Nintendo -- the next Marvel?

[comic_guy04]

Zelda or Castlevania could make good aventure films...

Stuff like Mario should never be made in live action...

The last Wizard mag I got with Ledger as the Joker on the cover had a huge movie special where they named seriously a **** ton of movies and Castlevania is but one of like 3 vampire movies to come out in the next year or so. Also don't worry about them messing with the story to turn it into a cheap Dracula movie they specifically said it follows "the Belmont clan and their crusade against the evil of the lands so It'll be what we love most about it, true to material.

 

[Kanon]

Cool. I heard something about it...

I'm playing some classic arcades lately... Maybe a Ghost and Goblins movie? Zombies, demons, gargoyles, how can you miss

 

[bullets]

I'm suprised they haven't tried to make Legend of Zelda. There was a cartoon but I don't think that did too well.

 

[RedIsNotBlue]

I wouldn't be surprised if a Legend of Zelda movie gets greenlit within the next couple of years.

 

[SuBe]

There's no reason a Pixar or Dreamworks Mario Movie wouldn't work. They would have a strong, reconisable mascot character, it could be a romantic comedy like Shrek, Action like The Incrediables, and they have a lot of Source Material. The Games have been selling in the Millions for over 20 Years, at $50 a pop.

They have a large Fan Base. It's a perfect set up for a new franchise. Maybe I'm too big of a fan, but I don't believe that a Mario CGI Action/Romantic Comedy geared for the Pixar Demographics would fail at the Box Office.

 

[fabman]

I don't know... if it wasn't for the script and other ***** even the first Mario movie could've worked... I mean, I liked Bob Hoskins and Mario, and Leguizamo as Luigi was cool, too... that damn movie is a guilty-pleasure of mine... always loved it as kid...

 

[amazingfantasy15]

I agree with you, which is why I cited Zelda and Mario. More can be done with them. The problem is, action movies don't do the business they did in the 80's and early 90's. Unless they're called Die Hard that is. Most action flicks nowaday struggle badly to get to the 100mill mark, which is what a movie like Halo or Bio-Shock is gonna cost. Hence they need a wider audience to warrant the cost of the flick.

Most of the game-2-movie "action flicks" like Hitman, Doom and the Resident Evil flicks struggle to make over 50 mill, which only the RE series accomplished. And you can't say its because they're bad, because there is the fan-base of those movies should show up regardless of reviews. Hence why people like you and me show up for Elektra and Ghost Rider. There just seems to be a lot of gamers completely disinterested in these movies. Why pay the $10, when they can play the game, perhaps?

As for another Mario movie, I agree in theory that it could work. Problem is, the first film was such a momentous disaster that is still mocked to this day. Studios are going to be very wary about going near that one for a long time. And there's no way in hell Pixar is gonna go attach their name to it.

The reason the game to movie movies fail is because they're so bad, that even the fans don't want to bother. Elektra failed, why, because it sucked. Ghost Rider has an interesting visual appeal which helped it's box office. If a studio used an interesting property like Zelda, Metroid, Bioshock or Metal Gear, and did it well it could be very successful.

Zelda is really an epic romance, going to the farthest ends of the earth to save the woman he loves (which is how it should be portrayed, Link is already in love with Zelda, no young link only teenage/young adult Link).

Metroid, intergalatic bounty hunter, since she's a girl, it'll also help with that demo.

Bioshock, 1984 type movie, plus the fall of utopian society, done in the visual style of the game will get people in just for that.

Metal Gear, everyone loves a spy movie.

However, there are two big problems with game adaptations, even these great concepts for movies; one, there's really only one main character and maybe someone that needs saving and a few people to give you tips along the way, everyone else in the movie is a villian, so studios would create new characters, robbing part of what makes these games great, the isolated feeling, that you against the world feeling.

Two, games these days are so sophistacated, they're almost like a movie already, only you're controlling the action, why would I want to watch Bioshock on the big screen, when I could play the game, it's just like the movie only I'm the star.

 

[amazingfantasy15]

The last Wizard mag I got with Ledger as the Joker on the cover had a huge movie special where they named seriously a **** ton of movies and Castlevania is but one of like 3 vampire movies to come out in the next year or so. Also don't worry about them messing with the story to turn it into a cheap Dracula movie they specifically said it follows "the Belmont clan and their crusade against the evil of the lands so It'll be what we love most about it, true to material.

Castlevania will turn out just like Van Helsing, I have no doubt about it, just change Van Helsing's name to Belmont you'll have Castlevania the way Hollywood sees it.

