Netflix developing live action Legend of Zelda series

[NinjaPug]

Please please please don't veto this Nintendo.

http://www.wsj.com/articles/BL-SEB-86552

[Cure]

Not gonna post a link, eh?

[TurtleTitan97]

Sounds awesome! Looking forward to it.

[CyberCubed]

Nintendo actually agreed to something like this? Very surprising considering how adamant they are of Link not speaking in Zelda games and little interest in live action projects.

[TheSkeletonMan939]

ooohhh noooooo

Did we all forget about

http://media.tumblr.com/61ec89e4a1efc95ca6d0d0e8188bf17d/tumblr_inline_mge31dp5Eo1qjwlhy.gif

They made a live-action Mario movie. It stank.

They made a Zelda cartoon. It stank.

They made, like, three Mario cartoons. I never saw any of them but I bet they stank.

Video game -> film almost never works.

[Leo656]

They made a Zelda cartoon. It stank.

They made, like, three Mario cartoons. I never saw any of them but I bet they stank.


On the first part, you're half right. They definitely made a Zelda cartoon. Can't agree with you about the second part. Or about the Mario cartoons.

Also, it's not 1988 anymore. Somehow people actually figured out how to make TV shows that weren't awful. That's actually kind of weird, back in the day movies were great and TV was lame, now it's all backwards. Movies are getting worse while TV shows are getting better all the time.

I hope this happens, even though I won't be able to see it right away, since I don't have Netflix. I'm betting it will only "suck" to nerds who will be mad it's not a literal adaptation of their most favorite game in the series. There is SO much potential for LoZ as a live-action property, far greater than any other Nintendo franchise.

[Toitlefan]

Not gonna post a link, eh?

Ahhahaha! I see what you did there :tlol:

[ZariusTwo]

The Zelda cartoon was awesome. Mainly because Zelda herself was awesome

[Leo656]

I don't get what people look at with that show. I mean no, it wasn't perfect. But c'mon. It was like 15 minutes long and was the first time any if the characters looked like anything but pixel blobs outside of the manual. Literally everyone liked it at the time. People looking back on it 25 years and 80 games later are all, "It wasn't a great representation of the franchise". Yeah, that's called "growing pains", literally nothing had come before it. What do people want? I don't know.

[CyberCubed]

The best Nintendo cartoon/anime they ever made was the Pokemon anime. And yes, I'm being completely serious.

[Leo656]

Nerd........

[CyberCubed]

Nerd........

I've watched about 800 episodes of the Pokemon anime. No joke. The series is up to episode 840 something around now.

[lindz247]

Yes bring it! This is so exciting, they don't have much on Netflix. I've played The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past (you know the really old one) and loved the story behind it, for a long time actually thought the boy was Zelda! xD
And don't they have a Pacman show going on now? I bet that's crap.

[Leo656]

I've watched about 800 episodes of the Pokemon anime. No joke. The series is up to episode 840 something around now.

If I was a female this conversation would be over. :lol:

J/K. Mostly. Seriously leave that off of your OKCupid profile.

[LeotheLateBloomer]

The best Nintendo cartoon/anime they ever made was the Pokemon anime. And yes, I'm being completely serious.

That is actually true. As much as I like the old Mario cartoons, they aren't exactly "good". Same with the DKC cartoon. What did you think of the Kirby and F-Zero cartoons?

[TurtleTitan97]

The only Pokémon related things that I really like now is Pokémon: Origins and the Pokémon Adventures manga. Honestly, I've grown pretty sick and tired of Ash. It's to my understanding that, outside of the Orange Island League and the Battle Frontier, he has yet to win an actual Pokémon League Tournament? If that doesn't scream "bad trainer", I don't know what does. Cause at this point Pikachu should be as strong as a Legendary Pokémon and Ash should have a ton of experience on how to win battles.

[Gunpowder]

This reminds me of that April Fools trailer that got released back in '08...

/HBCzkz3gHb8

But anyway, glad it's (supposedly) the real deal this time. Awesome.

