BioShock Movie Still Possible, Says Ken Levine

[Legion]

Completely disagree on this principle.

Movies need Mature certificates to contain adult content. A great, dark story could be envisioned without the need for gratuitous violence, gore, porn. Ratings boards are a lot more lenient about content when it is only there to back up a great story. I pretty much see certificates as an early warning of a bad film nowadays.

There's a lot of stuff to work with before throwing in the regular helping of mindless shock content: The Laissez-faire capitalism angle, the origin of Rapture, What went wrong, The science of Gene Splicing.

I'd much rather see a mature story than a mature certificate.

Think for a second about why Bioshock has it's rating. It doesn't have that much bad language, it doesn't have any sex. It is all down to it's violence. All in all it's violence isn't actually that bad, which when you think about it, means that were they to make it into a film with anything less than the games rating then the violence would be even more toned down than it is at the moment.

That doesn't sound like a very good idea for a film based upon psychotic drug users and men in giant suits with drills attached to their arms. Bioshock has philosophy in it, but the violence is just as much a part of it as the insights into human nature and so on.

Yes, the film would need a mature story, and yes, gratuitous violence isn't normally something that fits in well with that, but Rapture is supposed to be a dark and violent place, and that needs to be reflected.

 

[LightspeedJack]

Do it but it's got to be rated "R" (which would probably get an 18 or a strong 15 here in England). I think that was one of the main reasons it wasn't made before because the studio wanted it to be PG-13.

 

[ajemas]

I'm sorry, but I really don't think that a BioShock movie is a very good idea. Don't get me wrong, the game was absolutely freaking brilliant and is one of my favorites of all time, but it worked so well because it was an interactive[i/] experience. From the opening part where you're swimming away from the wreckage to the twist towards the end, it worked best from player interaction to create immersion. Because of this, I don't think that it would translate to the big screen in a good way at all.

 

[Shameless]

Guys, it will never work, why you may ask? because everything in bioshock works because it's done in a first person perspective, if it was transformed into a 3rd person perspective the magic will be lost.

 

[Cowabungaa]

That doesn't sound like a very good idea for a film based upon psychotic drug users and men in giant suits with drills attached to their arms. Bioshock has philosophy in it, but the violence is just as much a part of it as the insights into human nature and so on.

Actually, the violence is one of the insights into human nature; that even with the creme-de-la-creme of society, the most civilized and cultured people are in the end still human. Even under their neatly clothed exterior lies an animal that will commit horrible acts just to survive. And yes, it's important to reflect this in the movie.

Guys, it will never work, why you may ask? because everything in bioshock works because it's done in a first person perspective, if it was transformed into a 3rd person perspective the magic will be lost.

Again, they don't have to recreate the game itself. The entire story before the first game is completely untouched, the entire rise and fall of Rapture is untamped material. Personally, when BioShock 2 was announced, I was hoping it'd be a prequel delving into that lore. But alas they didn't, but I reckon it can work perfectly well as a movie.

 

[Number-14]

unless hollywood or any genius would have the actor have built in cameras in his eyes.

But still you've got a point. Hmmm... a movie in first perspective , that'll be interesting.

 

[Number-14]

Guys, it will never work, why you may ask? because everything in bioshock works because it's done in a first person perspective, if it was transformed into a 3rd person perspective the magic will be lost.

unless hollywood or any genius would have the actor have built in cameras in his eyes.

But still you've got a point. Hmmm... a movie in first perspective , that'll be interesting.

 

[Steve the Pocket]

Guys, it will never work, why you may ask? because everything in bioshock works because it's done in a first person perspective, if it was transformed into a 3rd person perspective the magic will be lost.

Again, they don't have to recreate the game itself. The entire story before the first game is completely untouched, the entire rise and fall of Rapture is untamped material. Personally, when BioShock 2 was announced, I was hoping it'd be a prequel delving into that lore. But alas they didn't, but I reckon it can work perfectly well as a movie.

As long as they can come up with a way to end it. With the game, even though most of the real story was Rapture's, it was OK that they never explain what happened to everyone else after Jack left because the game was about him. If you make the movie about Rapture's history, how does it end? "And then a genetically engineered guy with false memories who is also Andrew Ryan's son for some reason shows up and kills everyone" isn't exactly something that works in a movie.

 

[Cowabungaa]

Guys, it will never work, why you may ask? because everything in bioshock works because it's done in a first person perspective, if it was transformed into a 3rd person perspective the magic will be lost.

Again, they don't have to recreate the game itself. The entire story before the first game is completely untouched, the entire rise and fall of Rapture is untamped material. Personally, when BioShock 2 was announced, I was hoping it'd be a prequel delving into that lore. But alas they didn't, but I reckon it can work perfectly well as a movie.

As long as they can come up with a way to end it. With the game, even though most of the real story was Rapture's, it was OK that they never explain what happened to everyone else after Jack left because the game was about him. If you make the movie about Rapture's history, how does it end? "And then a genetically engineered guy with false memories who is also Andrew Ryan's son for some reason shows up and kills everyone" isn't exactly something that works in a movie.

Maybe it can end where the game starts? The moment where the new status quo is realised. That is, until Jack comes along, but that's a new story entirely.