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Thunderscream wrote:Also, to get back on track a little, don't video game adaptions usually flop at the box office? I don't remember one that's been done very well.

I've heard that the first Mortal Kombat film (A very good VG Adaptation, oddly enough, directed by Paul WS Anderson, although it was extremely close to source material), and one or both Tomb Raider films did pretty good.

I actually though they did well with Tomb Raider.

I have odd taste in movies.

Shadowman wrote:I have odd taste in movies.

Or you simply no how to sit back and enjoy a movie and not over-analyse it.

Or you're a low brow unintelligent like myself. Feel free to kick Leo, it'll make you feel better.

Burn wrote:

Shadowman wrote:I have odd taste in movies.

Or you simply no how to sit back and enjoy a movie and not over-analyse it.

Or you're a low brow unintelligent like myself. Feel free to kick Leo, it'll make you feel better.

*Kicks Leo hard enough to kill a lion.*
*Hey, an astronomy joke.*

I like Paul WS Anderson!!

Shadowman wrote:

Burn wrote:

Shadowman wrote:I have odd taste in movies.

Or you simply no how to sit back and enjoy a movie and not over-analyse it.

Or you're a low brow unintelligent like myself. Feel free to kick Leo, it'll make you feel better.

*Kicks Leo hard enough to kill a lion.*
*Hey, an astronomy joke.*

I like Paul WS Anderson!!

Paul Anderson? I mean seriously, you gotta be sh*ttin' me.

Apparently your idea of a good movie must be no more complex than a hot girl, guns, and explosions.

Shadowman wrote:I like Paul WS Anderson!!

Now you're just being silly.

Supreme Convoy wrote:

Senor Hugo wrote:Look at the old movies, like the Errol Flynn version of Robin Hood, or the Prince of Arabia. THose are damned good movies, while they don't use mind blowing graphics to propel the story, they use actors who know their trade to make the story awesome.

Just because I was thinking about it earlier: The Good, The Bad, & The Ugly and The Magnificent Seven are amazing action movies and they still hold up today.

Most recently, I watched The Great Escape for the first time and my jaw dropped.

I understand why Steve McQueen is the King of Cool.

QFT mutha F'n truth You gotta see BULLITT one of the greatest car chases of all time.

Shadowman wrote:

Burn wrote:

Shadowman wrote:I have odd taste in movies.

Or you simply no how to sit back and enjoy a movie and not over-analyse it.

Or you're a low brow unintelligent like myself. Feel free to kick Leo, it'll make you feel better.

*Kicks Leo hard enough to kill a lion.*
*Hey, an astronomy joke.*

I like Paul WS Anderson!!

*falls down, ruffles splishing into muddy water*

Shadowman, Shadowman, Shadowman...Paul W.S. Anderson? For shame!

Seriously, I thought the first Mortal Kombat movie was good in that it was as good an adaptation of a video game as a movie can be. I don't really see how Mortal Kombat could have been done any better on film. It was certainly the most faithful of all the VG movie adaptations that I've seen (except for maybe the Street Fighter II anime).

Tomb Raider bored me to tears, though. I didn't watch the sequel.

I found it funny that at their height of their "war", Street Fighter II was more popular (in my area at least) than Mortal Kombat.

Yet when it came to the movies, MK won hands down over that pitiful SF movie.
That's what you get for hiring Kylie Minogue you idiots.

Burn wrote:I found it funny that at their height of their "war", Street Fighter II was more popular (in my area at least) than Mortal Kombat.

Yet when it came to the movies, MK won hands down over that pitiful SF movie.
That's what you get for hiring Kylie Minogue you idiots.

Kylie Minogue? There's nothing wrong with Kylie or anyone else who's ever been in the fantastic Neighbours.

I believe the film was doomed when they cast Van Damme.

"Colonel Guile, have you lost your mind?"

"No. You've lost your balls."

O, and that stealth boat that turns invisible but one can still tell where it is as one can still see the waves it's making.

