Hollywood is finally taking video games seriously.

[ThatAuthoringGroup]

Since the explosion of the comic book turned movies, and the fact that most of the big named comic franchises have already been snapped up, Hollywood is turning to video games for their next big slew of potential hits.

Here's a partial list of things we'll be seeing on the big screen in the next year or two.

Army of Two - Written by Scott Burns(Bourne Ultimatum)

Bioshock - Juan Calros Fresnadillo(28 weeks later), produced by Gore Verbinski(Pirates of the Carribbean)

Dante's Inferno - Eric Newman(Children of Men)

Dead Space - DJ Caruso(Director Disturbia, Eagle Eye)

Gears of War - Len Wiseman(Director Live Free or Die Hard), Chris Morgan(Writer Wanted)

God of War - Charles Roven(Producer The Dark Knight), David Self(writer Road to Peridition)

Halo - Officially on hold but Steven Spielberg is looking to pick up where Peter Jackson left off

Infamous - Avi Arad(Multiple Marvel movies)

Lost Planet - Avi Arad(Multiple Marvel movies)

Mass Effect - Avi Arad(Multiple Marvel movies)

Prince of Persia - This will actually be the first of the movies to hit...here's a trailer -
http://www.apple.com/trailers/disney/theprinceofpersiathesandsoftime/

The Sims - John Davis(Producer Norbit, Eragon)...this one I'm leary of...

Uncharted - Avi Arad(Multiple Marvel movies)

World of Warcraft - Sam Raimi(Evil Dead, Spider-Man movies)

Gonna be interesting to see how these movies turn out, as a lot of them are really great games.

[DJPooka]

Some could be good, most will probably suck (remember Doom or even worse, the Dungeon Siege movie?), but nothing in that list compares to the pointlessness of this.... (http://www.destructoid.com/no-really-tetris-the-movie-81367.phtml)

Hrm... not the link I was looking for, and now I can't find it. My googlefu is failing today :(

[ThatAuthoringGroup]

Yeah there's been a lot of terrible terrible movies made from video games.

It looks like for some projects they can see the potential for future franchise movie(like Pirates, Xmen, spiderman, etc), and are treating them as such.

But yeah there has been a LOT of very very horrible video game movies.

[DJPooka]

The idea of a Mass Effect movie does kinda worry me a bit - I happen to like Mass Effect a lot and the idea of a Mass Effect movie by someone who normally churns out Marvel movies (there's not been that many good ones of those) fills me with doubt...

[Lady Siara]

I rented Doom.

It was pretty bad. :)

The Dead Space one really interests me. I hope it doesn't blow. ;_;

[moose39]

I really want none of these to be made. Uncharted's already better than a movie as it is.

The only good video game adaptation I've ever seen would have to be Hitman. Everything else has sucked.

[Sigmarr]

Oh great, we get to watch Hollywood destroy more good games. I have high hopes for the WoW movie (yes I play) since it's at least Sam Raimi, but everyone knows Halo will suck badly. Although I admit Uncharted sounds like it cooooooould be pulled off if they didn't just make it an Indiana Jones ripoff.

Also, wtf at Army Of Two? That game was horrible and boring, why would they make a game out of that?

[HeyRiles]

Sims sounds terrible, Halo sounds terrible, and WoW sounds terrible. Quite Interested in Dead Space and Prince of Persia. Is Dante's Inferno based on the story or the video game?

[J3st3r 360]

Meh. The Halo movie sucking it up, are people really saying that? Honestly, I don't think the Halo movie will be bad, but it wont be as good as some people will probably make it. I am, sadly, going to see it whenever it comes out, along with probably the Bioshock movie.

Halo has had a great franchise, and it has great fans. I just honestly don't see how it's going to be an awful movie. And with Bioshock, the first game was nothing but great in my eye. It was my offline game of the year to be honest. I freaking loved it, and seeing it on HD just made me play it as much as I did before. I'm going to go see both for whenever they come out.

[davidshek]

Sims sounds terrible, Halo sounds terrible, and WoW sounds terrible. Quite Interested in Dead Space and Prince of Persia. Is Dante's Inferno based on the story or the video game?

Did you watch the trailer for Prince of Persia? It looks...horrible. :)

And yeah, there really isn't a great track record for movies based off video games. Doom was already mentioned, Dungeons & Dragons is another horrid example, and then there's always Wing Commander...

[instantdeath999]

How many of these are being directed by Uwe Boll?

[gosox333]

I don't care what you guys say. I'd go see the God of War movie in a heartbeat.

[J3st3r 360]

Please, nobody mention the Resident Evil series. Lol! That doesn't even fit this thread. Unless of course you're talking about Degeneration, which went with Resident Evil 5. :)

[bmaninc]

They should make a Fallout movie.

Also, this ---> :) <--- is something shek loves to do to hide aggressiveness.

I liked the Prince of Persia trailer. Not everyone has the same opinion as you. You make it seem like we're idiots for liking it.

