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Development of a Live-Action Film of the Legend of Zelda to Start

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Re: Development of a Live-Action Film of the Legend of Zelda to Start

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Post by rawgabbit »

I wish they will outright steal the plot from the 1955 Samurai trilogy starring Toshiro Mifune.

The basic plot is our hero is an extraordinarily strong but willful and wild. He goes to his first battle in search of personal glory only to find defeat and almost loses his life. He meets his love interest and various people who slowly teach what a true hero is. He re-emerges as the people’s champion. Before he leaves for his epic showdown with Sasaki Kojiro the entire village prays for his safe return.

Re: Development of a Live-Action Film of the Legend of Zelda to Start

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Post by AlInGaP_Diode »

CSMastermind wrote: post #20

Credit the streamer GrandPooBear for the idea but I think that the best Legend of Zelda Adaptation would be animated with each season covering a different game and being in a completely different art style.

that is basically what the manga does

Re: Development of a Live-Action Film of the Legend of Zelda to Start

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Post by JKCalhoun »

pimlottc wrote: post #45
silenced_trope wrote: post #41

This made me think of this recent video: "Why is every movie flopping?" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J9OAEzHI_yQ I don't have high hopes for this.

What's the TL;DR?

Relying on franchises and remakes has lead to "...the most boring, mundane, mind numbing movies made...."

And it's true. Hollywood needs a complete reset. I'm hopeful this bear-market of failures will be the catalyst.

Sadly, a live-action Legend of Zelda is exactly more-of-the-same (and will likely fail too therefore).

Re: Development of a Live-Action Film of the Legend of Zelda to Start

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Post by finite_depth »

famahar wrote: post #10

This has such a high chance of being a fun but forgettable mass audience generic fantasy. I don't think any Zelda game had a incredible story, it was basic evil darkness takes over world and must be stopped by unlikely hero. They all had amazing atmosphere though. Would be great to see it take more of an art house cinema style like The Green Knight, but I doubt that will happen.

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Re: Development of a Live-Action Film of the Legend of Zelda to Start

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Post by all2 »

JKCalhoun wrote: post #53
pimlottc wrote: post #45

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What's the TL;DR?

Relying on franchises and remakes has lead to "...the most boring, mundane, mind numbing movies made...." And it's true. Hollywood needs a complete reset. I'm hopeful this bear-market of failures will be the catalyst. Sadly, a live-action Legend of Zelda is exactly more-of-the-same (and will likely fail too therefore).

Something in the style of Into The Spiderverse or Netflix's Arcane or some aspects of the recent Namona or Puss in Boots. There's so much that could be done, especially if Nintendo hooked in a good and creative studio.
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