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[Husse]

I recently saw a script for a possible Zelda movie called Link, and, even as a hard-nosed critic, I must say I was impressed. This brings up an interesting question...Could a Zelda game or series of games be made into a movie or series of movies? What would best befit it? I personally thin it could function as any.

A live-action serious drama.

A younger kid's classic cartoon flick.
An anime cult favorite.
Or maybe it's impossible...of course if Peter Jackson were present, naught would be impossible...

Vote for two above: A format and a game to be done. Ordinarily, I wouldn't do this, but this poll will show who voted for what so I can see that no one's voting wrong, and, if you think a series would be cool, you can vote for more than game, and it will show that you did so.

[Husse]

You're forgetting something...not everyone in the theater knows about Zelda/loves it. Continuation would be rather unnecessary, IMO, adn might butcher the Zelda we know and love...and I don't think Miyamoto would allow it.

I chose OoT b/c it's a good starting point, and the story is epic and endearing, what people want.

[Reflectionist]

Yeah.

It should be live action. You can get better facial expressions and just, a better acting and mideival experience like that, it would seem a lot like what the new Zelda looks like.

If one is made, it should be a creative blend of everything in all of the zelda games. Keep it simple to understand for the newbies to the series, and add in some touches that only a true dedicated zelda fan would know, add some originality for those zelda fans. And keep the zelda feel.

There have been so many people telling me about their zelda movies that I can't even talk about what would make a zelda movie good without spoiling some great Ideas i've seen out there.

There was a guy that came in before LA got hacked, and he had an awesome story for a great Blended Zelda Movie. It was pretty much the entire Legend of Zelda. If you can recall, the Legend was in AoL, his Story is about how Ganon (who never really dies, but is somewhat of an evil entity, a shadowy presence more than anything) attempting to keep the Princess Zelda in a sleeping spell. As it goes through the backstory of AoL, We see the other Legend of Zelda stories come to life in various mediums.

While it may be as short as just seeing Link fighting a Nightmare and then waking up, it still says "hey, this is where LA takes place" and such and such.

It was a great storyline, really.

THAT is why I voted for nearly everything.

[GraniteJJ]

I'd want to see it as a movie...live action, Lord of the Ring style.

It would be difficult to do, but I think it would look awesome if it was done right.

And I don't like that whole Sky Captain idea. For a knight-type film, it would be easy to do it with just normal sets, and it would look better. The whole "everything green screen" worked good for a futuristic movie that spoofed old 50's futuristic movie, but for a medieval film, I think it would be better to stick to real settings and whatnot.

[Husse]

Yeah, I believe so. And, though I didn't vote for it, TWW isn't such a bad option for a kid's movie when you think of it. It's lighthearted, but deep, parents could stand to watch it, and, like OoT, *gasp* you have to have limited or NO Zelda history to have fun with it.

Three games they just can't make off the bat into movies are MM, ALttP, and LA.

I'm not big on blend, though...I think if Zelda is going to be represented, it should be the way it was born, just like LOTR, with reasonable changes. I mean, we can't have the hero stomping off to new dungeons every 30 minutes, like in the games, it should all be connected, but...you know, I think a reliable, true Zelda game/story is needed.

And, yes, I know that hyped Link movie exists, I was referring to a different script under the same title.

[Emiko]

Emi thinks Orlando Bloom would make a perfect Link and Natalie Portman would make a perfect Zelda...and Tim Curry who is the best at being evil COULD make a good Ganon..

[Marth]

They are decent choices, miss Emiko, but I believe that Orlando and Natalie are a bit too old to play Link and Zelda, and Tim Curry is well too chubby for Ganondorf is more of a big hulking villain rather than a wiley one.

[Emiko]

Thats what photoshop is for :3

Look at the Movie Legend, with Tim Curry...he looks freaking awesome in that movie

[Marth]

He has sorta let himself go over the years reaching his old age, so he would have to have a bit of a work out program to get up to size. He is also a bit too short for the role as well to stand up to the menacing, over-powering look that is Ganondorf.

