Lost Planet Movie

[Heathen]

MGS actor and Hollywood writer David Hayter said, a few weeks back, that a deal to bring Lost Planet to the big screen was "not entirely confirmed yet". Is now! Variety are reporting that the project's a done deal, with Warner Bros. to distribute, former Marvel pictures boss Avi Arad to produce and Hayter to write. Capcom will be contributing at least some, if not all of the money for the movie, though there's no word on a release window. Expect more info at Capcom's E3 event tomorrow.

[Con]

hopefully it wont go the way of the halo movie.

[Rob Oplawar]

I can't understand how they can possibly expect to make any money off of this when they think it's not worth it to spend it on Halo...

[Hotrod]

Well, it's not the Halo Movie, but it's something. I hope this turns out well, but we'll have to wait to find out.

[DaneO'Roo]

wait, whats this about the halo movie?

It's still happening isn't it.....

[Hotrod]

It's been postponed until further notice.

[Corndogman]

From what I played of the game I didn't like it much at all, wasn't very fun. I don't know anything about the story line though so hopefully it will make a good movie.

[Bastinka]

I played the demo of it on the 360. It was alright, but the story could be interesting. Never played the real deal singleplayer. Game got boring too fast.

[Corndogman]

Same. The multiplayer seemed really boring and stupid on the 360 demo.

[Rob Oplawar]

Yeah, the demo of Lost Planet was one of the biggest disappointments for me with regard to the 360 early on. Never did buy it. So, it's something about post-apocalyptic ice-age earth? Did it actually have an interesting storyline?

[PlasbianX]

Yeah, the demo of Lost Planet was one of the biggest disappointments for me with regard to the 360 early on. Never did buy it. So, it's something about post-apocalyptic ice-age earth? Did it actually have an interesting storyline?

Wikipedia ftw.
The game's plot focuses on the amnesiac character Wayne Holden, his father, Gale Holden, and the past and future of the planet E.D.N. III. After a particularly vicious battle against a large Akrid creature known only as "Green Eye", Gale is killed, and Wayne is lost on the icy plains of E.D.N. III. The planet of E.D.N III is perpetually cold and snowy, originally inhabited by a species of aliens known as Akrid, who forced humanity to abandon E.D.N. III by strength of numbers and surprise. Initially, the Akrid deterred humans from colonization, but this changed when T-ENG was discovered. Thermal Energy, or T-ENG, is a powerful energy source, found only in Akrid bodies, made humankind determined to fight them, for which purpose they created the Vital Suit, or VS, technology, essentially mechs powered by T-ENG, carrying mounted weapons.

At the beginning of the game, Wayne is found on the snow plains by a small band of snow pirates, colonists left behind after the evacuation. References from Rick, the gang tech wiz-kid, suggests that the gang may have been larger at one point, but because of an attack by a rival gang, they are all that's left. The band consists of the cool-headed leader, Yuri Solotov, the wiz-kid Rick and his sister Luka. From the beginning, attention is put into a device implanted in Wayne's arm. Called the Harmonizer, this device feeds from Wayne's T-ENG reserve, and uses this energy to heal his wounds. The game starts off with the gang suiting up for the trek through the mountains leading to the dome where Wayne last saw Green Eye. Along the journey they meet a woman named Basil, who has VS piloting skills and an arm-mounted device similar to Wayne’s Harmonizer. She's looking for a man named Solotov, who has apparently at this point vanished from their party. She also lets the crew know about a third mysterious faction called NEVEC. Shortly afterwards they find Gale's VS, described by Rick as possibly the most advanced VS ever produced, and use it to defeat Green Eye. After the battle, NEVEC soldiers show up, along with a commanding officer, named Shane Bandero, who also has a harmonizer-like device though far more crude. His appearance triggers Wayne's memory, making him realize it was not Green Eye who killed Gale, but it was Bandero who made his soldiers kill him. After a short battle between Wayne and Bandero's VS's, Wayne is forced to retreat on Luka's scooter. They leave the dome to discover that their trailer has been destroyed and Rick captured by NEVEC troops. To compensate for their losses, and continue hitting NEVEC, they resort to guerilla-tactics, hitting NEVEC convoys and the like. After one of their raids, they discover Rick and Basil in a small shelter. Rick was actually attacked by NEVEC, but Basil rescued him and helped him though the year following his separation from Wayne and Luka. Now big events are afoot. By capturing a NEVEC soldier named Joe, and negotiating with him, they learn about NEVEC's Frontier Project, a terraforming operation to make E.D.N. III habitable by humans without the aid of T-ENG. At first, it seems harmless enough, though the truth is far from benign.

The Frontier Project will not only wipe out the entire Akrid race, but will also kill any human beings left on the surface of the planet. The Frontier Project was to use a nearby volcano's T-ENG to warm up the entire planet. During their attempt to halt the project, they meet Bandero again, along with his superior, and the commander of Nevec, Dennis Isenberg. They meet Bandero a final time, and after killing him, they reclaim Gale's VS. The heroes find Yuri, who has been tortured by NEVEC. Yuri then hands Wayne an attachment to his harmonizer, allowing him to realize the true power of Gale's VS. Their plan to take down the Orbital Elevator goes into action. Basil sacrifices herself to hold off NEVEC troops, while Joe plants high-powered charges to take out the Elevator itself. At this point, Wayne is seen installing his Harmonizer's attachment, which causes great transformations in his VS that, amongst other things, allow it to fly, and use dual energy swords. Wayne then flies up the elevator and battles Isenberg in the skies around the Elevator. Isenberg's VS is also top-of-the-line, second only to Gale's. After Isenberg is defeated by Wayne, Wayne's memories are erased again by the attachment.

A year later, Luka is seen driving through a snow field on her scooter. She drops a series of small devices which attracts a sort of missile from the trailer. The missiles were developed by Luka and Rick after analyzing the data Yuri researched. The devices start and the snow in the area melts, revealing dry, warm ground with grass on it. While Luka is thinking about Wayne, he suddenly appears, surprised by the grass and dirt. Wayne has lost his memories, but survived, and Luka introduces herself to him once again.

tl:dr:
Aliens all over a frozen planet. They kill lots of people. People find the aliens have an internal heat source that they can use, so that made people wanna fight em off. Band of pirates are all over the planet trying to get that heat source. Theres an evil group that wants to warm up the planet, but will kill everyone in the process. There are mechs. Lots of fighting. The group that wanted to melt the planet fails, new safe way to heat the planet is found.

[Rob Oplawar]

Teng? Tang! I love Tang! I'd kill for Tang! Sign me up.

[Heathen]

Poon-Tang or that orange monkey drink?

[Rob Oplawar]

you should already know the answer to that, knowing me.

[jngrow]

They have a lot of work to do, considering the voice acting, cinematics etc. in that game were the most awkward moments of my life.