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Awww, ain't that a shame? I am rather glad they decided to nix the idea. I am really getting tired of videogame-movie adaptions.

Variety Article (http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117952317.html?categoryid=13&cs=1)

Hell, its bad enough that Vin Diesel is doing an adaption of the Hitman game. Besides, we already had an FPS to movie done, another isn't needed. My opinion.

:eek: :( :( :(

Okay, this sucks.

I like HALO. Quite a bit as it happens. It's like art in my x-box. I would have really enjoyed a good HALO movie, and while a realize that the chances of that happening are remote I feel we should still roll the dice; so to speak.

I wanted it done, but nor by Peter Jackson. So it evens out for me.

OK, first of all, this was not going to be just another stupid video game movie. It had Peter Jackson on it (Lord of the Rings, King Kong, you get my drift) -- how could you do any better? Also, Neil Blomkamp (the director) has had a good track record of making edgy and provocative short films that mesh well with the Halo mythos.

Secondly, the movie is not dead. Fox and Universal may have pulled out (and acted quite dastardly, IMHO), but the project is continuing. WETA, Jackson's production studios, are still working on the movie, and Microsoft is currently in negotiations with several potential investors.

On another note, anybody notice how Fox has a tendency of dumping promising projects? They cancelled Futurama, Firefly, and Family Guy -- all popular shows with strong fan bases -- at the peak of their popularity. That's not even counting all the shallow crap they've allowed on the air (Faux News, Who Wants to Marry a Millionaire?, etc.)

In short, I'm angry, but still hopeful.

Well, since they dumped it, it probably would've been great. They seem to have a habit of dumping the best things in favor of absolute junk. (Per the firefly series... probably the best american TV in ages, yet it got cancelled before I ever even heard of it. Morons.)

That said, I'm glad they're not making it - I'm really sick of too many movie-adaptions and sequels and things. Get an original idea already!

Well I guess I still have the screwing up of Evangelion (interestingly also have the effects done by WETA) and Animal Crossing to dread.

Awww, i might just have seen that movie.
However The Hobbit has a very good chance of being made by Peter Jackson.

Well I guess I still have the screwing up of Evangelion (interestingly also have the effects done by WETA) and Animal Crossing to dread.

you just had to say it, didn't you?

Man, for the rest of the night, i'm going to be suddering at the thought of "Animal Crossing: The Movie"


I am so happy that other people actually know sbout firefly! wee!

speaking of FOX cancelling good shows before they have a chance to bloom: is anyone else here glad that Heroes is on NBC instead of FOX for exactly that reason?

Well I guess I still have the screwing up of Evangelion...

Neon Genesis?



shame about HALO - i'd have so seen that (even if it was shit) :(
maybe other studios will pick it up

you just had to say it, didn't you?

Man, for the rest of the night, i'm going to be suddering at the thought of "Animal Crossing: The Movie"


I am so happy that other people actually know sbout firefly! wee!

speaking of FOX cancelling good shows before they have a chance to bloom: is anyone else here glad that Heroes is on NBC instead of FOX for exactly that reason?

dont know of heroes its not showing here
but what happen to firefly was shit
as for halo movie lets hope same one who has brains picks it up an picks same one whos good to make it

dont know of heroes its not showing here

you can download the episodes from the NBC website.

I highly recommend it for comic geeks.

Let's be honest.

It would have sucked.

-Finishes reading the article.-

"What I clearly read, and correct me if I am wrong, was that Fox and Universal Pictures just pulled out of their share of the production, that does not mean that the movie is dead. As it clearly states in the article, they are still making the movie. They just don't have the funds to ship it or to finish it I guess. So all of you Halo Movie hopefulls, keep your heads up. Halo will not die if we have a say in it! Hell, I'll be willing to lend a hand. Here's five bucks."

-Slams a five on the table.-

"Now get me some popcorn."

you can download the episodes from the NBC website.

I highly recommend it for comic geeks.

just look at it

give it time it may came here
but lot of good show that were here have not came back
like SGA,third watch and others shows that i cant think of as its been that long

The phrase "getting tired of" implies there have been lots. Thus far we have seen only two as far as I can see, IE Doom and Tomb raider. And yes Doom was rubbish, but in fairness you cant say your getting tired of it after just one or two, the whole transfer medium needs to be give a chance.

