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Dhruin
Stranger In A Strange Land
Joined: 20 May 2002
Posts: 1825
Location: Sydney, Australia |
| Deus Ex Heads to the Movies |
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IGN is <a href="http://pc.ign.com/articles/489/489823p1.html" target="_blank">reporting</a> that Eidos has sold the movie rights for Deus Ex to Columbia Pictures:<blockquote><em>Last we heard, screenwriter Greg Pruss was drafting the script. He told IGN that the game's main character, JC Denton, will be "a little bit filthier than he was in the game," and that the film will be somewhat darker than the source material.</em></blockquote>Do these game to movie crossovers ever work? |
Wed Feb 04, 2004 4:49 pm |
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roqua1
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I've guess you've never seen Super Mario Bros, or Street Fighter? Of course they work.
But Mortal Kombat and the zombie movie in Racoon Town are both really good I think. |
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Wed Feb 04, 2004 4:52 pm |
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Tora
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If Deus Ex doesn't work, then nothing will.
Of course, that's assuming that they stick to the game's plot well enough... |
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Wed Feb 04, 2004 8:19 pm |
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Nexus
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Already, I don't like the sound of this: "He told IGN that the game's main character, JC Denton, will be "a little bit filthier than he was in the game," and that the film will be somewhat darker than the source material." Why? So he can be more hip or cool? More real? What makes a "filthier" JC more appealing?
Of all the game franchises out there, Deus Ex is one of the few that has the potential to become both a movie and sci-fi classic in the same vein as Bladerunner. The story, the characters, the look and feel are there--they just need to be expanded. What they ought to do is get Ridley Scott to direct the film and have him choose a screenwriter who will give the story the power and relevance it deserves, not a "filthier" JC and "darker" source material to try to shock and titillate us. Give us a movie that'll win our hearts and money. |
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Wed Feb 04, 2004 10:55 pm |
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RPG Frog
Blade Runner
Joined: 02 Jan 2004
Posts: 748
Location: the Matrix |
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Originally posted by Nexus
Of all the game franchises out there, Deus Ex is one of the few that has the potential to become both a movie and sci-fi classic in the same vein as Bladerunner.
I agree. I am a Blade Runner fanatic. Also, I love Deus Ex, Akira, Ghost in the Shell, and the 1st Matrix movie because of their heavy Blade Runner influence. Ridley Scott would be awsome but he is doing killer period stuff like Kingdom of Heaven(the Crusades) and another Rome movie that will deal with polotics and military tactics.
I think Paul Anderson would get the job done. Mortal Kombat 1 & Resident Evil are the best and only good game movies ever made.
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