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| Cain Highwind
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|  "First Metroid and now comes a KH Movie"
, posted Mon 27 Jan 22:19
EGM (don't know how reliable their source is) has just confirmed that not only is Kingdom Hearts 2 in production, but a movie is too with a TV series to follow.
I've actually heard some announcement (either Magicbox or RPgamer) not to soon after KH was released in Japan, Disney of Japan saying something about a KH Cartoon series in the works. And with KH and KH: Final Mix HEAVILY hinting at a sequel in the secret Another Side Another Story movies. A sequel's obvious.
I have mixed feelings about this, on one hand, it's a video game movie, and we all know how those turn out.
On the other hand, this is Disney, and since KH features Disney characters I'd find it highly unlikely it would be a weirdly cast Live-Action movie. After the release, and box office failure, of Treasure planet, I heard Disney wants to give up Animated Feature films especially under heavy competition of companies like Dreamworks. So it doesn't surprise me that they want to use Kingdom Hearts to take a nice stab at the competition. They own the Copyright after all.
It would be nice to see a movie like KH then keep seeing all these rather strange sequels to their old classics.
As for a TV series, I have the feeling (or at least hope) it'll be something like Gargoyles. Both the movie and the TV series would suck if they don't consult Sakaguchi and Nomura. If they do, I think it'll be good.
Anyway, what are your guys' thoughts?
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| HazZan 1003th Post
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| "Re(1):First Metroid and now comes a KH Movie" , posted Tue 28 Jan 06:35
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EGM (don't know how reliable their source is) has just confirmed that not only is Kingdom Hearts 2 in production, but a movie is too with a TV series to follow.
I've actually heard some announcement (either Magicbox or RPgamer) not to soon after KH was released in Japan, Disney of Japan saying something about a KH Cartoon series in the works. And with KH and KH: Final Mix HEAVILY hinting at a sequel in the secret Another Side Another Story movies. A sequel's obvious.
I have mixed feelings about this, on one hand, it's a video game movie, and we all know how those turn out.
On the other hand, this is Disney, and since KH features Disney characters I'd find it highly unlikely it would be a weirdly cast Live-Action movie. After the release, and box office failure, of Treasure planet, I heard Disney wants to give up Animated Feature films especially under heavy competition of companies like Dreamworks. So it doesn't surprise me that they want to use Kingdom Hearts to take a nice stab at the competition. They own the Copyright after all.
It would be nice to see a movie like KH then keep seeing all these rather strange sequels to their old classics.
As for a TV series, I have the feeling (or at least hope) it'll be something like Gargoyles. Both the movie and the TV series would suck if they don't consult Sakaguchi and Nomura. If they do, I think it'll be good.
Anyway, what are your guys' thoughts?
Okay, this is just retarded now. Everybody is makin' movies of games.
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| Grave
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| "Re(1):First Metroid and now comes a KH Movie" , posted Tue 28 Jan 12:10
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EGM (don't know how reliable their source is) has just confirmed that not only is Kingdom Hearts 2 in production, but a movie is too with a TV series to follow.
I've actually heard some announcement (either Magicbox or RPgamer) not to soon after KH was released in Japan, Disney of Japan saying something about a KH Cartoon series in the works. And with KH and KH: Final Mix HEAVILY hinting at a sequel in the secret Another Side Another Story movies. A sequel's obvious.
I have mixed feelings about this, on one hand, it's a video game movie, and we all know how those turn out.
On the other hand, this is Disney, and since KH features Disney characters I'd find it highly unlikely it would be a weirdly cast Live-Action movie. After the release, and box office failure, of Treasure planet, I heard Disney wants to give up Animated Feature films especially under heavy competition of companies like Dreamworks. So it doesn't surprise me that they want to use Kingdom Hearts to take a nice stab at the competition. They own the Copyright after all.
It would be nice to see a movie like KH then keep seeing all these rather strange sequels to their old classics.
As for a TV series, I have the feeling (or at least hope) it'll be something like Gargoyles. Both the movie and the TV series would suck if they don't consult Sakaguchi and Nomura. If they do, I think it'll be good.
Anyway, what are your guys' thoughts?
Since Disney's involved, it seems almost obvious that this would happen someday. However.. how they handle it could be a big factor in whether or not it's good.
I really wouldn't like this to be CG.. if it was animated in a traditional fashion I think it could be great. I wasn't much for KH as a game, I quit somewhere around the middle, but I did like the settings and characters a lot. The combination was pretty interesting.
