what leverage does Arad have over Nintendo? (hint: none)
And, Arad was able to pull one on Nintendo with what exactly? What deal could they not refuse where they got everything they wanted? Why would Nintendo care about the initial deal not materializing for this deal?
Actually, none of you all saying are making any sense. There are many studios they could’ve chosen. There’s no reason for Nintendo to fall back to the guy that were making deals with them initially.
they made no deals with him. all his pitches did was keep him on call. if you're idea of "deal you can't refuse" is "I'll do whatever you want with nothing in return but my studio producing", then you have a weird idea of indebtedness
they were probably much cheaper
you making assumptions too so you have no right to the high horse. you forget movies are a money making business, which Nintendo has done well once and are aiming to do again with their list of hires
We are probably making more sense than whatever this is along with said video with a really spicy uninformative take. I’m not seeing anything substantial that would dissuade us from what we currently know about the deal; only contradictions to the logic you’re presenting. If you’re claiming things like “sweet deals over quality” & “made a really bad decision” while immediately claiming “we don’t know for sure yet” then that kinda says it all here.
Their hires are a bunch of flops and that’s the problem. Arad is like the Gamefreak of movies. Outside of Spider-Man (which is name only) are mostly flops. I’m making assumptions based on the fact that is presented. Wes Ball has never directed a pic above 400 million. Derek Connolly is the only person that has creative input in billion dollar movies. That’s 2 out of 3 failed hires just based on commercial appeal alone. I don’t know what you‘ve been seeing to see they are hiring to make money. These hire screams Detective Pikachu which also had a mid director attached. When I say mid I meant commercially as well. Trying to make that clear. Lo and behold that movie did middling.
I’ll just bookmark this until we see the box office.
It very likely is. Grace Randolph is known for making up "Hollywood insider" stories out of thin air. Wouldn't be surprised if her take on this is more of the same.
Absolutely! Was genuinely one of my favorite consoles and had some of my favorite games, even though it didn't do well in terms of sales. It's a great example of how quality and enjoyment can't be judged by how much money a thing makes.
looking at his history, he has more successes than flops
so? he also never directed a movie that grossed only as much as his budget
I know you ain’t serious after throwing around terms like “Nintendo fans” & “WiiU stans.” I’ll just stop here since there is little point in continuing this conversation.
He likely will once Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes comes out next year. No entry in the reboot series has done below that amount
We keep telling ourselves they shouldn't cast recognizable actors, but if the Mario Movie is anything to go by, they'll cast Hollywood stars. Other than that, Nintendo is gonna use the movies for marketing and increase the likeliness of their Evergreen titles. That's all they care about
With recent discussions of films having budgets that are too big ($200-250 million), I think Nintendo will have oversight over it, seeing as how they're contributing 50%, plus the Yen is very weak right now.
I'm honestly expecting this to be a 2:20 long movie
2:20 would be ideal.
I said this in the Film Chat thread last night but I just saw the trailer in a theater and was really really impressed. I know the director doesn't control VFX quality or whatever but the vistas and the vibes were fantastic and that's half of what I want out of a fantasy movie. I seriously leaned over to my dad after the trailer was over and said "THAT's the guy who's doing Zelda." I'm not worried.
a movie without greenscreen and cgi is pretty much an impossibility for anything with budget
I'd hope if they have to lean on CGI environments that they'd at least utilize The Volume room that Lucasfilm has been using since The Mandalorian. I've been pretty impressed with how well those shots come out, and it apparently makes comping and other post-production stuff a lot simpler, which should make effects cheaper.
my earlier post about Zelda in Unreal Engine wasn't for nothing. this is the exactly the kind of thing Sony invested in Epic Games for.
i agree and there 100% will be cgi, but i worry that it'll follow the marvel method and basically construct everything in post.
I think the problem with Marvel was they just didn't know what they wanted to do and designs kept changing until the very end. hopefully Nintendo won't have that problem
We're the only two people that believe that, unfortunately.
I also enjoyed it!I’m also one of the few who enjoyed the original super Mario bros movie.
In all seriousness I think the movie will be an undeniable success and will succeed; even as a live action.
seeing this makes me hope beyond all hopes the stupid hat is gone.This is why while everyone is caught up with the Director, Cast, and Producers (naturally), I'm over here worried about the Art Director / Creature Design / SFX studio / and Costuming
Art Direction will be what makes or break the look of the world, Creature Design will be able to translate Zelda enemies in to something lifelike and real, WARDROBE / Costumes will make the difference between:
Thisor this
Ignore the eyebrows in the second, but a great example that textures need to be there and it needs to feel LIVED in
Hey, don't leave me out!
Totally in support of Hunter Shafer as Zelda but over the past few weeks I've become obsessed with the idea of Mae Martin as Link. I can't think of anyone else who has the elfish look coupled with the feral chaos goblin energy.
I haven't seen them in anything so far (Feel Good looks fun) but I'll take your word for it!Totally in support of Hunter Shafer as Zelda but over the past few weeks I've become obsessed with the idea of Mae Martin as Link. I can't think of anyone else who has the elfish look coupled with the feral chaos goblin energy.
Seriously.
From Taskmaster champion to the champion of Zelda's heart.Totally in support of Hunter Shafer as Zelda but over the past few weeks I've become obsessed with the idea of Mae Martin as Link. I can't think of anyone else who has the elfish look coupled with the feral chaos goblin energy.
Seriously.
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hey, 90s SMB was a fantastic movie and all the haters are philistines and cowards
You know what I keep saying about how Metroid and Sonic both benefit from having two legs to the series to appease both new and old fandoms?
are you trying to say what I think you’re trying to say??You know what I keep saying about how Metroid and Sonic both benefit from having two legs to the series to appease both new and old fandoms?
Yep
we’ll see if it can be executed at all but like
