The Legend of ZELDA: The Movie

[Boro]

i really dont see this working as a movie, however maybe, just maybe i could see it working as an anime series or something of that nature. but still in order for it to work right they will have to make a lot of changes. they will need to have atleast one or two other characters traveling with link most of the time to keep dialogue and the story moving along. by this i mean actual people, not a boat or a fairy. sheik or someone like that could work. second puzzles/dungeons will have to be dumbed down or consist more of fights then pushing blocks and lighting torches. also the villlain will have to be more active and appear more then just shortly in the beginning, shortly in the middle, and for awhile in the end. or at the very least, his minions will have to be more active and be more then just bosses. they need to be terrorizing towns or country sides as opposed to just sitting in temples. one of the biggest changes would be that link has a voice/personality.

[ruban]

I agree, there will have to be changes.I do think however, that they can get away with Link not having to say much. Leon really never spoke much in The Professional yet you cared for the guy. There may be good movies with characters that don't say anything at all, maybe someone will think of one, but Leon had a nice amount.

This would be a great movie, but the ways that most of us are thinking probably won't happen and so we'll end up getting some mediocre film.
At least its fun to image how you would make the film in your head

[Boro]

hopefully it doesnt turn out like the mario bros movie...

[ruban]

I hear ya brother

[Koomorikumo]

The people who'd care most about this movie, would hate to see Bloom as link, it's too obvious and he's not that great, he was good as Legolas because tolkein elves are little more than vulcans, pointy ears, thin, keep to themselves, don't talk about emotion much, it was a good role fr him because, you know how bad of an actor everyone says Keanu is, bloom is little better, although he is getting there so maybe he could work as link, he's learning, but I stand by my first comment, the people who care mostr about this movie being made, and i have friends that are these kind of people, do not want to see bloom in this movie. period, end of statement.

[filmstudent04]

ehhhh idk bout that one...i feel bloom would be great as link, however, i do feel that they need someone fresh and new, a new face. Blooms character as link would look wayyyy to much like legalos just look at some pics of him as legalos and then look at the way the new link looks its kinda scary how much it is alike. Idk though i feel a fresh new actor would be best for the movie. As well as a fresh new story line that is its own and doesnt follow ne of the games.

[inuyasha]

Originally Posted by Whitered

gay.

WHO DA F*** R U......... F*** YOU......... YOU ASS HEAD

[inuyasha]

KISS MY ASS

[Boiiinng]

Originally Posted by boromir-pso

i really dont see this working as a movie, however maybe, just maybe i could see it working as an anime series or something of that nature. but still in order for it to work right they will have to make a lot of changes. they will need to have atleast one or two other characters traveling with link most of the time to keep dialogue and the story moving along. by this i mean actual people, not a boat or a fairy. sheik or someone like that could work. second puzzles/dungeons will have to be dumbed down or consist more of fights then pushing blocks and lighting torches. also the villlain will have to be more active and appear more then just shortly in the beginning, shortly in the middle, and for awhile in the end. or at the very least, his minions will have to be more active and be more then just bosses. they need to be terrorizing towns or country sides as opposed to just sitting in temples. one of the biggest changes would be that link has a voice/personality.

i dont see how 3 hours of watching link running around on a field and pushing blocks around to solve puzzles could be an entertaining film.

Well, duh. That's what a screenwriter does. You obviously haven't played the Ocarina Of Time, or you would see that it is easier to turn this game into a screenplay than most people think. Adaptation doesn't always have to be a direct conversion from game to film. It seems like you can't get past that.

[filmstudent04]

the zelda series in has a lot of elements that could truly work into a movie. Ocarnia is a perfect example: it portrays romance, humor, action, adventure, the classic drama, horror...all great elements to movies. I do agree with boromir pso or whatever, that it will need to be more character based than game based in order for the movie to flow. But that would be the beauty in writing a brand new chapter for the series, one that follows the elements of the games but no particular story line of any of the games.

[DarthVader 2004]

I don't know to much about Zelda. It would take a grat trilogy series to over take L.O.T.R's. I hope one day. That they do The Shadow Moon and Shadow Dawn . I can't remember the very last Shadow series book. These are sequel books to Willow. Books wrote by George Lucas and Chris Clairmont. Zelda might be good but I'd like to see The Shadow series be made into movies. If they do a Zelda. Will they mess it up. Look at the great game Tomb Raider. Great game. Not so great movie. I will watch Zelda but only if it draws my interest.

[Gomamon]

It would be a great movie, but it should be with an actor who is skilled in sword fighting.