And if it's going to follow the traditional Disney route, the movie will have an excellent cast, and the TV show will be cast with horrible "soundalikes" that can't fill the roles nearly as well. Hmm.
I don't know. This i can easily see as a movie, but the other stuff.. bleh! Video game movies are usually pretty putrid. The fact that the people who're doing the horrible-looking House of the Dead movie have the rights to the Shinobi movie... painful!
However, I look at it this way. Comic movies have almost always been horrible. Comics have been around for a long-ass time, but comic-related movies have only started to get good! I can't really pinpoint why... well, maybe it's because the technology is finally there to make a Spiderman that looks good, and the Hulk looks to be pretty incredible as well. I'm glad they didn't opt for another guy painted green.
I'm not saying that means I think video game movies will ever be a good idea, but maybe someday people will "get" them and stop trying to alter them. They need to stop trying to rewrite the plots for the movie, and instead, write the movie around what's already there. Street Fighter was produced by people who probably had never even played any of the games. They need to work with the designers, dammit! House of the Dead seems like it's going to be too miserable to even enjoy as a MST3K-type experience. Ravers on an island full of zombies? What was wrong with the plot of the first game? ...Okay, don't answer that, but... I really wonder why some of the brilliant minds behind these movies are allowed to keep their jobs.
This post originally had a point but I think I lost it somewhere along the way. Oh well.
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| Dr Baghead 1944th Post
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| "Re(6):First Metroid and now comes a KH Movie" , posted Wed 29 Jan 11:25
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and even a rumor said that the sequel will be a square only game, so the fan could have the dark story they saw in the secret movies.
You know, I'm going to say it won't happen since I've been wrong before... but wouldn't it be more logical for Square to make an all Disney Kingdom Hearts rather then a no Disney KH2? I mean, not only does Disney own all the original characters from the game, but Donald, Goofy, and Mickey are as critical to the plot as Sora, Kairi, and Riku.
A Square only KH2 would be like calling Capcom Fighting All-Stars "Marvel Vs Capcom 3"
I might be wrong, but the whole rumor sounds more like internet-fanboyism more then a real fact.
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| Sano
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| "Re(10):First Metroid and now comes a KH Movie" , posted Fri 31 Jan 09:25
I like Disney's stories (and it's not like Miyazaki is any less kiddified anyway) that was certainly an ignorant thing to say.
I can think of someone else needs to step back and shut up...
Now, my statement had nothing to do with the quality of Disney's stories. It's the way they approach movies that would be all wrong for a KH movie, thinking with their Wallets. They'll aim for the G rating and make sure to include a cutsey sidekick (think Chip, Abu) for the little kiddies named "Googoo Dada" who's signature line will be, "I wuv you Sowa."
At the very least let me demonstrate that I'm not talking out of ignorance.
Now, I don't agree with a lot of things Walt Disney did in his life, but the man was a risk taker and brilliant. He put all of the Studio's Money into making Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs the first Animated Movie ever and if it would of flopped he would of been bankrupt. People begged him to make a sequel to Snow White but Walt refused to ever make a sequel to any of his Animated Movies as he always wanted to do something new and different. After the tried and true formula of making Fairy Tale Movies like Snow White and Cinderella, he went and broke that formula when he created Sleeping Beauty which is completely different in style and story telling. Not all of his endeavors were successes, (Fantasia was a big flop at the box office) but no one can argue that the man wasn't afraid to take chances.
Compare that to the Disney Company of today who thinks - "Part 1 made money so let's make part 2 and if we can straight to video with cheaper voice actors and lower quality Animation! Hell, let's go against Walt's "never make a sequel to one of my Animated Movies policy" and make a sequel to Cinderella, Jungle Book, Peter Pan and others so we can make a quick buck!"
In closing - Making a Kingdom Hearts cartoon the way it's supposed to be - a dark story - is a risk and Disney does not take many of those nowadays.
Now, I'm not bashing all Animation done in the U.S. If you look away from Disney, there are people who are taking risks and trying to push the envelope. Just look at The Prince of Egypt and the Iron Giant. Now, I don't think that Shrek is the greatest movie ever, but why was it praised so? Because the creators realized something that Disney has failed to acknowledge time and time again. Parents take children to see Animated Movies. If you don't find ways to entertain the Adults as well like Shrek did it's going to hurt you in the sales. Something they could do with a KH Movie but they won't.
End long rant. Sorry, hate being called ignorant.
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