Kingdom Hearts? The plot of Johnny Mnemonic made more sense. And the writing was better. The Kingdom Hearts movie would need a serious overhaul, and even so would (will) almost certainly be terrible.
Please, Film These Games!
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I'm about to bust my jeans at the thought of an Earthbound movie...Teens taking on Lovecraftian horrors and robots and possessed stop signs with PSI and frying pans and baseball bats...Ness and Paula falling for each other, Jeff encountering Tessie...Poo being, well, Poo...Damn, that could be so awesome. Could even cameo Ninten or Lucas...
I think Gears of War could be made into a great movie. Anyone whose played it knows how tense it can get when you're slipping around cover, trying to get a good shot on your enemy while he tries to get a good shot on you, and that could be translated to some pretty good scenes. Also, they've got a pretty rich universe, almost on par with Halo's.
Hm...Chrinik said:
(Goes back and plays Halo again)
I guess he does. Somehow I managed to forget that.
Either way, It's tough to build a character for a movie who you never actually get to see outside of a helmet that obscures his entire face. In a video game, this can be an advantage (The player can easily insert himself into the armor), but in a movie it robs the character of a great deal of personality. Facial expression is a powerful enough dramatic tool that some characters rely on that, without words, to convey what they're feeling.
It's kind of like most superhero movies now. Most of the drama takes place while the mask is off, to let the audience get a feel for who the character is and what his problems are, and allowing him to deal with them so he can go out and beat the hell out of the bad guy.
I'm not saying it's impossible, and I do get what you're getting at (But honestly, they don't even need a big guy for the role, just CGI the damn armor and get the original voice actor =P)
but the ease of casting pales in comparison to the amount of skill required on the writers and director to make the character work in a movie.
If they adapted the series they would probably skip Castlevania II because the story is pretty damn similar to Castlevania. So maybe having Alucard as a Lawful Neutral Character showing up near the end as a precursor for the sequels?Mstrswrd said:
I pretty much disagree with all of the entries in your post, Bob. However I will give you the nod for even suggesting a Babylon 5 reboot. It would be amazing! (It also helps that it's still fresh in my memory because I just finished watching my dvd set again.) Maybe they can actually show the telepath war and the Drakh war. Also, it would be a good excuse to finally be able to get away from the 80's and early 90's tech from the original show with something that would make sense in a technological progression kind of way. It just always seemed odd to me that none of the tech or styles never evolved in that show; ie: the hairstyles and clothing always felt of the age that they filmed the show. They didn't feel futuristic at all.
Just my two pence.
Edit: Also, just a thought but, did anyone else get an odd feeling of being trolled ala April fools?
Just my two pence.
Edit: Also, just a thought but, did anyone else get an odd feeling of being trolled ala April fools?
I wrote a ten-minute screenplay about three years ago that I imagined the intro to the half life movie should be. Pretty much, it involved Gina and a team of others in HEV suits racing to get to a portal back to our dimension. They're bring back the sample, while defending against an army of Xen creatures.300lb. Samoan said:I had to google it... OH MY GODMovieBob said:
OK, the one movie I want to see made, and I'm sure I'm not nearly the first to mention this:
HALF-LIFE.
OK OK OK HEAR ME OUT: First game, split the screen-time near-evenly between a party of unarmed scientists struggling to escape and make sense of the situation, a party of meagerly armed Barneys trying to secure the facility (the Blue Shift story-line), a party of disconnected rogue soldiers also trying to escape (the Op Force story line), and Gordan Freeman venturing in solitude to correct the infinite cascade of consequences resulting from his experiment. If you criss-cross these story lines so that the different parties interact with each other at crucial plot points, the results could be an excellent combination of character development and plotting that wouldn't wreck the integrity of the source material. Also, Gordan Freeman could convincingly be portrayed as the strong silent type without forcing the audience to sit through an entire 90-150 minutes of utter silence from the protagonist.
EG: When Gordan escapes from the trash compactor, he needs to restore mainline power to the processing plant in order to escape from the facility altogether. When he restores this power, a crucial door is enabled to let the scientists and guards flee from the adjoining facility - only to run straight into Shepard and his men, resulting in an armed stand-off between the guards and marines, making for great tension. Kind of a shitty set up, but I came up with that easier than flipping a coin. A whole movie based on the first installments of the Half-Life franchise could be cooked up like that, and if someone put real effort into it I think it could make not just a passable movie but a great one.
Many good coices on the list,but I have three additions to it,all from Pirhana Bytes.
Gothic,Gothic II,and its expansion,Night of the Raven.
Amazing story that can be adapted to film with little to no loss of the "Gothic feel",a rich world filled with people and creatures,and some epic scenes.
Gothic,Gothic II,and its expansion,Night of the Raven.
Amazing story that can be adapted to film with little to no loss of the "Gothic feel",a rich world filled with people and creatures,and some epic scenes.
Oh... my... God... That would be epic. 'Anachronox' is one of my favourite games anyway, though sadly most gamers never heared of itunacomn said:
And I've got some ideas, too:
- Thief: The Dark Project
- Gabriel Knight
- Sly Cooper
- Vagrant Story
- Parasite Eve (just look at the cutscenes of the last thrid, not the life action movie they made)
I have to agree with the posters above about 'Homeworld'. You could easily make not just a movie but a series out of it, using Karan Sjet as the central character. It would be pretty CGI intensive tho. Thief would also be good, and would certainly lend itself well to a series.MovieBob said:
And out of four pages of comments, I'm absolutely shocked and dismayed that two of the most obvious choices were left out:
Planetscape: Torment
and
System Shock
Oh, the stories that could be told...
