View Full Version : Halo Movie Script Leak?
AniAko
11-07-2005, 07:46 AM
WARNING LINKS MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS:
Latino Review (http://latinoreview.com/scriptreviews/halo/review.html) CLAIMS to have a copy of what could prove to be the Mecca of game-to-movie crossovers. However it comes under complete scrutiny due the the amount of fanfiction that follows a blockbuster hit like Halo. Especially with the false Halo3 (http://www.xbox365.com/news.cgi?id=GGuLrHLrLP10041644) script found not long ago.
BUT a couple of news sources have picked up on this review, and it is believed to contain some credibility.
1up.com (http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3145495)
Ain't it Cool news (http://www.aintitcool.com/display.cgi?id=21758)
It may be too early to confirm the validity of the source.
ÜberJumper
11-07-2005, 08:25 AM
Ummm that's not a Halo 3 script. That's the Halo MOVIE script.
Now that the news post's title has been changed, my post is irrelevant
Vandenh
11-07-2005, 08:28 AM
What are the chances that somebody manages to get this paper draft?? I bet only some selected Bungie people and some producers have seen this.
Probably bogus.
That being said... amazing how people can invest so much time in writing all these fake Halo stuff.
Scaryboy
11-07-2005, 08:33 AM
Latino Review is usually reliable so I reckon it's probably not fake.
They also have this: http://latinoreview.com/scriptreviews/splintercell/review.html
CaptStu
11-07-2005, 08:34 AM
From what I've read, the movie looks good. Violent too. Bonus.
bean19
11-07-2005, 08:41 AM
Latino Review is usually reliable so I reckon it's probably not fake.
They also have this: http://latinoreview.com/scriptreviews/splintercell/review.html
You know, I expected Latino Review to be all about Latino entertainers, but evidently it is an "all things entertainment" site that is 90% Harry Potter banner ads. Is there a single Latino in Harry Potter?
By Latino, I guess they mean that THEY are Latino reporters who are interested in Entertainment and maybe other Latinos will share their interest and provide them with sponsors interested in their demographic.
I live in Texas, so it is pretty hard for me not to make a Latino joke about this, but then I realized that none of my Latino friends are around while I'm typing this to become offended and it just wasn't funny.
InstaPete
11-07-2005, 08:42 AM
Latino Review is usually reliable so I reckon it's probably not fake.
They also have this: http://latinoreview.com/scriptrevie...ell/review.htmlHonestly, I think i'd rather see a CGI Splinter Cell movie, just so Ironside can still do the (perfect) voice of Fisher. How cool would that be?
Morratut
11-07-2005, 08:46 AM
I read the supposed fake Halo 3 game script. It was freakin awesome. Can't wait to play it :D i personally don't think it was fake though.
If its fake then give the guy who wrote it a job.
Roc Ingersol
11-07-2005, 08:55 AM
I dunno.
It's basically the story of the first HALO game, with touches of the Fall of Reach.
If that's it, it looks like a generic sci-fi action movie, nothing more.
Maybe, starship troopers with no satire, slightly less cheese and no tits.
Vandenh: if this is the movie script we're talking about, it's highly probable that anyone who knows anyone in LA could lay hands on it.
Suicidal ShiZuru
11-07-2005, 09:00 AM
Doom had no tits, it sucked. If Halo has no tits it will suck, thats just how things are.
NoName
11-07-2005, 09:02 AM
Hell yeah, baby! This script rocks man. The script is so damn good and entertaining that I read it more than once. A tour de force. The clowns at the other studios who passed on this are gonna lose their jobs when this movie comes out and opens huge. Whoever at the other studios thought that this script wasn’t up to snuff can kiss my ass. Idiots.
This guy reminds me of a highschooler on speed or something... for some reason I'm a bit sceptical.
Kefkataran
11-07-2005, 09:06 AM
Doom had no tits, it sucked. If Halo has no tits it will suck, thats just how things are.
Just like Casablanca and Citizen Kane blew.
Gitaroomaan
11-07-2005, 09:06 AM
LatinoReview is a pretty reputable site, they always seem to be the first ones to get their hands on the legitimate scripts and usually do a pretty good job of reviewing them.
