Rad Brad - Gaming's New Movie Hero 18
Thanks to the Gaming Age forum regulars for pointing to a newly optioned videogaming movie called Rad Brad: Modern Warrior. According to the article, the movie, possibly set to star Jack Black of Tenacious D fame, will "..revolve around Rad Brad, the world's most accomplished and beloved video game player, who gets recruited to save the world from a rogue military faction that has developed a robot with superhuman destructive powers." Since the movie is written by the creator of Dude, Where's My Car? and its forthcoming sequel called, uhm, Seriously Dude, Where's My Car?, hilarity is 'bound' to ensue - but can any gaming flick stand up to the epochal The Wizard?
Forget "The Wizard" (Score:3, Insightful)
Re:Forget "The Wizard" (Score:2, Interesting)
Oxymoron? (Score:4, Funny)
Anyone else find this statement a bit questionable?
Re:Oxymoron? (Score:2)
Although another school of thought has it that quotes are just for adding emphasis, e.g. "Free" Car Wash. When misunderstood to be the first, more common interpretation, hilarity often ensuses.
Re: Oxymoron? (Score:2, Informative)
Yeah! Last I heard, the sequel was off! [hsbr.net]
Re:Oxymoron? (Score:2)
The Wizard sucked, too.
The Last Starfighter kicked ass, as someone else said.
my two pence.
Re:Oxymoron? (Score:2)
Re:Oxymoron? (Score:1)
Dude, where's my money back?
D Rules! (Score:1)
The D is the only band that matters.
Ever.
Words of wisdom (Score:1)
"I haven't seen it, but I can safely say it's shit"
What about Wargames? (Score:2)
Just in case you didnt catch it... (Score:1)
Wonderful. (Score:4, Insightful)
(1) Think of every possible stereotype revolving around the words "videogames", "cool", and "hip" from the perspective of a 50 year old rich white male.
(2) Turn those stereotypes into an unorigional script.
(3) Sell to clueless studio execs who see another "sure hit", PROFIT!!!
Mod me as flamebait, but I think I have a point. Studio execs see a script that just screams "low risk moneymaker" and predictabally hop on it like a robot with bad AI. However, 90% of the time those low risk moneymakers are the most bland, boring, stereotyped, overhyped, and predictable wastes of 90 minutes one can come up with. Movies like this are almost always totally superficial and it's not hard for me to see it as such by just looking at the premise. Reading the /. synopsis alone I could imagine some overpaid producer saying "Wow, this is... 'cool'! The 12-25 male market will just LOVE this!"
This thing's going to flop harder than Street Fighter, and thankfully there aren't any well-respected actors on the cast for this movie to kill.
Hope I wasn't too harsh.
More importantly... (Score:1)
Three Words (Score:2)
--Dan
Three MORE Words (Score:1)
Read it and then mod yourself "Redundant"
updates to the list... (Score:2)
"DIRECT CONVERSIONS":
. Super Mario Bros.
. Street Fighter
. Mortal Kombat
. Mortal Kombat Annihilation
. Dungeons & Dragons (ok, it's a table RPG, but still...)
. Wing Commander
. Resident Evil
. Tomb Raider
. Final Fantasy
. Double Dragon
. Clue (table game, see D&D)
. Last Bronx
(MISTAKENLY THOUGHT AS CONVERSIONS)
Parasite Eve (not really, book and movie released first)
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