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This has got to be one of the stupidest film ideas EVER...At least Transformers had a cartoon and a storyline and actual CHARACTERS to make a film around, But WTF would a Monopoly or Ouija or Candy Land movie be about!.....

Video game movies have made it before. (Silent Hill, Resident Evil, Super Mario, More Dull Combat, Dungeon Siege)

Even board game movies have made it (Clue).

RP games have made it to the movies (Dungeons and Dragons)

A movie about a book about a board game got that board game made (Jumanji).

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Hasbro games may soon be coming to a theater near you.

Movies are fun. Board games are fun. Clue was an amusing movie and a fun board game. Why don’t you see these two combining more often? Well, in case you were just sitting and anticipating a movie based on the Monopoly board game, you won’t have to wait much longer.

Universal Pictures and Hasbro have made a deal that could see many Hasbro games and toys, like Monopoly, being adapted into feature films. This comes after the great success of the Hasbro toy turned movie, Transformers. Transformers is already on its way to becoming a franchise in film, with a sequel set to begin shooting soon.

According to efluxmedia.com, other possible toys for adaptation into film may include Candy Land, Ouija, Battleship, and Stretch Armstrong, among others.

Ridley Scott has already been attached to direct Monopoly. It is rumored that Scott may pair up with Russell Crowe for the movie. The two have worked together on Gladiator, American Gangster, and are currently working on Nottingham.

Monopoly will be a comedy thriller, according to reports. What may come after that, we can only wait to see.


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This has got to be one of the stupidest film ideas EVER...At least Transformers had a cartoon and a storyline and actual CHARACTERS to make a film around, But WTF would a Monopoly or Ouija or Candy Land movie be about!.....

BTW Iron Man Trailer (http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=42452) FTW

But WTF would a Monopoly or Ouija or Candy Land movie be about!.....

Answering this question will be the main reason anyone goes to see the movie.

It'll make millions.

I'd pay to see a bank error work in someones favour myself :)

It'll make millions.

only if they have a Mayfair hotel

Answering this question will be the main reason anyone goes to see the movie.

It'll make millions.

Yea it will make millions.

I'd pay to see a bank error work in someones favour myself :)



only if they have a Mayfair hotel

Mayfair hotel?

yeah i passed go! 200$'s for me.
what was that you're saying?
oh right, hmmm movie on monopoly weird idea, must be running out of writers for the films now.

Video game movies have made it before. (Silent Hill, Resident Evil, Super Mario, More Dull Combat, Dungeon Siege)

Even board game movies have made it (Clue).

RP games have made it to the movies (Dungeons and Dragons)

A movie about a book about a board game got that board game made (Jumanji).Yeah, but all of those have linear plots.

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This has got to be one of the stupidest film ideas EVER...At least Transformers had a cartoon and a storyline and actual CHARACTERS to make a film around, But WTF would a Monopoly or Ouija or Candy Land movie be about!.....

BTW Iron Man Trailer (http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=42452) FTW
I've thought about this idea for about ten minutes and I already have half a dozen ideas for a Monopoly film, ranging from a simple tale about a man who managed to get rich off of little to a political intrigue involving some sort of scheme that revolved around the board game itself and huge amounts of money, so no it's not a stupid idea. The only stupid idea is the one not voiced.

Mayfair hotel?

UK (London) version. This raises a good point - which of Monopoly's many cities will they ste it in?

Mayfair hotel?

oh yeah, you land on that in a game of monopoly and you're losing thousands of $$$'s, big bucks from that one.
I played it once and everyone cheated in the game, ace to play if you're drunk.

Don't like it? Don't go and see it.

What's next, a Connect Four movie?

Nah, that would be boring. Trivial Pursuit FTW!

Wasn't Rat Race and It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World about as close as you can get to a Monopoly movie?

Could be based on the monopoly sets used to get stuff into german POW campls.

Some sets had real money :D

What's next, a Connect Four movie?

Clue was actually good. Video game movies suck - probably cause Uwe Boll does them all. Except for Super Mario which was just miserable.

