Poll of the Day > So... a live action Mega Man movie is being made

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The Popo
10/04/18 9:05:38 PM
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Didnt see a topic about it yet. What does everybody think... does this have any chance of being any good? I love Mega Man, but going off the success rate of video game adaptations, I dont know about this. Mega Man doesnt exactly strike me as a story that would translate to a movie, either.

Heres the release on Capcoms site:

http://www.capcom.co.jp/ir/english/news/html/e181004.html
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LaggnFragnLarry
10/04/18 9:08:09 PM
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i hope its like the running man
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CornishGhost
10/04/18 9:20:01 PM
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Fuck you hollywood

The Popo posted...
does this have any chance of being any good?


I hope so but it probably won't be
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Nade Duck
10/04/18 9:22:49 PM
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why

the only possible audience is bitter and dejected fans that hate capcom.

just make a bubsy movie while you're at it.
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DPsx7
10/04/18 9:28:32 PM
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Why do they always choose games with next to no story?
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Zeus
10/04/18 10:24:22 PM
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The Popo posted...
Mega Man doesnt exactly strike me as a story that would translate to a movie, either.


It sounds like a hoax, but each of the major series *does* have a story and the fact that the story in the Classic games is on the simpler side makes it easier to adapt.

Doctors Light and Wily work together creating robots. Wily decides to reprogram some of them in attempt to do evil things. Dr. Light reprograms Mega/Rock, one of his last robots, into a fighting machine to stop the others. Then you'd have MM going to different parts of the city to stop robots, presumably while exploring his human side. And towards the end you could toss Proto Man in there as the final enemy or just give Wily a mechanized suit. The story pretty much writes itself.

The Popo posted...
does this have any chance of being any good?


Yes, in theory. No, in practice.

DPsx7 posted...
Why do they always choose games with next to no story?


It has a more concrete story than a lot of other franchises and, more importantly, we've seen similar concepts in film already.
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Lokarin
10/04/18 10:37:46 PM
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Can't possibly be as bad as the live action Fullmetal Alchemist movie
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Zeus
10/04/18 10:39:10 PM
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Part of me hopes that instead of going the serious route we get a campy gem like Street Fighter: The Movie, although I honestly don't expect a Mega Man movie to actually get made.
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Krow_Incarnate
10/04/18 10:41:54 PM
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DPsx7 posted...
Why do they always choose games with next to no story?

Megaman does have a story though. Hell, it has a lot of Blade Runner-esque themes.

In any case, a Megaman movie could kick some serious ass, but only if it was 3DCG and directed like some of those older cartoons like Code Lyoko or SD Gundam. Or like a Pixar-esque action movie.
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GreenKnight127
10/04/18 11:27:56 PM
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The feature film, tentatively titled MEGA MAN, will be written and directed by Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman, and is scheduled to be distributed by 20th Century Fox. Chernin Entertainment, responsible for the Planet of the Apes series, will be producing it with Masi Oka, of Heroes fame. Based on the influential and globally beloved Mega Man franchise, Capcom aims to appeal to a diverse audience, including not only game players but action movie fans as well, with an adaptation that maintains the world of the Mega Man games, while incorporating the grand production and entertainment value that Hollywood movies are known for.


I wonder if Megaman will be Asian.....

And I wonder how much people will bitch if he's not....
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Zeus
10/04/18 11:33:41 PM
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I'm kinda curious if they'll use Wily being the bag guy as a later twist and just have the robot masters go crazy at first (which would let them arrest Dr. Light -- a plot point from later games -- and then also give Dr. Wily the chance to sabotage Mega Man). Given that it's a Hollywood film, that almost seems the natural direction... although anybody familiar with the source material knows that Wily is the bad guy so it makes the twist a little anticlimatic.

GreenKnight127 posted...
I wonder if Megaman will be Asian.....

And I wonder how much people will bitch if he's not....


He's a robot so his race literally doesn't matter. And, because it matters so little, you'll probably hear a lot of uproar from SJWs who forget that his race was ambiguous excluding in the West where they gave him a more anglo look.
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GreenKnight127
10/04/18 11:39:44 PM
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Zeus posted...
He's a robot so his race literally doesn't matter. And, because it matters so little, you'll probably hear a lot of uproar from SJWs who forget that his race was ambiguous excluding in the West where they gave him a more anglo look.


Exactly. I still anticipate people to claim "white-washing".

Hell, I even expect some people to be angry they didn't try something new by making him female.

Megaman is oppressive.

Megaman has always been an interesting series.

I wonder how old of an actor they are considering for the role. Will he be some high school-looking brat??? Or will he actually be a man? It just doesn't feel like something that will transfer to live-action very well. I wonder if it will be more comedy than anything else.....
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Zeus
10/04/18 11:45:45 PM
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GreenKnight127 posted...
I wonder if it will be more comedy than anything else.....


That's a terrible idea not supported by the source material that wouldn't work well in film. It's almost certainly going to be an action movie, although it'll likely have some comedy in the form of lampshading (since a few of the robots seem designed *solely* to cause trouble). Think of the beginning of the R-S Mega Man series where they introduce the robots, mentioning each of the robots' very practical functions and then it comes to, "This is Ice Man. He freezes things."
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WellKnownNomad
10/05/18 12:04:29 AM
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It'll happen just like Duke Nukem, Metal Gear Solid, The Last of Us, Uncharted, Halo, Metroid, Castlevania, Tetris, Call of Duty, Minecraft, Mass Effect, Five Nights at Freddy's, Splinter Cell, Devil May Cry, Asteroids, Gears of War....
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GreenKnight127
10/05/18 12:20:19 AM
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WellKnownNomad posted...
It'll happen just like Duke Nukem, Metal Gear Solid, The Last of Us, Uncharted, Halo, Metroid, Castlevania, Tetris, Call of Duty, Minecraft, Mass Effect, Five Nights at Freddy's, Splinter Cell, Devil May Cry, Asteroids, Gears of War....