Should've hired Stefan Dennis. He is seven kinds of brilliant.

Leonardo wrote:Kylie Minogue? There's nothing wrong with Kylie

You just lost all cool points with me.

Burn wrote:

Leonardo wrote:Kylie Minogue? There's nothing wrong with Kylie

You just lost all cool points with me.

She's fine, apart from her music and her acting (though I've only seen her in Neighbours and Street Fighter).

Leonardo wrote:

Burn wrote:

Leonardo wrote:Kylie Minogue? There's nothing wrong with Kylie

You just lost all cool points with me.

She's fine, apart from her music and her acting (though I've only seen her in Neighbours and Street Fighter).

It's a waste of time trying to convince me of her good points. I don't like her, whatever she does. I insist you guys keep her, make her a citizen, then take her passport so she can't leave!

Burn wrote:

Leonardo wrote:

Burn wrote:

Leonardo wrote:Kylie Minogue? There's nothing wrong with Kylie

You just lost all cool points with me.

She's fine, apart from her music and her acting (though I've only seen her in Neighbours and Street Fighter).

It's a waste of time trying to convince me of her good points. I don't like her, whatever she does. I insist you guys keep her, make her a citizen, then take her passport so she can't leave!

I'd rather we didn't. I don't really like her that much. I'll happily take Lyn Scully from Neighbours, though.

How did she land the role of Cammie, anyway?

Leonardo wrote:How did she land the role of Cammie, anyway?

My memory is vague but I think the actual movie may have been filmed in Australia.

And with her being the biggest female star in Australia at the time ...

Burn wrote:

Leonardo wrote:How did she land the role of Cammie, anyway?

My memory is vague but I think the actual movie may have been filmed in Australia.

And with her being the biggest female star in Australia at the time ...

Was she big during the making of SF? I thought that was her quiet period, between her Eighties endeavours and her more recent successes.

Why did we end up with Kylie and yet the U.S. landed Jesse Spencer and Alan Dale?

Leonardo wrote:Why did we end up with Kylie and yet the U.S. landed Jesse Spencer?

Probably some secret deal between the US government and the Australian government. No doubt they're using it as a basis for their refugee plan to send to swap Cuban refugees for Indonesian refugees.

It's all Kylie's fault.
And Kylie was in Street Fighter.
Which was a movie adaption of a video game.
Like Prince of Persia was. See! We're still on topic!

Burn wrote:It's all Kylie's fault.
And Kylie was in Street Fighter.
Which was a movie adaption of a video game.
Like Prince of Persia was. See! We're still on topic!

Well done.

Greed wrote:Apparently your idea of a good movie must be no more complex than a hot girl, guns, and explosions.

It's funny, I used that same sentence--Though in a positive light--to describe the perfect movie to my dad.

Because I don't over analyze movies until I've watched them five times or more.

Well, a bit of good news from the Prince of Persia movie, or at least a rumor to go along with the Bay rumor.

Wikipedia wrote:The script was written by Jordan Mechner. Jerry Bruckheimer will be the film's producer. Disney is rumored to be in charge of distribution.

So it's possible Bruckheimer will keep the movie as awesome as the game.

IMDB, even though they're unreliable, have Bruckheimer producing as well.

Senor Hugo wrote:Well, a bit of good news from the Prince of Persia movie, or at least a rumor to go along with the Bay rumor.

Wikipedia wrote:The script was written by Jordan Mechner. Jerry Bruckheimer will be the film's producer. Disney is rumored to be in charge of distribution.

So it's possible Bruckheimer will keep the movie as awesome as the game.

IMDB, even though they're unreliable, have Bruckheimer producing as well.

I heard about that. Jerry Bruckheimer is good at films like these.

Disney is probably better than most, because Sands of Time was about as family friendly as Pirates of the Carribean. Not nearly as adult-oriented as Warrior Within, but I don't know about Two Thrones. (Haven't played that one yet)