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Video Games Hit The Big Screen
Anonymous Coward writes "A movie theatre owner in Logan, Utah is hoping to start a new trend by bringing video games (Halo in this case) to the big screen. The local newspaper in Logan, The Herald Journal has a nice write-up about the success they had. Does anyone else think this could catch on to be successful, especially in college towns?"
...don't browse Slashdot at -1 on the big screen, lest you get a ten foot gaping surprise.
It would be cool if it didn't suck.
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There are other "rumors" of this type of thing. Wasn't there an intent stated to have a Doom movie (many moons ago)? And I'm certain we could come up with plenty of other ones. But there is a case of movie->games->movie
(movie #1) Predator + (movie #2)Alien -> (game #1)"Alien vs. Predator" + (game #2)"Alien vs. Predator v2" -> (movie)"Alien vs. Predator"
It's either FOAF|UL or I think they're floating a balloon and see how much buzz there is about it? It's more realistic than hiring a feedback panel. "Leak" the story, then watch for activity on slashdot, usenet, etc. and figure out if there's a possibility of it working. Game sales outperform movie sales. Why not merge the two? Gosh, it must be better than both!
Just remember:
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i.e. Tomb Raider, Mortal Kombat, Resident Evil... just to name a few...
They couldn't fix my brakes, so they made my horn louder.
*thinks*
Street Fighter
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Mortal Kombat
Yeah. GREAT idea... indeed.