Dungeon Siege the Movie

[Melbosa]

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0460780/



Think this director has a thing for Games to Movies:



http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0093051/



Too bad most of his current releases pretty much sucked.

[Shayne]

Good actors signed for it.  I read about this a couple months back, but then i saw the director and almost cried.  With the recent flood of mideval themed films its a good property to own, its a shame its doomed before its even released.

[Darren Dirt]

Good actors signed for it.  I read about this a couple months back, but then i saw the director and almost cried.

Surely, my friend, you did not just "CRY".



Indeed, sir, Uwe Bolled!

[Lazybones]

http://www.globetechnology.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20050714.gtbolljul14/BNStory/AtPlay/

Most of his films have been rated between two and four out of 10 by users of the Internet Movie DataBase. The respected on-line film resource also reports one of his less glamorous nicknames to be "The Master of Error."

Anyone think it's possible for this guy to make a movie that doesn't stink?

[Mr. Analog]

Good lord, how can this man still be going, where does he get funding from and how does he get the likes of Ben Kingsly to be in Bloodrayne?



"Beyond Dungeon Siege, Mr. Boll's plate is full of video game-based projects, including films based on the games Far Cry, Fear Effect, and Hunter: The Reckoning."



What? How! How can a movie be made about Hunter: The Reckoning? A game whose plot is so generic and unoriginal it makes straight lines everywhere want to curl up into the fetal position. But wait there's more!



"He explained where his adaptation of Alone in the Dark may have gone wrong". Just wait, you'll love this! "I think Alone in the Dark was too much an action creature movie than a horror creature movie. The video game was more horror. I don't feel too guilty about it because Atari failed to deliver Alone in the Dark 5." Say what? Ooh, curse you peksy Atari for realizing your blunder in time to stop the madness. I do like the Action Monster idea however, Indiana Monster and The Shopping Centre of Delightfulness, where the monster ruins the day, eats the good guys face and gets the girl? Hmm, it could work!



I think the most blinding evidence that there is something clinically wrong with Uwe Boll is the following statement (I wish I could make it up) "My favourite game is Postal". In the immortal words of Stan Lee; 'Nuff said.



Please, please, please someone take away Uwe Boll's director cap in case he makes a movie based on Thief or Myst...

[Melbosa]

Merged topics as they contained same content.

[Shayne]

I just cant believe the actors he signs on for these.



I did a bit of research, his movies cost in the $20 million range (including marketting and such), yet the hardly come close to $10 million.  My woman says that they brought in WAY to many DVD copies of "Alone in the Dark" (and they brought in 10 copies)



*the original postal was actually pretty good for its time*

[Melbosa]

http://www.1up.com/do/feature?cId=3143249&did=1



6 page interview with Mr. Boll.

[Melbosa]

Something interesting I found on a side piece in this arctice, are other Video Game movies in the works (some we have talked about before):

DOOM (Universal, October 21, starring The Rock)

Silent Hill (TriStar Pictures, 2006)

Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children (Square Enix, November)

Hitman (Fox, TBA, starring Vin Diesel)

Halo (Fox/Universal, 2007)

God of War (Universal, TBA)

Mortal Kombat III (New Line Cinema, TBA)

Resident Evil 3, 4, 5 (Columbia Tristar, TBA)

[Melbosa]

Interesting rundown on upcoming movies from this director, from the same article:

Between filming Dungeon Siege and ramping up for the release of BloodRayne, it isn't like the director doesn't already have a full schedule, but that's not stopping the Boll-man from scoping out a number of projects for the future.



What's in store? We had him give us the run down.



Running With Scissors' Postal

Status: Terms of the license are still being negotiated, but expected to be more of a comedy than Boll's other efforts. Expected to be his film after Dungeon Siege.



Eidos Interactive's Fear Effect

Status: In limbo due to unsatisfying script treatments and Eidos' hesitation to move forward with Fear Effect 3.



Ubisoft's Far Cry

Status: The script is currently being finished and will likely be the film he tackles after wrapping up Postal. Boll hopes to cast a big star like The Rock for the title role.



Hunter: The Reckoning

Status: With the script still in-the-works, this adaptation still hasn't gained much momentum. Don't expect anything new from this for some time.

[Darren Dirt]

Good lord, how can this man still be going, where does he get funding from and how does he get the likes of Ben Kingsly to be in Bloodrayne?

"My favourite game is Postal because it is so politically incorrect [he laughs]. Not for the story though. Hitman and Silent Hill are also favourites."



^ That explains it. Not only is he "in league with Satan" but he's also one of the Evil One's biggest fans

[Melbosa]

Well I'm not one to thread resurrect, but found this really interesting:



http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0093051/



Seems Mr. Boll is now to direct Halo The Movie

[Lazybones]

No, please, stop... We DON"T need more video game movies, particularly ones by this director.

[Darren Dirt]

Well I'm not one to thread resurrect, but found this really interesting:



http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0093051/



Seems Mr. Boll is now to direct Halo The Movie

HALO?!?!?!?!



Manohman, you can certainly gauge the response of the masses by the titles of the IMDB threads... (some amusing posts in some of these)



Uwe boll directing? is this some kind of joke?

YES! UWE's DIRECTING!

How the hell???!

UWE BOL!!!??

Why didn't Uwe Boll's mother just take the birth control pills?

MOTHER *beep*

Uwe Boll can *beep* off!

Uwe Bol? Why?

wtf Uwe Boll Directing?!



