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ozzyosbourne
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Riddler of the Sky
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posted July 15, 2001 09:48 PM |
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haha YEAH.. lol she was hott.. anyway, i just watch the 1st and 2nd Jurassic Park last night.... i forgot most of the parts.... maybe because i haven't watched each one in over 3 years..
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Sha_Men
Responsible
Supreme Hero
Jack-Of-No-Trades
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posted July 15, 2001 09:54 PM |
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I can't even say how sick Tomb Raider makes me...
If I could puke virtually I propably would do it now.
Angelina Jolie is nice looking, is fairly good actor and has on screen charisma, but the movie was very poor indeed.
My friend drag me into the theatre. It was waste of my money and time. At least we got some good laughs now and then because some the action stunts were laughable.
Of course, Tomb Raider fans will be excited to see Lara... I mean the film.
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ozzyosbourne
Bad-mannered
Famous Hero
Riddler of the Sky
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posted July 16, 2001 01:04 AM |
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she is so snowing hott its unbelieveable.. lolol....
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Lupin
Known Hero
who eats Titans for Lunch
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posted July 16, 2001 05:42 AM |
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Will you shut you traps about Tomb Raider!! This is a thread on a Heroes movie, not a chat about the movie that you saw last week thread. Anyway, back to the REAL topic, I think that a Heroes movie would be a good idea.
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Xenophanes
Promising
Famous Hero
Chief Consul to Queen Mutare
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posted July 17, 2001 02:47 AM |
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Ahem!
Okay, I have a few things to say. First, thank you to all who voted for a Heroes movie. Second, a Heroes Movie would not suck. Sure, other game-movies sucked, but that is why I suggest this. Heroes will be the one to triumph! And, Heroes has something those other games didn't: the campaigns! And, the campaigns have stories. Simply use the stories from the campaigns, and you can't go wrong. Third, Heroes should either be live action with Jurassic Park graphics, or should be made in the style of the Medusa-Archmage mini-movie.
I don't mind people discussing other game-movies, I saw Tomb-Raider myself(the plot was weak; nobody argue), as long as no one strays too far off the original topic.
Okay, now, I would like to say that first a Heroes II movie would have to be made, to tell the story of Roland and Archibald. After that, they could make all three Heroes III games into movies at once, and then release them in the following order, a couple months apart: Shadow of Death, Restoration of Erathia, and Armageddon's Blade. The sad part about AB, though, is that the movie would have to tell the actual AB story, so Mutare wouldn't be included. Of course, they might find some way around that. Heroes Chronicle movies could also be made, and Clash of the Dragons has Mutare in it. Speaking of which, has anyone played clash of the Dragons? If so, can you tell me what happens to Mutare in it? I'm sort of trying to put together a mental biography of her.
Speaking of Mutare, I wrote a Ballad about her, which should kick the hairy butts of Icubus's "stories"(sorry, I just had to say that; no offense):
Greedy Overlords and Warlocks abound,
In the nation of Nighon, underground.
But in this realm of champions tall,
There is one greater than them all.
She literally started out as zero,
And then became a Nighon hero.
Not even twenty years ago,
A woman with nothing for herself to show,
Brought a child into her care,
When she gave birth to Mutare.
Since the woman was in will quite weak,
And scarcely could afford to eat,
Twelve year-old Mutare she had to abandon,
To survive her horrid famine.
But Mutare was a sturdy lass,
And very easily surpassed
The street urchin’s lowly class.
Now, Mutare had determination of which to boast,
A quality that Dragons admire most,
And at the very least,
Had an affinity for the beasts.
With their aid,
Mutare quickly made,
The honorable rank of general,
To be part of the Overlord Rauric’s arsenal.
But she resented Rauric’s control,
And vowed to break his iron hold.
Mutare’s chance came in time,
When at a feast Rauric had too much wine.
He then said, quite stupidly,
“Unless a woman can appear beautifully,
SHE AIN’T WORTH A DIME TO ME!!!”
Well, this made Mutare really mad;
She called Rauric names that are really bad.
And because the young hothead couldn’t keep her cool,
Mutare challenged Rauric to a duel!
Now, you can probably guess who won’
When she cut off Rauric’s head, Mutare was champion!
So Mutare became a Dungeon Overlord,
But eventually got kinda bored.
You see, Mutare knew this neighboring lord,
Called Ordwald, he had riches, horde upon horde!
And the thought never entered the old geezer’s bald head
To do something with his power besides snoozing in bed.
Well, Mutare started tryin’ to take Ordwald down,
But he was nowhere to be found.
