Did anyone else think that MK trailer above was pretty damn cool? Those few short minutes of film made many game to movie adaptations look ridiculous. It was the way an MK movie SHOULD be. I'll never understand why Hollywood has to take something that's pure gold already and change it beyond recognition. Why screw up something that is already popular and done well? Stick to the source material and you literally couldn't fail, but for some reason they never do this.
That being said, I think many games already have good stories in them, including Doom. The problem is most movie studios never seem to want to stick with the source. Directors want to put their own spin on it in the name of "art" or whatever, or writers are completely out of touch with the material, or they try to appeal to a larger audience for more box office which is nothing but total greed. The very reason some of these games are so popular is because of what they already are on their own. And, many games have more originality in their stories than some of the crap Hollywood churns out and calls "original".
It boggles the mind that there is nearly no good director out there who feels he shouldn't change something that is already great and in some cases, iconic. Some games are popular for a reason, and would be excellent if directly translated. Hollywood is completely out of original ideas considering how many reboots and remakes there are, so I don't get why they have to take something truly original and turn it into utter crap. Stick with what made the property huge in the first place!! This extends to books and comics as well.
Doom always had a great back story and was about a lone solider's fight for survival. It should've been dark, bloody, and scary just like the game but they couldn't pull that off even with an R rating. Instead they murdered the concept and dissapointed fans. If they'd taken it for what it was and based it on that it would've totally kicked ass. There must be something in the water out in Cali that makes movie makers retarded....
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Did anyone else think that MK trailer above was pretty damn cool? Those few short minutes of film made many game to movie adaptations look ridiculous. It was the way an MK movie SHOULD be. I'll never understand why Hollywood has to take something that's pure gold already and change it beyond recognition. Why screw up something that is already popular and done well? Stick to the source material and you literally couldn't fail, but for some reason they never do this.
That being said, I think many games already have good stories in them, including Doom. The problem is most movie studios never seem to want to stick with the source. Directors want to put their own spin on it in the name of "art" or whatever, or writers are completely out of touch with the material, or they try to appeal to a larger audience for more box office which is nothing but total greed. The very reason some of these games are so popular is because of what they already are on their own. And, many games have more originality in their stories than some of the crap Hollywood churns out and calls "original".
It boggles the mind that there is nearly no good director out there who feels he shouldn't change something that is already great and in some cases, iconic. Some games are popular for a reason, and would be excellent if directly translated. Hollywood is completely out of original ideas considering how many reboots and remakes there are, so I don't get why they have to take something truly original and turn it into utter crap. Stick with what made the property huge in the first place!! This extends to books and comics as well.
Doom always had a great back story and was about a lone solider's fight for survival. It should've been dark, bloody, and scary just like the game but they couldn't pull that off even with an R rating. Instead they murdered the concept and dissapointed fans. If they'd taken it for what it was and based it on that it would've totally kicked ass. There must be something in the water out in Cali that makes movie makers retarded....