Topic: I knew it! Castlevania: Lords of Shadow!(SPOILERS HERE, PLZ USE THE SPOILER TAG)

[Munchy]

What's funny is in term of video game based movies....it still wasn't all that bad.

Yeah. It sure got the atmosphere and look right, no doubt. It was very pretty to look at. But they took out all the mystery and added the heavily overused "psycho Christians" motif. Not to mention making the characters dumb as bricks. "LOL I BETTER LEG IT FROM DIS POPO SO I'S CAN GET TA SILENT HILL ON TIME!"

I still like Street Fighter: The Movie better. At least it was hilariously bad. Raul Julia and the guy who played Zangief stole the show.

And I have to say, Lords of Shadow has eliminated the need for Castlevania: The Game of the Movie, so at least Konami has that base covered.

[VeteranVk]

Now let's just hope that Lords of shadow isn't the Castlevania that inspires the movie.

[DarkPrinceAlucard]

Now let's just hope that Lords of shadow isn't the Castlevania that inspires the movie.

This multiplied by 100 ^^^.

[Ahasverus]

This multiplied by 100 ^^^.

I have the feeling somehow that it's going to be the one. Why did they wait for it then? also, it has more cinematic value (not delivery but that'¡s another story)

[Nagumo]

If they really have to make a movie then I would be more then happy to sacrifice Lords. Also, because of how cinematic it is like mentioned before and because it's already not much like the series anyway since it's a reboot so it would be impossible for them to screw that up even more. 

l-lol   

[Inccubus]

... so it would be impossible for them to screw that up even more.

You're underestimating Hollywood's ability to screw things up. LOL

[REmaster]

You're underestimating Hollywood's ability to screw things up. LOL

Resident Evil is my favorite series. You've seen what Hollywood has done to that.

Inb4 Alice kicks ass, NO.

[Sindra]

Resident Evil is my favorite series. You've seen what Hollywood has done to that.

Inb4 Alice kicks ass, NO.

HAHAHA....good man. I agree totally. Paul Anderson was good when he made stupid campy films like Mortal Kombat, did ok with the first RE film, then BOMBED with the rest of 'em. Now he's just beating the dead horse and pissing off fans left and right....all to make a few more bucks off of what I consider an abomination of a film series. That, and the Alice character is nothing more than a Black Hole Sue.( or God Mode Sue, in which case she's the first entry under the film category) I still refuse to watch the last two movies. The 2nd one hurt my soul as it is. (You don't upstage Jill Valentine, dammit!)

And Munchy, Street Fighter the Game the Movie was so horrible it was classic. As much as people feel bad for Raul Julia as it was his last film before he died, I think it accentuated his career perfectly - campy and fun. He was such an amazing Large Ham is was awesome.

[Belmondo]

Man, Resident Evil sucked. Street Fighter and Mortal Kombat are both great though. The best way to do a videogame movie, it seems, is to have generous helpings of cheese and ham, if you catch my drift.

I wouldn't want to see this style applied to Castlevania, though. I kind of think that Van Helsing is the closest we're going to get to a Castlevania movie.

[crisis]

I still think DoomMortal Kombat was the best game-to-movie adaptation to date. It kept things simple, handled all the characters well, decent casting, didn't stray too far from the source material, etc. Nothing really "terrible" about it imo (compared to other adaptations).

The sequel, on the other hand. . .

[X]

The Mortal Kombat 2 Movie was a giganitc mess of too much at one time rathern then pacing the story into several sequals. I didn't mind the first RE movie but since I never played RE1, 2, or 3 I wasn't expecting anything in terms of dissapointment. I was however scratching my head at that female lead role. She was never in the games to my knowlege and she seems to be in the same league as Nemesis. --?--

I do hope that LoS is not the next CV movie. I wouldn't be able to watch it.

-X

[Inccubus]

Paul Anderson was good when he made stupid campy films like Mortal Kombat, did ok with the first RE film, then BOMBED with the rest of 'em. Now he's just beating the dead horse and pissing off fans left and right....all to make a few more bucks off of what I consider an abomination of a film series. That, and the Alice character is nothing more than a Black Hole Sue.( or God Mode Sue, in which case she's the first entry under the film category) I still refuse to watch the last two movies. The 2nd one hurt my soul as it is. (You don't upstage Jill Valentine, dammit!)

Good lord! I couldn't have put that any better. You've managed to exactly manifest my feelings for this contemptible whoring of a great gaming franchise. (Jill Valentine needs no one's help! People that cannot open locks or play the piano beg for her mighty powers!!)

[DarkPrinceAlucard]

I still think DoomMortal Kombat was the best game-to-movie adaptation to date. It kept things simple, handled all the characters well, decent casting, didn't stray too far from the source material, etc. Nothing really "terrible" about it imo (compared to other adaptations).

The sequel, on the other hand. . .

I completely agree with this.

Even tho Mortal Kombat changed some of the core story (like having Sub Zero work with Scorpion for instance) it still kept the basic "feel" of the Mortal Kombat series intact in my honest opinion.

[Inccubus]

...it still kept the basic "feel" of the Mortal Kombat series intact in my honest opinion.

This is what Hollywood seems to not 'get'.

[DragonSlayr81]

Of course Hollywood doesn't get it. "Feel" is expendable when it comes to selling out. This is also true with the boom of Hollywood reboots. Most reboots tend to go for the "sellout" formula and abandon everything significant to what made the original great. "Let's toss some cool music, get MTV to play misleading trailers, cast familiar young faces, even if they are TOTALLY miscast, who cares?! If the original was a drama, lets turn it into a full blown COMEDY!!". Watch out, and this is a nugget of foresight. That type of formula is how you can usually tell which reboots and adaptations will be stinkers. People might say I take this stuff too seriously, but c'mon. When you say "Movie based on a Video Game", it shouldn't be a bad thing. Especially if you love a video game, you only want to see the best for it. You don't want people to make a joke out of it and have people mocking it on the late night talk shows. The whole "bad video game movie" thing shouldn't even be an issue, because there are so many ways you can do them RIGHT AND keep true to the source material. I mean, look at Double Dragon. LOL! What the hell happened there?! I, personally, envisioned a true Double Dragon movie to be a cross between Streets of Fire and The Last Dragon(which, as hokey as it is, felt more like the style of what those types of games was), and probably many other 70s and 80s martial arts movies. I mean, The Last Dragon, in the dance club battle, you have the bad guys all resembling enemies you'd fight in those 80s/90s beat-em-up games(like Double Dragon, Final Fight, Streets of Rage). I remember I was watching it on cable a couple years back and my little brother walked in during that scene and said that they all look like video game bosses. LOL!