I mean, I'd argue if they did a straight adaptation the actors who should reprise their roles are Seth as Joker and Yvonne as Miranda. I think others like Keith David and Martin Sheen might just be too old to play Anderson and the Illusive man. What I will say, is if I was in charge of making a straight adaptation, I'd give all the money to David Tennant to play Mordin....
I feel like that’s something to do 3 or 4 years after the reaper war is adapted into a 3 season show. Spinoff material. The story is too good to leave in a video game. It would be like adapting Last of Us and not making it about Joel and Ellie
Yeah...a writer who send the passenger car in to space and a EA game dev who had 3 flops in a row ...vary encouraging. Mass Effect complex universe deserves the caliber for example as Redly Scott and HBO combination. I'm afraid we will get another Halo.
@@chrisreed4065 Rings of Power I'm giving more of a pass because I think it's much harder to create a show based on that world and everything simply because there is so much lore that you really have to be extremely knowledgeable about to do a show properly.
They should not do Shepard. Period. People would be too mad if their Shepard is not represented. The Lore in Mass effect is just too vast for them to risk it on Shepard. They have the potential to be the new Star Wars if they do this right especially since Star Wars hasnt been doing so well lately.
yes i agree with you i just cant see the witcher being shepard. i played the last of us and watching the serries just made my head explode from anger. i never got passes episode 2 of that i could not stand them changing it to make people feel inclusive. the only people that would like the last of us serries was the people that has never played the game
@ mass effect fans are just as insane and knowledgeable as Star Wars fans, I wouldn’t risk it. I do like the idea of setting up the next game with this show Like a bridge between mass effect 3 ending and the new game.
@@retrovitamins4398you all have horrible ideas... Folks forgot that this stuff are ADAPTATIONS? Fans of Mass Effect wouldn't bother to see a faithful adaptation of Mass Effect on the big screen, and most of us actually want more people enjoy our love for this franchise, even if this folks would never play tbe games. By the way, Henry Cavill was perfect for the role not only because he totally has that space hero aura, but also because he is a fan of ME as he is from the Witcher. On the other hand IF they decide to go with Fem Shepard, my suggestion is get Emily Blunt for the role, because she has that female badassery from he role in Edge of Tomorrow Outside of that i can only accept some art and design changes if they make some sense...
@@retrovitamins4398 of course it is, you folks are thinking only for what yourselfs believe will be the best, but ANYTHING outside a faithful adaptation is way to much risky, Mass Effect success can't deviate to much from the trilogy, just look to what happened with Andromeda?
I think the first season could follow Commander Shepherd before the first game building up the character and how he got to where he is before Eden Prime. Season 1 then ends on a cliffhanger of them heading to Eden Prime.
They should make Nihlus a main character in the first season. He’s the by the book Spectre that nobody wants around, but by the end of the season he grows on you. And then, Eden Prime
Emily Blunt - Femshep John Krasinski -Kaiden Henry Cavill- Garrus John Goodman -Wrex Karen Gillan- Liara Michelle Rodriguez -Ash Julia Garner- Tali Seth Green- well you know...
Sci-fi often dies over studio budget shock. So I'm hoping for an anthology series starting with the human-centric story of of the first contact war. It would have Turians, but not very many of them since they would be the enemy. If everyone loves it enough to get the studio to increase the budget, then they can do stories with more aliens later.
You know players don't just get to choose the gender of their Shepard, they get to choose their race too. You can make an east Asian Shepard, a south Asian Shepard, a south-east Asian Shepard, an African Shepard, a Hawaiian Shepard, and Italian Shepard, a Middle-Eastern Shepard. Yet your three go tos for Shepard casting were white dudes (all excellent possibilities), but great Shepards would also be Anthony Mackie, Andrew Koji (Warrior) or Justin Chien (The Brothers Sun). However I personally don't want a Shepard adaptation. I want a young David Anderson as the protagonist. That's a 20+ year timeframe to tells several season's of story in the ME universe without ruining anyone's personal Shepard.
Whatever it is, just don't disturb the Shepard or Rider story arch. The universe is large and rich enough to create an original story. Shepard/Rider can be mentioned in the background or at the most make some cameo depending on how successful this goes.
I hope they make it a prequel to the games exploring the first galactic War between the Humans and Aliens, I don't think you can make a show based on a game that has so many choices in game that it can almost be a completely different story the second time you play it, but I wouldn't mind having Shepard somehow involved, whether as a younger soldier before the game or his family and maybe the Illusive Man.
Funny... Mass Effect is one of the few settings were this whole ESG agenda isn't a big deal... Andromeda itself has a trans character, although completely out of place in that galaxy i suspect that there's plenty trans folks in places like Omega and even at the Citadel, all we need is that this type of character make sense in this sort of setting, thats the real problem with these woke folks, the characters they create are completely idiotic and make no sense at all. No one has a problem with trans individuals, but we do have a problem when all this bs is forced ("i'm non binary qunari" Bioware? ). One decent example is Claire in Cyberpunk... She is trans but you only know that if you actually let herself to open to V, and even then the hint is very subtle... Also, Claire isn't a badass mercenary or anything like that, she is just a bartender.
@@efxnews4776 well you're right omega was a mess but in a good way my fear is for them to get away from the essence by trying to go woke. Shepard and the whole crew had personality and we didn't really care about those personalities because every character was well written but imagine they make this game and One of your squad constantly btching about my gender is this is that, call me this call me that 🤮🤮. I always play these games with a female character (even souls/elden ring) because it looks baddass but man hope they dont screw this one up
@@Razumen if properly done, i say why not? As an species Asari are known to blend well with other species because they are very emphatic (and telepathic), if this whole "non-binary" thing is just a cultural trait that Asari got from human interaction, fine, i still think Asari are better than this, but they also are know for shaking and twerking their ass in certain places for mature audiences. As for a collective species perspective, the concept of gender for Asari should be completely alien since they are a MONOGENDER species.
Not necessarily, unless they change her background, because she was genetically engineered to be perfect both in terms of looks and intelligence. They could actually get Yvonne Strahovski who Miranda was modelled after.