And a Monopoly movie? It's going to be 8 hours long right?

Clue was actually good. Video game movies suck - probably cause Uwe Boll does them all. Except for Super Mario which was just miserable.

And a Monopoly movie? It's going to be 8 hours long right?

I can picture it now, 4 players taking turns throughout the movie, while a seperate scene is saved for the piece which does their bidding, how the piece copes and how much it really hates that little dog piece.
Could be a sort of gangster movie, the players start shootouts at game-shops, and masses of monopoly money goes missing etc:)
i would make it a masterpiece.

Yeah, but all of those have linear plots.

The game clue has a linear plot?

UK (London) version. This raises a good point - which of Monopoly's many cities will they ste it in?

The original version of course -- Atlantic City, NJ.

A monopoly movie will have to last six hours and bore the shit out of everybody but the last two people in the theatre who each control half the seats. :p

Well, there has been a movie on Clue, which has always been way less popular...money pwns all, does it not?

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This has got to be one of the stupidest film ideas EVER...At least Transformers had a cartoon and a storyline and actual CHARACTERS to make a film around, But WTF would a Monopoly or Ouija or Candy Land movie be about!.....

BTW Iron Man Trailer (http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=42452) FTW

Why is it that the only thing I can think of for Candyland is a grizzled war plot about a mad dictator who brings chaos to Candyland?

Candyland: The Rise of Lord Licorice?

Great this is all that we need more shitty movies to be released that for some strange reason will do well.

At least due to the nature of the game Clue or Cluedo as it is known in Oz possibly elsewhere had a storyline Black is killed who did it.

But Monoploy well you could come up with a storyline but I am sure that it is going to be pretty crap (don't hold me to that)

Nice to see another Transformers movie is on its way (what a shock!!) but that was based on an already exsistant storyline yes there may have been toys but back when I was a kid (Gee I sound like an old man) there was a cartoon which I have now started watching again thanks to Boomerang showing episodes from the mid-1980's (a little bit before my time)

I don't like the idea of them taking all of my generations and others childhood heroes and favourites and turning them into some movie (Alvin and the chipmucks, transformers, Teenage Mutant ninger turtles)

Coming to a cinema near you Memory-The Movie, Guess Who-The Movie, The game of Life-The Movie

Is there anything else that studio exec's are yet to exploit lets see they have done remakes of classics, TV shows from the 70's, cartoon favourites and now board games what else is there perhaps they can start coming up with some original ideas and start making good movies again

I will only watch it if the main character looks like this.

http://images.usatoday.com/life/_photos/2006/04/24/monopoly.jpg

It's just not a Monopoly movie without the old guy with a white mustache and a top hat.

I will only watch it if the main character looks like this.

http://images.usatoday.com/life/_photos/2006/04/24/monopoly.jpg

It's just not a Monopoly movie without the old guy with a white mustache and a top hat.

Yeah, that guy is awesome. They need to cast the actor from Mr. Deeds who played him.

Video game movies have made it before. (Silent Hill, Resident Evil, Super Mario, More Dull Combat, Dungeon Siege)

Even board game movies have made it (Clue).

RP games have made it to the movies (Dungeons and Dragons)

A movie about a book about a board game got that board game made (Jumanji).

And only two were even remotely good.

Clue was actually good. Video game movies suck - probably cause Uwe Boll does them all. Except for Super Mario which was just miserable.

And a Monopoly movie? It's going to be 8 hours long right?

The first Mortal Kombat was pretty good.

And only two were even remotely good.

may I suggest D&D: Wrath of the Dragon God. much better than the dreg that was the D&D Movie.

I can see Monopoly...

Four friends vie and compete with each other in the Real Estate market. buying property, all trying to out do each other. Then you have the Sub-prime Morgage crash and the effects it has on each person.


Candyland can be a family film where a group of kids have to journey to save a sugary baised land. think Willy Wonka but not just a factory, but an entire land.

