'I'm a little bored of movies' - Peter Jackson
Explains Xbox fascination.
Peter Jackson says that he's "a little bored of movies".
Last night the Lord of the Rings director revealed that he was forming Wingnut Interactive - an off-shoot of his Wingnut Studios company - to explore partnerships with Microsoft Game Studios, including an original chapter of the Halo franchise with Bungie and a second, unnamed title for Xbox 360 and Live.
In a roundtable discussion with Peter Molyneux and Bioware's Dr. Greg Zeschuk this morning, Jackson expanded on his reasons, and said that his changing attitude to film led him to explore other options - of which games are one.
"I've got to the stage now where I just end up catching something on DVD and I'm more excited about games coming out in the next 2-3 months than films," he said.
"That created an awareness in me of the shift in entertainment options out there, and if I'm feeling that other are too." On his approach, he said that his ideas - stories, scenarios and so on - might not always be suitable for film, and that's what he intends to explore with Wingnut Interactive.
"We're not going to force a round peg in a square hole," he said.
On his choice of Xbox 360 as the platform, he told attendees at Microsoft's press conference last night that he saw Xbox 360 and Live as "an amazing living canvas ... which allows the storytellers of our time to express themselves in a new medium".
"From a movie-maker's point of view, it is clear to me that the Xbox 360 platform is the stage where storytellers can work their craft in the same way they do today with movies and books but taking it further with interactivity," he concluded.
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I know how he feels, I watched his King Kong
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He is doing it out of love. Pure love says I.
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I know how he feels, I watched his King Kong"
My god, me too. Please PJ don't remake any more films, just make a Braindead sequel or something.
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But of course, his movies are over-rated and you all would've made them better.
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No. I wouldn't have made them better.
I wouldn't have made them at all!
Muahahahaha!
etc etc
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I hate it when Film directors say that. I don't think that they have it in them to create something interactive. Please prove me wrong Mr Jackson.
I've got to the stage now where I just end up catching something on DVD and I'm more excited about games coming out in the next 2-3 months than films
+1
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He could have picked something better than Halo to have a go at though. Stubbs the Zombie.
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'I'm a little bored of food' Peter Jackson
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Oh God, you are joking, surely? I managed to last roughly half an hour with that piece of shite and in that time not a single smile crossed my face.
Will Ferrell always seems to be a funny guy in other people's movies, but I've yet to see him in a movie where he's the lead and have him actually make me laugh.
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Calm down.
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sorry
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"New mediums, dahlinks! New mediums!"
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Speaking from experience?
Really, who the hell are we to have a go at the artistic and creative abilities of the director of the LOTRTrilogy? So what if Kong wasn't amazing: he did it for fun and as a personal ambition. How does it compare to what you last did for a bit of fun? Grow up guys.
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http://ne wsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/42...
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Now!
Get going!
/cracks whip
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However, if he were to do a "Bad Taste" video game, then that might be very interesting! Imagine the visuals of Dead Rising with the story of Bad Taste. I so want to play as Derek. Climbing trees is out of the question though...
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I don't think anyone's saying he can't make a good movie, but there's really no proof that being able to make a good movie is in any way related to the ability to make a good game.
So what if Kong wasn't amazing: he did it for fun and as a personal ambition. How does it compare to what you last did for a bit of fun? Grow up guys.
Apples and Oranges. Some of us can't spend $207,000,000 and take a couple of years out of our lives to do something 'for a bit of fun'. I'm not saying he isn't talented at filmmaking; he obviously is, but we have no way of knowing whether he's any good at making games.
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No I just pulled that one straight out of my ass you fucking numbskull.
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but this could mean that games are getting better scripts, so that good
aslong as he's not just going to make movie-tie ins.. those suck!
ps. still waiting for a good teerminator 2 game
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it's more about player expression than developer expression for me. But whatevs. Everyone's entitled to an opinion. And everyone's entitled to an opinion of everyone else's opinion... in my case, it's a fairly negative one.
No-one is entitled to an opinion of someone's opinion of someone else's opinion. That's where I draw the line. GO AWAY META COMEDIANS.
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But of course, his movies are over-rated and you all would've made them better".
STFU n00b. Cynical is the new black, donchaknow?
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"you fucking numbskull"
Eloquent...no really
@Prettyboytim
"there's really no proof that being able to make a good movie is in any way related to the ability to make a good game"
Agreed, but neither is there overwhelming evidence to suggest that directors are incapable of making games. Point is we should give him a chace instead of getting precious.
"Apples and Oranges. Some of us can't spend $207,000,000 and take a couple of years out of our lives to do something 'for a bit of fun"
Painting, writing a song or a play, sketching, dancing, acting..none of these require a great deal of cash. My point was: unless you've created anything of artisitc worth yourself, keep your half-assed opinions to yourself (I don't mean you by the way
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Cynicism: Describes the opinions of individuals who maintain that self-interest is the primary motive of human behavior, and who are disinclined to rely on sincerity, human virtue, or altruism.
Then your world is a very sad one, and I'm quickly getting sick of it.
