Comments on: Megaman the Movie

Megaman the Movie

Caduceus — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 22:49:19 -0800

Speaking of robots, here is a trailer for Megaman the Movie, a low budget live action adaptation of the classic NES game. [sort of previously]

(Warning, the last link is experiencing bandwidth spikes, so may be down.) Slightly higher def trailer here.

By: Caduceus

Caduceus — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 22:51:15 -0800

Er, the second link, not the last link, is experience bandwidth spikes.

By: Caduceus

Caduceus — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 22:52:00 -0800

By which, of course, I mean the third link. Note to self: less whiskey before FPPing.

By: Popular Ethics

Popular Ethics — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 23:05:32 -0800

Wow, that looks pretty watchable! I'm amazed what "low budget" gets you these days.

By: effugas

effugas — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 23:15:45 -0800

I don't care what anyone says. That was AWESOME.

By: Mister Cheese

Mister Cheese — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 23:23:03 -0800

Oh man, did I see a brief glimpse of Protoman in there? The guy with the shades. PROTOMAN.

By: Mikey-San

Mikey-San — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 23:38:15 -0800

That was better than it had any right to be. Nice use of the Dark Knight score, too.

By: sourwookie

sourwookie — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 02:29:44 -0800

Heh. A friend of mine is the drummer for The Protomen. They've turned Megaman into a rock opera but made it much, much darker.

By: Samizdata

Samizdata — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 04:07:14 -0800

I don't recall Dr. Wily looking so young and, um, anorexic. Otherwise, pretty amusing.

By: Servo5678

Servo5678 — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 04:08:33 -0800

Sometimes I think that when Hollywood sets out to make a movie version of a video game property (or any other property from geek-skewing media) the movie studio should hire a fan consultant or two to help guide the writers and director in nailing the appropriate tone. The fan consultant should not have total power over the production, of course, but should be able to step in and explain why including something like, say, a sexy human female love interest who inevitably betrays Mega Man by poisoning him with expired meat because it turns out she was Dr. Wily all along is a bad idea that goes against the spirit of the source material.

By: Drexen

Drexen — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 06:00:52 -0800

Obligatory link to the Protomen. (NB: It is also obligatory to follow the link). Sourwookie, tell those guys to do a European tour!

By: Plutor

Plutor — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 06:59:15 -0800

That was awesome. If it helps you find things like this, by all means, MORE WHISKEY.

By: Marisa Stole the Precious Thing

Marisa Stole the Precious Thing — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 07:04:51 -0800

This not only looks completely kick-ass; it looks better than Burn After Reading.

By: JaredSeth

JaredSeth — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 07:07:12 -0800

What exactly is low budget? Because I want to know what it takes to make something so overflowing with awesomosity.

By: scabrous

scabrous — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 07:24:29 -0800

I'm ready to invest two hours into this movie.

By: grobstein

grobstein — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 07:41:04 -0800

I dunno Roll looked a little creepy.

By: sabira

sabira — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 07:50:18 -0800

This was so much more professional than I thought it would be, given the "low budget" description. I want to watch the rest of it now!

By: Eideteker

Eideteker — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 10:58:31 -0800

Looked neat, but I feel like listing your youtube achievements in the "more info" box is kinda tacky. I was impressed by the costume design more than anything else. Reflective of the source material, but creative enough not to be married to it at the cost of real-world adaptation.

By: graventy

graventy — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 11:29:14 -0800

The trailer was just about as fantastic as any live-action Megaman trailer could hope to be. But I'm not that sure that the full length movie would be good. The fight scenes would have to be excellent, something I'm not that sure of, judging by the few shots we got in the trailer.

By: jcruelty

jcruelty — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 16:17:10 -0800

The Last Days of Dr. Wily Honus Wagner Card man?! hahaha

By: jcruelty

jcruelty — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 16:17:57 -0800

oops missed the 'previous' link. well, carry on then. haha Faberge Egg Man?!

By: munchingzombie

munchingzombie — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 19:13:59 -0800

The Protomen kick more ass than I was prepared for. I have a six hour car ride tomorrow and I will be listening to them on repeat. Thank you oh great meta, thank you.

By: MaryDellamorte

MaryDellamorte — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 16:55:44 -0800

The Protomen just put out another album and it's fucking amazing.

By: grobstein

grobstein — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 17:15:50 -0800

The Protomen just put out another album and it's fucking amazing. WAIT WHAT? I always assumed this was impossible!

By: MaryDellamorte

MaryDellamorte — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 17:31:53 -0800

WAIT WHAT? I always assumed this was impossible! Well, it's on vinyl and they only made so many. They were giving em out at the album release show in Nashville a few weeks ago. I didn't make it to the show but since they're good friends of mine, they held on to one for me.

By: Drexen

Drexen — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 09:22:41 -0800

The Protomen just put out another album and it's fucking amazing. :O I. Will. Not. Rest.