[J3st3r 360]

Nah bman, I loved Resident Evil Degneration. Freaking amazing movie.

[bmaninc]

What did I say about Resident Evil? :confused:

[J3st3r 360]

Thought the :) comment was attended for me. O.o

[bmaninc]

I said shek. Its not just here. I've seen it numerous times lately.

[J3st3r 360]

Apologies.

And the Gears movie, the two peeps I'm going to be living with will probably make me go see it with them or force me to watch it on DVD or something. They're huge Gears fans.

[BuRn7 CaK3]

Sims sounds terrible, Halo sounds terrible, and WoW sounds terrible. Quite Interested in Dead Space and Prince of Persia. Is Dante's Inferno based on the story or the video game?

Halo does not sound terrible. Have you watched District 9? Did you know that was supposed to be the Halo movie? Yeah, I didn't think so (about knowing it was supposed to be the halo movie).

Ones that really interest me are, Lost Planet, Bioshock, Halo, Gears of War and Army of Two.

[citric_bullets]

Some of these are actually pretty intriguing to me because they seem to be matched up with the right director. Specifically Bioshock, God of War, and possibly Halo.

By the same token, some of these look like they have absolutely no chance based on who's picked up the project. Len Wiseman doing Gears of War? I mean, Live Free or Die Hard was neat, and had lots of cool action sequences, but other than that, it was only good due to Willis's performance as an perfect example of all that is man. Wiseman also did the first two Underworld movies and completely stopped any possibly terror from occurring, and filled it with some pretty cool action sequences. Also saved by Kate Beckinsale in tight leather with guns. While Gears is very action oriented, at it's core it's about how war is hell, a theme I think Wiseman will not be able to convey.

More or less the same story with Dead Space and DJ Caruso. The two works listed are two mediocre suspense type films with Shia LeBeouf. How's he gonna work Shia into this one is my most pressing question.

Lastly The Sims just seems like a terrible enough idea and it looks like they've got someone who's been attached to equally terrible movies. So that'll probably turn out 100% exactly the way we're all expecting.

[J3st3r 360]

The Sims are on the list? Wow. That's going to be an awful movie. :D

[supernova1324]

The only one I can see working from that list is Biohock, but they had a better do a damn good job or I will be pissed.

[BuRn7 CaK3]

The only one I can see working from that list is Biohock, but they had a better do a damn good job or I will be pissed.

How about you don't get your expectations so high.

[instantdeath999]

The Sims are on the list? Wow. That's going to be an awful movie. :D

Also worth noting the director of The Sims directed Eragon, a truly awful movie :p

[Runesmith]

With Sam Raimi directing, I'm pretty sure the World of Warcraft movie will be at least tolerable. He knows how to strike a nice balance between (usually dark) humor, action, and drama, which is what the Warcraft universe is about, so I'm looking forward to it.

The Mass Effect movie could kick a lot of ass, too.

[Soratar]

Playstation: The Official Magazine had a small article in the November 09 issue that had these games that will become movies listed. Here are some that aren't on your list: (Italic text is stuff I wrote)

Mortal Combat 3: (2010)
There isn't a director/producer that is named.

Tomb Raider: (2012) Producer: David Lin. Warner Bros.
Angelina Jolie isn't doing this anymore and Megan Fox isn't going to be Lara Croft either. Who will it be?

EverQuest: (2010) Ari Arad. [Arad Productions]
It was a popular SOE MMO game 10 years ago. It is said in the article that the process was slow due to all the characters; they went with Innoruuk and some NPCs from the game.

Asteroids: (2012) Writer: Matthew Lopez. Lorenzo di Bonaventura. Universal Pictures.
This is hard to picture working.

Hitman 2: (2011) Producer: Adrian Askarieh. Writer: Kyle Ward. 20th Century Fox.
Said to incorperate elements from Hitman 5 coming late 2010.

Kane & Lynch: (2011)
Bruce Willis is rumored for Kane and Mickey Rourke and Billy Bob are rumored for Lynch.

Spy Hunter: (2012) Warner Bros.
The author of the artile doesn't know where this movie it going. Universal used to have the rights. When they did, Dwayne Johnson was supposed to star. Now he is doing Disney children's movies.

Just Cause: (???) Producer: Adrian Askarieh
Adrian raised up $30 million to produce this independently. The article set the release date for 2011, but seeing that there is not studio or script yet, this movie looks like its up in the air.

[FloodOne]

Halo does not sound terrible. Have you watched District 9? Did you know that was supposed to be the Halo movie? Yeah, I didn't think so (about knowing it was supposed to be the halo movie).

Ones that really interest me are, Lost Planet, Bioshock, Halo, Gears of War and Army of Two.

Wrong.

District 9 is the project that happened when the Halo movie fell through. D9 was not, nor was it even intended to be a Halo movie.

Get your facts straight before you act condescending.

[hawkofva]

I don't see Hollywood taking video games seriously, I see Hollywood trying to cash in on already successful franchises. Very few of these appear to be being made because someone thinks it would actually make a good movie.

