WipEout movie/series?

I hope you're joking..:)

I see you are an objective person, assimilator, because Blixabargeld is biased.(And yes, I am also).

And on that note, I run for the hills.

Silent Hill was a good movie. Captured the feeling of the game well, good plot, well acted in general. Only ruined my Sean Beans american accent.

I liked the Mortal Kombat soundtrack,
but [TMI>>> I only liked the movie because the guy was hot.

What guy? Johnny Cage?

Liu Kiang [actor Robin Shou]

Comic book films are awesome, therefore a wipeout comic must be made, then a film. The comic provides the backstory and extended fanbase, the games provide the teams, tracks and textures for the CGI Race scenes...

The idea of the Movie just could be a flying success with the right formula. Decent plot with great cinematography would obviously play a big role in it, with the addition of some of the best Wipeout music artists of all time. There is already an in depth fan fiction in the Wipeout series, so it could just work, all we need is someone with enough enthusiasm and resources to put this idea into a rolling action. Any Movie Directors out there wants to give this a shot? It might just be more successful than ever considered possible.

You have to create characters for this film, and unless I am wrong character rivalries in Wipeout Fusion were not on the "Plus" side of the game, or so I've heard. It would be very hard to have a movie just about racing and the big corporation, people need a man to identify with on the screen, a "hero" of some sort, as well as a problem he must face.

That's why I still think a movie about Wipeout would be unsuccessful, because I just cannot see what could be created to fill in these gaps...

i could be absolutely wrong here...but wasn't a WipEout-ish video arcade game used in the movie Hackers??? (o dear...I've let out a little secret...yes I did watch the movie...only for Angelina Jolie...)

edit: linky
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ygV4MkUh-M

there's absolutely no shame in liking the movie 'hackers'. And yes, there are scenes where the protagonists are playing an on-rails shooter that is a close relative to the first wipEout game.
As for a wipEout movie - I don't see any problems with having heroes and villains in it. Just please make it based on the first wipEout game, it has to be gritty and experimental, and it has to have Kel Solaar and Arial Tetsuo in it!

I recon it should be an anime/manga styled animation, or a CGI rendered movie, I dont think live action would work.

if movies like 'I, Robot', 'A.I.' or '5th Element' are any indication, live action with convincing CG would very well work. I'm all for it!!! Just don't let Uwe Boll pick up the idea!

You forget that if it is done in CG or Live Action, there a risk of losing the simplistic visual finess which made the game eye-catching.

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Originally Posted by eLhabib

Just don't let Uwe Boll pick up the idea!

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Wipeout is not a single-player action/adventure game. We are safe from Eww Boll.

I envision a WipEout movie as being kind of like a sci-fi version of the 1966 film "Grand Prix". Like a condensed run-through of a season told through several different perspectives. It'd be long, yes, but I wouldn't have it any other way. And it should be based on 2097/XL or the original.

The intro should cover the unveiling of the first "ship" in the desert, then cut to title, then get to the film which will inevitably get nerfed because someone somewhere simply HAS to have a love interest in every film ever made, wether it fits or not... Hitman anyone?

An Anime style would work, I guess, but... well... isn't that a little overdone now? I mean, there are other Animation styles, some of which surpass Anime imo... if nothing else an Anime artist would have a field day with the female pilots' boobs, they always do, it's like some weird form of OCD.

I think that it should be primarily CGI but the pilots and key characters should be based on the person providing the audio for that role to make them appear more lifelike.

A recent idea I had relating to this was that it should map the development of AG technology, particularly in AG racing including 1-3 races from each league, including Fusion's final race when the controversy is revealled to the masses and how they handle it. Then the revelation of the 'illegal' racing and the FX150 followed by Pure, HD and Pulse in the same manner as pre-fusion before including some developmental features for the next game in the series, to suggest the next stage of evolution for the die hard wipeout fans to think about.

Although this is a very good idea, I can't see Sony allowing someone to do it, or even doing it themselves.

"The Last Race" was handled sort of like this: Rogue datacast networks bust into Race HQ, find evidence that pretty much most of the F9000 was rigged, larger datacasts pick up the story, the raid gets filmed on the Jumbotrons, fans go apeshiat and the pilots are forced to abandon the race.

For a less half-assed explanation from an official source, click hither.

Yes, I think that about covers it.
I think that that would be an important part of the 'documentation' of AG Racing.

However, I think it unlikely that this great idea would ever become a reality. A great shame for many WipEout fans.

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An Anime style would work, I guess, but... well... isn't that a little overdone now? I mean, there are other Animation styles, some of which surpass Anime imo... if nothing else an Anime artist would have a field day with the female pilots' boobs, they always do, it's like some weird form of OCD.

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If it is an Anime, I think the more favourable animation teams to chose would be the guys who did Appleseed or the team which did the cool animation for Kill Bill vol.1, but then again, I dont really know my anime, all I will say is keep it AWAY from hollywood, because in my view, they are more capable of screwing it up. Most of the design aspects of WipEout seem to have an Anime/Manga influence to them, so it seems natural for it to be an Anime.