I wanted it done, but nor by Peter Jackson. So it evens out for me.

Could've been worse. Could've been by Uwe Bolle.

Movies turned into games:
Tons upon Tons.

Games turned into movies:

Resident Evil
Silent Hill
Doom
Tomb Raider
Mortal Kombat
(Some others, but I have a very small capacity for such things.)

That's not exactly "tons" there.

Movies turned into games:
Tons upon Tons.

Games turned into movies:

Resident Evil
Silent Hill
Doom
Tomb Raider
Mortal Kombat
(Some others, but I have a very small capacity for such things.)

That's not exactly "tons" there.

No but there have been a few crap ones lately.

There was also Streetfighter, Alone in The Dark and now we have an awful looking Dead or Alive to add to the list. Hitman is coming and so is Max Payne (though that started as a comic).

I liked Silent hill and Resident evil was ok IMO, the others were shit though. I'm sure there's probably been more. I'm interested to see how Halo turns out, it'll arrive at some point.

Movies turned into games:

Pretty much every new Disney movie.

There are lots, I just don't have the time to name them all.:rolleyes:

No but there have been a few crap ones lately.

There was also Streetfighter, Alone in The Dark and now we have an awful looking Dead or Alive to add to the list. Hitman is coming and so is Max Payne (though that started as a comic).

I liked Silent hill and Resident evil was ok IMO, the others were shit though. I'm sure there's probably been more. I'm interested to see how Halo turns out, it'll arrive at some point.

Max Payne was a comic i did not know that

Silent hill i have not seen the full movie but what i have see it got parts of three of the game
but having a woman in place of the man in Silent hill did get me saying what the

as for the halo movie there was talks of the games 1 to 3 and parts of the book in it

.....Vin Diesel is doing an adaption of the Hitman game.......

Please tell me this is a lie. Please.

Max Payne was a comic i did not know that

Silent hill i have not seen the full movie but what i have see it got parts of three of the game
but having a woman in place of the man in Silent hill did get me saying what the

as for the halo movie there was talks of the games 1 to 3 and parts of the book in it

Yeah when I first saw that there was gonna be a woman as the lead I thought OMG! I've only played the original game (ps1!). I avoided the film to start with and then was told it was good so I watched it and it is! + pretty gory(satisfyingly gory!).

I didn't know about Max Payne as a comic until fairly recently when I saw an article in an XBOX mag about games turned into movies. I'm not happy with Vin Diesel being chosen as the role of Agent 47 for Hitman, he's a shit actor. Luckily 47 doesn't have to say too much.

I've never read the halo books.

Please tell me this is a lie. Please.

nope it's all true!:(

nope it's all true!:(

Vin Diesel better be a target and not 47. If Vin Diesel is 47 I may have to fibre wire him to death. Slowly.

bah, Halo is for pansies. splinter cell is the real video game. i hope they dont cancel the rumoured movie for that

Good, that game is over-rated.

Yeah when I first saw that there was gonna be a woman as the lead I thought OMG! I've only played the original game (ps1!). I avoided the film to start with and then was told it was good so I watched it and it is! + pretty gory(satisfyingly gory!).

I didn't know about Max Payne as a comic until fairly recently when I saw an article in an XBOX mag about games turned into movies. I'm not happy with Vin Diesel being chosen as the role of Agent 47 for Hitman, he's a shit actor. Luckily 47 doesn't have to say too much.

I've never read the halo books.

never can find the books to read
Silent hill games i got a 1,2,3 and i dont have 4th looks shit so thats how i know
oh they did add some moster that may be in the last game
as for hit man i never got around to play as iam into more blow them up then sneaking around games

bah, Halo is for pansies. splinter cell is the real video game. i hope they dont cancel the rumoured movie for that

i be dead in 1 min playing splinter cell cant sneak for shit in games
i think i go play halo 1 or halo 2

That's not exactly "tons" there.

It's quite a lot actually. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_movies_based_on_video_games)

Vin Diesel better be a target and not 47. If Vin Diesel is 47 I may have to fibre wire him to death. Slowly.

