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Post by johnnyunusual on Feb 4, 2011 12:53:49 GMT -5
Good video game movies are rare (or depending on your views, non-existant), but if a game had potential to be a great movie, which do you think would work?
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Post by deadpool on Feb 4, 2011 14:02:22 GMT -5
I would put my vote as legend of zelda. There is some really good potiential for story and a lot of action. After the fake trailer did so well I'm suprised studios haven't picked it up. Halo would be my second choice.
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Post by Dr Handsome on Feb 5, 2011 1:15:38 GMT -5
In my mind Zelda just wouldn't translate. I mean, I’m sure a great director would be able to evoke the game's quiet tone but I just don’t see anyone funding that kind of take on a million dollar “action” franchise. Also, a majority of Zelda’s magic comes from exploration and interactivity and pushing around enormous blocks. I feel the same way about Ico and Shadow of the Collosus.
On the other hand, Tim Schafer (best known as the creator of the Monkey Island games) has always had a certain filmic eye. The PC adventure title Grim Fandango is a film-noir set in the Aztec land of the dead and Psychnauts is a colorful (and dare I say better) version of Inception that takes place at a summer camp for kids who can enter other people’s minds. They’re both incredibly witty and fun and cinematic.
You know, there are a lot of heroes with deliberately undefined personalities (Link from Zelda, Samus from Metroid, Master Chief from Halo) and I’m always baffled when people are interested in seeing these characters on screen.
I can probably go on and on (because I’m a neeeerrrrd) but I’ll leave at this for now.
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Post by bouncingbrick on Feb 5, 2011 11:46:16 GMT -5
Metal Gear Solid for the PS1 had more lines of dialog than most films. Which actually isn't a good thing (I got half way through and had to start skipping the cut scenes, they're just soooo lllloooooonnnnngggggg).
However, in the right hands and given the Bourne Trilogy treatment, MGS gets my vote.
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Post by johnnyunusual on Feb 5, 2011 12:44:26 GMT -5
I think that if you did it as a mix of Suspiria era Dario Argento and German expressionism, you could have a lot of fun with Castlevania, as a sort of Van Helsing done not shittily. Plus, you could actually make Dracula scary, yet could still be bloodless enough for younger audiences.
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Post by Dr Handsome on Feb 5, 2011 12:56:40 GMT -5
Metal Gear Solid is such a fantastic series (though I've yet to play MGS4!) with a really unique voice. It shifts between serious minded political intrigue and a very distinct flavor of meta-humor. I could definitely see it as a movie and, like you said, it's already got really long stretches of movie-inspired cut scenes.
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Post by vulpix on Feb 5, 2011 14:53:02 GMT -5
Personally, I'm still holding out for the Tetris movie. Here's a trailer of what that movie might look like: www.youtube.com/watch?v=VE_1KlWFJyAIn my mind Zelda just wouldn't translate. I mean, I’m sure a great director would be able to evoke the game's quiet tone but I just don’t see anyone funding that kind of take on a million dollar “action” franchise. Also, a majority of Zelda’s magic comes from exploration and interactivity and pushing around enormous blocks. I think that's partially true, but there are also enough interesting characters and places (especially in the more fleshed-out Zelda titles like The Ocarina of Time) that I think a Zelda movie could turn out well in the hands of the right writer and director. |
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Post by Dr Handsome on Feb 5, 2011 15:49:29 GMT -5
Outside the bounds of the Hollywood system which seems to think the appeal of every single game is brainless action is where it would probably work best. I would pay some serious money to see Hiyao Miyazaki's take on Zelda.
Some of the newer Mario titles have included sunny saturday-morning-cartoon plotlines that could make for a good animated kids movie. Super Mario Galaxy is actually heavily inspired by Le Petite Prince and is, I'll say it, gorgeous.
Angry Birds-- it has a defined character with clear motivations and everyone with a smart phone can pay a dollar to see it instead of having a real conversation with you during dinner like a normal human being.
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Post by deadpool on Feb 7, 2011 0:34:08 GMT -5
Well I love super mario brothers it is not made to be a live action movie. It makes great video games and even the old mario brother tv shows were good but it is way to cartoony to be live action. I think that mortal kombat and street fighter need another chance at a movie. I think the problem with the street fighter movies have been that they never focused on street fighting. Have the movie based around the tournament instead of terrorists and criminal organizations.
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Post by johnnyunusual on Feb 7, 2011 14:42:50 GMT -5
Well then maybe there should be a Mario Bros animated movie.
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Post by Dr Handsome on Feb 8, 2011 14:27:23 GMT -5
Mortal Kombat would be great if directed by someone who recognized the absurdity of a guy pulling out someone's spine and kicking him into a pit of spikes.
Has anyone here ever played "The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask"? It's feels clearly inspired by Groundhogs Day. The main character is accidentally transported to some bizarro version of his hometown and is forced to relive the final three days before the moon crashes down and destroys all humanity. Of course you gradually change its grim fate. It's about as melancholy as I'm making it sound.
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Post by vulpix on Feb 16, 2011 22:44:43 GMT -5
Well then maybe there should be a Mario Bros animated movie. Believe it or not, this already exists. A poorly subtitled version of the film can be viewed here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=VY6FC5DIBR4The title is of the film is Peach-Hime Kyushutsu Dai Sakusen, which translates to The Great Mission to Save Princess Peach. Apparently, this movie was released in 1986, just a year after the release of the original Super Mario Bros. video game. I watched it purely out of curiosity. It's interesting to see that some elements of the movie inspired some aspects of future Mario games, including Peach's character design and one signature move used in the final boss battle in Mario 64. |
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Post by Dr Handsome on Feb 17, 2011 2:14:17 GMT -5
It reminds me of The Super Mario Bros. Super Show which aired on Saturday mornings. I also have a tendency to geek out over Nintendo history, I can get lost on the internet looking up that stuff. It's always fun to discover unfamiliar Japanese roots of the games I grew up with. You know, I find the same joy in reading about foreign cinema.
Now the neat thing about some of the newer Mario titles (Super Mario RPG, Paper Mario, etc.) is that even after being translated they have a distinct brand of humor and an actual personality. I'd love to see them throw some of that into a movie.
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