Mass Effect - Amazon Prime nearing a deal

[Jamiem]

One of the company’s newest hopefuls in the arena is Mass Effect. Amazon Studios is nearing a deal to develop a series based on the best-selling sci-fi video game franchise from Electronic Arts.

 

source:https://deadline.com/2021/11/the-wheel-of-time-premiere-ratings-amazon-prime-video-mass-effect-lort-of-the-rings-jennifer-salke-qa-1234879517/

[Elessar]

As always, hopefully they find the right people to lead the show. It is a great universe to play in. The potential is huge.

[Menor the Destroyer]

I don't have much familiarity with the games, but I'll always be down for this type of show. 

[Daxtreme]

I think The Expanse shows that MASS EFFECT could not only work but have an audience. However, I see 2 problems with it that The Expanse doesn't have

 

1. The scope. Mass Effect is massive in scope. It requires a huge budget, so many different locations, lots of things happening, world-ending events on the horizon, etc etc.

 

2. The alien characters. Whereas all of The Expanse's characters are humans, Mass Effect features many aliens as supporting if not almost LEAD characters who have huge amounts of screen time. That is a huge concern for budgetary reasons. And you can't cut them without risking to sink the story, and all except Asari characters have to be CGI for them to work.

 

Now both of these issues can be alleviated by not adapting Shepard's story at first, instead focusing on the Human section of the backstory that is revealed in the first game. Less aliens, smaller scope, should be adaptable. But once Shepard comes into play... there is simply no way around it: the budget has to be huge for it to do its source material justice.

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5 hours ago, Daxtreme said:

I think The Expanse shows that MASS EFFECT could not only work but have an audience. However, I see 2 problems with it that The Expanse doesn't have

 

1. The scope. Mass Effect is massive in scope. It requires a huge budget, so many different locations, lots of things happening, world-ending events on the horizon, etc etc.

 

2. The alien characters. Whereas all of The Expanse's characters are humans, Mass Effect features many aliens as supporting if not almost LEAD characters who have huge amounts of screen time. That is a huge concern for budgetary reasons. And you can't cut them without risking to sink the story, and all except Asari characters have to be CGI for them to work.

 

Now both of these issues can be alleviated by not adapting Shepard's story at first, instead focusing on the Human section of the backstory that is revealed in the first game. Less aliens, smaller scope, should be adaptable. But once Shepard comes into play... there is simply no way around it: the budget has to be huge for it to do its source material justice.

 

Or the first season takes elements from the universe to introduce Shepard and do world building about humanity's place in the galaxy before the Reapers come into play.

[Inceptionzq]

On 2/8/2022 at 9:08 AM, Daxtreme said:

I think The Expanse shows that MASS EFFECT could not only work but have an audience. However, I see 2 problems with it that The Expanse doesn't have

 

1. The scope. Mass Effect is massive in scope. It requires a huge budget, so many different locations, lots of things happening, world-ending events on the horizon, etc etc.

 

2. The alien characters. Whereas all of The Expanse's characters are humans, Mass Effect features many aliens as supporting if not almost LEAD characters who have huge amounts of screen time. That is a huge concern for budgetary reasons. And you can't cut them without risking to sink the story, and all except Asari characters have to be CGI for them to work.

 

Now both of these issues can be alleviated by not adapting Shepard's story at first, instead focusing on the Human section of the backstory that is revealed in the first game. Less aliens, smaller scope, should be adaptable. But once Shepard comes into play... there is simply no way around it: the budget has to be huge for it to do its source material justice.

We just need Jeff Bezos to become obsessed with the games and he’ll throw as much money at the series as it needs