@@utlagi3180 Episode 3: The Reapers are non binary - Which they in fact are, right ? 🙂 (i mean hyper advanced syntetics? each is a nation, perfect in own design) - I think reapers WIN in last episode ... happy ending for modern audience 😕
I have a feeling they will do a flashback and hopefully I think the best flashback would be the first contact war. Be interesting to see on screen and maybe even show the illusive man's past
The most played Sheppard option by far is MShep. I love FemShep but the face of the franchise, is trully the male version. You can also expect no matter what a barrage of hate if they chose the female version, regardless if it is good or not
do not make it woke or fem bs most guys that played mass effect with fem shepard did it because we love woman not so we can have fem/woke culture forced on us in games we love...
@@bfedezl2018 if the most played is female shep, why would there be outrage if they did a female Shepard? Where's your logic? Anyways, no one is against female characters anyways, its when they betray and sabotage their characters for an agenda, like they did with the Tomb Raider show.
@@Razumen They said the most played was "MShep" as in Male Shepard, so their logic isn't unsound. However, I think this would be a perfect opportunity to have a female lead show that doesn't mess with the lore in a way that would piss off the fans because FemShep is just as valid as Male Shep. Those who do throw a fit over that would just be petty.
@@jamesmcdonald9313 You also know that the series has to capture the attention of the general audience? Let’s be honest and looking at the track record of past series with a lot of heavy handed choices in regards to representation has left a very hostile environment for any new series. If they chose MShep most won’t complain at all. If they chose FemShep you can bet that there will be a very loud and sadly influential crowd shitting on it from the get go.
Episode 2........wrex wants to get in touch with his feminine side as he is always angry and wants to kill things, so he goes to Mordin for gender reconstruction and now enjoys walks in the park, knitting, and wearing pink dresses
9:38 I don't think the show will launch with the game, because of timing. The Fallout TV show started filming in July 5, 2022. Its first episode aired April 10, 2024. Games have been taking much longer to develop and produce. Perhaps the good news is, after Veilguard BioWare said they will be entering into production of Mass Effect, which suggests the development is done, so we can expect it sooner. As for my thoughts as to what I want from the next Mass Effect? I like Andromeda. So I have nothing to add. If Andromeda was released today, I would say it would be above average compared to games that are being released today.
Given he was in talks the first time around and went very silent on it, I'd say it's a safe bet he's noped out long before this announcement was made anyway.
IMO the show shouldn't touch the story of the games, and instead focus on other parts of the lore, like the first contact war. It's the best way to not disappoint the fanbase and at the same time give creative freedom to the show writers.
They should start from the time when they find prothean data on Mars for the first time and how they find mass relays and intergalactic travelling,meeting aliens,first contact war etc....atleast for first season... Also i want MaleShep,if they go for Shepard's story...Cast whoever they want,but should make it Male.... IMO the main guy from the movie Avatar 2009,can be a good pick for Commander Shepard...
@@remy090Overzealous focus on "inclusivity" - token characters. Lackluster story from writers who have little talent but are from diverse backgrounds. Cringey dialogue, playing it safe with themes and actions, as to not offend some small percentage of the audience, disregard for the source material in favour of poor creative license (often to race swap, question sexuality) need i go on?
@@remy090numbers speak louder than your words, if it's not made for the majority, then your fantasy panderverse adaptations of everything is a lost cause. At least you'll be one of 10 people who will enjoy this series lmao woke is trash, and it's killing big film. Good luck 😂
Remember folks… an adaptation doesn’t mean it’s canon. LOTR, Resident evil, game of thrones, dune, the expanse, the list goes on. None of those are canon to their source material. Keep that in mind and you’ll be far more likely to enjoy whatever they come out with. As long as it’s good anyway. If it’s shit it’s shit cough* rings of power cough*
That south Africa director Neil blomkam he will make an epic mass effect series he directed district 9 and elysium both awesome movies citadel reminds me of elysium he should definitely direct it
BioWare is involved temper your expectations. We haven’t seen what BioWare is going to do to the Mass Effect universe with ME5. If Veilguard is any indication, then the show and game will flop.
Don't want them to retread the ME trilogy story arch. Every ME fans knows it already. Fallout TV series didn't retread the same story. It added it and expanded it while staying true to lore. How about 'First contact'? It's a better introduction without upsetting peoples' choices.
I would prefer a male Shepard myself and also throw in Sam Heughan in the mix for casting. He's a solid lead but has yet to break into stardom. He's massive and charismatic enough to be believable as a soldier and someone who can pull a disparate team of individuals together. My big ask regardless if they choose a male or female protagonist is to make them pan, to reflect how in the game you can romance _anybody_ 😄
Uh as much as I hate to burst your bubble even though they are doing it with live action to be able to bring the aliens like garrus , liara, wrex and tali and the rest of the aliens depending if their series goes through all four game which would require at the very least four seasons if not more but as I said to make the aliens characters they would need CGI which is expensive so I wouldn't expect for the TV series to be free on prime or if it is prime will include it but add the cost to the subscription price so just be prepared for that
Mass effect is one of my favorite video games of all time. And it honestly breaks my heart that its being made today. The way gaming and cinema is going I have very little hope that this show won't be the typical trash they keep trying to feed me recently.
I see two possibilities. They make a banger respecting the source material, or they do what everyone does right now and they create another Dragon Age Queerguard, Rings of Crap or "Insert failed woke attempt" here. I sincerely do hope they just do like Last of Us and try to be as loyal as possible to the source material, or just go down like Halo or any of those crap adaptations. If is good, hell yeah. If its another cashgrab killing the franchise, i'd rather they don't touch it.
@@SwingAndAMiss21Everyone is sick to death of the woke crap being shovelled down the throat at every opportunity. We just want good stories, characters and experiences. It's NOTHING to with "people that don't look like me" It's funny that the people of this ideology have no real point or arguement in their defense..just resort to childish insults or cry isms at every opportunity. Grow up.
The mass effect series within my mind, is always going to better than anything they make. But, I love the series, so anything Mass effect is good. I hope they keep the lease flare, and cool world.
