I can only see two options:
We get a padded out movie-version of Abe's Oddysee, or we get the 'original' story, which is bound to include elements from both AO, AE, and some other stuff which we are not clued into.
We know it's Abe. We know it's the 3 act structure.
We know it's got to reintroduce Oddworld to the world, and we know it probably won't completely destroy all Oddworld canon thus far created. As they've said, they're in the business of creating IPs. They wouldn't want to undermine their IPs by changing the story of the games.

Well, really, I see it as being the Abe's Oddysee story. I'm struggling to see it being any different, as much as I try.
Of course, it'll have more characters - it's a film - but it's Abe's Oddysee.

Which is why I said that the film is not likely to follow the plots of either game too closely. If I had to guess, I would say that it would revolve around Abe escaping from RuptureFarms and saving his buddies, possibly with the inclusion of the SoulStorm brew plot. But I doubt we'll visit Paramonia and Scrabania as they were gameplay environments and didn't really add to the plot.

They add to the plot is that they show the Paramites and Scrabs in the natural environment, contrasting with the only way Abe has previously known them: bred in the Stockyards then chopped up on the factory line.
I think they're quite important, if they use a meat factory and not (for example,) a drinks factory.
Then there's the extinction thing, and Abe's spiritual journey and trials.

Please, Nate, would you tell my why Abe has his Handscars, which made him able to Chant into Shrykull, which allowed him to save most of his buddies?
I think it's because of two Magical lands called Paramonia & Scrabania!

So yes, the two of them are VERY important!

Yes but when you try to put that in movie mode, it comes out as an unattractive cornacopia of nothingness.

there is another another problem.
movies tend to have alot of main characters (at least more than one) that travel together. in games, there tends to be only one (cuase it's more work to make another character).
having more than one character makes alot more diologue, ect.
and that's also why watching abe running around could get a bit boring. :(

Well, they wont make Abe doing just one thing throughout the entire movie, trust me, there will be much more exitement than you think:).
There will be Glukkons plotting ideas, Abe making escapes for him and his buddies left and right, possesion. You get the point, it will be The Best;).

ok. :D i hope so, lol. :D

There will be all that I have listed and much, much, MUCH more.
It will be great, you dont have to worry about that.

The Shrykull is a gameplay mechanism that helps Abe complete his journey and also restricts him from returning to RuptureFarms before he has been to both Paramonia and Scrabania (One of the most important things in games is how to restrict player's movements to specific paths without making it feel forced). I challenge you to explain why Abe is able to turn into a freaky, sparky monster thing.

It may well have some deeper meaning in the film that we are not yet aware of but I'm sure a good writer could come up with a new way for Abe to prove himself.

I think the Shrykull is definatly part of Abe and Abe's story...
plus OWI could have done that gameplay restriction without implementing the shrykull, but actually they did put it in the game. I suppose it has a deep meaning we are not yet aware of.

The power to turn into Shrykull is a kind of upgrade to Abe's abilities that serves just as useful a plot element as a gameplay element. It also helps to enrich the characters because it is an element of Mudokon culture that, if excluded, we wouldn't otherwise be shown.

I maintain that it was first and foremost a gameplay feature that was then written and explained as a meaningful, cultural symbol.

That's what good game designers do; they make sure every game decision has a basis in the game-world.

But if that's true, then the whole idea of going to Scrabania and Paramonia is just an explanation of how Abe got the power, and obtaining a power is a staple of innumerable stories. I'm not convinced the power was originally conceived as a way of Abe being able to exact revenge on the Glukkons, and then worked into a gameplay feature when the movie ideas were translated into games.

i'd piss myself
 

I would most definately piss myself with glee if I saw a trailer for the first two games... Im not a big fan of MO, because it is more cartoony.... Oddworld is a Dark Anthology.... Nothing should be cartoony in those games unless it is a joke..

That's what I think, atleast...

-MB-

Duh! Of course I would see it! Oddworld is one of my most favorite things! :D:D:D

Of course I would go and see an Oddworld movie. I hope to be the one who makes it. After all I've only got 6 years till I could make the movie as a professional filmmaker alongside Oddworld Inhabitants.