Ernst_Jager
11-07-2005, 09:11 AM
Sounds pretty good. I most of the plot elements they have so far.
also actually there was a split second scene in Doom with a boob hanging out of one of the corpses.
notmetalenough
11-07-2005, 09:20 AM
Sounds pretty good. I most of the plot elements they have so far.
also actually there was a split second scene in Doom with a boob hanging out of one of the corpses.
Yeah, I saw that.
Suicidal ShiZuru
11-07-2005, 09:26 AM
Well... anyways... this seems totally bogus.
megaman
11-07-2005, 09:33 AM
my initial reaction was : 'WAT A FANBOY LOL!', but then read he's not played the game(which is stil not very believable)..
Roc Ingersol
11-07-2005, 09:45 AM
Doom had no tits, it sucked. If Halo has no tits it will suck, thats just how things are.
The point was that Starship Troopers was crap, drenched in equal parts highbrow arrogance and low-brow pandering.
This sounds like the same thing, just without the extremes of pandering or arrogance. A rather straightforward 90 minutes of 'meh'.
Wait, my math's off...
Peter Jackson...
carry the four...
142 minutes of 'meh'.
Schnoogs
11-07-2005, 11:10 AM
Doom had no tits, it sucked. If Halo has no tits it will suck, thats just how things are.
How can there be suckage with no tits? ;)
Loganrapp
11-07-2005, 12:00 PM
Having read pretty much everything Garland's written, this isn't even close to his writing. Hoax.
Ortussa
11-07-2005, 01:10 PM
I think Ill have to call it a hoax too.
The entire script doesnt add up. Most of it seems to be pieced together from the first two Halo books with some modifications.
That and there weren't 50 Mjolinir equipped Spartans. I doubt Bungie would go back on the books they helped make.
~Ortus
How can there be suckage with no tits? ;)
Don't make me answer this :eek:
Latino Review's record is impeccable. This is legit.
And considering they are now officially throwing James Cameron's name around as a possible director, this could be the biggest redemption of a franchise in history.
Bishop
11-07-2005, 02:53 PM
If this is going to be anything like what the actual movie script will be, this is going to be one kick ass movie, especially if Peter Jackson and the WETA crew are going to do it.
Kefkataran
11-07-2005, 03:57 PM
this could be the biggest redemption of a franchise in history.
Huh? Admittedly, many people were disappointed by Halo 2 on some level, but I still think it's a bit much to call the Halo franchise in need of a redemption. And I don't even like the series.
Nah, H2 fucked the Halo series over just as bad as T3 fucked over the Terminator series. It needs to be redeemed and most people are still waiting on "Halo 2".
Maybe we'll get that with 360.
Kefkataran
11-07-2005, 04:29 PM
Nah, H2 fucked the Halo series over just as bad as T3 fucked over the Terminator series. It needs to be redeemed and most people are still waiting on "Halo 2".
Like I said, I don't like the Halo series, but I seriously don't think this is anywhere near the general consensus.
T-Dawg
11-07-2005, 04:39 PM
OK, not knowing anything about LatinoReview.com or their credibility, this seems like a fake to me. It's basically 99% true to the game & books that we've seen, which would be downright uncanny for any movie adapted from other works. And while the review states this is a 128 page script, the action that they've described and the hints to the remainder of the script would likely go way over most movie's alotted script length and time constraints. Granted most movies are approximately 120 pages or so, but the Halo story as outlined there would exceed that significantly, IMO.
I'm a fan, and I think this would rock, but I don't buy it. Anybody could have written that, there's no original material in this "script."
AKA, that could've been a review of either the game or the books themselves, and have read 100% the same.
We shall see.
critch
11-07-2005, 08:07 PM
Latinoreview.com is credible, it's been stated many times before. I have no doubt that this is the real script. There's nothing there that suggests it would go over the 120-150 minute mark.
Of course it's not going to be original, it was written with full approval and guidance by the people that made the game, and they are notoriusly strict on this sort of thing.
Halo will kick ass in 2007. And it'll most likely be just like as the script suggested.
jwbxx
11-07-2005, 08:56 PM
Cool hopefully the movie will be good.