If they go with the game story and following Shepherd I will be worried as it could upset a lot of people, even if they don't push any agenda's, as Mass Effect is a multiple choice game and so it will make some people's playthroughs feel pointless to play, especially when they go to replay the games as they might not be considered canon anymore. Instead, I would like them to do an original story, either a story that goes along at the same time as the games or perhaps exploring the first contact war between Humanity and the Turians, now yes this would likely not involve characters we know and love but I think it could be a good step for new viewers to step into the universe while also showing fans of the franchise what happened in the war and we could end up meeting characters we've either met or heard of such as Alec Ryder who I believe was part of the first team who went through the Sol Mass Effect Relay and I think played a big role in the First contact war, there's also Ashley's father/Grandfather (can't remember which) who of course was the man behind the only outpost, or something like that, to surrender to the Turians. But regardless, I'm glad Mass Effect is getting some love and with the people behind it, it should be a good thing. But as I said, I'd like them to go down the Fallout route and doing an original story, instead of retelling the story we already know and make some of our choices pointless.
Season layout Not a perfect layout but there is just so much lore, and don't want it speed run from one gunfight to the next. Season 1 : ME1 upto Virmire. Season 2 : Ending of ME1. Season 3 : Opening of ME2, split the team up to Shepards revival. Gives a chance to explore Cerberus and backgrounds of upcoming squad. Season 4 : ME2 main story up to Legion. Season 5 : ME2 main story /loyalty missions and to the end. Season 6 : Arrival /overlord /shadow broker Dlc - Reapers arrive on earth. Season 7 : ME3 and ends at start of Quarian Geth War. Season 8 : ME3 Leviathan to the end. Final Christmas TV Movie special : Citadel Dlc - Best to keep it separately, different tone to rest of the game and a love letter to the fans. Something to look forward to after the final season blues.
The smart money is to make a story in the universe but not touch plot of the mainline games and lightly mention the main cast. There is simply too many player choices to start making canon decisions with a TV show that will likely not adapt well enough to garner acclaim with the fan base. The dumb money would start deciding canon while watering down the story to appeal to the widest audience imaginable, which is where I would place my bet. Something akin to Andromeda is likely to be the safest, and likely most profitable direction to go (Just have better writers). Normies will consume anything that you throw in front of them, where as legacy fans can very quickly turn the discourse around your show into an absolute nightmare if you touch sacred cow details about the IP. Do what Fallout did, not what Rings of Power did. New, original story, set in the Mass Effect IP. Respect the lore, mostly, and don't touch any of the pre existing stories or characters any more than is absolutely necessary. The legacy fan base will either have a "meh" opinion of the show or will be free advertising as they drag their normie friends in to watch it. Mess with lore and pre existing narratives/choices, and you will turn the legacy fan base into a toxic war zone that will turn normies off out of shear risk avoidance.
Here's hoping that if/when this show is released that it doesn't end up going the same way as the Halo series! I would comment more but my face is tired 🥱
Sorry about Henry Cavill is not the guy to play Commander Shepard he was perfect for Gerelt of rivia but they are too different. Shapard isnt a very handsome guy hes rough around the edges but has impressive leadership and charisma. I think Chris Evans would be a really good pick actually not only for his acting style but also he looks a lot like the standard Commander Shepard
Considering these times, I doubt this is good news. Furthermore, it is extremely difficult to do justice to something so vast, which has different visions for different people.
Series should start with the discovery of the Mass Effect itself and then build up towards the events of the games. I don't really see the point of watching what I played. The experience wouldn't be near what I had when playing.
Imagine Warner bros buying the film rights to Harry Potter in the late 90s and making a film about a wizard named Jimmy Shoestring because some people already read the books and knew the story beats. Nah they should adapt the original story first imo. As much as I think a completely new story would be cool, I think it’s too early
as shit as it would be for them to flop it i think itd be worse if it its really good but doesnt get a second season. "but why wouldnt it get a second season?" who knows there have been great TV shows in the past that didnt, show runners want to move on and do something different, studio decides they want something different in their library, all sorts of personal/business shit unaffected by the success of the show. just look at The Get Down. beloved by many hip hop fans with a great creator (same person who did the great gatsby) high score on rotten tomatoes but just got dropped. i'd also say 15ep for 1st season 10 seems too lil even at 1hr each
Episode count is not going to be anywhere near 10 episodes. This is going to be expensive with sets, cgi and your cast is not realistic in cost either.
Unpopular opinion: I hope it doesn't just tell the story of the games. Firstly, Shepard him/herself is going to be a problem - a character that can be any gender, any ethnicity, any class, any sexuality, etc, they'll need to make a choice, and whatever choice they make is going to be unpopular to some people. I don't particularly want to see a they/them lesbian Shepard, and I'm sure others don't want a straight white male Shepard, so either way they're going to annoy someone. Secondly, we have that story already, why do we need it told again?
Mixed feelings about all of this, but first contact with Turians seems cool and femine Shepard i dont mind if only without stupid Agenda 'message' vibes
I"m extremely concerned about this series. I think it's a kneejerk reaction and a desperate attempt to scrape together revenue for a dying studio. I'm worried they're going to forfeit the soul of the ME series for the sake of that sweet sweet licensing paycheque. I don't think they'll get Henry Cavil, he was already named to be in the series and seems to have stepped back from it - which is a shame because at least he'd have fought for respecting the source material. As it stands I have zero faith in BioWare/EA to make it good, or even police the decisions Amazon make about retconning or changes to the lore. I would pretty much assume they will change it at will with no care for the OG player base. BioWare have made it abundantly clear recently that their original customers are less than nothing to them. I MIGHT watch it out of curiosity if they do a prequel to the original games... something like the First Contact wars. Something where Shepard is not the star. OR I could also tolerate them doing a post ME:Andromeda series, where the missing DLC are covered, though that might be too niche for a mainstream series that is trying to draw in as much revenue as possible. I dunno... I'm just about ready to pretend BioWare and its associated games and media don't exist. I'm just so gut wrenchingly disappointed with them after Andromeda... they aren't even trying to produce mature, gritty, high quality products anymore.
If it is femshep, it is likely doomed. If it is male shep ... and he isn't black ... then this show has a chance. If I were in charge I would have Shepard in the background, doing the ME1 plot, while the TV show shows the world everywhere Shepard isn't.
Why is femshep or black male shep doomed? It doesn't break the lore. Surely you just pick the best actor for the job considering that Shep's ethnicity is ambiguous.
