Should There Be a Metal Gear Movie?

The Metal Gear movie has long been shelved. Should we be disappointed or relieved? Perhaps Hideo Kojima's marquee franchise is best left in the world of video games.

[NukaCola]

I would like one, but frankly I think I love the games and the long in depth story so much more, I wouldn't want to see it ruined by hollywood...and it would be ruined.

MGS isn't something you could fit into a 2 hour movie, without cutting out 99% of the content to fit. I mean MGS has a wiki database that is more accurate in its stories than your world history school books. It's such a fluid story.

But if you must make it. Keep to something simple, like infiltrating Shadow Moses..and for the love of God, kill Uwe Boll if he comes within 200 miles of the movie set.

[ATi_Elite]

HELL NO..........cause like all Video Game movies they would just Phuck it up.

Fan made movies of video games are pretty dam good but Hollywood has NO clue!

*if they did make a MGS movie would it have cut scenes that you actually play sorta how the game has cut scenes as long as movies.*

I've eaten popcorn while watching a MGS cutscene!

[Commander_TK]

I'd love to direct it as a fan of the series, and not ruin it by not following the source material.

[bozebo]

MGS works well as a 20 hour movie. Loved MGS4 so much ^_^

If they were to make movies, they should just be film adaptions of the stories as presented in the games starting with MGS, for people who don't play games. It could be pulled of extremely well, but I wouldn't trust it to be and in that sense I don't think there should be a metal gear movie. Also... the first film representing MGS alone would be about 4 hours long for it to not skip vital details lol.

[nanometric]

Check this site out, they have an excelent fan made MGS movie, imho. Yes, the FX are lacking, but overall I think they nailed it.
http://www.mgs-philanthropy...

[execution17]

wish they would make a sequel

[Undeadwolfy]

Wow... just..wow. For a fanmade project, this pretty damn awesome. Thanks for linking it. +Bubs

[Peppino7]

As much as I love the series, I believe a movie would be an injustice. Considering how complex the story line is... it could never be made into a 2 hour flick. Now if it was like a 3 hour Lord of the Rings style series. Or even a Harry Potter multi movie series then its a possibility. Kojima would have to be behind it though somehow.

[Derekvinyard13]

to be honest if hollywood can screw up a max payne movie, its proven that all video game movies will be a failure. for the people who have played max payne you know you are legitimately handed a script and screenplay from the game. it took real effort to mess that one up.

[versusALL]

Although I wouldn't mind a Metal Gear Solid movie, he makes some excellent points. While as a game it is an excellent series, but as a movie it would be difficult to transcend to film. But hopefully if this gets off the ground it will be as great as the games.

[xstreetsweeperx]

Honestly. The movie in my opinion would be a failure. They could pull it off. I don't know if it would be what I would expect.

[xX-StolenSoul-Xx]

Movies to Games usually don't work. But with this one I really have my doubts. MGS takes hours to let us know whats going on and I doubt it would be impossible to do so without removing a big chunk of the story

[256bit]

if they adapted mgs into a movie it will terrible just like the book they pubshiled 2 years ago.

[DragonKnight]

I think Hugh Jackman would be able to play Solid Snake pretty well.

And of course someone had to say "it's already a movie" herp derp. Geez.

[frjoethesecond]

David Hayter looks and sounds like solid snake already.

[DragonKnight]

He does not look like Solid Snake. You're trying to tell me that this...

http://collider.com/uploads...

Is better than Hugh Jackman, who kicked a$$ as Wolverine?

I'm telling you, Hugh Jackman would be the best person to play Solid Snake. David Hayter may be his voice, but he can't pull off the experienced, gruff looking, veteran look like Hugh Jackman has proven he can.

[zu4G]

and it should be a CG movie, not flesh.. flesh sux

[JellyJelly]

Real dolls ftw!

[DarkBlood]

theres only a few ways to see if it would work is by recording the game and its cutscenes then figuring out how to put 2 hours worth of video together in the process of making sure it makes sense

id like to try this but alas theres no such recording features i have

[morganfell]

I have the new HD Metal Gear Solid as well as all of the titles in their original editions.

And I also have the very rare Metal Gear Solid 3 Existence Edition. This is the 'Metal Gear Solid 3 Limited Subsistence Edition' that was truly limited. Very few copies were produced. It comes with Metal Gear Solid 3's cutscenes all put together with sufficient in game footage between them to tie it together. It makes for a damn fine 3.5 hour movie.

