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Fantastic news for fans of BIOSHOCK!!!

Published at:  May 09, 2008 1:02:10 AM CDT

Ahoy, squirts! Quint here. If you own or have been in the immediate vicinity of an XBOX 360 in the last year you've probably played BIOSHOCK. If you haven't, BIOSHOCK was one of the coolest releases on any platform last year.





The game opens with an ocean plane crash. You control the one survivor as he's adrift. As the wreckage of his plane sinks he sees a small, rocky island... weirdly, there's an art deco style building.

You come to find that there was a civilization that created an underwater city in the '30s... until something went horribly wrong. Gene splicing, steampunk, mutants, super powers... it's all here, but with an amazingly beautiful art deco '30s era backdrop and music.





It's been known that the adaptation rights were scooped up, but the big news today is that a director has been attached. Universal brought none other than Gore Verbinski (PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN series) in to direct and AVIATOR scripter John Logan is in talks to write the screenplay.

I am stoked for this. It's a helluva game, with a fantastic visual signature... and now a visionary director is attached. That automatically negates cries of "it can't be done! Video games don't work as movies!" The man turned a theme park ride into a fantastic series!

On behalf of all Bioshock fans, I say, "Mr. Verbinski. Would you kindly make a kick-ass movie?"






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  • May 09, 2008 12:55:09 AM CDT

    1st

    by dogma_jedi

  • May 09, 2008 12:55:21 AM CDT

    1st

    by dogma_jedi

  • May 09, 2008 12:56:38 AM CDT

    OK.. now that i got that out the way....

    by dogma_jedi

    I freaking loooved this game. I would love to see another game as well. This movie can't come out soon enough.

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  • May 09, 2008 12:59:04 AM CDT

    Ahem...

    by chickendelicious

    Oh HELL YEAH! This has one of the best stories out of any game I've played, and I always thought was a natural for adaptation into film. Anyone who owns a 360 or PC, would you kindly do yourselves a favor and check this game out?

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  • May 09, 2008 1:00:52 AM CDT

    I can deal with this

    by hikaru ichijo

    In fact, I didn't realize there were anymore interesting video games. Video games being "the new book" you see...

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  • May 09, 2008 1:01:05 AM CDT

    John Logan isn't exactly good news...

    by literarywanderer

    This is the guys responsible for such "hits" as Star Trek: Nemesis, The Time Machines, and Bats. Hopefully there is a co-writer or script doctor to clean up this guy's mess.

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  • May 09, 2008 1:01:28 AM CDT

    oh boy sweet, dissapointment

    by angrykirby.tk

    if it doesn't have the golf club scene verbaiten, then it will be shit.

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  • May 09, 2008 1:04:25 AM CDT

    no subject

    by abacu1247

    no one is a fan of this

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  • May 09, 2008 1:05:05 AM CDT

    This is awesome news!

    by live.

    One of my favorite directors tackles the difficult art of video game adaptation, but I have full faith in him.

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  • May 09, 2008 1:09:34 AM CDT

    uhhh ok

    by wenis

    i smell mediocre cg fest....i cant wait to see the awesome ending! snore.

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  • May 09, 2008 1:16:50 AM CDT

    This is great!

    by snomusic

    Now if only they'd make Ultra Violet into a game!So since I don't have BioShock, should I wait until it comes to a theatre before I play the game, or should I play the game to prepare for the movie?!Someone please help!

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  • May 09, 2008 1:18:55 AM CDT

    Which Mr Verbinski will it be?

    by jackrabbitslim

    Will it be of the Great Pirates 1 or middling Pirates 2 Gore? Or will it be the Whatthefuck Pirates 3, Mouse Hunt and The Mexican Gore? So, no, i don't think it "negates" the fact that there hasn't been a quality video game adaptation yet. And I'm using Fact in the Newtonian sense of the word.

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  • May 09, 2008 1:24:30 AM CDT

    sno....

    by dogma_jedi

    play the game

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  • May 09, 2008 1:37:21 AM CDT

    I loved Bioshock

    by silentp

    but I really have no desire to see it done as a movie. I loved it mostly for how immersive it was. Still, if it's good, I'll be happy. I'm not *against* it being made, I just... don't really care. Verbinski is a nice choice, though.

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  • May 09, 2008 1:37:26 AM CDT

    Damn Splicers!

    by miracleman

    Give 'em the combo! Zap 'em, then whack 'em... the one-two punch!

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  • May 09, 2008 1:38:35 AM CDT

    To be fair

    by silentp

    movies can be immersive too. Especially horror. So if he can pull that immersion factor off, it could be cool.

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  • May 09, 2008 1:45:43 AM CDT

    I beat Bioshock.

    by orionsangels

    It was a great game. All the while playing it I kept thinking. What a great movie this would make.

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  • May 09, 2008 1:53:59 AM CDT

    This game is amazing...

    by gorydon

    I always thought Ed Norton could play the lead. Not that you even see the main characters face in the game. The ending needs to be tweaked though. For such a great ride, the end of the game was horrible.