I could actually see an Oujia board movie. Like some teens find aboard game that releases ancient demons or ghosts or something like that and they have to stop them or it could be these teens find a board game and what ever they ask it comes true with a twist.

may I suggest D&D: Wrath of the Dragon God. much better than the dreg that was the D&D Movie.

So is getting kicked in the groin.

UK (London) version. This raises a good point - which of Monopoly's many cities will they ste it in?

Atlantic City, the original.

So is getting kicked in the groin.

HAHAHAHAH!!!! Awesome. And correct.

Jumanji is the only movie from that list that was decent and I think that's because I like 12 when it came out.

And only two were even remotely good.

Really? Because I just see Clue. What was the other one?

That will either be awesome or crap. Monopoly, in concept, seems like my kind of shit. But, I never quite grasped its hugely complex rules.

I just know that the Pictionary movie is going to be right on Monopoly's heels.

I think Charades has more potential, despite not being a board game.

I just know that the Pictionary movie is going to be right on Monopoly's heels.

So is getting kicked in the groin.

Then the kicker is doing it wrong. :p

Really? Because I just see Clue. What was the other one?

Jumanji was tolerable, which is within remote distance of "good".

Video game movies have made it before. (Silent Hill, Resident Evil, Super Mario, More Dull Combat, Dungeon Siege)

Even board game movies have made it (Clue).

RP games have made it to the movies (Dungeons and Dragons)

A movie about a book about a board game got that board game made (Jumanji).

Now that's just silly. What, is John D. Rockefeller going to make a cameo?


(I admit, that was a terrible joke)

There has to be a disease going about Hollywood, where someone gets the idea they can turn just about anything without the least semblance of a storyline into a movie. Three pirate movies and it's an epidemic now.

And it's almost weepworthy to note none of the links seem to be traceable to The Onion.

It will be an entirely audience participation movie. But since there is no way to account for all of the possible audience responses, we will have to watch two hours of some guy making weird gestures for two straight hours while people randomly shout things at the screen.

It should be an Interactive movie that gives the audience four choices (four buttons).

It will be an entirely audience participation movie. But since there is no way to account for all of the possible audience responses, we will have to watch two hours of some guy making weird gestures for two straight hours while people randomly shout things at the screen.
Heh.

Guy on screen: *makes classic turning-film-reel to signify that it is a movie*
Guy on screen: *holds up one finger*

Audience: *spends two hours trying to guess the obvious*

*Credits roll*

It would be extremely low budget. Actually.. I may make this movie.

I think Charades has more potential, despite not being a board game.

It will be an entirely audience participation movie. But since there is no way to account for all of the possible audience responses, we will have to watch two hours of some guy making weird gestures for two straight hours while people randomly shout things at the screen.

It should be an Interactive movie that gives the audience four choices (four buttons).

Sort of like that episode of Futurama?

CALCULON: I have no choice but to--

ANNOUNCER: If you want Calculon to race to the laser gun battle in his hover-Ferarri, press 1. If you want Calculon to double-check his paperwork, press 2. Enter now.

["1. Violent Lasergun Battle" and "2. Tedious Paperwork" appear on screen. Confused, Fry presses "1" on his chair.]

CHAIR: You have pressed 2.

FRY: No I didn't!

CHAIR: I'm almost positive you did.

[Time Lapse. Night has fallen outside. Calculon is checking his paperwork.]

CALCULON: Add in the carryover from form 16A, then deduct line 2B...

As has been said, with the right script, this'll have a LONG series of sequels, like any time i play with family members.

Coming to a cinema near you Memory-The Movie
Shadowy Villain: And every time you flip over a pair of cards that don't match, Detective Colson, I will kill one member of your family.
Colson: Okay . . .
*Flips over one card*
. . . A bunny, and a . . .
*Flips over a second card*
. . . A smiley face. Wait, can I have a do-over?
Shadowy Villain: NO DO-OVERS!
*Gun shots*
Guess Who-The Movie
Detective Colson's only surviving relative after Memory, his mute nephew Mumbles, has witnessed a brutal murder, and now the killer is coming to kill the only witness. It's a race against time as Detective Colson must get the identity of the killer from his nephew by asking only yes or no questions about his appearance.
The game of Life-The Movie
Detective John Colson returns in a third movie, this time driving down a long, winding highway while he tries to solve the toughest mystery he has ever faced: What sort of Doctor makes $50,000 a year less than what is apparently a High School teacher?

