Why no video game movies?

While it is pretty plain that nearly all video game movie adaptations are failures, i find it hard to believe that video games are not subject to constant movie adaptations. Its obvious in the past few ideas that Hollywood has run out of any creative ideas and has so for a long time. Re-making plenty of 80's classics and ruining them. Pretty much raiding comic books as well. So why not? There are a huge amount of games with a brilliant story, setting and characters.

Splinter Cell

Metal Gear Solid

Halo

Examples of brilliant stories ripe for Hollywood to snatch.

They probably would all suck anyway, i just find it hard that nobody wants to make them.

While it is pretty plain that nearly all video game movie adaptations are failures, i find it hard to believe that video games are not subject to constant movie adaptations. Its obvious in the past few ideas that Hollywood has run out of any creative ideas and has so for a long time. Re-making plenty of 80's classics and ruining them. Pretty much raiding comic books as well. So why not? There are a huge amount of games with a brilliant story, setting and characters.

Splinter Cell

Metal Gear Solid

Halo

Examples of brilliant stories ripe for Hollywood to snatch.

They probably would all suck anyway, i just find it hard that nobody wants to make them.

Ilovegames1992

One of the reasons why there are not more video game turned movies is the risk factor. Movie companies rather stick to what they know will bring them at least a moderate amount of income, rather than risk it by investing in something new. As far as i know productions of BioShock and Halo were halted due to budgeting issues (and some other), but you have a valid point which i raised several months ago as well.

I think the same think exists in the video game industry when we see a new COD or BC coming out every year. One can only conclude they are safe investments.

Bottom line is that we, as gamers, can feel blessed to a certain extend because we do not want out favorite game to be ruined by Hollywood.

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While it is pretty plain that nearly all video game movie adaptations are failures, i find it hard to believe that video games are not subject to constant movie adaptations. Its obvious in the past few ideas that Hollywood has run out of any creative ideas and has so for a long time. Re-making plenty of 80's classics and ruining them. Pretty much raiding comic books as well. So why not? There are a huge amount of games with a brilliant story, setting and characters.

Splinter Cell

Metal Gear Solid

Halo

Examples of brilliant stories ripe for Hollywood to snatch.

They probably would all suck anyway, i just find it hard that nobody wants to make them.

EvilSelf

One of the reasons why there are not more video game turned movies is the risk factor. Movie companies rather stick to what they know will bring them at least a moderate amount of income, rather than risk it by investing in something new. As far as i know productions of BioShock and Halo were halted due to budgeting issues (and some other), but you have a valid point which i raised several months ago as well.

I think the same think exists in the video game industry when we see a new COD or BC coming out every year. One can only conclude they are safe investments.

Bottom line is that we, as gamers, can feel blessed to a certain extend because we do not want out favorite game to be ruined by Hollywood.

The odd thing is though. Hollywood doesnt really care about ruining a franchise for the hardcore fans imho, they only care about revenue. I can only see a game like Halo doing amazingly well in terms of revenue becasue i think games are a lot more universal and have a much bigger fan base. I guess it would be a risk but i think casual fans would flock to see certain big game franchises as movies. In all honesty, bar Mortal Kombat, i dont think there has been a good game movie. But yes i agree they shouldnt do them anyway as i dont want a bunch of idiots who know nothing about games to all of a sudden love Halo or any other franchise because they saw it in the cinema.

There are a huge amount of games with a brilliant storyIlovegames1992

No. There are pretty much none.

Arent they making a Sims movie? Of all the games to pick from....

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There are a huge amount of games with a brilliant storyseankane

No. There are pretty much none.

Wow.

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There are a huge amount of games with a brilliant storyIlovegames1992

No. There are pretty much none.

Wow.

Exactly what I thought when I read your comment.

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No. There are pretty much none.

seankane

Wow.

Exactly what I thought when I read your comment.

Ok then. All opinions i guess.

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There are a huge amount of games with a brilliant storyseankane

No. There are pretty much none.

You're playing the wrong games if you think there are no good stories.

What games do have good stories then?

