Does A Good Game Make A Good Movie Idea? 464
Brakz0rz writes "Here's a BBCi article by Daniel Etherington with an overview on how videogames translate onto the big screen. I can't say I've been impressed by any such effort so far. The article touches on John Woo's upcoming Metroid adaptation. Etherington writes, "One of these days, someone has just got to make a decent video game movie. How about Peter Jackson doing Zelda? Now that would be promising." I would enjoy that more than the games franchised from the LOTR trilogy."
Re:Zelda now? (Score:1, Informative)
How About A Direct Conversion? (Score:5, Informative)
Heck, it might even sell more games. Though I would go for a direct to DVD release rather than a theatre release since to market may not be very big.
No. Case in point: Wing Commander (Score:3, Informative)
Re:File to game, yes, game to film, no (Score:3, Informative)
No, they don't. As a whole, they make about the same amount of money as movies as a whole at the box office. The box office is not where movies generate cash, though - it's TV syndication, rentals, and tie-ins.
Games are a *far* cry from that kind of money. And there are way more games than movies.
Hence, the average game doesn't make much at all. It's the block busters that carry the industry. (Like the movie industry)
Resident Evil Rocked! (Score:2, Informative)
Re:lets see here (Score:1, Informative)
http://www3.sympatico.ca/lfsociety/epgs.htm [sympatico.ca]
Re:Clue! (Score:3, Informative)
Just finished The Longest Journey... (Score:2, Informative)
This could get made into a movie with a minimum of modification. But, of course, it'll never happen. Guess I'll just have to content myself with the sequel...next year...sigh...
Re:lets see here (Score:3, Informative)
resident evil goofs [saunalahti.fi]
Myth: The Fallen Lords (Score:2, Informative)
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Re:Zelda now? (Score:3, Informative)
Been there, done that [altpop.com] (though you might have to pirate it these days)