@@tylersheehan-ford4047 Cause people right now are more and more annoyed with DEI. If they see femshep they will instantly smell the wokeness incoming, Liara being a they/them and perhaps Garrus being trans ... or worse. If it is simply the shepard we know from the box of ME1 then that is a clear sign for "we stick to what works". No, a blackshep or femshep are not inherently woke or bad at all, but after Wokeguard Bioware has no trust from most who dislike the DEI nonsense.
but pleaaaase keep the serious tone and dont make it woooooooke pleaaaaaaaaaase pleeeease im ok with a femshep, i always play as her but dont fck this one up pleeeeeeeeease
I love all these people in the comments section actually thinking they can come up with better ideas for a Mass Effect TV show then actual professional writers LMAO. I have news for all of you You can't.
Why are people selling their stuff to Amazon to be destroyed? Amazon is the worst company ever for movies and TV. Not one show they make is worth watching not one.
So firstly we don't know if this is gonna be an adaption, or just a show set in the ME universe like the Amazon fallout show. That said, IF the show is an adaptation, I think 100% it SHOULD be fem shep. I think this is one of the prime examples of where a studio COULD make a female lead for a show, without it feeling like they are making it female for the sake of it. Plus, I think fem shep is just a bit more interesting, instead of it being yet another sci-fi show with a male lead actor.
Nope, people who didn't main femshep won't be happy, it's best to not have Shep at all, like first contact war with Saren, Illusive man, Anderson, Kahlee, etc..
@@v5k456jh3 I mean, I think it's more likely they are doing a straight adaptation tbh. But onto your point about male shep, I'd argue that there's actually a love more love for fem shep than male shep nowadays. Also, I think one of the problems a show may face is, like you said, making people not happen, most notably with potential choices and romances. So, I think if they did fem shep, at least that would be different to what probably a majority of people experienced, and they can basically use it to set the stage that the show is it's own choices, and isn't going to invalidate anyone's cannon for the choices they made when they played the trilogy.
This video in a nutshell: Mass effect has the potential to be great if done right. Amazon just greenlit the mass effect TV series. They had success with Fallout and The last of Us. And now that mass effect has been greenlit, a mass effect TV series will be happening. It could be good because Fallout and The Last of Us were a success. (Just repeat all the above a few more times and that's your video. Feel free to thank me for saving your time.)
I think you need to take in to account that fallout the show, was a success because it wasn't as SHIT as most new shows are, it's not that great a show.
It's not perfect, and I would call it great, but it's good, verging on very good. I mean, I was so fucking impressed with all the practical effects, let alone some of the story points. The main thing I wasn't really keen on was the romance between Lucy and Maximus.
Seth green as joker please
I mean, I'd argue if they did a straight adaptation the actors who should reprise their roles are Seth as Joker and Yvonne as Miranda. I think others like Keith David and Martin Sheen might just be too old to play Anderson and the Illusive man.
What I will say, is if I was in charge of making a straight adaptation, I'd give all the money to David Tennant to play Mordin....
Seth green as joker is terrible, Seth doesn’t even sound or look like him
Joker as Seth Green please.
@@retrovitamins4398 Are you retarded? Seth Green VOICED Joker in Mass Effect.
@@retrovitamins4398 He literally just uses his natural speaking voice for Joker...
They should really do first contact
I feel like that’s something to do 3 or 4 years after the reaper war is adapted into a 3 season show. Spinoff material. The story is too good to leave in a video game. It would be like adapting Last of Us and not making it about Joel and Ellie
Yeah...a writer who send the passenger car in to space and a EA game dev who had 3 flops in a row ...vary encouraging.
Mass Effect complex universe deserves the caliber for example as Redly Scott and HBO combination. I'm afraid we will get another Halo.
I mean, it's being made by Amazon, who did a very good job with Fallout. So hopefully the producers/studio do the same thing here.
@@remy090 They also completely screwed up Rings of Power. It's a coin flip at this point.
@@remy090 Amazon is not a quality marker... If anything, it just means money to backup project...
RS is no longer in the game since his brother died... But if it was the good old RS... Yeah, I would agree.
@@chrisreed4065 Rings of Power I'm giving more of a pass because I think it's much harder to create a show based on that world and everything simply because there is so much lore that you really have to be extremely knowledgeable about to do a show properly.
Both excited and nervous. We've had Fallout and The Last of Us but we've also had Mortal Combat and Halo. Waiting for more info
They should not do Shepard. Period. People would be too mad if their Shepard is not represented. The Lore in Mass effect is just too vast for them to risk it on Shepard. They have the potential to be the new Star Wars if they do this right especially since Star Wars hasnt been doing so well lately.
yes i agree with you i just cant see the witcher being shepard. i played the last of us and watching the serries just made my head explode from anger. i never got passes episode 2 of that i could not stand them changing it to make people feel inclusive. the only people that would like the last of us serries was the people that has never played the game
@ mass effect fans are just as insane and knowledgeable as Star Wars fans, I wouldn’t risk it. I do like the idea of setting up the next game with this show
Like a bridge between mass effect 3 ending and the new game.
@@retrovitamins4398you all have horrible ideas...
Folks forgot that this stuff are ADAPTATIONS?
Fans of Mass Effect wouldn't bother to see a faithful adaptation of Mass Effect on the big screen, and most of us actually want more people enjoy our love for this franchise, even if this folks would never play tbe games.
By the way, Henry Cavill was perfect for the role not only because he totally has that space hero aura, but also because he is a fan of ME as he is from the Witcher.
On the other hand IF they decide to go with Fem Shepard, my suggestion is get Emily Blunt for the role, because she has that female badassery from he role in Edge of Tomorrow
Outside of that i can only accept some art and design changes if they make some sense...
@@efxnews4776 yea nah lol
@@retrovitamins4398 of course it is, you folks are thinking only for what yourselfs believe will be the best, but ANYTHING outside a faithful adaptation is way to much risky, Mass Effect success can't deviate to much from the trilogy, just look to what happened with Andromeda?
If they adapt it and produce it to the level of The Expanse , then it will be huge. That show was phenomenal.
I think the first season could follow Commander Shepherd before the first game building up the character and how he got to where he is before Eden Prime. Season 1 then ends on a cliffhanger of them heading to Eden Prime.
They should make Nihlus a main character in the first season. He’s the by the book Spectre that nobody wants around, but by the end of the season he grows on you. And then, Eden Prime
Emily Blunt - Femshep
John Krasinski -Kaiden
Henry Cavill- Garrus
John Goodman -Wrex
Karen Gillan- Liara
Michelle Rodriguez -Ash
Julia Garner- Tali
Seth Green- well you know...
