Please, Film These Games!

[lemiel14n3]

Hmmm... I agree with your idea of a mass effect movie, I can certainly see the appeal. A massive pre-established universe full of sleek space ships and crazy aliens is ripe ground for every kind of media, as the star wars franchise has proved. However I think one featuring Shepard is a bad choice. The only part of shepherds story left for telling in a film is his life before the events of ME1, and unless Hollywood plans to make 3 movies this is a rather ridiculous task.
I think a far better movie would follow Captain Anderson, particularly his ill-fated mission with Saren and the events leading up to his consideration for the specters. All you need is a big CGI budget and a black actor that sounds vaguely like Keith David. The films basic plot has already been written, it's characters already established. All that it needs is a team to flesh it out.

 

[avincie]

Two omissions: "Cybermage" and "Deus Ex" were both pretty amazing FPSes that managed to make the story, setting and other characters as interesting as the ass-whooping. There hasn't been a decent cyberpunk-setting movie in a while (unless you count "Repo Men," which was interesting but not necessarily all that original).

I remain in the stubborn minority here in thinking that "Super Mario Bros" was a fun movie. It was very inventive and tongue-in-cheek, as befits a film where one of the main characters is named "Mario Mario." Not being a Mario-universe otaku, I have no idea how faithful it is to the game universe. It's certainly worth a rental.

 

[putowtin]

games should never be made into films..... it's as simple as that!

 

[CanuckLazyboy]

My favorite game story has always been from the Legacy of Kain series; in particular I think the story from "Blood Omen 2" would make an excellent movie. You have all you need for an awesome movie,

a vampire who once ruled a great land is struck down by a demon and is attempting to claw his way back to the top trough many of his oldest friends.

There is a lot of area for an creativity in this as well as suspense and gore for the fans of torture porn and action for fans of action movies

An interesting adaptation of what a vampire is, combining Ann Rice?s abilities and mythology with a classic Nospheratu look, (far away from the shiny vampire, while being original)

Also simply that i am a cynic to the nth degree i have always enjoyed anti-heroes, in this movie it would be evil versus, just as evil, whoever wins we all lose (and there is your tag line)

Besides it's time for a new GOOD vampire movie with a vampire protagonist (and complete antithesis of twilight), last one being way back in 1995 with "interview with a vampire", can't we get something and soon

Well theirs my 2 cents (or closer to a buck and a half)

Hope someone can think to take that game serious enough to make a movie there is alot that can be done with it

 

[Frozedon]

Okay. So, my three top choices on that list would be Legend of Zelda, Metroid, and Dragon Age. I love the games and i would really love to see them on the big screen. Also i believe someone has made an indie film of MegaMan. It wasn't half bad and was very well presented in live action. OH, and one game i request to add is Bioshock. One of my favorite storylines in a game and is just asking for a movie deal.

 

[Darkhill]

I agree with this article,

http://www.cracked.com/article_15631_the-10-best-sci-fi-films-never-made.html,

when it comes to the Starcraft bit. I love the reason it will never be made, "Jim, are you on drugs again?"

 

[Gerhardt]

I would love to see Super Mario Bros. tackled by Pixar. Just let them go nuts with making the Mushroom Kingdom. I would wager that it could be pretty amazing.

There was talk a couple months ago about how Zelda would work as a movie. I think it's a very fine line to walk for a Metroid or Zelda movie that doesn't bomb. It could done, but it would not be an easy task. However, if Zelda were to hit the big screen, this kid is Link:


Seriously, you could shop that picture from Peter Pan with a little blue glowy dot and bam, done.