What classic 2600 game would make the best movie?

[+FujiSkunk]

I don't doubt that in the very near future it will be feasible to make new movies "starring" dead actors, but do we really want to go there?

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Too late.

 

Note who's playing Jor-El.

[homerwannabee]

I voted for H.E.R.O but after thinking about it there is an even better one that would go great for CGI. That is Frogger. I even have a plot outline. The Frog is living with his family in the swamps Florida but through a series of weird coincedences he finds himself

in Los Angelas. From there he tries to get back home to Florida. Avoiding a series fo near fatal incidences along the way.

[Sonic]

i think that the game river raid would make a excellent movie because it could be one of those in plane shot, WWII, thrilling movies were the bullets are whizzing past and everything, i would definitely see it

[G.Whiz]

Not sure if Warlords came out on 2600 before the arcade version (i.e. not sure if it is a port) but I think it would make a decent movie. Excalibur, Braveheart, and other similiar movies pit one against one, but it wasn't uncommon to have more than two houses feuding at the same time -- in fact it was probably the norm at one point. If done right, it could have potential.

 

~G

[liquid_sky]

megamania.. it could be the best stoner movie of all time.

[A.J. Franzman]

I don't doubt that in the very near future it will be feasible to make new movies "starring" dead actors, but do we really want to go there?

970665[/snapback]

 

Too late.

 

Note who's playing Jor-El.

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I knew about that - recognized Brando's voice from Superman in the preview of Superman Returns which was shown before Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. But there's no solid indication as yet whether they're merely including his voice, or cutting in the film footage (possibly including outtakes and alternate camera angles), or pasting only him from the original footage into new scenes, or making an entirely CGI, accurate rendition of him to accompany the original voice track but allowing the visual action to be different.

 

According to IMDB, they're just using the original film. IMDB trivia for the 1978 film mentions available outtakes. What a cop-out! As if nobody else could play Jor-El.

[+FujiSkunk]

I knew about that - recognized Brando's voice from Superman in the preview of Superman Returns which was shown before Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. But there's no solid indication as yet whether they're merely including his voice, or cutting in the film footage (possibly including outtakes and alternate camera angles), or pasting only him from the original footage into new scenes, or making an entirely CGI, accurate rendition of him to accompany the original voice track but allowing the visual action to be different.

 

According to IMDB, they're just using the original film. IMDB trivia for the 1978 film mentions available outtakes. What a cop-out! As if nobody else could play Jor-El.

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The trivia for the new movie delves a little deeper. Brando actually filmed scenes for Superman II, back when the original director was slated to do both films. When production for Superman II, originally halted, started up again, Brando demanded a higher stake of the film. The producers balked, and re-hired the actress who portrayed Superman's mother instead.

 

All of this extra footage has become fodder for Brando's "performance" in Superman Returns.

 

And this isn't even the first time. Remember the Diet Coke commercials that "paired" Elton John with Louis Armstrong? And then there's Kung Pow: Enter the Fist.

[Smiley]

None of them...most movies based on games are teh sux..with the exception of a few..

[ATARIPITBULL]

" YARS REVENGE "

 

[mister_pal]

Swordquest sounds like it could be a good adventure

[Jacob Rose]

I don't doubt that in the very near future it will be feasible to make new movies "starring" dead actors, but do we really want to go there?

970665[/snapback]

 

Too late.

 

Note who's playing Jor-El.

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That wasn't the first...this one probably isn't either:

 

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0346156/

 

Note who's playing Dr. Totenkopf (literally, "Dead Head" but not as in "The Grateful," more like "Deceased Head" ).

[Jacob Rose]

I went with the obvious for me, Adventure..

 

But could you imagine the storyline for Kaboom? Why is the convict dropping bombs? What mad vehicle is he using to jettison back and forth so quickly? Why was he in jail, to begin with, and how did he escape?

 

The hero saving the bombs from landing, how did he get in this position? What adversity did he face prior to carrying water buckets around? Is there a love interest?

 

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Wow, convincing. I'm voting Kaboom. I think it fits the zeitgeist of the "Homeland Security" (jawohl!) era.

[Draikar]

I like too see Pac-Man but don't think that counts to what the poll said, anyway I still pick Pac-Man so I voted "other"....

[A.J. Franzman]

I don't doubt that in the very near future it will be feasible to make new movies "starring" dead actors, but do we really want to go there?

970665[/snapback]

Too late.

 

Note who's playing Jor-El.

970836[/snapback]

That wasn't the first...this one probably isn't either:

 

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0346156/

 

Note who's playing Dr. Totenkopf (literally, "Dead Head" but not as in "The Grateful," more like "Deceased Head" ).

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I haven't seen that one yet (and don't really intend to). IMDB again describes this appearance as "archive footage". I'm talking about having deceased actors appearing as characters they never portrayed, in settings and scenes they never appeared in previously, moving and interacting with other characters in ways that simple archive film and occasional "Forrest Gump"-type tricks can't pull off, and even delivering dialogue they were never recorded saying. I think CGI is right on the threshold of being able to do that now - witness recent entirely-digital characters Gollum and Yoda. The only real things about them were actors providing their voices.

 

When computer software is capable of delivering lines with proper emotion and inflection in a specific person's voice, such that 95% or more of the audience would believe it was a recording of the actual person, and all of this can be inserted into a leading role in an average (not mega-budget) movie, I believe Hollywood, the moviegoing public, and the heirs of many famous deceased actors will have a major dilemma to deal with.

[Jacob Rose]

When computer software is capable of delivering lines with proper emotion and inflection in a specific person's voice, such that 95% or more of the audience would believe it was a recording of the actual person, and all of this can be inserted into a leading role in an average (not mega-budget) movie, I believe Hollywood, the moviegoing public, and the heirs of many famous deceased actors will have a major dilemma to deal with.

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On one of the Scientific American Frontiers programs on PBS, they met with a voice synthesis researcher who synthesized host Alan Alda's voice from some clips. This was last year, I think. Really impressive. So, yeah, soon.

[Foxsolo2000]

H.E.R.O. all the way

[+Wonder007]

"Tapper: The Motion Picture"

 

Tapper's Bar is going through foreclosure. The only way to rescue the bar is to hold a beer telethon.

 

Joaquin Phoenix stars in a Dreamworks production.

 

Renee Zeilweiger and Tara Reid costar

 

Coming Summer 2006!!!

Edited December 6, 2005 by Wonder007

[Flojomojo]

I chose "Enduro" because I love a good roadtrip adventure movie.

 

Solaris would be good for the same reasons, except in space!

 

Best of all would be something that captures as many of these as possible. Like THIS, which has yet to be topped. I'd love a Wario-Ware style VCS anthology game like that.

[calfranklin]

Berserk! This game always gave me the creeps when the "static" sound sounded just as you got it from the robots.

[jpfalcon2003]

I voted "Other" because Pitfall II, in my opinion, has the most plot elements of any 2600 game and therefore would make the best basis of a movie.

Agreed. Pitfall II would be the best game suited for a movie plot.

[JacobZu7zu7]

I voted Haunted House, because with the scary rooms

and eyeballs etc.. that could be good.

 

I can't believe Dragonfire is a ZERO vote. I almost picked that.

 

PS,

How could Kaboom! become a movie?

WWII catch the bombs in with a bucket of water, lol??

[SpaceInvader]

Adventure, yeah, definitely Adventure... (think rainman) LOL

[Dusk2600]

Beatem and Eat em

[LYNXGUY]

I voted for PITFALL as it would be a great adventure movie like Indiana Jones