game with no main character would be good? Um, hello, even Wing Commander couldn't do it right, and they had the most mega sci fi shooter franchise ever, complete with Mark Hammel (or however you spell his name).

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Here's a question to illustrate my point. I played this great game a long time ago called Bughunters or something. Basically the game was about these marines with awesome looking jetpacks that jetted around and there was some inter-stellar war going on, bla bla bla. It was really a fun, kickass game. But it probably sold only a few thousand copies. Would you be willing to invest your money into a movie based on that game? If you answer no, then why? Let's say it got great reviews and was loved by a tiny die-hard community. These people absolutely love the game and rightly so - but it still only sold about 100,000 copies. Would you want to invest $20 million in it?

I'd have to research the background of that universe...if I like it and if somone gives me a good script, sure...
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Offline Snail

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Now I kind of don't want this to happen.

 
Don't worry. If space shooters ever make a comeback, it will be something mainstream like Wing Commander, BSG, or B5.

FreeSpace is great because it's so easily moddable. We still love it because of all the great campaigns and ships, but retail itself was, honestly, pretty average. Even Starlancer almost comes close. (Tachyon is a different story, but it had the best multiplayer of any space game I've seen.) The main things FS had going for it are the music and Shivans. Just doesn't match with TV network tastes.

 

Offline Woolie Wool

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I think the gaming press who gave FreeSpace glowing reviews would disagree with you. FreeSpace didn't sell well because Interplay didn't bother to sell it. Furthermore, what would cable TV (forget networks, the only show that ever got on networks was Star Trek, and only in its birth and death, as TOS became famous in syndication and TNG and DS9 were entirely syndicated) find wrong with FreeSpace in general?
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16:46   Quanto   it itches like hell
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16:47   Quanto   D:

"did they use anesthetic when they removed your sense of humor or did you have to weep and struggle like a tiny baby"
--General Battuta

  
TV (network and cable) are only interested in making a show out of something popular or at least somewhat well-known. Everyone knows what BSG is. If you're going to make a TV show out of FS, you might as well make a series based on Ultimate Bass Fishing 4. Have no idea what that is? My point. It would be a lot easier to make up your own storyline than base it off some obscure video game, that doesn't have enough canon background information in the first place to do much with.