Can I watch?:)

bah, Halo is for pansies. splinter cell is the real video game. i hope they dont cancel the rumoured movie for that

NOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!! It's a good game, but you know it'll end up lame like mission impossible.

never can find the books to read
Silent hill games i got a 1,2,3 and i dont have 4th looks shit so thats how i know
oh they did add some moster that may be in the last game
as for hit man i never got around to play as iam into more blow them up then sneaking around games

I'm generally a FPS player, but there's a few sneak-em ups I like, Hitman Blood Money is worth a look, also the Splinter Cell games are good.

It's quite a lot actually. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_movies_based_on_video_games)

OMG I forgot a few of those!!!!

I'm sure Pokemon was a cartoon waaay before it became a game though, so that's technically not correct.

Yeah..those too.

Can I watch?:)
Of course. I plan on fil,ing it and releasing the tape. I expect it will do much better than the film.



NOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!! It's a good game, but you know it'll end up lame like mission impossible.
Meh, Halo is alright. Not as great as peopl make it out to be.



I'm generally a FPS player, but there's a few sneak-em ups I like, Hitman Blood Money is worth a look, also the Splinter Cell games are good.

I really want to get Blood Money. I just keep forgetting.

OMG I forgot a few of those!!!!

I'm sure Pokemon was a cartoon waaay before it became a game though, so that's technically not correct.

I think Pokémon was a game first. At least that's what I get by skimming through the Wiki article (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pokemon).

That does bring up a pretty good question. What came first, the game or the show?

Alien vs. Predator shit movie so was the xbox,ps2 game
BloodRayne was shit
Mortal Kombat: Annihilation shit numder one was better
Sakura Taisen: Katsudou Shashin what the never heard of it

Street Fighter Alpha Generations (2005)
Fatal Fury: Legend of the Hungry Wolf (1992)
Fatal Fury 2: The New Battle (1993) never heard of this lot
Fatal Fury: The Motion Picture (1994)
Kirby: Fright to the Finish!!
AIR

an there is a lot more on that list i never heard of

I think Pokémon was a game first. At least that's what I get by skimming through the Wiki article (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pokemon).

no cartoon first

Of course. I plan on fil,ing it and releasing the tape. I expect it will do much better than the film.

YAY!


Meh, Halo is alright. Not as great as peopl make it out to be.

I was talking about Splinter Cell there not Halo! But Halo is a good game.


I really want to get Blood Money. I just keep forgetting.

Do IT!!!! NOW! /reminder it's pretty good, much better than the others IMO.

I think Pokémon was a game first. At least that's what I get by skimming through the Wiki article (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pokemon).

Ok I may be wrong on that one, I just remember it on tv before seeing the games. Maybe it was a Jap released thing initially?????

no cartoon first

Well,

The original Game Boy video games have since been merchandised into anime, manga, trading cards, toys, books, and other media.

seems to indicate that the game was first.

Ok I may be wrong on that one, I just remember it on tv before seeing the games. Maybe it was a Jap released thing initially?????

That seems most likely.

Well,



seems to indicate that the game was first.

dont all ways go by what Wikipedia say

i know same one who played halo 1 and 2 on legendary the day they got it and finish it the next day

dont all ways go by what Wikipedia say


Then please provide evidence for your claim that the anime series was first. Not that I care much about it though.

That's all we need...a Final Fantasy anime show...:rolleyes:

Then please provide evidence for your claim that the anime series was first. Not that I care much about it though.

iam saying not all the info is right
hell Pokémon did came from japan so who knows with them i dont
they got lots of funny ideas

They do have wierd ideas, but they also have good ones too!:rolleyes:

They do have wierd ideas, but they also have good ones too!:rolleyes:

like the one the loo talks to you

"Oh, Hello again dear depositor! How are you today?"

"Shut up and just take my crap!"

"Might I inquire eating less sodium high foods? Boy are you a gassy one!"

"Ooooohhh!!!"

"You don't need that much toilet paper. I might clog and spew."

"I said shut up!"

-Flushes. Toilet spews waste.-

"Oh, Hello again dear depositor! How are you today?"

"Shut up and just take my crap!"

"Might I inquire eating less sodium high foods? Boy are you a gassy one!"

"Ooooohhh!!!"

