Bioware Austin.. damm more Dragons.. or Lightsabers?

[Mrbloodworth]

DiCaprio ................ Stuff

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[WindupAtheist]

Y'all can kiss my ass.

[schild]

WUA, I've called you a lot of things. But this, this is just gay.

[WindupAtheist]

I blame the pink name.

[stu]

Y'all can kiss my ass.

Holy shit. They're getting worse.

edit: BTW, I think the dude who played the Green Goblin's son in Spider-Man should have taken Hayden's role.

[Modern Angel]

DiCaprio ................ Stuff

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Fuck that and fuck Star Wars. There. I said it. Fuck Star Wars.

[MrHat]

But fucking DiCaprio is ok?

[stu]

I wouldn't do that to him, but he's still a damn good actor.

[Modern Angel]

Fucking Britney Spears doing Cat on a Hot Tin Roof while shoveling Twinkies in her asshole while Delta Burke eats them and swims in a pool of Vaseline and sausage gravy is better than Star Wars.

[WindupAtheist]

Fucking Britney Spears doing Cat on a Hot Tin Roof while shoveling Twinkies in her asshole while Delta Burke eats them and swims in a pool of Vaseline and sausage gravy is better than Star Wars.

That is pretty awesome, but much harder to represent in a 50x50 pixel icon.

EDIT:  Is this a good place to point out that at one point, DiCaprio was mentioned as a possible Anakin?

[Mrbloodworth]

DiCaprio ................ Stuff

This thread went back on topic about...20 minutes ago 

Fuck that and fuck Star Wars. There. I said it. Fuck Star Wars.

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[Modern Angel]

Fucking Britney Spears doing Cat on a Hot Tin Roof while shoveling Twinkies in her asshole while Delta Burke eats them and swims in a pool of Vaseline and sausage gravy is better than Star Wars.

That is pretty awesome, but much harder to represent in a 50x50 pixel icon.

EDIT:  Is this a good place to point out that at one point, DiCaprio was mentioned as a possible Anakin?

THEN WE HAVE COME FULL CIRCLE!

Can you do it in 100x100?

[stu]

DiCaprio was mentioned as a possible Anakin

For serious? Wow. That kinda blows my mind a little.

[WindupAtheist]

I don't know what the fuck this is, but I'm posting it anyway!  POSTING IT IN A THREAD OF DESTINY!

[Nevermore]

DiCaprio would've been a better Anakin. Not saying much, but Hayden just sucked. The 'romance' scenes were painful to watch, the only fires being sparked there were from the interaction of two pieces of wooden acting, forget the stilted dialogue. I also hate 'green screen' movies, but that's another rant.

Lucas has the unique ability as a director of bringing out teh suck in nearly anyone.  Hayden is a fairly decent actor when paired with a good director but with Lucas he was a giant void of suck.  Portman is an excellent actor but with Lucas she was teh suck.  Even Jackson ended up going out engulfed in suck.  McGregor is the only one Lucas couldn't make suck but that's because McGregor is simply incapable of sucking.  McGregor transcends teh suck.

[SnakeCharmer]

Is it Lucas' (Lucas's?) directing, or his writing?

I've always thought it was his writing that was absolute garbage.  There's no shortage of just...awful....dialogue in his films.

[Afropuff]

I don't see what was so transcendent about McGregor's performance, but I hear that all the time.  Maybe someone should enlighten me.  Jackson was supposed to be a Jedi hard-ass but misplayed it. Watching him pout his lips in feigned hard ass mode for hours ("you want some of this Force, mutha-fuka?") was too painful.

But yeah, KOTORO, I just wet my pants a little.  I must resist the urge to go all fanboy on this, I know better.  I'll just keep repeating... MMOGs basicallly suck, MMOGs basically suck...

[Venkman]

I don't know what the fuck this is, but I'm posting it anyway!  POSTING IT IN A THREAD OF DESTINY!

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That's a fan film. I'd say it's set on Yavin IV in the resurrected Jedi Academy Luke starts after Ep 6. The MySpace page link is dead and I was too lazy to look further.

edit: BTW, I think the dude who played the Green Goblin's son in Spider-Man should have taken Hayden's role.

I agree! Although I don't think Hayden is an empirically bad actor per se.

[Falwell]

Yes, it was obvious to most long before this hit the wire, but I think this just about puts it to sleep.

http://www.lucasartsbioware.com/

LucasArts, BioWare announce alliance
KOTOR MMORPG rumors surge as two companies announce collaboration on a "ground-breaking interactive entertainment product."
By Tor Thorsen, GameSpot
Posted Oct 30, 2007 7:35 am PT

Two weeks ago, a little-known game site claimed it had heard first-hand that BioWare's Austin studio is working on a massively multiplayer role-playing version of the acclaimed Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic series. However, both BioWare and Star Wars rights-holder LucasArts refused to comment on the project, leading some to believe the Austin project is an MMORPG version of the forthcoming Mass Effect.

Today, though, the KOTOR MMORPG rumor flamed up again, fueled by the unveiling of an official alliance between LucasArts and BioWare. Early this morning, the two companies announced they are collaborating on "a ground-breaking interactive entertainment product" and launched a co-branded Web site, www.LucasArtsBioWare.com.

"Through our previous collaborations, we know that BioWare has an impressive ability to blend gripping stories with technological advancements, and we believe that our upcoming product will deliver an experience that will span the traditional boundaries of video game entertainment," LucasArts president Jim Ward said in a statement.