[KrimsonKody]

@Darkblood
It is possible to do so, & thinking about it now, may actually be a fun project within itself. All you need to do is stitch cutscenes wit appropriate (professional & good looking) in-game footage, add a bit of those "real" cutscenes (like the news reports, etc.), & place them together accordingly.

I've been wanting to do that for a while now, but it's VERY time consuming, plus, I'm an artist; I'll never be satisfied, Lol.

[jon1234]

strictly reading the title only

No.

[TheFirstClassic]

No. I love mgs and I really don't want to see one of my favorite franchises messed up. They may not want to keep it completely in line with the game for fear of being unoriginal, but they would probably mess up what mgs is in the process. The game beats the crap out of most movies in terms of storyline and voice acting anyway.

[CloseSecond]

I'm sure there are enough cut scenes from the MGS games over the years to make a trilogy of movies.

[Ulf]

There have already been several MGS movies. MGS, MGS 2, MGS 3, MGS 4, MGS: PW, etc.

All of them were awesome. A non-interactive movie wouldn't be as cool.

[ps3rulz]

I love mgs serise, so i would love a mgs movie but i kno hollywood would f*** it up so nope wouldn't mind an anime movie. Btw has anyone watched the fan made mgs movie called Metal gear solid philanthropy, it actually not bad.
You can watch it online on their site

http://www.mgs-philanthropy...

[Darkfiber]

No.

[KrimsonKody]

"AWFUL" in my Simon voice, Lol.

But seriously;
Would so love a MGS movie, but it WILL be raped & scraped (by Hollywood) by the time the trailer is half way through.
I think the movie can be a good 3HRz, only focus on the story being presented on screen (preferably a blend of MGS 1, 2 & half of 4, they can save Peace Walker, MGS3 & the end of MGS4 for the sequel), & present a lot of MG-esque material, but don't reveal the significance (for ex; have a scene with The Beasts doing something but don't reveal who they are, etc.).
& make it NON-stop, fast paced action & plot-telling, while breezing through the facts (they can have a flashback of sorts that explains, for ex; Olga & Snake's meeting, pregnancy & boat fight, etc.)
It can be done, & would be AWESOME!

Ok;
CASTING CALLs, post here!
Uma Thurman - Olga
New talent - Snake
Mickey Rourke - Ocelot
The Underworld chick with red hair - Meryl
A mean, gritty Meryl Streep - Big Mama
Andy Dick - Otacon (c'mon, this could be his breakthrough chance to show us he's serious business)
Eva Mendez or Sofia Vergara - Young Eva
& Beyonce - Fortune (...whhhhy not...?)

[jeeves86]

You do realize that non-stop action movies are...not exactly the plot-heavy type, right? Metal Gear is all about plot - it's a slow suspense.

Additionally, revealing snippets of something like the Beasts would be fan-service and little else. People who haven't played the game would feel stupid, and the cardinal rule is not to make your audience feel stupid. Make them think? Sure, but only if they can figure it out. That's how Hollywood makes money, to the bane of anyone who enjoys a good video game.

[KrimsonKody]

@Darkblood
It is possible to do so, & thinking about it now, may actually be a fun project within itself.
All you need to do is stitch cutscenes wit appropriate (professional & good looking) in-game footage, add a bit of those "real" cutscenes (like the news reports, etc.), & place them together accordingly.
I've been wanting to do that for a while now, but it's VERY time consuming, plus, I'm an artist; I'll never be satisfied, Lol.

[KillerPwned]

Without a doubt Metal Gear deserves a well made movie.

[SwampCroc]

No.. it does not deserve to be a movie...

It deserves to be made into a 10 part mini-series in the vain of something like Band of Brothers.... with each episode being 1 hour long...

something like that would be incredible and better than any movie.

[KillerPwned]

I see your point and this does sound like a great idea.

[jeeves86]

Agreed. But I'm thinking Hollywood would rather make it into a series in the same vein of Harry Potter and Twilight than see it as a miniseries.