But halo2 had great online I play still to this day. But as many other people have said before, I'm waiting for halo 2 on xbox 360. Because the supposed halo 2 we got, actually halo 1.5, had a terrible campaign compared to the first one.
Or maybe it was just the repetitiveness of the campaign, it had that "been there, done that," feeling.
Ortussa
11-07-2005, 09:30 PM
Let me try this tack then.
Considering what was "leaked" essentially comes from Halo 1 and the first two Halo books.....
...who would pay a guy $1million to essentially just throw dialouge into a filming of the Halo 1 video game.
That makes no sense. Hell Bungie could have just condensed the game script and filmed it if that was the case.
Im still going to say this is bogus.
If anything $1million should buy a fantastic script blending in with the end of Halo 2 and springboarding Halo 3 or running somewhere around that.
Who wants to sit through a non interactive re-screening of Halo 1?
~Ortus
Because it's obviously going to be a trilogy. Bringing Peter Jackson on, (who has experience with trilogy films, duh) and flashing back to Reach and other pre-Halo history, obviously isn't a coincidence.
Kefkataran
11-07-2005, 11:46 PM
Or maybe it was just the repetitiveness of the campaign, it had that "been there, done that," feeling.
Like every other level of the first game? :\
Who wants to sit through a non interactive re-screening of Halo 1?
What exactly were you expecting from a Halo movie? Furthering of the game's storyline? A sidestory that has nothing to do with Master Chief? A prelude?
The events before the first game (Fall of Reach) were far more interesting than Halo itself. The story of Halo1 presented an isolated incident with the Covenant, whereas the first and third novels featured the Spartans engaged on multiple worlds. To put it simply, Halo itself is actually more like a sidestory.
The actual Human-Covenant War, as it's called, is on a galactic scale, much like that of Star Wars. It has not yet ended.
Morratut
11-08-2005, 12:36 AM
Nah, H2 fucked the Halo series over just as bad as T3 fucked over the Terminator series. It needs to be redeemed and most people are still waiting on "Halo 2".
Maybe we'll get that with 360.
Zeal what the hell are you on about? Halo 2 had a great story. Halo 2 didn't fuck anything up. I love the Halo story, i've got the books and everything.
In what way did it fuck up the Halo series?
By the way Terminator was fucked in T2.
Halo 2, aside from the fact of just being a poorly made game, was completely inconsistent with the novels and Halo.
Not only did the Covenant invasion of Earth not actually occur, Master Chief was reduced to a wise-cracking idiot, Cortana became pals with a gigantic plant, and humanity decided to put aside their difference and join the Covenant. Oh, and don't even get me started on the 'Arbiter' nonsense. Worst twist in history.
Horrible story, terrible game. Not even a shell of the original Halo's brilliance.
Morratut
11-08-2005, 03:35 AM
Halo 2, aside from the fact of just being a poorly made game, was completely inconsistent with the novels and Halo.
Not only did the Covenant invasion of Earth not actually occur, Master Chief was reduced to a wise-cracking idiot, Cortana became pals with a gigantic plant, and humanity decided to put aside their difference and join the Covenant. Oh, and don't even get me started on the 'Arbiter' nonsense. Worst twist in history.
Horrible story, terrible game. Not even a shell of the original Halo's brilliance.
Just because it doesn't give any reference to the novels doesn't mean its inconsistent with them. It's a game. It can't go into the detail of the books. Games like films don't go into as much detail as books.
/sigh :rolleyes: Just because it looks like that plant out of the film doesn't make the Gravemind a plant. It's a big massive organic being with a massive mouth. All you have seen of him in game is his tentacles and his mouth. Just look at the concept art of it on the DVD from the limited edition. It's going to be represented much better with the graphical abilities of the 360.
I personally think the Arbiter is a fantastic way of seeing the story from the Covenent. It shows that they aren't just mindless Borglike drones.If they was then the story would get boring quickly.
Humanity haven't put aside their differences with the Covenent. Just a few people on Delta Halo have put aside their differences because they want the same thing. Which is what would happen. This has only happened due to the Covenant contact with Guilty Spark and the Gravemind.