[MrTMNT2012]

Hyped. Just hope we get official confirmation on this soon... :)

[ZariusTwo]

The only Pokémon related things that I really like now is Pokémon: Origins and the Pokémon Adventures manga. Honestly, I've grown pretty sick and tired of Ash. It's to my understanding that, outside of the Orange Island League and the Battle Frontier, he has yet to win an actual Pokémon League Tournament? If that doesn't scream "bad trainer", I don't know what does. Cause at this point Pikachu should be as strong as a Legendary Pokémon and Ash should have a ton of experience on how to win battles.

Did he win Battle Frontier? I'm certain he drew with someone. But yeah, it's quite telling the only tournaments he wins are ones NOT connected to the games and are filler leagues.

[Creativemind]

I don't get what people look at with that show. I mean no, it wasn't perfect. But c'mon. It was like 15 minutes long and was the first time any if the characters looked like anything but pixel blobs outside of the manual. Literally everyone liked it at the time. People looking back on it 25 years and 80 games later are all, "It wasn't a great representation of the franchise". Yeah, that's called "growing pains", literally nothing had come before it. What do people want? I don't know.

My thoughts exactly. I loved it when I was a kid and still do.

[Powder]

I am by no means optimistic about this, & I have a LOZ tattoo & everything.

[TurtleTitan97]

Did he win Battle Frontier?

According to Bulbapedia, he did. He was offered to become a Frontier Brain, but declined.

[DarkFell]

This reminds me of that April Fools trailer that got released back in '08...

/HBCzkz3gHb8
I was feeling "Whoah.." when I saw the trailer, then got p***ed off when I found out that trailer was a fake. All that effort that they put into making that trailer happen...
If this movie comes to be, I really hope it'll be made well.

[CyberCubed]

The only Pokémon related things that I really like now is Pokémon: Origins and the Pokémon Adventures manga. Honestly, I've grown pretty sick and tired of Ash. It's to my understanding that, outside of the Orange Island League and the Battle Frontier, he has yet to win an actual Pokémon League Tournament? If that doesn't scream "bad trainer", I don't know what does. Cause at this point Pikachu should be as strong as a Legendary Pokémon and Ash should have a ton of experience on how to win battles.

The reason Ash is still here all this time is only because Pikachu is the mascot of the franchise. Otherwise I'm sure Ash would have been gone by the end of Johto at the latest.

Also given the Pokemon anime has been running 17 years, entire new generations of kids come into the show every year having never seen the older seasons, so the series resets itself for new younger kids. Ash's female companions usually go through the most development each saga, Ash goes through a little and his Pokemon team develops, and the rivals are concluded...but then it restarts in the next gen.

[snake]

Might be good. Probably not.

[TurtleTitan97]

The reason Ash is still here all this time is only because Pikachu is the mascot of the franchise. Otherwise I'm sure Ash would have been gone by the end of Johto at the latest.

Also given the Pokemon anime has been running 17 years, entire new generations of kids come into the show every year having never seen the older seasons, so the series resets itself for new younger kids. Ash's female companions usually go through the most development each saga, Ash goes through a little and his Pokemon team develops, and the rivals are concluded...but then it restarts in the next gen.

If that really is the case, then that's a pretty excuse for him not winning at least ONE league tournament after all these years.

[Peanut]

They made a live-action Mario movie. It stank.

They made a Zelda cartoon. It stank.

They made, like, three Mario cartoons. I never saw any of them but I bet they stank.

Video game -> film almost never works.

This is the worst kind of logic.

If I was a female this conversation would be over. :lol:

Yeah, they'd be way more into the conversation if he talked about spending years playing fighting for food stamps!

J/K. Mostly.

[Leo656]

Eh I just like razzing Cubed and that was an easy cheapshot. I care neither way about Pokemon. :lol:

And brother, you'd be surprised. :lol: Skanks flock to guys in tights for some reason. I honestly couldn't tell you why and I'd never partake, but that's how it goes. Damnedest thing.

