Rosbjerg Posted July 16, 2008 Share Posted July 16, 2008 I found this list of games that have been/are about too/might be turned into films. I just wanted to put it here so you would have en idea of what is coming. Personally I'm not really for these kind of films, I've yet to see a VG movie that really worked well. Fortune favors the bald. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
random n00b Posted July 16, 2008 Share Posted July 16, 2008 Dr. Boll doesn't care what you or anyone else thinks, and will continue to make awesomely craptacular VG to film ports, with the German taxpayers' money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick_i_am Posted July 16, 2008 Share Posted July 16, 2008 And if you disagree he fight you! Fight you good! (Approved by Fio, so feel free to use it) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slowtrain Posted July 16, 2008 Share Posted July 16, 2008 Alone in the Dark II (2009) The mind boggles. Notice how I can belittle your beliefs without calling you names. It's a useful skill to have particularly where you aren't allowed to call people names. It's a mistake to get too drawn in/worked up. I mean it's not life or death, it's just two guys posting their thoughts on a message board. If it were personal or face to face all the usual restraints would be in place, and we would never have reached this place in the first place. Try to remember that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qt3.14159 Posted July 16, 2008 Share Posted July 16, 2008 Generally, I think they're a curse. But before the last few years comic book / superhero movies were generally pretty bad too. But now they're starting to get those right. Is it wrong to hope that *somehow* they will start making decent game movies? Anybody here catch that? All I understood was 'very'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enoch Posted July 16, 2008 Share Posted July 16, 2008 (edited) Hardly surprising. Writing for video games is by and large pretty crappy. (And, when it's good, it tends to be far too sprawling to fit decently in a film.) A lot of what makes the games popular is the gameplay experience, which is stripped away in film adaptations. When the weak writing and characters are asked to support the endeavor alone, it often collapses. Really, the only reason that these films were videogame spinoffs in the first place is marketing. I'd be willing to bet that almost none of them were created because someone played the games and thought that they would make a really good movie. Rather, they take a property with good name recognition in the target demographic and either write up a script based on it, or repurpose an existing script that wasn't good enough to get produced on its own. Spinoffs of all kinds are huge now because so much of the cost of producing a movie goes into marketing, just to get the target audience aware of the film and give them an idea of what it's about. A spinoff gets you that level of awareness for a much lower cost than an original title. Edited July 16, 2008 by Enoch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sand Posted July 16, 2008 Share Posted July 16, 2008 There has only been one game franchise that has made a decent movie series and that is Resident Evil. The rest are just crap. Murphy's Law of Computer Gaming: The listed minimum specifications written on the box by the publisher are not the minimum specifications of the game set by the developer. @\NightandtheShape/@ - "Because you're a bizzare strange deranged human?" Walsingham- "Sand - always rushing around, stirring up apathy." Joseph Bulock - "Another headache, courtesy of Sand" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kelverin Posted July 16, 2008 Share Posted July 16, 2008 Just more evidence (as if we needed it) how creatively bankrupt Hollywood is. What with remaking old TV shows, comic books, remaking old movies, now lets steal from the VG community, because why create something new and take a chance of losing money Luckily there's thousands of excellent movies to watch and not enough time to do so. J1 Visa Southern California Cleaning Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tale Posted July 16, 2008 Share Posted July 16, 2008 (edited) Mortal Kombat (August 18, 1995): Good Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (June 15, 2001): Good Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within (July 13, 2001): Not Bad Resident Evil (March 15, 2002): Not Bad Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life (July 25, 2003): Good Silent Hill (April 21, 2006): Good+ Final Fantasy VII Advent Children (2005): Good+ Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie (1994): Good+ Street Fighter Alpha: The Movie (1999): Good+ The Pokemon movies are pretty good, too. At least back when I watched them. Mortal Kombat: Annihilation (November 21, 1997): Worst movie I've ever seen Street Fighter (December 23, 1994): Terrible Doom (October 21, 2005): Bad Resident Evil: Extinction (September 21, 2007): As bad as Mortal Kombat: Annihilation. BloodRayne (January 6, 2006): Sci-Fi Channel Original bad Super Mario Bros. (May 28, 1993): Don't remember Double Dragon (November 4, 1994): Don't remember Resident Evil: Apocalypse (September 10, 2004): Not worth remembering Video games can make excellent action movie or action/adventure properties. The problem is they seem to attract terrible directors and screenwriters, looking to make a quick buck on a name. Edited July 16, 2008 by Tale "Show me a man who "plays fair" and I'll show you a very talented cheater." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sand Posted July 16, 2008 Share Posted July 16, 2008 I would place that Van Damme Street Fighter lower than MK: Annihilation. Murphy's Law of Computer Gaming: The listed minimum specifications written on the box by the publisher are not the minimum specifications of the game set by the developer. @\NightandtheShape/@ - "Because you're a bizzare strange deranged human?" Walsingham- "Sand - always rushing around, stirring up apathy." Joseph Bulock - "Another headache, courtesy of Sand" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoM_Solaufein Posted July 16, 2008 Share Posted July 16, 2008 Mortal Kombat (August 18, 1995): GoodLara Croft: Tomb Raider (June 15, 2001): Good Those are the only two that I can think of that were good. War is Peace, Freedom is Slavery, Ignorance is StrengthBaldur's Gate moddingTeamBGBaldur's Gate modder/community leaderBaldur's Gate - Enhanced Edition beta testerBaldur's Gate 2 - Enhanced Edition beta tester Icewind Dale - Enhanced Edition beta tester Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kelverin Posted July 16, 2008 Share Posted July 16, 2008 Mortal Kombat (August 18, 1995): Good Good? Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (June 15, 2001): Good Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within (July 13, 2001): Not Bad Not good either Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life (July 25, 2003): Good Super Mario Bros. (May 28, 1993): Don't remember Consider yourself luckyDouble Dragon (November 4, 1994): Don't remember Video games can make excellent action movie or action/adventure properties. The problem is they seem to attract terrible directors and screenwriters, looking to make a quick buck on a name.They can, but so far they have not. The reason you give works for me. J1 Visa Southern California Cleaning Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deadly_Nightshade Posted July 16, 2008 Share Posted July 16, 2008 Lara Croft: Tomb Raider - not a bad movie. "Geez. It's like we lost some sort of bet and ended up saddled with a bunch of terrible new posters on this forum." -Hurlshot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tale Posted July 16, 2008 Share Posted July 16, 2008 (edited) Super Mario Bros. (May 28, 1993): Don't remember Consider yourself lucky I consider myself double lucky! I distinctly recall enjoying the movie when I watched it. I just don't remember why. Edited July 16, 2008 by Tale "Show me a man who "plays fair" and I'll show you a very talented cheater." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newc0253 Posted July 16, 2008 Share Posted July 16, 2008 The Tomb Raider movies were entertaining fun if you were maybe stuck on a 14 hour flight or an oil rig or something. That first Final Fantasy film was also watchable if you managed to overlook the silly story and focus on the pretty graphics. every other video game adaptation has been at best cruddy and at worst the cinematic equivalent of dribbly diarrehea. i wouldn't rule out that some day someone will make a decent movie based on a videogame. but i ain't gonna hold my breath. dumber than a bag of hammers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hurlshort Posted July 16, 2008 Share Posted July 16, 2008 I enjoyed the Resident Evil films. The last one left something to be desired, but I wouldn't say it was terrible. I also really liked the FF: Spirits Within movie. I'd say that's it. The rest are only enjoyable in a campy sense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darque Posted July 16, 2008 Share Posted July 16, 2008 Video Game movies are where Comic Book movies were two decades ago. In time, they'll stop sucking... as much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kelverin Posted July 16, 2008 Share Posted July 16, 2008 Video Game movies are where Comic Book movies were two decades ago.I see your point but Superman 1978>Every other super hero film ever made J1 Visa Southern California Cleaning Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tale Posted July 16, 2008 Share Posted July 16, 2008 Superman 1978>Every other super hero film ever made Got it on Blu-Ray. I'm considering getting Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut. "Show me a man who "plays fair" and I'll show you a very talented cheater." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xard Posted July 16, 2008 Share Posted July 16, 2008 Video Game movies are where Comic Book movies were two decades ago.I see your point but Superman 1978>Every other super hero film ever made Nahh... Batman begins ftw How can it be a no ob build. It has PROVEN effective. I dare you to show your builds and I will tear you apart in an arugment about how these builds will won them. - OverPowered Godzilla (OPG) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kelverin Posted July 16, 2008 Share Posted July 16, 2008 (edited) Video Game movies are where Comic Book movies were two decades ago.I see your point but Superman 1978>Every other super hero film ever made Nahh... Batman begins ftw Sorry the Bat suit sucks (Always has always will) and the cast of Superman is just AWESOME. Marlon Brando rules all Also Superman is epic in scope and grandeur, no other film has come close in this regard Edited July 16, 2008 by Kelverin J1 Visa Southern California Cleaning Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark_Raven Posted July 17, 2008 Share Posted July 17, 2008 (edited) Mortal Kombat was awesome! Best video to movie ever. Everything else sucks. Anything that Uwe Boll made should be burned. Edited July 17, 2008 by Dark_Raven Hades was the life of the party. RIP You'll be missed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WILL THE ALMIGHTY Posted July 17, 2008 Share Posted July 17, 2008 (edited) They forgot Gears of War... they're making a movie out of it. I think they stopped work on the Halo movie though. Nevermind, they didn't. Edited July 17, 2008 by WILL THE ALMIGHTY "Alright, I've been thinking. When life gives you lemons, don't make lemonade - make life take the lemons back! Get mad! I don't want your damn lemons, what am I supposed to do with these? Demand to see life's manager. Make life rue the day it thought it could give Cave Johnson lemons. Do you know who I am? I'm the man who's gonna burn your house down! With the lemons. I'm going to to get my engineers to invent a combustible lemon that burns your house down!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick_i_am Posted July 17, 2008 Share Posted July 17, 2008 Lost Planet movie written by Solid Snake! come on, tell me that isn't an awsome concept. (Approved by Fio, so feel free to use it) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slowtrain Posted July 17, 2008 Share Posted July 17, 2008 I like Uwe Boll Notice how I can belittle your beliefs without calling you names. It's a useful skill to have particularly where you aren't allowed to call people names. It's a mistake to get too drawn in/worked up. I mean it's not life or death, it's just two guys posting their thoughts on a message board. If it were personal or face to face all the usual restraints would be in place, and we would never have reached this place in the first place. Try to remember that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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