The full movie is hosted for free over at ScrewAttack. All kidding aside, it's totally worth watching. You can really tell that a lot of hard work and love for the franchise went into the making of the film. Also, a lot of mustache pomade.
Full-length Mega Man fan film now showing on ScrewAttack
by Griffin McElroy 
on May 8th 2010 3:00PM
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The full movie is hosted for free over at ScrewAttack. All kidding aside, it's totally worth watching. You can really tell that a lot of hard work and love for the franchise went into the making of the film. Also, a lot of mustache pomade.
Reader Comments (62)
Posted: May 8th 2010 3:05PM Ample Salty said
I was surprised by it. The CGI robots in particular looked cool. Some of the effects were a little iffy and the fight scenes were pretty horrible but overall it was fun.
Posted: May 8th 2010 3:07PM Ample Salty said
I enjoyed it for the most part. Some of the effects looked a little off and the fighting scenes were pretty horrible but I guess they can be excused since the guy was obviously working on a budget. I did like the CGI robots though.
Posted: May 8th 2010 3:09PM Ample Salty said
Ugh, didn't think that first one had gone through. Comment fail. >_
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Posted: May 8th 2010 3:16PM LegendK1ll3r said
You even messed up your own message about your failure. Sucks to be you.
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Posted: May 9th 2010 8:40AM original fred said
"Except referring to a singular person as "they" is grammatically incorrect."
This is extremely wrong.
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This is extremely wrong.
Posted: May 9th 2010 12:18PM Deuce said
fred @ May 9th 2010 8:40AM
"Except referring to a singular person as "they" is grammatically incorrect."
This is extremely wrong.
"They" is plural. Always. Usage of the word in the singular is never correct, even if you don't know the gender of the subject of the sentence.
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"Except referring to a singular person as "they" is grammatically incorrect."
This is extremely wrong.
"They" is plural. Always. Usage of the word in the singular is never correct, even if you don't know the gender of the subject of the sentence.
Posted: May 10th 2010 11:48PM original fred said
""They" is plural. Always. Usage of the word in the singular is never correct, even if you don't know the gender of the subject of the sentence."
For the love of Pete, learn English before you correct people. Singular they is perfectly valid.
http://www.ucsc.edu/currents/01-02/04-15/rules.html
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For the love of Pete, learn English before you correct people. Singular they is perfectly valid.
http://www.ucsc.edu/currents/01-02/04-15/rules.html
Posted: May 8th 2010 3:26PM (Unverified) said
Awesome mustache, believable hate for Doctor Light, that creepy look that makes you think he is going to touch you in your special places? Looks like they found the perfect Doctor Wily.
Posted: May 9th 2010 2:12PM DomoBraden said
"Looks like they found the perfect Doctor Wily."
William Murderface?
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William Murderface?
Posted: May 8th 2010 3:37PM Vegnagun said
I'm almost positive that Roll is a dude with a wig.
Posted: May 8th 2010 3:44PM (Unverified) said
The badly-synced dub wasn't enough to make you "absolutely" positive? I had to turn it off at that point.
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Posted: May 8th 2010 3:53PM Grey said
How the f are people commenting with their impressions on a 90 minute video 5 minutes after the article has been posted?
Posted: May 8th 2010 3:55PM (Unverified) said
That was awful. Absolutely, stunningly awful. The acting is porno bad, and I'm not sure how much of the cheese was actually intentional. At one point, I honestly thought Dr. Light would say, "I'm here to fix the plumbing." It was so bad that I think MST3K would have considered it untouchable. It made Battlefield Earth seem palatable, or worse, relevant. It's the worst minutes I've spent in front of a screen since I watched Hillbillies in the Haunted House on AMC. And I think the dude in the gorilla suit in THAT movie had more acting chops than anyone in Mega Man. Whatever "fan" decided to piss all over his childhood memories by wasting the time and money on making this, please go back to doing Mega Man speed runs. Never get in front of a camera again. Don't even touch a camera. Don't even think about touching a camera. Erase the word "camera" from your mind. Please. Or at the very, very least, go back to working with Michael Bay on the next Transformers movie. That way we'll have a heads-up.
