the terrible movie ensures that a good one will never be made.
Super Mario Bros got another movie.
But generally, video games don’t usually work as movies. So it isn’t that big of a loss, lol
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Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world 1 month agoCan’t speak for everyone, but the reason that I care when one of my favorite IPs has a terrible movie, is because the terrible movie ensures that a good one will never be made.
They did a great job with Fallout, and now they are making a second season.
Then there’s Borderlands.
I still haven’t seen it, but I already know that the Borderlands movie I would have loved will never exist.
otp@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Super Mario Bros got another movie.
Not all of us have another 30 years to wait for everyone to forget about the first disaster.
the_post_of_tom_joad@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
I will rewatch a wasted Hoskins and Leguizamo riffing lines in the 90s mario bros forever. That movie is so terrifically bad its awesome.
Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world 1 month ago
"Hey, what should our Goombas, a big head with feet and no body, look like in this movie? "
“Obviously, they should have HUGE bodies and a tiny little head!”
ThatWeirdGuy1001@lemmy.world 1 month ago
They generally don’t work as movies because no one ever follows the story that’s right in front of them. They always add some stupid artistic bullshit preference of their own which causes a huge disconnect from the source material.
NostraDavid@programming.dev 1 month ago
I feel there’s this trend where movie directors must and shall make their own story in whatever world is in front of them, instead of trying to make a movie that would fit in the game, or simply take the game’s story and make a movie out of that.
It’s why Lord of The Ring was so fucking good (Christopher Lee/Saruman read the books every year of his life, and corrected Peter Jackson whenever necessary), whereas Rings of Power is shit (I mean, a loving Orc family? What the FUCK have they been snorting!?). It’s also why I’m hopeful to get something good out of Henry Cavill directing any 40k movie (that, or we’re getting nothing, at best. At worst someone else takes over and we’re getting female custodes for no good reason).
otp@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
Writing for games is usually different than writing for movies.
I believe this is why games tend to do well as TV series – more overlap there.
ThatWeirdGuy1001@lemmy.world 1 month ago
I don’t buy that. It’s possible but the producers always want to make it “theirs” and it’s not. It’ll never be theirs. The best they could do is just follow the source material as much as possible.
No one cares about your “quirky” changes. And this is quite evident in all the video game tv series that fail. Because the source material was basically thrown away completely. Because they think we’ll gobble up anything just because of the name.
Zahille7@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Idk that first Silent Hill movie is actually pretty good imo.
radix@lemmy.world 1 month ago
[deleted]Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world 1 month ago
The new Mario movie was pretty good. There were a few times that I thought “this doesn’t belong here, and they just wanted to shove a reference in”, but overall, I think they did it justice.
Even Chris Pratt.
anonymous111@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Why do you need a Minecraft movie in your life though?
Personally, I don’t need the things I like to be cross format.
If it works as a movie, great.
If it is never made, no problem.
If it fails, meh.
Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Personally, I don’t have any interest in Minecraft or it’s movie.
But somebody might, and I hope they get the movie they want, not a name-recognition cash grab.
JamesStallion@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
I don’t think anyone needs any movies in their life at all. People would like a minecraft movie in their lives because they like mine craft I presume.
ProfessorProteus@lemmy.world 1 month ago
the Borderlands movie I would have loved will never exist.
For me it’s Monster Hunter. I refuse to watch the one they made a few years ago. I wonder if there’s a supercut of only scenes that feature the monsters. Or anything involving the Charge Blade.
After reading the synopsis, why tf did they have to make it an isekai?
the_post_of_tom_joad@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
at least you have the excellent ‘tales from the borderlands’ to play. I like to replay that ‘movie’ every year.
manuallybreathing@lemmy.ml 1 month ago
I made it about as far into the Borderlands movie as i did with the monsterhunter movie, bailing after about a 3rd of the film.
Not really super popular take, but the sexual politics (as in the way the story treated women) in both were something I struggled to get past. Plus they were both goofy and not in a very fun way.
But i think i teenager might have liked it
Mirshe@lemmy.world 1 month ago
And in some cases, the IP getting a shit movie or show can tell the game developers “well, time to drop the entire brand for 15 years”.
Crismus@lemmy.world 1 month ago
The Wing Commander and Dugeon Seige treatment.
Mirshe@lemmy.world 1 month ago
It wouldn’t have surprised me if WOTC dropped D&D as a brand if Honor Among Thieves had flopped.
catloaf@lemm.ee 1 month ago
I wish they would have. They’ve treated d&d terribly.