[CyberCubed]

You guys do realize a large chunk of the Pokemon fandom is female, right? Pokemon probably has the largest amount of female players than any other game franchise, except maybe Final Fantasy.

[Leo656]

I guess I do now!

[Leonardo322]

Legend of Zelda the series. This is a total surprise. I hope it is good.

[Shred Head]

Totally down for a new LOZ tv series but I wish it was animated instead. Creating the races and monsters to make this show actually look like LOZ and not Game of Thrones for kids is going to be a massive undertaking. I doubt they have the budget for what they really need to do. Now animated using maybe the studio that animated Legend of Korra or whoever did that Smash Bros Palutena reveal trailer. That would be something to be excited about.

[Whatswiththeheadbands?]

If this ends up happening, then I'm gonna be so excited!

Please Nintendo! Make it happen!

[NinjaPug]

So this ended up not happening because Nintendo didn't like that the news leaked

https://collider.com/what-happened-to-the-legend-of-zelda-netflix-series/

[Panda_Kahn_fan]

*sigh* of course nintendo,don't even see what kind of product they might produce, just pull the plug because of your paranoia about Hollywood due to a mishandled movie disaster that came out around thirty years ago.

*sigh*

[CyberCubed]

Good. A live action Zelda would be like some terrible low budget LOTR knock off anyway.

[Andrew NDB]

Yeah. It's unlikely that the "video game adaptation curse" would suddenly not apply to a Zelda thing.

[TigerClaw]

That claymation StarFox is a bad idea. I would have prefer that be a CGI animated movie.

[Powder]

Thank God. Keep these sick weirdos away from my baby.

[sdp]

I'm so sad at the loss of the star fox shoe, it was supposed to be like that fantastic mr fox movie, not claymation but stop motion and the original star fox game had those puppets. I did love that star fox animated short which was fun (https://miscrave.com/articles/star-fox-cartoon/), I'd love any Star Fox show.

I amsk doubt a good live action Zelda show could be made but I'd give it a chance if it were made. I think a lot of the future of Nintendo properties on media depend on the success and reception of the new Mario movie

[Andrew NDB]

If Zelda does happen, I hope the folks at Nintendo Japan are super hands on with it. If not and left to their own devices, I have no doubt the fine people at Netflix will go hog wild on LGBTQ/diversity/woke stuff for such a show. Think about it. In Zelda, everyone has elf ears, there's fairies all around and so on, and magic horses... they wouldn't be able to help themselves -- it's exactly the kind of universe they've been waiting for. It'd be another "She-Ra" kind of affair for sure. Zelda becoming a strong independent womyn who doesn't need rescuing (also, probably a lesbian), Link constantly demonstrating how inept he is and how much better Zelda is at everything, lots of flute playing, etc. etc..

Also, if he's even allowed to be a man at all I doubt they'd leave him be Link, but rather "Twink."

[Leo656]

Yeah, I can totally see that. :ohwell:

It's why I don't get excited about any new adaptations of things I like, anymore. "This established-straight character is now gay, this white character now isn't, this straight male character is now a complete idiot," and on and on and on.

10-15 years ago, I'd get excited when a game or comic or whatever that I liked was announced for a movie or TV show. Now I just roll my eyes and cringe. It's like they're all in competition with each other to see which one can be worse than the last one. No confidence whatsoever that's gonna change anytime soon.

My buddies and I used to sit around and fantasize about how cool a Zelda movie could be, back in like 1993. Right Now, though, in the current social climate? There's no way it wouldn't be terrible for all the reasons Andrew described.

[Andrew NDB]

It's why I don't get excited about any new adaptations of things I like, anymore. "This established-straight character is now gay, this white character now isn't, this straight male character is now a complete idiot," and on and on and on.

You're leaving off the part about, "Oh, and if you don't like it? Don't watch! Also, you're probably a nazi."

[Leo656]

It pretty much goes without saying, nowadays. :lol:

Not that that's a GOOD thing. But yeah, that's all part of the package.