"You don't need that much toilet paper. I might clog and spew."

"I said shut up!"

-Flushes. Toilet spews waste.-

dont forget this one

the best place to eat is

Oh noes! You mean that the latest clichéd to-screen-adaption has run into production woes? However will we survive!

I liked Peter Jackson better when he made movies, as opposed Nerd-targeted, overbudgeted special effects sequences that go on for 2-3 hours.

NOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!! It's a good game, but you know it'll end up lame like mission impossible.



you may be right, i would really hate for such a great game to be destroyed by such a crappy movie.

Awww, ain't that a shame? I am rather glad they decided to nix the idea. I am really getting tired of videogame-movie adaptions.

Variety Article (http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117952317.html?categoryid=13&cs=1)

Hell, its bad enough that Vin Diesel is doing an adaption of the Hitman game. Besides, we already had an FPS to movie done, another isn't needed. My opinion.

OK, I'm not well versed in FPS's, but doesn't Halo already have Red vs. Blue?

OK, I'm not well versed in FPS's, but doesn't Halo already have Red vs. Blue?

its not a movie

The phrase "getting tired of" implies there have been lots. Thus far we have seen only two as far as I can see, IE Doom and Tomb raider. And yes Doom was rubbish, but in fairness you cant say your getting tired of it after just one or two, the whole transfer medium needs to be give a chance.

They've tried lots of game to movie conversions. It usually sucks. Off the top of my head the list includes: Street Fighter, Double Dragon, Dungeons and Dragons, Fist of the North Star, Super Mario Brothers, Blood Rayne, Clue... Suck suck suck suck suck suck. I haven't seen Doom, but I'd wager another suck could be added to the list.

The main problem these movies almost always have is that they never seem to understand what drew people to the game in the first place. They try to make a movie that will appeal to the sort of people who watch Bruce Willis movies because they classify all action movies as just Action Movies. Which require a hero that a beer-drinking, bowling, pick-up truck driving country music fan who never went to college or read a book for fun. Such formulaic movies turn off the sort of people (usually sci-fi fans) who are drawn to the initial game that "inspired" the movie, but the fact that it's based on a game turns off the Bruce Willis fans.

The Splinter Cell movie someone mentioned might work, but that's because Splinter Cell is based on a novel. So really it would be a novel to movie conversion, with a video game in the middle. And it's Tom Clancy, whose work appeals to the broader action movie audience.

its not a movie

It's a hell of a lot better than Hollywood will manage.

It's a hell of a lot better than Hollywood will manage.

yup
the movie would not have caboose in it

Aw hell no. Don't ruin the game. I mean... look at Resident Evil! :gundge:

-Laughs-
"I thought that Resident Evil was actually done quite well."

They've tried lots of game to movie conversions. It usually sucks. Off the top of my head the list includes: Street Fighter, Double Dragon, Dungeons and Dragons, Fist of the North Star, Super Mario Brothers, Blood Rayne, Clue... Suck suck suck suck suck suck. I haven't seen Doom, but I'd wager another "suck" could be added to the list.

Aw hell no. Don't ruin the game. I mean... look at Resident Evil! :gundge:

How the hell could I have remembered Double Dragon, but forgotten Resident Evil? :confused:

How the hell could I have remembered Double Dragon, but forgotten Resident Evil? :confused:

You actually wanted to remember Res Evil? :p

You actually wanted to remember Res Evil? :p

Those who do not remember history are doomed to repeat it. Like when I forgot how much I hated Blade and then started watching Blade II just because it was on TV.

Compiled list: (my add on in bold.)
Computer/video Games turned into movies:
Resident Evil
Silent Hill
Doom
Tomb Raider
Mortal Kombat
Streetfighter
Alone in The Dark
Dead or Alive
Max Payne (though that started as a comic).
BloodRayne
Mortal Kombat / Mortal Kombat Annihilation
Double Dragon


Computer games turned into Anime
Street Fighter Alpha Generations (2005)
Fatal Fury: Legend of the Hungry Wolf (1992)
Fatal Fury 2: The New Battle (1993)
Fatal Fury: The Motion Picture (1994)
Kirby: Fright to the Finish!!
AIR
Street Fighter II
Wizardry
Final Fantasy Unlimited
Sakura Taisen: Katsudou Shashin what the never heard of it (Sakura Taisen (Sakura Wars) is alternate history game. the main characters pilot armored battle suites powered by steam. the game series starts in japan, they go to France and England and the latest installment is about a unit being formed in America. so yes, you see a katana welding cowgirl)
NINTENDO POWER HOUR
Pac Man
Donkey Kong
Final Fantasy / Final Fantasy VII


OMG I forgot a few of those!!!!

