And let's face it, it was only inevitable. Whilst playing the game, I felt that the narrative complexity was not best-suited to the videogame medium, and the compelling story of the little triangle shooting big rocks into little rocks really needed validation in the cinematic form.
I bet they get Shia LaBoeuf to play the triangle spaceship. Maybe they'll play up the sexual tension between the spaceship and the UFO which randomly appears occasionally and shoots up a few rocks before vanishing?
The possibilities are, quite literally, mind-boggling.
RPG Superstar 2009 Top 32, 2010 Top 8
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And let's face it, it was only inevitable. Whilst playing the game, I felt that the narrative complexity was not best-suited to the videogame medium, and the compelling story of the little triangle shooting big rocks into little rocks really needed validation in the cinematic form.
I bet they get Shia LaBoeuf to play the triangle spaceship. Maybe they'll play up the sexual tension between the spaceship and the UFO which randomly appears occasionally and shoots up a few rocks before vanishing?
The possibilities are, quite literally, mind-boggling.
Nah, Keaneu Reeves.
1) He's the right age
2) He's transparent and two dimensional
3) When the UFO appears he can go 'whoa'
This... This can't be serious! I mean, haven't they made this movie two times before? Armageddon and Deep Impact? Who thought this was a good idea?!?
What's next?...
PONG: The Movie
(and its sequel: PONG 2: To Hell With Cool Ideas)
I can't believe this got green lit and my awesome script for a Pitfall movie was passed over.
I'm going to film "Parcheesi II" with a budget of 18 billion dollars. It will be nothing but close-up, sped-up film of Leonardo diCaprio and Matt Damon playing Parcheesi, with a really loud Conan the Barbarian-style chanting music soundtrack and occasional shots that spin around the board in slo-mo. Everyone in the world will hate it, so they'll immediately hire me at a much higher salary to make "The Checkers Adventure."
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Oh my god...Asteroids was originally plundered from a novel as a premis for the videogame.
This is the one where a guy invents a spacedrive in his shed, builds a starship, and goes out to a lonely ancient outpost which is a manned defence outpost on the edge of the universe to replace the last guy And blow away 'Asteroids' of exotic galaxy destroying matter being fired at us by aliens.
its like a cross between 'Explorers' and 'Last Starfighter'.
Hey how about a live action pac-man? Or maybe Joust? Those would be good stories to tell. As long as they avoid CG and stick to real actors. CG just wouldn't do it justice.
Q-Bert.
Dude, that game rocked. But they already made a cartoon out of it, IIRC...
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RPG Superstar 2009 Top 32, 2010 Top 8
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Ok, what got me was this part, now that I'm at home and can read it.
As opposed to today's games, there is no story line or fancy world-building mythology, so the studio would be creating a plot from scratch. Universal, however, is used to that development process, as it's in the middle of doing just that for several of the Hasbro board game properties it is translating to the big screen, such as "Battleship" and "Candyland."
Besides 'how the frak do you make a movie about candyland' If you're 'creating a plot from scratch' why do you have to sercure rights?
Hey how about a live action pac-man? Or maybe Joust? Those would be good stories to tell. As long as they avoid CG and stick to real actors. CG just wouldn't do it justice.
What's next?...
PONG: The Movie
(and its sequel: PONG 2: To Hell With Cool Ideas)
I don't know, I keep going back and forth on this.
Dig Dug.
Man, little dued blows up stuff in the undertunnels, and their guts fly everywhere.
That's bad.
You're right. It was bad.
On the bright side, at least it's not Nature Trail to Hell in 3D.
Wait, not a barrel. A rock! And not down a ramp. Up a hill. Again and Again! And not some wimpy name like Mario, something bold like Sisyphus!?
Q-Bert.Dude, that game rocked. But they already made a cartoon out of it, IIRC...
Since when has that ever stopped anyone from making a bad movie?
I think this must be video games' revenge on movies for the Tron game.
But all the Tron games I know of make sense. After all, most of the movie was just programs playing what amounted to arcade games from the 1980s.
I wanna know how this got slotted before PACMAN... face it...nothing impacted our lives to that level...every....except maybe...DONKEY KONG... an important prequel to Mario Brothers...how can this be.... a TRAVESTY I TELL YOU.... WE"VE BEEN ROBBED AND OUR CULTURAL RELEVANCE AS CHILDREN OF THE 80's HAS BEEN MARGINALIZED...lol
They won't be making Planescape Torment movie, that's for sure.
No, but they should. Immediately.
Some ideas for Hollywood (they need some) :
- Tetris
- Breakout
- Diner Dash
- Zuma
What about...
- Diablo ?
(seriously, it can't be worse than the D&D movies)
pong
pong
Already suggested by Ultradan.
Damn that Ultradan. When did he come out of hiding?
Tic-Tac-Toe
What about Space Invaders, Missile Command, and Pole Position?
Sci-Fi, military, porno:)
rofl
frogger
lunar lander
moon patrol
cannonball
defender
...
MINESWEEPER the movie
MINESWEEPER the movie
As already stated that Universal has the rights to Candyland, fricken Battleship. Don't they already have plenty of Navy movies made with those in them. Good boardgame and all but please someone be original in Hollyweird or at least be original enough to throw a twist on classical literature other plots that haven't been remade yet but are old enough that a remake could give justice to it having been made.
"Chess: the movie", nah too many people would call it racist.
