Comics/Games You Want To Be Movies

[Karpo_007]

Green Goblin movie could be kind of cool actually, Harry became the Goblin in the comics...

[Raven]

or a joker movie, one thats takes a look into his life and why he went insane, that would be neat.

[Reznorite420]

Originally Posted by Leo656

I gotta ask though... what the heck would they do with a "Doom" movie? Run around and shoot each other? Aren't there already a ton of movies like that? I mean, I'm not being sarcastic or anything, just askin'....

Why the heck was there a SMB movie? Tron? Mortal Kombat? The first 2, at least, were games of a rather simple nature themselves; the SMB movie, while it kinda sucked, didn't involve merely 2 Italian plumbers jumping around all over the place collecting coins, Starmen, Fireflowers, Super Leaves, et cetera, did it? Of course not. Mortal Kombat didn't just simply involve a bunch of martial arts fightes involved in a nonstop gore-fest of fighting, did it? Sure, the game itself had a story to it, but only in the form of bios of the players. The movie actually IMPLEMENTED that into the sequence of events (who could forget Goro and Kano's conversation at the dinner table? That partly drove the actual story).

You've never read any of the novels based on the DOOM game, have you? That doesn't say much, though, considering how the third and fourth books of the series went COMPLETELY off track of the game where they (yeah, there are 2 main characters in the mini-series, as well as a few supporting characters here and there when they get back to Earth) start fighting aliens that were in no way part of the game or its backstory. You'd have to read them to know what I mean, just be sure you don't spend anything in the process of obtaining the books (yeah, the last 2 especially are THAT bad).

Still, the latest news says that the writer of SWAT is planning to write the script for the DOOM movie. No change on it's proposed rating (PG-13) however, which is quite a disappointment.

If it helps to prove the fact that there CAN be an actual story to the game without going to far away from it's original impression, keep this in mind: DOOM, just like any other "geek" item today, has umpteenmillion fanfics circulating around the 'net. Some are good, some are less than laudable. Hell, my version of the story within the game (I named the marine McKnight) was heralded as one of the greatest fanfics ever written until I was banned from Doomworld. I didn't write it all at once; I only have the prologue and first 6 chapters written so far. If you'd like to read my prologue, I'll post a link.

Nevertheless, I can see where you're coming from; something like DOOM is very hard if not impossible to make a movie of unless it was made by someone who not only knew the game like the back of his hand but was also a damn good scriptwriter. I for one sure as hell hope that some day there will be a video game-based movie made in my lifetime that won't be as brainless as the game itself. I know, it's a longshot, but who knows? There are masterpiece movies based off of masterpiece novels/plays, so why not make a movie of the exact same stature based off a video game?

EDIT: If this post is interpreted as a "pissed-off" response, rest assured it is nowhere near that level. I'm just as happy as can be right now

[cqb101]

A duke nukem game would be just as cool as a DOOM game, IMO.

[Leo656]

Nah dude it's all good, you're right, I know almost nothing about Doom or anything related to or spawned from it. I played the game once or twice and that's about it. What little I do know just made me wonder what if any kind of plot there could be for it if it were adapted to movie form. Some games you can just see as movies (I'd say Zelda is a good example), others like Doom are harder to imagine is all. Not impossible, though.

All said, though, I'd still rather watch "The Chase". Mmm, Kristy Swanson....

[Leo656]

Originally Posted by cqb101

A duke nukem game would be just as cool as a DOOM game, IMO.

They were talking about a Duke Nukem game a couple years ago. They got as far as saying they wanted The Rock to play Duke and after that the whole thing kinda fell apart.

Let this be a lesson, Hollywood: Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson is the Kiss of Death. Stay far, FAR away from this no-talent piece of crap, lest all your movies turn out like "The Scorpion King".

[Reznorite420]

Originally Posted by cqb101

A duke nukem game would be just as cool as a DOOM game, IMO.

