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Re:Games that should be movies and High School Horror flicks

Almuderas — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 08:11:20 GMT

Interesting choice concerning Final Fantasy 8 being turned into a movie. The writer and director would have a heck of a time getting that to work with live action; might have to do cartoon or animated.

My personal opinion is that games offer a goldmine of material for films, and I feel like the film industry has only touched the surface. I feel the only two games which have been great adaptations were the original Mortal Combat, and the as of recent Silent Hill. Both of these films melded together emotional elements which one would feel during the game and brought them to the film, but also allowing it to be broad and appreciated by a non-gaming audience. It's a tricky balance, but I feel in the future when we get more directors and writers who come from the gaming generation that we'll get some very interesting and inovative conversions.

Anyway, onto film ideas... a game based off of the Half Life series, particularly centered around the events in Half Life 2 would be outstanding, yet crazy dificult to pull off. First of all, having any narrative, dialogue - heck even facial gestures concerning the main character Gordon Freeman would ruin it, I feel. The game gives him no personality what so ever. He is a 'freeman' I supposed you could call him; nondescript in every way. Every player that plays HalfLife creates their own story and persona around him. If there was to be a Half-Life game, it would have to take place around another character in the story like the woman Alex Vance, her father Eli, or, better yet, the security guard turned rebel fighter Barney. He seems like a great every-man character that could be played by the plethora of male stars out there between 28 and 45. Ah man, so many possibilties with that franchies. Great opportunity for a director and writer to use their immaginations and story telling skills.

Another idea would be something off of the future sci-fi punk MMO game Anarchy Online. Theirs already a deep lore associated with it, even a mini animated series which seems to have been put on hold at the moment. The game takes place on the planet of Rubi-Ka... just the outstanding art direction and music alone make it a great game to delve into. It might also hand itself well to a mini-series format ala HBO's 'Rome.' Theirs just tons of drama, in-fighting, cool weaponry, some mysticism, large expanses of beautiful alien-like terrain, and tons of lore to back up on.

I could go on an on I know. Many of the final fantasy films could be turned into decent films, with I feel FF7 being the prime example since it has already been turned into a film (Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children, animated, by the same storywriters and animators who have done the series I think). It's an area of movie making that has huge potential, and you've heard it here if not anywhere else - I think it's where were going to see the future innovation come from.

Re:Top high school horror movies

SkyPilot — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 17:46:13 GMT

Thanks for the update!

Re:Top high school horror movies

Kowalski76 — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 11:24:17 GMT

SkyPilot:

Kevin Kelly also posted his Top high school horror movies.

I still haven't seen Carrie. Would anyone recommend it?

Whatever happened to Neve Campbell? I liked her.

She married actor John Light, moved to England, did two not so well received west end stage-play's, presented the London leg of Live Earth and is set to reprise her role as Sidney Prescott in Scream 4 in 2010.

Re:Games that should be movies and High School Horror flicks

Smooth_J — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 01:24:55 GMT

Damn, I missed out on this one...BioShock would make for an awesome movie. It's almost a movie in itself, and it scared me shitless at times. You'd have to make the concept more accessible and the plot less involved, but the whole look and idea of the game are really great.

Re:Games that should be movies and High School Horror flicks

mercurial — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 23:19:02 GMT

Kowalski76:

2. John Waters directs Leisure Suit Larry.

Holy crap would that be unbelievably cool.

Top high school horror movies

SkyPilot — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 19:48:52 GMT

Kevin Kelly also posted his Top high school horror movies.

I still haven't seen Carrie. Would anyone recommend it?

Whatever happened to Neve Campbell? I liked her.

Re:Games that should be movies and High School Horror flicks

SkyPilot — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 17:32:34 GMT

Kevin Kelly posted his Video games that should be movies.

Okay, as far as new games go, Kevin Kelly came up with a really good list.

But WTF? Only new games?

Instead of making new Star Wars movies and shows, LucasArts should revisit the story goldmines they created with Full Throttle, Maniac Mansion, etc.