Emily blunt will do a great femshep Jennifer Lawrence to as Ashley
Sci-fi often dies over studio budget shock. So I'm hoping for an anthology series starting with the human-centric story of of the first contact war. It would have Turians, but not very many of them since they would be the enemy. If everyone loves it enough to get the studio to increase the budget, then they can do stories with more aliens later.
they spend 1 billion for lord of ring crap
You know players don't just get to choose the gender of their Shepard, they get to choose their race too. You can make an east Asian Shepard, a south Asian Shepard, a south-east Asian Shepard, an African Shepard, a Hawaiian Shepard, and Italian Shepard, a Middle-Eastern Shepard. Yet your three go tos for Shepard casting were white dudes (all excellent possibilities), but great Shepards would also be Anthony Mackie, Andrew Koji (Warrior) or Justin Chien (The Brothers Sun).
However I personally don't want a Shepard adaptation. I want a young David Anderson as the protagonist. That's a 20+ year timeframe to tells several season's of story in the ME universe without ruining anyone's personal Shepard.
First galactic war would be the best place to start
Jenson Ackles as Shepherd. Let's go!!!!
He is too charismatic for Shepard...😅
Whatever it is, just don't disturb the Shepard or Rider story arch. The universe is large and rich enough to create an original story. Shepard/Rider can be mentioned in the background or at the most make some cameo depending on how successful this goes.
I think it might be about the First Contact war, there is so much that can be done and would give a LOT of freedom for a TV show like this
I hope they make it a prequel to the games exploring the first galactic War between the Humans and Aliens, I don't think you can make a show based on a game that has so many choices in game that it can almost be a completely different story the second time you play it, but I wouldn't mind having Shepard somehow involved, whether as a younger soldier before the game or his family and maybe the Illusive Man.
Get ready for disappointment boys and girls, The MESSAGE leaves no franchise untouched.
pleease noooooooo
Funny...
Mass Effect is one of the few settings were this whole ESG agenda isn't a big deal...
Andromeda itself has a trans character, although completely out of place in that galaxy i suspect that there's plenty trans folks in places like Omega and even at the Citadel, all we need is that this type of character make sense in this sort of setting, thats the real problem with these woke folks, the characters they create are completely idiotic and make no sense at all.
No one has a problem with trans individuals, but we do have a problem when all this bs is forced ("i'm non binary qunari" Bioware? ).
One decent example is Claire in Cyberpunk...
She is trans but you only know that if you actually let herself to open to V, and even then the hint is very subtle...
Also, Claire isn't a badass mercenary or anything like that, she is just a bartender.
@@efxnews4776 They're already starting with the Asari
@@efxnews4776 well you're right omega was a mess but in a good way my fear is for them to get away from the essence by trying to go woke. Shepard and the whole crew had personality and we didn't really care about those personalities because every character was well written but imagine they make this game and One of your squad constantly btching about my gender is this is that, call me this call me that 🤮🤮. I always play these games with a female character (even souls/elden ring) because it looks baddass but man hope they dont screw this one up
@@Razumen if properly done, i say why not? As an species Asari are known to blend well with other species because they are very emphatic (and telepathic), if this whole "non-binary" thing is just a cultural trait that Asari got from human interaction, fine, i still think Asari are better than this, but they also are know for shaking and twerking their ass in certain places for mature audiences.
As for a collective species perspective, the concept of gender for Asari should be completely alien since they are a MONOGENDER species.
They still absolutely butcher Miranda, I just know it.
i love miranda her australian acent was sexy
Not necessarily, unless they change her background, because she was genetically engineered to be perfect both in terms of looks and intelligence. They could actually get Yvonne Strahovski who Miranda was modelled after.
We will see!
Episode 1: The Reapers are gay
Episode 2: The Reapers are confused
Episode 3: The Reapers are non binary
Lol. As if one can portray villains as alphabet group today...
Episode 4: The Reapers are transgender
@@utlagi3180ep 4 the Reapers have chosen their pronouns, they/them and now feel so good they are no more interested in harvest
@@utlagi3180 Episode 3: The Reapers are non binary - Which they in fact are, right ? 🙂 (i mean hyper advanced syntetics? each is a nation, perfect in own design) - I think reapers WIN in last episode ... happy ending for modern audience 😕
I love Femshep but I'm not sure who could do her justice.
Katee Sackhoff or Evan Rachel Wood (From Westworld, played Delores) Would do Femshep justice imo.
@@stuffmcstuff399 Katee Sackhoff would be perfect
Milla jovovic , was good in the resident evil series
Leslie-Ann Brant... she was Maze from Lucifer.
Emilly Blunt from Edge of tomorrow😊
I have a feeling they will do a flashback and hopefully I think the best flashback would be the first contact war. Be interesting to see on screen and maybe even show the illusive man's past
The most played Sheppard option by far is MShep. I love FemShep but the face of the franchise, is trully the male version. You can also expect no matter what a barrage of hate if they chose the female version, regardless if it is good or not
do not make it woke or fem bs most guys that played mass effect with fem shepard did it because we love woman not so we can have fem/woke culture forced on us in games we love...
@@bfedezl2018 if the most played is female shep, why would there be outrage if they did a female Shepard? Where's your logic?
Anyways, no one is against female characters anyways, its when they betray and sabotage their characters for an agenda, like they did with the Tomb Raider show.
@@Razumen They said the most played was "MShep" as in Male Shepard, so their logic isn't unsound. However, I think this would be a perfect opportunity to have a female lead show that doesn't mess with the lore in a way that would piss off the fans because FemShep is just as valid as Male Shep. Those who do throw a fit over that would just be petty.
@@jamesmcdonald9313 Ah, I misread it, but yeah, I still don't think most people would care that much if that was all it was. But I doubt it will be.
@@jamesmcdonald9313 You also know that the series has to capture the attention of the general audience? Let’s be honest and looking at the track record of past series with a lot of heavy handed choices in regards to representation has left a very hostile environment for any new series.
If they chose MShep most won’t complain at all. If they chose FemShep you can bet that there will be a very loud and sadly influential crowd shitting on it from the get go.
Episode 2........wrex wants to get in touch with his feminine side as he is always angry and wants to kill things, so he goes to Mordin for gender reconstruction and now enjoys walks in the park, knitting, and wearing pink dresses
Well, at least Wrex can get some really good money for is quad...