Hollywood "taking video games seriously" would probably be more akin to the sorts of things we're seeing with big name actors like Keith David (Halo, Mass Effect) and Michael Ironside (Splinter Cell) performing primary roles within video games, or major cooperative efforts to create games and movies that play well off of each other (Avatar, though I admit I'm not personally interested in either) rather than these apparent attempts to make a quick buck off of the fans of these series who will buy tickets to a movie adaptation regardless of whether it's any good.

[HeyRiles]

Halo does not sound terrible. Have you watched District 9? Did you know that was supposed to be the Halo movie? Yeah, I didn't think so (about knowing it was supposed to be the halo movie).

Ones that really interest me are, Lost Planet, Bioshock, Halo, Gears of War and Army of Two.

I've never even heard of District 9, but I'm glad you had an opportunity to get out some condescending behavior

[hawkofva]

I've never even heard of District 9, but I'm glad you had an opportunity to get out some condescending behavior

Eventually, all will simply accept that he is better than us at everything. Then these forums shall be at peace. :rolleyes:

[moose39]

$10 says Army of Two will be like Bad Boys with more armor

[RockBandRocker]

Where is the Rock Band movie?

[moose39]

Where is the Rock Band movie?

I heard Brett Ratner wanted to do a Guitar Hero movie (http://movies.ign.com/articles/906/906482p1.html).

[kingtonyx]

Where is the Rock Band movie?

Dave Grohl's on intergalactic tour right now with Them Crooked Vultures, maybe after that

[Pwnz0r3d]

Please dont **** up Dead Space, please dont **** up Dead Space, please dont **** up Dead Space...

Oh and Gears of War and Bioshock as well, PLEASE?

[Baanu_Rass]

Not one of those games has a story that would interest me in a movie. I think they could pull off Metroid (use most of Prime as the basis, have her fight Mother Brain at the end). It would have to be 100% CGI though.

[Pwnz0r3d]

Not one of those games has a story that would interest me in a movie. I think they could pull off Metroid (use most of Prime as the basis, have her fight Mother Brain at the end). It would have to be 100% CGI though.

I would have to agree with you to an extent.

The only game on that list that has a real narrative and storyline is Bioshock (Halo: Kill aliens, GoW: Kill monsters from underground, Dead Space: Kill alien zombies etc)

[davidshek]

Also, this ---> :) <--- is something shek loves to do to hide aggressiveness.

I liked the Prince of Persia trailer. Not everyone has the same opinion as you. You make it seem like we're idiots for liking it.

Dude, wtf was that even for? There was nothing aggressive about my post at all. I use smileys to convey a light-hearted tone, a jocular frame of mind if you will, just like everybody else. Not to try to mask any hostility.

Let's take a look at what I actually said shall we?


Did you watch the trailer for Prince of Persia? It looks...horrible. :)

See where I said "It looks"? Not "it is", but "it looks". The "It looks (to me)" is implied, meaning it is my opinion, in a thread chock full of other people's opinions about movies, since that is what this thread is. I never said my opinion is fact, I never said you're an idiot for liking it, nor did I even come close to implying either of those. I said *I THINK* it looks horrible. You can interpret that however you want, but any perceived aggressiveness didn't come from me. It came from you.

Now get off my back. Just because I said something snarky to your bff Banky in that other thread doesn't mean you're welcome to come attack me in any other thread I write in.

[citric_bullets]

Gears has the potential to make for a really great war movie. It's got a great mix of brutality and desperation while having occasional dark humor from soldiers trying to keep their sanity in the middle of hell. I just don't think Wiseman is the director to convey a true sense of bleak hopelessness.

[FloodOne]

Gears has the potential to make for a really great war movie. It's got a great mix of brutality and desperation while having occasional dark humor from soldiers trying to keep their sanity in the middle of hell. I just don't think Wiseman is the director to convey a true sense of bleak hopelessness.

Yeah, especially since the game didn't even convey those sentiments very well.

[citric_bullets]

Yeah, especially since the game didn't even convey those sentiments very well.

Well obviously it didn't. The plot of the game is solely there to move the action along. The only logical reason to make a movie based on a game would be to expand on its world. Those ideas are there, the setting is perfect for it. One could easily build on those without messing up the core qualities of the plot or characters.

[FloodOne]

Well obviously it didn't. The plot of the game is solely there to move the action along. The only logical reason to make a movie based on a game would be to expand on its world. Those ideas are there, the setting is perfect for it. One could easily build on those without messing up the core qualities of the plot or characters.

Considering that the characters are pretty rudimentary, there is plenty of license to flesh out these characters as well as the overall world.

This, however, will be nothing more than a SFX summer blockbuster and will end up with all the depth of a mud puddle. That's not saying I won't watch it, I'm just stating the likely direction of this film.

[citric_bullets]

Considering that the characters are pretty rudimentary, there is plenty of license to flesh out these characters as well as the overall world.