That said, Braid sounds fascinating, like Super Mario with a more realistic dynamic between hero and princess.

Also, if Len Wiseman made the supremely entertaining Die Hard 4, I'd sure as heck see his Gears of War movie!

Does anyone remember Earthbound? What an inspired RPG. Today it seems almost prophetic--as a friend of mine observed, Ness is like the older brother of the boys on South Park. But as far as I know, it was never popular. When this amazing story-based game came out on the SNES, it was hard to get teens excited about using archaic fighting mechanics pulled from the Dragon Warrior game.

(Dragon Warrior is a good game, by the way. First RPG I ever played. I was 9 years old, and I didn't even know that games like my daydreams existed, until I met Dragon Warrior.)

Re:Games that should be movies and High School Horror flicks

OptimusPrime51 — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 12:31:39 GMT

1. Balloon Fight for the NES, mostly because I think it would be impossible to come up with a plausible idea for why two people would put on wings and attach themselves to balloons only to try and fly higher than the other idiot dressed up like that so you can land on them and pop their balloons..... yep, that was the whole game, and man was it fun!

2. Battletoads with the sequel Battletoads meet Double Dragon.

3. James Bond Goldeneye, man what a sweet game! ......

4. okay, serious with this one. How about a Final Fantasy movie based on one of the games. I mean, they have over 20 games in the series if you count all the spin-offs, and I can think of at least 5 that could make really sweet movies. FF6 would be the one I would most want to see.

5. Uncharted Waters for the NES was a great game. Exploration on the high seas, battles with pirates, (or with merchants if you wanted to become a pirate yourself), custom ship designs, romance, and poker to boot.

6. Ogre Battle was sweet on the SNES, might be hard to make into a movie.

Okay, onto a cast for Final Fantasy 6...

Locke - Billy Crudup

Strago - Malcolm McDowell

Celes - Naomi Watts

Kefka - Paul Bettany

Cyan - Daniel Day-Lewis

Geshtahl - Christopher Lee

Terra - I think her name is Summer Glau, the new Terminator show girl.

Alright, I know there are more characters, but I've spent too much time coming up with good fits for these ones. Feel free to add to the cast if you like.

Re:Games that should be movies and High School Horror flicks

Kowalski76 — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 11:31:11 GMT

SkyPilot:

Kowalski76:

2. John Waters directs Leisure Suit Larry.

Whoa, Leisure Suit Larry! I forgot all about that game. Remember how the game made you prove you were 18+ by giving you a pop culture quiz?

Yeah that was an odd feature. I remember reading an article a few years back about a new version of the game that announced Jay Mohr, Carmen Electra and Patrick Warburton amongst the voice actors. Seems it was released in 2004, but I can't find any of their names on the imdb cast list.

Re:Games that should be movies and High School Horror flicks

SkyPilot — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 01:00:58 GMT

Kowalski76:

2. John Waters directs Leisure Suit Larry.

Whoa, Leisure Suit Larry! I forgot all about that game. Remember how the game made you prove you were 18+ by giving you a pop culture quiz?

Re:Games that should be movies and High School Horror flicks

Ungowa — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 21:06:36 GMT

paul:

Two lists are being created for SpoutBlog this week (10/20/08):

Video Games That Should Be Movies

High School Horror Stories (think teen movies and horror movies getting it on in the back of dad's sedan)

Got any top 5's for those two categories?

As far as video games that should be movies, I wanna see Sony's God of War game turned into a movie and Vin Diesel should play Kratos.

Re:Games that should be movies and High School Horror flicks

Kowalski76 — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 20:58:44 GMT

paul:

Two lists are being created for SpoutBlog this week (10/20/08):

Video Games That Should Be Movies

High School Horror Stories (think teen movies and horror movies getting it on in the back of dad's sedan)

Got any top 5's for those two categories?

