So....a Duke Nukem movie, I did not expect this to happen in this day and age.

[Samtemdo8]

‘Duke Nukem’ Movie in the Works From ‘Cobra Kai’ Creators, Legendary (Exclusive)

Hollywood has flirted with adapting the '90s video game for years.

www.hollywoodreporter.com

So many things in my head right now:

1. I'm amazed this wasn't made ages ago like back in the 1990s

2. Who are they gonna cast as the Duke himself?

3. Curious that this news comes out a few weeks after the leak of the 2001 Build of Duke Nukem Forever, like what is the Duke brand suddenly revitalized and a new game is coming soon as well? (And if it does I hope they take notes from Doom Eternal)

4. Ideally this movie can work if they get it right. Focus on being that 1980s Action movie cheese with the seedy grindhouse feel of a Quintin Tarantino/Robert Rodriguez film, heck I'm amazed this movie isn't being handled by Robert Rodriguez, Duke Nukem seems up his alley.

 

[BrawlMan]

Congrats! Hope they don't fuck it up.

 

[Agema]

Congrats! Hope they don't fuck it up.

My gut feeling is not positive, for all that the creative team involved offers hope.

 

[McElroy]

It will stick with our minds Forever!
Duke isn't relevant anymore (if ever). I hope they go with Yahtzee's version. https://www.escapistmagazine.com/yahtzee-could-have-written-duke-nukem-forever/

 

[BrawlMan]

It will stick with our minds Forever!
Duke isn't relevant anymore (if ever). I hope they go with Yahtzee's version. https://www.escapistmagazine.com/yahtzee-could-have-written-duke-nukem-forever/

The people who usually say that either hate Duke, or don't care much for the franchise to begin with. Not saying that you are that person, but that's usually what it boils down to. People that never liked the games or character to begin with. I'm not a hardcore Duke fan myself, but I wouldn't mind another game coming as long as it's done right by people who care. The problem with Duke Forever (aside from the multiple delays that went on for a decade) was that the team that came in for the 2011 release. They didn't understand the character and had no idea what they were doing. A major contention being that the world always revolved around Duke. If you go back and look at the the older games, a majority of them did not have this problem.

With your statement, you might as well say that Lo Wang is no longer relevant. B.J. Blacksowisck is no longer relevant. Serious Sam is no longer relevant (don't even start about Serious Sam 4). They're only become "irrelevant", when people don't know what to do with them and start doing stupid stuff. I remember when we were hopping up that puff of smoke with Lara Croft, after Angel of Darkness bombed hard.

 

[Worgen]

Assuming this is actually finished it wont be good unless they really deviate from the games since the Duke Nukem from the games would be so damn obnoxious.

Serious Sam is no longer relevant (don't even start about Serious Sam 4).

Whats wrong with Sam from Serious Sam 4? He can be irreverence like Duke but can reign it in when its called for and actually be someone you would want to hang out with.

 

[BrawlMan]

Assuming this is actually finished it wont be good unless they really deviate from the games since the Duke Nukem from the games would be so damn obnoxious.


Whats wrong with Sam from Serious Sam 4? He can be irreverence like Duke but can reign it in when its called for and actually be someone you would want to hang out with.

Serious Sam 4 is by no means a bad game, but could have been better. That expansion pack, stand alone DLC is really great from what I heard though. The only reason I threw that out there, is because I was thinking he was going to start about how it's not a good game. That's the series and character is no one relevant, etc. I just wanted to put a cork in it, before he started

 

[Worgen]

Serious Sam 4 is by no means a bad game, but could have been better. That expansion pack, stand alone DLC is really great from what I heard though. The only reason I threw that out there, is because I was thinking he was going to start about how it's not a good game. That's the series and character is no one relevant, etc. I just wanted to put a cork in it, before he started

Oh, I thought you were talking about Serious Sam's personality, which from the games is much much better then Duke's.

 

[Alienware]

Is it time to chew some bubble gum?

 

[SilentPony]

Oh no...Oh that's a shame...