My question is what would the Risk movie be about?

And like the actual game would it take forever to actually get to the interesting part beyond talking and discussing the 213402498 scenarios of what could happen.

Sort of like that episode of Futurama?

CALCULON: I have no choice but to--

ANNOUNCER: If you want Calculon to race to the laser gun battle in his hover-Ferarri, press 1. If you want Calculon to double-check his paperwork, press 2. Enter now.

["1. Violent Lasergun Battle" and "2. Tedious Paperwork" appear on screen. Confused, Fry presses "1" on his chair.]

CHAIR: You have pressed 2.

FRY: No I didn't!

CHAIR: I'm almost positive you did.

[Time Lapse. Night has fallen outside. Calculon is checking his paperwork.]

CALCULON: Add in the carryover from form 16A, then deduct line 2B...

ROFLMAO! Yes, exactly like that!

Shadowy Villain: And every time you flip over a pair of cards that don't match, Detective Colson, I will kill one member of your family.
Colson: Okay . . .
*Flips over one card*
. . . A bunny, and a . . .
*Flips over a second card*
. . . A smiley face. Wait, can I have a do-over?
Shadowy Villain: NO DO-OVERS!
*Gun shots*

Detective Colson's only surviving relative after Memory, his mute nephew Mumbles, has witnessed a brutal murder, and now the killer is coming to kill the only witness. It's a race against time as Detective Colson must get the identity of the killer from his nephew by asking only yes or no questions about his appearance.

Detective John Colson returns in a third movie, this time driving down a long, winding highway while he tries to solve the toughest mystery he has ever faced: What sort of Doctor makes $50,000 a year less than what is apparently a High School teacher?

ROFLMAO!!!!! Oh my....I can't breath.....So.....funny.......can't......breathe.....

:D

Oh and of course Candyland will be turned into a Chronicles of Harry Spiderwick ripoff fest aimed at kids.

Coming This Summer...

It was an innocent, sweet paradise that only children knew about. But now, Candyland is in danger.

[Cue a Center For Science in the Public Interest press conference]

CFSPI Spokesman: "Candyland clearly represents the biggest health threat to the American children that has ever been seen. Imagine, an entire country made entirely out of sweets. We must eradicate this problem before we turn into a nation of toothless diabetics even faster!"

[Cue an army of SFSPI thugs tearing down gingerbread houses, candy trees, and rounding up candy people into vans at carrot-point.]

Yet there is hope for this land of sweets...

[Armies of kids and candy people start pelting the CFSPI with jelly beans, lollpops and candy corn. A division of gingerbread men armed with candy canes rush the health nuts in a scene eerily reminescent of 300]

Gingerbread Man: "FOR CANDYLAND!"

Experience the magic and delights of a wonderful new realm... and taste every moment of it.

Candyland.

Coming soon to a theater near you.

In a dystopian future, players are forced to take turns moving around a vast game board populated by massive pewter and plastic icons. Strange markings and cars appear before them as the unseen puppet masters control their every move.
Soon it is revealed that going 'bankrupt' means death, and the only way off the board is to eliminate the competition by any means...
Monopoly: Are you willing to take a chance (card)?

Man...that would be awesome.

Gingerbread Man:[/B] "FOR CANDYLAND!"

All the King asks for is a simple offering of sugar and fire.

Sugar and fire? You'll find plenty of both down there!

What? This is blasphemy! This is madness!

Madness?
THIS
IS
CANDYLAND!

All the King asks for is a simple offering of sugar and fire.

Sugar and fire? You'll find plenty of both down there!

What? This is blasphemy! This is madness!

