Welcome to Coffee Talk! Let’s start off the day by discussing whatever is on your (nerd chic) mind. Every morning I’ll kick off a discussion and I’m counting on you to participate in it. If you’re not feelin’ my topic, feel free to start a chat with your fellow readers and see where it takes you. Whether you’re talking about videogames, those amazing Cardinals, Manny Pacquiao vs. Joshua Clottey at Cowboys Stadium, or your favorite CES 2010 gadget, Coffee Talk is the place to do it.
Videogame movies…so many of them are embarrassing. Whether you’re talking about Uwe Boll’s numerous offenses, Raul Julia going out with a psycho crusher in Street Fighter, or Dead or Alive sucking despite having some truly beautiful women running around half-naked for 90 minutes, movies based on videogames haven’t been the best.
Some gamers don’t see the point. Games are a form of interactive storytelling, so why do they need a linear and traditional way to tell a story? Doesn’t that take away the uniqueness of the medium? I’m all for videogame movies, just like I support videogame books, comics, lunch boxes, etc. If it helps expand the world of a game I enjoy and expand the business in general, that’s a good thing. Unfortunately, the execution if often…off.
Today I wanted to ask you about the videogame movie that’s playing in your head. What gaming franchise to you want to see on the big screen? Do you have any actors or actresses you want to attach to your dream project? Kindly channel your inner director and tell me all about the videogame movie you want (please)!
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@N8R – I think Scientology is one of the greatest scams pulled in the history of man. The fact that people will so whole-heartedly believe such things is an excellent analogy to the failings of organized religion as a whole.
@ Larcenous
I didn't give them the credit for it, i said it was pandering to them. They have alot of stake in Hollywood nowadays.
@Hitler – The thule society played more of a role with his lietenants then it did with him… though he was looking for any leg up he could find in the grand scheme of things. Even though he was horriblely evil, the man knew how to work a crowd, and if maintaining power meant that all you had to do was present someone with the Spear of Longinus and say "Mine is bigger then yours" I would have taken that route myself.
@ Larcenous
I totally agree. I was watching this documentary about Mind Control by the soviets and MK Ultra and couldn't help but to notice that the methods they used were VERY similar to the "auditing" process used in Scientology.
@N8R – but the pandering argument doesn't hold any water. I don't think there were any stars associated with the film that were scientologists, and I am sure that Lucas isn't one. Considering the size of the cult to the viewing populace, I think it would be silly to pander to less then 1-3% of those that would be coming to see your films.
That would be like saying that Raiders was pandering to the Jewish community because it both referrenced and included Jewish historical elements.
@ Larcenous
About your Hitler analogy… it worked for the French (i.e. Shroud of Turin).
@N8R – 100%. That E-reader and the "not hypnosis" hyponosis is precisely what is going on there. And what's hilarious is that they get away with it because conventional wisdom dictates that anything that sounds like a conspiracy theory, is a conspiracy theory, and therefore not worth investigation.
@N8R – you have me at a loss… what did the French do with the Shroud of Turin?
@ Larcenous
(Grrr) Not the stars themselves… other producers… studio execs… there's a TON of them in Hollywood (the industry).
As for pandering to the Jews… look at the last names of all the producers that make major motion pictures. What do you see? The Hebrews have had their stake in Hollywood for quite some time. The entire town os practically owned by Jewish people.
Pandering to people like that helps one's career in the long run.
@ Larcenous
They forged it. The shroud itself carbon dates to about 400 years after Jesus. The image is of a 6 foot man which was TOWERING for people in the time of Jesus and the head is disproportionate to the body on the front, but not the back. The question remains that "Who could forge it back then?".
A common speculation is that Leonardo Da Vinci did it. Da Vinci was a heretic and in good keepings with a Savoy (French, the family who owned it) prince. He wouldn't have taken a brand new cloth to make it. He grabbed and older cloth and used it. He was also one of the only people around the time it was unveiled that knew about light sensitive chemicals (primitive photography). They think he did the back, the front body, and the front head in three different shots.
It's one of the greatest hoaxes ever.
@N8R – Ha! I knew of the shroud but I didn't know that they had proven it to be a complete forgery yet. I love how wide spread Leonardo Da Vinci was. That's awesome.
@N8R – as sad as it is, you are probably right about the pandering though. I just think Scientology is so ridiculous in itself that the thought of pandering to it immediately throws me for a loop.
@ Larcenous
Start here and continue through the 6 parts:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0sFmAQcekbY&fe…
Places pander to Islam all the time. You shouldn't be surprised when that stuff pops up.
I'm sorry… but Bloodrayne will always, to me, take the cake as the worst video game movie ever.
@Smartguy – I agree that Legacy of Kain would be an amazing franchise to make a CGI movie to. However, all of the time traveling would probably take a toll on the less-educated audience members.
Too many things I wanted to respond to here…so I did it this way…..
Want To See: God Of War, BioShock, Castlvania(done "realistically"), Legacy Of Kain, Uncharted, Left 4 Dead, Fallout, Metal Gear Solid, Diablo, and finally Warhammer:Horus Heresy (which is vaguely related to some video games I guess).
Favorites Thus Far: Resident Evil trilogy followed distantly(and in no particular order) by Super Mario Bros, Final Fantasy:Spirits Within, Assassin's Creed:Lineage (if that counts) and….uh…the first Pokemon movie maybe?
Worst: Uwe Boll's atrocities.
Scientology: Make that descendants of VAMPIRIC clams…..
Crystal Skull: I liked it aside from nuking the fridge and Shia swinging through the jungle. The aliens were NOT a form of pandering to Scientologists. That's just absurd to claim.
Spider-Man 3: Good in certain parts but absurd as a whole. I think Raimi was pissed at everyone trying to tell him what to do so he made the whole thing into a joke instead. Had he been left alone it'd probably be great.
Da Vinci: The guy was awesome.
Best Comic Book Movies (in no significant order): Iron Man, The Incredible Hulk, X2:X-Men United, Watchmen, 300, Batman Begins, Dark Knight, Constantine, Hellboy, Hellboy II:The Golden Army, The Punisher(2004), Sin City, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, V For Vendetta