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Hollywood Make A Good Videogame Movie?

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20 Comments Posted June 29, 2006 - By Dana Leahy

Well, can they?

Video game king Richard Garriott, film guru Chris Gore, and Tomb Raider movie scribe Gary Whitta will be joining us to discuss if Hollywood can pull their heads out of their trendy butts long enough to capture the magic of video games on the big screen or if we'll be subject to horrible adaptations until the sun swallows the Earth and ends humanity.

Watch the cage match go down live tonight at 7PM right here on Attack of the Show.

Tags: The Loop
  • TheGreenMan13

    Did any one notice that the FF clip was labled FF VII? Did they mean FF XII? That was an oopps.

    Posted: July 8, 2006 12:41 PM | Reply | Report
    TheGreenMan13
  • Midnight_Hatter

    well...the real trouble is protmoting the flick not as "based on the video game!" but as "a kick ass movie that will make you WANT to the play the video game!" let's face it, the only audience that buys into the video game movies are we fanboys, so if the demand goes up and more people are interested, jerks in LA might actually care about things like plot, and character development...maybe even collaborate more with the creators of the game...it's their vision after all...

    Posted: July 5, 2006 10:21 PM | Reply | Report
    Midnight_Hatter
  • joker_boiz

    i think if they where to go by the story line of the game it would be a hole lot better if you ask me... hint (resident evil, doom)

    Posted: July 3, 2006 2:03 AM | Reply | Report
    joker_boiz
  • joker_boiz

    i think if they where to go by the story line of the game it would be a hole lot better if you ask me... hint (resident evil, doom)

    Posted: July 3, 2006 2:02 AM | Reply | Report
    joker_boiz
  • snakeoil_sean

    Clarification:
    If a movie is good it gets sequals, spinoffs/ripoffs or makes enough money for the studios to greenlight similar projects.

    Posted: July 3, 2006 1:35 AM | Reply | Report
    snakeoil_sean
  • snakeoil_sean

    If a movie is really bad no one goes to see it.
    If a movie is really good it gets sequals made.
    Resident Evil has its second sequal coming out.

    So, there has been a good video game movie.

    Posted: July 3, 2006 1:31 AM | Reply | Report
    snakeoil_sean
  • kory555666

    Hell no, just like sony will always destroy everyone elses creation

    Posted: July 1, 2006 9:39 PM | Reply | Report
    kory555666
  • peteydubb

    this segment was booooooring. went on way too long. the horror movie "loop" was half as long as this one and was a nillion times more interesting

    Posted: June 30, 2006 10:54 AM | Reply | Report
    peteydubb
  • TMac_attack

    resident evil anyone? come on those were good movies they are filming the third now the third get it third someone must like it

    Posted: June 30, 2006 7:51 AM | Reply | Report
    TMac_attack
  • GbR1RbG

    I think if they have a deep storyline like God of War. What Hollywood is focusing on is like the action in the movies. If they would take games with a great story thin they could probably make a great movie.

    Posted: June 29, 2006 6:24 PM | Reply | Report
    GbR1RbG
  • SouLsA

    Hollywood only talks in numbers , i.e.; $$$$ . Whether they see a title that has a potential story line adapted from a video game or not . Can they make a good movie derived from one ? Maybe , maybe not . It all boils down to who's writing the scripts . Take note that when you're writing scripts , you're also writing how the action sequence's form out . Then , it goes to drawing boards that kinda look like comic boards , which will give the Director an idea about how the scene is filmed . I personally think movies like , Resident Evil or Tomb Raider were good ones . That's my opinion . Other than that , Hollywood needs Better writing when it comes to Video Game Movie adaptions ........

    Posted: June 29, 2006 4:36 PM | Reply | Report
    SouLsA
  • Holy_Gohan

    oops sorry for the huge typeo... change my to "it may be"

    Posted: June 29, 2006 4:32 PM | Reply | Report
    Holy_Gohan
  • Holy_Gohan

    Okay enough... everyone is talking about the past like someone said "the future"... Halo has a good story line that has a slim chance to be a good movie as long as they find a good director... Then theres the movie I hope they don't screw up... Metal Gear Solid... if (I doubt but I hope) Mr. Hideo Kojima directs it that could be the best videogame movie bar none. Don't (and I beg of you) even argue with it the story line my kinda... wierd but still.. come on!

    Posted: June 29, 2006 4:30 PM | Reply | Report
    Holy_Gohan
  • glowboy89

    Well, I think that the problem with video game movie adaptations is not so much the movie themselves, but the expectations of the gamer. Spending hours trying to solve a puzzle to enter a room in Silent Hill (puzzles such as the bag of blood and the talisman come to mind) will not equate to a movie format, so the gamer will obviously be let down.

    That's not to say that there are no good video game movies; I thoroughly enjoyed Silent Hill from a movie fan perspective; from the gamer perspective, I was bugged out by crossing elements from later games, changing characters, and introducing Pyramid Head in a time before he was even a part of Silent Hill. But that's from the gamer perspective...we need to learn to view movies, no matter what they're based on, from a movie perspective exclusively.

    Posted: June 29, 2006 4:24 PM | Reply | Report
    glowboy89
  • SDwiz

    Mortal Kombat was a pretty good movie. When it first came out everyone went to see it.Super Mario Bros.,Street fighter,Double Dragon,Doom,and others suck. Because they think they can make more money by just taking a video game and make it in to a movie.

    Posted: June 29, 2006 4:18 PM | Reply | Report
    SDwiz
  • rpgmasters

    maybe nonoe knows maybe i do maybe i dont.

    Posted: June 29, 2006 4:16 PM | Reply | Report
    rpgmasters
  • zeldafreak95

    YES!! Hollywood CAN make a good game movie, if they just do it right. Frank Miller co-directed the Sin City movie, if they try the same concept and have the game's creators help in the production of the movie it coulld be succesful.

    Posted: June 29, 2006 4:13 PM | Reply | Report
    zeldafreak95
  • DaJokerman

    There has been good video game movies but there has been way to many bad ones. And I think one of the reasons is you got directors and actors who don't know a damn thing about the games before they get the role then try to cram in some research. And some probably don't even do that. Another reason could be they just want to quickly pump one out cause they know it when make money from all the nerds.

    Posted: June 29, 2006 4:12 PM | Reply | Report
    DaJokerman
  • Hardcoresoftey

    maybe... someday. Far far into the future, in a galaxy far far away...

    Posted: June 29, 2006 4:12 PM | Reply | Report
    Hardcoresoftey
  • betterthanu2

    no bitch

    Posted: June 29, 2006 4:11 PM | Reply | Report
    betterthanu2

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