In my opinion, this game, this whole series, is just GLORIOUS! The story is so interesting and so so atmospheric and dark, gothic, primitive, and at many times truly creepy. And Raziel is one of the coolest characters EVER! I'm just waiting for someone to adapt this as a feature film. I just hope they don't "CG" everything.
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I make mine the words of SheldonGeoffreySands. They should make a movie and, if they do, keep the music, specially Ozar Midrashim
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Meh.
I think the story is too long and complicated to fit into movie form. It could only fit, I think, in miniseries.
They could (and SHOULD) do it as a trilogy, filmed like LOTR, all at once.
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Indeed.
1st Movie:
The story of kain, and how he become leader, and at the end, he gets Raziel, et cetera.
Second movie is of when things were more glorious than before, but alas, Raziel was condemned to death at the end.
Third movie, he's back; et cetera.
Screw the more recent soul reaver games, I think they blowed. xD
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Yeah the games after it went down hill abit soul reaver 2 was crap going to power up the reaver as well in defiance stop this powering up the reaver! Put intersting bosses and fight scenes like raziels brothers not spending all your time going to temple after temple upgrading the soul reaver.
shareIve played many games and I think that by far Soul Rever has one of the best original stories ever. The characters are absolutely incredible, the prodution and settings have a unique flavor. This would make a great film , if done right. I also love the theme music from this game (I actually went out and bought Information Society's CD which included the Soul Reaver theme song. The album is called Don't Be Afraid and the track is called "Ozar Midrashim")
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In a sense they have made this into a film. I mean the kill bill films had exactly the same story. but the whole vampire thing would be good as a filmso long as they take it seriously like silent hill and not make it brainless like resident evil apocilipse.
shareHaha, you can't even compare Soul Reaver to the *beep* which is Kill Bill.
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Actually if a movie is made it should reflect the time between blood omen II and Soul Reaver I after all 400 years passed between the two games It can also explain Kains transformation from human vampire to the grotesque monster in Soul Reaver.
shareI think Kain's transformation reflects his nature within. Actualy, there are good exanples of character whose nature within surfaces in a transformation.
Voldemort, for example. He was once Tom Marvolo Riddle, not only a student of the Slytherin House, but also heir of Salazar Slytherin himself. Today, as Voldemort, his face resembles a snake.
Another example are the cases of Clan Gangrel and Clan Nosferaru, from Vampire books and games.
And, if you consider Kain's Lieutenants:
RAZIEL: He is the ambiguous champion foretold by the Vampires' prophesies, as both Redeemer and Destroyer of Nosgoth. As a figure of the Ancient's beleief, he is expected to grow wings. When Kain saw his first-born child with his evolved wings, he bet Raziel was ready to be put to the tests to fulfill his destiny.
TUREL: There is no backstory to explain Turel's evolution, but, seeing how he is in Defiance, we can make a paralel between him and the Elder God: both are horrible, and both are tought to be gods - the earlier is the Oracle of the Ancients, the latter is Hash'ak'gik himself.
DUMAH: We all know Dumah was always arrogant and considered himself invencible. The invasion he and his brood suffered between Raziel's execution and ressurection is a proof of it. So his vanity was such he evolved into an armored titan.
RAHAB: He had two basic weaknessess: sunlight and water. To flee from the earlier, he surpassed the latter, so, as the centuries passed, he became a amphibioua-like monster.
ZEPHON: Like Turel'a, his evolution is not well-explained.
MELCHIAH: We all know Melchiah is the "something rotten in the kingdom of Denmark". Since his birth, he invaded the cemetery near his Necropolis to pick up the carrions to cover his decaying flesh. So, he became a blob of rotten flesh (thank god we cant smell the things inside the games!).
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i am watching hannibal rising ... and it struck me
watching young Gaspard Ulliel as lecter ... Raziel . he is perfect
oh my god , i feel such sadness and emptyness until i see the legacy of kain turned into movies ... but if it were to dissapoint , maybe we should leave it as it is.
i would dedicate my life to create that perfect movie .. but .. don't have those means.
we must make some sort of petition , 1st of all , a good director of vimpire movies ... interview with a vampire ... thats flawless.
lets send him a petition ... with the script ... or to Amy Hennig
at least we should try
Let´s pray LOK: Soul Reaver doesn´t come to the silver screen by the hands of either Paul Anderson nor Uwe Boll.
Peace
they could pursue any story arc in the entire series to make into a movie and it would be awesome, but the icing on the cake would be raziel vs. kain in avernus cathedral with ozar midrashim playing in the background.
(btw, i would fight to the death any other actor pursuing raziel.)
Actually, they could make a movie not about any of the games, but make a prequel telling the holy war between the hylden and the Ancients, having Janos Audron as the protagonist.
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What they should do is make a trilogy.
1. Legacy of Kain.
2. Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver.
3. Legacy of Kain: Defiance.
Would that work? I haven't plaid the games yet, but my girlfriend--huge fan of the series--made the point and illustrated it all for me.
What does anyone else think?
that could work- one telling in detail kain's backstory, then the next being basically soul reaver 1 (this movie would be more heavily action, as raziel tracks down his brethren,) and the last being a mesh of soul reaver 2 and defiance to wrap it up and bring the story full circle. maybe...
shareHonestly, I'd love to see a movie that isn't a remake of any of the games, rather a sequal of sorts, an isolated story. Think of Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children. Heck, instead of muddling with a live action film, maybe it should similarly be an all CG animated movie. Although I must admit, I'd miss terribly the presence of Tony Jay!
"Inside my heart is breaking, my makeup may be faking, but my smile still stays on!"
I would love to see this happen, in one way or another, but I do have my doubts.
When I first saw the preview for Hellboy 2, opening with Nuada storming the auction house, I briefly thought that a younger Kain was walking onto the screen, and almost crapped my pants with glee at the thought of a Legacy of Kain movie! Hellboy 2 wound up being a good film...
Anyway the problems I foresee are this: someone like Guillermo del Toro would have to direct this movie. If that comes to pass, the similarities of tone and color to the Hellboy and Blade series of films would likely strike people as some kind of rehashing and I wouldn't blame them. For this reason I think an all CG movie OR a live action high-budget miniseries would really be the only viable options for a film adaptation... and I would tend to go with the miniseries simply for the story's breadth.
However the other option is live action spanning a couple of films, but I don't think this has the fanbase to warrant such a budget or such a commitment. I just don't think there are enough people like us who would similarly crap their pants with glee to see a convincing Kain or Raziel appear on-screen.
Thoughts?
Ha Ha, I'm glad I wasn't the only one thinking that. And if you watch the remake of "The Time Machine" (and I'm not advocating that you do, it's trash), they threw a character in there that was also a dead ringer for Kain.
"Inside my heart is breaking, my makeup may be faking, but my smile still stays on!"
I gotta say, I'd love a Blood Omen movie. The only problem is, who would play Kain?
It's not rape if you yell surprise.
Yes! I thought the same thing when I saw that movie. Hah!
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