 

[XsjadoBlaydette]

If I were to be stuck in lift with any of the two, Sam would be marginally less awkward than Duke. And what is a film, if not being trapped in a lift with other people for a couple of hours?

 

[SilentPony]

If I were to be stuck in lift with any of the two, Sam would be marginally less awkward than Duke. And what is a film, if not being trapped in a lift with other people for a couple of hours?

How are they going to do the over-the-top grindhouse sleaze of Duke in modern age? This is a dude who gets blowjobs from, presumably legal, teenage twins, who then get raped to death by alien tentacles.
And every woman he meets is either being raped by alien tentacles, or is topless, or is on her way to one of those two outcomes.

 

[Worgen]

If I were to be stuck in lift with any of the two, Sam would be marginally less awkward than Duke. And what is a film, if not being trapped in a lift with other people for a couple of hours?

Sam would be so much more tolerable, there is more to him then strip clubs and 80s references.

 

[The Rogue Wolf]

Ah, yes, I remember the times when a egotistical misogynistic violent asshole without a single shred of self-awareness was funny and fresh.

 

[Johnny Novgorod]

 

[Agema]

With your statement, you might as well say that Lo Wang is no longer relevant. B.J. Blacksowisck is no longer relevant. Serious Sam is no longer relevant (don't even start about Serious Sam 4). They're only become "irrelevant" and when people don't know what to do with them and start doing stupid stuff. I remember when we were hopping up that puff of smoke with Lara Croft, after Angel of Darkness bombed hard.

Well... some of these games come from an age where computer game characters didn't really have characters. They're just really a sprite that goes places and does stuff. The creators never thought that far at the time. But then narrative arrives into games, and they need to create some sort of personality, significant backstory and so on. Firstly, this is going to ruin how some people imagined the character to be, because they'll have filled that initial void with their own imaginations in different ways. Secondly, many computer game designers aren't exactly narrative and character focused in their skillset, so they'll tend to mediocrity and cliche in these areas.

Duke Nukem is sort of awkward. Despite being 90s, he's more a throwback to the 80s and society has moved on. It's very unclear to me whether Duke Nukem can be produced in anything like the feel of the original, because it will invite absolutely tons of flak unless they leaven it in ways that destroy the authenticity. I just don't think anyone would want to take that on (with a significant backer/budget), so we're almost guaranteed to get a sort of bowdlerised Duke Nukem.

 

[Samtemdo8]

How are they going to do the over-the-top grindhouse sleaze of Duke in modern age? This is a dude who gets blowjobs from, presumably legal, teenage twins, who then get raped to death by alien tentacles.
And every woman he meets is either being raped by alien tentacles, or is topless, or is on her way to one of those two outcomes.

Simple, we tone down that Duke Nukem Forever-isms.

No Giant Boobs on fleshy alien walls

 

[Chimpzy]

Meh, projects like get greenlit all the time, and most of them never even make it past the planning stage, or end up in eternal development hell.

Wake me when there's actual footage.

 

[XsjadoBlaydette]

How are they going to do the over-the-top grindhouse sleaze of Duke in modern age? This is a dude who gets blowjobs from, presumably legal, teenage twins, who then get raped to death by alien tentacles.
And every woman he meets is either being raped by alien tentacles, or is topless, or is on her way to one of those two outcomes.

Sam would be so much more tolerable, there is more to him then strip clubs and 80s references.

In the modern world, can see Duke being like one misjudged social trigger away from ranting about "blue-haired feminists," the "great replacement" and sweatily asking how much you know about "adrenochrome" and "the Clinton body count."
At most, Sam might post an "all lives matter" hashtag before hastily taking it down once someone explains the context and connotations.

 

[SilentPony]

Simple, we tone down that Duke Nukem Forever-isms.

No Giant Boobs on fleshy alien walls

But even classic Duke Nukem 3d had women being violated to give birth to aliens and a big-titted alien queen. The sketchy nature of Duke Nukem goes back pretty far.