This, however, will be nothing more than a SFX summer blockbuster and will end up with all the depth of a mud puddle. That's not saying I won't watch it, I'm just stating the likely direction of this film.

I'm sure that's exactly how it will end up, I'm just disappointed because I'm not a filmmaker of any kind and even I see the tremendous potential to make a serious and possibly important film set in the Gears world.

[FloodOne]

I'm sure that's exactly how it will end up, I'm just disappointed because I'm not a filmmaker of any kind and even I see the tremendous potential to make a serious and possibly important film set in the Gears world.

Agreed, but with a franchise like GeoW, the target audience won't appreciate a hard look at the realities of war. The want to see Fenix "Chainsaw a mother****er!!!"

Best to leave real introspective looks of war to an original property, instead of a licensed one.

[hawkofva]

I'm sure that's exactly how it will end up, I'm just disappointed because I'm not a filmmaker of any kind and even I see the tremendous potential to make a serious and possibly important film set in the Gears world.
While I'm not personally familiar with it or the games, I know there's a Gears novel or two floating around written by Karen Traviss, and if her work in the Star Wars Saga is anything to go by, they'll be exactly what you're looking for. She took Republic Commando from a game tie-in to one of the biggest novel series in the Saga, and now she's writing mainline stories for the newer Legacy-Era series.

[citric_bullets]

But I want to see Marcus "Chainsaw a mother****er!!!" too. Just in a good movie. :p

[ArmsAreLoud]

I think some of these could be good if they go the Transformers route and don't even pretend to have a cohesive plot, just have a bunch of explosives.

Bioshock has real potential to be a great piece of art, though. However, I won't be getting my hopes up until it comes out.

[a21schizoidman]

a Metroid movie would be the best ever, Mega Man would work too, and i think that (if done correctly) Gears of War, Fallout, and Bioshock would all be awesome

besides, video games already rip of good movies (MoH:Frontline - Saving Private Ryan, seriously, one whole level is the final scene in the movie)

[bmaninc]

Dude, wtf was that even for? There was nothing aggressive about my post at all. I use smileys to convey a light-hearted tone, a jocular frame of mind if you will, just like everybody else. Not to try to mask any hostility.

Now get off my back. Just because I said something snarky to your bff Banky in that other thread doesn't mean you're welcome to come attack me in any other thread I write in.

This isn't about the Banky thing. I'm sure he can fend for himself. It was the part where you condescendingly said "Did you even watch the trailer?"

In many threads I've seen you say something condescending and at the end you put a ;) or a :). Great passive aggressiveness there.

I don't see how I can get off your back when I'm not on it. I wouldn't attack people from behind, I say it to their face. :) (See, I can do that too)

[kingtonyx]

Hollywood is certainly banking on Prince Of Persia... they are expecting it to be right up there with Pirates Of The Caribbean as far as making money

[BallisticJunkfood]

Bioshock - Juan Calros Fresnadillo(28 weeks later), produced by Gore Verbinski(Pirates of the Carribbean)

They had better do this justice.

[Banky71]

Now get off my back. Just because I said something snarky to your bff Banky in that other thread doesn't mean you're welcome to come attack me in any other thread I write in.

Why so grumpy? Seems like to fun of a thread to be grumpy.

[hawkofva]

Mass Effect could be decent or could be awful. Depends on whether or not they try to squeeze the same story from the game into a two hour blockbuster or simply tell their own tale within the established fiction of the ME Universe.

[bradylicious9]

where's the rock band movie?
starring danny johnson?

[Ultimatum]

I don't like the idea of movies being made out of games that are designed around the player's choices.

[supernova1324]

I don't like the idea of movies being made out of games that are designed around the player's choices.

That's one big problem I could see with good/evil games. The obvious choice would be to go with the good storyline, but it could still cause complications.

[Ultimatum]

I could see directors pursuing (especially with Fallout and Bioshock-style games) an anti-hero role, but eventually shows him/herself as a good character.

That wouldn't really make me happy though, it can't really expand the game's mythos, especially when endings vary based on your choice.

[FloodOne]

I could see directors pursuing (especially with Fallout and Bioshock-style games) an anti-hero role, but eventually shows him/herself as a good character.

That wouldn't really make me happy though, it can't really expand the game's mythos, especially when endings vary based on your choice.

If a movie was just based on the Fallout universe, I think it would be just fine.

If they tried to emulate one of the games stories though, it could turn into a stinker really quickly.

[supernova1324]

Yeah, just sticking to the BoS and Enclave could possibly work, but if they used F3's stories...that would be a disapointment.

[hawkofva]

I don't like the idea of movies being made out of games that are designed around the player's choices.

It can be done right though. There's novels set in the Mass Effect Universe that don't contradict anything that you may choose to do in your story for the games, but still have large impact on the overall story.

[Ultimatum]

Well, novel-readers tend to be quite different from the movie-going crowd. It would be difficult to have multiple different movies based on the same universe going in different directions within close proximity to each other and still be successful.

[Banky71]

Someone should make a Yars Revenge movie.

