User blog comment:Xelestial/How do you feel about the Mass Effect movies?/@comment-1341687-20120529053412

The decision to use Shepard in any form is a disastrous one. They're asking the audience to connect with a character that they already have and in the end are going to end up hurting because they are trying to make the main character as something each individual fan wouldn't see as who they "know" so they will see it as "wrong".

They should really be just doing something in universe that is it. Whether before or during the events of ME as a series. Though dependent of the quality of Red Sand, First Contact War might be their only "prequel" option.