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  • May 09, 2008 1:56:18 AM CDT

    I know who can play Andrew Ryan!

    by orionsangels

    John Hillerman from Magnum P.I.

    http://tinyurl.com/6rj3sl

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  • May 09, 2008 2:10:53 AM CDT

    Fantastic!

    by biggusdickus

    ...and afterwards can we have a Half-Life movie? And a decent Lara Croft movie with Rhona Mitra? And a Doom movie that isn't crap?<p.Thanks, Movie-Santa!

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  • May 09, 2008 2:11:47 AM CDT

    Please, please, please, be good.

    by the guy who slept through everything.

  • May 09, 2008 2:14:47 AM CDT

    the movie will be decent but this is complete bullshit

    by winterchili

    that story was custom tailored for the videogame medium. while it has its faults, it has its virtues too and nothing interesting about it translates into a film. just the generic sci/fi bits you can find in a million books. sigh.

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  • May 09, 2008 2:14:52 AM CDT

    Going To Require Some Major Tweaks -- Game Spoilers Ahoy

    by el fuego

    I actually wrote a thesis paper on turning Bioshock into a movie for one of my courses this year... this is good news, but they're going to have to make changes to the last act or it's going to blow. The twist that launches that third act is one of the greatest moments in all of gaming... but god damn it leads into a weak finale.

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  • May 09, 2008 2:15:51 AM CDT

    alot of similiar Aesthetic to Dead Man's Chest

    by irc-hollywood

    with barnacle covered corpses and the like. Very good match between director and project, should be a GREAT movie.

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  • May 09, 2008 2:17:00 AM CDT

    Oh, And Also -- Geoffrey Rush For Ryan.

    by el fuego

    You know he'd do an awesome job.

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  • May 09, 2008 2:20:10 AM CDT

    What about a TWISTED METAL: BLACK game??

    by mike_d

    oh wait, its called "DEATH RACE 2000" now.

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  • May 09, 2008 2:20:17 AM CDT

    I hope it won't be a borefest like POTC...

    by motoko kusanagi

    ...or overblown crap like POTC 3. POTC 2 on the other hand fucking rocked!

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  • May 09, 2008 2:40:13 AM CDT

    Verbinsky is all over the place in terms of quality..

    by thedark0knight

    hopefully he'll use the powers he used while making The Ring and Pirates 1.

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  • May 09, 2008 2:46:22 AM CDT

    Would you kindly...

    by pops freshemeyer

    ...make a movie that doesn't suck? Awesome game. Hopefully it doesn't get Resident Evil'd...

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  • May 09, 2008 2:50:18 AM CDT

    I already have a bid daddy action figure...

    by striking writer

    ...and how am I supposed to go and buy the crappy game tie-in to the movie?

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  • May 09, 2008 2:52:44 AM CDT

    Visionary? Are you kidding?

    by messiahman

    The last time I checked, Verbinski was a studio hack helming big-budget extravaganzas that are heavy on CGI and light on script. His most successful films are either based on theme park rides or Japanese films. And now he's doing a fucking videogame adaptation. Seriously, this guy's about as visionary as Brett Ratner. Save the term "visionary" for the scant few who've earned it... like David Lynch. Verbinski's a workman that sure as hell doesn't qualify.

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  • May 09, 2008 2:54:21 AM CDT

    wet dream

    by sajarrow

    X-box and HD-DVD rule!!!...FTW!!!...I don't really live in my mom's basement watching tentacle porn...woe is me and my brethren...that means all of you in this thread...

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  • May 09, 2008 2:57:43 AM CDT

    How much is that doggy in the window?

    by leopold scotch

    One of the things that contributed most to Bioshock's wonderful atmosphere was the fact that there were no cutscense. You discovered everything for yourself and you took control for almost every part of the game (ironic - and probably deliberately so - given the main theme that emerges while you're playing). When you get near Ryan's office and see the writing and the photographs on the wall and hear the audio diary of the doctor manipulating that little boy, it's never like you have to stop and sit back. I don't know how well that would lend itself to a film adaptation.For me, this was a breakthrough game which distinguished the medium from film because of the way it's presented.

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  • May 09, 2008 3:07:55 AM CDT

    Wake me up when they turn Tower Defense into a game

    by bobpalpatine

  • May 09, 2008 3:08:04 AM CDT

    I mean movie

    by bobpalpatine

  • May 09, 2008 3:09:53 AM CDT

    Bioshock took me by surprise.

    by stalkeye

    especially since the fact that i hate most FPS.This was the first one that didn't give me nausea.Unfortunatley it doesn't have the replay value like say, call of duty 4 but still a unique game and for you PS3 fanboys, it should be available for sony's console this fall.As for the movie, well it's apparent that hollywood has ran out of original ideas. what's next a gears of war movie?

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  • May 09, 2008 3:16:18 AM CDT

    A man chooses....

    by kizeesh

    I think that given the right amount of time and setting, this could work out brilliantly. The biggest issue being that most fanboys are going to hate any kind of adaptation of it.
    The fact is, unless they radically change the story, it won't work at all as a movie. The character will need to meet with most of the leads, as well as the non-splicer denizens of Ratpture. It will require a POTC size budget to realize the amazing look of the game on celluloid.

