King Silva
King of Kings
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 |  Subject: 11 Videogames Begging to Be Made into Movies Sat 27 Oct 2012, 6:07 pm | |
| http://www.ew.com/ew/gallery/0,,20436271,00.html
^ Link has 20+ but I only included the bigger names from the list. ^
BioShock (2007)
The Story: A plane crashes in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean, and the lone survivor finds himself in the underwater libertarian techno-utopia known as Rapture — a once-great city descended into anarchy.
Our Cast: The mysterious main character of BioShock doesn't talk too much and seems variously innocent and sociopathic; we'd cast Jeremy Renner and let those blue eyes do the talking. The real key is casting the right actor to play mid-century science visionary Andrew Ryan, one of the greatest characters in videogame history. How about Gary Oldman?
Why It Might Not Suck: Set in a gorgeously designed retro-future world, BioShock is a visual wonder. And since since the society of Rapture is based on the philosophy of Ayn Rand — the always-topical, always-controversial writer of Atlas Shrugged — a BioShock movie could turn into a Nolanesque movie that combines big action with big ideas.
Uncharted (2007)
The Story: Dashing adventurer Nathan Drake goes on adventures, is also quite dashing.
Our Cast: When director David O. Russell tried filming Uncharted, he was planning to cast Mark Wahlberg. Meanwhile, the nation of geekdom regularly insists that Nathan Fillion is the man to play Drake. Both good options, but how about this for an outside-the-box option: Dominic West. As Jimmy McNulty on The Wire, the Brit actor proved he could be a charming, slightly obsessive, ultimately heroic douche-hunk with an American accent. Pair him up with Rachel McAdams as love interest Elena Fisher and Jeff Bridges as his silver-haired mentor Sully. Money please!
Why It Might Not Suck: The Uncharted games already feel like movies, with dynamic set-pieces and some of the best dialogue in videogame history. A movie might seem beside the point, but wouldn't it be fun to have an old-fashioned globe-trotting adventure tale, with romance, action, and vehicles that constantly seem to crash?
God of War (2005)
The Story: Homicidal warrior wages war on the Greek gods.
The Cast: Mads Mikkelsen played an unstoppable warrior in the Viking themed Valhalla Rising — cover him in white ash and he'd make a great Kratos. We'd also cast Ray Winstone as the merciless Ares and Cate Blanchett as Athena.
Why It Might Not Suck: Because this is Clash of the Titans with all the fat trimmed out. The gloriously bloody God of War series has a spirit of exciting, horrifying, cleansing violence that feels a little bit like a Sergio Leone western and a little bit like a John Woo movie, all with a fantastical backdrop. Also, there's those blades.
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (2004)
The Story: C.J. Johnson starts out as a small-town gangster but slowly becomes a powerful crime lord in the California-ish state of San Andreas.
Why It Might Not Suck: San Andreas tends to get less respect than its GTA brethren, but the way it combines a Scarface-like rise to power, a panoramic early-90s vision, and a million goofy little touches (see: the jetpack) make it feel uniquely eccentric for a crime story.
Our Cast: Gaius Charles as C.J. and Samuel L. Jackson (reprising his voice role) as the malevolent Officer Frank Tenpenny.
Halo (2001)
The Story: A supersoldier battles an evil alien race, and even more terrible things, across the galaxy.
Our Cast: Since Master Chief never takes off his helmet, we can cast for voice, not physicality...and wouldn't Clint Eastwood be perfect? Make it happen, Microsoft!
Why It Might Not Suck: The first Halo game has a unique atmosphere of quiet dread often missing from the space-shoot-'em-up genre. That's one reason why a movie's been bumping around Hollywood for years, most recently with Peter Jackson producing and Neill Blomkamp directing.
Gears of War (2006)
The Story: Incredibly buff soldiers battle invading creatures called Locust as they fight their way through gorgeously ruined cities.
Our Cast: Randy Couture as Marcus Fenix, Edgar Ramiriez as Dominic Santiago, and Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje as Augustus ''Cole Train'' Coal.
Why It Might Not Suck: Gears of War usually gets good notices for its fascinating aesthetic — somewhere between Imperial Rome, steampunk, and Blade Runner, all covered in a layer of mud — but the brutally straightforward storytelling could make this thing The Hurt Locker with chainsaw-guns.
Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask (2000)
The Story: Boy warrior Link is thrust into a mysterious alternate world on the brink of destruction: a suicidal moon looms in the sky, and it will crash to the surface in just three days.
Our Cast: Kodi Smit-McPhee as Link.
Why It Might Not Suck: The thing that made Majora's Mask controversial in game form — the need to keep going back in time every 72 hours to avoid Armageddon — is exactly what would make the movie so compelling. It would also make a Zelda movie feel instantly distinct from all the other fantasy films in the last decade (Eragon, anyone?).
Mega Man (1987)
The Story: Plucky robot fights colorful villains, gains their powers.
Our Cast: Joseph Gordon-Levitt as Mega Man, Patton Oswalt (in Big Fan funny-scary mode) as Dr. Wylie.
Why It Might Not Suck: Eccentric baddies, bright neon colors, and a dollhouse-future world? This could be a Speed Racer that people actually enjoy. Wachowski Brothers: your redemption has arrived.
Star Fox (1993)
The Story: Adorable animals fly spaceships and save the galaxy.
Our Cast: With DreamWorks doing the animating, we hear Matt Damon voicing Fox McCloud, Robert Downey Jr. as the haughty Falco, Zac Efron as the utterly-annoying Slippy, and Keith David as the villainous scientist Andross.
Why It Might Not Suck: Because when cute creatures play out an epic space opera (a dead father, a vengeful son, and a genocidal madman), won't it at least be a little bit interesting?
Metroid Prime (2002)
The Story: The universe's #1 bounty hunter tracks Space Pirates across the galaxy, usually finding them in horrifying caverns.
Our Cast: Sarah Polley as Samus. Sure, she's a little bit small, but she proved in Dawn of the Dead that she could handle the rough stuff.
Why It Might Not Suck: Because Samus Aran could finally give Ripley some competition as the coolest sci-fi action heroine.
Metal Gear Solid (1998)
The Story: Legendary soldier Solid Snake must infiltrate an Alaskan nuclear facility that's being held hostage by a renegade Special Forces unit. Colorful battles — and some bizarre family drama — ensues.
Our Cast: Michael Fassbender as Solid Snake, Michael Fassbender in a blonde wig as Liquid Snake, Rooney Mara as Meryl Silverburgh, and Vin Diesel as Vulcan Raven.
Why It Might Not Suck: Praised for its cinematic storytelling when it first debuted, the real appeal of a Metal Gear movie is the central aspect of the gameplay. Snake doesn't run into places guns blazing. He sneaks. He crawls. When in doubt, he hides himself beneath a cardboard box. That could turn a Metal Gear movie into the most tense heist movie since Rififi. With, you know, clones.
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So what do you think of these being turned into movies?
Would you want to see any of them?
What other video games would you like to see turn into movies?
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