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Posted: 9th May 2008 07:47
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Ok everyone, There is still talk on weather Pete Jackson should direct Halo. However I think he would also be perfect for the Quake games. Who's with me? And who do you think should adapt Wolfenstein 3D Spear of Destiny and Return to Castle Wolfenstein ?

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I think they should quit making crappy movies about video games.
Maybe the Rock is available for this one too.

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No way... Uwe Boll should make ALL videogame to movie adaptations!

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I think hollywood should stop making movies from licensed material. Im sick of all the crappy superhero/comicbook/videogame movies, make something original!
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They should stop making movies full stop.

Well, at least until they come up with some original ideas, we see the same storylines repeated over and over, it gets to the point where theres no point in watching movies anymore, we might as well watch sci-fi shows like LOST and Heroes, at least we aren't expected to pay for them.
Into the Wild is the only film I've enjoyed recently, and that's so hit-and-miss I wouldn't recommend it to most people.

I'm glad I have a decent collection of classic movies.


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The Halo movie was scraped a while ago, are they starting it again?


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Posted: 9th May 2008 20:56
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Ok, So the Halo flick idea is gone. But if Pete were interested and motivated I'm sure he's come back too it. I still think he's right for the job of Quake. Thraxas, That's sick. I'll be buying the rights to Donkey Kong and making that into a film long before Uwe should have the right to make any more adaptations of his crap.

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Peter Jackson fans, please divert your eyes from this post.

Peter Jackson does not and has never impressed me. His direction is stale and lacks vision. His biggest movies have all been based on the work of others (has he ever made a "big" movie that wasn't?). That being said, I'm jumping on the "just say no to video game movies" bandwagon.

Here's a great idea: Let's get Christian Slater, Johnny Depp, and John Cusack to play three musicians struggling for fame, while all of them are vying for the love of Jessica Alba, a stripper with a heart. They're all invited out to an Enter-the-Dragon-Esque island competition with other musicians to see who really is the best guitarist of them all. Can Slater hit all the right notes while squinting and emulating Jack Nicholson with cheesy one-liners? Can Depp at least try to act (for once) like he knows what he's talking about? Can Cusack stop crying about how complex love is long enough to pick up his Gibson... and will the audience be wowed with his performance of Peter Gabriel? Find out this summer in GUITAR HERO: The MOVIE!! Directed by Uwe Boll.

The sad part is, some hollywood jerk is probably surfing the net for his next big idea (because god knows he can't come up with it himself), found this thread, and he's on the phone with Warner Brothers as you're reading this. I swear, it's like 9/10 movies released today are based on video games, books... or other movies. Hollywood is up in arms about video games stealing their spotlight, but really, Hollywood turned off their own spotlight a long time ago. And Nick Hornby is running out of books to turn into films.

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Gore Verbinski to direct BioShock film

and here's another one I won't be seeing any time soon.


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Posted: 9th May 2008 22:28
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Kevin, you never know. Bioshock was a brilliant game. Whether he can pull off the feel of Bioshock completely and keep the original storyline, that's for us to see.
Though, I wouldn't be surprised if Captain Jack Sparrow made a personal appearance as a little sister

Van B, what do you mean by what you said about Into the Wild? I found that to be an amazing movie

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Xen,
Yeah, I loved it - but I think it's one of those movies you either love or hate. Most of the people I know are more interested in things like Iron Man and Doomsday, I lent it to my boss for example and he absolutely hated it!.


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Completely off-topic, but not worth making a new thread over. My girlfriend and I watched I Am Legend the other night, rented it from On Demand, and I noticed a billboard in their post-viral NYC with the Superman logo above the Batman logo... anyone know what that's about? Is it the studio foreshadowing something or is the director trying to get a new gig? Not sure how I'd feel about that... and with this, I got right back on topic lol.

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Well, I think of Quake or Halo as something that should have a lot of fast paced action sequences, and Peter Jackson isn't that great with the whole fast thing :/ . I mean it worked for Lord of the Rings, but King Kong was just painful. Maybe they could switch directors during action scenes to like Michael Bay or somebody.

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Metal Gear Solid Philanthropy. It can be done, lol.


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What was fast about Lord of the Rings? lol walking through the woods, talking, walking through the woods, talking, walking through the woods, talking...

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Lord of the Rings was a great movie adaptation of a book. Quite like Harry Potter, which has some great movie adaptations among it too. Lord of the Rings just had somewhat more of an epic feeling, which perfectly translates to the screen. I really applaud Jackson for his work on that one, and although King Kong wasn't great, it was good.


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I meant the Jackson's lack of speed worked for Lord of the Rings.

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I think Hollywood should only make movies I approve of. Same for video games, songs, and news reports.

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