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  • May 09, 2008 3:20:35 AM CDT

    Will only work with ab R rating

    by themcflyfarm

    must be disturbing

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  • May 09, 2008 3:23:42 AM CDT

    Not Uwe?

    by stalin vs predator

    Why get a horrible director when Uwe is available? If you want bad, go bad all the way!

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  • May 09, 2008 3:38:45 AM CDT

    Ok can we please have a fucking Half Life movie now?

    by hiperaktiv

    Half Life 1&2 >>>>> Bioshock. Such a great game coupled with an incredible story and characters. They need to make a movie now!

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  • May 09, 2008 3:41:27 AM CDT

    The story is influenced by the works of Ayn Rand & George Orwell

    by orionsangels

    Really all the sort of utopian and dystopian writings of the 20th century. stem cell research and Logan's Run as well.

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  • May 09, 2008 3:56:44 AM CDT

    Half-Life

    by tomdolan04

    Is an immersive world and impressive in its depth for a video game, but I can't see them translating Gordon (a protagonist who is effectively a blank slate for the player to project upon) well at all.

    Bioshock is artistically interesting and Gore a capable director, so colour me interested. I'd prefer a Lynch directed Silent Hill 2 with no studio interference though.

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  • May 09, 2008 4:02:44 AM CDT

    Bioshock would work great as a film except...

    by newc0253

    except that everyone's whose played the game knows its big twist.

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  • May 09, 2008 4:07:43 AM CDT

    I'll believe it when I see it..

    by lemming

    You, the protagonist, are alone. I'm willing to bet they'll add some shitty extra characters to go through the place with the main guy. *sigh*

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  • May 09, 2008 4:18:31 AM CDT

    but Uwe vanted to do dis wone!

    by pipergates

  • May 09, 2008 4:31:53 AM CDT

    Better be a hard fucking R

    by allpowerfulwizardofoz

    I just get the feeling we will be getting a PG-13 movie.

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  • May 09, 2008 5:02:26 AM CDT

    This is fucking amazing.

    by smoke monster loves kate

    Even if it's PG-13, I loved Aviator (the guy must be familiar with that era after having done that), it's one of my favorite films. And Verbinski's probably the best director for this.I don't think I've ever been so satisfied with a movie getting off the ground like this.

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  • May 09, 2008 5:10:10 AM CDT

    FUCK ME!!!!!!!!!!!

    by dioxholster

    FUCK ME RIGHT NOW BECAUSE ITS FUCKING BIOSHOCK how cool is it. needs to be R-RATED and serious no making fun of itself. it can work they got the material already they just need good execution. the main character needs to be a good actor, and the villain Andrew Ryan needs to be IDK who do u think it should be?

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  • May 09, 2008 5:30:31 AM CDT

    Massively over-rated game...

    by the grug

    Sure Bioshock is a good game, certainly it's a beautiful game to look at, but I'd hardly call it a great game. It's like an exceptionally handsome version of Deus Ex set underwater.

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  • May 09, 2008 5:46:48 AM CDT

    This game feels like a movie already

    by kragmose

    No need to make a movie of it, jeez..

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  • May 09, 2008 5:48:36 AM CDT

    A video game movie that doesn't suck?

    by knuckleduster

    First time for everything.

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  • May 09, 2008 5:58:14 AM CDT

    This won't be R. It'll be PG-fucking-13!

    by motoko kusanagi

    Mark my words.

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  • May 09, 2008 6:33:11 AM CDT

    this is not good

    by geraldbeans

    i like verbinski but this game plays too much like a cartoon. It lacks that "edge" that a movie would need. "Oh, killing little girls with your hands isn't an edge?" you're probably saying. It's not that, it's the way it's presented. I guess I wanted this game to have more of an "Aliens" feel. And instead it had a safe cartoon feel, so tht you knew in the end, everything was going to be all right. I would not be surprised at all if you saw Verbinski drop off thi in a month or two.

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  • May 09, 2008 6:43:42 AM CDT

    Why?

    by spider-nerd

    Its a great game and it won't translate. I never post on this site, but this made me so mad. This movie will have the Dane Cook effect on the game. It'll be overexposed and soon youll be talking about how great the game is at a party and some chick whose only seen the movie will come along ruin the whole thing. You know what I'm talking about.

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  • He can turn a videogame into one as well.
    The creature/charecter on the front of the game box looks like that ghost from Scooby Doo on roids.

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  • May 09, 2008 6:54:56 AM CDT

    steampunk?

    by cornponious

  • May 09, 2008 6:56:16 AM CDT

    Read the article in Variety

    by jack burton

    http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117985365.html?categoryid=13&cs=1

    I've got some hope for this. Says they are working with Ken Levine and Take-Two to insure the movie is quality. I don't see it being PG-13. It's not a story for kids, anyway. I just hope they don't greenscreen the whole thing and actually build some physical sets. Oh yeah, and Jason Statham as Jack.