[Boro]

you can read minds?!?!?! i havent played ocarina of time

great, you think that zelda could be a great movie because it has all of the elements of one and i dont because the games arent necessarily story driven. how about you quit being an ass and realize that people have different opinions than your own. "it seems like you cant get past that"

[Boiiinng]

Originally Posted by boromir-pso

you can read minds?!?!?! i havent played ocarina of time

great, you think that zelda could be a great movie because it has all of the elements of one and i dont because the games arent necessarily story driven. how about you quit being an ass and realize that people have different opinions than your own. "it seems like you cant get past that"

Because your claim is based on nothing, while mine is based on something.

[Boro]

something=what the game could be
nothing=what the game is

your logic is flawless.

[jbailey84]

Originally Posted by boromir-pso

i really dont see this working as a movie, however maybe, just maybe i could see it working as an anime series or something of that nature. but still in order for it to work right they will have to make a lot of changes. they will need to have atleast one or two other characters traveling with link most of the time to keep dialogue and the story moving along. by this i mean actual people, not a boat or a fairy. sheik or someone like that could work. second puzzles/dungeons will have to be dumbed down or consist more of fights then pushing blocks and lighting torches. also the villlain will have to be more active and appear more then just shortly in the beginning, shortly in the middle, and for awhile in the end. or at the very least, his minions will have to be more active and be more then just bosses. they need to be terrorizing towns or country sides as opposed to just sitting in temples. one of the biggest changes would be that link has a voice/personality.

totally agree. i did alittle experiment years ago in which i had my vcr recording my gameplay of Majora's Mask. it came out to 5 and half hours of gameplay footage, so i edited down with the whole intro, getting a few masks, showed only the begining of the temples and ending fighting the temple boss, and ended with the fight with MM and ending of the game, it came out too 2 hours and 58 minutes. just from the gameplay, alot would have to be put into it making it a movie.

you have to realize that if they made Ocarina of Time into an action genre movie, would you really want to see him get past the guards to see Zelda having to go through the court yard and what not, see him push blocks together that makes a ghost, and see him go thorugh mini temples just to reach the top of Ganon's tower? it would get boring. like i said, ALOT would have to be cut, thats why it would be easier to start something new, just a movie based on Legend of Zelda would be great. new story line and new characters maybe. like i've been writing a story based on the Legend of Zelda for the past 4-5 years and i'm still not done! i've had a writers block dammit anyways, it takes place right after MM and its about Ganondorf breaking free from the Sacred Realm with the Triforce of Power and he can play this song on the Ocarina that extracts the triforce piece from anyone who has it, and a big huge war happens and yea dont want to let out too much info. might steal my idea but yeah i agree with you boromir

[Bond AK 45]

Even thou I love the Zelda games... I would not wanna see it as a movie because I don't think they could ever do it justice.. LOTR was a once in a lifetime happining that the perfect everything.. ie (cast, director,special FX, ect) where there.. I just think that Zelda is best as a video game. It leaves more to the imagination IMO

[Tornado]

Originally Posted by boromir-pso

something=what the game could be
nothing=what the game is

your logic is flawless.

No kidding.

[ViRUs]

Originally Posted by jbailey84

you have to realize that if they made Ocarina of Time into an action genre movie, would you really want to see him get past the guards to see Zelda having to go through the court yard and what not, see him push blocks together that makes a ghost, and see him go thorugh mini temples just to reach the top of Ganon's tower? it would get boring. like i said, ALOT would have to be cut, thats why it would be easier to start something new, just a movie based on Legend of Zelda would be great. new story line and new characters maybe. like i've been writing a story based on the Legend of Zelda for the past 4-5 years and i'm still not done! i've had a writers block dammit anyways, it takes place right after MM and its about Ganondorf breaking free from the Sacred Realm with the Triforce of Power and he can play this song on the Ocarina that extracts the triforce piece from anyone who has it, and a big huge war happens and yea dont want to let out too much info. might steal my idea but yeah i agree with you boromir

I disagree, i think if they make a Zelda movie they should start with Ocarina. Thats the most popular game, and it would get A LOT more hype if its based off of that. What they should do is keep the idea of Ocarina of time, maybe give him the deku tree level as a kid. Then go have him meet the princess, he could dodge guards but not like it was in the game. Then have him learn about the sages, the emeralds stuff like that. Basically that whole scene from when he starts talking to her from where Impa tells him where to go. Have a cut scene to Ganondorf, maybe what he actually says when you look in that window. Put more Ganondorf in the movie so we know what hes thinking. Show Link arriving in Goron city, talk to a couple of Gorons, he'll find out he has to go to Darunia. Have the cut scene with him, then have him go straight to Dodongos, and instead of having the whole level, just have him walk in, look around. Have him hear something in the distance, he'll look over there, and Dodongo will pop out. Have the battle take place, have it end. Have whatever introductions needed in the past, before he goes into the future. Same thing with the Zoras, have him find a bottle on his way up there, give it to King Zora, then go to Jabu Jabu. Have him get sucked in, find Ruto, she'll fall down a "hole", he'll follow and they will find the parasite thing. Thats just a basic version mind you.