Posted: May 8th 2010 4:07PM Nytemare457 said
Cool your jets, bro. Student and B-rated films get made all the time, this is nothing new.
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Posted: May 8th 2010 4:14PM GuardianLegend said
Pacing's too slow for me. Wouldn't have minded watching a 10 minute version of this. But 90 is just too much.
Posted: May 8th 2010 5:29PM Mayne Event said
Realistically, I think they could have covered everything in 45 minutes to an hour. Understandably low budget visuals aside, my only real gripe was that the script was quite redundant and lingering. After nearly every shot/cut, I felt like it could have been more effective at half the time. And I feel that's what affected the acting.
But still, an admirable effort!
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But still, an admirable effort!
Posted: May 8th 2010 4:22PM DevilSei said
Taking the movie for what it is, a non-profit fan-made project, and the limitations behind such, I rather enjoyed it. For the most part it's enjoyable, if not a little slow at the beginning. Acting is a mixed bag, but I particularly enjoyed both Light and especially Wily. Roll was a bit... annoying, but fitting since that's how she always came off to me in the games. Rock was decent, though out of them all (besides Wily) Fireman made me laugh.
I don't quite understand though, the necessity of referencing Egoraptor with the Metal Gear Awesome picture in the background during the beginning, but the touches made to reference to Megaman itself were nice.
Besides, its a hell of a lot better than what Uwe Boll has done in the movie genre in general. This movie squarely rests with the part of me that enjoyed the Van-Dam Street Fighter flick and the Super Mario bros movie.
I don't quite understand though, the necessity of referencing Egoraptor with the Metal Gear Awesome picture in the background during the beginning, but the touches made to reference to Megaman itself were nice.
Besides, its a hell of a lot better than what Uwe Boll has done in the movie genre in general. This movie squarely rests with the part of me that enjoyed the Van-Dam Street Fighter flick and the Super Mario bros movie.
Posted: May 8th 2010 4:28PM Octillus said
There are some glaringly bad camera issues like lack of headroom in some shots, mediocre writing and acting and other general issues, but I think anyone who puts forth this kind of effort just as a fan should be commended.
Internet critics, you're allowed to have your opinions, but until you try making something that's feature length, due try to have some level respect for the effort that this guy went through.
Internet critics, you're allowed to have your opinions, but until you try making something that's feature length, due try to have some level respect for the effort that this guy went through.
Posted: May 8th 2010 4:40PM Punkrawk Bbob said
Screw feature length - Most negative net nerds haven't given ANYTHING back to their world, hence their harsh words and "witty criticisms". Sure, everyone is welcome to have an opinion. Just wish the lot of them would realize how much of an ass they look like for slamming a fairly solid creation.
This get railed for being not professional - Transformers gets the same for being over produced. There's really no satisfying some people. They just enjoy shitting in people's cheerios. It gets them off it seems.
Half hour into it - Pacing is slow but the only reason I stopped is my roommate keeps walking in and talking to me. Jumping back to finish it now, pretty well done so far for an truly indie flick.
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This get railed for being not professional - Transformers gets the same for being over produced. There's really no satisfying some people. They just enjoy shitting in people's cheerios. It gets them off it seems.
Half hour into it - Pacing is slow but the only reason I stopped is my roommate keeps walking in and talking to me. Jumping back to finish it now, pretty well done so far for an truly indie flick.
Posted: May 8th 2010 5:12PM The Aquacharger said
Are you kidding? Saying Transformer was overproduced (nevermine producing is financial means, but I get that you mean too many bay-plosions) is an understatement.
Infact, real explosions have lost their selfesteem because they know they'll never ammount to a bay-plosion.
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Infact, real explosions have lost their selfesteem because they know they'll never ammount to a bay-plosion.
Posted: May 8th 2010 4:30PM BrianH said
Posted: May 8th 2010 4:42PM Punkrawk Bbob said
Wow, so lazy that you can't even create your own insults (or lie and pretend they're your own). Negative net nerdity drops to a new low. Thumbs up to you, you can judge things through other peoples critiques. Gold star.