Unfortunately, despite Ward's kind words and similarly rosy statements from BioWare co-CEOs Ray Myuzka and Greg Zeschuk, next to no information was revealed about the game. "Details will be unveiled at a later date," was as specific as the announcement got. However, since LucasArts almost exclusively publishes games based on the Star Wars universe, the chances of the game in question being Star Wars-related are high.

Today's announcement did yield one important nugget of information. The mystery game will be co-developed and co-published by LucasArts and BioWare, which is now owned by Electronic Arts. When EA bought BioWare/Pandemic for $860 million earlier in the month, one of the three reasons it gave for its pricey purchase was the unnamed MMORPG in the works at BioWare Austin. The secretive studio was formed early last year and employs several former members of the KOTOR, Ultima Online, and Star Wars: Galaxies development teams. BioWare's MMORPG is scheduled to launch in 2009.

[SnakeCharmer]

Indiana Jones Online? (which could kick all kinds of ass)
Willow Online?
Fracture Online?

[Venkman]

From the above two blurbs, it's still impossible to tell whether this is online or not. They emphasize "compelling stories and characters" and "best story and character-driven games". That's not "everyone's a hero in generic-land" MMO. But those statements are also historical-looking as even they provide no insight into what's coming.

Knowledge level has remained the same as it has since last December.

[DraconianOne]

Is it Lucas' (Lucas's?) directing, or his writing?

Both.  

Can come up with a good story but needs someone else to write it.  And direct it.  And to tell him "No George!  Bad George!  Back in your box George!"  Rick "Hi! I'm a sycophant!" McCallum was not such a man.  Gary Kurtz was.  

I read an amusing interview with Spielberg recently where he was asked how much Lucas tried to interfere or something.  His response was along the lines of "I let him speak for about an hour then simply say 'No'."

[HaemishM]

Indiana Jones Online? (which could kick all kinds of ass)

That does not make sense.

[Ratman_tf]

Indiana Jones Online? (which could kick all kinds of ass)

That does not make sense.

Seeing a thousand avatars looking like Indiana Jones waiting for the Holy Ark to respawn so they can click it and ding gratz! Man!

Moneyhats right there.

[Dash]

Gungans vrs Ewoks the MMO.  No matter who wins, we lose.

[Sky]

Given the propensity to choose stupid fucking races for mmo, and SWG's lineup of sure-fire winners (ZOMG Darth Maul, the It's A Trap guy, the pilot with the bugeyes, all the greats!)...I'm frightened. Even set in the Old Republic I imagine there'll be playable gungans. Add in three or four other races that may have had one line in the prequels, maybe the conehead with fangs that warns Obi of Gen. Greivous and the gangly cloner race. Hey, how about a playable Watto? I always wanted to play as Watto!

[Jobu]

Remember when LucasArts used to actually make good games, instead of hire people to do their shit for them? Is the entire LucasArts office full of licensing managers, marketing execs, and Q&A? 

[shiznitz]

Don't forget the one big douche in the corner office.

[Lucas]

Maybe a CRPG featuring Zak McKraken dual wielding a whip and a lightsaber, and the villain is a evil tentacle.

Oh, and your companions will be a goofy pirate, a psycho rabbit, a dumb dog and a computer nerd.

[SnakeCharmer]

Perhaps it's semantics.  But.

The press release states:

SAN FRANCISCO, CA and EDMONTON, CANADA — October 30, 2007 — LucasArts and BioWare Corp. today announced that they have entered into an agreement to create an interactive entertainment product.

Isn't BioWare's MMO studio in Austin?

[Yoru]

Perhaps it's semantics.  But.

The press release states:

SAN FRANCISCO, CA and EDMONTON, CANADA — October 30, 2007 — LucasArts and BioWare Corp. today announced that they have entered into an agreement to create an interactive entertainment product.

Isn't BioWare's MMO studio in Austin?

Corporate HQ for Bioware is still in Edmonton, I believe.

[HaemishM]

Maybe a CRPG featuring Zak McKraken dual wielding a whip and a lightsaber, and the villain is a evil tentacle.

Oh, and your companions will be a goofy pirate, a psycho rabbit, a dumb dog and a computer nerd.

It's all about the Dexter Jettster.

[Surlyboi]

With patented ass scratching action. 

[eldaec]

Post replaced by a picture of yoda - because turns out I hadn't read what I was replying to at all.

 

[stu]

Is it Lucas' (Lucas's?) directing, or his writing?

Both.  

Can come up with a good story but needs someone else to write it.  And direct it.  And to tell him "No George!  Bad George!  Back in your box George!"  Rick "Hi! I'm a sycophant!" McCallum was not such a man.  Gary Kurtz was.  

I read an amusing interview with Spielberg recently where he was asked how much Lucas tried to interfere or something.  His response was along the lines of "I let him speak for about an hour then simply say 'No'."

For sure. Kurtz was probly the biggest reason why the OT films were so awesome. He kept Lucas on a tight leash. I wonder what happened between them. Everytime I see an interview with McCallum, I feel like I'm watching a pep rally. The guy has nothing to say.

And I read that Spielberg interview also. Harry Knowles had asked him if he was shooting in digital or traditional film for the new Indy Jones flick. Spielberg said old-school despite the fact that Lucas is pee-your-pants crazy about digital.

Willow Online?

Willow Online could be cool. I probly have more love for Madmartigan than anyone from Star Wars.