Holywood will surely screw it up. Production IG is THE STUDIO to get this job done properly.

What about the guys who did speed racer, they might be good?

(I don't actually know who did it but I thought it was quite good quality)

The Wachowski brothers I think - the guys behind the Matrix.

The Matrix series is also quite good.
We need to get these boys in!

Speed racer? Wachowski brothers? NO WAY!!

Sad, but true.

Oh, the Metallica innuendo! :D

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If they did a Wipeout movie, it could just happen to be a huge hit like Star Wars if it's planned right, who knows? All I know is I'd definately own the movie...

Or if Wipeout could be made into an anime series, like Speed Racer was (but obviously better), that could be badass as well... hahaha. ;)

Either way, it needs a badass story to base it on...

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Originally Posted by Lance

Sony has lost so much money in the games division that I wonder if they might not ultimately resort to the movies and telvision portion of the operation to produce profitable content based on their game franchises. Content ownership is where they have been most successful since their decline in general electronics hardware leadership. Hardware and content tend to be competitive against each other in the market, what's best for one being what's worst for the other. Content freedom for hardware, restrictive content control for content owners. Sony sits on both sides of the fence.

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It is rare that high-quality film or tv is ever made from games; what usually happens is a lot of flashbang visuals with the quality of writing sacrificed to those SpecialEFX. Anyone who wants to have their intellect or emotions engaged instead of getting only sensory overload is disappointed. Because of the high level of player control and interactivity, the games are even better for sensory overload than any movie could be, so I would prefer that no movie or tv series ever be made from WipEout.

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If its one thing.. Its another

always hearing that a company won't produce something cause of money!

all the movies out there from... well lets see.
comic books, novels... oh and video games.

I don't think Sony needs to even have a part in making a movie. maybe the part in funding and a bit more.
Not paying some director or producer of there choice to make something.

If it comes up.

somebody does a movie...
let it be where Arial Tetsuo and the begining of the whole thing.

Hell, the director for Wing Commander. get him to do a movie for this thing. bam.

Sony got into the movie business back when they bought Columbia Pictures, and became owners of their entire catalogue. Since then, Sony has become a major distributor of not only those old movies, but new movies as well. As the owner of WipEout, and a movie distributor, and a financial backer, they would have complete control of a movie based on the game; that includes having the say over who directs, who produces, what actors are used, the whole shebang. You know how over-the-top they've been about content control, so it's "unlikely"/impossible that they would allow any independence to anyone working with their content, no matter whom wE'd like to see working on it. Dammit.

I think WO would make a great novel (or series).

Thinking about the sony connection, the final fantasy movie although a little slow, would be a great CG way to make a WO feature. Better than the clone wars style anyway.

Wipeout - with Ariel Tetsuo - yeah baby:cowboy

I dunno...As much as we tend to cast away Fusion, it definitely has the blueprint to be "the game" you could base a WipEout movie off of.

what about a reality tv-style mockumentary, involving real actors supported by cgi effects for race scenes? I think the WipEout background offers a great deal of material to show pilot and team rivalry, media pressure and stuff like that...

at least you failed to mention paul walker and vin desiel as the actors to what you sayin...

I don't want to see those actors in a racing movie again.
Nor the guy who wrote the scripts for t F & t F.

I'm Sorry

you didn't know Lance?

Fast and Furious 4 London

Brian and Don ( Paul And Vin )

Really just cause, Sony has a department that says under that section they claim rights and stuff to Wipeout. Wouldn't completely turn the movie into something of a pop drop.
It doesn't have to be in theatures. But DVD and Blue Ray disk, makes them the bucks too.

I keep seeing Sony pictures show up after Sanford and Son comes on and over. each show.

they might have owning rights to Fred Sanfords show now. But they damn can't change it.
and Wasn't it Originally Designers Republic who created Wipeout. And like Sanford and Son.
Its the original people who have the more power to anything bought out.

for the 1000000.....st time, no, it wasn't DR who created wipEout - they just did SUPPLEMENTAL GRAPHICS DESIGN (Team Logos, etc.). Ships, Tracks, Gameplay have NOTHING to do with them, all credit goes to Psygnosis.

WipEout was created by Nick Burcombe and Jim Bowers, who were working for Psygnosis at the time, and they and the other team members of Psygnosis [which Sony already owned controlling interest of] designed and developed the game. The Designers Republic basically just painted and waxed the car so the surface was a little shinier, but they didn't make the car.

[offtopic] you should look at the other stuff Designers Republic have done, quite amazing [/offtopic]

I may have said this before, but i think the best way for a WipEout movie/series would be CGI or Anime style.

Life action would in my opinion degrade the visual feel to some extent.

I've already seen other stuff that DR has done. Did you think I had not?
And don't forget that the Designers Republic of today is not the same set of designers they had in the time when they worked on the WipEout series. I'm reasonably sure you had not forgot this. :)

I don't think that future WipEout game versions or HD in particular, nor a movie based on any of them, would likely be made better by the participation of DR.