Who wants an SN movie!
Nautical_Nick
Australia Join Date: 2016-06-12 Member: 218444Members
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But we can still dream.
*wince* Found footage? No thanks.
Bleah Witch Project was an embarrassment to watch, and Cloverfield lost me completely with its dodgy camera work.
That depends on how you define success. They can make a lot of money.
I think the Resident Evil flicks can be called a success. (Not my kind of thing, but still, the first one was okay.)
The first Riddick was good too.
The Tomb Raider movies made a lot of scratch.
etc. etc. etc.
I'm in the minority, I know, but I personally love found footage... when it's done well.
Blair Witch was terrible, I agree, and so are a lot of found footage. That's because they are so cheap to make that a lot of poor directors decide to churn out dozens of awful movies.
Cloverfield was a really good movie though. The camerawork is something you just have to get used to I suppose. When you've grown up playing first person games I think it helps a hell of a lot. I don't even notice the camera shaking when I watch found footage.
Anyway, they are usually mindless entertainment and I get a guilty pleasure from them.
Having said all that, I don't think Subnautica would make a good found footage film at all. One of the most common mistakes in the genre is the writers don't give good enough reasons for people to be filming everything that's happening. In Cloverfield, why would anybody be filming instead of dropping the camera and GTFO ASAP?
If I was swimming around being chased by crazy fish beasts, I would not be filming anything.
Tom Hardy!
Patrick Warburton!
Y'know? I gotta stop drinking instant coffee before going to sleep...
Unless they had a second survivor. The alleged movie wouldn't need to adhere strictly to the game down to the letter either. Also, there is that cartoon series Samurai Jack, that accomplished quite a bit with minimal dialogue, so can't rule anything out I guess.
I voted No mostly because I have my doubts that it could be done well and live up to the game's standards, but you never know. I'm actually having second thoughts about my vote heh... Too late to change it though
Warwick Davis.
I find myself drawn much more into the movie when they use those handheld cams and you don't have that steady picture of a professionel camera.
@Psyclonix did you see The Martian? Because a pretty good chunk of that movie is Matt Damon talking to a recording system, and that doesn't stop the movie from being fantastic. It's also a pretty big chunk of the inspiration for this game.
Actually I think it would be neat if they bounced back and forth between the Degasi survivors and the Aurora survivor. The story starts like the game does, with the Aurora going down, and the occupant of lifepod 5 trying to stay alive. Stuff happens and he finds the island base and the logs from Degasi (perhaps not so many of them). When he picks one up to read it, the film fades into a flashback, and shows the Degasi characters for a while, then switches back to the present. Then the story ties up at the end when the character discovers their ultimate fate, and... well we don't know how Subnautica ends yet, so rescue or not.
So Sorry
What is this Mighty Number 9?
The priorities of the development team should be focusing on gameplay because Subnautica is a GAME.
I would like the game to be finished first, And I doubt there would be enough money left in the budget for a movie.
Maybe after everything is complete, commission a short webcomic.
You also have to consider that a majority of the people who will ever purchase Subnautica have already purchased it. Are the devs making this hypothetical movie to attract new customers or just to satisfy a few fans?