Madness?
THIS
IS
CANDYLAND!

Our gumdrops will blot out the Sun!

Then we will eat in the shade!

Monopoly the Movie? What would the plot be? A car trying to get around a board? :D

Our gumdrops will blot out the Sun!

Then we will eat in the shade!

"TONIGHT, WE WILL SNACK IN HELL!"

Video game movies have made it before. (Silent Hill, Resident Evil, Super Mario, More Dull Combat, Dungeon Siege)

Even board game movies have made it (Clue).

RP games have made it to the movies (Dungeons and Dragons)

A movie about a book about a board game got that board game made (Jumanji).

I liked Dungeons & Dragons, if only because it had Marlon Wayans and it was released on my birthday...and I figure I only liked Super Mario because I'm a fan...and I was still fairly little when it came out (they really shouldn't have made it live-action...works better as a cartoon because that's what their world was).

As for the others, I figure one of these days I've got to see Clue...anything with Christopher Lloyd and Madeline Kahn has to be good. Jumanji I liked...haven't seen the other ones (though my brother tells me Resident Evil is good).

Still, though, I have to wonder about Monopoly...maybe if they made a movie about an Apprentice-like reality show where real estate moguls all compete for total control over a given market, all building houses and hotels on the land they bought while required to "move" around the market and possibly "stay" in competitors' buildings (paying whatever fee is required). There's pieces there...I just don't see the "thriller" part of it though.

oh yeah, you land on that in a game of monopoly and you're losing thousands of $$$'s, big bucks from that one.
I played it once and everyone cheated in the game, ace to play if you're drunk.

That's the UK version of "Boardwalk", right? Sounds like it...that property was always my favourite to have...most expensive one and it was blue (my favourite colour).

My question is what would the Risk movie be about?

I think it's pretty easy to make a Risk movie...it's a game about world domination through military means...not a hard premise to develop a film around.

Oh and of course Candyland will be turned into a Chronicles of Harry Spiderwick ripoff fest aimed at kids.

Coming This Summer...

It was an innocent, sweet paradise that only children knew about. But now, Candyland is in danger.

[Cue a Center For Science in the Public Interest press conference]

CFSPI Spokesman: "Candyland clearly represents the biggest health threat to the American children that has ever been seen. Imagine, an entire country made entirely out of sweets. We must eradicate this problem before we turn into a nation of toothless diabetics even faster!"

[Cue an army of SFSPI thugs tearing down gingerbread houses, candy trees, and rounding up candy people into vans at carrot-point.]

Yet there is hope for this land of sweets...

[Armies of kids and candy people start pelting the CFSPI with jelly beans, lollpops and candy corn. A division of gingerbread men armed with candy canes rush the health nuts in a scene eerily reminescent of 300]

Gingerbread Man: "FOR CANDYLAND!"

Experience the magic and delights of a wonderful new realm... and taste every moment of it.

Candyland.

Coming soon to a theater near you.

Hey, this Candyland movie looks pretty fun...if it's anything like Charlie and the Chocolate Factory it would rock.

The only thing that could beat that would be to actually go to Candyland...ah *salivates*

EDIT- One last thing to add:

(From http://www.efluxmedia.com/news_Did_You_See_It_Coming_Monopoly_The_Movie_14301.html )

Magic: The Gathering

I figured it would only be a matter of time before someone made a movie about that...I'm curious about how it would turn out...

I just know that the Pictionary movie is going to be right on Monopoly's heels.

Followed, no doubt, by the blockbuster Catchphrase: The Movie!

Gingerbread Man: "FOR CANDYLAND!"

"This is unhealthy!"

"This is Candyland!"

I figured it would only be a matter of time before someone made a movie about that...I'm curious about how it would turn out...

I'm pretty sure Magic had somewhat a plot. There were a lot of cultural/historical things written on many of the cards.

No doubt it would revolve around that plot.

I bet no one plays with you twice either.