Apparently not exactly converts to the "Boll" style of filming video games... :roll:





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but, breathe a sigh of relief:

FACT: UWE BOLL IS NOT DIRECTING THIS MOVIE!!!(quote)PROOF: http://www.aintitcool.com/display.cgi?id=21334 -- Idiots need to stop updating IMDB with B.S. just to get a reaction.(/quote)

...Microsoft and Bungie are too protective of their sugar daddy big moneymaker to let Mr. HOUSE OF THE DEAD take the reins. Universal, 20th Century Fox, Microsoft and Bungie are too smart to let that happen. I've got my ear to the ground on this project, being a huge HALO fan and one that believes a really fun and really badass movie could be made from the story. I also believe the design of the game lends itself to a theatrical adaptation. Lord knows it can be done wrong, but that's true of any adaptation, wouldn't you say?

*phew*

[Tonnica]

FACT: UWE BOLL IS NOT DIRECTING THIS MOVIE!!!

Thank goodness. Though I wager if Boll-ing-For-Dollars got his mitts on it he'd be hanging from the yardarm before ye could say "Arr! Jimboy arr!". Handing the reigns over to that poltroon'd be like Microsoft, Bungie, and all rabid fans 'cross the seas plying "please, take our booty and convert it to naught but plug nickels!".



I have to ponder yon question "why do we need more video game movies?". Indeed, after gazing upon the Doom trailer I had to exclaim "avast!". It looked about as entertainin' as scrapin' barnacles off a hull while the ship is movin'.



In yon case of FFVII I knew since quite a few fortnights ago they were edgin' towards a new production as suggested durin' the release of Before Crisis. The lubbers at Squarenix plan to cash in on the hoard by releasin' two new games and possibly a remakin' of the original FF VII for PS3. So I figgers it's more of a package deal, is what it is rather than some one shot off the port bow.



EDIT: Updated me link to a better one

[Melbosa]

See gotta love our little community, I don't have to research everything when I can get our minions... er mean members to do it for me!

[Darren Dirt]

yeah, but you sometimes need a piratespeak-->l33t$p3@k translator to unnerstand watt their sayig

[Darren Dirt]

Wowcanyabelieveit? A video game movie, and Ewe is NOT directing it!



Wokkawokka!





PS: after persuing the article A Case in Communism: The Super Mario Story, and recognizing how strangely bad the movie was (at least, in terms of faithfulness to the original game), I wonder what kind of child-mind-warping propaganda will come out of the Mr. Yellow Face Dot Addict?  :?

[Mr. Analog]

What.The. Hell.



HOW can PAC-MAN be a MOVIE?



Let's look at the past shall we?



PAC-MAN: 1980

Type: Video Game

Status: Awesome



Pac-Man Cereal: 1982

Type: Cereal

Status: Meh



"Pac-Man": 1982

Type: Cartoon

Status: Crap



Pac-Man: 1983

Type: Atari home Translation

Status: Unforgivable Junk



Now I know there was Ms. Pac-Man and a couple of 3D Pac-Games of non-suckable quality but the Pac-Franchise has, to me, languished into a decay from which it will never recover.



But hey, that's just my take.

[Darren Dirt]

You didn't mention, so I will, Pacman World 2 is waycoolfun, and Pacman Fever is a neat collection of Pac and Ms.Pac and some other Namco characters in a sorta boardgame-minigame 4 player coolness (literally "fun for the WHOLE family", 4 year old girl to 9 year old boy can play, and I even find it fun).



But yeah, the other stuff you mentioned, teh suck.

[Thorin]

Pacman Fever, you say?  Is that available for the GameCube?

[Mr. Analog]

Yes, yes it is.

[Darren Dirt]

Yes, yes it is.

Rule of thumb: If Darren Dirt ever mentions playing a game at home, it is either PC or Gamecube. IWNBAHCSAIASOTMPWANSLWCBYMSOABANG*.



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* IWNBAHCSAIASOTMPWANSLWCBYMSOABANG = I Will Never Buy Another Home Console System As I Am Sick Of The Marketing Ploy Where A New System Looks Way Cool But You Must Start Over And Buy All New Games.  :evil:

[Lazybones]

* IWNBAHCSAIASOTMPWANSLWCBYMSOABANG = I Will Never Buy Another Home Console System As I Am Sick Of The Marketing Ploy Where A New System Looks Way Cool But You Must Start Over And Buy All New Games.  :evil:

Last time I checked backward compatiblility was very common in modern consoles.



Gamboy -> GameBoy Advance -> Nintendo DS



GameBoy (with addon) -> GameCube -> Revolution



Xbox (200+ titles)->Xbox 360



PS1 -> PS2-> PS1 and PS2 ->PS3



Why do you have to buy all new games.. Almost every single concole released this or comming will be backward compatible.

[Shayne]

...not to mention its only a matter of time (late 2006, early 2007) that your console will no longer be developed for (at least not AAA, or even AA, A titles).



The investment is minimal in that a $500 machine over 4 years is about $10 a month.



Have they even confirmed the Revolution to be backwards?  I was aware that it would have access to an online service that would allow you to play a large amount of "classic" nintendo games, but to play GameCube games from the disc would be interesting as its a slot load drive and the discs are smaller.  Though with an ATi core, and an IBM cpu its probably pretty easy to assume as the parts are near the same as the GameCube.



Backwards compatability is a selling feature forsure, and while most games work the accessories and/or saved games and such do not.

[Mr. Analog]

Quothe the Nintendo Revolution Homepage:

Decades of Games



Revolution will play all of your favorite Nintendo GameCube games, and deliver downloadable access to 20 years of fan-favorite titles originally released for Nintendo 64, the Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES) and even the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES).