Video Game Movies

Tempest · Post by **Tempest** » Mon Dec 06, 2004 4:19 pm

Several video games have made their way to the big screen, yet while they might of been good games, they sucked as movies. I'm talking about Mortal Kombat 2, Resident Evil 1 & 2 and AvP (While it also had a comic book series, it was also a game).

Now, their are quite a few games that can still be made into movies, that if you apply good writers, good actors (that fit the part) and a good director, you could get a kick ass movie out of a video game. Personally I wouldn't mind to see if they did something with Duke Nukem movie.

Suggestions on others?

RID Scourge · Post by **RID Scourge** » Mon Dec 06, 2004 4:42 pm

You forgot to mention Mario Brothers in you "List 'O Suck" (R). I've never seen any of the others, but I remember that movie wasn't that special.

Rew · Post by **Rew** » Mon Dec 06, 2004 4:47 pm

You forgot Tomb Raider....that was a dire movie in my opinion...

Civ · Post by **Civ** » Mon Dec 06, 2004 5:12 pm

Don't forget Final Fantasy. As a movie, it wasn't all that bad. It wasn't the greatest but it was watchable though somewhat confusing.

Auntie Slag · Post by **Auntie Slag** » Mon Dec 06, 2004 5:21 pm

Tetris.

Random Sweep · Post by **Random Sweep** » Mon Dec 06, 2004 5:25 pm

GTA: Vice city, with either Ray Liotta or Bruce Cambell as Tommy

Shockmeister · Post by **Shockmeister** » Mon Dec 06, 2004 5:55 pm

Space Invaders would be a damn good movie.

"DEAR GOD! IT'S AN ALIEN INVASION!"
"What are they gonna do to us?!"
"They'll move in poorly-animated zigzag lines and blast us to smithereens with their Painfully Slow-Moving Death Lazers(tm)! We're doomed!"

And you forgot the Street Fighter movie on the list. *shudder*

RUNAMOK · Post by **RUNAMOK** » Mon Dec 06, 2004 6:28 pm

for the worst ideas I could mention Pong, Pacman, asteroids, snake

for the good ones starcraft, warcraft3, diablo1 and 2

Lord Decepticon · Post by **Lord Decepticon** » Mon Dec 06, 2004 6:37 pm

the first Mortal Kombat film was ok, RE was ok but didnt follow any story and had that fugly bitch fro mTeh Fast & The Furious. Street Fighter 2 anime kicked ass!!!

the_escaflowne_2k · Post by **the_escaflowne_2k** » Mon Dec 06, 2004 8:11 pm

oh good god i'd forgotten about the Super Mario movie, now that was tragically funny.
The best way to make a movie out of a video game is to not use the main character from the game and instead follow a lesser character or just use the same world that way it won't have to have such a rigid plot line , also if it strays away from the ethos ofthe game then it won't matter terribly.

Was just about to say "would like to see an anime based around the Z.O.E universe" then remembered that i all ready own it :\

Though if they made a movie about Dantes brother from Devil May Cry that would be good, well it would be cool on paper i can't imagine it could ever be done right.

Saying that the amount of games which have been liscenced to be made into films is ridiculous, i know GTA has and Metroid (not a long list i know but i can't think of too many off hand), just hoping to god they never use the liscences.

homerbot · Post by **homerbot** » Mon Dec 06, 2004 9:21 pm

Originally posted by PaladinPrime
You forgot to mention Mario Brothers in you "List 'O Suck" (R). I've never seen any of the others, but I remember that movie wasn't that special.

oh that wasn't htat bad:p (jk... a lot)

umm... good movies, good games, good movies, good games

i would say command and conquer (any one of them) but i don't think an rts could make that great of a game

Trollking · Post by **Trollking** » Mon Dec 06, 2004 10:11 pm

Last I heard there was a duke Nukem film in the works but that's been a while. Also Metroid had a script being written for it but I haven't heard anything in the past 2 months. A few others movie put throught the process of being turned into a movie but I doubt they'll make it into production.

Oh and you guys forgat that double dragon movie. It sucked too.
Parasite Eve for awhile was being considered being amde a movie until Madonna got her hands on it.

Snake · Post by **Snake** » Mon Dec 06, 2004 10:34 pm

Metroid could be absolutely epic. It has such great potential, not just for fantastic settings and cool FX. Samus Aran is the definitive badass videogame heroine. Lara who? Croft you say? Bah; she's a poor remake of Indiana Jones in silicone. Samus would beat Lara's ass into the ground and she wouldn't even need her power armor suit to do it. If they took it seriously, say, as serious as Richard Donner did with Superman (1978), it would be an instant classic. Chances are, however, the script will be a huge waste of paper, they'll use lots of low-grade CGI, and the actress playing Ms. Aran will turn in a performance that sinks both the movie and any hopes she has of a career.

I have always thought Bionic Commado would make a cool movie. Lots of action, guns, sh*t blowing up, that cool bionic claw-arm. But it should be closer to the japanese version and bear its' original title "Top Secret: Hitler's Revival". Though the subterfuge of the US version made for one helluva reveal when you finally saw who "Master D" really was. Who could forget being called a "damned fool" by ole Adolph? Who could forget the horror of the Albatross Laser Weapons Platform? And who could forget ruining Hitler's **** by shooting him right in the head with an experimental high-yield rocket launcher? Memories...

But Hollywood would screw this one up too.

SoundCrush · Post by **SoundCrush** » Mon Dec 06, 2004 11:01 pm

Originally posted by Shockmeister

And you forgot the Street Fighter movie on the list. *shudder*

You mean the live-action one, right? Yeaah, that was pretty craptastic.

Ummm..... I think a movie about the origins of the whole Armed Core series would be nice.

CounterPunch · Post by **CounterPunch** » Tue Dec 07, 2004 12:27 am

Originally posted by the_escaflowne_2k
Saying that the amount of games which have been liscenced to be made into films is ridiculous, i know GTA has and Metroid (not a long list i know but i can't think of too many off hand), just hoping to god they never use the liscences.

film rights to most games have been lapped up, its the way the industry works, you see a new game coming out that MIGHT be a hit and you go and buy the rights to it, even if you're not planning on doing anything with it for bloody ages... hell i bet one film company still owns the bloody rights for a james pond film

Lord Decepticon · Post by **Lord Decepticon** » Tue Dec 07, 2004 12:28 am

The Street Fighter movie blew

Zangief: (In a stupid confused manner) Bison was a bad guy?

Or when Ken puts a cap in Guile.

E. Honda & Balrog work for the CIA or whatever

Super Mario Bros. was tragic alright, me & my bro went to see it but it was sold out so we saw Sandlot, man back then as kid I was pissed but I dont regret seeing that piece of crap in theatres I really like

Mario "No I'm MArio, Mario, he's Luigi, MArio!"

Vin Ghostal · Post by **Vin Ghostal** » Tue Dec 07, 2004 2:02 am

Zelda.

Absolutely, undoubtedly, Zelda.

ThePeacemkr2 · Post by **ThePeacemkr2** » Tue Dec 07, 2004 2:13 am

Everquest. It would be funny watching all the actresses shiver, as they walked through frozen tundra wearing a thong/bikini.

Although in that regard, any MMORPG, and most computer games would work, I suppose...

Or maybe "The Sims". Wouldn't a movie based on a game based on life be awesome?

On second thought, maybe not.

Ooooh, I know!
A movie based on Hasbro Interactive's "Beast Wars - Transformers!". Wouldn't that be awesome?

Actually, after thinking about the game itself... maybe not.

A movie based on Giants:Citizen Kabuto would be pretty neat, primarily for the blue lady-who-is-topless-in-the-Euro-copy on the cover.

Dead Man Wade · Post by **Dead Man Wade** » Tue Dec 07, 2004 2:29 am

Originally posted by Lord Decepticon
The Street Fighter movie blew

Zangief: (In a stupid confused manner) Bison was a bad guy?

Or when Ken puts a cap in Guile.

E. Honda & Balrog work for the CIA or whatever

There were a couple of gems, like M. Bison's "For me...it was Tuesday...". And the DVD has a cool little tutorial on the language and customs of Zandaloo. Most of the tutorial consists of things like "Please do not shoot. We surrender."

Piranacon · Post by **Piranacon** » Tue Dec 07, 2004 2:39 am

Warcraft saga can be made to resemble LOTR and that would be pretty hot also.

Halo could also be a cool movie. Space ring concept etc..

Plenty more I could probably think of but I'm drained...
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