[jeeves86]

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[dalibor]

If it's done right it would be totally badass. No other movie has a metal gear in it really. The first movie would show the metal gear terrorizing nations and how foxhound came to be with snake infiltrating the area where the metal gear is housed. And for the second movie it would have him destroy it somehow. Only to learn who he is at the end and try to stop the organization in the 3rd installment with the walking metal gear tanks as seen in MGS4 as the new threat. There just isn't a MGS movie out there period and it would be awesome if done right.

[Jamaicangmr]

Yes.

Now back to my porn.

[Swiggins]

Seconded.

Now back to my ponies.

[SovereignSnaKe]

-i have such a love/hate relationship with this idea! anytime i see a film with some slight metal gear solid elements, i think..OH i wish we could have a Metal Gear Solid Movie.. then i think about Every video game movie... UGH.. :( or when i beat one of the Metal Gear games i think... man we really need a metal gear movie! :) - i do agree with the above comment, i think i would like some great undiscovered talent to play snake, i just don't want wolverine or batman in the role as snake! (but i do love both of them)

[Hicken]

NO ONE would think the movie was good enough. So no, I'd rather not have to hear all the complaints, even though it would probably be a solid movie.

[muttonface]

Will the chances of Hollywood screwing up a Metal Gear film be substantial? Yes. Guess what though? That was the same with the Batman franchise (and countless others) before Batman Begins came out.

The formula to a great transition into film will take a few things. A more realistic basis, Vampires and an Electric man? No. I don't mean it has to be completely vanilla, you can have nano-machines, even Psycho Mantis (hallucinogenics?) but it has to be more grounded just like the Batman films.

It requires a big budget, 80 million might just be enough but chances are there will be a few compromises. At least 100 million Metal Gear is probably too epic for 80). An altered version of 3s storyline is probably a better than 1 because the Shadow Moses story ... it isn't bad by any means but you can tell Kojima made references to too many past events in 1 which if the writer chooses to copy could alienate some viewers. Plus 3 narrative is self-contained, an origin story and is the best of the series.

Actors off the top of my head is Christian Bale automatically for Snake/Big Boss. He can pull of a similar Snake voice and most importantly he has tremendous experience and is a great actor (American Psycho and the movie where he goes anorexic), if not Hugh Jackman is also good but I don't see him as much as Snake as I do Bale

Ocelot can be Timothy Olyphant (he can be both old and young Ocelot with a bit of makeup). Gillian Jacobs can be EVA she has pulled off the sexiness in Community if you've watched it and has done a few dramatic roles very well ... or Olivia Wilde. Cate Blanchett makes sense for The Boss. Otacon can be Daniel Radcliffe? Naomi can be cast by Natalie Portman. Jake Gyllenhaal as Raiden.

[Soldierone]

No. Hollywood in its current state can't make a good film period, let alone something along the lines of MGS. How many origin stories from comic books do we have right now? And every single time one of these franchises goes in depth we have to start all over from ground one, another origin story. Hollywood simply thinks movie goers are stupid and this movie would turn into "how cool does Metal Gear Rex look?" more than "how good is the story?"

The only argument I have with this article is the "disbelief of Metal Gear" Well what about Transformers?

And to be honest I agree with everything else. In order for it to work for the film audience you need to strip everything out, so why bother? It needs a big budget and in order to get that you need a big crowd, so you can't really go "well lets just make it for the fans" because facing facts, Hollywood doesn't care about the fans they care about the money it will make.

[Slugg3r]

There already kind of is. MGS3 Subsistence's PAL version had the whole game as a 3,5 hour long film in third bonusdisc. Never watched it though but it had some additional scenes from what if heard. Might just watch it now that it came into my mind.

[Hyperbomb69]

No way. Absolutely NO WAY!!!

Nothing can ever replace what Metal Gear is, and thats a VIDEO GAME! I dont care what you Xbox fanboys call it, its a game and one of the best games that exist. How will they replace David Hayters voice as Snake? How are they going to pull off Codec calls? How will they replace using boxes? its not going to work and they should leave it alone. Besides I dont think Kojima will let them do that to his masterpiece.

[Tzuno]

there is one and is low garbage.

[snakeRULZ4ever]

Please, DO NOT make MGS into a movie. Everything Hollywood touches turns to shit. The Metal Gear Saga is already superior to many films out there as a video game. Why? Because of its epic cutscenes and voice acting. No one can ever get the same perfection Kojima achieved, only the man himself.