[Emiko]

Hey look what they did with Lord of the Rings and the Hobbits...normal sized peoples making them shorter :3

this is the 21st centry, anything is possible

[Kairu Hakubi]

if it was live action, it could only be the human characters.. the rest would be CG, and the backgrounds would hopefully all be CG a la Sky Captain. If nothing else it keeps that nice videogame feel.
Otherwise I'd want nice uber-detailed anime style.. but certainly not fully-cg like that final fantasy movie.. bleh.
as for plot (why does the poll have two different sets of things to choose from?) i think since they'd have to butcher the story anyway, why not go with a game whose plot is thin anyway, like LoZ? Then they could do the sequel, AoL, too.
other than that i guess i'd pick one of the more film-esque games, such as LA, OoT, or tWW, which don't rely very heavily on other games.

[joeymartin64]

Good lord, if I see one more thread like this... well, I'm certain I will, so I won't finish that sentence. Anyway. The point is: no. Plain. Simple. No.

I would not mind an anime based on one of the mangas, however. Barring that, no. And speaking of which:

http://www.corsairsfilms.com

They're BAAAACK!

[Marth]

Yes, they can do anything, but film makers want to do as little as possible so would probably find a guy that looks even closer to Ganondorf's side and change him up how they need to. I would guess they would use someone more like a professional wrestler type like the Rock.

[Koroks Rock]

i think a LOTR-esque movie would be awesome, but you would have to have an amazing fx team. so much of zelda is impossible.

which story? eh, most of em would work, with minor tweaking.

[Husse]

I guess that's not a bad idea. I still think they should learn from LOTR and use a few well-known actors and mostly newbies/not well known ones to spark interest in story, not actorrs...

Though Liam Neeson would make a great Ganondorf, I don't know about Zelda, and...I guess Orlando Bloom is the ONLY choice for an adult Link.

[lord-of-shadow]

A Zelda movie is about the worst thing that could happen to the series. I'd rather Nintendo go 3rd party.

[(e)]

i voted for two pairs: animated & live action, and LA and ALttP. first cause i would love to see a Neverending Story / Legend - style fantasy involving maybe more puppet action than computer or cartoon stuff. something about the physicality of something like a Treebeard figure i find much more compelling than something entirely hand-drawn. also, i thought LA and ALttP have the most realizable and involving story-lines -- the other games' storylines are great, but for one reason or another either seemed to me they wouldn't translate well to film or they would be too hard to pull off, e.g. Wind Waker. i mean, just look at Waterworld! hee hee

interesting question, though! | (e)

[Kairu Hakubi]

Yes, they can do anything, but film makers want to do as little as possible so would probably find a guy that looks even closer to Ganondorf's side and change him up how they need to. I would guess they would use someone more like a professional wrestler type like the Rock.

I've always said acting ability or no, Shaq is Ganondorf's closest real-life visual equivalent. He's 8 feet tall, brown of skin, and has that same ability to scowl one minute and make an evil grin the next. He'd just need a false nose, costume, contacts, and red hair and he'd be perfect!

[Marth]

They only problem with that is Shaq is only 7' 2" and Ganondorf is more of a middle eastern looking fellow rather than African American. Either way, Ganondorf is really not extremely tall, just looks tall because of his muscle mass so he appears overbearing to one such as Link. Link himself is only around 5' something by the time of OoT so that makes Ganondorf look even taller there. I always saw Leonardo De Caprio as a better Link than Orlando because he looks younger and Link never really reaches the full adult look in the games. The best thing to do would be just to grab a bunch of unknowns to do it so they can be known as the characters from that movie instead of another.

[joeymartin64]

Hey, that link was down yesterday. Thanks for finding that, Joey!!!

But... what happened to all of the descriptions of the movie? Without the names of the Zelda characters, no-one is going to know it's a 'Zelda' movie. (And how will anyone want to buy their films after seeing only a few screenshots?)

If they ever actually release the damn thing. I mean, the trailer I have says "coming Christmas 2002." And it's hilarious. You have not seen horrible acting until you've seen this.

[Husse]

S'Okay. I don't think I shall. Anyway, anonymous actors are the way to go for the most part, but...come on, people, wouldn't Liam Neeson make an INCREDIBLE Ganondorf? Someone back me up here.

Oh yeah, and another cameo...the voice of the Deku Tree: Sean Connery, anyone? (If you think that sounds gay, you may smack me...)