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Which video games would be suitable for movies/series?
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NotMyProblemAnymoreCunt
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How about none?
poppabk
Cheeks Spread for Digital Only Future
Bioshock is the only kind of unique one there, the others would be kinda movies->game->movieI would like to see Bioshock, Mass Effect and Red dead Redemption. Which ones would you like to see?
Magic Carpet
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I would like an animated Psychonuats movie.
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Spyxos
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I found Mass Effect to be very different from Star Wars/Star Trek and the like.
XXL
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Star Trek, Star Wars and Mass Effect have almost nothing in common aside from being set it space.
calistan
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Protagonist who doesn't speak?
I'd go for a series based on Life Is Strange. Weird/supernatural tales about outsider kids. It would be like I'm Not Okay With This, which was just brilliant for the one season it lasted.
MasterDerico
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I would love to see a Devil May Cry movie directed by Chad Stahelski and Silent Hill directed by Robert Eggers!
I think with good writers the Mass Effect universe can produce a good series.
The original Life is Strange can also be turned into a good movie adaptation or something.
I think any game that tells much of its story through its gameplay and exploration will not be a really good adaptation (Half Life, Souls games, Shadow of the Colossus etc.)
The original Life is Strange can also be turned into a good movie adaptation or something.
I think any game that tells much of its story through its gameplay and exploration will not be a really good adaptation (Half Life, Souls games, Shadow of the Colossus etc.)
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Laptop1991
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FEAR 1 and Dishonored for me.
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LordOfChaos
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The main thing is there's a lot that would be a dream if done really well, but are most often done by people who don't share the same love or else don't have the budget or just don't do it well in some way
I'd love to see a Mass Effect cinematic universe, Bioshock, Bioshock Infinite, Bloodborne seems to be happening somehow but what I want is it done really well, Nier Automata could be cool, To the Moon
I'd love to see a Mass Effect cinematic universe, Bioshock, Bioshock Infinite, Bloodborne seems to be happening somehow but what I want is it done really well, Nier Automata could be cool, To the Moon
Doom85
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Already got an anime recently.
Husky
THE Prey 2 fanatic
Vampyr would make for an excellent film or series. A show for TNT was in development, but I think those plans fell through. I don't know if they'd be able to provide the budget to give the story or its setting justice, and the last thing I want is for the show to feature a modernized setting (or realize its setting through an LED volume).
A live-action Kingdom Hearts would make so many people mad, but it could be so good. I can see Takashi Miike doing it well. It's one of those games that would call for a lot of artistic liberty to be taken in adapting for live-action, and I think that's a large part of the appeal for me. It has to be directed by someone who isn't a coward.
Alan Wake could make for an excellent series (and AMC currently has the rights to develop a series), but I also feel like a TV adaptation would inevitably deliver a weaker story than the game. I foresee an expanded cast with new, pointless, and much weaker characters, and for their versions of each game character to feel shallow in comparison to their original portrayals. That's how I felt about The Last of Us.
Live-action Ocarina of Time. Do it, cowards.
A live-action Kingdom Hearts would make so many people mad, but it could be so good. I can see Takashi Miike doing it well. It's one of those games that would call for a lot of artistic liberty to be taken in adapting for live-action, and I think that's a large part of the appeal for me. It has to be directed by someone who isn't a coward.
Alan Wake could make for an excellent series (and AMC currently has the rights to develop a series), but I also feel like a TV adaptation would inevitably deliver a weaker story than the game. I foresee an expanded cast with new, pointless, and much weaker characters, and for their versions of each game character to feel shallow in comparison to their original portrayals. That's how I felt about The Last of Us.
Live-action Ocarina of Time. Do it, cowards.
WitchHunter
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Robb
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He’d obviously speak in a movie. I don’t think it’d be much of a hurdle.
calistan
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The non-speaking kind of defines him though. He says nothing because he is the player. If he spoke and it wasn't like you imagined, it would be like Master Chief taking off his helmet.
Heimdall_Xtreme
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Robb
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Sure, but like with most things it’ll take 10 minutes and then you’ll be used to it for the rest of the ride. What they need is give him a clear mission the audience understands and can relate to, so that they view it as his journey and not their own as in the games.
There’s definitely potential for a clash. But as long as they get the major things with the story, characters, designs, atmosphere/mystery etc. right I don’t think people would care much that the protagonist is voiced. I also think going to a movie, you’ll expect him to be voiced from the get-go anyway. So there’s a difference there already between the mediums.
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kyussman
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Yea,the current crop aren't interested in telling stories,just political activism......that's unsustainable(see Disney),so we just have to wait for this stuff to flush it's way out,will be years yet though.
calistan
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The Hitman movies are not that bad, I think it would defintely work as a high-budget series. I like the original Hitman plot too, before he became a sort of James Bond figure. It was just dark and amoral, getting money for murders before the ICA betrayed him, so there could be an origin story there as well.
FunkMiller
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They already fucking ruined what would probably have made an incredibly good movie or TV series:
...we got tiny fucking Tom Holland in a dreadful film, and another shitty Indiana Jones movie instead.
...we got tiny fucking Tom Holland in a dreadful film, and another shitty Indiana Jones movie instead.
DryvBy
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Children of MenIt’ll never happen, but I think Half-Life could make for a pretty great movie if done right.
You're welcome. Lol
xrnzaaas
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For me they're unwatchable. Poor casting for the lead roles in both movies (especially in the last one with that actor from Homeland) and way too much emphasis on action. I would love if an entire episode was about preparing for the perfect assassination and 47 didn't use his silverballers or held off until every piece falls into place. Kinda like the Leverage show, but the other way around and with a much darker theme.
Or we could have an entire episode with some party or other gathering happening, focusing on the potential targets and their motives and only briefly showing 47 in the background doing his things.
My image for this show is simple: subtle kills and whole lotta planning = yes, intense action scenes (featuring an actor with a shaved head, not even a proper bald one) = fuck no.
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Robb
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Underrated movie imo.
But I want those head crabs, zombies, Dog the robot, G-man with his quotes (and showing up/hiding in the background in certain scenes) etc.
And a dystopian cliffhanger ending with this playing in the credits:
Fart Knight
Al Pachinko, Konami President
None with todays standards. Look how they massacred The Witcher.
Unless the cast or main character is already diverse they shouldn't even bother since they would probably just end up massacring the characters if it isn't. So Forspoken, saints row, and last watchdogs would be okay to make with nods to previous games in the movie. Your best bet these days would be to have an anime series of the game instead.
The Cockatrice
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Shut0wen
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I really do be obeying