DOA Coming to the Theater Near You

pamri writes "DOA: Dead or Alive, the movie based on the Dead or Alive video game series is set to be released on August 25. The preview images and the trailer point to a more Charlies Angels 2 type fluff than a serious action movie. The girls are also seem friendlier with each other, in odds with the intense competition in the game." I tell people I bought a 360 for Oblivion. But I really bought it for the ladies of DOA.

Comments

Just What We Need

[Metabolife]

Another hollywood movie with absolutely no substance, and being based off a video game will probably condemn it to begin with. Does the MPAA actually blame pirating for declining sales?

What did you expect?

[interiot]

Dead or Alive's sole purpose seems to be to outdo Lara Croft for the most inaccurate representations of women in games. Did you really expect the movie version of that to have a whole lot of substance?

Re:What did you expect?

[rovingeyes]

"...the most inaccurate representations of women..."

Its otherwise known as fantasy. Why would I want to pay 10 bucks to see ugly fat women in movies and games?

Re:What did you expect?

[lucabrasi999]

Why would I want to pay 10 bucks to see ugly fat women in movies and games?

Oprah: the Video Game.

Re:What did you expect?

[bmac83]

Substance? Probably somewhere between C and DD.

Re:What did you expect?

[dubbreak]

One man's plus 5 funny is another womans -1 troll.

DOA??

[Alterion]

why do film companies choose the worst possible games to make movies out of? doom, resident evil, DOA.. all were horrible games to try and make into a film . A Film game needs to survive without the interactivity off the top of my head something like Spiderman or Starwars rouge-squadron would work well as a movie... ahh i've just realised those are the only 2 decent movie tie in games i can think of.

Scantily-clad Pixels

[digitaldc]

I tell people I bought a 360 for Oblivion. But I really bought it for the ladies of DOA.

When playing DOA, do you use an off-brand joystick?

I really really need to know

[rickmccl]

If there isn't going to be any volleyball, then I am not going to be interested.

Wow, Cory Yuen....

[sesshomaru]

Hmm, doesn't necessarily mean it will be good, or even the next The Heroic Trio , still Cory Yuen's filmography is encouraging:

* DOA: Dead or Alive
* The Transporter
* So Close
* Enter the Eagles
* Hero
* My Father Is a Hero
* High Risk
* The New Legend of Shaolin
* Bodyguard from Beijing
* Fong Sai Yuk
* Saviour of the Soul
* Top Bet
* All for the Winner
* She Shoots Straight
* Dragons Forever
* Righting Wrongs
* Yes, Madam

This is exactly the right kind of a director for a film based on DOA, we may end up with another Mortal Kombat. (I mean really, who didn't like Fong Sai Yuk? I've got it on VCD...)

Sob...

[RyoShin]

I saw a preview for this when I went to see UltraViolet, I think. I didn't even realize it was for Dead or Alive until they said the words. I haven't played the game much, but it looks completely bastardized. Basically, from what I could tell, they're playing up the women as a group of ninjas or something. WTF. Might as well have just adapted DOA: Beach Volleyball or whatever that game was called.

This movie will only do well if someone applies the nude mod.

Look at the quiz on the trailer page:

[suv4x4]

Dead Or Alive Trailer Real Lo
Dead Or Alive Trailer Real Med
Dead Or Alive Trailer Real Hi
Dead Or Alive Trailer Win Lo
Dead Or Alive Trailer Win Med
Dead Or Alive Trailer Win Hi
Dead Or Alive Trailer Qt Lo
Dead Or Alive Trailer Qt Med
Dead Or Alive Trailer QT Hi

I bet picking "Dead or Alive Trailer Real Lo" is the correct answer

Sicko. You disgust me

[SmallFurryCreature]

Volleyball. Geez. What kind of twisted mind wants to see that.

Now Beach volleyball. That would be good. Two on Two action between bouncing eh balls. Yeah it is all about the ball.

Oh and it does seem to be in there. Wonder if there is going to be a nude patch. What do you mean real girls don't come with a nude patch. What are real girls?

Re:Time spent with games is not spent socializing.

[timster]

Totally. That's what I tell my girlfriend when she's bugging me to play Crystal Chronicles: "I'm sorry, but I need to learn to accept responsibility, so I need to spend my time posting trolls to Slashdot."

Re:Ahem

[Gulthek]

A lot of people take movies seriously, yet we have porn.

A lot of people take books seriouly, yet we have smut (or romance) novels.

A lot of people take video games seriously, yet we have DoA.

If anything, videogames have the tamest seedier side of any entertainment medium.

That said, I do enjoy playing Dead or Alive and enjoy looking at the ladies, especially Lei Fang. Although my wife and I prefer Soul Calibur for the better gameplay and better campy material. She likes to ogle Nightmare and play Voldo, I like to ogle Sophitia and play Mitsurugi.

Right now we are playing Dreamfall. I enjoy the attractive main character, while she really digs Reza's (the character's ex boyfriend) voice.

See how the medium can appeal to all? :-)

Not pretending

[El_Smack]

At least it's not a self-proclaimed "Serious Movie" that has the female actresses bare their breasts and shake their asses because "It's Important to the Plot".

It seems more honorable to me to sell the movie with "Hey buddy! Hot chix kicking ass, and you get a couple peeks at the goodies!"

Kinda like the Man Show, no pretentions, no redeeming values. Just girls on trampolines.

Coming?

[macemoneta]

"DOA Coming to the Theater Near You"

Coming? From what I've seen in the theaters, they've been showing nothing but DOA stuff for years.