Uh... I think you mean Castlevania III. Castlevania II is pretty different from the first. In I it's just Simon Belmont storming Castlevania to kill Dracula, in II it's Simon going around to find the body parts of Dracula to revive him, so as to dispel a curse placed on him by Dracula, and then kill him again. III, on the other hand, is again storming Castlevania, this time getting help along the way, to kill Dracula.JonnoStrife said:
Apologies if I was rude.
I wouldn't mind the Lawful Neutral precursor to more movies thing, though.
Yep, then you would catch up with Gordon and everyone working in the labs, and slowly watch the invasion unfold - and see how each of the characters handles the situation. I think it's a setup with great potential. I'm thinking Fly-style body horror: what does it feel like to watch your co-worker's scalp being consumed by an alien crustacean, then see them transform and know that in some way it's your fault?Adremmalech said:
On the other hand, it could easily become a generic bastardization, like Doom. Or it could become too zombie-centric and somehow involve an over-done "dragging around a dieing man" b-plot, which was 'parodied' (not really) in Shawn of the Dead. Either of those would be a horrible fate for a Half-Life movie.
Oh, MovieBob... You're a very intelligent man, and I love your videos (those other ones, too, on that one other site, you know the ones)... But some things only work in one kind of format, and I don't just mean story or characters. Visuals, too.
Um, let me be specific: Mr. Saturn.
Believe me when I say I am a huge, huge fan of the entire Mother series.
...But I don't want Mr. Saturn to wind up looking like something from Funky Forest: the First Contact.
...Maybe you dissagree...?
Oh, and incidentally, you seem to be about accurate representation of source material for things like comic book movies-- and it sounds like video game movies too-- but more flexible adaptations can (emphasis on 'can') work well. i.e. The Protomen. They turned Mega Man into an awesome rock opera, but they did it by taking several liberties with the story. There's also ferretcomic.com which, once it gets away from it's initial goofiness, also makes an excellent story out of Mega Man.
(bonus points to the dude for including bad guys from the Gameboy games!)
Um, let me be specific: Mr. Saturn.
Believe me when I say I am a huge, huge fan of the entire Mother series.
...But I don't want Mr. Saturn to wind up looking like something from Funky Forest: the First Contact.
...Maybe you dissagree...?
Oh, and incidentally, you seem to be about accurate representation of source material for things like comic book movies-- and it sounds like video game movies too-- but more flexible adaptations can (emphasis on 'can') work well. i.e. The Protomen. They turned Mega Man into an awesome rock opera, but they did it by taking several liberties with the story. There's also ferretcomic.com which, once it gets away from it's initial goofiness, also makes an excellent story out of Mega Man.
(bonus points to the dude for including bad guys from the Gameboy games!)
Anyone surprised by the inclusion of Mario and Zelda after his Prince of Persia review? Hardly haha. Mario would work as a animated movie, a'la Pixar style animation.
I'm glad you mentioned Mass Effect and Babylon 5 together because I'm sick of Mass Effect getting compared to science fiction universes that have nothing in common with the game. Babylon 5 however does have some similarities and themes, basically it's more political as does Mass Effect get sometimes, they're both great sci-fi epics.
On another note, I heard they're making a GTA movie... stupid idea. How about this, a HBO drama series? Think The Wire but with a massive sense of satrie and dark comedy at the same time.
EDIT: Now to speak internet... Mickey Rourke + Gears of War = win!
I'm glad you mentioned Mass Effect and Babylon 5 together because I'm sick of Mass Effect getting compared to science fiction universes that have nothing in common with the game. Babylon 5 however does have some similarities and themes, basically it's more political as does Mass Effect get sometimes, they're both great sci-fi epics.
On another note, I heard they're making a GTA movie... stupid idea. How about this, a HBO drama series? Think The Wire but with a massive sense of satrie and dark comedy at the same time.
EDIT: Now to speak internet... Mickey Rourke + Gears of War = win!
Loved the list, Moviebob. I especially agreed with the ideas of films based on Castlevania, Metroid, Mega Man, Ninja Gaiden, and Kingdom Hearts.MovieBob said:
I was hoping though for Legacy of Kain: Blood Omen and Fatal Fury to make the list. Maybe even Sly Cooper. To me, Blood Omen would sort of do what Daybreakers should of done, bring back the vampire films away from Twilight/True Blood hell. Plus, it would be sort of a "Twilight for MEN" film. And by men, I'm talking about manly men, doing manly things. Not teen boys, who watched Jennifer's Body for Megan Fox. They would probably have to cut out a few plots from the game though, such as the thing involving the Toy Maker and going back in time to fight the Nemesis. Fatal Fury would do the same thing a movie based on Final Fight, Mortal Kombat, and Street Fighter would do. They could make it into a tournament film, and be focused on the main characters trying to get to crime boss Geese Howard to beat him. As for Sly Cooper, it would be sort of based on the first game with the heist theme stuff from the second and third games. Like a Ocean's 11 for kids or something.
And after reading this article, it makes me wonder what if you were to make a list of anime's you'd like to see made, including one's you wouldn't want to see made. After all, film makers have tried at Dragonball and Blood the Last Vampire. Plus, James Cameron is to do Battle Angel Alita, and possiblity of an Neon Genesis Evangelion film is still up in the air. So yeah, quite curious. Still, great list here Bob.
Really Bob, Really? You tell us that you don't want to use Nathan Drake as a character because hes a jerk, ( I personally think you didn't get the character) and then in youur next article, you use a quote from his game. Classy man. Good job. Fortune favors the bold.