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On 9/14/2024 7:01 PM, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:
> On Fri, 6 Sep 2024 10:31:16 +0200, Kyonshi <gmkeros@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> It might not actually be the worst video game adaption of the 2020s for
>> long... I present to you:
>> A Minecraft Movie
>>
>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PE2YZhcC4NY
>>
>> With Jason Momoa as, I don't know, some dude, and Jack Black as Steve.
>> this trailer has absolutely nothing going for it. This trailer is a
>> masterclass in how not to make a trailer interesting.
>> The most interesting bit might be Jack Black saying his character's name
>> and the other characters being utterly unimpressed, and that was not
>> that interesting in the first place.
>>
> 
> They've just announced that filming is complete on a movie based on
> Ubisoft's "Watch_Dogs" games.
> 
> Another franchise that absolutely did not need --or really, had the
> setting or characters to support-- a movie based on it. Not that _any_
> of Ubisoft's franchises really would translate to film, but
> "Watch_Dogs" seems one of the more unlikely. It's a series that is all
> about the mechanics and lacks any memorable narrative or characters
> (in fact, "Watch_Dogs Legion" was famous in that it had _no_ main
> characters, since any of the thousands of NPCs in the game could be
> recruited into the adventure.
> 
> It just seems such an odd choice to make a film. Why not "Assassins
> Creed" or "Farcry 5" or even "Rayman"? All of them seem more likely
> subjects.
> 
> Well, it'll be fun to watch this one crash and burn too.
> 
You have to remember how Hollyweird operates about this stuff.
"Is it popular?"
"Yes."
"Buy the movie rights.  We'll use the title and some character names. 
People will flock to see it because of the game/book/YouTube 
Video/Podcast/comic book/etc./etc./etc....  Well, maybe, we might think 
up a better title."


-- 
I've done good in this world. Now I'm tired and just want to be a cranky 
dirty old man.