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Peter Jackson directed Elder Scrolls?

Yes please! 18 47.37%
 
Perhaps...with a LOT of help and time 12 31.58%
 
I like his other work, bu... 4 10.53%
 
I hate Peter Jackson don't let him near ES! 4 10.53%
 
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Would I "support" it? PFFFFT!

I would spend the remainder of my spare time standing outside of the cinema shouting, "Don't watch this movie! Save your hard-earned money for something that's actually useful and rewarding! Don't be foolish, people!"

 

Seriously though, I think it would be better suited as a series. A movie spanning no more than three hours would result in a severely compressed story. I'm not saying it should be like one of those god damn never-ending series (such as Stargate and Lost) though, about eight to twelve episodes should be enough.

I would definitely support that.



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gergroy said:
platformmaster918 said:
gergroy said:
platformmaster918 said:
gergroy said:
I cant picture an elder scrolls movie, everytime i try to just see that crappy dungeons and dragons movie. No, I wouldnt support it because Elder Scrolls wouldnt make a good movie and I would rather peter jackson do something more worthwhile.

but there's so much lore there that is so deep.  the empire has tombs of history about it in the games that would be open to interpretation and the story telling is very similar to LOTR movies the way ideas and places are introduced.  It just seems to fit his storytelling so well.  When I first walked up to Whiterun I immediately thought of the introduction to Edoras.  It was that same epic feeling and with all the different races in Skyrim and their interactions being much like those of the races in LOTR even that seems like an easy adaptation for someone who's done LOTR.  This game deserves to be on the big screen and it has the most going for a movie adaptation aside from maybe AC or COD (only because COD could just be a generic military shooter to follow suit with the games and sell on its brand name).


Dont confuse lots of lore with depth.  Most of the lore in these games is increbily shallow.  The stories and lore are very weak, which is why dungeons and dragons comes to mind when I think of Elder Scrolls.  Dont get me wrong, I think they are great games, but I dont see any merit at all in translating this franchise to movies. 

I have to disagree with you there.  From giving incredibly detailed background on each emperor and battle in the history of Cyrodil, to the different gods and races having complex histories and cultures each their own, to the different languages Elder Scrolls has the deepest storytelling of any game I've played.  MUCH deeper than Dungeons and Dragons.  They would need the writers and creators of Elder Scrolls to help tell the story, but if they were there to help I would be confident that this VERY DEEP world would come to life wonderfully with Jackson at the helm and a decent budget.  Take the millions of copies of Skyrim sold, multiply that by 8-10 (price of admission) and you've got your profit if it's a good adaptation.  The fanbase is there (as it is for a COD or AC movie) all that's left is to make a movie worth seeing for fans.  If it's good and directed by the LOTR director it will attract droves of people who've never played the game and the gamer's families.  HUGE profit potential here for these franchises.


Most of that information and lore is provided in 100 words or less, that is not deep.  Most of the races in the game act pretty much the same as others.  I challenge you to actually go through and read this deep history and then go read an actual fantasy novel and then decide if it is actually that deep.

well I've read LOTR and it seems much the same.  There's a lot of volumes and a lot of stuff you experience in the previous games isn't as closely told.  I don't think the races act the same.  The Khajit for instance are the drug dealers that speak in riddles and usually are either thieves or in Caravans.  The Dwemer and their history and fall is a fascinating tale that could be expanded upon.  Of course with the Dwemer come the Snow Elves which slowly degrade into the Falmer.  The Orcs and the sacking of their homeland and the whole storyline of the great war are all great elements of the universe that differentiate the races.  The Nords are the racists, the High elves are the stuck up prudes that want to slowly control everything.  The Redguards got screwed over by the empire and deal in dessert trade.  I can't even begin to explain all the differences in how they act and their histories and occupations but there are a few examples.




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Would I "support" it? PFFFFT!

I would spend the remainder of my spare time standing outside of the cinema shouting, "Don't watch this movie! Save your hard-earned money for something that's actually useful and rewarding! Don't be foolish, people!"

 

Seriously though, I think it would be better suited as a series. A movie spanning no more than three hours would result in a severely compressed story. I'm not saying it should be like one of those god damn never-ending series (such as Stargate and Lost) though, about eight to twelve episodes should be enough.

I would definitely support that.

mini series would be awesome but I only mean a movie for one game's story.  Now that I think about it though the backstory would have more justice done to it as a mini-series.




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I agree with gergroy skyrim doesn't really give much storry wise. Hell there is not a single memorable character.
Sure most holywood movies dont need memorable characters if you have huge battles exlosions and other bang in it but you dont need peter jackson for that.
if you actually wanted to make a "deep" movie you'd have to rewrite almost everything and since the world of skyrim seems to be your average post-tolkien highfantasy bull it would probably be easier to rewrite that as well...



I am not a fan of peter jackson movies so no.



 

 

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Hated Lord of the Rings (Yeah, there are people who dislike it.) and while I don't hate Skyrim (not particularly over fond of it either). I don't think this would be a good match. Skyrim's story was poor anyways outside of perhaps two sub plotlines, so I don't see how they would transfer that onto film in any decent manner.



Hmmm...YES!



The Elder Scrolls should become a TV Show



platformmaster918 said:

I was playing through Skyrim and I really like how it reminds me of LOTR movies and GoT.  I feel like Peter Jackson could handle this as he seems very good at directing action sequences and introducing vast lores.  I would love to have him direct a movie based on Skyrim, as I believe it has the best story, but Oblivion and maybe even one of the earlier ones could also (I'm just not familiar with the stories of those).  From the Dragon language, to the Daedra, to the land of Tamriel I just think it'll take a lot of talent to compress this thing into 3 hours and if anyone can do it with complicated lore, it's Peter Jackson or whoever directs GoT (although they have a lot more time considering they have a whole season for a book).

So yay or nay to a Peter Jackson directed Elder Scrolls movie?

-1 for suggesting there's the slightest qualitative connection between a video game story (esp the near story-less Elder Scrolls) as source material and A Song of Ice and Fire. Boo!!!

Dragon Age 2 story would make a reasonable movie, but still has nothing like the quality as source material of LOTR or ASOIAF.



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TES is pretty generic fantasy, there is really nothing that special about it. Most of it is ripped off other fantasy IPs especially LotRs. I doubt PJ would want to do off brand LotR movies after investing so much of his life making actual LotR movies.

Really the only interesting place in terms of lore was Morrowind. And they blew that up FFS.



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