Alien426 Posted December 23, 2004 Share Posted December 23, 2004 People don't seem to want to change the topic of the Wanna be a pirate? thread, so let's discuss here. Interestingly I found out that the second Charlie's Angels movie was going to be called Charlie's Angels: Halo before they named it Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle. I've compiled a list of game to movie adaptions already existing or to be shot. edit: Hunter: The Reckoning (2006) edit: Silent Hill (2006) Halo (2006) Half-Life Far Cry (2006) Metroid (2006) Bloodrayne (2005) Doom (2005) Crazy Taxi (2005) Alone In The Dark (2004) Autobahnraser (2004) Resident Evil 2 (2004) Tomb Raider 2 (2003) House Of The Dead (2003) Resident Evil (2002) Final Fantasy (2001) Tomb Raider (2001) Wing Commander (1999) Mortal Kombat 2 (1997) Mortal Kombat (1995) Street Fighter (1994) Double Dragon (1994) Super Mario Bros. (1993) As you can see, it's a crapfest. With the recent announcement that the Doom movie will definitely suck, I have little hope for the rest. "The monsters have nothing to do with hell, the plot is not taking place on Mars and "space marines" are not well "space marines" as their outfits are more like SWAT team members." -- Dark Horizons: The Latest from the "Doom" Set Also, the Halo book is a good read, but better don't expect anything from Doom or Diablo novels. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray Jones Posted December 23, 2004 Share Posted December 23, 2004 Hmm. What's with Alien vs Predator? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alien426 Posted December 23, 2004 Author Share Posted December 23, 2004 Dude, you're like so ignorant. It was a comic first (and a nice one at that), then a comic-to-game adaption, then a comic-to-game-to-movie adaption. The two franchises started as movies, too. So it gets a little more complicated if you watch them separately: Two movie series joined in a comic, made into a game series and then into a movie... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Groovy Posted December 23, 2004 Share Posted December 23, 2004 Originally posted by Alien426 Dude, you're like so ignorant. It was a comic first (and a nice one at that), then a comic-to-game adaption, then a comic-to-game-to-movie adaption. The two franchises started as movies, too. So it gets a little more complicated if you watch them separately: Two movie series joined in a comic, made into a game series and then into a movie... If you think THAT is mind boggling, think about Resident Evil?! Resident Evil is a game spin off of movie, Night of the Living Dead, THEN the spin off gets made to a movie. How ironic? And don't get me started on Tomb Raider, i'm too tired, and I may never finish..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray Jones Posted December 23, 2004 Share Posted December 23, 2004 DUDE, I'm really like soo ignorant. In '94 I bought myself one of those comics when i was in the UK. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PoM Posted December 23, 2004 Share Posted December 23, 2004 None of those links works for me.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sivy Posted December 23, 2004 Share Posted December 23, 2004 Originally posted by Alien426 Halo (2006) Half-Life (2006) Far Cry (2006) Metroid (2006) Bloodrayne (2005) Doom (2005) Crazy Taxi (2005) Alone In The Dark (2004) Autobahnraser (2004) Resident Evil 2 (2004) Tomb Raider 2 (2003) House Of The Dead (2003) Resident Evil (2002) Final Fantasy (2001) Tomb Raider (2001) Wing Commander (1999) Mortal Kombat 2 (1997) Mortal Kombat (1995) Street Fighter (1994) Double Dragon (1994) Super Mario Bros. (1993) all will (or do) suck what would be cool is if they made Max Payne with Ed Norton. that i would like to see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Remi Posted December 23, 2004 Share Posted December 23, 2004 Add Silent Hill to that list. It might not suck seeing that it's being written by Roger Avary, who co-wrote Pulp Fiction among other things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alien426 Posted December 23, 2004 Author Share Posted December 23, 2004 Yes, might not be bad. Christophe Gans also directed Crying Freeman and did a decent job (though I can't tell how it compares to its comic origin). At least Uwe Boll doesn't seem to be involved in this one... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kjølen Posted December 23, 2004 Share Posted December 23, 2004 Now now, don't assume they'll all suck until you see them. LOTR was adapted from the books and the ROCKED. Harry Potter movies were... ok. I've just waiting for a Monkey Island movie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fealiks Posted December 23, 2004 Share Posted December 23, 2004 They should make a movie of Unreal Tournament that would be so damn cool. cast would be: Malcom - Vin Diesel Brock - Ben afflek :/ Lauren - Michelle Rodriguez Crow - Jack Nickleson and some other dudes.... :D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kjølen Posted December 23, 2004 Share Posted December 23, 2004 Unreal Tournament doesn't have a storyline. It would be a bunch of people destroying eachother and respawning as a game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fealiks Posted December 23, 2004 Share Posted December 23, 2004 your point being... ok, maybe just a 30 min featurette Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huz Posted December 23, 2004 Share Posted December 23, 2004 Originally posted by Fealiks They should make a movie of Unreal Tournament that would be so damn cool. cast would be: Malcom - Vin Diesel Brock - Ben afflek :/ Lauren - Michelle Rodriguez Crow - Jack Nickleson and some other dudes.... :D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D Hee, what, Unreal Tournament has characters? You know their names? :~ I don't think it's possible to beat the pinnacle of perfection that is the Wing Commander movie, anyway. Freddie Prinze Jr can do no wrong! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JofaGuht Posted December 24, 2004 Share Posted December 24, 2004 Originally posted by Alien426 Dude, you're like so ignorant. It was a comic first (and a nice one at that), then a comic-to-game adaption, then a comic-to-game-to-movie adaption. The two franchises started as movies, too. So it gets a little more complicated if you watch them separately: Two movie series joined in a comic, made into a game series and then into a movie... It's hilarious, the director of flick said in an interview that it started with the game. Hollywood's kind of going into the pits. (what..."kind of"?) My bro's got some of the original Alien vs. Predator comics. It's pretty sweet. The flick might have been somewhat decent had it followed the book's guidelines. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Groovy Posted December 24, 2004 Share Posted December 24, 2004 I COULD see Max Payne as a decent movie ONLY if Ed Norton plays the part, and it is directed by either Quention Terentino, Richard Donner, or Brian Singer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edlib Posted December 24, 2004 Share Posted December 24, 2004 Grim Fandango should be a movie... but only if they could get all the original voice cast together for it. Give it to Pixar or the Shrek animators... On second thought, maybe that's not such a good idea... That game was too good to be allowed to be "Hollywood-ized" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joshi Posted December 24, 2004 Share Posted December 24, 2004 Originally posted by Kjølen Now now, don't assume they'll all suck until you see them. LOTR was adapted from the books and the ROCKED. Harry Potter movies were... ok. I've just waiting for a Monkey Island movie. Shall we all start pointing out the difference between decent games and decent books? One is meant to have a better storyline. And the only reason the Harry Potters were crap was because the key actors couldn't act in the first 2 films and too much was left out of the third film. There are very few games out there that could, under decent circumstances, be made into a half decent film. I can't think of many, beyond Good and Evil has a nice storyline, but it would need to be fleshed out slightly for a movie. The Longest Journey may be to complicated for the average movie goer, but shortening it would be sacriledge, so I say leave it as it is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kjølen Posted December 24, 2004 Share Posted December 24, 2004 True, I had a feeling someone would point out the difference in books and games, but I just couldn't think of any movies that originated in games, AT ALL. Maybe there is a reason people don't make movies out of games. However, Halo's storyline is a great deal more intense than your average first person shooter, and if they base the movie off of the books, it might not be half bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Groovy Posted December 24, 2004 Share Posted December 24, 2004 Originally posted by Kjølen However, Halo's storyline is a great deal more intense than your average first person shooter, and if they base the movie off of the books, it might not be half bad. It does have a GREAT story line, but I could see it getting ruined by Hollywood. I mean they should REALLY leave the video game franchise alone, but as long as these 12 year olds keep showing up and buying tickets, there is just no stopping it... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joshi Posted December 24, 2004 Share Posted December 24, 2004 Thus proved by Resident Evil and Tomb Raider, considering they both spawned sequels. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Groovy Posted December 25, 2004 Share Posted December 25, 2004 Originally posted by Joshi Thus proved by Resident Evil and Tomb Raider, considering they both spawned sequels. You know, I laughed through the first Resident Evil, I THOUGHT Tomb Raider would have been decent, but I was totally dissapointed. I heard from others that the sequal was better, but I didn't want to put myself through it again. Is it worth it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joshi Posted December 25, 2004 Share Posted December 25, 2004 The entertainment value of Tomb Raider 2 is ten times the entertainment value of the first one. Now multiply 10 by nothing. I couldn't laugh through the first resident evil, I slept through most of it and just didn't bother with the second. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Groovy Posted December 25, 2004 Share Posted December 25, 2004 Originally posted by Joshi The entertainment value of Tomb Raider 2 is ten times the entertainment value of the first one. Now multiply 10 by nothing. I couldn't laugh through the first resident evil, I slept through most of it and just didn't bother with the second. See the trailer for Bloodrayne yet? Somebody get me a drill so I can bore the images out of my head. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joshi Posted December 26, 2004 Share Posted December 26, 2004 I never played the game, so I really don't care much for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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