Which game should be made into a movie?

superconor · 17-11-2002 1:32am #1

and who should play the lead?
well?
i think half-life. the plot alone was just enough for it to be made into a film.
the guy who played dr. green in E.R should play gordon freeman methinks

toodles

Mr E · 17-11-2002 2:23am

Originally posted by superconor
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the guy who played dr. green in half-life ...

Huh? Do you mean E.R. ??

I'd like to see Deus Ex or System Shock. System Shock is a bit of a one man show, so it'll never be made, but Deux Ex is do-able.

- Dave.

sceptre · 17-11-2002 2:48am

Originally posted by superconor
the guy who played dr. green in half-life should play gordon freeman methinks

Goose out of Top Gun? I suppose...

DiscoStu · 17-11-2002 2:55am

If they got it right Deus Ex could be fantastic, but there has never been a good game to film(final fantasy was good though, not great) so i wouldnt hold my breath.

Mr E · 17-11-2002 1:56pm

David Cross (the comedian) is the spitting image of Gordon Freeman .... that'd be fun.

- Dave.

tman · 17-11-2002 5:19pm

flashback would make a decent film, not sure who would suit it tho

DiscoStu · 17-11-2002 5:29pm

Originally posted by tman
flashback would make a decent film, not sure who would suit it tho

i think the plot is a little too cliche. its been done to pieces. the amnesiac who saves the world, think steven segal, chuck norris or other d-list action heros.

tman · 17-11-2002 5:45pm

true, don't be dissning segal tho:mad:
he's still c list.

phreak · 17-11-2002 5:58pm

make GTA into a film.

tman · 17-11-2002 6:08pm

i could be wrong, but apparently gta has already been made into a (crap) movie.

Ryo Hazuki · 17-11-2002 8:09pm

You would have to make a distinction between a film with the characters and a mildly related, mostly new plot or a Film following the Game Plot Exactly.

Half-Life Would Not be suitable for the latter cause it has very little plot when you look at it compared to other games, you would need a lot of new stuff and it would probably
be over-queered by some script writer.

Resident Evil comes to mind, I mean were they all Drunk or Stoned when the wrote the script?

Deus Ex would be a great game for a film, its got a great story that would need very little modification and would appeal to those who liked the matrix (nano-augs, run fast, ballistic protection etc)

I think i heard Die Another Day has nano-aug stuff in it.

final fantasy was good though, not great

Final Fantasy was not a game-to-film, more of a Brand Name I think. I heard square pictures was making another.

Shenmue was made into a 90min film rendered on dreamcast hardware, apparently it was good

DiscoStu · 17-11-2002 8:34pm

Final Fantasy was not a game-to-film, more of a Brand Name I think. I heard square pictures was making another.

square definitly are not going to be making another final fantasy film. it nearly bankrupted them. and they shut down the studio in hawaii that it was animated in.

Ryo Hazuki · 17-11-2002 8:43pm

I knew about all that but I heard recently they were going to have another go at it after the relatively poor success of the first.

meglome · 17-11-2002 8:49pm

Considering some of the stinkers they have made already, none would be the best answer.

Offy · 17-11-2002 9:14pm

Has to be quake, I want to see what Hollywood can do with the whole rocket jump thing. eheh

DeadBankClerk · 17-11-2002 9:46pm

dance dance revolution

DiscoStu · 17-11-2002 10:05pm

Originally posted by DeadBankClerk
dance dance revolution

cyberpunk japanese dirty dancing.

noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

Funky · 17-11-2002 10:05pm

Zelda maybe

Q_Ball · 17-11-2002 10:24pm

puzzle bobble

or tetris

monument · 17-11-2002 10:28pm

Now that I thing about it the story of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (1997) is alot like Simon The Sorcerer (1993), Both have a normal child who both become wizards, very strange?

DiscoStu · 17-11-2002 11:10pm

Originally posted by monument
Now that I thing about it the story of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (1997) is alot like Simon The Sorcerer (1993), Both have a normal child who both become wizards, very strange?

but simon the sorcerer has nothing about parents getting murdered by evil wizards, or kids going to live with large hairy men with a possible unhealty fascination with children and harry potter does not have the voice of arnold j. rimmer in it.

monument · 17-11-2002 11:18pm

yea just saying that the start of both stories are the same, which is strange

kaimera · 17-11-2002 11:27pm

Half-Life

Directed by tarantino.

Think of the possibilites.

Tarantino using his story telling techinques to combine HL, OF and BS in an epic movie to rival LOTR

Earthhorse · 18-11-2002 12:45am

Goldeneye.

Karl Hungus · 18-11-2002 4:18am

Clive Barker's Undying.
Although, I think that might already be in production.

Alice is currently being made into a film, I hear Wes Craven is involved.
I dont hold much cop for that though.

Edit: Yep, I was right: http://us.imdb.com/Title?0270909