 

[GhostPoet]

The reason the game to movie movies fail is because they're so bad, that even the fans don't want to bother. Elektra failed, why, because it sucked. Ghost Rider has an interesting visual appeal which helped it's box office. If a studio used an interesting property like Zelda, Metroid, Bioshock or Metal Gear, and did it well it could be very successful.

Zelda is really an epic romance, going to the farthest ends of the earth to save the woman he loves (which is how it should be portrayed, Link is already in love with Zelda, no young link only teenage/young adult Link).

Metroid, intergalatic bounty hunter, since she's a girl, it'll also help with that demo.

Bioshock, 1984 type movie, plus the fall of utopian society, done in the visual style of the game will get people in just for that.

Metal Gear, everyone loves a spy movie.

However, there are two big problems with game adaptations, even these great concepts for movies; one, there's really only one main character and maybe someone that needs saving and a few people to give you tips along the way, everyone else in the movie is a villian, so studios would create new characters, robbing part of what makes these games great, the isolated feeling, that you against the world feeling.

Two, games these days are so sophistacated, they're almost like a movie already, only you're controlling the action, why would I want to watch Bioshock on the big screen, when I could play the game, it's just like the movie only I'm the star.

Sometimes it can be fun SEEING the game being acted out in live-action over CGI.
Now, WON'T YA KINDLY support a Bioshock movie!

:P

 

[amazingfantasy15]

Sometimes it can be fun SEEING the game being acted out in live-action over CGI.
Now, WON'T YA KINDLY support a Bioshock movie!

:P

Guess I have to now...

 

[hippie_hunter]

Nintendo's properties would work better animated and on tv. Not as movies.

 

[Victarion]

LMAO@ people wanting a Mario film and thinking you can make a good one.

Give me the budget and I'll give you great results.

 

[Nirvana]

Nintendo's properties would work better animated and on tv. Not as movies.

With the except of Zelda.

 

[Super_Ludacris]

Give me the budget and I'll give you great results.

and I'll give you a Blockbuster card, cause thats the only place your gonna see that lol.

 

[hippie_hunter]

The reason the game to movie movies fail is because they're so bad, that even the fans don't want to bother. Elektra failed, why, because it sucked. Ghost Rider has an interesting visual appeal which helped it's box office. If a studio used an interesting property like Zelda, Metroid, Bioshock or Metal Gear, and did it well it could be very successful.

I completely agree with that. The reason why video game movies haven't taken off is because with the exception of a rare few (Hitman, Doom) they completely suck (anything done by Uwe Boll, Mortal Kombat series, Street Fighter, Super Mario Bros.).

Zelda is really an epic romance, going to the farthest ends of the earth to save the woman he loves (which is how it should be portrayed, Link is already in love with Zelda, no young link only teenage/young adult Link).

The Legend of Zelda isn't an epic romance. Because there are various Link's out there not all of them had Zelda as a love interest.

The most recent Link from Twilight Princess had Ilia as a love interest while the Hero of the Winds from the Wind Waker/Phantom Hourglass really didn't have a love interest because he was just too young for that kind of thing. The Hero of Time from Ocarina of Time/Majora's Mask could have Zelda or Malin as the love interest or none at all.

The original Link met both Zeldas from the first two games at the very end so to say that he traveled around the world for the woman he loved is rather farfetched too.

The purpose of the Legend of Zelda series is mostly to save Hyrule from the evil forces of Ganon, not love.

Metroid, intergalatic bounty hunter, since she's a girl, it'll also help with that demo.

Metroid would be awesome.

Metal Gear, everyone loves a spy movie.

Metal Gear is so, so much more than that

However, there are two big problems with game adaptations, even these great concepts for movies; one, there's really only one main character and maybe someone that needs saving and a few people to give you tips along the way, everyone else in the movie is a villian, so studios would create new characters, robbing part of what makes these games great, the isolated feeling, that you against the world feeling.

Two, games these days are so sophistacated, they're almost like a movie already, only you're controlling the action, why would I want to watch Bioshock on the big screen, when I could play the game, it's just like the movie only I'm the star.

True dat

 

[hippie_hunter]

With the except of Zelda.

Even Zelda. It would work much better as an anime than live action IMO.

 

[Infinity9999x]

I dont know if Movies based on Video Games will ever be successful. I think one of the problems is that unlike comic book movies there (argubaly) isnt that much depth and storyline. You've got a progession of some Comic Book characters over decades. Video game characters stay within there domain so to speak from title to title. So producers treat them as almost "one-dimensional" arcade game plotlines with some silly camp expressionistically speaking. Sometimes its a little difficult to make something progressive and different with House of Dead or whatever....