Thats the whole past, have the cut scene with Zelda escaping, then Ganondorf coming, blah blah blah. He'll do whatever to get to the future, have the cut scene with Raru? (sp?) Have Raru give him the hookshot, and he will tell him that Saria needs him. While he is going back to Kokiri have a cut scene to Ganondorf, find out what he did in those 7 years. We know in the game because they tell us, but have the viewers find out indirectly, like hes talking to himself whatever.

He'll go to Kokiri, talk to the Kokiri, have their strange reactions etc. Find out where Saria is, go to the meadow, hookshot up there. Then go straight to the fight. Instead of having just a spirit of Saria, have Link actually rescue her. Have them talk to find out what he needs to do next.

Have Saria tell Link to check on his old friends, which would set up him looking up the Zoras and Gorons. I could fill it in better, but this post is taking too long, but thats how they could do it. After those two "levels" have Shiek appear, have the introduction, have Shiek tell Link about Impa. He'll go to the Shadow temple do whatever (basically read above). After that have Shiek tell him to go to Gurudo, and there he could travel back in time to fit in the hole. He'll get that item, play the cut scene with Naria (i think thats her name). Then have him go back to adult, he'll warp back to the temple. Maybe another cut scene to Ganondorf to see what hes doing. He'll go there as a adult, have him push the block to show how strong he is. He'll rescue her, have the fight with the witches, then have Shiek tell him that he needs to meet someone in the Temple of Time. He'll go there, and have Shiek follow have her say something like "we should be safe here". Have her reveal her true identity, the whole crap with Ganondorf. He'll rush over to the castle, have the sages make a bridge. Then kind of cut to Ganondorf and Zelda for a little bit. Have the sages dispell the barriar. (He doesnt need to dispell each section of it.) Then have basically everything from that point on. Except the useless enemies he fights going up the stairs. Have it all the same with the fights, the talking, him tearing down the castle and Ganon. Even the end could be the same, him returning the Ocarina and Master sword.

Or they could make this be more of a love story with Link and Zelda. I also just thought of this, maybe Shiek could tag along with Link, have her pop in and out from time to time. Never having her help, have reasons why he cant help link. It doesnt fit the story, but he cant go walking around alone for most of the movie.
Sorry for the long post, i think it could work if they made a Ocarina of time. I just whipped that up in like 5 minutes. The only problem i have with it is that it might be too much if he has to have a different fight scene 9 times. (3 in the past, 6 in the future.) So maybe just have a "recap" or something like that, it can work though. He doesnt have to go through a whole temple just to face the bad guy. He doesnt have to do every little thing you did in the game. Utilize Navi, have her do more than she did in the game, or just delete her all together because it might be kind of hard to do. Just make Link like a Aragornish person. Total time of the movie would be around 3 hours. Or make it into a saga like LOTR, have two installments. One in the past, one in the future, that way he can focus more on his childhood. How his mother came to Kokiri forest with Link as a baby, maybe have that as a scene. It could work, its not impossible.

Anyways, thats my thoughts. Sorry for the long post again.

[Boiiinng]

Originally Posted by boromir-pso

something=what the game could be
nothing=what the game is

your logic is flawless.

Thank you for illustrating my point so vividly. You still see Zelda as a game, whereas I see it as a story with great potential to be adapted into the realm of film.

[Boro]

thats because zelda is a game, a game inwhich the story takes the back seat.

[ViRUs]

obviously i do too Boiinng. People just need to be creative. I think that would rule if they did that, or did the 2 movie thing.