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  • May 09, 2008 7:00:28 AM CDT

    Misfire

    by cobbio

    For me, it's still a video game movie. Every single video game movie ever made has been forgettable, one-dimensional fluff. Verbinski has proven himself capable of great spectacle, but this seems a misfire.
    I'm sure the game is fantastic (I've seen a bunch of screenshots), but this is the thing: games are games. They're fun to play but not to watch if you're not playing.

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  • May 09, 2008 7:01:09 AM CDT

    steampunk is all the fashion these days

    by newc0253

    i know because i read it in the NYT:

    http://tinyurl.com/52n5u7

    seriously, i thought this article was an april fool's joke. I like me Arcanum and Art Deco Ayn Rand theme parks as much as anyone, but these people are walking jokes.



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  • May 09, 2008 7:05:22 AM CDT

    Yay for Verbinski, Nay for Logan.

    by derlanghaarige

    Verbinski has already proved that he can do great stuff, but I can't think of any good thing that John Logan wrote.

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  • May 09, 2008 7:14:18 AM CDT

    BioShock was a good story, so-so game...

    by mr willi

    I can't fault BioShock's story with its cool pulp setting and kick in the groin to the silliness of libertarianism, but as a game it was little more than a Doom clone, with repetitive levels, not-particularly great AI (enemies run right at you) and virtually no replayability (unless your life is so boring you play through the whole game again just to see a different, one-minute ending.) That said, I think the story is strong enough for movie treatment in the rights hands, although I hated all three Pirates movies -- which were little more than three-hour Xena, Warrior Princess shows with pirates instead of greeks.

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  • May 09, 2008 7:18:25 AM CDT

    hiperaktiv

    by nuteg

    Some guy wrote a script sample for a Half-Life flick. http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=638985

    I still want to see that Peter Jackson/Weta-produced Halo movie. I imagine there seems little chance of it happening at the moment - which is insane given the success of Halo 3.

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  • May 09, 2008 7:20:24 AM CDT

    Is a man not entitled to the sweat from his brow?

    by rickey henderson

    woo boy, this could be all sorts of fun. Like 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea fun. Here's to hoping that they don't tone it down for a PG-13 rating, because the game is dark and twisted as all fuck.

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  • May 09, 2008 7:27:31 AM CDT

    David Strathairn (Did I spell that right?)...

    by slyandthefamilystallone

    should play Ryan.

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  • May 09, 2008 7:35:40 AM CDT

    Make it a prequel

    by mefrog

    This post has SPOILERS for those who haven't played.

    That's another great story waiting to be told. The downfall of Rapture. Sure, we know the bare bones of it, but the introduction and the send-off of the main character into the plane. Great things could be done with that.

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  • May 09, 2008 7:45:49 AM CDT

    videogame movies tend to hit less frequently

    by palewook

    then superhero movies. and that's saying something.

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  • May 09, 2008 7:47:14 AM CDT

    Would You Kindly....

    by darfurontherocks

    Make this movie rock Mr Verbinski?

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  • May 09, 2008 8:02:49 AM CDT

    I'M PLAYING BIOSHOCK RIGHT NOW

    by burgertime

    I arrived kind of late to the party. But I have to say it's a fucking brilliantly conceived and executed game. Probably one of the most atmospheric games I've ever played, and I've played a ton. (I still have my Atari 200 kicking around)

    I have big faith in Verbinski as a director. I really liked the Pirates series (yeah, a bit uneven, but consistently delivered good times)

    So to wake up to this news FUCKING ROCKS. I can't wait for this, and Bioshock 2.

    Okay people, get workin'. :)

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  • May 09, 2008 8:06:45 AM CDT

    TIME WILL TELL

    by toxicbuddha

    Great game, ironically with a better plot and themes than a lot of films I have seen lately, but given the unwieldy mess the last two POTC flicks were, I am less than excited about the choice of director. As always, however, I'll give it a chance to be great.

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  • May 09, 2008 8:11:31 AM CDT

    never played it,

    by gatsbys west egg omlet

    so chances are i'll enjoy this more than most of you who love it. hate to say it, but its true.

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  • May 09, 2008 8:21:55 AM CDT

    Still waiting for Ratchet and Clank: The Movie

    by mr incredible

    Probably will still be waiting for a while.

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  • May 09, 2008 8:24:47 AM CDT

    Anyone else hear about Frank Miller doing Buck Rogers?

    by knuckleduster

    That could be fun.

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  • May 09, 2008 8:26:44 AM CDT

    John Logan gave us Gladiator, Burton's Sweeney Todd...

    by zeke25:17

    and The Aviator. Dude can write a script. This should kick seven kinds of ass...now, wouldja kindly begin with the casting choices? Roger Allam for Ryan (though I like David Strathairn as well) and Russell Crowe for Atlas...and let's get Dakota Fanning in there as one of the Little Sisters!

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  • May 09, 2008 8:29:30 AM CDT

    I am waiting for Star Wars: Episode One: The Game: The Movie

    by darfurontherocks

    It could happen...