:p

Yeah I am also never allowed to be the banker :(

I play the 'revolutionary' in Monopoly, which means whatever property I land on I expropriate it until I get a state monopoly on the whole board.:)

I play the 'revolutionary' in Monopoly, which means whatever property I land on I expropriate it until I get a state monopoly on the whole board.:)

I bet no one plays with you twice either.

:p

Yeah I am also never allowed to be the banker :(

:D

Followed, no doubt, by the blockbuster Catchphrase: The Movie!

:D

Would it be appropriate, then, for the trailer to advertise "only in theatres"?

I'm pretty sure Magic had somewhat a plot. There were a lot of cultural/historical things written on many of the cards.

No doubt it would revolve around that plot.

When I played it (about eight years ago) it had a well-developed history with well-defined events (e.g. "The Brother's War"), characters (Joven, Johan), and a world (Dominaria)...I've heard it's changed a bit since then (now there's other worlds and stuff like that), but it seems like there's a very good movie in there somewhere...as long as Hollywood doesn't screw it up...

Gingerbread Man: "FOR CANDYLAND!"

"They may take our lives, but they'll ne'er take our candy!"

EDIT: I think I can keep this up for hours, lol

When I played it (about eight years ago) it had a well-developed history with well-defined events (e.g. "The Brother's War"), characters (Joven, Johan), and a world (Dominaria)...I've heard it's changed a bit since then (now there's other worlds and stuff like that), but it seems like there's a very good movie in there somewhere...as long as Hollywood doesn't screw it up...

HAHAHAHAHA... good luck.

:p

You're right... the problem is counting on Hollywood....

I've thought about this idea for about ten minutes and I already have half a dozen ideas for a Monopoly film, ranging from a simple tale about a man who managed to get rich off of little to a political intrigue involving some sort of scheme that revolved around the board game itself and huge amounts of money, so no it's not a stupid idea. The only stupid idea is the one not voiced.

Oh how I wish that were true.

What's next, a Connect Four movie?

Pretty sneaky, sis.

Did anyone ever play Mega Monopoly? That game pretty muched rocked hard!

Note: Regualr Monopoly with the "Speed Die" must've sucked... I can only picture the speed die being cool with Mega Monopoly.

Oh how I wish that were true.

:D

2 points for a witty reply.



Disclaimer: I just made up these points right now... they have no use or relevancy to anything outside this thread, and almost no use or relevancy to anything inside this thread.

HAHAHAHAHA... good luck.

:p

You're right... the problem is counting on Hollywood....

We can't unleash a "Counter" spell if the initial news isn't good, can we...?

We can't unleash a "Counter" spell if the initial news isn't good, can we...?

lol.

The game clue has a linear plot?Everyone wanders around trying to find out who dun it, as opposed to running around in circles until somebody's broke. Monopoly is open ended; there's no event that the entire thing really works to achieve that would be independent of the players as solving the murder in Clue would be.

Shadowy Villain: And every time you flip over a pair of cards that don't match, Detective Colson, I will kill one member of your family.
Colson: Okay . . .
*Flips over one card*
. . . A bunny, and a . . .
*Flips over a second card*
. . . A smiley face. Wait, can I have a do-over?
Shadowy Villain: NO DO-OVERS!
*Gun shots*

Detective Colson's only surviving relative after Memory, his mute nephew Mumbles, has witnessed a brutal murder, and now the killer is coming to kill the only witness. It's a race against time as Detective Colson must get the identity of the killer from his nephew by asking only yes or no questions about his appearance.

Detective John Colson returns in a third movie, this time driving down a long, winding highway while he tries to solve the toughest mystery he has ever faced: What sort of Doctor makes $50,000 a year less than what is apparently a High School teacher?That's horrible D=

All this has gotten me thinking, and I ended up with the firm conviction that if Twister was ever turned into a movie, it would most assuredly be porn.
My question is what would the Risk movie be about?

And like the actual game would it take forever to actually get to the interesting part beyond talking and discussing the 213402498 scenarios of what could happen.Probably the Napoleonic Wars, only this time it turns into a world war.