I'm sure Pokemon was a cartoon waaay before it became a game though, so that's technically not correct.
no cartoon firstwrong, Pok'emon was a game first. the original was called Pocket Monsters, but it was changed to Pokemon because Hasbro had a toy line out with the same name.

That's all we need...a Final Fantasy anime show...:rolleyes:Too Late (http://imdb.com/title/tt0304012/),

Dungeons and Dragons, Fist of the North Star, Clue... truth be told, Dungeons and Dragons is baised off of a RPG. and D&D II Wrath of the Dragon God was leagues better than the crappy first one.

Fist of the North Star is an Anime first, then it was put to game and movie.

Clue was supposed to be silly.

truth be told, Dungeons and Dragons is baised off of a RPG. and D&D II Wrath of the Dragon God was leagues better than the crappy first one.

Fist of the North Star is an Anime first, then it was put to game and movie.

Clue was supposed to be silly.

Well, I said game, not video game, and there's significant crossover in the demographics. I don't think I've ever met a D&D player who wasn't also a gamer.

You'll notice that in my post there is one fewer "suck" than movies listed. The absent "suck" was the one I did not attribute to Clue because, while it wasn't exactly quality cinema, it was pretty charming despite the double predictability of the butler and the guy with the English accent having done it.

On another note, I actually rather liked the first Mortal Combat movie, although it's ironic that the one scene where they highlighted Cage's splits-crotchshot move was when he executed it against the dragon guy, the one male character in the game on whom the move doesn't work. The sequel however sucked so bad that when I tried to walk out, the vacum pulled me back to my seat. It was like watching someone else play the video game for 5 hours. I know it wasn't 5 hours long, but at least when watching someone else play the game you can call them an asshole for not sharing.

Well, I said game, not video game, and there's significant crossover in the demographics. I don't think I've ever met a D&D player who wasn't also a gamer.

You'll notice that in my post there is one fewer "suck" than movies listed. The absent "suck" was the one I did not attribute to Clue because, while it wasn't exactly quality cinema, it was pretty charming despite the double predictability of the butler and the guy with the English accent having done it.

On another note, I actually rather liked the first Mortal Combat movie, although it's ironic that the one scene where they highlighted Cage's splits-crotchshot move was when he executed it against the dragon guy, the one male character in the game on whom the move doesn't work. The sequel however sucked so bad that when I tried to walk out, the vacum pulled me back to my seat. It was like watching someone else play the video game for 5 hours. I know it wasn't 5 hours long, but at least when watching someone else play the game you can call them an asshole for not sharing.
and the cop... the one with the bionic arms... aaarrrrggghh...

the second Mortal Combat movie did suck. I included the first for completion sakes.

but truth be told, the second D&D movie was a thousand times better than the first.

it showed what happens with a mis-casted teleport spell... OW!
and the true value of a Thief. ;)

DAMN IT! ALL HOPE IS LOST!

-Cries in a corner while assuming the fetal position.-

When will these bastards ever learn that their rip-offs suck???

I'm gonna Flood the company's e-mail with protests. :p
I'm going to make their wives and daughters join the Covenant. :p
And then I'm gonna go Master-Chief on their greedy asses.

Can't really blame them. It was a doomed movie from the start, and whichever company took the movie would probably have their studios looted and burned.

Gah... how many times to I have to say it? THE MOVIE HAS NOT BEEN CANCELLED. Fox/Universal just bailed on it. Production at WETA continues as Microsoft negotiates deals with other studios.

Gah... how many times to I have to say it? THE MOVIE HAS NOT BEEN CANCELLED. Fox/Universal just bailed on it. Production at WETA continues as Microsoft negotiates deals with other studios.
*Notifies*
RATM!