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  • May 09, 2008 8:30:29 AM CDT

    Welcome to the Circus of Values!

    by godzillasushi

    So far as the game went, it sure looked great. Can't say I was blown away by anything other then the setting and story. GV is a pretty great director for it I think. The Pirates movies are actually great visually.

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  • May 09, 2008 8:30:37 AM CDT

    LOVE Bioshock!

    by cletus van damme

    GREAT game...let
    s hope for a Dead Space flick next

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  • May 09, 2008 8:35:43 AM CDT

    Love Bioshock...

    by turtle_z

    , but I'm going to 2nd the demand for a System Shock movie. It's basically the same set up but it's got Shodan! The only thing wrong with Bioshock was... it didn't have Shodan!

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  • May 09, 2008 8:40:39 AM CDT

    Leopold Scotch,

    by raw_bean

    Half-Life (and the whole series after it) was the first FPS that really made a thing about total immersion in the character, with no cutscenes, and it went one better in really disguising the fact that it was divided into 'levels' at all, but seemed like a continuous environment.Not trying to take anything away from BioShock, it was a great game with a wonderful style all its own, but it did occur to me when I played it what a debt it owed to Half-Life. Then again, I never played System Shock, so maybe it could be argued that Looking Glass started that trend off anyway.

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  • May 09, 2008 8:51:10 AM CDT

    Unfortunately

    by bingo the clown

    You have to register your ticket with 2K Games before you're allowed in the theater, and you can only watch the movie twice.

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  • May 09, 2008 8:56:58 AM CDT

    Silent Hill Adaptation = One of the best horror films

    by thelastcleric

    ...in years. Gans took the source material and made an exceptional and surreal nightmare put to film. Proof positive that films based on games don't have to suck.

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  • May 09, 2008 8:58:02 AM CDT

    Should've been Alex Proyas...

    by blackmantis

    This movie was tailor made for him. I think Gore is highly overrated. Without Johnny Depp those pirates movies wouldn't be half as fun to watch. I, Robot was lame but Proyas will always be held in high esteem for Dark City.

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  • May 09, 2008 9:07:17 AM CDT

    Bioshock overrated????

    by grrrr....

    Sounds like a PS3 fanboy to me...

    One of the best games I have played. Not so sure about the movie. Video game to movie is like gravity. Seldom proven wrong... It will most probably follow all it's video game to movie brothers into Suckville.

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  • May 09, 2008 9:32:33 AM CDT

    the guys who did city of lost children...

    by logicalnoise01

    and delicatessen would've been a better choice but Gore isn't bad either.

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  • May 09, 2008 9:48:14 AM CDT

    This IS Cool News

    by saluki

    Didn't think I wanted a BioShock movie, but this got me interested. Gore is a swell guy.

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  • May 09, 2008 9:50:44 AM CDT

    Awesome, awesome game

    by chook chutney

    This'll probably be terrible.

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  • May 09, 2008 9:53:16 AM CDT

    They'll greenlight this but not HALO?

    by iamlegolas

    HALO is a more popular game and had Peter Jackson and WETA behind it of all people. Really? Wow.

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  • May 09, 2008 10:19:55 AM CDT

    Normally I wouldn't give a shit

    by kafka07

    regarding video games-to-films. But this news is intriguing. Definitely a cool game, and a director who is good with otherwordly images and tone. Consider me interested.

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  • May 09, 2008 10:40:31 AM CDT

    I want the Little Sisters to be played by...

    by dioxholster

    Dakota Fanning. guys can anyone tell me whether when u played did you ever kill the little sisters. i havent finished the game yet almost there but not killing them made it harder for me. i wanted to but i couldnt.

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  • May 09, 2008 10:45:38 AM CDT

    John Logan, of Star Trek: Nemesis Fame?

    by abin sur

    No thank you. Verbinski is a good choice, if he can blend up the Ring and the first POTC to make a delicious Bioshock milkshake.

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  • May 09, 2008 10:48:14 AM CDT

    I loved the Pirate Trilogy

    by thelastcleric

    Bloated as it was in places, if the worst thing you can say about a film(s) is that it tries to tell too much story there are worse offenses. Each Pirates movie had a different vibe and I was never sure where the story or the characters would ultimately lead. That said, Bioshock in Gore's capable hands could be brilliant but the film needs to be R-rated, like the game.

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  • May 09, 2008 10:49:21 AM CDT

    not everything great should be made into a movie

    by s0beurself

    to me this is a step backwards. interactive entertainment - especially of that caliber - trumps any film adaptation that can happen. Why watch the same damn story unfold when you can be a part of it?

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  • May 09, 2008 10:55:34 AM CDT

    WOULD YOU KINDLY...

    by arcadiands

    great finish, Quint.

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  • May 09, 2008 11:05:01 AM CDT

    Fantastic news for X-Com fans...

    by john truckosaur

    The guys who made Bioshock are developing a sequel to X-Com.

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  • May 09, 2008 11:08:46 AM CDT

    They should Make Bioshock II: Bioshack Movie

    by darfurontherocks

    detailing the high-jinks of a golf course in an underwater city. Call Kenny Logins...

