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Eric T
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Posted: 28th Jun 2005 16:47
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Bout freaking time if you ask me. I don't care if it turns out good, i'm just glad their finally giving a game that was a movie like story a freaking movie.

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HAHAHAA.. I bet they make it all serious. Just sit there watching it thinking 'WTF?.. these guys realise that noir was a pisstake format don't they?'

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It should be a serious, gritty film. I've been waiting ages for a film to be done...


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Posted: 28th Jun 2005 20:16
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Posted: 28th Jun 2005 21:20
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Quote: "AHAHAA.. I bet they make it all serious."


Yeah, I bet a comedy would go over much better, wouldn't it?


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Posted: 29th Jun 2005 01:19 Edited at: 29th Jun 2005 01:23
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Quote: "'WTF?.. these guys realise that noir was a pisstake format don't they?'"


uh, no. i don't know where you learned film history but film noir is not a pisstake genre. film noir is a genre and style that grew out of the disillusionment of world war II. film noir is not a pisstake, it is indeed a serious genre, and nowhere near a joke. do some research before you make silly statements.

i for one am looking forward to it. sin city was the first film noir in the states to be released to the great public for a long time, it'd be nice to see it come back as a strong genre. also the quality western would be nice. bring back the american genres! except musicals, heh.

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Posted: 29th Jun 2005 07:07
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They've been talking about a MP film ever since the first game got released. I just hope they don't go OTT with the bullet-time.

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Im still hoping HALO comes to film, if you ever read the book series(yes, there is one) it is very good and would make a GREAT movie.

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Half-Life would've made a great film, but that still hasn't happened!

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Far Cry would as well - mind you, the film couldn't be worse than the game.


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Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic had a great cinematic story, that would work as well. Although they'd have a cut things down substantially, otherwise it'd be a 9 hour film! Here're a few other games that might make good films:

Edge of Chaos: Independance War 2
Deus Ex (maybe a tv series would be better, that's a lnog game)
System Shock 2
Nocturne
Flashback
Fade to Black (sequal to Flashback)

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I always thought StarCraft would make a perfect Sci-Fi movie

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Coming Attractions
An unprecedented number of video games are headed to the big screen over 40 games have been licensed, many with sequels planned. Here's a roundup of what's happening with the convergence of polygons to multiplexes. By the time you read this, additional deal will have been struck in Hollywood, so be sure to stay tuned to Gamepro.com for updates.

In the Can
Backwater Dimension Films - 2005 release
BloodRayne October 2005 expected release
Doom Universal Pictures - August 2005 release
House of the Dead : Dead Aim - Lions Gate Entertainment - Early 2006 release

Now Filming
Silent Hill
Now filming in Toronto - Spring 2006 release

Script Complete
Dead of Alive - Producers Paul Anderson, Jeremy Bolt, and Mark Altman
Driver - Producers Paul Anderson and Jeremy Bolt
Mortal Kombat - Producer Larry Kasanov
Onimusha - Producer Samuel Hadida - Christmas 2006 release
Prince of Persia - Disney Films

Scripts in Revision
Psi-Ops - Producer Adrian Askarieh
Spy Hunter - Universal Pictures - Summer 2006 release

In Development
Darkwatch - Producers/writters Glen Morgan and James Wong
Dead to Rights - Producers Nicolas Cage and Lorenzo di Bonaventura
Death Jr. - Director Larry Guterman
Devil May Cry - GaGa Communications
Far Cry - Producer/director Uwe Boll
Fear Effect - Dreamworks Entertainment
The Getaway - Screen Gems
Halo - Screenwriter Alex Garland
Hitman - Producer Adrian Askarieh
Hunter: The Recokoning - Producer/director Uwe Boll
Max Payne - Collision Entertainment
Metroid - Producer John Woo
Resident Evil: Afterlife - Screen Gems
Return to Castle Wolfenstein - Warner Bros
Tekken - Dimension Films
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six - Paramount pictures
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell - Paramount pictures

as stated in the June issue of gamepro.

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Posted: 29th Jun 2005 08:22
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Quote: "uh, no. i don't know where you learned film history but film noir is not a pisstake genre. film noir is a genre and style that grew out of the disillusionment of world war II. "


For gods sake, Max constantly throughout the game says lines like..
'I keep hearing the words Time and Bullet, knowing they were just ment to be together.'

or

'I have this strange feeling my life is being controlled by someone pulling my strings.'

