16th March 2004, 3:26 PM
Having the game creators in a creative position on a film would produce pure shit on the screen. People who write code are not story tellers, the story is built around the code.
Unfortunately, writers, directors, DP'S you name it, feel that video games dont have a story or substance; so they make one up that everyone agrees on and then shoot it. If the people who did the cinematics in Metroid Prime directed an entire film, it would be like Torque or SWAT with Zoomers and War Wasps. In other words, an over the top special effects popcorn movie that will leave no room for any type of considerable story and will fail in its opening weekend. You'd have to find a screenplay writer that knows the Metroid story in and out and develop a closure in it's structure. People will not want to watch 2 hours of Samus Aran trying to speed boost and spark jump to a super missle tank 3 rooms over. It would have to be a different type of story, and by nature, would not feel like any of the games and would alienate Metroid fans.
Someone should try to call Peter Jackson, he's had lots of time on his hands as of late. A side from licking the heads of the Oscars and trying to convince Orlando Bloom to sponsor Visine.
Unfortunately, writers, directors, DP'S you name it, feel that video games dont have a story or substance; so they make one up that everyone agrees on and then shoot it. If the people who did the cinematics in Metroid Prime directed an entire film, it would be like Torque or SWAT with Zoomers and War Wasps. In other words, an over the top special effects popcorn movie that will leave no room for any type of considerable story and will fail in its opening weekend. You'd have to find a screenplay writer that knows the Metroid story in and out and develop a closure in it's structure. People will not want to watch 2 hours of Samus Aran trying to speed boost and spark jump to a super missle tank 3 rooms over. It would have to be a different type of story, and by nature, would not feel like any of the games and would alienate Metroid fans.
Someone should try to call Peter Jackson, he's had lots of time on his hands as of late. A side from licking the heads of the Oscars and trying to convince Orlando Bloom to sponsor Visine.