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  • May 09, 2008 11:15:40 AM CDT

    I can't think of a better choice

    by mattmanreturns

    Verbinski needs to bring his Pirates crew on this. His nautical set pieces and effects are amazing, and I think he has the right sense of cinematography.

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  • May 09, 2008 11:18:06 AM CDT

    Hopefully make it different from game.

    by reverend toast

    The plot of the game worked very well for the game, but It wouldn't translate into a movie... without adding support character... therefore changing the plot (I.E. DOOM).

    I hope they do with what they did pirates, take the setting, take important elements... but make this a different chapter in the life (or death) of Rapture. If this movie was about some of Atlas's Rebels... or some of Ryans people. I think it would be AWESOME, if it was about a team of scientists that just made the move to rapture, just as it started to fall apart... they would be Plasmid free, have the element of "Awe" about them, but would be able to see the level of corruption on both sides of the fight.

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  • May 09, 2008 11:21:05 AM CDT

    *SPOILER* Game is easier if you don't kill them.

    by reverend toast

    You actually get a little bit more Adam if you spare them. As well as a few powerful plasmid gifts. The only way to get 1000 achievement points (for the 360) is to spare them so you can get the Hypnotize Big Daddy plasmids.

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  • May 09, 2008 11:21:55 AM CDT

    "Visionary director"?

    by spencertrilby

    I know that hyperbolic statements are the backbone of AICN, but this is a little too much, even for me. Hopefully the upcoming movie will force me to complete the game and save me 10 bucks in the process. As long as they don't give MGS to Jon Favreau or Tim Story I guess it's ok...

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  • May 09, 2008 11:34:58 AM CDT

    raw_bean

    by leopold scotch

    You're right, Half Life broke that wall long before Bioshock and it's an amazing series. I must confess that I played Bioshock first though (still haven't played HL1 and bought the organge box last year) so Bioshock was my first experience in that regard.

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  • May 09, 2008 11:38:14 AM CDT

    Want to hear something funny?

    by nobletoast13

    On Game Trailers they have an interview with Uwe Boll on their Bonus Round program and he said he wouldnt be interested in making Bioshock as it had no story. Now, anyone who has played Bioshock, read that aloud to yourself and try not to laugh at the man who translated Dungeon Seige, Bloodrayne, Postal and Far Cry into films saying Bioshock has no story. Anyway I have no desire to see this made into a movie, but whatever i'll roll with and probably see it.

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  • May 09, 2008 11:47:08 AM CDT

    "...none other than..." ??!!

    by pdorwick

    Why is this even remotely good news. The Pirate movies were by and large shit.

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  • May 09, 2008 12:16:21 PM CDT

    Will he kill the Little Sisters or not?

    by dtpena

    That's a choice, and until we have the opinion-o-cinema we won't be able to make it for him like in the game

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  • May 09, 2008 12:35:34 PM CDT

    It's a fact that POTC became that kind of...

    by derlanghaarige

    ...popcultural phenomenon only because of Johnny Depp's performance, (Kinda like what happened to The Crow, only that this one became a success because of Lee's tragic death.) but that doesn't make them bad movies. And Verbinski is one of the reasons why they are so great.
    Seriously, if you can't appreciate the POTC movies, you are one sad bastard, and probably even bitch about the Indy 4 trailer looking "too slow". Go enjoy your DVDs of 300 and Die Hard 4.0.

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  • May 09, 2008 12:36:23 PM CDT

    My brother will love this

    by that 70s venom

    he played BioShock a lot.

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  • May 09, 2008 12:42:13 PM CDT

    The two dumbest things people told me about POTC

    by derlanghaarige

    1.)Someone told me that Part 1 sucks because "These skeletons aren't all that scary".
    2.) Part 3 is full of plotholes and doesn't make any sense. (Next time try WATCHING the movie.)

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  • May 09, 2008 12:42:56 PM CDT

    THIS MOVIE LOOKS LIKE A DAMN VIDEO GAME!!!

    by johnno

    STUPID MARIO KART RACING DOOM SH... oh, wait...

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  • May 09, 2008 12:44:00 PM CDT

    This ain't cool news.

    by coursinlarry

    It's fucking fantastic news! Loved the game, can't wait for the movie. Should be great and should turn a lot of heads.

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  • May 09, 2008 12:44:10 PM CDT

    Maybe Uwe Boll didn't have his speakers on...

    by pops freshemeyer

    And didn't collect any of the audio. And was playing Mr. Do.

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  • May 09, 2008 1:20:00 PM CDT

    GTA movie? Why?!

    by godzillasushi

    GTA is inspired by movies! That wouldn't make any sense! Maybe GTA4, but I can think of better franchises ready for adaptation by greedy studios. You'd only be dissapointed anyway. It would never live up to your expectations of a GTA movie.

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  • May 09, 2008 1:25:54 PM CDT

    This would make a great movie...

    by slickyvonboner

    Why? It has one of the best twists in any game I've played. Plus, its down-right fucking creepy. Junky splicers climbing up walls, zombie children drinking the 'blood' of victims plus a woman cradling a revolver in her carriage like its her baby. Great game.