The game WAS NO SERIOUS. Noir as a format, yes is suppose to be serious when done correctly... like a whole Good Guy vs Bad Guy thing, but the fact is games like Under A Killing Moon, Max Payne, Discworld Noir; use it because it's very Over-the-top-Dramatics. It's not something your suppose to sit there and take seriously; but now doubt a hollywood director isn't going to understand that.

Max Payne was good, because it was cheesy. It was making fun of the format and of itself.

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Posted: 29th Jun 2005 08:28 Edited at: 29th Jun 2005 08:28
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Ohhhh yeah..... that will rule

But you know how those Hollywood execs work. They always make their protagonist get jiggy with a lover right in the middle of running away from the enemy. Or they have a timebomb that will go off and with each second you hear a high-pitched BEEP, BEEP, BEEP, and it always has a big digital clock display. Just like in real life!

And don't forget escaping from the tunnel with just 1 second to spare as the mine explodes, causing the flames to chase the good guys as they run out of the hole!


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Posted: 29th Jun 2005 08:56
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Warcraft would make a good movie.

Humans... orcs... elves...

It'd be the next Lord of the Rings!


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Posted: 29th Jun 2005 09:35
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It'll be difficult to carry the film noir / satire over to film properly. If they take a Sin City approach to it, I think that'd do well

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Posted: 29th Jun 2005 10:01 Edited at: 29th Jun 2005 10:02
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Heh, I forgot about the Silent Hill movie. IIRC Akira Yamoaka wouldn't sell the rights till he was garunteed his hand down the pants of every part of the movie (After seeing what happened to RE, I wouldn't let my game be sold off unless I had my hand down it all). So it may end up being Silent Hillish.

Max Payne was sort of a comedy with those "played" and "bullet time" references. The problem is, you can't really do that in a movie, you'll have to take the Sin City approach with it (Sin City being the best movie this year IMO).

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And don't forget escaping from the tunnel with just 1 second to spare as the mine explodes, causing the flames to chase the good guys as they run out of the hole!"


Heh, i've always wanted to see a movie where they escape with 90 seconds to spare. Wonder what they would do with that 90 seconds? Maybe a game of DDR...

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It'll have a dirty harry-esq tone, will it filmforce? umm... so why don't we all just go and watch dirty harry again? Anyway, there basically is a Max Payne film... in 1974, a film claled Deathwish was released, directed by Michael Winner... absolutly fantastic.

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I think they should make Grand Theft Auto a movie.
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They did... I think is went straight to video/DVD, but I saw it in the 'bargain' bin in Gamestation the other day for £2.99 on DVD.

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Quote: "House of the Dead : Dead Aim - Lions Gate Entertainment - Early 2006 release"

http://www.play.com/play247.asp?pa=search&searchtype=r2title&searchstring=house+of+the+dead&page=search&Go.x=54&Go.y=12
Already been done.

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Actually its part 2 i think house of the dead is the first : dead aim is the sequel. I was thinking the same thing when i was reading about mortal kombat, cosidering how crappy the ones already made where why would anyone make another.

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Oops, I didn't realise Dead Aim was the subtitle for the film, oh well.

The original Mortal Kombat film was pretty good, still one of the best films from a game that uses the game story. But MK: Annihilation was bloody awful! What I heard of the new MK film is that they're ignoring MK:A, a bit like what happened with Highlander 2.

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I also heard they're making Tetris the movie. Can't wait.


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I've read the screenplay, it's incredibly dramatic. Red L Block and Blue Cube Block have this really great romance throughout the movie too...

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Quote: "Dead of Alive - Producers Paul Anderson, Jeremy Bolt, and Mark Altman"

You mean Dead or Alive? I'd love to see that made into a movie, as the game makes so many hints to a storyline, but it doesn't tell you what the story actually is. So at the end of the game, after reading all the bits of conversations before and after a battle, ("I heard project Epsilon was a failiure.", to which Ein replies, "What is project Epsilon?" "I see you are no longer under mind control") there is only one question in the players mind: Huh?

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He probably means dead or alive- the f key is disturbingly close to the r key.

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I got one "Pong the movie"

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A series of Worms short films (similar to the good ol' Tom & Jerry cartoons) would be great.

How about 'Pop Idol' the Movie?

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