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I recently watched the 2005 movie of Doom. For those of you who haven't heard of Doom, it was a genre-defining FPS long before the days of Goldeneye, the far-superior Perfect Dark, and Half-life. The plot is pretty simple, in the game : Hellgates have opened in a research facility on Mars, go and close them, while also killing everything that gets in your way.
The film had a rather more complex plot. Those working on Mars had been examining a species which had lived there before them, who apparently had a 24th chromosome, making them super-human (conviniently). However, they died out. I won't spoil the ending for anyone who watches it, but there are a fair few twists and turns including a rather good - if surprising - final fight.
But how well do most games translate from games to films? There haven't been films from many of the most lucrative franchises - we don't see adverts for someone to play Gordon Freeman do we? Although, if John Prescott does get dismissed, I think he would be perfect for the role.
Despite what the stupid Radio Times may think (they gave it 1 star) I don't think the first Tomb Raider film is TOO bad. Not too good either, but certainly not worthy of such a shockingly poor rating.
And now we have the Halo movie coming up, made by legendary Peter Jackson of "Jack Brown Genius" fame (rated 4.5/10, about a flying monk). Surely that can't be bad, but in the interview with him he seems wildly unenthausiastic about. Despite praising the Halo series and the world Bungie has created, he sounds like he'd be more interested watching lily pads float. Will it be good? I hope so. Denzel Washington wants to play the Master Chief I hear. Fine, as long as Steve Downes still does the voice.
But that's another problem. We must keep the same voices (especially Sgt Johnson) but what if the actors who play them don't look right for the role, or aren't that great at physical acting? For all we know, the guy who plays Sgt Johnson (a tall black marine Sgt who provides amusing relief, for those who don't know) might be white, only 2ft tall, and have a vast green afro with a purple mohawk in the middle, and he refuses to change his hairstyle for religious reasons. THEN WHAT DO WE DO?
Finally we have a picture of normally amiable Peter Jackson looking rather lustful.
The film had a rather more complex plot. Those working on Mars had been examining a species which had lived there before them, who apparently had a 24th chromosome, making them super-human (conviniently). However, they died out. I won't spoil the ending for anyone who watches it, but there are a fair few twists and turns including a rather good - if surprising - final fight.
But how well do most games translate from games to films? There haven't been films from many of the most lucrative franchises - we don't see adverts for someone to play Gordon Freeman do we? Although, if John Prescott does get dismissed, I think he would be perfect for the role.
Despite what the stupid Radio Times may think (they gave it 1 star) I don't think the first Tomb Raider film is TOO bad. Not too good either, but certainly not worthy of such a shockingly poor rating.
And now we have the Halo movie coming up, made by legendary Peter Jackson of "Jack Brown Genius" fame (rated 4.5/10, about a flying monk). Surely that can't be bad, but in the interview with him he seems wildly unenthausiastic about. Despite praising the Halo series and the world Bungie has created, he sounds like he'd be more interested watching lily pads float. Will it be good? I hope so. Denzel Washington wants to play the Master Chief I hear. Fine, as long as Steve Downes still does the voice.
But that's another problem. We must keep the same voices (especially Sgt Johnson) but what if the actors who play them don't look right for the role, or aren't that great at physical acting? For all we know, the guy who plays Sgt Johnson (a tall black marine Sgt who provides amusing relief, for those who don't know) might be white, only 2ft tall, and have a vast green afro with a purple mohawk in the middle, and he refuses to change his hairstyle for religious reasons. THEN WHAT DO WE DO?
Finally we have a picture of normally amiable Peter Jackson looking rather lustful.
posted by Mkzrj at 11:35 am
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Bungie: "We want you to produce a Halo film."
Jackson: "That'll be 5 million dollars please. Wait! Are there any over-sized gorillas?"
B: "No."
J: "That'll be 10 million dollars please. I thought I could re-use the CG."
Personally, I don't care about the Halo film, and probably won't go and see it because I find the games quite dull. The film will most likely follow the plot of the games, removing the slightly entertaining part of the game(i.e. shooting stuff). This will make the film pointless because you may as well just play the game quickly, pausing to watch the cut-scenes. It is unlikely that they will do anything new in the film because it would be hard to think of an entirely new plot involving the same world.
Some people think they will do a prequel to the games. And I admit that on paper there doesn't seem anything particularly stunning. But once you have them...
Very pretty site! Keep working. thnx!
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