Based on history, chances are that if a new videogame movie would be done, Uwe Boll would be the director. That's why there are no video game movies, thank god.

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There are a huge amount of games with a brilliant storyme_rock

No. There are pretty much none.

You're playing the wrong games if you think there are no good stories.

Yeah no joke. This gen may have not been kind to stories in games but there are still plenty of good ones out there. I have a few problems with games being made into movies though. For the few video game movies out there are pretty much all awful. It always feels like the people that make the movies never even played the game which should be a requirement imo and not just an 1 hour or something the whole game.

Its just a though thing in general to take a 10 or more hour game and stuff it into an hour and 30 min movie. They often dont even try and just come out with completely brand new stories that in no way do the game justice. Some games like MGS and Heavy rain dont even need movies they are already cinematic enough. A movie for those types of games would only serve to bastardize and ruin the story of the game.

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There are a huge amount of games with a brilliant storyme_rock

No. There are pretty much none.

You're playing the wrong games if you think there are no good stories.

You're notreading the right books/watching the right movies if you think video games have good stories.

I love games, butit doesn't blind me to the fact that they fall quite short in the story department. Even the supposedly 'good' stories like Halo, Half-Life,Metal Gear Solid, etc are still second-rate at best.

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No. There are pretty much none.

seankane

You're playing the wrong games if you think there are no good stories.

You're notreading the right books/watching the right movies if you think video games have good stories.

I love games, butit doesn't blind me to the fact that they fall quite short in the story department. Even the supposedly 'good' stories like Halo, Half-Life,Metal Gear Solid, etc are still second-rate at best.

Okami might make a pretty decent movie.

A RED DEAD REDEMPTION MOVIE WOULD BE AMAZING!!!

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There are a huge amount of games with a brilliant story

No. There are pretty much none.

It would cost production companies so much money to make a movie like Halo or Gears of War. That is a major factor.

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There are a huge amount of games with a brilliant storyseankane

No. There are pretty much none.

I'd like to see them make movies out of Alan Wake, Mass Effect, and Splinter Cell.

I also tend to agree that there are some games with very decent stories and most importantly a story that will catch Hollywood's attention. It is not like we dont see movies with clicheed stories over and over again nowadays...

I think Final Fantasy was a pretty good movie, Doom & Tomb Raider were ok. I was looking forward to the Dead Space movie, but i heard it got cancelled.

Yes, i'd like to see more games turned into movies.

Bioshock or Metroid. I think they could make a decent movie in those settings.

Bioshock or Metroid. I think they could make a decent movie in those settings.

G0ld3n_0ne

Bioshock was canceled due to difference in director/producer opinions as to what rating the movie would be? R or PG13...

Prince of Persia, res evil, bloodrayne, max payne and doom

Gears is in the making.

Halo was canceled because M$ wanted a large chunch of profits.

There will be more video game turned movie in the future. i dont see why you think there wont

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You're playing the wrong games if you think there are no good stories.

Patrickbrown56

You're notreading the right books/watching the right movies if you think video games have good stories.

I love games, butit doesn't blind me to the fact that they fall quite short in the story department. Even the supposedly 'good' stories like Halo, Half-Life,Metal Gear Solid, etc are still second-rate at best.

Its completely relevant, though. A movie that uses lousy source material probably wont turn out that great.

Until I'm moved by a video game storyline like I was moved by Schindler's List, or Shawshank Redemption, or Cast Away or some other great movie, then I will remain adamant that video games stories have never been better than second-rate. Frankly, its disturbing that anyone else could disagree, though I feel its more a case of video game fans being completely biased and not being able to rate these video game stories objectively.

erm no thanks...just because old classics and comics are being butchered doesnt mean they have to start doing it to video games again....penpusher

exactly. its is MUCH safer and more profitable for movie producers to just go out and make another sequel (or episode 3, 4, 5, etc) instead of risking ALL of their money on making a movie based off Saints Row or something. Movie games = crap. Game movies = crap. It's just a WELL KNOWN FACT. I dont even want to see a low-budget movie based off of ANY video game. I'd rather see a movie that is ORIGINAL. and I HATE video games based off of movies almost always.