Poll of the Day > Teaser for the Monster Hunter movie is chock full o' guns

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In case you had any doubts that this was going to be an absolute train wreck

https://youtu.be/09Ia7PGMGwk

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it straight up just looks like another resident evil movie

which is neat because they're both capcom ip's, and they both have mila jovovich and lots of guns

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Who the fuck at Capcom signs off on these movies?

Whyyyyy
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I'll admit, I've only played 3U, Gen, Stories, and a little bit of world but I don't recall guns or vehicles like that.

Which game has those?

The monster looks good, but the vehicles and present day our world guns/vehicles makes the whole thing feel lazy and cookie cutter to me. I'm very sad now.

I asked my spouse and they said the guns technically could pass but the vehicles are a no.

nothing about it, aside from the actual monster, has anything to do with the games

nothing in the games is modern.

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Apparently some of the heavy bowguns can look similar.

Personally if I see a Monster Hunter movie, I want to see a Monster Hunter movie not modern hunting Monster Hunter monsters. If that makes sense. That's not exciting to me, that's every other action movie involving monsters. Others absolutely can enjoy them, but I'm definitely over them right now.

Aiming with the wrong eye bro

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ChaosAzeroth posted...

I'll admit, I've only played 3U, Gen, Stories, and a little bit of world but I don't recall guns or vehicles like that.

Which game has those?

The monster looks good, but the vehicles and present day our world guns/vehicles makes the whole thing feel lazy and cookie cutter to me. I'm very sad now.

I asked my spouse and they said the guns technically could pass but the vehicles are a no.

Apparently this movie takes place on regular Earth, with the monsters somehow coming from the Monster Hunter world.

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I thought it was the other way around

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Oh, it might be the other way. At least there's a half excuse for the technology anyway.

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Mario Bros 2020

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KogaSteelfang posted...

Apparently this movie takes place on regular Earth, with the monsters somehow coming from the Monster Hunter world.

KogaSteelfang posted...

Oh, it might be the other way. At least there's a half excuse for the technology anyway.

Uggh I miss living under a rock and not knowing anything about this movie.

Thanks for the information though, for real. I know not to get my hopes up.

Yaknow, back in the day I had a similar idea only it was Jhen Mohran charging through a modern day city instead of Diablos in the desert

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Why would they do this? What is the audience? It'd be like sending a modern military squad to hyrule to fight ganon. Who asked for this?

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Milla Jovovich Layered Armor coming to Monster Hunter Rise

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YoukaiSlayer posted...

Why would they do this? What is the audience? It'd be like sending a modern military squad to hyrule to fight ganon. Who asked for this?

Maybe they're pulling a Reign of Fire and there will be a "monsters win, time skip!" thing

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From what I've heard, it's basically like those "isekai" shows (transported to another world for some reason, become literally Jesus and then save the world). From an interview back in 2016: "For every Monster, there is a Hero. An ordinary man in a dead end job discovers that he is actually the descendant of an ancient hero. He must travel to a mystical world to train to become a Monster Hunter, before the mythical creatures from that world destroy ours." I guess they changed that a little to make it American soldiers being transported to MH world or something?

Honestly, it kinda sounds like a terrible Digimon fanfiction...

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Metalsonic66 posted...

Milla Jovovich Layered Armor coming to Monster Hunter Rise

i'm into it

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Nestama posted...

I guess they changed that a little to make it American soldiers being transported to MH world or something?

That completely destroys the isekai part. You aren't riding around in powerful military vehichles feeling weak and powerless and ordinary. Isekai wouldn't enhance monster hunter but it could at least be harmless and mostly forgotten after the intro.

Maybe it's because actual monster hunter has no villain characters because the villain is always a monster and humans are pretty much all on the same side doing good things and you can't make much of a story about that. Could easily have turned the lore of the world into a movie though with the old kingdom, the engineered monsters, and the black dragon war that destroyed it all. Or make a goofy movie about prowlers.

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I don't know what relationship Capcom has with this movie studio, but they hired the same people who did the comically terrible Resident Evil movies for this, for whatever reason.
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TigerTycoon posted...

I don't know what relationship Capcom has with this movie studio, but they hired the same people who did the comically terrible Resident Evil movies for this, for whatever reason.

