Alpha Centauri: The Movie

[Barinthus]

Actually my orginial purpose (I wasn't clear enough) was to find out what the SMAC/X gamer community would think be best fit for those roles.

I could post pictures for you but I don't know how to do multiple photo posting and I don't want to spam this thread with 14 seperate pic postings. I do have an idea, it'll take a time to see if it'd work.

[SynthetGod8]

I think I said it before, but SMACX is too damn big for one movie. Or even a 4-hr 2-part TV mini-series. It'd have to be a 2 hr 3-part (6 hrs total) affair. Not unless you wanted to confuse the watchers to no end with multiple stories.

The first story could be a UN-Univsersity-Gaian Alliance versus the Hive-Believer-Spartan Hegemony with Morgan being a dispicable bum and selling weapons to both sides. Only a single Gaian woman can overcome the social stigmas and control the mind-worm hordes!

Next, Alien artifacts (Borehole, Manifold, and Obilisk Nexus) are found within Alliance and Hegemony-annexed land causing in-fighting over alien tech that have broken down the Alliance! University hordes secrets, Morgan sells them to the highest (and most dangerous) bidders. Angels and Pirates emerge to fight together for freedom of information. They liberate the Alien artifacts and decipher their meaning: the Aliens are coming back.

The Progenitors crash land on Planet and each new faction forges an alliance. Caretakers with the new Cult of Planet (formally of the Believers) and the Ursurpers with Yang. Ursurpers-Hive forces take back old Hive territory from the University and secure the Manifold. Caretakers-Cult forces ravage Morgan's land and bring him to his knees. Only a mysterious Cyborg known as Aki-Zeta 5 escapes from the University's defeat with information that can save humanity. Can she make to UN Headquarters and convince the diplomatically neutral Lal and Deidre to build the device that will banish the Aliens and save planet?

[Sikander]

Originally posted by Smiley
Who cares about the actors, I'd be more interested in the special effects.

You may have a future in Hollywood me bucko, though the line: Who cares about a script, I'd be more interested in special effects., works too.

[Sikander]

Originally posted by molly bloom
Julianne Moore as Miriam- or possibly Glenn Close.

Roshan Seth as Pravin Lal.

Emily Watson as Aki Zeta.

I love Julianne Moore ever since she played Maude Lebowski, and Emily Watson since Mulholland Drive. Yummy! She has a fragility which might play very well into Aki Zeta's difficulty with emotions. Moore can play imperious very well. Interesting choices.

If Yaphet Koto isn't too old I'd like to see him as Morgan.

Brad Pitt as Svensgard.

Gary Oldman as Domai

Cate Blanchett as Miriam

Val Kilmer as Zakharov - (he'll pull it off, he always does)

[Skanky Burns]

I recon Milla Jovovich would work.

[Ouro_827]

Hmm... interesting... More than one faction could win! I could see a triumvate victory.... The researchers, Aki and Prokhor, with a pacifistic aide in the form of Diedre... Co-op victory!

[Mart]

Would Firaxis agree on preparing or authorising a movie scenario? I think that if made properly that movie might be a great Sci-Fi piece of work. Combination of action and drama, some good additional stories, maybe a good romance somewhere between. Scenarion would have to be good, not to turn the story into bad soap opera

[Commy]

I think Sci-Fi channel would make it into another mini-series, like Stargate SG-1, or Tremors, or probably more like Babylon V. Really though, I think SMAC is a great game, but how many people have ever heard of it! I know one. So, since most of the World has never seen what the SMAC characters look like, do they have to look EXACTLY like those in the game? Couldn't they just look similiar? I think it should be based more on character than looks.

[GeoModder]

Originally posted by Commy
I think Sci-Fi channel would make it into another mini-series, like Stargate SG-1, or Tremors, or probably more like Babylon V. Really though, I think SMAC is a great game, but how many people have ever heard of it! I know one. So, since most of the World has never seen what the SMAC characters look like, do they have to look EXACTLY like those in the game? Couldn't they just look similiar? I think it should be based more on character than looks.

WE now how they look, it MUST be interesting for us as well, you know...

[Barinthus]

I wouldn't want Richard Simmons playing Pirates or Aki-Zeta 5. He could do Zak alto, that'd be interesting.

[Commy]

True, GeoModder, we would all probably be the biggest fans. What I'm saying is is that the characters don't have to look exactly a like. But I can't imagine Santiago or Deidre with grey hair.

[SynthetGod8]

yeah, no doubt that if someone ever green-lit a tv series, the original story would be shredded.
I mean, would there be any point to the show if all the leaders hung out in their respective bases? Would you watch it if the leaders only made cameos?
If anything, the only SMAC-based story that would be viable for tv or movie is the Unity story because they were all part of the command-staff and they had to interact personally.

Why not make a SMAC show a spy show? like "SMAC: Probe Team". Again, faction leaders would be cameos... but I seriously doubt that a show about all the leaders on Planet would be tiresome. A movie would be better, but diplomacy is rarely exciting.

[Mart]

I agree, the movie wouldn't have to be only about diplomacy, and faction leaders do not have to be the only main characters. Spy plots would be really very interesting. Planet's life - mindworms and sentient xenofungus might turn out good material for plots in a movie

[Illuminatus]

Originally posted by SynthetGod8
Why not make a SMAC show a spy show? like "SMAC: Probe Team".

Not the series to start with? Perhaps as a spinoff....

[The diplomat]

Originally posted by SynthetGod8
yeah, no doubt that if someone ever green-lit a tv series, the original story would be shredded.
I mean, would there be any point to the show if all the leaders hung out in their respective bases? Would you watch it if the leaders only made cameos?
If anything, the only SMAC-based story that would be viable for tv or movie is the Unity story because they were all part of the command-staff and they had to interact personally.

Why not make a SMAC show a spy show? like "SMAC: Probe Team". Again, faction leaders would be cameos... but I seriously doubt that a show about all the leaders on Planet would be tiresome. A movie would be better, but diplomacy is rarely exciting.

I think anyone of Ely's trilogy stories would make a great movie. I mean the first book has great character moments and great battles. Just imagine the battle of UN HQ done LOTR style. Seeing thousands of black Spartan Myrmidons marching toward the walls of UN HQ would be spectacular!

And the last book also has some great character moments as well as some great potential for epic battles and great action sequences.

So, I think any of the books would make a great movie with the right direction and cast.