re: Would anyone want a mass effect movie series?

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Maybe, but I don’t think Mass Effect’s hard sci-fi has the crossover appeal of a GoT. GoT hooked people early with political intrigue before it brought in the more hardcore fantasy elements, and by that point people who wouldn’t go for that ordinarily were hooked because of the show’s quality. ME is niche, might as well lean into that.

This is my hot take, your opinion might differ and I’m okay with that.

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I just don't really consider the narrative of ME1 to be hard sci-fi. You go to a planet, you get attacked by space zombies. You go back to the big space station, and then get sent back out to collect information, allies, and resources while trying to hunt down a traitor. That's no more complicated of a universe than Star Trek or any other mass market sci-fi from the last few decades.

I would argue that the initial lore required to understand Mass Effect is no more complicated, or niche, than the lore required to understand GoT. Hell, that had us dealing with White Walkers, wights, heart trees, and maesters basically immediately. And unlike the aliens in Mass Effect, none of those had great tits.