Yeah that bugs me too. Dude already had like seven chances to make a good movie.

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Metalsonic66 posted...

Aiming with the wrong eye bro

Cross eye dominance.
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YoukaiSlayer posted...

That completely destroys the isekai part. You aren't riding around in powerful military vehichles feeling weak and powerless and ordinary. Isekai wouldn't enhance monster hunter but it could at least be harmless and mostly forgotten after the intro.

Maybe it's because actual monster hunter has no villain characters because the villain is always a monster and humans are pretty much all on the same side doing good things and you can't make much of a story about that. Could easily have turned the lore of the world into a movie though with the old kingdom, the engineered monsters, and the black dragon war that destroyed it all. Or make a goofy movie about prowlers.

I think they're making it so that Earth world weapons are completely useless against MH world monsters. Unsure how or why they would be considering Bows and Light/Heavy Bowguns exist.

But yeah, of all things they could have gone with, they went with the stupid "humans from Earth find themselves on a new planet for some reason" and probably become the chosen one(s), save the world and then save the Earth world because apparently that's what Monster Hunter is.

Not even Monster Hunter: Stories went this route.

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TigerTycoon posted...

I don't know what relationship Capcom has with this movie studio, but they hired the same people who did the comically terrible Resident Evil movies for this, for whatever reason.

i love the movies tyvm.

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Looks like every other generic modern war movie, which Im seriously getting sick of at this point.

I guess Detective Pikachu and Sonic were lucky flukes. Back to Hollywood not giving a shit.

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SeahorseCpt89 posted...

Sonic

That movie is better than it has any right to be but it's still pretty far from being a great Sonic movie.

Still hype for the sequel, though. I hear they're bringing in Knuckles and Tails (who was teased at the end of the first film)

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I don't know anything about Monster Hunter, so I'm going to assume this isn't accurate?

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Behind our world, there is another: a world of dangerous and powerful monsters that rule their domain with deadly ferocity. When an unexpected sandstorm transports Captain Artemis (Milla Jovovich) and her unit (TI Harris, Meagan Good, Diego Boneta) to a new world, the soldiers are shocked to discover that this hostile and unknown environment is home to enormous and terrifying monsters immune to their firepower. In their desperate battle for survival, the unit encounters the mysterious Hunter (Tony Jaa), whose unique skills allow him to stay one step ahead of the powerful creatures. As Artemis and Hunter slowly build trust, she discovers that he is part of a team led by the Admiral (Ron Perlman). Facing a danger so great it could threaten to destroy their world, the brave warriors combine their unique abilities to band together for the ultimate showdown.

Summary of it in the description, so earth weapons are gonna be useless. Not like it'll make the movie much better tho.
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I'm going to watch it and love it for the abomination it is.

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lucariopikmin posted...

Behind our world, there is another: a world of dangerous and powerful monsters that rule their domain with deadly ferocity. When an unexpected sandstorm transports Captain Artemis (Milla Jovovich) and her unit (TI Harris, Meagan Good, Diego Boneta) to a new world, the soldiers are shocked to discover that this hostile and unknown environment is home to enormous and terrifying monsters immune to their firepower. In their desperate battle for survival, the unit encounters the mysterious Hunter (Tony Jaa), whose unique skills allow him to stay one step ahead of the powerful creatures. As Artemis and Hunter slowly build trust, she discovers that he is part of a team led by the Admiral (Ron Perlman). Facing a danger so great it could threaten to destroy their world, the brave warriors combine their unique abilities to band together for the ultimate showdown.

Summary of it in the description, so earth weapons are gonna be useless. Not like it'll make the movie much better tho.

I love that monsters are immune to bullets but not arrows.

And captain Artemis sounds like a gamer tag lol

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EvilMegas posted...

I love that monsters are immune to bullets but not arrows.

Literally the best weapon in every MH game is the heavy bowgun which shoots fucking bullets and explosives. There is zero reason earth weaponry wouldn't shred monsters.

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likehelly posted...

nothing about it, aside from the actual monster, has anything to do with the games

nothing in the games is modern.

Canonically, Monster Hunter Island is in the Metal Gear Universe.
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Kyuubi4269 posted...

Canonically, Monster Hunter Island is in the Metal Gear Universe.

You mean.... Earth?

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