[bmaninc]

They should make a movie on the video game for the Lord of the Rings movies.

[hawkofva]

Well, novel-readers tend to be quite different from the movie-going crowd. It would be difficult to have multiple different movies based on the same universe going in different directions within close proximity to each other and still be successful.
It's not impossible, you just need good writing to make it work, and sadly that's something that Hollywood seems to be lacking recently.

[Apples]

I think this trend is the result of the movie industry trying to take a "safer" financial path.

It is less risky for them to license something with a fan following and brand recognition than to generate new IP from scratch. If I make a generic action movie about modern day terrorists, it might be hit or miss. If I make a modern day action terrorist movie and slap the "Counterstrike" name on it, well you're going to draw more attention.

Plus I would agrue they're out of good ideas these days because they've already copied out of every good book and done countless remakes of previous hits.

[BuRn7 CaK3]

Wrong.

District 9 is the project that happened when the Halo movie fell through. D9 was not, nor was it even intended to be a Halo movie.

Get your facts straight before you act condescending.

Um, You're Wrong.

Yeah, but If Peter Jackson didn't do District 9, The Halo Movie would exist. Because he didn't do the halo movie, he did District 9, MEANING that District 9 would've been the Halo Movie.

Don't believe me? Look it up.

[Ultimatum]

Peter Jackson didn't even really do District 9. He Produced it and slapped his name on it while some other person directed it.

[BuRn7 CaK3]

Peter Jackson didn't even do District 9. He Produced it and slapped his name on it while some other person directed it.

Exactly mu point. If he didn't DO District 9, it wouldn't exist.

[Ultimatum]

Huh?

[bmaninc]

They were going to do the Halo movie.

It fell through.

Not wanting to waste the talents of Neil Bloomkarp, Peter Jackson let him direct District 9 instead. Two completely separate movies.

[BuRn7 CaK3]

If the Halo plans still stayed and Peter was working on that. District 9 WOULDN'T Exist. So, Therefore, District 9 would've been the Halo movie.

[Banky71]

If the Halo plans still stayed and Peter was working on that. District 9 WOULDN'T Exist. So, Therefore, District 9 would've been the Halo movie.

District 9 would have been made eventually no mater what. Alive in Joberg the short film it is based on was made before he even thought about doing the Halo movie. All the lack ofHalo did was move District 9 up.

[bmaninc]

Yes, exactly Bankster.

[xXjAmEZXx]

:O cant wait till the rock band movie

[sa_nick]

Needs more Monkey Island adaptations :D

[davidshek]

This isn't about the Banky thing. I'm sure he can fend for himself. It was the part where you condescendingly said "Did you even watch the trailer?"

Apparently I need to quote myself so you can read it for a *3rd* time.


Did you watch the trailer for Prince of Persia? It looks...horrible. :)

Where's the word "even"? Where's the condescending tone? It doesn't exist. All I asked was a simple question, "Did you watch the trailer?". There's nothing at all condescending about that. It's a question, that's all. After that, I expressed my opinion about the trailer. What you read into that is your own choice. Don't try to foist your interpretations on me and put words in my mouth.

[FloodOne]

Um, You're Wrong.

Yeah, but If Peter Jackson didn't do District 9, The Halo Movie would exist. Because he didn't do the halo movie, he did District 9, MEANING that District 9 would've been the Halo Movie.

Don't believe me? Look it up.

Once again you're misinformed.

Peter Jackson was the producer of the Haloo project. He hired Neil Bolmpkamp (or whatever his name is) to be the director of the film. The deal fell through, but Jackson still wanted to do a film with the director. District 9 was born.

District 9 is not a Halo movie, nor would it ever been, it's an entirely different project.

EDIT- Ninja'd a bunch of times.

[kiggidykev]

I would daresay that Hollywood is taking SOME video games seriously, as there's still a lot of poop that's being released that makes fans cry (http://www.horreur.net/img/streetfighter_picture.jpg).

[Renrock]

Well, on the brightside, at least none of these will be the worse video game movie based of all time.

I believe that honor will stay with Street Fighter: Legend of Chun Li for a very long time. (and give it props, as it was no easy task to suck more than a Uwe Boll film.)

[R33DH4M]

Mortal Kombat was probably one of the best video games made to movie.

[Fennz]

A Modern Warfare movie would be cool if it was done right.

[Pwnz0r3d]

Um, You're Wrong.

Yeah, but If Peter Jackson didn't do District 9, The Halo Movie would exist. Because he didn't do the halo movie, he did District 9, MEANING that District 9 would've been the Halo Movie.

Don't believe me? Look it up.

They wouldn't have been able to do it anyways.

I read somewhere that the film (with all of its cutting edge CGI) was moving towards the +billion dollar range, forcing the studio to stop production before they used that much money.

Plus, Peter wasnt even the director for either movie, he was the producer.

[Mex]

If the Halo plans still stayed and Peter was working on that. District 9 WOULDN'T Exist. So, Therefore, District 9 would've been the Halo movie.

Um no.

District 9 is based on a short film called "Alive In Joburg". It has nothing to do with Halo.

Peter Jackson was involved with the Halo movie, which fell through or was put on hold. So INSTEAD he produced District 9.

They have nothing to do with eachother in terms of content, story, etc.

[hawkofva]

If the Halo plans still stayed and Peter was working on that. District 9 WOULDN'T Exist. So, Therefore, District 9 would've been the Halo movie.

I don't know what's funnier: Seeing Burn7 Cak3 desperately trying to backpedal on what he said earlier to find a way in which his original statement was correct, or seeing him getting so flustered about it that his pristine grammar is falling apart before our very eyes.

Guys guys guys: can't you see that what he said at first was really true if you twist around the facts and look at it from a completely outlandish point of view?

Censored is spelled with a C, yo. :cool:

[FloodOne]

I don't know what's funnier: Seeing Burn7 Cak3 desperately trying to backpedal on what he said earlier to find a way in which his original statement was correct, or seeing him getting so flustered about it that his pristine grammar is falling apart before our very eyes.

Guys guys guys: can't you see that what he said at first was really true if you twist around the facts and look at it from a completely outlandish point of view?

Censored is spelled with a C, yo. :cool:

Post of the day, yo.

[zack10house]

Bioshock will be FANTASTIC if they do it well (yes, I know that's a dumbass sentence)

Everything else (especially Army Of Two, Prince Of Persia, WoW, and The Sims) WILL suck [for me....i'm not a big action/war movie guy....also not a big "movie about a simulation of everyday life" guy]

EDIT: I may have just found a partial script for the sims movie...no dialogue, unfortunately (I know you were all excited to hear me speak in a fictional language)

character1: wakes up, goes to work [read: disappears in a car]
character2: wakes up, takes ****
character3: flirts with character2 who is taking a ****.
character4: drowns because some ****er deleted the ladders in the swimming pool

[svartikins]

The PoP: SoT trailer pisses me off. Mainly because that's pretty much my favorite game of all time.

It also looks like a mix of The Mummy and the third game. WHICH MAKES NO SENSE.

However, if they at least put this song (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BAUdFNmizWc) into the movie, I won't hate it as much.

[BuRn7 CaK3]

Oh how I love you ignorant fools. Keep on dreaming.

[Mex]

Oh how I love you ignorant fools. Keep on dreaming.

Are you mad because you've been proven wrong again?

[BuRn7 CaK3]

I'm not wrong. It's funny how you think I am. Look up the info.If PJ didn't produce D9, The Halo Movie would of seen the day of light (considering those plans still were there) and D9 wouldn't of been shown when it was.

[Mex]

I'm not wrong. It's funny how you think I am. Look up the info.If PJ didn't produce D9, The Halo Movie would of seen the day of light (considering those plans still were there) and D9 wouldn't of been shown when it was.

And?

If you look at what I posted, you'll see that District 9 was based on a short film, it has nothing to do with Halo. Which is the point.

Who cares if one movie was made instead of another? That has nothing to do with a potential Halo movie being good or bad. What's so hard for you to understand?

EDIT:

I think you mean "the light of day". Not "the day of light".

But that's pretty funny.

[supernova1324]

D9 would've been made regardless of what happened with the Halo movie. The halo movie being put off just made it happen sooner rather than later.

[FloodOne]

Oh how I love you ignorant fools. Keep on dreaming.

You're an ass. Mad because you don't have a valid argument to back up your blatantly wrong statement.

If you're so sure that you're right, cite a source.

[hawkofva]

I'm not wrong. It's funny how you think I am. Look up the info.If PJ didn't produce D9, The Halo Movie would of seen the day of light (considering those plans still were there) and D9 wouldn't of been shown when it was.

The Halo movie stalled out when MS couldn't get Fox, Paramount, or any of the other big movie houses to agree to their ridiculous requirements. Peter Jackson and Blomkamp moved on to another project. Had they not made District 9, the Halo movie would still not have been any closer to being made.

[Daesania]

Thanks for making my night burn7, its really too funny. If you're "wrong" you say you're not and just call everyone else idiots, fools, or morons, EVERY SINGLE TIME. You realize, you CAN admit you're wrong once or twice and people would probably not make fun of you if you'd just admit you were wrong.

[Mex]

You'd think he'd learn eh? But nope.

[Ultimatum]

Even funnier still is he went through the "baawww, blah blah, no one seems to like me, I'm gonna change" loldrama a month or two ago.

[bmaninc]

He was actually doing very well, too.

[sa_nick]

Hows about everyone shuts up? ESPECIALLY YOU DAES!

Also, someone mentioned a CoD movie. It'd be pointless, there's no actual characters or unique story ideas. The same film could be made and released as a normal war film (or a normal war film could be made and released with the CoD title)

[afterstasis]

i'd rather see a movie about this forum than any video game i've ever played.

[supernova1324]

i'd rather see a movie about this forum than any video game i've ever played.

Look no farther than 80s teen movies.

[afterstasis]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zBKgbHNaaXY

[HeyRiles]

Needs more Monkey Island adaptations :D

I wholeheartedly agree with this. I would love to see the humor in a movie adaptation


IGNORANT FOOLS!!!!!

There, now you sound more like Dr. Eggman


A Modern Warfare movie would be cool if it was done right.

It would also prove to have a horrible consequence on foreign relations and how Russia would use it against horrible propaganda


i'd rather see a movie about this forum than any video game i've ever played.

What role would I play?

[afterstasis]

What role would I play?

long duk dong.

[a21schizoidman]

i'd rather see a movie about this forum than any video game i've ever played.

i can just go kick you in the crotch and videotape it

[HeyRiles]

long duk dong.

That sounds more like a $20 entree

[afterstasis]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KfTwTbXvR8Y

[Mex]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zBKgbHNaaXY

You know, there used to be someone posting here that looked alot like the charater Hatchet Face (http://i27.tinypic.com/w1qplt.jpg)from that movie.

Not naming names ;)

[afterstasis]

you got her digits?

[dinoman]

i haven't got time to read all the pages, but do not forget about the metal gear solid movie that's in talks

[zack10house]

i haven't got time to read all the pages, but do not forget about the metal gear solid movie that's in talks

Only if David Hayter writes/directs/plays Snake (bolded for importance...I mean, he's got the film experience, why not?) would that be good (again, in my opinion)

[Mex]

you got her digits?

No I don't. Either way I think you may be too young for her. Sorry bud.

[lanky316]

Hasn't The Sims been done? The Truman Show pretty much covered the "my life is an illusion caused by outside sources angle.

WoW could work in a standard fantasy movie way but not hopeful on that. The game is full of copyright lawyer bait and plot holes as is.

[lanky316]

Needs more Monkey Island adaptations :D

Pirates of the Caribbean anyone? Especially as the fourth one is based on the book that inspired Monkey Island.

[Mex]

Pirates of the Caribbean anyone? Especially as the fourth one is based on the book that inspired Monkey Island.

There's a 4th one?

[R33DH4M]

There's a 4th one?

In the works (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pirates_of_the_Caribbean:_On_Stranger_Tides#On_Str anger_Tides)

[Mex]

In the works (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pirates_of_the_Caribbean:_On_Stranger_Tides#On_Str anger_Tides)

Interesting. No Keira Knightly or Orlando Bloom it seems.

[bood-boy]

whats worse... a good video game getting turned into a bad movie? or a good movie turned into a bad video game?

[Daesania]

no luv for you nick, i thought you were my best friend!

[lanky316]

whats worse... a good video game getting turned into a bad movie? or a good movie turned into a bad video game?

Toughie, I'd say the game into a movie, largely due to budget and time. An installment of a game is often years of fine tuning before it gets a release it then needs to be huge before a studio decides to convert it, which they too can then take ages developing, very rarely is this tied to release on another medium.

On the other hand, games are often kept rather limited with what information they have and are also heavily deadline reliant, needing to be shipped with the film. Back in the day Ocean were pretty good at adapting but now development of a top game takes longer it's harder to reach that goal meaning they often aren't very good.

[Sarge51]

I just hope they don't defile these games with their Hollywood SUCK. Movies these days just seem to get worse and worse with only kid's movies seemingly getting more interesting (Planet 51 actually looks like an interesting play on humans and aliens. How would aliens react if WE landed on their planet?). Too many scary movie remakes, and romance movies that have gotten all too predictable.

Please... if half of these games ever make it to the big screen, don't mess them up. Remember, you're appeasing the gamers, not the rest of movie watchers that are too dense to handle some real depth in a movie.

[Ultimatum]

i haven't got time to read all the pages, but do not forget about the metal gear solid movie that's in talks

Doesn't that game have something like 8 hours of cutscenes?

[instantdeath999]

Doesn't that game have something like 8 hours of cutscenes?

Not quite that extreme, but a good amount. I promise you that if the movie sticks too close to the games plot, it will be an all out abortion. The final cutscene of Metal Gear Solid 4 is about 45 minutes long.

It needs to be animated, it really does.

[supernova1324]

MGS is already a movie. All they have to do put it on the big screen and bam, it's finished.

[instantdeath999]

MGS is already a movie. All they have to do put it on the big screen and bam, it's finished.

Maybe, once they divide it up into three separate trilogies :)

[Daesania]

MGS4 cutscenes are why i never played it - after over an hour of playing it and like 5 mins ACTUAL play time i sent it back to gamefly and said **** it.

[Baanu_Rass]

My first encounter with MGS was MGS3 but I hated it so much I never made it to a cutscene. Snake moves like a drunk hobo and for some reason guards' guns disappear when you kill them. Why can't I carry an AK in the event I get seen?

[instantdeath999]

MGS4 cutscenes are why i never played it - after over an hour of playing it and like 5 mins ACTUAL play time i sent it back to gamefly and said **** it.

