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David A
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Originally posted by Wooter: Hunter: The Reckoning Just to nitpick: that particular video game was based on a role-playing game, so if they make a movie based on Hunter: The Reckoning it wouldn't technically be a video game movie. (That is, unless the movie had the characters from the video game, which would actually be pretty cool, now that I think about it.) Anyway, to answer the thread topic, the only video game movie that I can remember having seen is Resident Evil: Apocalypse. You can read my review of it here.
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Idan_Aharoni
Professor
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Resident Evil, the first one, wasn't that bad. The second was ok too, but for some reason the fighting-in-the-big-city-with-huge-monsters seemed more like a long Xena episode in terms of production values. It was a nice DVD movie, nothing more.
I've seen the trailer of Doom and was horrified to find out there is some parts in "first person shooter view" with the gun at the side and everything. I mean, WTF?
You forgot to mention other projects such as Silent Hill (sounds like its going to be a snoozer horror movie, just like the game) and ofcourse, Halo. I'm a huge Halo fan and I'm kinda worried about that one... With all do respect, the Halo universe isn't large enough to sustain it's own movie... lets up the salary that Microsoft paid the writer of the movie's script (1 million dollars) will be worth it.
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Nixorbo
UberMod
DOOP Secretary
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Isn't Uwe Boll universally despised among the gaming community?
Nobody's mentioned Wing Commander yet.
@Idan: You kidding me, right? Not enough to sustain a movie? You mean to tell me you can't squeeze two hours of entertainment out of the three books and two games? The backstory of the SPARTAN project, the mystery of the Forerunners, the Covenant structure and hierarchy, space battles, land battles, and genuine space zombie fun?
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Gocad
Space Pope
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Originally posted by Wooter: Uwe Boll (the guy who made Alone In The Dark and House Of The Dead), is currently working on five different videogame based movies. He is making Dungeon Siege, Far Cry, Hunter: The Reconing, Postal, and BloodRayne. What do you think about video game based movies? As long as they are made by that guy they are doomed to be a POS. Dungeon Siege? They are turning that into a movie? Oh my. If you think about it, Alien vs. Predator is also a videogame based movie. Although the comics came first, it was the sales of the videogames that convinced FOX to give the go-ahead to do this one.
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Bushmeister
Professor
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Originally posted by Wooter: Two words. Grim Fandango.
And no, I didn't forget to mention them, I just didn't know about them. I think that if it could be pulled off, then a Grim Fandango film would be pretty sweet, although given it's setting it might turn into one of those Sky Captain affairs, with everything done in CGI and that could turn out either very bad or rather good. It wouldn't take too much to convert it into a film either and given how much it refers to other classic noir films, it would porbably be well received by serious film fans. However given the recent spate of very poor video game films, I'd rather wait until a talented director took some interest in the project (wanting to make it because the game genuinely grabbed him, rather than because the film studio just wants him to make money). If they did do a film, I also hope that they'd keep the soundtrack from the game, or at least hire the same guy to do a new one. If they didn't, then I can't imagine any film adaptation having an atmosphere anywhere near as immersive as the game.
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Idan_Aharoni
Professor
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Originally posted by Nixorbo: @Idan: You kidding me, right? Not enough to sustain a movie? You mean to tell me you can't squeeze two hours of entertainment out of the three books and two games? The backstory of the SPARTAN project, the mystery of the Forerunners, the Covenant structure and hierarchy, space battles, land battles, and genuine space zombie fun? What?! there are Halo books?! I gotta get those!
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David A
Space Pope
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Originally posted by Idan_Aharoni: What?! there are Halo books?! I gotta get those! Click here.
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Idan_Aharoni
Professor
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« Reply #26 on: 09-03-2005 16:10 »
« Last Edit on: 09-03-2005 16:10 »
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Originally posted by ShortRoundMcfly: Halo Newb.
n00b?! XBConnect! Deathmatch! You and me! just say when! .... bitch. Execuse me for not being into merchandizing. Besides, Halo itself isn't exactly advertised in Israel... which is understandable since X-box has never been officially released in this pirating-loving country.
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Idan_Aharoni
Professor
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« Reply #33 on: 09-05-2005 09:37 »
« Last Edit on: 09-05-2005 09:37 »
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Originally posted by ShortRoundMcfly: I doubt you even know for sure if Master Chief is male or not or even Master Chief's name. Your shots are cheaper than your mom, and that is a hard earned position! As I said, the X-box isn't even officially sold here. Obviously they won't market other merchandises... And I'm not searching for Halo stuff online. Just waiting 2 weeks for all kind of crap to get here from the US is annoying no matter how cheap it is.
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Idan_Aharoni
Professor
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Originally posted by Nixorbo: That's one of the coldest "your mom" cracks I've heard in a while. [/URL] Oh yeah?? well.. uhh... umm... your mom! Originally posted by ShortRoundMcfly: I'll play you as soon as I get my Xbox back. [/URL] Actually, I'd be happy to play against anyone. But that is for a different thread.
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Nixorbo
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DOOP Secretary
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Originally posted by ShortRoundMcfly: Bungie.org has a few too many wacko theories amongst the good ones and a few too many people take what is commonly known about the story and tell people that it's their "brand new theory". That sounds vaguely familiar for some reason ...
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