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Coppola Slams Godfather Game

Posted by Zonk on from the collaborate-with-the-original-vision dept.

greysky writes "Gamespot cites an interview on AMC where Coppola reveals that he is upset with Paramount for making his Godfather movies into a video game. He's quoted as saying 'I knew nothing about it. They never asked me if I thought it was a good idea...I think it's a misuse of film'. The interview is set to air on AMC this Sunday."

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  1. One condition by Atriqus · · Score: 5, Funny

    The game should be based on part III so that way the fewest number of people will care about them ruining the movie.

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  2. good--maybe by cahiha · · Score: 2, Interesting

    If the movie studios piss off enough important people, maybe people will be less quick to sign over their rights and let them run the show.

  3. Boo hoo. by Seumas · · Score: 3, Insightful

    As someone who has never seen a God Father movie, all I can say is I suppose it sucks for him, but it's not really up to him. If God Father belongs to Paramount, they can do whatever they like.

  4. No point in this game. by generalleoff · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Really the whole idea of a godfater game is kinda dumb. The best they will be able to do is just make a mafia game so they could just name it something else and avoide the whole "games based on movies suck" negitive image it will get right from the start. Even if this game turnes out super great and is the best game of the year they are still going to have that wall to get over. The movie basis is going to knock the score down no mater what. I'm sure the first thought that crossed everyones mind even fans of the movies was "not another movie converted to a game" :)

    1. Re:No point in this game. by kiddygrinder · · Score: 2, Insightful

      The thing is, most people who buy games don't know the "movies->Games" thing makes the game suck. I bet the matrix game was one of the highest selling console games of it's time. They could probably make "Virtual turd: The underside of the matrix" and people will still buy it, cause that's the way it works.

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  5. Easy money? by El_Muerte_TDS · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Is it that difficult to be original? Do you have to use an existing story? Why would you want to replay the story you've seen 100s of times on TV. Just make a new mafia game, with a new story.
    Anyone played the game called Mafia? It was a great game with a good story, set in 1930. So fund a sequal to that game to be set in 1980. I'm sure it would be much more succesfull than a simple remake of a Godfather movie into a game.

    1. Re:Easy money? by gl4ss · · Score: 3, Insightful

      it's harder to get financing if you're trying to be original. but true, the name and the character names have very little to do if the game will be good or not - however, unfortunately, they do have very much to do with the game selling big or not(and getting space in gaming mags and gettins helf space.. all which equalt to selling big on the first few weeks).

      I also think Mafia from few years back is the best mafioso game still though.. and probably for a few years to come. a fun, challenging game that had a good story, excellent graphics and most of the time good gameplay.

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  6. Excuse me... by Nice2Cats · · Score: 2, Insightful

    ...but wasn't the original "Godfather" a book? This is not Coppola's baby, but Mario Puzo's. Even given that Puzo's dead, what is Coppola shooting his mouth off? When they do the film version of "Apocalypse Now", I'll listen.

    1. Re:Excuse me... by fmita · · Score: 4, Insightful

      First of all, Apocalypse Now is based on "Heart of Darkness" by Joseph Conrad, and second of all, the game is quite obviously based on Coppola's characters--what, with Duvall and such doing voices for it. They even have the rights from Paramount, not from whatever publishing company.

  7. They aren't even Coppola's characters. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Interesting

    He adapted the story from a (admittedly inferior) novel by Mario Puzo.

    Anyway, if he denounces the project it probably means it's going to be a great game. Based on the last six or eight films he's made, his artistic judgement has gone into the toilet.

  8. Honestly shouldn't matter. by Elwood+P+Dowd · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Frequently, the people that understand a work of art least of all are the people that created it in the first place. This game may very well suck, but that isn't because it's inherently a bad idea to adapt Godfather, and it isn't because Francis Ford Coppola would know how to do it correctly.

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  9. Surely you jest! by Guppy06 · · Score: 2, Insightful

    "'I knew nothing about it. They never asked me if I thought it was a good idea...I think it's a misuse of film'"

    I don't believe it! An MPAA member ignoring the will of content creators? I would have expected a relationship at least as rosy as RIAA members maintain with their artists...

  10. Let me get this straight by baldass_newbie · · Score: 2, Funny

    What you're saying is, "Lighten up, Francis?"

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  11. Did he complain last time? by S.+Traaken · · Score: 5, Interesting

    In the early 90s, The Godfather was released for Amiga, Atari and DOS. Check em out at Moby games and the Amiga version specifically at Hall of Light

  12. Re:Misuse of film? by greysky · · Score: 4, Interesting

    The original story that I submitted was from FoxNews.com, but whoever approved the story (Zonk) modified the link to point to gamespot or whatever. Blame the editor. Here's the link to the story that I submitted: Foxnews.com

  13. He's a very scary guy. by Ackmo · · Score: 2, Insightful

    They should have made him an offer he couldn't refuse.