Diablo II: The Movie... what characters would you choose?

[kingdryland1]

All the chars should be in the game, all seven of them.

No builds should be set in stone. Eg a pally should use his weapon at lightning speed (zeal) and do the odd shield bash or charge. An amazon should use bow and javelins alike. The barb will be the huge frenzied warrior that whirls and goes berserk. The druid will be transforming,summoning etc

Some must die. Prime Candidates are Druid,Assassin and Paladin.

No Xena-like amazons please, the movie should be more a "kingdom of heaven meets LOTR" kind of thing and not a carnival. The game chars are sophisticated. Eg the Paladin is a torn figure. Pure and Fanatic at the same time, loyal follower of a once upon a time good church that has now been corrupted to the bone. He wants revenge and catharsis. The barbarian is the wanderer that returns home after years to either save his kin or die. The necro is a cynical, neutral/"grey" figure that helps but doesn't pledge allegence. etc etc

For the necromancer, there are only two choices for actor. Jeremy Irons or Christopher Walken

 

[Ash Housewares1]

some tacky casting choices, why not just watch Eragon?

 

[SmittySixTen]

some tacky casting choices, why not just watch Eragon?

Feel free to give your own views on plot/casting if nothing anyone else says will appeal to you.

 

[Quietus]

You know, I'd be highly surprised if characters in a Diablo movie used any of their skills with any regularity, because the more you use any one trick, the cheaper it begins to feel. I'd expect most of the fighting to be Lord of the Rings style hack, shoot and slash done by all characters, with the heroes busting out the crazy guns (shapeshifting, Frozen Orb, Claws of Thunder, Bone Spear, Whirlwind, Holy Bolt, Guided Arrow, anything with a strong visual aspect) at various but uncommon dramatic moments. I'd also expect some new tricks that can't really be modeled by in-game skills, personally...one of the silliest things that I can think of is that Druids get only two shapeshifting forms. I mean, come on...

There were originally three - when they were first planning D2 : LoD, he could also turn into a vulture. However, this didn't leave much room for actual attack skills.


I'll put more thought into this tomorrow - I do agree with all of the "Paladin as the head of the bad guys" aspect though. Maybe base the movie off of Act 3 more than anything else, and drop Necropolis, the city of Necromancers, in the jungles of Kurast. Whether the necro is a good or bad guy is yet to be seen.

 

[Dondrei]

How about we go the whole nine yards, Jean Claude Van Damme as the Barbarian, Raul Julia as the Paladin and Kylie Minogue as the Amazon. Because we all know it's going to be that kind of movie.

some tacky casting choices, why not just watch Eragon?

Is that bad in ways other than those that are instantly obvious?

 

[Ash Housewares1]

How about we go the whole nine yards, Jean Claude Van Damme as the Barbarian, Raul Julia as the Paladin and Kylie Minogue as the Amazon. Because we all know it's going to be that kind of movie.

yep

my plot/casting choices are to can the thing, no such movie could ever be watchable

 

[mjpw]

Forget everything that has just been said here. all you woud be making would be another hack and slash movie.

think Conan think anything from that type of film.

if you truly wanted a first class film the main character would be a Fishmanyer necro.

hated by all and he has no real concept of good an evil he just prefers balance. he could do terrible things and not understand the morality of it.

How many of us had kill a monster then respawned it and had it attack its kids

The people look to him as a saviour but really see him as just as scary as the monsters he is fighting. He is shunned as a true anti hero.

Anything else would be only for the fanboys and you lot have to agree this would be far better.

Imagine a scene in the chaos santuary where the gates of hell are stormed by a legion of the undead. whats not to like.

 

[Machina]

Nicole Kidman as a sophisticated Amazon.

 

[Apophis]

that's probably for the best

*Diablo spawns*

'Sorc! Use static!!'

-'I don't have any points in it!'

'ZOMG NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO'

'NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOB'

OMG,sry for OT,but its just soooooooooooooooooooooooooooo damn coooooooooooooooollll, gz for this joke , ))))))) omg i will snapshot this

 

[FlakyBizcuit]

cain- sean connery
amazon- pamela anderson
necro- christopher walken
paladin- the guy who plays wayne palmer on 24
assassin- at the moment no one comes to mind
akara- catherine hepburn (**** shes dead)
sorceress- some indian person whose name i cant pronounce
druid- mel gibson
barbarian- vin diesel

I agree with His Flakiness.

holy crap im copywriting that

 

[LorveN]

Kiefer Sutherland should play the martial arts assassin. His gender is of lesser importance than his skills and whispering voice!

 

[Black Market]

Would that be a nice ending: An act 2 merc who's doing the moonwalk... Connection Interrupt... End.

 

[kingdryland1]

They don't need to invest a single cent in the soundtrack. They should just use Diablo 1 music.

 

[buttershug]

holy crap im copywriting that

Note the dual capitalization.

Anyways who would play Charsi?
Denise Richards?

 

[LorveN]

Note the dual capitalization.

Anyways who would play Charsi?
Denise Richards?

How about Winona Ryder? At least she has some experience in the shop business? :tongue:

 

[FlakyBizcuit]

you mean shoplifting right? btw shes a ****ty actress

 

[batuchka]

I would have the film play out like American Idol and with the barbarian winning of course. Singer build with BO+Warcry maxed hehe Maybe Arnie would play the big barb and maybe Jerry Seinfeld the necro (with white makeup)

 

[Machina]

How about Winona Ryder? At least she has some experience in the shop business? :tongue:

She'd make a good Assassin :shocked:

They don't need to invest a single cent in the soundtrack. They should just use Diablo 1 music.

Well I agree D1 music is good, but would probably be too much for an entire film.

 

[Ash Housewares1]

zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

How about Winona Ryder? At least she has some experience in the shop business? :tongue:

...huh? hey! I've recommended her in every one of those threads we've ever had

*falls back asleep*

 

[FlakyBizcuit]

She'd make a good Assassin :shocked:



Well I agree D1 music is good, but would probably be too much for an entire film.

i agree with both statements