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This is a great point. The real question is "Why is Hollywood trying to make video game movies?"

by craftyguy 9y ago

krapp 9y ago
They think it's easy money.
- otterley 9y ago
  And the numbers prove it.
  - craftyguy 9y ago
    In which case, the article here doesn't really have a point. Why try to make good video game movies in the first place?
    - emodendroket 9y ago
      Surely a video game movie getting rave reviews would sell even more tickets. And you have to imagine the people making a movie hope viewers like it.
      - krapp 9y ago
        You'd think so, but Michael Bay's Transformers franchise is widely despised by critics and fans (and rightly so), and also makes hundreds of millions if not billions of dollars worldwide. When you have audacity, nostalgia and guaranteed merchandising potential you don't need the movie to be good, unfortunately.
        emodendroket 9y ago
        I have to think the people who keep coming back for one installment after another don't despise the movies. And in fact I remember being dragged to Transformers II by an ex who really wanted to see it because she enjoyed the first one.
    - throwaway2048 9y ago
      quite a few in the filmsphere and in decision making positions in holywood itself still care significantly about the art of film, independantly from the money thats brought in.
- imglorp 9y ago
  Yes, because someone else already paid to get all the branding and name recognition. They're just drafting off it, via higher reward with lower risk than an un-branded new thing.
d0lph 9y ago
Because the world and characters some games develop is occasionally interesting and compelling?
- ant512 9y ago
  Like the rumored Tetris movie?
  - Izkata 9y ago
    I can't seem to find anything more recent than June 2016 on the so-called Tetris Trilogy (though I admit to not looking very hard), but this fake Tetris movie trailer from 2012 is something that I think could actually be interesting: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AhwGEa7507g https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AhwGEa7507g

This is a great point. The real question is "Why is Hollywood trying to make video game movies?"

krapp 9y ago

They think it's easy money.

otterley 9y ago
And the numbers prove it.
- craftyguy 9y ago
  In which case, the article here doesn't really have a point. Why try to make good video game movies in the first place?
  - emodendroket 9y ago
    Surely a video game movie getting rave reviews would sell even more tickets. And you have to imagine the people making a movie hope viewers like it.
    - krapp 9y ago
      You'd think so, but Michael Bay's Transformers franchise is widely despised by critics and fans (and rightly so), and also makes hundreds of millions if not billions of dollars worldwide. When you have audacity, nostalgia and guaranteed merchandising potential you don't need the movie to be good, unfortunately.
      - emodendroket 9y ago
        I have to think the people who keep coming back for one installment after another don't despise the movies. And in fact I remember being dragged to Transformers II by an ex who really wanted to see it because she enjoyed the first one.
  - throwaway2048 9y ago
    quite a few in the filmsphere and in decision making positions in holywood itself still care significantly about the art of film, independantly from the money thats brought in.
imglorp 9y ago
Yes, because someone else already paid to get all the branding and name recognition. They're just drafting off it, via higher reward with lower risk than an un-branded new thing.

d0lph 9y ago

Because the world and characters some games develop is occasionally interesting and compelling?

ant512 9y ago
Like the rumored Tetris movie?
- Izkata 9y ago
  I can't seem to find anything more recent than June 2016 on the so-called Tetris Trilogy (though I admit to not looking very hard), but this fake Tetris movie trailer from 2012 is something that I think could actually be interesting: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AhwGEa7507g https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AhwGEa7507g