MCP: FASSBENDER’S CREED

This is already better than the last two games.

Really hope this comes together.

Oh, lord. Come on, Fassbender. Videogame adaptations are all bullshit, none of them are good and I can't see this being any different.

I love Fassbender and all, but this stinks of the Prince of Persia adaptation, right down to the casting of a white British actor (okay, Jake is American, but for how he played the character he might as well have been British).  There have been so many suggestions for the lead actor in a potential Assassins Creed adaptation, and most of them were much more interesting.

I love Fassbender, but this character is the pits. I'm torn.

Big difference between this and Prince of Persia is that Ubi basically let Bruckheimer run roughshod over the original story, and tried to make it into another Pirates of the Caribbean. They're not fucking around on this one.

We've long celebrated his willingness to mix genre work with art house fare; but of all the things people have fantasy cast Fassbender in (which is pretty much everything), if this is the one that comes to fruition, it will be a little disappointing.

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Originally Posted by Draco Senior 

I love Fassbender and all, but this stinks of the Prince of Persia adaptation, right down to the casting of a white British actor (okay, Jake is American, but for how he played the character he might as well have been British).  There have been so many suggestions for the lead actor in a potential Assassins Creed adaptation, and most of them were much more interesting.

Uh, you do know Fassbender is Irish-German, right? He ain't a Brit.

Anyway, awesome news, even if he only ends up playing Desmond Miles (unlikely, but it could happen).

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Originally Posted by Bailey 

We've long celebrated his willingness to mix genre work with art house fare; but of all the things people have fantasy cast Fassbender in (which is pretty much everything), if this is the one that comes to fruition, it will be a little disappointing.

Yes. Actually it will be more than a little dissapointing.

Hopefully they will be able to pull it off, but im waiting to see who's gonna direct this first.

I want to be excited for this so so so so SO bad.

Any idea on what his role as "co-producer" would entail? Does he get creative input, or does he just get points off the back end? Also, I'd imagine he's going to be playing Desmond, Altair, and Ezio (heck, maybe even that cat from the American Revolution). Being able to muck around with diverse characters like that in a fun action picture, and the possibility of meaningful input into the story are probably big draws for an actor of Fassbender's caliber.

What an exceptional waste of talent. 

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What an exceptional waste of talent. 

Like I said, I'm really wondering about the whole co-producer thing. I've got to wonder if Fassbender is throwing himself at this thing to make money for his company so that he can finance something else.

Fassbender wants to be a star, but maintain respect as an actor, simple as that. He's basically said as much. I still think this is bullshit through and through. I don't know anything about the game, but I don't care, I dismiss videogame adaptations on principal. 

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Originally Posted by Chris Spider 

 

Uh, you do know Fassbender is Irish-German, right? He ain't a Brit.

 

Anyway, awesome news, even if he only ends up playing Desmond Miles (unlikely, but it could happen).

Yeah, that was my mistake in thinking he's British.  Apparently I was thinking too much of Inglorious Basterds Michael Fassbender; I haven't really watched any interviews or read any of his personal details.  Still think he's a poor choice if they're going with Altair or Ezio, though.

Have Fassbender produce this if he wants and book-end as Desmond Miles, I guess.  But let someone else take Altair if they're adapting the first game's story (unless they invent a white assassin for Fassbender to take, which wouldn't surprise me).

I really don't see the point of adapting the story, though.  It's pretty convoluted and the games are really only worth a damn for their actual gameplay.

Wake me when Hollywood or even a small, independent studio is able to pull off even a remotely decent film based on a video game.

Well, define "remotely decent". For example, I don't consider Mortal Kombat to be a "great" film; it has very modest ambitions, and achieves them in a mostly entertaining fashion. I couldn't care less about the PG-13 rating. I'd rather have good fight scenes than needlessly gory bad ones.

Incidentally, I also love Street Fighter, but similarly have no illusions about it. It is a singularly goofy enterprise elevated by a cheerfully game cast, with the obvious standout of Raul Julia, giving his last great performance.

The only thing that comes to mind was the Silent Hill flick from a few years back. I haven't seen it since then but I recall it being OK. Loads of atmosphere and a pretty decent cast to boot. But yeah, there hasn't been anything to rise above merely "OK" since they started doing these types of movies. 

