MON HUNTERS thread

[Sakurina]

can someone please explain to me what it is I’m missing to understand these pictures

[Drem]

They’re photos from the set of the upcoming film from the director of the Resident Evil movies, starring the star of the Resident Evil movies, who is also married to the director. (Honestly these must be pretty fun for them to make together.)

Don’t worry though, it’s going to be faithful to the games.

https://www.slashfilm.com/paul-w-s-anderson-interview/2/

Was Monster Hunter a game you were obsessed with like you were Resident Evil ?

I became aware of the game 10 years ago. I’ve been a long term fan of Monster Hunter before most people in the west even knew what it was. Partly because I spend a lot of time in Japan and I fell in love with the imagery of the game and started talking to Capcom about it nine years ago. It’s definitely a passion project of mine, nine years in the making.

Is it similar to Resident Evil in that you’re creating new, original characters like Alice was?

No, the movie has a lot of characters from the video game in it. There’s The Handler and Admiral, Aiden, Aiden’s Handler. We wanted Palico. It’s very much a movie of the video game, but in Monster Hunter you get to create your own character when you go in there. You don’t get to play Lara Craft or Jill Valentine. You get to play your own creation, and there is definitely an element of that in there. Some of the leading characters will be fresh characters but that’s a reflection of what the video game is. It’s definitely a movie that is firmly and fully entrenched in the world of the video game, as you would expect with me having worked with Capcom for nine years on adapting it and bringing it to the screen.

Do you get to realize all the monsters from the game or create any new ones?

Listen, I don’t need to create any new monsters. There’s such a vast array of amazing creatures over the years. We’re leaning quite heavily on the favorite creatures from Monster Hunter World which is the latest game, but we’re also bringing in what I think are some of the fabulous monsters from some of the earlier games and well, and some of the imagery from the earlier games. So I think for fans of Monster Hunter World , you’ll recognize that world and the characters from that world very much, but also it’ll be a callback to some of the favorite moments and creatures from some of the earlier games, which hopefully will get people excited to check out those earlier games as well because there’s some magnificent imagery and monsters in those earlier games as well that I think a lot of people who have just played Monster Hunter World may not be aware of.

Has Tony Jaa taught Milla Jovovich any of his martial arts so she can get up to some new tricks?

Tony Jaa is phenomenal. We’re having a complete love affair, the two of us. He’s amazing. He’s a lovely, lovely guy as well as being an amazing martial artist. He’s also a very accomplished comedic actor. He has great comedy timing. He’s bringing a wonderful warmth and humanity to his performance which I’m very excited about. He and Milla have just excellent chemistry. We have Ron Perlman turning up in a couple of weeks who’s playing The Admiral. He’s such a genre icon and I’ve been such a fan of his for such a long time, I can’t wait to start working with him. His character, The Admiral, is such a big part of the game, such a larger than life character. It’s great casting.

[SageGrimm]

Thanks, I hate it!

At least, that’s my kneejerk reaction. I’m ambivalent to the Resident Evil movies because for the most part they’re schlocky action B-movie material that’s only slightly powered by the canon. It can be as insane as it gets and still remains within the realm of what could happen if it were a Resident Evil video game. I have a hard time seeing the same thing occurring with what I can see in the pictures: codified US ARMY types using modern day weapons presumably to hunt the very same monsters that show up in the Monster Hunter series. So yeah, Reign of Fire 2 instead of the more ridiculous things like Quropeco, Dodogama or Brachydios.

[LWJoestar]

so I mean are they doing some kind of reverse isekai thing where the monsters from the game show up in Our World

Is there going to be a Pentagon scene about the Rathalos threat

[physical]

drakengard is now monster hunter canon

[Drem]

Oh yeah, there was also this footage from a visual studio’s promo reel a year ago. Considering the time table I wonder whether this was from the movie. That’s an awfully long time ago to have the CG finished if they’re still filming now.

[モンハン] Monster Hunter Movie Footage (Paul W.S. Anderson)

@LWJoestar

so I mean are they doing some kind of reverse isekai thing where the monsters from the game show up in Our World

Wiki says “A United Nations military team falls into a portal to an alternate dimension, where humans fight off giant monsters. The two groups work together to defend the portal to prevent monsters from entering the portal and invading Earth.”

[BLUE_BLACK_PURPLE]

Stargate monster hunter? Tony Jaa is in this? Guess I’ll have to watch it then, sigh

[ArOne]

My ideal monster hunter movie would have no spoken dialogue outside of grunts and some monster hunter language follow some hunter as they hunt some beasts of varying size and maybe making some friends to take down an even bigger beast. It would just be a visually told story. No plots or backstories that aren’t already on the screen.

[dedede69]

i love paul ws anderson

[Drem]

Paul WS Anderson is actually a pseudonym for the directorial duo Paul Thomas Anderson and Wes Anderson.

[dedede69]

nah, because he’s actually good

[vikram]

@Drem

from the director of the Resident Evil movies, starring the star of the Resident Evil movies, who is also married to the director. (Honestly these must be pretty fun for them to make together.)

Uh yeah if I were married to Milla Jovavich p much everything would be fun, especially making dumb action movies with her

[CourierRice]

my wife will save us all from videogames

[boojiboy7]

I like that Mila is finally starting to wear some monhun armor in these new shots. Also that Tony Jaa is dual weilding a great sword and a bow because he is beyond your silly one weapon only requirements.

[Brooks]

Jovovich - The Videogames Human

[Father.Torque]

Is there anyone in the world that doesn’t love Milla

[anothergod]

I would super be into a Monster Hunter with secondary weapons. The Slinger was a taste of it, but it could be so much more.

[Raziel]

she gives me a feeling of being my mom. i don’t like it.

[Father.Torque]

Please introduce me to your mother

[Felix]

is anyone still playing this? I just got plus again for onrush and I figured I’d try some of the big dudes who have been added for free since I stopped playing in like march