RedHawke Posted April 9, 2009 Share Posted April 9, 2009 Did you know that in hostage situations throughout the 80s they would routinely superglue copies of the E.T. game into Ataris and chuck them into the buildings? That was only when Chuck Norris wasn't around though! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommycat Posted April 9, 2009 Share Posted April 9, 2009 That was only when Chuck Norris wasn't around though! He was spending a lot of time saving POW's at the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Astrotoy7 Posted April 9, 2009 Share Posted April 9, 2009 game movies are rubbish... here's some evidence: *Dungeons & Dragons *Bloodrayne *Doom *ResidentEvil *Silent Hill *Final Fantasy:Spirits within ; Advent Children had some head-scratchin' plot moments too *Mario Brothers They fill the theaters full of gaming fanboys for 3 days(esp in Korea/Japan), then make it to DVD within a month...Meanwhile, talented young and independent directors have trouble squeezing a cent out of the big studios because their projects dont have a pre-cooked audience mtfbwya Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommycat Posted April 9, 2009 Share Posted April 9, 2009 You forgot: Mortal Combat Street Fighter Max Payne Hitman Wing commander Double Dragon oh but the list is plentiful. and painful As for independant directors... they have to make a name forthemselves before the big studios will trust them with a new project. And honestly, if you want to complain, it has more to do with all of the very good stories that are being written for the screen that will never see an actor's hands. Meanwhile the exceedingly bad scripts written for these game movies win out. And usually they pick an off brand director for these game movies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mav Posted April 9, 2009 Share Posted April 9, 2009 on the theme of game movies.... a SotC movie looks to be in the works... they're looking to ruin one of the all-time best PS2 games Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ctrl Alt Del Posted April 9, 2009 Share Posted April 9, 2009 If there's a game that's awe-inspiring and breathtaking, retro (alluring to shooter classics, such as System Shock) while innovating and clever. And on top of that well-written, that's Ken Levine's Boioshock. However, I fear Holywood's ability to turn every game's classics into **** of the purest quality may prevail. I believe that keeping fidelity with the original plot is key to success, or at least to avoid a bombing result. With Levine's on the scipt (or so I read some time ago), they seem to be on the right track. No arguments here. The first PotC was tolerable, if barely, because it was more funny than stupid. In the second and third films the stupidity eclipsed the humor to such a degree that I couldn't sit through them. Truer words have never been spoken. I remember watching the first with some friends, and they were completely awed with it when we were walking out the theater. "Dude, you saw that moment when they use a boat underwater to reach the ship unseen?!" "Yeah, calm down. Y'all need to watch some old pirates movies to realise such stuff has been done before...." BTW, Bioshock's like $20.00 now. Since I now have access to a computer that can play it, is it worth it?I'd say it's totally worth. I myself played it three times, even if the game doesn't particularly reward you to do so. But, yeah, it's one amazing game, GOTY 2007. Call me an old man, but I remember way back when games used to be based on movies. Lol, which wasn't any better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedHawke Posted April 10, 2009 Share Posted April 10, 2009 He was spending a lot of time saving POW's at the time. Don't forget also protecting Florida from invasions. You forgot: Mortal Combat Hitman Wing commander I actually liked these 3 movies... *Shrug* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommycat Posted April 10, 2009 Share Posted April 10, 2009 Don't forget also protecting Florida from invasions. I actually liked these 3 movies... *Shrug* To be fair, I actually liked Max Payne too. But lets face it, most times they make video game movies they ruin the movie and the game. I also actually liked Doom(save the ending), and even liked the throw back to the FPS style camera. Of course I shut off a large chunk of my brain while watching it so that may be why. Actually I bribed it to shut up. Told it that if it was quiet through the movie I would get it a nice new book to read with a real plot and intrigue. I forgot to get it one, so now it tells me the ending to every horror movie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TriggerGod Posted April 10, 2009 Share Posted April 10, 2009 A Bioshock movie? As long as its not going to be PotC4, I'm happy. Eh. I just hope they make it as eerie as the game. A Bioshock minus the errie? Such a thing must not happen. To be fair, I actually liked Max Payne too. As did I. The main plot held true to the original's plot, in but a few cases (for example, Show spoiler (hidden content - requires Javascript to show) When Max gets the superhuman moral support thing from Valkyre that lets him go from freezing river to fighting on a tower in the movie. In the game, Max just gets an overdose and has a drug trip. Than goes on killing more people, flying in the air, stuff like that. ) But they could have done more with bullet time. TBH, that scene with him shooting the shotgun was just horrible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedHawke Posted April 12, 2009 Share Posted April 12, 2009 But lets face it, most times they make video game movies they ruin the movie and the game. Honestly though, how could the movie for Mortal Kombat ruin anything? The game had no story it simply was a quarter vacuum that said "Finish Him!" when you got lucky against someone it said "Flawless Victory!"