I would probably do it the same way Dinosaur was made. Add CG characters to the real world. And of course I would have a few animatronics and Puppets like Paramites. Can you imagine walking into Paramonia every day to film. It would be fantastic :P. The Glukons could probably be done by a man in a suit with a digital head replacement. Just think, by the time I/they get to make an Oddworld movie, We will be able to generate photo realistic people, and you wouldn't be able to tell if Abe was a guy in makeup or a CG character.

Roll On an Oddworld Movie!

honestly I hope the oddworld movie will come out sooner then in 6 years...
I mean, they can't hold us in the dark for that long.
At least I hope so.

If they start this year they should have it finished in 6 years time.

If they started the script, character design and other preproduction stuff, maybe. But don't forget the script has been written for some time and OWI have a huge backlot of characters and designs so preproduction would be quite short. The actual time to animate the movie, assuming an industry sized crew, would be about 2ish years.

2 years if it was live action. it's the animation that takes up all the time.

It doesn't take 6 years to animate a film unless it's one guy sitting alone in his basement. Really, the toughest thing for Lorne right now is probably getting money rather than anything else.

An oddworld movie sure but more then anything else I would want it to be like AO

I agree with NDW... actually a lot of the pre-production stuff is allready done.
the only think that's left is to finally make the models, the animations and the shots...

that can't be 6 years

6 years would be crazy anyway... I dont think Lorne would be able to keep a strong fanbase for that long...

Toy Story: 5 years animation
Antz: 4 years animation
Shrek: 6 years animation

The Thing that takes the time is the animation, not the design, believe me. If anyone tries to say anything else then I'll let them believe what they want.

Pluss, for proffesional productions, it takes 1 hour to render 1 second of CG film, imagine a 90 minute film. That'll take up a lot of time. Not really that much but I figured it out. Figure it out and you'll see it takes a while.

Heh look at the votes. 1 "no" and 32 "yes" :D.

Please give us sources for that that prove we are talking about animation and not total production.

But what you're forgetting is that they don't render the whole movie in one big block when they finish animation; they do it in bits as they go along. In any case, that is a massive generalisation. Rendering time depends on the complexity of the scene. A scene from Finding Nemo set on a reef with huge amounts of coral and hundreds of fish, with complex lighting and water effects would take hours. A scene from Toy Story with Woody walking through the bedroom would take considerably less time.

I give up. Lets talk about the Oddworld movie.

I wonder who put no. Some Oddworld fan they are.

What a pointless thread.

You're on an Oddworld forum, and you ask oddworld fans if they would like to see an oddworld movie.

What a stupid and attention whoring thread this is. If anyone votes no: "Some Oddworld fan they are".

What is this, Nazi Germany?

Yes. Yes, it is. Now get back in line. That furnace won't burn all day.

Agreed, this thread is just a load of bullshit.

Look, I know the forums needs activity, but that doesn't mean you go making stupid threads whose answers will be pretty obvious. Sheesh.

just to add to pointlessness

Ahem

OMH!!1 thts teh funyzorr!!!11!!!!!!1 ^^

That is all...

Well clearly this thread is not 100% centered around the original question. The topic has meandered to being that of what we expect the movie to be like and as such is a legitimate topic, if one with a misleading subject line.

If it really were a pointless thread, it wouldn't have gotten to three pages. So you can keep your vaguely superiour, snide remarks to yourself thankyou very much.

I aint no superior being, lowly shrews. I just point thems as I sees 'em.


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I'm surprised at you guys. You tell spammers to shut their yaps and now this! Like Kimon said "It's better to post only when you have something meaningful to say as opposed to shitting spam everywhere you go." If you want this topic to be elimated, just stop posting and let a moderator lock it!

Well look at the thread, IS there really anything meaningful to be said here?

"HEHEH! WOULD YOU SEE AN ODDWOILD MOVY?? HEH! I MAYK A THWED!"

Simple concept, simple conversation, thats Chicago. And God save Illinois.

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Next time it will be a warning.