Why Can't Hollywood Make a Good Video Game Movie?

Re:Why Can't Hollywood Make a Good Video Game Movie? by ebbv on Wednesday April 11, 2018 @02:21PM (#16813890)

Kinda cheating to call the Spirits Within a video game movie. It was titled Final Fantasy but was a wholly unique story and new characters and everything.

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Re:Why Can't Hollywood Make a Good Video Game Movie? by jakebasile on Wednesday April 11, 2018 @03:36PM (#16814696)

I did say "arguably". I know it's not a direct translation but to be fair many video game movies don't directly translate the source game either.

For another example, see Final Fantasy: Advent Children which is a sequel to Final Fantasy 7. It's pretty enjoyable.

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Re:Why Can't Hollywood Make a Good Video Game Movie? by CM30 on Wednesday April 11, 2018 @05:23PM (#16815828)

Most video game movies probably shouldn't directly translate the source game, since what works in a game and what works in a movie are so different.

And to be fair, most films based on other media don't directly translate their source material either. Oh sure, novel based films do, but most comic book movies seem to have plots written specifically for the movie, with elements from various comic issues mixed in. And most based on TV series usually have new stories too.

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Re:Why Can't Hollywood Make a Good Video Game Movie? by ygaf on Wednesday April 11, 2018 @02:48PM (#16814193)

Not sure why this is downvoted. If you don't have a videogame source material it's not going to have whatever problems a videogame movie has.

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