[jbailey84]

Originally Posted by ViRUs

I disagree, i think if they make a Zelda movie they should start with Ocarina. Thats the most popular game, and it would get A LOT more hype if its based off of that. What they should do is keep the idea of Ocarina of time, maybe give him the deku tree level as a kid. Then go have him meet the princess, he could dodge guards but not like it was in the game. Then have him learn about the sages, the emeralds stuff like that. Basically that whole scene from when he starts talking to her from where Impa tells him where to go. Have a cut scene to Ganondorf, maybe what he actually says when you look in that window. Put more Ganondorf in the movie so we know what hes thinking. Show him just arriving in Goron city, talk to a couple of Gorons, he'll find out he has to go to Darunia. Have the cut scene with him, then have him go straight to Dodongos, and instead of having the whole level, just have him walk in, look around. Have him hear something in the distance, he'll look over there, and Dodongo will pop out. Have the battle take place, have it end. Have whatever introductions needed in the past, before he goes into the future. Same thing with the Zoras, have him find a bottle on his way up there, give it to King Zora, then go to Jabu Jabu. Have him get sucked in, find Ruto, she'll fall down a "hole", he'll follow and they will find the parasite thing. Thats just a basic version mind you.

Thats the whole past, have the cut scene with Zelda escaping, then Ganondorf coming, blah blah blah. He'll do whatever to get to the future, have the cut scene with Raru? (sp?) Have Raru give him the hookshot, and he will tell him that Saria needs him. While he is going back to Kokiri have a cut scene to Ganondorf, find out what he did in those 7 years. We know in the game because they tell us, but have the viewers find out indirectly, like hes talking to himself whatever.

He'll go to Kokiri, talk to the Kokiri, have their strange reactions etc. Find out where Saria is, go to the meadow, hookshot up there. Then go straight to the fight. Instead of having just a spirit of Saria, have Link actually rescue her. Have them talk to find out what he needs to do next.

Have Saria tell Link to check on his old friends, which would set up him looking up the Zoras and Gorons. I could fill it in better, but this post is taking too long, but thats how they could do it. After those two "levels" have Shiek appear, have the introduction, have Shiek tell Link about Impa. He'll go to the Shadow temple do whatever (basically read above). After that have Shiek tell him to go to Gurudo, and there he could travel back in time to fit in the hole. He'll get that item, play the cut scene with Naria (i think thats her name). Then have him go back to adult, he'll warp back to the temple. Maybe another cut scene to Ganondorf to see what hes doing. He'll go there as a adult, have him push the block to show how strong he is. He'll rescue her, have the fight with the witches, then have Shiek tell him that he needs to meet someone in the Temple of Time. He'll go there, and have Shiek follow have her say something like "we should be safe here". Have her reveal her true identity, the whole crap with Ganondorf. He'll rush over to the castle, have the sages make a bridge. Then kind of cut to Ganondorf and Zelda for a little bit. Have the sages dispell the barriar. (He doesnt need to dispell each section of it.) Then have basically everything from that point on. Except the useless enemies he fights going up the stairs. Have it all the same with the fights, the talking, him tearing down the castle and Ganon. Even the end could be the same, him returning the Ocarina and Master sword.

Or they could make this be more of a love story with Link and Zelda. I also just thought of this, maybe Shiek could tag along with Link, have her pop in and out from time to time. Never having her help, have reasons why he cant help link. I doesnt fit the story, but he cant go walking around alone for most of the movie.
Sorry for the long post, i think it could work if they made a Ocarina of time. I just whipped that up in like 5 minutes. The only problem i have with it is that it might be too much if he has to have a different fight scene 9 times. (3 in the past, 6 in the future.) So maybe just have a "recap" or something like that, it can work though. He doesnt have to go through a whole temple just to face the bad guy. He doesnt have to do every little thing you did in the game. Utilize Navi, have her do more than she did in the game, or just delete her all together because it might be kind of hard to do. Just make Link like a Aragornish person. Total time of the movie would be around 3 hours. Or make it into a saga like LOTR, have two installments. One in the past, one in the future, that way he can focus more on his childhood. How his mother came to Kokiri forest with Link as a baby, maybe have that as a scene. It could work, its not impossible.

Anyways, thats my thoughts. Sorry for the long post again.

wow, great post! of course if they were to make the games into a movie, Ocarina of Time would be the first. i said that i had EXPERIMENTED with Majora's Mask, didn't say that it should start with it. but great post

[Boiiinng]

Originally Posted by boromir-pso

thats because zelda is a game, a game inwhich the story takes the back seat.

Maybe in the first game, but the rest had decent stories especially the newest ones. But besides that, a game doesn't need to already have a story to be adapted into a game, it just needs characters and events, which even the first Zelda had, then a talented writer with an imagination can make the story.

[ViRUs]

Originally Posted by jbailey84

wow, great post! of course if they were to make the games into a movie, Ocarina of Time would be the first. i said that i had EXPERIMENTED with Majora's Mask, didn't say that it should start with it. but great post

thank you, and i wasnt pointing the finger at you or anything. I just said if they do make a movie, it should be off of Ocarina. What you did with Major's Mask was pretty cool too, i wish i could see the final outcome.