Entertainment

Many forms of entertainment are featured in the Mass Effect Universe, most prominently movies, several of which are advertised on the Citadel and Illium.

Hamlet (Francis Kitt production)
A production of William Shakespeare's Hamlet, directed by Francis Kitt and featuring an all-elcor cast. The elcor cast used their native body language and pheromones to convey the emotion of the play, which would be obvious to other elcor, but which non-elcor would fail to notice, focusing instead on the dialogue. Kitt wished to give the viewers the chance to judge Hamlet "by his deeds and not his emotions." The play, which was over 14 hours in length, was later abridged and placed into extranet format for home viewing.

Blasto the Jellyfish Stings
An exploitation film centered around the fiction character Blasto, portrayed as the first hanar Spectre. Blasto, who is described as having "a lover in every port and a gun in every tentacle" also appears, based on quoted dialogue (see below) to be based off of the fictional character Dirty Harry. However, the film has been the subject of criticism from anti-defamation groups who object to the use of the term 'jellyfish', which many hanar view as an ethnic slur.

Quotes

 * "This one doesn't have time for your solid waste excretions."
 * "This one has forgotten whether its heatsink is over capacity. It wonders whether the criminal scum considers itself fortunate?"
 * "Enkindle THIS."

Citadel
A movie that highlights Commander Shepard's involvement in the Eden Prime War, Citadel is directed by Risa Uvarson and presented by Erdini films. Among the scenes depicted in the advertisement: The final scene in the advertisement can vary based on whether or not an imported Shepard was used, as it depicts Commander Shepard's decision regarding the Council's fate at the climax of the battle with Saren and Sovereign. If an imported character was not used, the scene will depict the default setting, in which the Council was killed.
 * The speech by Commander Shepard upon assuming command of the SSV Normandy
 * The confrontation between Saren and Shepard
 * Matriarch Lidnaya's order to evacuate the Council to the Destiny Ascension