Expanding GTA

[Ultimate Movie-Man]

I'm not sure if this belongs here, but why not?

I was thinking of a film version of GTA IV, and I've started playing GTA San Andreas, and what I think would actually work, is a television show based on the games.

Have each series in one city, eg Liberty City, San Andreas, Vice City (throw a bit of Bullworth in there as well), there's at least four seasons there. Get the writers of the games to at least headline story department, and it shouldn't go wrong. Have episodes where characters travel to different cities, it'd be awesome.

I'd also love novels set in the cities.

What does anyone else think?

 

[Michael Frost]

Problem with a GTA movie is that it wouldn't feel the least bit fresh. ****loads of movies have done (and probably better) what a movie with this genre could, so there's no point in one really.

What makes GTA good is your freedom and sandboxy gameplay. The actual story is pretty much a collection of rehashes from a load of known movies already.
It's all about the interaction. A movie gives you none.

Or are you expecting them to make a movie about a random sod who beats grannies out on the street?

 

[Ultimate Movie-Man]

No, it's just I found the story in GTA IV a fantastic story, and I'd love a TV show. I just wanted to see if anyone had similar, or different, thoughts to me, that's all.

 

[Trigger]

Part of GTA's fun is how it parodies real life. I'm not sure a GTA anything would work outside of video games. It's nice to see that I'm not the only one who enjoys GTA for the story though.

 

[Matt]

Agreed. Look at Vice City. It is the plot from Scarface pretty much. Plus you have the issue of being forced to water it down. A cross-media approach would never work.

 

[amazingfantasy15]

Agreed. Look at Vice City. It is the plot from Scarface pretty much. Plus you have the issue of being forced to water it down. A cross-media approach would never work.

Yeah Vice City is Scarface. San Andreas is just a mashup of '90s urban black community movies. Didn't play GTA3. GTA4 might somewhat work, but I think the stories work much better in the videogame world.

Also as Matt said, it would have to be watered down to a studio mandate PG-13 rating, to get the best box office, which would kill what makes the game popular.

 

[Havok83]

I think these are bad ideas. It doesnt need to expand past the game it is

 

[StrainedEyes]

Yeah Vice City is Scarface. San Andreas is just a mashup of '90s urban black community movies. Didn't play GTA3. GTA4 might somewhat work, but I think the stories work much better in the videogame world.

Also as Matt said, it would have to be watered down to a studio mandate PG-13 rating, to get the best box office, which would kill what makes the game popular.

GTA3 was basically Godfather/Goodfellas.

 

[Fresh Prince]

GTA 5 should be based off Pulp Fiction....How awesome would that be?

 

[hippie_hunter]

I honestly think that the stories in GTA just aren't compelling enough to expand beyond other mediums like Resident Evil, Metal Gear Solid, Final Fantasy, and Halo.

 

[Why Are You Crouching Spock?]

I honestly think that the stories in GTA just aren't compelling enough to expand beyond other mediums like Resident Evil, Metal Gear Solid, Final Fantasy, and Halo.

There better written than pretty much every game you just mentioned.

 

[Havok83]

There better written than pretty much every game you just mentioned.

maybe Halo and Resident Evil, but the GTA games arent better written than whats found in MGS and FF.

 

[StrainedEyes]

I love MGS, but the dialogue isn't exactly oscar worthy.

 

[Fresh Prince]

There better written than pretty much every game you just mentioned.

Which means they can make a movie out of the games.

 

[Why Are You Crouching Spock?]

If you put the writing of Grand Theft Auto 4, compared to those games to a script, yes it's more palpable material imo. My comment was sort of out of context to what he was saying though.
They typically get butchered regardless of quality of story or story-telling.