There have been a few arguably good TV-show based movies. Mission Impossible, The Naked Gun, The Simpsons Movie, Muppets Take Manhattan, Wrath of Khan, etc.
I think the last post is more 'live-action versions of animated TV shows are off limits,' because in that respect I can't think of a single movie that was truly *good*
You make a good point: successful adaptions usually don't try to replicate the source content. Probably the biggest reason people seem to agree on for that is because different media forms use different methods to induce emotion or pique interest in users. That's obvious, but I think what it means is that it takes a really smart director and a dedicated team using intentional planning to tell the same story in a different medium. Or a bitch ton of luck
What are you talking about? The Last Airbender was never made into a movie, it never burned out my eyes and so it couldn't possibly make me question my faith in Hollywood!
Hahaha, Uwe Boll, the guy who told his "fans" and "supporters" to go **** themselves after his kickstarter campaign failed miserably. I hate his movies, but his ****** life brings joy to mine.
not necessarily just because you follow the game story doesn't mean it will be any good, it's very difficult to do video game movies well because the difference in mediums (visual and Interactive) makes video game movies inherently difficult to enjoy.
They're not bad but they're not particularly good either, and they're certainly not good adaptations of the games. The games are all about creative stealth and infiltration whereas the movies are just action-setpiece slideshows. They can still make fun popcorn flicks but it's disappointing that none of them have even tried to capture the spirit of the source material.
Movie goers dont really get the same appeal out of trying to turn every hit into an episode of saw like video gamers do. But yeah, If your gonna make a movie out of a game, Go the full mile.
As much as I like Firefly, Serenity was a snoozefest that could barely keep my attention. The only scene I remember was Wash dying, so because of that alone I don't consider it canon.
I didn't even bother watching the "Hitman" movie. The trailer just shows how they "Michael Bay"d the **** out of the franchise.
Agent 47 is supposed to to stun witnesses and then silently kill a target, godammit. Not defy the whole US army in the middle of Time Square. Correct me if I'm judging this movie wrong, though. I know you shouldn't judge a book by its cover, but goddamn if this trailer pissed me off
I loved Iron Man 3. I thought The Mandarin from the comics wouldn't translate very well to the Marvel Cinematic Universe. I thought their solution worked great. I laughed my ass off at scenes with the guy.
If there is a Legend of Korra live action movie being trailered anywhere on TV or online at all so help me god the LoK fanbase will come to burn Nick Studios to the ground
The marvel movie universe is separate from the rest. Everyone have their own new story line, and the villains aren't the same. They have been very clear about this.
If you expect it to be the same, and it's not, you're the moron, not the guys making the movies.
I'm cool with it honestly. I thought that what I wanted was a movie exactly like the comics, then The Watchmen came out and I realized that I had just paid $12 to watch a book and I was really let down. I didn't know what I really wanted until The Watchmen movie came out. And if that's not the most meta thing about The Watchmen then I don't know what is.