And now he/she could procreate?😂
@@Telipinus01 That's the next episode when they have to deal with "period" pain
Indoctrination.
@@Razumen he/she had to deal with that somehow
9:38 I don't think the show will launch with the game, because of timing. The Fallout TV show started filming in July 5, 2022. Its first episode aired April 10, 2024. Games have been taking much longer to develop and produce. Perhaps the good news is, after Veilguard BioWare said they will be entering into production of Mass Effect, which suggests the development is done, so we can expect it sooner.
As for my thoughts as to what I want from the next Mass Effect? I like Andromeda. So I have nothing to add. If Andromeda was released today, I would say it would be above average compared to games that are being released today.
Cavil is unlikely since the Amazon 40k show is gonna be his main focus for a long time especially since he's in charge of it
Given he was in talks the first time around and went very silent on it, I'd say it's a safe bet he's noped out long before this announcement was made anyway.
IMO the show shouldn't touch the story of the games, and instead focus on other parts of the lore, like the first contact war. It's the best way to not disappoint the fanbase and at the same time give creative freedom to the show writers.
They should start from the time when they find prothean data on Mars for the first time and how they find mass relays and intergalactic travelling,meeting aliens,first contact war etc....atleast for first season...
Also i want MaleShep,if they go for Shepard's story...Cast whoever they want,but should make it Male....
IMO the main guy from the movie Avatar 2009,can be a good pick for Commander Shepard...
I think the dude who plays A-Train in the boys could be a good BroShep. FemShep I can’t say because I love Jenn Hales portrayal so much.
Welp, another beloved franchise gonna be trashed by wokazon and this happens to be close to my favorite franchise/universe.
Hey, Trumper, please define "woke" for me. Nobody seems to be able to.
I wait for your lack of response with anticipation....
@@remy090Overzealous focus on "inclusivity" - token characters. Lackluster story from writers who have little talent but are from diverse backgrounds. Cringey dialogue, playing it safe with themes and actions, as to not offend some small percentage of the audience, disregard for the source material in favour of poor creative license (often to race swap, question sexuality) need i go on?
The Expanse was so good with Amazon
@@savagemcflurry9082 So to you woke = bad writing and inclusivity? Lol. You are a bad human being. Please stop taking up our air, ASAP.
@@remy090numbers speak louder than your words, if it's not made for the majority, then your fantasy panderverse adaptations of everything is a lost cause. At least you'll be one of 10 people who will enjoy this series lmao woke is trash, and it's killing big film. Good luck 😂
I don't care about big names, i want epic writting and acting!
don't get excited, they'll manage to ruin it too
Remember folks… an adaptation doesn’t mean it’s canon. LOTR, Resident evil, game of thrones, dune, the expanse, the list goes on. None of those are canon to their source material. Keep that in mind and you’ll be far more likely to enjoy whatever they come out with. As long as it’s good anyway. If it’s shit it’s shit cough* rings of power cough*
That south Africa director Neil blomkam he will make an epic mass effect series he directed district 9 and elysium both awesome movies citadel reminds me of elysium he should definitely direct it
Fingers and toes crossed that it's good and doesn't make me want to puke. Good report.
If they do fem shep I ain't watching. They have always put male shep on all the promotions and he is the most played.
Male Sheppard is just the more iconic of the two and the most played by far. But you know, Holywoke
@@bfedezl2018 I agree with him being more iconic. He has a distinct look unlike female shep. She looks sorta plain.
They should do David Anderson’s backstory
Didn’t we already get that from the Citadel DLC?
@@axelnilsson5124there’s more cool history in the books
Imagine they release 2 versions of the show, done with male shep and one with femshep
BioWare is involved temper your expectations.
We haven’t seen what BioWare is going to do to the Mass Effect universe with ME5.
If Veilguard is any indication, then the show and game will flop.
Don't want them to retread the ME trilogy story arch. Every ME fans knows it already.
Fallout TV series didn't retread the same story. It added it and expanded it while staying true to lore.
How about 'First contact'? It's a better introduction without upsetting peoples' choices.
I would prefer a male Shepard myself and also throw in Sam Heughan in the mix for casting. He's a solid lead but has yet to break into stardom. He's massive and charismatic enough to be believable as a soldier and someone who can pull a disparate team of individuals together. My big ask regardless if they choose a male or female protagonist is to make them pan, to reflect how in the game you can romance _anybody_ 😄
Uh as much as I hate to burst your bubble even though they are doing it with live action to be able to bring the aliens like garrus , liara, wrex and tali and the rest of the aliens depending if their series goes through all four game which would require at the very least four seasons if not more but as I said to make the aliens characters they would need CGI which is expensive so I wouldn't expect for the TV series to be free on prime or if it is prime will include it but add the cost to the subscription price so just be prepared for that
Mass effect is one of my favorite video games of all time. And it honestly breaks my heart that its being made today. The way gaming and cinema is going I have very little hope that this show won't be the typical trash they keep trying to feed me recently.
IT will fail like the Witcher, star wars, rings, Dragon age, and any other that are decidedly pushing "the message" in our faces THEN FU
The Witcher show was great
I don’t hope they do the shephard story, would rather see a new story in the me universe, N7 recruits, traveling the planets with a new threat etc
I dont trust Amazon, im waiting for reviews first when it comes out before watching cause what Amazon did to Rings of Power was just so bad imo
They’re not gonna pick a 40 something to play Shepard.
I see two possibilities. They make a banger respecting the source material, or they do what everyone does right now and they create another Dragon Age Queerguard, Rings of Crap or "Insert failed woke attempt" here. I sincerely do hope they just do like Last of Us and try to be as loyal as possible to the source material, or just go down like Halo or any of those crap adaptations. If is good, hell yeah. If its another cashgrab killing the franchise, i'd rather they don't touch it.
Wah wah wah people who don't look like me bad, we get it. Do you lot never get bored.
Please define woke. Only right wing nutters use that word, but none of them are able to define it.
@@SwingAndAMiss21Everyone is sick to death of the woke crap being shovelled down the throat at every opportunity. We just want good stories, characters and experiences. It's NOTHING to with "people that don't look like me"
It's funny that the people of this ideology have no real point or arguement in their defense..just resort to childish insults or cry isms at every opportunity. Grow up.
i agree but last of us had a lot of things that was not inline with the game after 2 episodes i gave up all hope of it being as good as the game
@@remy090actually your presidential choice candidate used that word specifically....it's on YT. You were saying?