Now, during her campaign against Ordwald,
Mutare learned more about the geezer bald.
It turned out Ordwald had spent his life and dough
On searching for a Vial that long ago
Was filled with the Dragon Father’s blood
To become the fabled Vial of Dragon Blood!
Just then, Mutare cracked an evil smile,
For she too knew the legend of the Vial.
She knew, and I’m not braggin’
That if she drank it she’d become a sentient Dragon!
Oh, this was more than Mutare could stand;
She hurried to get her Dragon Band.
She said, “Listen boys, I’ve got a plan
That’ll make me the strongest lord in the land;
Into a Dragon I’ll transform,
And make Ordwald wish he’d never been born!”
Well, Mutare and Ordwald the Vial chased,
And you should know who won the race,
It was Mutare who found the Vial’s resting place!
Now Mutare is Mutare Drake
And then it was a piece of cake
To defeat Ordwald and his lackeys
Making Mutare happier than happy!
Now, judging by what I’ve so far seen,
By Heroes IV, Mutare will be Nighon’s Queen!
I've been itching to post this, but I haven't found a good place to until now.
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ozzyosbourne
Bad-mannered
Famous Hero
Riddler of the Sky
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posted July 17, 2001 02:51 AM |
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damn! did you write that??
haha, i have a beat going done for that on my bass.. ill put guitar riffs to it later though.. Good snow you have there though....
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dark_hunter7
Known Hero
Order, mages, lords, the RULE
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posted July 17, 2001 05:04 AM |
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an homm movie should be made, Im sure all homm fans will see it along w/ many others... except I know humans would be greatly involved so that would kinda be stupid... but on the other hand It would be quite successful! 
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LadyLily
Known Hero
The Iron Maiden
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posted July 17, 2001 04:53 PM |
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HoMM movie does sound good. BUt I see one problem, and I believe this has been addressed before. There are so many heroes and creatures and towns....putting them all in may be too much and ruin the story. It would be best, I think, to just center around one character. Which character is up to the directors.
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Xenophanes
Promising
Famous Hero
Chief Consul to Queen Mutare
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posted July 17, 2001 05:13 PM |
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Does the first page of this thread exist? If it does does anyone read it?
O.O.,
I did write that. It's 71 lines long. LOL! I didn't, however, make up the story(the Ballad is modled after an expanded version of Mutare's bio. that you can find on 3do.com, and the Dragon Blood Campaign), I simply put Mutare's life story into verse. I still think I did an excellent job, though.
Dark Hunter is right.
Lady Lily,
In a Heroes movie, you wouldn't have to show ALL the Towns and ALL the creatures - just the ones that are important. About focusing on one character, yes, that's pretty much what I'm suggesting. Take the Roland/Archibald conflict, with Roland being the main character, and make a good, keyword GOOD movie out of it.
Then, after that is done, make the three Heroes III's: Shadow of Death, focusing on Crag Hack, Gelu, Yog, and Gem; Restoration of Erathia, focusing on Queen Catherine and her fight to save Erathia; and Armageddon's Blade, telling the story of the Actual Armageddon's Blade campaign game.
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ozzyosbourne
Bad-mannered
Famous Hero
Riddler of the Sky
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posted July 17, 2001 07:36 PM |
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oh....
hmm. thats true....
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Incubus
Disgraceful
Adventuring Hero
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posted July 18, 2001 07:17 PM |
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I don't know.. but!
I think the Queen of death must be the Head Villain... She is arch rival to Queen catherin... And also something with the lich or something.. MANY CREATURES! Some only fighiting other have more cool roles in the films!
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Harukaba
Tavern Dweller
Wandering Fighter of Justice
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posted July 18, 2001 09:34 PM |
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There are two aspects to HOMM, only one of which should be focused on in a move. One is the building of the towns and the molding of the heroes with the right skills and the right attributes. The other is the stories of the heroes and the conflict between nations.
While the former is very important in the game, that won't make for a good movie. It's the latter that has to be emphasized for a movie to be interesting. The good thing about HOMM is that it has built-in conflict between races and nations and it has a whole bunch of very interesting heroes. The conflicts and the races and the nations and the heroes are intertwined and the campaign stories are already very interesting.
So you have two choices. Use the framework that the HOMM games has provided to make a movie that doesn't use any of the existing campaigns and/or heroes or take a campaign or campaigns and put them on the big screen. The former could be more creative but it's riskier because that depends on the writers understanding the world of HOMM. The latter is safer but for us who have played the campaigns, it might be a bit boring because we already know what will happen. It would be like showing the Steadwick campaign because we already know that the castle falls and then gets reclaimed later. That's interesting but us HOMM players know what is going to happen.