Yeouch.

But all good points.

Castlevania has a pretty awesome anime series, though...
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WellKnownNomad
10/05/18 12:34:11 AM
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True but I do recall plans for a live action Castlevania movie even before the anime was in the works, which was in a long development hell
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Mead
10/05/18 1:12:32 AM
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I doubt it will actually get made
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likehelly
10/05/18 1:20:42 AM
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just make an animated movie
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Mead
10/05/18 1:39:19 AM
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just make MML3
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Enclave
10/05/18 1:42:19 AM
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A Megaman movie COULD work, I expect it to be awful though.
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The Popo
10/05/18 10:13:22 AM
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Im curious about how many robot masters would be included in a movie. Just the original 6 to match the first game? Or multiple ones from the sequels, and Mega Man takes a bunch out at once as he gets stronger?

Is Rush in the movie? Does Wily get his flying saucer? Will the Yellow Devil somehow be in it? Proto Man? Theres a lot to draw on.
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JOExHIGASHI
10/05/18 10:46:33 AM
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I hope it's as good as the super mario movie
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Metalsonic66
10/05/18 12:02:07 PM
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It's gotta be better than the new cartoon
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LinkPizza
10/05/18 12:07:19 PM
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Metalsonic66 posted...
It's gotta be better than the new cartoon

Yeah. But it's one of "Those types" of cartoons...
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Zeus
10/05/18 1:39:54 PM
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The Popo posted...
Im curious about how many robot masters would be included in a movie. Just the original 6 to match the first game? Or multiple ones from the sequels, and Mega Man takes a bunch out at once as he gets stronger?

Is Rush in the movie? Does Wily get his flying saucer? Will the Yellow Devil somehow be in it? Proto Man? Theres a lot to draw on.


Eh, it seems like they rarely ever just incorporate stuff only from the original. We'd probably see a mix of masters from the first three games -- because those are the iconic ones -- with some masters with goofier or more impractical premises (like Cut Man) only being used as cameos. Given that there are only six masters in the original, they'd kinda need to pad it out or heavily rely on minions.

I already suggested that Proto Man would almost certainly be in it (and possibly Roll as well, for gender diversity). Yellow Devil as a concept would work well in film (he could be comprised of nanites) but they couldn't use the name (even just calling him Y.E.L.L.O.W. as an acronym would might spark outrage) and he'd likely be a poor fit for the story. Rush and Beat would both depend on the movie's tone. They could have them in very minor roles. Given that both characters would be great for selling merch to kids, it seems like they'd want to somehow use them.

I'd also be curious to see how they handle the robot gore, whether we'd see the bots get gruesomely destroyed and just lie there or if they'd explode. I doubt Mega Man would just absorb their essenc ie from an explosion so I'm guessing there'd have to be some contact.

At any rate, speculation is probably pointless this is never going to happen.
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LinkPizza
10/05/18 4:58:59 PM
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I hope they don't change the names just because some people can't deal with it. It's not really that offensive unless someone makes it out to be. So, when they say it's offensive, others should just ask why. When they answer, say no one was thinking about that except you. It's the name of a character in an old game. But it's probably doesn't really matter. They'll probably try to make a big deal out of anything they can...
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mozepy
10/05/18 5:16:41 PM
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Just as the original Meg man cover art predicted. :D
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Zeus
10/05/18 11:39:26 PM
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LinkPizza posted...
I hope they don't change the names just because some people can't deal with it. It's not really that offensive unless someone makes it out to be. So, when they say it's offensive, others should just ask why. When they answer, say no one was thinking about that except you. It's the name of a character in an old game. But it's probably doesn't really matter. They'll probably try to make a big deal out of anything they can...


idk, Yellow Devil is really kinda pushing it, though.

mozepy posted...
Just as the original Meg man cover art predicted. :D


You know they're going to make him a teen, right? Because of course they are.
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dancer62
10/06/18 12:58:43 AM
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A great opportunity for a spherical blue actor. Typecasting, but still. Maybe the Michelin Man could audition.. a little paint, or color correction in postproduction.
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Questionmarktarius
10/06/18 1:01:09 AM
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If, and only if, Wilford Brimley is Thomas Light, will I see this movie.
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Kyuubi4269
10/06/18 1:05:23 AM
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He should look like that terrible early box art.

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Questionmarktarius
10/06/18 1:10:01 AM
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Kyuubi4269 posted...
He should look like that terrible early box art.

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Steve Buscemi?
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LaggnFragnLarry
10/06/18 1:12:48 AM
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maybe they will get the rock to play mega man
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Questionmarktarius
10/06/18 1:15:20 AM
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LaggnFragnLarry posted...
maybe they will get the rock to play mega man

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Revelation34
10/08/18 11:24:32 PM
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=31g0YE61PLQ" data-time="


My reaction. This is going to be shit. Even if they just make it a pure action movie without any real plot.
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EnvyFox
10/09/18 12:31:50 AM
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I'm just going to leave this here.

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Also...

Mead posted...
just make MML3

Yes!
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