1. Classic Sega oddity Toe Jam & Earl helmed by Spike Lee.

2. John Waters directs Leisure Suit Larry.

3. Live action Sonic The Hedgehog starring Russell Brand in the title role.

4. TuPacman: Tupac comes back from the dead to consume all that's fake about the world of hiphop. That's a lot of food.

5. Max Payne II: Quentin Tarantino stops that annoying baby from wailing once and for all.

Re:Games that should be movies and High School Horror flicks

Risselada — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 17:41:56 GMT

SkyPilot:
You're right about those LucasArts games though. How about Full Throttle, a murder mystery/adventure with a badass biker as the main character!

I had a blast with the LucasArts series of Monkey Island games. "I am Guybrush Threepwood...and I want to become a pirate!" The movie would be like Pirates of the Caribbean mixed with Princess Bride. In fact, twenty years ago Cary Elwes would've been perfect as Guybrush, but who would play him today? Hmm, what about Charlie Cox, the young guy in Stardust? (Which for my money is better than Princess Bride).

Yeah Full Throttle was one of the best too. And there was news they were developing a sequel a few years ago too, and then it full through. I was so disappointed.

The Monkey Island games are absolute wonderful lunacy too.

There another one called The Dig that was not really goofy like the other ones. It was a sci-fi type thing that had Steven Spielberg and Orson Scott Card involved. I remember enjoying that one too.

Re:Games that should be movies and High School Horror flicks

SkyPilot — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 15:22:23 GMT

I'd like to see a movie made from Pong. Oh wait, they already did that with Forrest Gump.

Re:Games that should be movies and High School Horror flicks

SkyPilot — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 14:33:14 GMT

mercurial:

1.) Contra - Rambo meets Alien. Could be pretty fun.

Merc, you're describing Aliens!

I'm half kidding. A Contra movie could be fun! I'd like to see Nathan Fillion (Firefly) and... maybe Ryan Reynolds (Blade III)?

Re:Games that should be movies and High School Horror flicks

SkyPilot — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 14:26:58 GMT

Risselada:

Any of the old Lucas Arts adventure games would have made fantastic movies too. They basically are completely narrative based, so it's no surprise. I really wish they'd make a Maniac Mansion movie!!! I know there was a TV show, but I never saw it. I heard it was bad.

I know I watched the Maniac Mansion show, but I can't remember a thing about it.

You're right about those LucasArts games though. How about Full Throttle, a murder mystery/adventure with a badass biker as the main character!

I had a blast with the LucasArts series of Monkey Island games. "I am Guybrush Threepwood...and I want to become a pirate!" The movie would be like Pirates of the Caribbean mixed with Princess Bride. In fact, twenty years ago Cary Elwes would've been perfect as Guybrush, but who would play him today? Hmm, what about Charlie Cox, the young guy in Stardust? (Which for my money is better than Princess Bride).

Re:Games that should be movies and High School Horror flicks

mercurial — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 03:46:49 GMT

Video Games

1.) Contra - Rambo meets Alien. Could be pretty fun.

2.) Castevania - Killing Dracula. As long as Uwe Boll doesn't direct could be interesting.

3.) Kid Icarus - Kid with wings fighting ancient Greek monsters.

4.) Metroid - Badass chick pummeling aliens with an assortment of weapons.

5.) Legend of Zelda - The Sword in the Stone / Legend / Lord of the Rings.

Re:Games that should be movies and High School Horror flicks

Risselada — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 23:44:27 GMT

Video games that should be movies.

Rags to Riches - an old Commodore 64 game. Basically it would be an every day story of a hobo on his rise to riches. Less sensational but more amusing than what you'd expect.

The Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic game was ten times more amusing than any of the new Star Wars movies. That should have been the basis for the new trilogy instead. Had much more amusing characters.

Any of the old Lucas Arts adventure games would have made fantastic movies too. They basically are completely narrative based, so it's no surprise. I really wish they'd make a Maniac Mansion movie!!! I know there was a TV show, but I never saw it. I heard it was bad.

Games that should be movies and High School Horror flicks

paul — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 21:27:58 GMT

Two lists are being created for SpoutBlog this week (10/20/08):

Video Games That Should Be Movies
High School Horror Stories (think teen movies and horror movies getting it on in the back of dad's sedan)

Got any top 5's for those two categories?