... which is why you have the option of skipping the cutscenes :p

To be honest, I bought Metal Gear Solid for the cutscenes. Gameplay was secondary (and honestly, the gameplay was absolutely amazing, to this day my favorite game, with or without cutscenes). I know, I know, the whole "go watch a movie" thing, but honestly, Mgs 4 completely beat the crap out of everything that was currently in the theaters, story wise and production wise:D


My first encounter with MGS was MGS3 but I hated it so much I never made it to a cutscene. Snake moves like a drunk hobo and for some reason guards' guns disappear when you kill them. Why can't I carry an AK in the event I get seen?

I thought that at first too, but I grew to love it. It really is an acquired taste... like a lot of music. Metal Gear Solid 3 is the only game I've ever beaten it in one sitting. However, this was almost three years after my first encounter with the game, in which I hated it. One thing that had me glued was the character development... fantastic.

[Mex]

MGS4 cutscenes are why i never played it - after over an hour of playing it and like 5 mins ACTUAL play time i sent it back to gamefly and said **** it.

That's too bad, you missed out on a helluva game. I don't even like the whole MGS storylines. That game was awesome.

[Baanu_Rass]

I thought that at first too, but I grew to love it. It really is an acquired taste... like a lot of music. Metal Gear Solid 3 is the only game I've ever beaten it in one sitting. However, this was almost three years after my first encounter with the game, in which I hated it. One thing that had me glued was the character development... fantastic.

I shudder to think how painful it would be to get to a point where the characters can be powerful enough to make me forget how unfun it is. My copy sat in it's original packaging for two years before I played it. If only I had kept it there, then I'd have something to ebay in 20 years.

[instantdeath999]

I shudder to think how painful it would be to get to a point where the characters can be powerful enough to make me forget how unfun it is. My copy sat in it's original packaging for two years before I played it. If only I had kept it there, then I'd have something to ebay in 20 years.

Have you played Substance? You haven't said it, but I'm getting a strong vibe that part of what you hated was the awkward camera angles. Substance was a remake of the game, allowing a more freestyle camera.

And by the way, there is a reason you can't pick up guards weapons story wise, but it's one of those things where if I tried to explain, I'd only make things worse :)

[Baanu_Rass]

Have you played Substance? You haven't said it, but I'm getting a strong vibe that part of what you hated was the awkward camera angles. Substance was a remake of the game, allowing a more freestyle camera.

And by the way, there is a reason you can't pick up guards weapons story wise, but it's one of those things where if I tried to explain, I'd only make things worse :)

Nah, it's the original. My biggest thing is how moving and then trying to crouch/lay down tends to cause you to dive, which isn't very stealthy.

As for the weapons thing, I know they sent you in without weapons to prevent the Ruskies from knowing it was an American operation (officially, they have to know by simple logic that it was them) but what could the reason be for not using their weapons against them? Right now American special forces use AKs because they are so common people can't tell by listening who is fighting. By extension, using an AK here (especially one you found) would be less incriminating than leaving tranq darts in people's necks/letting them live to say what Snake looks like.

[Sarge51]

My first encounter with MGS was MGS3 but I hated it so much I never made it to a cutscene. Snake moves like a drunk hobo and for some reason guards' guns disappear when you kill them. Why can't I carry an AK in the event I get seen?

I believe in the MGS-verse weapons are somehow tied to each guard with some kind of VIN number or something. If snake stole a guard's weapon then it wouldn't work. So he has to get an "un-owned" weapon to be able to use a certain weapon.

That format is there to keep you from rushing in guns blazing as soon as the mission starts. That's now how MGS is supposed to be played. :P

However, if you beat the game you could have used the Patriot. INF Bullets FTW!

[Baanu_Rass]

I believe in the MGS-verse weapons are somehow tied to each guard with some kind of VIN number or something. If snake stole a guard's weapon then it wouldn't work. So he has to get an "un-owned" weapon to be able to use a certain weapon.

In the 60s?

[BuRn7 CaK3]

I believe in the MGS-verse weapons are somehow tied to each guard with some kind of VIN number or something. If snake stole a guard's weapon then it wouldn't work. So he has to get an "un-owned" weapon to be able to use a certain weapon.

Ahhh, Like some of those weapons in Shoot 'Em Up, right?

[CyanFunk]

At least there's no Uwe Boll involved

[instantdeath999]

I believe in the MGS-verse weapons are somehow tied to each guard with some kind of VIN number or something. If snake stole a guard's weapon then it wouldn't work. So he has to get an "un-owned" weapon to be able to use a certain weapon.

That format is there to keep you from rushing in guns blazing as soon as the mission starts. That's now how MGS is supposed to be played. :P

However, if you beat the game you could have used the Patriot. INF Bullets FTW!

Yeah, that was in place in the old 2 bit games and just carried over. It has to do with each gun having an "ID tag" to each specific person. In MGS4, without retconning anything, they allowed for guns to have their ID's changed.

It's really an excuse for gameplay, but it's interesting.