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The Legend Of Zelda Live-Action Movie Has Officially Wrapped Filming (www.nintendolife.com)
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[–] 27 points 5 months ago (17 children)

Anyone else feel like the time for this was 2008? Circa Twilight Princess? Fans were clamoring for a movie back then because the games hit peak "cinematic" around that time, TP directly references events of OoT, it feels like a continuity, a single story.

Now? They've done so much with the franchise that it's become a paint color like Star Wars. Is there an appetite for it like there was 20 years ago?

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  • [–] 14 points 5 months ago (6 children)

    There's arguably a larger appetite now, the popularity of the Switch has brought the series to a massive new audience. I understand your point though, Twilight Princess and Skyward Sword were really the peak of the linear, story-driven epics. The newer games have moved away from that formula a bit. I suspect this first film (there will be more if it is well received) will tell a very classic Zelda story that references many core elements of the series (similar to the first Mario film).

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  • [–] 10 points 5 months ago (5 children)

    There's more appetite now than ever before. Over the half the total sales of the series are BOTW and TOTK. There's a whole generation of fans for whom this era is the definitive era of Legend of Zelda.

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  • [–] 11 points 5 months ago (4 children)

    That's kind of my point. in BOTW and TOTK, the story is thin on the ground.

    Literally. It's thin, and it's on the ground.

    I've watched streamers who played BOTW first then play earlier games, and reacted with surprise at how much lore was in them.

    I don't see it failing, sheer force of brand recognition will fill theaters. I'm just not sure they'll get anything good done.

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  • [–] 1 point 5 months ago (3 children)

    I've watched streamers who played BOTW first then play earlier games, and reacted with surprise at how much lore was in them.

    Meanwhile, the lore:

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  • [–] 1 point 5 months ago (2 children)

    I mean, that game contains the in-universe creation myth, the origin story of the series' main villain, the establishment of four recurring in-universe races of people, and a host of ideas they're still riffing on to this day...but this is Lemmy, no non-existent homoerotica will be left uninvented.

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  • [–] 8 points 5 months ago (6 children)

    Twilight Princess......20 years ago.......

    No. That can't be right.....

    checks calander

    ..........father time, you dick!

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  • [–] 2 points 5 months ago (4 children)

    How's your back?

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  • [–] 1 point 5 months ago* (3 children)

    It's painful, and making me captain aggravated!

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  • [–] 3 points 5 months ago (2 children)

    My back pain is why I lost my mind.

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  • [–] 1 point 5 months ago (2 children)

    Funny you should mention a Zelda movie 20 years ago:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tTmK1pu4ZjU

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