I've been thinking about video game movies lately. The first video game movie I remember seeing was
Super Mario Bros. and what a glorious piece of shit that was. For the last several years Hollywood has been on a remake kick, with comic books, old T.V. shows, old movies, and of course video games, I guess they just ran out of originality and have to ruin our old favorites.
When I first heard about the
Hitman movie I was pretty excited, until I saw this pussy looking dork they decided would portray Agent 47. But that's an entirely different rant. The same thing with
Max Payne, these guys were supposed to be hardened killing machines, not pampered looking, mediocre at best actors. But I digress.
On to
Zelda. Since the
Mario movie, Nintendo hasn't been dishing out the rights to Hollywood for their major franchises. And I am very grateful for that. There have been some fan made
Zelda movie trailers, which are good for what they are. But not every video game needs to be made into a movie.
Zelda isn't about epic battles and thick storylines. It's about engaging gameplay, some puzzle solving, and a fairly generic "rescue the princess" storyline. Some (all) video games just need to stay games. Please don't take a shit all over one of the most loved video game franchises of all time.
That being said, there is no conformation of, or real plans of a
Zelda movie, just a few rumors. This is more of a rant about video game movies in general.
Someone did a fake Zelda trailer as an April fool's joke once. I thought it was real at first and I was not fucking amused.
ReplyDeleteAny Zelda movie, no matter who directs it, will be shitty. I really hope they don't take a massive shit on my favorite childhood game by turning it into a cliche adventure movie.
I'm getting kind of sick of the game movies. They're always under done.
ReplyDeleteI would enjoy a Zelda movie if it was well done. However, if it's like that Mario movie then no thanks.
ReplyDeletea zelda movie done right would be nice, also the max payne movie sucked
ReplyDeleteI jizzed my pants thinking that Zelda poster was really for a movie.
ReplyDeleteI am disappointed.
I actually like the Resident Evil series of movies. Other then that, the rest can all go. Even though video games are starting to suffer from sequels and remakes like Hollywood, they are still way more open to new ideas and content. Movies seem to be latching onto games because of their rise as a more engaging entertainment form that potentially could be making more money then Hollywood studios.
ReplyDeleteGame to movies have been so bad as of late. Im afraid to even watch the trailer for this one.
ReplyDeletemax payne was the biggest game to movie disappointment ever
ReplyDeletelet us not forget the Doom movie....damn...just damn.
ReplyDeleteI hope Disney doesn't get a hold of it and make Justin Bieber Link....
i love the trailer for zelda, unfortunately it had to be fake. it was very well made for an april fools day prank.
ReplyDeleteI'm going to have to agree with Astronomy Pirate on the Resident Evil movies. Those have been pretty kickass, hard to think of many other video games to movies or even vice versa that have been even decent.
ReplyDeleteI would simply prefer them not to even touch Zelda based on prior experiences. If they could pull it off, that would certainly be epic.
Yea, the Super Mario Bros. movie did suck ass but when I saw that Zelda trailer I jizzed man seriously. Then when I heard it was a April Fools joke I got blue balls :/
ReplyDeleteThe way I see it: it could be either really good or really bad.
ReplyDeleteNo Zelda... Seriously... If they do it I'll die a little on the inside..
ReplyDeleteso many people have said there is going to be a zelda movie. i dont believe there ever will be one, even if an actual does come out i probably still wont believe it lol
ReplyDeletethe only way that video games movies will be a success is if they are made by those crazy japanese directors, american video game moves have failed every single time
ReplyDeleteBad photoshop on "Shitman"
ReplyDeletecant wait to see zelda the movie
ReplyDeleteI agree please no zelda movie, or metroid. These things are too holy to me. However, I loved the old cartoon for zelda and mario, maybe other cartoons could work out well... do you remember Captain N?
ReplyDeleteHaha, had the exact same reaction about Hitman movie!
ReplyDeleteDaan, Yeah I wasn't trying to win any awards for it. It took me literally 7 seconds.
ReplyDeleteUncharted movie is going to suck.
ReplyDeletezelda movie would be badass
ReplyDeleteZelda movie trailer... this was a share for me, i also feel someone else shame... i wonder who the hell on earth could do something like this ...
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