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The hubbub over the 65/35 ratio is the new "Godzilla is barely in the movie" argument (for Godzilla 2014).

The ratio doesn't matter as long as both sections are equally effective in delivering what they're supposed to. Or heck, it'd be great if the present day stuff ended up somehow being more interesting than the past, because, holy hell, that'd be something new for this franchise.

 

[Shpeshal Nick]

So this has gone from "Yeah!" To "Meh" for me now.

Matrix comparisons are silly because the "real world" and the Matrix are both equally interesting once the premise is laid out.

The real world in AC is just...the real world.

 

[SargerusBR]

HYPE DESYNCHRONIZED

 

[Yoda]

Well think about it:

- Introduction to main characters + explaining abstergo + hype lead-up
- Ping-ponging between worlds to keep the perception that it isn't a time-machine.
- Resolution/ending w/abstergo (needs to be in the present)

It's a lot of ground to cover to introduce sheep (movie goers who haven't played the game) to the series.

 

[TheYanger]

Well think about it:

- Introduction to main characters + explaining abstergo + hype lead-up
- Ping-ponging between worlds to keep the perception that it isn't a time-machine.
- Resolution/ending w/abstergo (needs to be in the present)

It's a lot of ground to cover to introduce sheep (movie goers who haven't played the game) to the series.

Yet the games did it in far less time to sheep (Gamers the first time they played the game) 10 years ago.

 

[More_Badass]

So this has gone from "Yeah!" To "Meh" for me now.

Matrix comparisons are silly because the "real world" and the Matrix are both equally interesting once the premise is laid out.

The real world in AC is just...the real world.

Well it's the real world...with super assassins, ancient relics that can manipulate minds and reality, a futuristic race of godlike precursors that can communicate across time, high tech ruins hidden in exotic places, conspiracies spanning millennia, a coming apocalypse

More MIB than Matrix in a way. The hidden world and history behind the real world, secret organizations that know it all/has had an hand in shaping the world we know

 

[Exploratory]

So this has gone from "Yeah!" To "Meh" for me now.

Matrix comparisons are silly because the "real world" and the Matrix are both equally interesting once the premise is laid out.

The real world in AC is just...the real world.

That's complete bullshit though because it's a real world with two secret organizations battling out and crazy ancient civilizations playing a part with an end of the world scenario to boot.

Also to people complaining about real world stuff, everyone forgets that the real world stuff was great up until about Revelations. The reason many AC fans don't like the real world stuff now is because the real world element isn't as compelling as it used to be. The film can rectify that.

 

[Fret]

i dont understand how people are saying shit like "hype gone!!"

assassins creed has a terribly written narrative. some characters are cool but that's about it. even a mediocre film will have a better story than any of the games. just because the present day plot in the games is bad does not mean it will be bad in the film.

how about we see the movie before jumping to ridiculous conclusions?

 

[CassSept]

So this has gone from "Yeah!" To "Meh" for me now.

Matrix comparisons are silly because the "real world" and the Matrix are both equally interesting once the premise is laid out.

The real world in AC is just...the real world.

You haven't even seen the movie yet. They might have just as well made the present day stuff more compelling than the past, the pieces are all there, we have no idea yet how well it works.

 

[KingSnake]

No, I think it's more that fans just want Cool Assassin Stuff: the Live-Action Cutscene and Ubisoft wants to make a movie that captures both the sci-fi and past aspects of the games, that introduces the entire premise to a new audience - Abstergo, the Animus, the bleeding effect, how the past and present are connected, etc. - and not just appease fans

I have a feeling that it will be the Cool Assassin Stuff: the Live-Action Cutscene both in the past and in the present. More so for the present. Because chases and cool explosions. If the modern day character will have more character development than Aiden Pearce I will eat my iconic hat.

But who knows, maybe they will go for exploring the dilemmas and self awareness of the Abstergo employee and his feelings of being prisoner of this matrix.

 

[The Dutch Slayer]

My faith in this movie just plummeted faster than (ironically) a leap of faith.

Ow man .................

 

[More_Badass]

I have a feeling that it will be the Cool Assassin Stuff: the Live-Action Cutscene both in the past and in the present. More so for the present. Because chases and cool explosions. If the modern day character will have more character development than Aiden Pearce I will eat my iconic hat.

But who knows, maybe they will go for exploring the dilemmas and self awareness of the Abstergo employee and his feelings of being prisoner of this matrix.

I'm really not seeing it for the present. I think the present scale and scope will be pretty contained to the Abstergo facility. I'm guessing the movie will go something like this:

- First act introduces the whole Animus/Abstergo stuff. Makes Abstergo seem humanitarian and noble. The Assassins will be painted as bad guys/terrorists

- Second act will be mainly in the past to introduce the Assassins and bleeding effect, interspersed with present day training and maybe an escape attempt. Also introduces the Templar-Assassin conflict, reveals the Assassins as the heroes, and Fassbender's realization/discovery that Abstergo is the present-day Templars

- Third act will juxtapose an important Assassin mission with a present day breakout using all his learned skills. I wouldn't be suprised if Cotillard or Irons has a descendant that past Fassbender lets live while present Fassbender kills her/him

- A post-credit sequel hook hinting at a) a Piece of Eden, b) the first civilization, c) the modern-day Assassins, or d) all three

And then a sequel can go bigger with modern day Assassin missions and a new historical era

 

[DrSlek]

i dont understand how people are saying shit like "hype gone!!"

assassins creed has a terribly written narrative. some characters are cool but that's about it. even a mediocre film will have a better story than any of the games. just because the present day plot in the games is bad does not mean it will be bad in the film.

how about we see the movie before jumping to ridiculous conclusions?

Everybody hates the present day sections of every AC game. The creators of this film have decided to focus the majority of the movie on the part everybody hates. It is completely reasonable for people to be very disappointed in this decision.

 

[More_Badass]

Everybody hates the present day sections of every AC game. The creators of this film have decided to focus the majority of the movie on the part everybody hates. It is completely reasonable for people to be very disappointed in this decision.

The reason why people hates them has literally nothing to do with the movie, mainly boring gameplay and dull exposition away from the parkour/stabbing gameplay

The movie is making the present day more active and physical and doesn't have to worry about gameplay pacing or making the mechanics fun or everything else that made the present day execution poor

It's the execution of the present day, not the idea of the present day, that why it's disliked. Genetic memory, precursor civilizations, etc. are actually all pretty fascinating high-concept sci-fi ideas. A movie can explore those ideas in more interesting engaging ways, and even cut between past action and present narrative in the same scenes thanks to the magic of editing

Like you just know we're going to get a montage that cuts between past Assassin action and present training. The mirrored arrow scene and the stylish landing in the Animus practically confirms it

 

[EGM1966]

The modern sections were always more suitable for adaption with an interesting hook, did people really expect the bulk of the film was going to be random assassin stuff with non stop parkour set in the past?

 

[KingSnake]

did people really expect the bulk of the film was going to be random assassin stuff with non stop parkour set in the past?

This sounds like what someone would say about AC just from watching videos about it and not playing one bit. Especially the pre-III games.