I'm pretty sure Magic had somewhat a plot. There were a lot of cultural/historical things written on many of the cards.

No doubt it would revolve around that plot.Um, each set comes with a story behind it, which they publish about three novels for.

HAHAHAHAH!!!! Awesome. And correct.

Jumanji is the only movie from that list that was decent and I think that's because I like 12 when it came out.

Jumanji was awesome but a game was based on Jumanji, not the other way around. I don't think that it counts.

I liked Dungeons & Dragons, if only because it had Marlon Wayans and it was released on my birthday...and I figure I only liked Super Mario because I'm a fan...and I was still fairly little when it came out (they really shouldn't have made it live-action...works better as a cartoon because that's what their world was).
You need to rewatch Super Mario. Being a cartoon wouldn't have made it not a pile of shit. It's like Jay and Silent Bob get so baked they think they are plummers and everyone is a lizard gangster.

Everyone wanders around trying to find out who dun it, as opposed to running around in circles until somebody's broke. Monopoly is open ended; there's no event that the entire thing really works to achieve that would be independent of the players as solving the murder in Clue would be.
Clue was almost Tarantinoesque. It was completely random. Especially at the end where they started changing up the whole movie's plot every 15 minutes.

So is getting kicked in the groin.

... well, if I had a pair like LG, I'd agree... but I don't so... :p

I could actually see an Oujia board movie. Like some teens find aboard game that releases ancient demons or ghosts or something like that and they have to stop them or it could be these teens find a board game and what ever they ask it comes true with a twist.

It's been done (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0090327/). And it has...two...sequels.


Possible Monopoly-themed movies:

Ride the Reading, a quirky romance set on board a train.

Free Parking!, a zany Robin-Hood comedy starring Will Ferrell as a parking lot attendant who gives away tax money that he steals during daring, but hilarious, daylight robberies.

Mortgage, a tense thriller starring George Clooney set in the high-stakes world of real estate finance in which couple after couple are lured in by the promise of money for their debts, only to discover that they owe 10% over what they borrowed. It's a horror film for bankers, witness this scene:

BANKER (on phone in plush office): Yeah, it's the mortgage amount plus ten percent every time you pass Go. What? Not compounded? WHAT THE DO YOU MEAN IT'S NEVER COMPOUNDED? DO I LOOK LIKE I'M NEGOTIATING?!?

Marvin Gardens, a quiet, reserved class drama about a gardener who falls in love with the daughter of the wealthy land owner (because that plot never gets old, apparently). Brought to you by the makers of Howard's End, Remains of the Day, Room With A View, Mr. & Mrs. Bridge, Jefferson in Paris, and other sedatives.

The Whore of Baltic Avenue, a gritty tale of revenge and redemption in a low-rent district where everything is...purple.

You need to rewatch Super Mario. Being a cartoon wouldn't have made it not a pile of shit. It's like Jay and Silent Bob get so baked they think they are plummers and everyone is a lizard gangster.

Maybe not the actual movie redone as a cartoon, you're right; but if they had decided to make a cartoon-based movie for the world of Super Mario instead of live-action it would have been better. That way they wouldn't have had any pretensions that it wasn't a children's movie, they could have kept the Mario world more or less intact (let's not forget how many things Super Mario Bros. changed, such as Yoshi being a raptor instead of a horse-like venus fly trap and never involving the Mushrooms at all), and they could have done more with the characters (whose attributes, experiences and equipment are literally unreal). There's potential there for a Shrek-like movie if Nintendo put their minds to it...the problem was they didn't put much effort into it and it showed. A shame, really.

Come on~ *crosses fingers for Checkers: The Movie*

Also... Mastermind would probably make a damn good sci-fi... Looks pretty science fictiony to me.

http://students.usm.maine.edu/daniel.berman/mastermind13.jpg

Shadowy Villain: And every time you flip over a pair of cards that don't match, Detective Colson, I will kill one member of your family.
Colson: Okay . . .
*Flips over one card*
. . . A bunny, and a . . .
*Flips over a second card*
. . . A smiley face. Wait, can I have a do-over?
Shadowy Villain: NO DO-OVERS!
*Gun shots*

Detective Colson's only surviving relative after Memory, his mute nephew Mumbles, has witnessed a brutal murder, and now the killer is coming to kill the only witness. It's a race against time as Detective Colson must get the identity of the killer from his nephew by asking only yes or no questions about his appearance.

