Mechwarrior coming to big screen ?

Sarevok · Post by **Sarevok** » 2004-03-07 10:17am

http://pc.ign.com/articles/387/387535p1.html

Montcalm · Post by **Montcalm** » 2004-03-07 10:56am

Lets hope there is an intelligent story behind it,it would suck if its nothing more than another SFX wankfest.

Tsyroc · Post by **Tsyroc** » 2004-03-07 11:29am

Montcalm wrote:Lets hope there is an intelligent story behind it,it would suck if its nothing more than another SFX wankfest.

What's wrong with a good SFX wankfest?

Comosicus · Post by **Comosicus** » 2004-03-07 12:11pm

Tsyroc wrote:
Montcalm wrote:Lets hope there is an intelligent story behind it,it would suck if its nothing more than another SFX wankfest.

What's wrong with a good SFX wankfest?

When a movie looks just like a technological demo for a top videocard and nothing more

Elheru Aran · Post by **Elheru Aran** » 2004-03-07 02:52pm

I think it'd be very cool...

<imagines> a hot afternoon, soldiers sleeping outside their tanks, and then suddenly, THUMP-- 'Mechs jump-jet in... and ultimate smackdown!

a 'mech vs. an Abrams tank... hmm... *wonders if it's material for a vs. thread...*

Post by **fgalkin** » 2004-03-07 02:54pm

Don't even think about a mech vs tank thread. For your own good.

Have a very nice day.
-fgalkin

Uraniun235 · Post by **Uraniun235** » 2004-03-07 02:56pm

Elheru Aran wrote:a 'mech vs. an Abrams tank... hmm... *wonders if it's material for a vs. thread...*

Been there, done that. Battletech is pitifully weak and would lose horribly to any modern (or even not-quite-so-modern) military of present-day Earth.

YT300000 · Post by **YT300000** » 2004-03-07 03:00pm

Elheru Aran wrote:I think it'd be very cool...

<imagines> a hot afternoon, soldiers sleeping outside their tanks, and then suddenly, THUMP-- 'Mechs jump-jet in... and ultimate smackdown!

a 'mech vs. an Abrams tank... hmm... *wonders if it's material for a vs. thread...*

Let me give you a piece of advice: If that's what you really think, NEVER join the HAB.

Elheru Aran · Post by **Elheru Aran** » 2004-03-07 03:10pm

Okay, okay... point taken... give me a break, I'm new!

Spanky The Dolphin · Post by **Spanky The Dolphin** » 2004-03-07 04:02pm

fgalkin wrote:Don't even think about a mech vs tank thread. For your own good.

I second that.

Any MM member who starts anything will be expulsed immediately.

Lord Sander · Post by **Lord Sander** » 2004-03-07 04:06pm

Forgive my ignorance, but didn't MechWarrior used to be called BattleTech? I never understood the name change..

Spanky The Dolphin · Post by **Spanky The Dolphin** » 2004-03-07 04:21pm

I think it was a legal issue.

Singular Quartet · Post by **Singular Quartet** » 2004-03-07 05:28pm

Actually, Mechwarrior is what the Comp/console games are called. Battletech/Citytech is what the board game is called.

And you can blame all the problems on that, as each hex is thirty meters.

beyond hope · Post by **beyond hope** » 2004-03-08 06:14am

We'll finally have visuals to override the game mechanics.

I wonder what time period they'll be setting it in.

the_ace · Post by **the_ace** » 2004-03-08 08:08am

Well this wont be a serious Sci-Fi flick since Mechs are involved.

Sarevok · Post by **Sarevok** » 2004-03-08 11:11am

beyond hope wrote:We'll finally have visuals to override the game mechanics.

I wonder what time period they'll be setting it in.

I heard the movie is going to be set in MW: Dark age timeline. This is bad news for fans if true.

Tsyroc · Post by **Tsyroc** » 2004-03-08 04:47pm

So what happens if the movie has visuals showing Mechs taking hits from and kicking tank ass?

I suppose that will only make a difference within it's own continuity (universe).

Phantasee · Post by **Phantasee** » 2004-03-08 10:34pm

How about they just make it a TV movie...wait a minute...I seem to recall a television show on YTV (Canada) where it was a couple of guys and one firl with Mech-like walkers...though considerably smaller. It was during that CGI animation craze back in the day, where all the new shows where done (poorly) in CGI, like ReBoot, and Beasties, and Shadow Planet, etc.

I'm starting to rant, aren't I?

TheDarkOne · Post by **TheDarkOne** » 2004-03-08 11:38pm

There was a Mechwarrior Cartoon(non-CGI) I beleive.

And ReBoot was great.

Xon · Post by **Xon** » 2004-03-08 11:45pm

beyond hope wrote:We'll finally have visuals to override the game mechanics.

Sure, you get even shorter ranges.

Macross · Post by **Macross** » 2004-03-09 12:59am

TheDarkOne wrote:There was a Mechwarrior Cartoon(non-CGI) I beleive.

And ReBoot was great.

Its from the mid-90s, and was called BattleTech, and it used CGI for the battle scenes.

Spanky The Dolphin · Post by **Spanky The Dolphin** » 2004-03-09 01:11am

TheDarkOne wrote:There was a Mechwarrior Cartoon(non-CGI) I beleive.

And ReBoot was great.

But Beast Wars was better.

Macross · Post by **Macross** » 2004-03-09 01:18am

Singular Quartet wrote:Actually, Mechwarrior is what the Comp/console games are called. Battletech/Citytech is what the board game is called.

And you can blame all the problems on that, as each hex is thirty meters.

Actually MechWarrior was orignally a pen-and-paper RPG set in the BattleTech Universe. From what I understand, you can use the board game(s) interchangeably with the RPG for combat.

Thr MechWarrior computer games are closer to the MechWarrior RPG then the original BattleTech game, so thats why they used the name. Their was a BattleTech strategy computer game in the early 90s and a console game for the Sega Genesis and SNES (Not the original MechWarrior, which also came out for the SNES).

And of course, the MechWarrior computer games were a huge success, so when they made a new BattleTech startegy game, they called it MechCommander instead.

Sarevok · Post by **Sarevok** » 2004-03-09 02:09am

Macross wrote:
TheDarkOne wrote:There was a Mechwarrior Cartoon(non-CGI) I beleive.

And ReBoot was great.
Its from the mid-90s, and was called BattleTech, and it used CGI for the battle scenes.

The cartoon was made in 1993. It was called Battletech : The animated series.

It was a great cartoon focusing on the clan invasion of the inner sphere. Unfortunately it was canceled after just 13 episodes.

Coalition · Post by **Coalition** » 2004-03-10 04:53am

Phantasee wrote:How about they just make it a TV movie...wait a minute...I seem to recall a television show on YTV (Canada) where it was a couple of guys and one firl with Mech-like walkers...though considerably smaller. It was during that CGI animation craze back in the day, where all the new shows where done (poorly) in CGI, like ReBoot, and Beasties, and Shadow Planet, etc. I'm starting to rant, aren't I?

Are you talking about ExoSquad? Not sure if it was CGI, but that one did have walkers, and some of the later Exosuits were Mech sized (and were similar too, I think).

It was the one where humans had geneered a slave race (Neo Sapians - Neos), and the Neos had finally had enough, and revolted (with a large war machine).

Of course, I am forgetting a lot, so feel free to Google ExoSquad for yourselves.