Your X Movies?

[Miguel]

Say you were given directorial reigns by Capcom to make a series of films from the Mega Man X games, up to but not exceeding the plot covered so far? What would you include? What would you cut? What would you make up? Would you count the Game Boy games? Declare X6 non-canon? Include a love scene between X and Signas behind Zero's back?

Personally, I'd do the first movie as the original, SNES version of the game, except changing Zero's personality to make him a skirt-chasing, sadistic, fun-loving cowboy, the kind of person you'd expect to say "The only thing I love more then killing mavericks, is hearin'em squeal...", since it'd make him more fun to write, fit better with who he was before, and make a good contrast to what he'll be like later.
For the second movie, I'd take the plot point of X hunting Mavericks who have Zero's parts, and throw everything else out the window. Totally new story. I don't know what it would be about other then trying to re-build Zero, but what the Hell, it's a start. Also, in the ending, I'd have Zero ponder whether or not X is too powerful and if he might have to put him down, but on the way to confront him, he runs into the new Navigator from the Repliforce. Do a Zero's POV shot, showing that inner-monologue as a text log on his Operating System, which then adds "It can wait 'til later; run/OneSmoothMofo.EXE" and have the credits roll as he's chatting up Iris (Yeah, the skirt-chasing thing ends up being kinda important.)
The third movie would basically be X4's story, except I would include Vile MK-II in the Repliforce and show that Zero's just fooling around with Iris although she's serious about their relationship, making her death hit him that much harder, and he makes X promise him that, if he [Zero] goes Maverick, he [X] won't hold back.
I'm not sure what I'd do with the fourth movie. The two possibilities would be to just do X5, but leaving Zero's death more ambiguous, and then let Capcom hand the series over to someone else while I enjoy my directing career (Incidentally, if I did go with that and you were the one Capcom told to take it from there, what would you do?), or I could have it be the introduction for Axl (Having him mostly fill Zero's pre-Iris role as the adventurous, excitable Maverick Hunter) and turn Command Mission (With the New-generation reploids from X8, and the green Vile added in because why not?) into the next film, having Cinnamon resolve Zero's character arc by annoying the angst out of him, then I guess do one last flick to have Zero's body upgraded into what we saw Omega ultimately inhabiting in Zero 3 and introduce Dr. Weil and the Mother Elf, but NOT do the Elf Wars, and maybe do some Direct-to-DVD OVAs adapting the Zero Series for closure.

And after that, I convince Capcom to let me direct a Mega Man Vile game, see if it sells.

[randomdrifter865]

To be honest with you instead of a Movie I see the games as an epically told anime for guys ,but with the seriousness and compansion of the characters in the given situation.

The X series is considered a darker toned series regardless of the recent additions in characters.

Megaman X original and remake

Well I have it start out with the Discovery of X and the development of Reploids. I''m just curious to see how they would have had Cain find him is all which created plenty of questions to begin with and need answering. After that the Epic battle with Sigma VS Maverick Zero. Then include the Day of Sigma Then continue on to the standard of Megaman X the Original and some parts of the Remake put in and continue the awesome work of Vile. If this went well I'd go on to X2 and so forth.

Megaman X2

How I would run X2 well it was already done its just up to the mind of the producer right? Since Cain died in the Remake I'd have him downloaded into an AI similiar to The Dr. Light Holograms X finds in the many armor capsules created. Zero will still be in pieces ,but instead of the usual X hunter fare of fighting them for the Parts i'd have X run into the bait and get captured then get Zero's parts out of there are complete I'd say. Just need his memory chip. TGhen that part of the series continues as it was in X2.

Megaman Xtreme

This was considered a spinoff to the X series ,but why not add it in because it is mentioned to some events in a few of the games with some characters. Save the world as X again in the mother brain.

Megaman X3

X3 I really wanna see the development of Dr. Doppler more before he went crazy due to the Sigma Virus. So spending some time with him would execute the series in the right direction and include some missions with X and Zero hell I'd have them be almost together all the time like partners should be instead of that crappy hay I can summon Zero once a stage full moon or something kind of deal.

Megaman Xtreme 2

This was considered the beofre time of Iris and Zero's relationship and when Repliforce was still in the golden and Iris just got a trainee com position and got to meet Zero and possibly X as a more freindly pursuit I'm sure. Uiris wasn't as developed either which I think really shows the time frame well as After X3 maybe a year beofre X4 begins. The Erasure incident has played role in X6 if you beat Gate as Zero so I really wanna include that.

Megaman X4

Its X4 redone ,but done what I think is right instead of seperate stroylines why not combine them, but since X4 focused on the Red Reploid Zero why not continue that tradition and focus a little less on X and Double. However it will still start with X with his intro. Then the first part of Sky Lagoon then it switch over to Zero after X evacuates and start as it was when you started the game as Zero ,but doing part 2 of the same stage then the game continues as is with Zero in the lead and X as his partner of course. There will always be the Colonel and Zero fights as they were. (X does not fight the Colonel at all)Then for the 1st part of the last stage before the final stage I wanna have seperate battle with Double and Iris in traditional fashion then follow up with a team up battle with the General. Then Zero takes over for the last to final mission because X is serverely damaged with his two battles and can't continue on even if he has the force armor with him. Then it ends with the Zero ending.

Megaman X5

Its X5 not the best in the series ,but it will introduce the new characters such as Alia, Douglas, Signas, Lifesaver (His corruptions and death) and Dynamo as well as the retirement of Cain's AI due to his shame of the last events of the for games he decides to deactivate himself leaving the governemnt to op for Signas as the new leader of Maverick Hunter HQ. There will also be some events from X6 with Alia and Gate as well. Then start the story as X without his replica force Armor then find Zero like usual. Then the whole story as practically the same ,but ends with X's ending with Zero still his ally and dead again ,but have some dialogue taken from his ending in X5. Xa nd Zeor will get their specails armors in this one.

Megaman X6

X6 will remain the same minus the Zero ending. X and Alia's relationship.

Megaman X7

The retirenment of X's hunting days and his pursuit for peace. The rise of Red Alert. Douglas leaving the team to pursue his own engineering tasks. Intoroduction of Axl like usual found by Red then series assumes the same as the game for the most part.

Megaman Command Mission

I consider this the in between X7 and X8 scenario due to Axl still being in training to be a real maverick hunter even though its said this game is its own spinoff. (Even though Axl is considered an Elite S rank hunter ,but due to trying to find his origins which is why he came to the city with Force Metal. ) There is no Sigma fare this time ,but I'll include a scene of him planning his next move. So the series focuses on Command mission as it was for the most part, but maybe explain the Redips and Spider
connection beside Spider being a transformation of Redips. I really hated X's appearence in command mission so I wanna keep him the same ,but the armors he gets in this game reamains the same.

Megaman X8

This is where the series ended for now ,but I'd like the altered appearence and art style to hint the old reploids needed to be upgraded every once a while like X and Zero's appearences and just about everyone else. This part will assume the same minus some of the stage layouts ,but with More VilE V moments though. Then end.

That how I would of done it I think because I can't see this as a live action ,but a steller anime if it was still popular to the X fanbase.