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"A cynic is what an idealist calls a realist"
Cynical is the new black
Yeah, but was also the old black too...
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Point is we should give him a chace instead of getting precious.
I'm with you to a point, but would you say the same thing if was Uwe Boll?
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"My point was: unless you've created anything of artisitc worth yourself, keep your half-assed opinions to"
I don't agree with either of those statements. As consumers we pay the bills so,
1. We can express our opinions as often as we want, we paid so we get to moan. If you express them in unconstructive ways then we risk looking like ignorant fools, but that doens't affect our right to an opinion.
2. We don't NEED to be able to do a better job ourselves to criticise. Thats why we PAID someone else to do the job for us. When was the last time you saw a surgeon in a malpractice case telling the relatives of the deceased "I bet you couldn't have done any better"? When was the last time you saw an ageing football coach being required to be better at actually playing than the footballers he instructs? Its just nonsense.
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"Despite being married I never get any sex" quipped Jackson. Who went on to say " The wife says it's her but I see the look in her eyes everytime i put on my Gimli costume. Then yesterday while reading the fantastic Eurogamer I came across the article "Games make you have sex", and I thought bingo, what if i could create a game for the missus! So I decided right then - video gaming that's the way of the future if if it'll help me get my knob polished while I am brandising my axe".
Jackson's and his WingNuts were unavailable to comment on any improvement in his success rate or the title of his forthcoming game.
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Plus Braindead is hilarious.
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Zing!
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"I'm with you to a point, but would you say the same thing if was Uwe Boll?
On principal, yeah, give the guy a chance. OK, his films have been poor, but his films are all about games so I guess that makes him the most qualified director to make the move to the games industry.
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"We don't NEED to be able to do a better job ourselves to criticise. Thats why we PAID someone else to do the job for us. When was the last time you saw a surgeon in a malpractice case telling the relatives of the deceased "I bet you couldn't have done any better"
But Jackson's not the one saying "I bet you couldn't have done any better". It's me, another consumer. I might say to someone involved in a malpractice suit "we don't understand the pressures that surgeons work under and all human beings make mistakes from time to time. Joining the 'sue for everything' bandwagon however makes everyones life gradually worse".
/flies back from tangent
"When was the last time you saw an ageing football coach being required to be better at actually playing than the footballers he instructs? Its just nonsense"
Yes it is, but an ageing football coach is perfectly entitled to criticise as he will have had years of experience playing football and learning the game inside out at a professional level. Quite dismilar to someone who has never directed a game or a film, slagging off someone with a superb track record in one for having ambitions in the other.
I'm all for free speech. I'm even more for informed judgement.
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(Not George Lucas, George Lucas is credited in Star Wars games but always in "Special Thanks"
However what happened? it was done in the decline of adventure games and the rise of 3D ... its still a great classic adventure game.
However directing a movie and being lead developer on a game are completly diferent things, everyone sould remenber how "Wing Commander" movie end up.
So explain to me why sould somewhat without ANY experience in game development would help video games ... its in no way diferent that Tony Blair saying he is going to start working on video games.
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I'd like to hear what their take on it is, since they're in a position to know implicitly what it's like to be in a lead position on a project, and perhaps suggest where a film director background would help or hinder games devving.
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3 oscars
3 of the top 12 grossing films of all time (worldwide box office)
slimmer of the year (2005 tv quick magazine)
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You as a consumer telling another consumer that they have no right to voice an opinion is what I have an issue with.
In fact your qualifications don't really even come into it. The whole idea that someone should shut up "because they haven't created a blockbuster film yet" is what I am saying is nonsense. Everyone has the right to voice criticism, plain and simple.
"I'm all for free speech. I'm even more for informed judgement."
I half agree with you, informed judgement is to be preferred, but I don't believe it should be at the cost of free speech.
If someone says something that you think is wrong, tell them why you think it is wrong, have a discussion based on the facts and maybe you will bring them around.
Don't just tell them top shut up, citing a lack of "qualifications" as the reason. Its not your right to decide who is qualified to voice their opinions, and neither does it actually help you because you never give yourself the chance to debunk what might reasonably be a load of cobblers.
We are sort of splitting hairs a bit too.
"Quite dismilar to someone who has never directed a game or a film, slagging off someone with a superb track record in one for having ambitions in the other."
This can be divided into two seperate things.
"Quite dismilar to someone who has never directed a game or a film"
I would say this is irrelevant.
"slagging off someone with a superb track record in one for having ambitions in the other"
This I would agree with. Its just cynisism speaking when people do that. However, what definies the "superb track record" partof that statement?
Films are made for people to watch. If the people watching the filmdon't like it, you can't defend it by saying "well no-one in the audience is a film director" can you.
Who cares whether someone understands how film making works. "Entertainment" doesn't care. If I watch a film and I get bored, I'm bored, end of story. No-one is going to tell me I have no right to be bored because I didn't study film making!
I'm rambling a bit now, but I hope you get my point. Its a pity that this discussion has to be attached to the work of one particular director, because it means people get edgy if others start criticising the work of someone they respect. I like PJs work, but that doesn't stop me taking issue with your assertions.