Fassbender is on a roll right now so I knew it was just a matter of time before he took on something like this. I'm not too familiar with game so I won't get into why this might be an awful idea. While it's not what I or most of us would like to see him doing with his time, we can't forget that we still have some great stuff ahead. I know he's re-teaming with Steve McQueen and Ridley Scott as we speak and I remember reading something about him being eyed for "The Outsider" which sounds very cool. Fassbender would play an American POW in World War II era-Japan who moves up in the yazuka. 

Meanwhile, let him cash in some of his chips... I'll hold off judgement until we get a writer/director attached. Maybe they might surprise us with someone inspired! (I know, I know...aim low and you'll never be disappointed.)

Geez you guys are gonna get real cranky when Hollywood is done with adapting comic books for superhero tentpoles and moves onto mining the next most logical location for pre-loved creative/genre properties to make soulless blockbusters out of.

Rather than dismissing the entire concept out of hand, lets try and champion them to be good.

Fassbenders involvement before and behind the camera is a really fucking good start - he's proven his thespian chops, now the guy needs his own franchise.

I'm waiting to hear who's directing before getting extra excited, but for those of us that love the world the games are set in, there's a wealth of interesting stuff to pull from for a film series.

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Originally Posted by JacknifeJohnny 

Fassbender wants to be a star, but maintain respect as an actor, simple as that. He's basically said as much. I still think this is bullshit through and through. I don't know anything about the game, but I don't care, I dismiss videogame adaptations on principal. 

You realize the same was said about comic book adaptations for decades prior to Superman '78, right? Just so's you know what side you're on in this argument.

I don't think there was the wealth of empirical evidence backing up the dismissal of comic movies that there is for videogame adaptations, but okay. I think trying to pretend that it isn't disappointing for arguably the best young actor on the planet to be futzing around with a videogame movie is really rather weird.
 

Also, because apparently less people know this series than I expected writing the article:

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Originally Posted by Andrew Merriweather 

I don't think there was the wealth of empirical evidence backing up the dismissal of comic movies that there is for videogame adaptations, but okay. I think trying to pretend that it isn't disappointing for arguably the best young actor on the planet to be futzing around with a videogame movie is really rather weird.
 

There's not a medium on this planet that can't support a great story. Not saying that videogames have gotten there yet, but its exceedingly shortsighted to think of a great actor lowering himself to make a film based on a game as opposed to even entertaining the thought of an actor's involvement raising the film's chances of being great.

I dont think I'd be as irked by the film community's reaction to to this if their reaction to so very much nowadays didn't have Worst-Case Scenario as a default.

I'm broadly in agreement about the worst case scenario thing, but taking folks to task for furrowing their brows at Fassbender hopping into the most reliably awful subgenre of the cinematic medium just seems silly. Okay, you can say "well, Fassbender's involvement is a good sign", but a)he was in JONAH HEX, and b)there's an elephant's graveyard of terrible videogame adaptations featuring good to great talent.
 

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There's not a medium on this planet that can't support a great story. 

Speaking of that, HOLY SHIT SPEC OPS!

I did not expect that. At all. When the thing happened it was the first time that something like that ever worked for me in a game.

A big part of it is that these adaptations have been of terrible games (read: Tomb Raider), there *just* to provide a platform for action. AC's gameplay is an acquired taste, but there's fantastic ideas out the ass to support a worthwhile story.

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Speaking of that, HOLY SHIT SPEC OPS!

 

I did not expect that. At all. When the thing happened it was the first time that something like that ever worked for me in a game.

That game wasn't on my radar whatsoever until the last week or so. Yahtzee's review was the camel breaking straw. It's now my mission in life to experience this thing.

Do it.

Yeah the local game show here in Oz went nuts for The Line as well, I really need to grab it. It sounds like the fps military shooter for someone exactly like me.

Kid Vivisector loves this series, and I can get why. The games look lovely, but I don't get the sci fi behind the framework other than it sounds very Quantum Leapy.  The Assassins seem very much like Medieval Batman, right down to the utility belt gadgets and the cowl. But if done right this could be a ball.