... no movie can be lame from a game like that one. Like if they ever made 'The Gauntlet' into a movie... every fourth line would have to be "The Warrior needs food badly!"... hell even Uwe Boll couldn't mess that one up... oh wait! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hallucination Posted April 13, 2009 Share Posted April 13, 2009 game movies are rubbish... here's some evidence: *Dungeons & Dragons That's actually my favourite movie ever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Astrotoy7 Posted April 14, 2009 Share Posted April 14, 2009 That's actually my favourite movie ever. Surely you mean as a comedy right? Reading its reviews on IMDB is fun even without watching the movie... An excerpt from my favourite review: This movie is so bad, it's good. You'll understand why once you see the bald guy (I think he ate a blue snowcone before coming to the set). mtfbwya Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xarwarz Posted April 16, 2009 Share Posted April 16, 2009 If the director studies the game and material instead of putting his own ideas in every aspect of the movie it should be ok. Movies that have strayed Resident evil needs to get back to basics Final Fantasy 1 a titile but no fantasy Street fighter with no pwers = weak fighter Dead or alive arcade corny movie Well done movies Doom Silent Hill Mortal combat movies Movie that should be block busters Tekken (August 7, 2009) Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time (May 28, 2010) The King of Fighters (2010) BioShock (Summer, 2010) Metal Gear Solid (2010) Gears of War (2010) Movies i wish for Castlevania Devil May Cry Doom 2 Duke Nukem God of War Halo Mass Effect Silent Hill 2 The Elder Scrolls The Suffering Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell Uncharted: Drake's Fortune Condemned criminal origins Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
True_Avery Posted April 16, 2009 Share Posted April 16, 2009 Mortal combat movies B-but... but... they were kids movies! Not a single drop of blood in the first! Not a single drop! And the second one openly deserves the like, 0% it has on Rotten Tomatoes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Posted April 16, 2009 Share Posted April 16, 2009 Well done movies Doom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Q Posted April 16, 2009 Share Posted April 16, 2009 Well done movies Doom Silent Hill Mortal combat movies Do you think that Pearl Harbor was an example of good film-making, too? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedHawke Posted April 17, 2009 Share Posted April 17, 2009 Do you think that Pearl Harbor was an example of good film-making, too? But! It had Mako and Kate Beckinsale in it... it was made of win right there! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommycat Posted April 17, 2009 Share Posted April 17, 2009 Honestly though, how could the movie for Mortal Kombat ruin anything? The game had no story it simply was a quarter vacuum that said "Finish Him!" when you got lucky against someone it said "Flawless Victory!"... no movie can be lame from a game like that one. Like if they ever made 'The Gauntlet' into a movie... every fourth line would have to be "The Warrior needs food badly!"... hell even Uwe Boll couldn't mess that one up... oh wait! No blood. Nobody getting their spinal column yanked out. No gorey effects. no blood. Then the games after that tried to include a story. Who cares about the story. Less talkie, more facepeeling VIOLENCE!!! er... something like that. and Qliver: I have to shut my brain off when I go to movies. Especially when watching military movies. What was so bad with Pearl Harbor? Maybe that section of grey matter was temporarily down for repairs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samnmax221 Posted April 17, 2009 Share Posted April 17, 2009 and Qliver: I have to shut my brain off when I go to movies. Especially when watching military movies. What was so bad with Pearl Harbor? Maybe that section of grey matter was temporarily down for repairs. They went and framed a stupid love story with a historical event, and were entirely disrespectful with the actual material. They decided the truth wasn't good enough for them, and decided to make up their own characters, apparently using composite characters wasn't enough. What we ended up with was a special effects laden, sappy, inaccurate, skunk****ing mess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedHawke Posted April 18, 2009 Share Posted April 18, 2009 No blood. Nobody getting their spinal column yanked out. No gorey effects. no blood. Then the games after that tried to include a story. Who cares about the story. Less talkie, more facepeeling VIOLENCE!!! er... something like that. True dat, but remember though when