Detective John Colson returns in a third movie, this time driving down a long, winding highway while he tries to solve the toughest mystery he has ever faced: What sort of Doctor makes $50,000 a year less than what is apparently a High School teacher?Now THAT's classic Fiddleysticks stuff. Word. :D
*bows*

Oh and of course Candyland will be turned into a Chronicles of Harry Spiderwick ripoff fest aimed at kids.

Coming This Summer...

It was an innocent, sweet paradise that only children knew about. But now, Candyland is in danger.

[Cue a Center For Science in the Public Interest press conference]

CFSPI Spokesman: "Candyland clearly represents the biggest health threat to the American children that has ever been seen. Imagine, an entire country made entirely out of sweets. We must eradicate this problem before we turn into a nation of toothless diabetics even faster!"

[Cue an army of SFSPI thugs tearing down gingerbread houses, candy trees, and rounding up candy people into vans at carrot-point.]

Yet there is hope for this land of sweets...

[Armies of kids and candy people start pelting the CFSPI with jelly beans, lollpops and candy corn. A division of gingerbread men armed with candy canes rush the health nuts in a scene eerily reminescent of 300]

Gingerbread Man: "FOR CANDYLAND!"

Experience the magic and delights of a wonderful new realm... and taste every moment of it.

Candyland.

Coming soon to a theater near you.

Again, SIGS LIMITED TO 8 LINES!!! :(
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Now THAT's classic Fiddleysticks stuff. Word. :D
*bows*

It's disturbing, sort of like Tobin Bell hosting a quiz show.

Is it safe to assume the movie would take place in Atlantic City?

Maybe not the actual movie redone as a cartoon, you're right; but if they had decided to make a cartoon-based movie for the world of Super Mario instead of live-action it would have been better. That way they wouldn't have had any pretensions that it wasn't a children's movie, they could have kept the Mario world more or less intact (let's not forget how many things Super Mario Bros. changed, such as Yoshi being a raptor instead of a horse-like venus fly trap and never involving the Mushrooms at all), and they could have done more with the characters (whose attributes, experiences and equipment are literally unreal). There's potential there for a Shrek-like movie if Nintendo put their minds to it...the problem was they didn't put much effort into it and it showed. A shame, really.

They also might not have chosen to cast Dennis Hopper *shudder*.

They also might not have chosen to cast Dennis Hopper *shudder*.

I like Dennis Hopper...he, like Bob Hoskins, just couldn't really display their acting chops because the characters they were asked to portray just weren't that challenging (plus they were paired with poor actors- anyone remember John Leguizamo and Mojo Nixon?). Again, that comes down to Nintendo not trying- when Hoskins himself says he doesn't find his character "challenging" you know you didn't put in the required effort.

It's a movie about capitalism and getting to the top of the financial food chain.

That you can't even figure that out shows how ignorant you are.

Guys, it's cool. I did a little research and uh... I think we're gonna be pleased with the result.

http://cdn-www.cracked.com/articleimages/dan/bloggers/board_games.jpg

Now THAT's classic Fiddleysticks stuff. Word. :D
*bows*
It's disturbing, sort of like Tobin Bell hosting a quiz show.
I live to please.
Also, to murder people in my windowless basement.

I live to please.
Also, to murder people in my windowless basement.Murder? Notsomuch.
But there was a reply on a different thread about Kellogg ... which reminds me of something possibly more worth your time.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_H._Kenyon
http://www.sing365.com/music/lyric.nsf/The-Illinois-Enema-Bandit-lyrics-Frank-Zappa/5A74714975151F4F48256972000B9CE4