The mass effect series within my mind, is always going to better than anything they make. But, I love the series, so anything Mass effect is good. I hope they keep the lease flare, and cool world.
If they go with the game story and following Shepherd I will be worried as it could upset a lot of people, even if they don't push any agenda's, as Mass Effect is a multiple choice game and so it will make some people's playthroughs feel pointless to play, especially when they go to replay the games as they might not be considered canon anymore.
Instead, I would like them to do an original story, either a story that goes along at the same time as the games or perhaps exploring the first contact war between Humanity and the Turians, now yes this would likely not involve characters we know and love but I think it could be a good step for new viewers to step into the universe while also showing fans of the franchise what happened in the war and we could end up meeting characters we've either met or heard of such as Alec Ryder who I believe was part of the first team who went through the Sol Mass Effect Relay and I think played a big role in the First contact war, there's also Ashley's father/Grandfather (can't remember which) who of course was the man behind the only outpost, or something like that, to surrender to the Turians.
But regardless, I'm glad Mass Effect is getting some love and with the people behind it, it should be a good thing. But as I said, I'd like them to go down the Fallout route and doing an original story, instead of retelling the story we already know and make some of our choices pointless.
Yeah hopefully they don't mess it up
if will not be hanry then will be Pablo Schreiber i love both !
Better be on cable
Emely Blunt as femshep could be fun
I noticed you didn’t mention the Witcher TV series.
I did briefly
@@stillsolo I guess I missed it.
I don’t think it’s greenlit yet. But id say fallout’s success guarantees it
My choices for Commander Shepard are 1# Henry Cavil - 2# Scott Adkins
Season layout
Not a perfect layout but there is just so much lore, and don't want it speed run from one gunfight to the next.
Season 1 : ME1 upto Virmire.
Season 2 : Ending of ME1.
Season 3 : Opening of ME2, split the team up to Shepards revival. Gives a chance to explore Cerberus and backgrounds of upcoming squad.
Season 4 : ME2 main story up to Legion.
Season 5 : ME2 main story /loyalty missions and to the end.
Season 6 : Arrival /overlord /shadow broker Dlc - Reapers arrive on earth.
Season 7 : ME3 and ends at start of Quarian Geth War.
Season 8 : ME3 Leviathan to the end.
Final Christmas TV Movie special : Citadel Dlc - Best to keep it separately, different tone to rest of the game and a love letter to the fans. Something to look forward to after the final season blues.
The smart money is to make a story in the universe but not touch plot of the mainline games and lightly mention the main cast. There is simply too many player choices to start making canon decisions with a TV show that will likely not adapt well enough to garner acclaim with the fan base. The dumb money would start deciding canon while watering down the story to appeal to the widest audience imaginable, which is where I would place my bet.
Something akin to Andromeda is likely to be the safest, and likely most profitable direction to go (Just have better writers). Normies will consume anything that you throw in front of them, where as legacy fans can very quickly turn the discourse around your show into an absolute nightmare if you touch sacred cow details about the IP. Do what Fallout did, not what Rings of Power did. New, original story, set in the Mass Effect IP. Respect the lore, mostly, and don't touch any of the pre existing stories or characters any more than is absolutely necessary. The legacy fan base will either have a "meh" opinion of the show or will be free advertising as they drag their normie friends in to watch it. Mess with lore and pre existing narratives/choices, and you will turn the legacy fan base into a toxic war zone that will turn normies off out of shear risk avoidance.
We dont want Henry Cavill. Not every freaking show has to have Henry Cavill. He played in too many already. Let someone else have a chance!
Female Shepard is the original design.
We need more vega
Dwayne Johnson would be the most fitting as they basically have the same build
Need 20- 30 episodes minimum. They need to do a good job. Not just chop up the story and give tiny tide bits.
Here's hoping that if/when this show is released that it doesn't end up going the same way as the Halo series! I would comment more but my face is tired 🥱
Sorry about Henry Cavill is not the guy to play Commander Shepard he was perfect for Gerelt of rivia but they are too different. Shapard isnt a very handsome guy hes rough around the edges but has impressive leadership and charisma. I think Chris Evans would be a really good pick actually not only for his acting style but also he looks a lot like the standard Commander Shepard
Chris's pratt will be best for maleshep Megan fox for Ashley
Considering these times, I doubt this is good news. Furthermore, it is extremely difficult to do justice to something so vast, which has different visions for different people.
not sure what to think about these new shows coming up, given the recently flop of big IPs like LOTR
They are going to hire Cynthia Erivo to play Liara and just paint her face blue this time 😂😂
Series should start with the discovery of the Mass Effect itself and then build up towards the events of the games. I don't really see the point of watching what I played. The experience wouldn't be near what I had when playing.
Imagine Warner bros buying the film rights to Harry Potter in the late 90s and making a film about a wizard named Jimmy Shoestring because some people already read the books and knew the story beats. Nah they should adapt the original story first imo. As much as I think a completely new story would be cool, I think it’s too early
@@MagicalSkyWizard I get your point but still think starting at the beginning is the better way to go.
@@markusdoremans5605 I would watch both shows. I do feel like they’re going to go with the original story for this one though.
I don't even want this made.....we all know what its going to be.
Then just don’t watch it it can’t be simpler than that
Please, do not retell the games, make an original story, the lore is deeper than just the games
as shit as it would be for them to flop it i think itd be worse if it its really good but doesnt get a second season. "but why wouldnt it get a second season?" who knows there have been great TV shows in the past that didnt, show runners want to move on and do something different, studio decides they want something different in their library, all sorts of personal/business shit unaffected by the success of the show. just look at The Get Down. beloved by many hip hop fans with a great creator (same person who did the great gatsby) high score on rotten tomatoes but just got dropped.
i'd also say 15ep for 1st season 10 seems too lil even at 1hr each
"Talent" LOL xD
Avoid the Cavill curse at all cost.
maybe
For me the mack or brake for me will be seth green put him back in the pilot set of the normandy all well be good if not then o dear
Jeniffer Lawrence us femshep and Chris pratt us maleshep will be best duo and scarlet johansen us Ashley
Halo is also very epic!😉
Episode count is not going to be anywhere near 10 episodes. This is going to be expensive with sets, cgi and your cast is not realistic in cost either.