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  • May 09, 2008 1:31:21 PM CDT

    Never played Bioshock, but God of War....

    by drewlicious

    That would make an awesome movie. I know someone optioned the rights and proposed Djimon Honsou. Just pull a "300" and charge this one full of testosterone and let 'er rip. You telling me a man single handedly wasting the Hydra wouldn't kick ass?

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  • May 09, 2008 1:53:23 PM CDT

    Best Game Ever!!!!

    by picardsucks

    You bitches know it to be true !!!!
    Don't fuck with Fontaine

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  • May 09, 2008 2:33:11 PM CDT

    I knew it wouldn't be long

    by skimn

    for someone to mention the adaptation of Silent Hill. I rented it again a couple of weeks ago, and although the visual atmosphere/make ups are effective the story sucks all kinds of ass.As far as Bioshock goes, it is an excellent first person shooter, but so was Doom, and look how that turned out. Why not adapt the best selling franchise across the boards, Grand Theft Auto (which I'm in the midst of). The only reason no studio would touch it is because the main "hero" is a criminal (although I'm sure they'll have him pay for his sins in the end).

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  • May 09, 2008 2:39:16 PM CDT

    You can't make a GTA movie...

    by johnno

    In GTA the car theft is a game mechanic, but the story is your average, often cliched caricature comedic thing that's available in all other movies without anything to distinguish itself. There's nothing stand out about it... If there was any film that could have considered 'Grand Theft Auto' as the title it would be 'Gone in 60 Seconds' because it actually deals with stealing cars on a grand scale. But to make an actual GTA game based on the games themselves would be just as good as making a typical crime/mob story and calling it 'Guns.'

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  • May 09, 2008 2:51:58 PM CDT

    I know, its the missions

    by skimn

    in GTA that are the bulk of the action, and they are of the generic sort. Rob a warehouse, chase down someone, steal a truck of drugs, rescue a kidnap victim, etc. They are fun to play, but are generic material for film. The characters are the meat of the game though, with their own motivations and characteristics. They too are perhaps a bit cliche for a film...the dirty dealing cop, the hopped crime boss, etc. And you know what? Thats what makes it a fun game, playing with these stereotypes that are so well known. Perhaps Hollywood should just leave well enough alone and realize that videogames and movies exist in their own seperate universes, and games should be games and movies should be movies. Not to be confused with a movie adapted to a game (which the good ones can be counted on one hand).

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  • May 09, 2008 3:43:46 PM CDT

    Ah, for *true* FPS vertigo, try "Dark Corners of the Earth"!

    by jackpumpkinhead

    http://callofcthulhu.com/forums/index.php?showforum=3

    The moment when the player sneaks above the Deep Ones in an old ruined attic and gets the vertigo attack literally made me dizzy. A wonderful game, possibly the best FPS game ever made, and definitely the best adaptation of Lovecraft in any media, but those effects were goddamn infuriating.

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  • May 09, 2008 4:13:45 PM CDT

    Hard R rating...

    by quake ii

    A PG-13 Bioshock movie wouldn't even scratch the surface of that disturbing, very adult game.

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  • May 09, 2008 5:20:48 PM CDT

    PsiOps was a damn fine game also

    by skimn

    Nothing more satisfying than possessing the minds of your enemies and causing them to mow down some enemy soldiers. Or better yet, commit suicide in some strange manner..walking into machinery,etc.

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  • May 09, 2008 5:23:23 PM CDT

    This can't work as a film!

    by raymar

    The game storyline itself is basically you just killing your way to the top; thats not a movie. The meat of the story is all in the audio recordings and if you try to dramatize those instead you have no sympatheic hero!

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  • May 09, 2008 5:45:09 PM CDT

    TETRIS THE MOVIE

    by nobletoast13

    youtube it...

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  • May 09, 2008 6:10:28 PM CDT

    Actually, SoylentMean

    by stalkeye

    BS was the first FPS I have beaten without suffering from nausea/vertigo.And from that game, i have moved on to Jericho,COD4,Frontlines,Resistance FOM (now that's a Movie that should be made.)and of course Halo 3.so it's safe to play FPS for the most part.And BTW who takes Boll seriously? this fucker has no cred whatsoever.i'm sure game companies are steering clear from this hack, especially after fuckups like AITD,HOTD,and of course Bloodrayne.

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  • May 09, 2008 6:21:13 PM CDT

    He'd better go Mousehunt on this shit

    by larry sellers

    seriously.

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  • May 09, 2008 6:34:11 PM CDT

    Verbinski is prepared to make the movie 'R'

    by cyberskunk

    Although maybe the studios won't be?

    http://tinyurl.com/46vcyz

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  • But that's not saying much, though. I'm still very hopeful.