The thing I fear is this:

Duke Nukem was a bit cheesy IMO. I expect a movie of said game to just as horrible. Unless of course they turned Duke into a REAL character instead of the "DIE ALIEN SCUM! DIE! I'M GONNA SHOOT YOU ALL!!!! BWAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!" brainless-brute-cliche-o-rama kind of guy that he was in the game.

And for the record: The DOOM marine was NOT like that at all...

[Karpo_007]

Hmm.. Duke Nukem movie could work actually... Since most of his oneliners are from Ash of evil dead, Bruce Campbell would be perfect for the role... Just a tought.

[Leo656]

Anyone but The Crock.

[Reznorite420]

Originally Posted by Leo656

Some games you can just see as movies (I'd say Zelda is a good example)

It's been almost 20 years since the game came out...I'd say it's high time a movie of it was made. I've had dreams of a Legend of Zelda movie since, oh, 4th or 5th grade? Of course, I imagined it live-action, and now with advanced CGI anything's possible.

[Leo656]

WIth the depth of plot the Zelda games have always had, it's quite likely that a Zelda movie would be the best game-to-movie conversion ever.

Course, that's not saying much about a genre that counts Double Dragon as competition.

[Karpo_007]

I doubt Nintendo would even consider it after SMB. For some reason videogames just don't convert to movies very well.

[Reznorite420]

Originally Posted by Leo656

Anyone but The Crock.

Back around '98 I read an article in a OPM (Official Playstation Magazine) article called "From Bytes to Box-Office". Only three of the listed games rumored to be in the works for a movie actually came to be (Tomb Raider, Resident Evil, and Wing Commander, in the order they were listed in the article). DOOM and Duke Nukem were back to back with each other. As for Duke, the rumored guy to play him was Dolph Lundgren. He's got some of the look, but I don't think he'd fit the character quite well. Forget the Rock, any wrestler in a movie is a bad idea. At the same time, however, I'd suggest you DON'T use the Scorpion King as the epitome of the quality of movies with the Rock in them either

[Reznorite420]

Originally Posted by Karpo_007

I doubt Nintendo would even consider it after SMB. For some reason videogames just don't convert to movies very well.

That's because 9 times out of 10 they're made by the opposite kind of film makers I mentioned: They know very little about the game and/or have horrible scriptwriting/production skills. Of course, nearly all video game movies are made just to attract fans and rake in the bucks from devoted ones; IOW, they're PURPOSELY made into crap. I don't like that at all. Someone needs to make a REAL movie with real dramatic elements of good quality as well as staying true as possible to the game.

[Leo656]

any wrestler in a movie is a bad idea

Sorry, but Rocky III was awesome. And let's not forget that while TMNT II wasn't a great flick, Nash's portrayal of Super-Shredder was indeed Oscar-worthy.

And yeah I heard the rumors about Dolph too but the last rumors I ever read about a Duke movie had the studio absolutely certain they wanted The Crock to play Duke, and a couple months later people stopped talking about it entirely.

Which is good, because we as a people need LESS of The Crock, not more.

[cqb101]

God no! I can't stand Dolph! Who ruined The Punisher!

[Leo656]

Whoever decided not to put a big white skull on his shirt, that's who.

[Karpo_007]

Dolph is great as Ivan Draco though If you can watch Rocky IV that is. I don't know why, but I have always liked all the Rocky movies except V. Most of my friends say they are all crap but that is something I will never agree on.

[Leo656]

Nobody who says "Rocky is crap" will ever win an argument with me. NEVER.

I love all the Rocky movies, even poor unloved Rocky V. It aint the best, but it's Rocky. You just can't hate on Rocky.

And I do indeed love Rocky IV with good ol' Ivan "I must break you" Drago.

III is still my favorite, though. It's got Hulk Hogan AND Mr. T, what else could anyone want? Did you know Hogan choreographed almost the entire match against Rocky himself? 's true.

[Reznorite420]

Originally Posted by cqb101

God no! I can't stand Dolph! Who ruined The Punisher!

Don't get me started on my "The reason they didn't make totally comicy was to avoid cheesiness" rant again...