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I thought of this a while ago, now I'm posting it. Remeber that long, long time ago (Bout a year :D )when everyone was complaining about how much games based off of movies sucked? That no longer applies. After seeing House Of The Dead, Doom, Bloodrayne, Silent Hill, Mario Brothers, Mortal Kombat, and Resident Evil, I have determined that now it is the movies based off of video games that will do the sucking. If you've seen any of the said movies, you know they are nothing like the video game. The storylines tend to be entirely different, they usually don't even have characters from the game, etc. etc. So who agrees with me? Game movies suck!

The Doom movie was a waste of film-crew time.

Game movies have always sucked. With the notable exception of Resident Evil I, but even that wasn't all that good.

Both suck, but games based on movies suck more than movies based on games IMO.

Game movies have always sucked. Mortal Kombat? Mario Brothers? I rest my case.

Oh, god! Mario Bros.:headbang:

I disagree, and rest my case. (http://www.erzaweb.com/FDP/Milla%20Jovovich%20Resident%20Evil.jpg) :D

Yeah, I think the real question is, has there ever been a game movie that didn't suck?

I disagree, and rest my case. (http://www.erzaweb.com/FDP/Milla%20Jovovich%20Resident%20Evil.jpg) :D

Beat ya to it, sucka'! (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=10865368&postcount=3) :p

mortal kombat ruled.

if you don't think so, you ca S my D.

Now I know that there is at least one exception.

http://www.ezydvd.com.au/g/i/p/114.jpg

Now I know that there is at least one exception.

http://www.ezydvd.com.au/g/i/p/114.jpg
Dude. That. Was. CRAP! Then they actually based a game off of that movie, which was entirely different that Street Fighter.

Dude. That. Was. CRAP! Then they actually based a game off of that movie, which was entirely different that Street Fighter.

Why did they do that? One can only ponder...

Dude. That. Was. CRAP! Then they actually based a game off of that movie, which was entirely different that Street Fighter.
Naliitr, meet sarcasm. Sarcasm, Naliitr

Naliitr, meet sarcasm. Sarcasm, Naliitr
Sorry. Couldn't read any sarcasm in your voice.

Sorry. Couldn't read any sarcasm in your voice.
I would have thought posting the reference would have been enough :p

Dude. That. Was. CRAP! Then they actually based a game off of that movie, which was entirely different that Street Fighter.
Ummm, the video game came first. It was an arcade game in the last 80s, and the film (if you can call it that) came out in 1994.

Ummm, the video game came first. It was an arcade game in the last 80s, and the film (if you can call it that) came out in 1994.
No moron, I mean that they made Street Fighter, then they based a movie off of it, then they based a game off of the movie.

Every game based on a movie ever made has sucked ass. One, because the movie producers still had some "rights" to it, and thus the game designers had less workable capital to design a proper game interface- they had to cut costs because the movie producers were going to take a slice of the profit. And two- because if the movie was good enough for a game to be made out of it, then it would have a significant fan base who would inevitably be dissapointed when the game storyline didn't adhere to movie storyline strictly enough.

Every movie based on a game has sucked even more ass. Take the above reasons, flip them around. The only exception was the first Mortal Kombat movie, which was o.k.

No moron, I mean that they made Street Fighter, then they based a movie off of it, then they based a game off of the movie.

For anyone who missed this classic:

http://www.netjak.com/review.php/948

No moron, I mean that they made Street Fighter, then they based a movie off of it, then they based a game off of the movie.

Hey, I was with him- you didn't explain that clearly. It sounded like you didn't know a game came first.

But to clarify for those keeping score at home:

Halfway decent arcade game becomes sucky-ass movie becomes even suckier game.

game movies: Mario, Mortal Kombat, Resident Evil, Doom
movie games: ET(2600), Catwoman
I can't remember whether the movie or game came first: Tomb Raider. The first few and latest were video game masterpieces. The rest, and majority, are the worst things since the ET game crippled the video game industry in the early 1980s.

game movies: Mario, Mortal Kombat, Resident Evil, Doom
movie games: ET(2600), Catwoman
I can't remember whether the movie or game came first: Tomb Raider. The first few and latest were video game masterpieces. The rest, and majority, are the worst things since the ET game crippled the video game industry in the early 1980s.

I remember that 2600 game. The ET game where you had to go around and gather the parts to make your record player intergalactic telephone!

The game came first for Tomb Raider, by the way, and the films suck ass.

No moron, I mean that they made Street Fighter, then they based a movie off of it, then they based a game off of the movie.
You can knock it off anytime you want with that moron shit. Or you can find yourself the subject of a thread in another forum.

You can knock it off anytime you want with that moron shit. Or you can find yourself the subject of a thread in another forum.
Sorry, but the match was burning so hot I had to toss it to someone else.

Guys, you seem to be missing the point, though:

It's a movie based on a computer game - what did you expect?

And here's one more reason why a storyline is not exactly what I care about...

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y223/GermanNightmare/tomb-raider-wallpaper-2-512.jpg

Hey, RE was good, and the Mortal Kombat movies kicked ass.

MORTAL KOMBAT!!! *Bassy techno*

Mortal Kombat was good only in the sense that it was not Super Mario Brothers. But only in that sense.

And I think there is no need to go into the abomination that was Mortal Kombat:Annihilation.

Mortal Kombat was good only in the sense that it was not Super Mario Brothers. But only in that sense.

And I think there is no need to go into the abomination that was Mortal Kombat:Annihilation.
Scorpion: Come here!!! *poons you, uppercuts*

"Finish him!"

That soundtrack was really great - and the movies were just what I expected them to be. Popcorn entertainment without having to punch the controls to win :D

"Finish him!"

That soundtrack was really great - and the movies were just what I expected them to be. Popcorn entertainment without having to punch the controls to win :D

And, more importantly, no gamer's thumb cramp!

And, more importantly, no gamer's thumb cramp!
Hear, Hear!
Also, I don't have to punch my brother in the jaw when Rayden torpedoes me FTW, again. I hate Rayden. *Scorpion uppercuts the thundergod, breathes hellfire on him*

And, more importantly, no gamer's thumb cramp!
It's gamer's arthritis.