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  • May 09, 2008 7:24:04 PM CDT

    WOW!

    by turtle_z

    I can't believe someone other than me played Dark Corners of the Earth :) I no-longer feel alone ;)

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  • May 09, 2008 8:16:23 PM CDT

    HOW IS THIS FANTASTIC NEWS FOR FANS?

    by guy who got a headache and accidentally

    The best part of Bioshock was the whole thing not being in control of yourself, freewill etc., bullshit, In a movie you're only WATCHING, you never in control, what's the fucking point?

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  • May 09, 2008 9:32:34 PM CDT

    Needs Darius Khondji & Dennis Gassner

    by s.lowrey

    Seriously, get those 2 on board and I'm in. By the way... they could probably pick up the nicer parts of Golden Compass's set for pretty cheap by now... They used One from the Heart's neon to make Blade Runner remember

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  • May 09, 2008 9:40:12 PM CDT

    @Guy Who Got A Headache

    by cartman86

    SPOILERS************

    Just by the fact that very few people in this Talk Back have even mentioned the whole freewill thing proves why its being made. Chances are people played 2 hours of the game and never even got to the "twist". The game looks cool so they think it would make a good looking movie. But yeah I have a feeling that a very large amount of people did not understand Bioshock.

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  • May 10, 2008 1:00:27 AM CDT

    Hmmm?????

    by mr402

    So it looks like hollywood is finally going to sink some real money into a game to movie adaptation. Bah. Who am I kidding? It will suck. Oh yea Skimm I agree with you on Psi ops. Really fun game that didn't get the credit it deserved.

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  • May 10, 2008 1:02:50 AM CDT

    When will Madden NFL get its shot on the big screen?

    by thebearovingian

  • May 10, 2008 6:24:59 AM CDT

    Goddamn if the new GOW2 trailer ain't another reason to

    by stalkeye

    own an XBox 360. It's more of the same but I doubt if any other shooter will compete with all the intense battle scenes. Bring this shit sooner Cliffy B!!

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  • May 10, 2008 6:39:40 AM CDT

    Now, let's see...

    by rei-ginsei

    If they turn this into a movie, then we should see the following: The Splicers will be turned into mindless CGI monsters, ala "I Am Legend". Dr. Tenenbaum will be young, pretty and become the main character's love interest. For comedic purposes, a sidekick will be thrown in that will be either a fiesty robot, a jittery mechanic or even a "cute" smaller version of a Big Daddy (which will be referred to as "Little Daddy" - Haha!). The whole thing will end with Rapture exploding and the hero (and companions) running from a giant ball of fire in slow motion.
    Aw, c'mon...you know they're going to Hollywood this up the ass!

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  • May 10, 2008 10:04:35 AM CDT

    I'll be happy to watch this.

    by sepulchrave

    But isn't the point of a game like this the fact that it's pretty much better in every way than a film could be? There ARE no good video game to screen adaptations for the simple reason that games are superseding films as the immersive visual experience of choice. Oh films will hang around doing the things that films do; expressing ideas through image. But visceral experiences and genre: horror, excitement, anger, will be taken over by games.

    That's why i do/don't want to see a Half Life film: part of me wants to force Ed Norton to don the hazard-suit at gunpoint, the other part thinks 'why bother?'. Half Life is a brilliant story game anyway.

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  • May 10, 2008 12:02:53 PM CDT

    Make it R rated, or just don't bother.

    by corridor

  • May 10, 2008 1:57:28 PM CDT

    Gore has a good eye, Integral to decent Game adaptations

    by fisheater

  • May 10, 2008 2:20:11 PM CDT

    After this they need to do Half Life.

    by scytheofluna

    I want to see Striders on the big screen. It's too bad Del Toro and Jackson didn't get to do Halo, the Weta produced short film on X Box Live remains the best video game film to date. Check out Landfall on the Live marketplace.

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  • May 11, 2008 8:16:12 AM CDT

    Half Life wouldn't work

    by kizeesh

    for a start, Gordon freeman has no actual character. Therefore anyone could play the lead and it would still annoy 90% of the fanbase. Not forgetting that the rabid fanboys would still boycott the movie if Gordon ever spoke. Also Half Life has a story that belongs in a straight to video movie. Half-life 2 is more interesting but the 'Alien's invading and taking over, then we rise up story' has been done before on countless tv shows and other movies. (not least Battlefield Earth)
    In addition, you couldn't work in the backstory without it being a crap voiceover or exposition dump every 5 minutes. Now while that works in a 20 hour long game, in a 2 hour movie it would be terrible. Bioshock at least has a consistant story that could be told over 2-3 hours in a movie.

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  • May 11, 2008 5:27:33 PM CDT

    I Believe In Gore Verbinski!

    by kgerm

  • May 11, 2008 5:30:09 PM CDT

    I Believe In Gore Verbinski!

    by kgerm

    Remember The Ring? Not that shitty sequel, but the good one. The one that said "Okay, maybe these Japanese remakes won't be so bad?" The one that was actually spooky? That's Bioshock. They have such a weatlh of material to pick from and a gorgeous world that has already been envisioned for them. John Logan's writing? Gore's directing? I'm not worried. I mean, it's not like Akiva Goldsman or Robert Orci are writing so how bad can it really be?

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