Journal Jtoxification's Journal: Games and Movies 3
(I am such a geek for knowing this)
Games that were turned into movies: (feel free to add to the lists.)
Key:
* enjoyed the movie
? not seen
! not played
* Super Mario Bros,
* Tomb Raider #1 & 2,
! Final Fantasy (sigh ... I've played #3 and #6 about 1/10th of the way through),
Double Dragon,
* Mortal Kombat #1(But they could've done better)
Mortal Kombat #2
! Resident Evil :-( (sigh. The sequel movie gets a star from me, though.)
?! Wing Commander
Street Fighter (well I liked a few of the animated incarnations)
*! The Last Starfighter
? House of the Dead
* Tron(which came first, the original arcade or the original movie?)
* Pokemon (I'm silly, I know. But still this is another one that I wonder about which came first.)
Tekken
-----updated:
? Doom
!* Final Fantasy 7: Advent Children (I've only just started playing the game (as of late July 06).)
The Internet only knows what else.
Games that are soon to become/were once soon to become/have become movies:
Doom (This bombed, but I *still* want to watch it.)
Deus Ex
Dungeon Siege
Metroid
Alone in the Dark
Fear Effect
Thief: The Dark Project (True, or just rumor? This would be a great movie.)
Aliens vs. Predator (spawned from TWO movies, turned game and comic, and now on its way back to big screen)
The Internet only knows what else.
Games that could make instant classic movies provided that their base elements were striclty adhered to:
Half-Life
Final Fantasy Series (Update: See? At least in Advent Children as an epilogue, it's true, though the dialogue could've been better ...)
Ultima Series
Chronotrigger (Stephen Speilburg? Please ?)
Deus Ex
Thief (Stephen Speilburg? Please ?)
Fallout Series
Shadowrun
Max Payne (Quentin Tarantino? Please?) -- Sin City, close enough, and with Quentin's help. The point is, once again, I was right. And they're making a sequel!
Vampire: The Masquerade
Zelda
Conker's Bad Fur Day
Grand Theft Auto Vice City
Games that would at least make for interesting movies nonetheless:
Joust (it'd also make an interesting UT2k4 mod)
Centipede (and so would this)
The Journeyman Project
Dungeon Keeper : (Imagine it as a parody of the new reality restaurant business tv show, "Hell's Kitchen")
Warcraft & Starcraft
Tribes
Halo
Syndicate
Bio-forge
Castlevania
Diablo/Nox
Doom (Fine, fine, Doom, if done correctly...
Quake series (Any of the original Lovecraftian tribute, the Strogg storyline, or the Time Masters.)
Mechwarrior
Myst
Toejam and Earl
System Shock
Descent
Magic Carpet
Yuri's Revenge
Crusader: no regret, Crusader: no remorse
Commandos: Suspense in the Deus Ex and Thief style
Unreal Tournament 2004: (Stephen Speilburg+Quentin Tarantino+LucasArts ? Please oh please ?)
Baldur's Gate and/or the two D&D arcades (I will NOT talk about D&D's movie failures, but the cartoon was nostalgically fun)
Sonic the Hedgehog -- but it'd need better story and dialogue ... the cartoon is just too childish, ugh, *retch*
X-com
Games that are like movies aleady made:
Abuse (and Frabs, known as free abuse): a total Alien/Aliens inspired game port
Need for Speed: Torque, Fast and Furious 1 and 2
Duke Nukem3d: (Army of Darkness and Evil Dead 1 & 2: Bruce Campbell IS Duke Nukem.)
Everquest and other games like it: Legend
Anyone else have a good recommendation or connection ?
Games that were turned into movies: (feel free to add to the lists.)
Key:
* enjoyed the movie
? not seen
! not played
* Super Mario Bros,
* Tomb Raider #1 & 2,
! Final Fantasy (sigh
Double Dragon,
* Mortal Kombat #1(But they could've done better)
Mortal Kombat #2
! Resident Evil
?! Wing Commander
Street Fighter (well I liked a few of the animated incarnations)
*! The Last Starfighter
? House of the Dead
* Tron(which came first, the original arcade or the original movie?)
* Pokemon (I'm silly, I know. But still this is another one that I wonder about which came first.)
Tekken
-----updated:
? Doom
!* Final Fantasy 7: Advent Children (I've only just started playing the game (as of late July 06).)
The Internet only knows what else.
Games that are soon to become/were once soon to become/have become movies:
Doom (This bombed, but I *still* want to watch it.)
Deus Ex
Dungeon Siege
Metroid
Alone in the Dark
Fear Effect
Thief: The Dark Project (True, or just rumor? This would be a great movie.)
Aliens vs. Predator (spawned from TWO movies, turned game and comic, and now on its way back to big screen)
The Internet only knows what else.
Games that could make instant classic movies provided that their base elements were striclty adhered to:
Half-Life
Final Fantasy Series (Update: See? At least in Advent Children as an epilogue, it's true, though the dialogue could've been better
Ultima Series
Chronotrigger (Stephen Speilburg? Please ?)
Deus Ex
Thief (Stephen Speilburg? Please ?)
Fallout Series
Shadowrun
Max Payne (Quentin Tarantino? Please?) -- Sin City, close enough, and with Quentin's help. The point is, once again, I was right. And they're making a sequel!
Vampire: The Masquerade
Zelda
Conker's Bad Fur Day
Grand Theft Auto Vice City
Games that would at least make for interesting movies nonetheless:
Joust (it'd also make an interesting UT2k4 mod)
Centipede (and so would this)
The Journeyman Project
Dungeon Keeper : (Imagine it as a parody of the new reality restaurant business tv show, "Hell's Kitchen")
Warcraft & Starcraft
Tribes
Halo
Syndicate
Bio-forge
Castlevania
Diablo/Nox
Doom (Fine, fine, Doom, if done correctly...
Quake series (Any of the original Lovecraftian tribute, the Strogg storyline, or the Time Masters.)
Mechwarrior
Myst
Toejam and Earl
System Shock
Descent
Magic Carpet
Yuri's Revenge
Crusader: no regret, Crusader: no remorse
Commandos: Suspense in the Deus Ex and Thief style
Unreal Tournament 2004: (Stephen Speilburg+Quentin Tarantino+LucasArts ? Please oh please ?)
Baldur's Gate and/or the two D&D arcades (I will NOT talk about D&D's movie failures, but the cartoon was nostalgically fun)
Sonic the Hedgehog -- but it'd need better story and dialogue
X-com
Games that are like movies aleady made:
Abuse (and Frabs, known as free abuse): a total Alien/Aliens inspired game port
Need for Speed: Torque, Fast and Furious 1 and 2
Duke Nukem3d: (Army of Darkness and Evil Dead 1 & 2: Bruce Campbell IS Duke Nukem.)
Everquest and other games like it: Legend
Anyone else have a good recommendation or connection ?
Tetris (Score:2)
Herr Uwe Boll (Score:2)
This guy [imdb.com] is ... interesting. My friend told me about him. He's already made a movie out of House of The Dead (wtf?), which is currently scored at an impressive 2.5 on imdb. In spite of this 'mixed' reception, he seems determined to make a carrier out of making movies out of games. He's working on no less than 4 movies at the moment, 3 of which are based on games: Bloodrayne, Far Cry, and Alone in The Dark (again - wtf?).
Pretty whacked up German I would say (Not that him being German has anything to do wit
Tron (Score:1)