Now you can argue, that there has been some games in the past 15 years that defy that, but even in the best example, a lot of them feel like there already inspired by movies or novels that have been done already ( Hitman for instance). So the problem with that is when they transistion as movies, they kinda feel uninspired and done before ( Tell me you didnt feel that watching Doom and Hitman).

So I dont know, this maybe the one genre that will stuggle. Because unlike comics, there really isnt that much of material to work with, to be taken differently. I certainly cant see them making a video game movie in the same light as Batman Begins.

Having said all that, I will check out Street Fighter ( For sentimental reasons..) and maybe Mortal Kombat and Halo if there something worth check it out like eye candy or whatever...

While I mostly agree, I think some movies have quite a bit of depth.

Final Fantasy anyone?

Each of those games is like a book in and of itself, and I think some of the games, if translated right, could make amazing movies. Final Fantasy 7 and 8 in particular.

 

[Dr. Fate]

Guilty pleasure!

10/10

Big time guilty pleasure.

 

[Mr. Credible]

There's no reason a Pixar or Dreamworks Mario Movie wouldn't work. They would have a strong, reconisable mascot character, it could be a romantic comedy like Shrek, Action like The Incrediables, and they have a lot of Source Material. The Games have been selling in the Millions for over 20 Years, at $50 a pop.

They have a large Fan Base. It's a perfect set up for a new franchise. Maybe I'm too big of a fan, but I don't believe that a Mario CGI Action/Romantic Comedy geared for the Pixar Demographics would fail at the Box Office.

yeah... but the mario games' weakest link have always been their stories.

"fat, goofy plumber saves princess from turtle-dragon while eating mushrooms, spitting fire from eating magical flowers, and dodging autonomous giant bullets and huge talking mole-men while collecting stars that make him super..."

if they were to make a movie, A LOT would have to change about the story.

a lot of the more recent games in the last few years have had better and better stories that would be easily adaptable in the right hands, though.

 

[LastSunrise1981]

The last Wizard mag I got with Ledger as the Joker on the cover had a huge movie special where they named seriously a **** ton of movies and Castlevania is but one of like 3 vampire movies to come out in the next year or so. Also don't worry about them messing with the story to turn it into a cheap Dracula movie they specifically said it follows "the Belmont clan and their crusade against the evil of the lands so It'll be what we love most about it, true to material.

I thought Paul W.S. Anderson was writing the script for Castlevania? And the guy who directed "Stomp The Yard" is helming the camera for Castlevania if I'm not mistaken. Most likely it'll suck with Anderson involved and the Stomp The Yard guy.

 

[Victarion]

and I'll give you a Blockbuster card, cause thats the only place your gonna see that lol.

Good one.

Hot Topic's got a few of the dvd versions.

As far as VG movies go, Silent Hill was pretty good.

 

[Soapy]

Half-Life, anyone?

 

[Nightmare]

Only thing worse then Games to movies is, movies made into video games. Now those really suck. :

 

[SuBe]

yeah... but the mario games' weakest link have always been their stories.

"fat, goofy plumber saves princess from turtle-dragon while eating mushrooms, spitting fire from eating magical flowers, and dodging autonomous giant bullets and huge talking mole-men while collecting stars that make him super..."

if they were to make a movie, A LOT would have to change about the story.

a lot of the more recent games in the last few years have had better and better stories that would be easily adaptable in the right hands, though.

I don't think so. Have you played the Paper Mario Series or Parteners in Time, There's a lot of story and General Plot in those games. The Story isn't as engaging as say Incrediables, but it's there.

Shrek made over $2 billion dollars. "Green Ogre saves Cliche Princess from Dragon and evil Drawf guy, using an army of Fairytale Characters, hilarity ensues"

Ratatouille made $620 Million: "Rat teaches People to cook, hilarity ensues."

Over the Hedge made $320 Million: "Pests over-run a Urual Community, Hilarity ensues."

Now you have Mario: "Italian Sterotype saves Cliche Princess from Turtle-like Dragon thing that has a love/Crush on the Cliched Princess, hilarity ensues"

As long as the Studio gets good writers that understand the source material, Nintendo has a hand in making sure that there is Fan Service, we should be fine. I'm sure most of the people that would be working on this would be 20-40 year olds, and most of those people would have played some form of a Mario Game.

 

[Infinity9999x]

I still think that if you want to get a good video game based movie, do it off Final Fantasy. Many of those games already have good plots (they would just need to be simplified and tightened up in some cases) and they're very cinematic.

And let's forget the crap movie that came out a few years ago. I don't even know why they called it Final Fantasy. I want to see a movie based off one of the more popular games, like FF7 or FF8 or FF10. Those could be good movies if they tightened up the plot a bit.