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Posted: May 8th 2010 5:03PM Granger said
Don't mind Bbob, he takes it upon himself to piss in his own corn flakes every morning.
But I hope whoever posted that image was being sarcastic. To take from another commenter on a more local site:
http://www.joystiq.com/2010/05/08/full-length-mega-man-fan-film-now-showing-on-screwattack/comments/27753011/
Sincerely,
Anyone who thinks their 'taste' amounts to being better than anyone else's.
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But I hope whoever posted that image was being sarcastic. To take from another commenter on a more local site:
http://www.joystiq.com/2010/05/08/full-length-mega-man-fan-film-now-showing-on-screwattack/comments/27753011/
Sincerely,
Anyone who thinks their 'taste' amounts to being better than anyone else's.
Posted: May 8th 2010 5:57PM AutobotIronhide said
You shouldn't complain about something free, Brian.
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Posted: May 8th 2010 5:00PM thehallowhero said
I didn't watch the whole thing as my internet was crapping out but what I saw of it was pretty good for an independent film. I just thought that Dr.Light talked a bit too slow.
Posted: May 8th 2010 5:18PM t3hguitarman said
Megaman meets existentialism?
Posted: May 8th 2010 5:21PM Nekki said
What i saw was somewhat entertaining. Kudos to the creators!
I have to say tho, that first scene with roll... when light said "well now that that's out of the way" i seriously believed a sex scene was coming up.
I have to say tho, that first scene with roll... when light said "well now that that's out of the way" i seriously believed a sex scene was coming up.
Posted: May 8th 2010 5:23PM (Unverified) said
Annoying voice for roll - Check
Posted: May 8th 2010 5:24PM Baron Milton Von Crompton said
I'm not a fan of B grade films or game characters drawn to life on the big screen. This hardly ever transitions well from the two mediums. Sometimes certain things needs to be contemporary in their design elements to have an appeal, but doing so comes at a cost to how true and faithful to the original a said film would be. So there is always a conundrum present in that regard. There's never an universal way to please both the fans and the general masses it seems.
I disliked the costumes and that damn wig, I swear it's alive!! The costumes however would be great for cosplay events though, and indeed a lot of work has gone into them and to this film.
Having said all that though, I really like the music. Something that's not been mentioned... but now it has, so there.
I disliked the costumes and that damn wig, I swear it's alive!! The costumes however would be great for cosplay events though, and indeed a lot of work has gone into them and to this film.
Having said all that though, I really like the music. Something that's not been mentioned... but now it has, so there.
Posted: May 8th 2010 5:29PM (Unverified) said
Damn kids these days, whenever I wanted to watch a Mega Man I had to watch Iron Man and pretend he was blue and every time he flied there was a dog carrying him.
Posted: May 8th 2010 6:13PM 343 Guilty Fart said
Is this the same movie that had that awesome trailer last year? Totally, totally awesome.
Posted: May 8th 2010 6:59PM Hyperion45 said
It was decent, but the actors could have put a lot more effort into it. The only one who seemed to be trying was Dr Wiley, everyone else was just kind of boring (mega man, the master robots, protoman, Dr Light) or obnoxious (roll, the reporter)
Posted: May 8th 2010 8:31PM (Unverified) said
I stopped watching at the the robot attacking CG, that was just horrible.
Posted: May 8th 2010 9:07PM Mayne Event said
...Because you'd do SO much better if you were making a feature-length, unlicensed fan film with no legal way of earning money off of it. Yup.
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Posted: May 8th 2010 10:03PM (Unverified) said
So we can't criticize the government because we don't run a government ourselves? Or we can't criticize criminals because we're not criminals ourselves?
The logic that we have to do something first in order to criticize it isn't valid. We can honestly say we don't know how hard something is, or the compromises we'd have to make with the same circumstances, but we can criticize others with validity especially when the intent of the product is to entertain. If a movie is not entertaining, it has failed.
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The logic that we have to do something first in order to criticize it isn't valid. We can honestly say we don't know how hard something is, or the compromises we'd have to make with the same circumstances, but we can criticize others with validity especially when the intent of the product is to entertain. If a movie is not entertaining, it has failed.
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