Yes the whole Covenent didn't invade as promised but in the story it gave the reasons why.
Cortana hasn't made friends with the Gravemind. She is just curious and will use the Gravemind for information. Cortana isn't stupid.
I actually like the way the MC talks a little bit more. He was quite robotic in the first game with not a lot of character. It's a improvement.
Overall i think Halo 2 improved upon Halo. It fleshed out the side universe from the Covenant side of things and also promises so much more in regards to plot. At the end of Halo the story was very one dimensional. Now in Halo 2 you have got multiple plot threads going on which will be very intresting to see them all link up.
I read the 'fake' Halo 3 script and that was just a example of what could happen with the Halo story. I'm looking forward to see how the official story ties up :)
Ortussa
11-08-2005, 11:05 AM
I have to agree with Morratut.
Halo 2 ties in with the stuff gone before. As Cortana says, they didnt know they were jumping to Earth, just another place where they beleived Forerunner technology to be.
Also given that "I love bees" seems to indicate that a ship brought back a halo like artifact that put out a signal because of a Covenant virus, why would they come in force. They didnt expect us to be there as Cortana said.
Now back to the matter at hand. The movie.
Personally I would expect for a $1mil price tag on the script that we would at least get something new. Im not asking for us to show up at yet another Halo, just some Convenant-Human war action. Maybe tie in with the books and do flashback history. Maybe just carry on from the end of Halo 2. Earth is being invaded and the Master Chief just hitched a ride back.
Personally I dont see how anyone could get a $1mil payoff for rewriting the game which was already rehashed in "The Flood".
~Ortus
Bungie has stated that the "I Love Bess" audio drama isn't official canon (which is a terrible move) yet the novels are. If the novels are the official backstory, then they must be taken as serious events in Halo's mythology.
At the end of First Strike, Cortana learned that the Covenant were preparing a massive invasion fleet for Earth; hundreds of thousands of ships. They had learned the location of Earth and were preparing for the final battle. Master Chief destroyed the station and ships, but it was clearly stated that this would only delay the inevitable. The Covenant now had Earth's location.
MC was also in the process of returning to Earth with the remaining Spartan survivors, all of which were never mentioned, of course.
Halo 2 begins with MC onboard an orbital platform. There's no explanation for how he got there, where the other Spartans are, how he got his armor, or why the Covenant didn't realize Earth was our homeworld. They already freaking knew that, as evidenced by the books.
Now I know that people are gonna say that the novels aren't the games, but Bungie has stated otherwise. If Bungie isn't even gonna take their own story seriously, why should we? Halo 2's plot has more holes than a donut factory. It's just annoying.
TheKeck
11-08-2005, 05:14 PM
Just like Casablanca and Citizen Kane blew.
Citizen Kane DID blow!
Ok, maybe I'm exagerrating, but it bored me to tears. I'll never understand why it's the default-classically-good-movie-to-reference.
bean19
11-08-2005, 08:28 PM
Citizen Kane DID blow!
Ok, maybe I'm exagerrating, but it bored me to tears. I'll never understand why it's the default-classically-good-movie-to-reference.
First, I disagree.
Great performances from the actors, with a meaningful message about what is important in life. However, the biggest thing about the movie is that it was years ahead of other movies of it's time in technology. Some of the shots in Citizen Kane are still amazing by today's standards.
However, if your point is that old movies get inflated reviews based purely on their historic value. Do they get higher ratings because the illuminati give them more credit for what they brought to advancing the art form? Well, yeah. . . totally. But Citizen Kane is still an outstanding movie.
Kefkataran
11-09-2005, 12:09 AM
Ok, maybe I'm exagerrating, but it bored me to tears. I'll never understand why it's the default-classically-good-movie-to-reference.
Because it fucking rules. *shrug* It may have bored you to tears, but most film buffs/critics absolutely adore it because it's an amazing movie. Very layered plot-wise, and extremely impressive technically for it's time.
Xerxes
11-09-2005, 08:23 AM
Ok quick someone grab The Movies and use this script. :-P
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