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Video Game Movies

Posted by oxyjen - October 27th, 2007


I went Halloween costume shopping the other day and I was amazed at just how many costumes there are out there are of videogame characters!

Sure I knew heading to the store that I would see umpteenth costumes of cartoon/anime characters such as Yu-gi-oh, SpongeBob Squarepants, Dora the Explorer, but I was surprised to see Mortal Kombat, Link from Legend of Zelda, and Nintendo's Mario, (sorry Luigi unfortunately I didn't see any of you- maybe next year okay buddy?)

Well anyway, all this got me thinking about how videogames are making their way into our everyday lives. From merchandising items such as toys, snacks, and under-roos (oh you laugh, but I bet you all have yours on right now!) to movies.
I think eventually every single video game will be turned into a movie, and I mean every video game.

So far, video game movies have fallen somewhere between campy, and B-movie status. That ain't good.

We all love movies almost as much as we love video games right? But why must filmmakers butcher the heck out of them when they bring the game to the big screen. Unfortunately, we've all seen that happen way too often.

With very few exceptions, videogames have simply, politely speaking "not translated well" into good movies, or even semi-good for that matter.

Put down that controller and pick up your DVD remote and let's take a quick walk down video-game-turned-into-movie-memory-la ne, shall we?

SideNote:
I apologize in advance for bringing up any painful memories, but hey, I'm making a point here!

Super Mario Brothers (1993) - It's the very first film ever based on a video game and its bad- real bad. Bob Hoskins as Mario, Dennis Hopper as King Koopa and even John Leguizamo as Luigi did what they could, but they were not enough to save this stinker. Everything about this thing just looked and felt forced and fake.

So what went wrong? Good question. Years later, people are still looking for an answer. Fans resented the movie for having very little to do with the video game series and changing many facts about the game world.

Let's face it even though Super Mario Brothers is a great video game and a lot of fun, it's still at the end of the day a story about two plumbers who bounce on turtles and mushroom thingy's while trying to rescue a princess. Yup, it turned out as good as it sounds. Budget $42,000,000 -Gross Revenue $20,915,465 (oh no, mama mia!)

Find out how many more of our favorite video games got lost in translation here

Video Game Movies


Comments

wow, i should have gotten a costume based on a video-game character, instead of being a n old man for Halloween.

my costume is a tshirt that says "this is my costume now give me the fucking candy"

You have a point, but its not fair to say that every movie was a fuck up, what about Street Fighter 2 the animated movie, or Final Fantasy Advent Children, or Silent Hill, or Dead or Alive (you might disagree with me on this one being a woman). I think the bigger problem in the movie industry is the shitty movies coming out about all the shitty movies that have come out about comic books, like Fantastic 4, The Hulk (Ang Lee is the shittiest director in the world), Spiderman 3, etc.

Good Point

There've always been Mortal Kombat costumes, especially Sub-Zero, Scorpion, and Reptile.

about the movie, every person has a diferent opinion, but what makes you think resident evil is a bad game?

haha dead or Alive was garbage. Silent hill was good tho.

Also lets not forget the biggest bizarro twist in Video game history.
Thats when The Vin Diesel Movie. Pitch Black 2 Chronicles of Riddick Bombed , but the video game tie in went on to win awards.

Really good point!
I forgot about that!

Lol DOA was hilarious, and you know it.

woo, super mario brothers as a MOVIE?! I have to see that! O_O