What do I think? I think that the existing heroes should be used, especially the campaign heroes, so HOMM players have some familiar faces. The heroes should look the same and have the same skill specialties. The countries should be familiar and there should be battles where we see the creatures use their attacks in their full glory. Lots of magic (including Frost Ring!). The story can be something new which would interest everyone or you can use an existing campaign but it has to be done so that HOMM players don't already know what is going to happen. Most importantly, I don't want any screen time given to any kind of romantic relationship. No kissing. No undressing. I want battle and drama and conflict and no mushy stuff.
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LadyLily
Known Hero
The Iron Maiden
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posted July 22, 2001 03:54 PM |
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Well, I still kind of have a bad flavor about this movie, if it ever came out. You could actually show all towns and heroes in the game, but to go into any depth at all about them would take a lot of time! This is a whole different world that maybe more complex than ours. You have the different magic spells, skills, heroes, towns, creatures.
I would think this "movie" would be better as a mini-series. There you could explain more things than in a movie, have more air time, and continue it for a much longer time than if it was a movie.
Don't you want something that isn't like "here is this, he kills this, everyone is happy" kind of movie?
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Death
Known Hero
LEGEND OF HELL
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posted July 22, 2001 09:18 PM |
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hmmm
I think this movie is a not so bad idea, but what will be in the moovie??? The restoration of Erathia? Armagedons blade? Youst look. I must know about what will be the movie!!!
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Thunder
Responsible
Famous Hero
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posted July 22, 2001 10:45 PM |
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Use restoration of erathia campaigns!
Those were best. Something like armies leaded by heroes would clash together with good storyline and so on. And of course it should be made without actors and whully by computer craphics.
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Oldtimer
Honorable
Supreme Hero
Please leave a message after..
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posted July 23, 2001 03:05 AM |
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If you wanted to make a Heroes movie it would suck and everyone would complain,Case in point Dungeons & Dragons.
If a Heroes story would ever come to light it would have to be as an animated T.V. series and the plotlines would have to intertwine between all 6 catles(if you base it on the original Heroes mold). I would imagine that each type would have a main hero and followers. The heroes would have to go out and conquer the heroes of the other towns. It would be a soap opera type story but would have to have good and evil archtypes that would appeal to kids. Because the only way it would ever be made was if it would be profitable, i.e. the childrens market. Then you could look forward to action figures, lunch boxes etc.
But heroes will never be made because it is an offshoot of the original might and magic series, so that cocept would probably be made first.
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Xenophanes
Promising
Famous Hero
Chief Consul to Queen Mutare
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posted July 24, 2001 01:39 AM |
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Hmmmmmm
Harabuka, you impress me. I've never seen a post that excellent. After all of the cussing, slurring, bad grammar etc. that you see on these threads, its refreshing to hear the comments of people like you. *sniff* I think I'm gonna cry.......
Incubus, why can't you be content to just stick with a Heroes campaign for the storyline?
Lady Lily, I don't like the idea of a Heroes TV show.
Death and Thunder, can you read ANY of the previous posts I've done on this thread? First Heroes II Roland vs. Archibald, then Shadow of Death, then Restoration of Erathia, and finally Armageddon's Blade. After that, we wait until all the Heroes IV expansions have been released, and Heroes IV movies are made.
Oldtimer, yours are the afterthoughts of a very old man.
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LadyLily
Known Hero
The Iron Maiden
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posted July 24, 2001 01:59 AM |
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First Heroes II Roland vs. Archibald, then Shadow of Death, then Restoration of Erathia, and finally Armageddon's Blade. After that, we wait until all the Heroes IV expansions have been released, and Heroes IV movies are made.
It seems what you are talking about at least two movies. Would that be wise? If the first sucked, there would probably be no room for expansion. And I wonder what you can't do in a mini-series that you can do in a movie.
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Lars
Tavern Dweller
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posted July 24, 2001 11:46 AM |
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Heroes Movie
Excellent idea!!
More attention has to spent on D&D kind of fiction.
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Xenophanes
Promising
Famous Hero
Chief Consul to Queen Mutare
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posted July 28, 2001 04:04 AM |
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Grrrrrrrrrrrrrr
What I'm talking about is first a Heroes II movie. It would NOT suck, but, just to humor you, I will say that if it did suck, the Heroes III movies would not have to be made.
If you mean that making the Heroes III movies all at once might be a bad idea, you should talk to the people making the Lord of the Rings movies, ALL AT ONCE.
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