Dont care. They gonna fuck it up anyway.
Unpopular opinion: I hope it doesn't just tell the story of the games. Firstly, Shepard him/herself is going to be a problem - a character that can be any gender, any ethnicity, any class, any sexuality, etc, they'll need to make a choice, and whatever choice they make is going to be unpopular to some people. I don't particularly want to see a they/them lesbian Shepard, and I'm sure others don't want a straight white male Shepard, so either way they're going to annoy someone. Secondly, we have that story already, why do we need it told again?
Mixed feelings about all of this, but first contact with Turians seems cool and femine Shepard i dont mind if only without stupid Agenda 'message' vibes
I"m extremely concerned about this series. I think it's a kneejerk reaction and a desperate attempt to scrape together revenue for a dying studio. I'm worried they're going to forfeit the soul of the ME series for the sake of that sweet sweet licensing paycheque.
I don't think they'll get Henry Cavil, he was already named to be in the series and seems to have stepped back from it - which is a shame because at least he'd have fought for respecting the source material.
As it stands I have zero faith in BioWare/EA to make it good, or even police the decisions Amazon make about retconning or changes to the lore. I would pretty much assume they will change it at will with no care for the OG player base. BioWare have made it abundantly clear recently that their original customers are less than nothing to them.
I MIGHT watch it out of curiosity if they do a prequel to the original games... something like the First Contact wars. Something where Shepard is not the star. OR I could also tolerate them doing a post ME:Andromeda series, where the missing DLC are covered, though that might be too niche for a mainstream series that is trying to draw in as much revenue as possible.
I dunno... I'm just about ready to pretend BioWare and its associated games and media don't exist. I'm just so gut wrenchingly disappointed with them after Andromeda... they aren't even trying to produce mature, gritty, high quality products anymore.
If it is femshep, it is likely doomed. If it is male shep ... and he isn't black ... then this show has a chance.
If I were in charge I would have Shepard in the background, doing the ME1 plot, while the TV show shows the world everywhere Shepard isn't.
Why is femshep or black male shep doomed? It doesn't break the lore. Surely you just pick the best actor for the job considering that Shep's ethnicity is ambiguous.
@@tylersheehan-ford4047 Cause people right now are more and more annoyed with DEI. If they see femshep they will instantly smell the wokeness incoming, Liara being a they/them and perhaps Garrus being trans ... or worse. If it is simply the shepard we know from the box of ME1 then that is a clear sign for "we stick to what works". No, a blackshep or femshep are not inherently woke or bad at all, but after Wokeguard Bioware has no trust from most who dislike the DEI nonsense.
If they do femshep and it’s not a red head I’ll be pissed
Who do you think could play as Femshep in the tv series ?
i would say 7 of 9 or nuber6 trich helfer from bsg but they would be to old for the rolle now so i would go for any one of the stalone daugters
Leslie-Ann Brant
but pleaaaase keep the serious tone and dont make it woooooooke pleaaaaaaaaaase pleeeease im ok with a femshep, i always play as her but dont fck this one up pleeeeeeeeease
To do it properly, they'll have to use extensive CGI, 😢
After the DA: The veilguard I guess the series will be a big fat woke agenda with a poor story telling...hope not but I don`t have any hope for that.
Amazon is going to trash it. You know it. Amazon is already attempting to trash Warhammer.
Yeah it's worrying
I love all these people in the comments section actually thinking they can come up with better ideas for a Mass Effect TV show then actual professional writers LMAO.
I have news for all of you
You can't.
Jokes on you, I have 47 writing credits to my name
@@MagicalSkyWizard sure you do 🙄
@@yokiryuchan7655 I’m gonna put a virgin named yokiryuchan7655 in my next hbo project
At this point I’m going to assume it’s just going to be garbage. It will be filled with incredibly competent women and idiotic men.
Why are people selling their stuff to Amazon to be destroyed? Amazon is the worst company ever for movies and TV. Not one show they make is worth watching not one.
This show is about to break new records... in being trash
I hope not
Hopefully, the series does not become infected with woke ideology.
It going to mass woke
The fact that people still get excited when they see stuff like this baffles me.
Because always being negative about everything is a shitty way to live
@ and blind optimism is a great way to get disappointed, though deservedly so when all around you suggests you should be cynical.
Danger danger woke danger danger not to mention future games again danger.
So firstly we don't know if this is gonna be an adaption, or just a show set in the ME universe like the Amazon fallout show. That said, IF the show is an adaptation, I think 100% it SHOULD be fem shep. I think this is one of the prime examples of where a studio COULD make a female lead for a show, without it feeling like they are making it female for the sake of it. Plus, I think fem shep is just a bit more interesting, instead of it being yet another sci-fi show with a male lead actor.
Nope, people who didn't main femshep won't be happy, it's best to not have Shep at all, like first contact war with Saren, Illusive man, Anderson, Kahlee, etc..
@@v5k456jh3 I mean, I think it's more likely they are doing a straight adaptation tbh. But onto your point about male shep, I'd argue that there's actually a love more love for fem shep than male shep nowadays. Also, I think one of the problems a show may face is, like you said, making people not happen, most notably with potential choices and romances. So, I think if they did fem shep, at least that would be different to what probably a majority of people experienced, and they can basically use it to set the stage that the show is it's own choices, and isn't going to invalidate anyone's cannon for the choices they made when they played the trilogy.
They will destroy mass effect.
Just like they destroyed LOTRs
and Dragon Age. And Star Wars.. many more to come im afraid..
This video in a nutshell:
Mass effect has the potential to be great if done right.
Amazon just greenlit the mass effect TV series.
They had success with Fallout and The last of Us.
And now that mass effect has been greenlit, a mass effect TV series will be happening. It could be good because Fallout and The Last of Us were a success.
(Just repeat all the above a few more times and that's your video. Feel free to thank me for saving your time.)
You're free to make a better video if you think you can
@stillsolo Fair enough. I was a bit of a dick with my comment. Just try to avoid repeating yourself so much.
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I think you need to take in to account that fallout the show, was a success because it wasn't as SHIT as most new shows are, it's not that great a show.
It's not perfect but i really liked it
It's not perfect, and I would call it great, but it's good, verging on very good. I mean, I was so fucking impressed with all the practical effects, let alone some of the story points. The main thing I wasn't really keen on was the romance between Lucy and Maximus.