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Thats daft. If everyone thought like that then nothing would ever have been done ever. And nobody would be able to start a career in games. Why not instead say 'Good luck to you Jackson, it won't be easy but I HOPE it works out well' because that way we all have an actual chance of a win.
And further to that history (especially in science) has indeed shown quite a few examples of people outside of a field waltzing in a sorting out problems. The others are all too close to the forest, so to speak.
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"I half agree with you, informed judgement is to be preferred, but I don't believe it should be at the cost of free speech."
The liberalist in me agrees with you, but the cynic is pulling his hair out.
Look at it from personal experiences: if you're doing something that you've done before and are doing well, you don't take kindly to people butting in with ill-informed and naive comments. More patient people than me will perhaps take the time to illustrate to the other person their shortcomings wheras I'd rather flash them a look that says "please, for your own sake, shut the fek up and let me get on with this, will you?"
So yes, I'm perhaps a bit draconian when it comes to people with little experience sticking their two-penneth in. Freedom of speech is vital in situations where a person is being wronged. Freedom of speech in a situation where a person IS plain wrong is a liberalists dream and a pragmatists nightmare.
I believe some wise man in China once said something about truly wise men saying very little...clealry I'm not wise!
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a) He's a talented, dedicated and focused chap with years of experience in the arts
b) Few games pay enough detail to well-considered and delivered story telling so his experience could enrich games a great deal. Story telling: the real next gen!
c) We live in a world where employers have realised that people with a wide variety of career backgrounds are more versatile and ultimately desirable than people who've stuck in the same job their whole live. Perhaps they're onto something?
d) His recent films contain stunning special effects created by a team of his own who could be put to great use on games
e) He loves games and is mad-keen to get involved with making them
What more do you want?!
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And yes you're quite entitled to think I'm moron.
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He's well overrated IMO
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I still think PJ is crap... cos.... he is you'd think being a director he could maybe direct a shaver to sort out that scrag end of a beard he has. No wonder he has no luck with the ladies.
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I agree with all your a-e list items. Like I said, I had no issue with PJ getting into games at all, just with your response to those who disgreed.
I don't think you're a moron, if thats any consolation (just wrong, ahahahaha)
@GitSomE UK
With the kind of money he is pulling down, he would have noooooo problem with the ladies if he so chose.
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game world then I'm happy with that and good luck to him.
LOTR was an incredible challenge and although different from the books, I thought that it was great entertainment if a little boring in places.PJ can certainly
create fantastic worlds.
As for Halo Wars,the fact that the game hinges on a war in it's storyline seems to me that it makes sense to create an offshoot to the story by creating an RTS to show the GREAT BATTLE!
As for Halo Kart...well you can already race jeeps with mates on certain maps so there!
Halo Tennis...I'll just shut up now.
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"i want hollywood to keep away from games"
/breathes deeply and thinks of kangarootoo's wise words
OK..why? Can you give us one decent reason why? Games have been moving ever closer to hollywood production values and styles over the last generation but rarely pull-off the story telling aspects. A game that we say has a 'good' story has by filmic standards a cheesy 80's story. Wouldn't it be great if more directors/screenwriters/editors/cinematographers etc. with a real passion for games brought their expertese to the table and worked in partership with game developers?
/breathes out and forgets kangarootoo's wise words
Shut up you ill-informed dickwad!
/attains zen
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One argument would be that the majority of hollywood output is mass-market dross, sequels, style over substance.
Your comments are a tad harsh. PJ is one of the better creatives out there, I have no problem. But Hollywood values and ethos in general (which I believe are already happening) - it's a valid opinion to express reservations.
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Damn right.
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"...but, ...but, he won an oscar! That means he's good in our culture!"
Actually fk it, The Lord of the Rings wasn't that bad... The first film I can live with. Although I got very close to hating it based on the number of people trying to persuade me that it contained some deeply philosophical points about friendship, betrayal, love, death, fking LIFE MAAAAN and the Kyoto treaty. But that isn't the films fault. It's a nice bit of escapism where every last bit of the imagining - down to the name of Aragorns great-great-great-granda - is done for you.
And as a production it should go without saying that it's fking amazing.
*models own
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29-Sep-06 08:22:11 @admir
"i want hollywood to keep away from games"
/breathes deeply and thinks of kangarootoo's wise words
OK..why? Can you give us one decent reason why? Games have been moving ever closer to hollywood production values and styles over the last generation but rarely pull-off the story telling aspects. A game that we say has a 'good' story has by filmic standards a cheesy 80's story. Wouldn't it be great if more directors/screenwriters/editors/cinematographers etc. with a real passion for games brought their expertese to the table and worked in partership with game developers?
/breathes out and forgets kangarootoo's wise words
Shut up you ill-informed dickwad!
/attains zen
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hollywood cant make a decent movie based on a game and you want them to make games . dude are u fucking crayz?
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It all went to shit after the excellent Frighteners for Pete. Except in the money bags sell out sense of course.
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You're sitting there enjoying it somewhat and then it suddenly goes all 'Titanic' on yer ass...
feckin' panpipes...