Retro Games: Which ones have film potential?

[Leon Retro]

I was playing Gauntlet yesterday - and imagined what it would be like as a film.



What I'd do is keep the surreal atmosphere. The same quartet of adventurers would enter a seemingly endless multi-level maze - in a quest to destroy the evil Dragon Lord. I'd put some dark humour in it; such as Grunts having stupid conversations, Death being annoyed when you cast a spell on him etc...

I'd make it colourful, full of magical effects, and likeable actors.


I hear that Castlevania the film is being made at the moment. I have my fingers firmly crossed that it turns out to be great.


Which retro games do you think could do well as films?

[cutmymilk]

Ben Affleck is... Dig Dug.

Centipede would be cool - very War of the Worlds in my head.

[Leon Retro]

Ben Affleck is... Dig Dug.

Rated 18. The most surreal - horrific film ever made.

[noobish hat]

castlevania would make a terrific film, if they did it properly. So, no, it's not going to make a terrific film.

[kernow]

Metal Slug, awesome, maybe ooh I dunno stallone and arnie together.

[noobish hat]

surely the universe would collapse if that ever happened. especially if Arnie lamped out another camel.

[vanpeebles]

Horrace goes Skiing, CGI animation film.

[CMcK]

Space Invaders - A Franco-Iranian nihilistic black and white production pondering the futility of existence living behind a crumbling shield.

[Soundwave]

Contra - Clearly that has all the makings of a cheesy late 80's/early 90's action fest.
I'd insist on cheap wannabe actors with little to no acting talent like John Cena/The Rock/Bill Goldberg/Vin Diesel all who look tough to play the 2 protaganists & it just be 2 hours of stuff blowing up & lots of blood & Guts prefect popcorn/no brain fodder

Shinobi - Calssic 90's Martial arts fair in the same vein as Iron Monkey would be perfect

Those 2 off the top of my head, reckon there could be millions more though...will have a think later

Neil

[DeathAdder]

They could do a pacman style game based on the true story of that fat girl who was charged for staying too long in a Kentucky Fried Chicken car park a few months ago.

[Shinebi]

Dragon's Lair featuring Bruce Campbell

[KusoGaki]

castlevania would make a terrific film, if they did it properly. So, no, it's not going to make a terrific film.

I think they were actually making a castlevania movie..

( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castlevania#Film )

[teenagewasteland]

Contra - Clearly that has all the makings of a cheesy late 80's/early 90's action fest.
I'd insist on cheap wannabe actors with little to no acting talent like John Cena/The Rock/Bill Goldberg/Vin Diesel all who look tough to play the 2 protaganists & it just be 2 hours of stuff blowing up & lots of blood & Guts prefect popcorn/no brain fodder
Neil

I could see Contra being some form of Rambo clone of a movie

[TheForce]

Shinobi, and I don't mean those Michael Dudikoff ninja movies .....

[MattyD]

I could see Contra being some form of Rambo clone of a movie

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