the movie was made there was still the feeling that video game movies should be aimed at kids, and as such all the 'cool' the Clive Barker stuff would get the axe... sad I know, but I do think that attitude among the studios is still prevalent today so that is even more sad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommycat Posted April 18, 2009 Share Posted April 18, 2009 They went and framed a stupid love story with a historical event, and were entirely disrespectful with the actual material. They decided the truth wasn't good enough for them, and decided to make up their own characters, apparently using composite characters wasn't enough. What we ended up with was a special effects laden, sappy, inaccurate, skunk****ing mess. Ah, see that's why I didn't care one way or the other about it. I scooped out that chunk of grey matter and left it at home(it was in a jar, next to the bed). I don't watch movies for historical accuracy, just big boomies(<beavis> heh heh Fire's cool. FIRE! FIRE!</beavis>). So special effects=\o/ WOOOO! shiney. If I actually leave the brain functioning to it's fullest I hate almost every military movie. I made the mistake of watching Crimson Tide with the brain fully in tact. HATED IT! only part I loved was "I expect the very best. Anything less... and you should have joined the Air Force!" Being that my Dad was Air Force and we always ribbed eachother(being that I was Navy Submarine Force) that line was great. If that had been my boat, there would have been an XO stuffed in bilge bay 1 and two very large chunks of the planet that were glowing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Avlectus Posted April 18, 2009 Share Posted April 18, 2009 Call me an old man, but I remember way back when games used to be based on movies. I remember those days. Did you know that in hostage situations throughout the 80s they would routinely superglue copies of the E.T. game into Ataris and chuck them into the buildings? E.T. game=definition of game that sucks. game movies are rubbish... here's some evidence: *Dungeons & Dragons *Bloodrayne *Doom *ResidentEvil *Silent Hill *Final Fantasy:Spirits within ; Advent Children had some head-scratchin' plot moments too *Mario Brothers U missed D.O.A. but that's aight. Dude below got it. If the director studies the game and material instead of putting his own ideas in every aspect of the movie it should be ok. Movies that have strayed Street fighter with no pwers = weak fighter Dead or alive arcade corny movie SF: What's more is that the all American had a French accent. They actually made a mediocre game out of that. D.O.A. the movie...so crap it wasn't even shown in US theaters. Movie that should be block busters Metal Gear Solid (2010) That one I'll look forward to. Still have snake's revenge for the NES. Movies i wish for Castlevania Duke Nukem God of War I'll agree with these. CV, well, it is a good setup for a movie of its own nowadays since the storyline is basically so classic. Back in the day the original for NES was actually considered a combination of horror films. Now it seems like it might actually make a decent film. Not sure if it should be based off of #1, #4, or their long reaching prequel #3. I know the one with Sonia Belmont, they tried to sell off as being the first but due to a lack of canon confirmation...it is considered an extra whatsit. Duke? Sure. Has the right kind of bad-assed-ness. Kind of like Guile from SF, but as a more "who gives a ****" character. God of war........mmmm, I liked the game....good story too.........not sure how it'd play out though or how well received it would be. Several have had an idea who should play the main character, even if he is starting to get old... Just my opinion too, I guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Endorenna Posted April 18, 2009 Share Posted April 18, 2009 Whaaaaat?! No one has mentioned these two video game to movie failures! Tomb Raider Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life Seriously...those were HORRIBLE. >_< Frankly, I'm glad to hear that there will be no PotC4. I personally loved PotC 3 and 1--2 was okay, but it wasn't my favorite. I only want PotC 4 if it has Will and Elizabeth in it, 'cuz I want to know what the heck happens with them. I don't give a flip about Jack anymore, I really don't. And since I heard that the fourth movie was supposed to be all about Jack without anything about Will and Lizzie, I just haven't wanted it. I've never played Bioshock, so I know absolutely nothing about it. Somehow, even if the game has a good story (which is what I care about), I doubt the movie will be good. The Tomb Raider movies destroyed all my faith in movie producers making good video-game based movies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Posted April 18, 2009 Share Posted April 18, 2009 I actually thought Tomb Raider (the first one at least, second was just ok) was a rather well done movie for a story based on a videogame. Compared to other videogame movies at least. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rogue Nine Posted April 18, 2009 Share Posted April 18, 2009 I thought the first TR movie was convoluted as hell. I had no idea what the hell was going on with anything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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