Juan Carlos Fresnadillo has been hired by Universal to direct Bioshock http://geeknewstoday.wordpress.com/2009/08/24/geek-news-for-monday-august-24-2009/
Bio shock the movie actually gettin a directer!
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Heard about that earlier, could be awesome.
28 Weeks Later was fantastic, but I don't know anything else he's done.
28 Weeks Later was fantastic, but I don't know anything else he's done.
Oh dear, I was really hoping that Universal would just forget about the whole damn thing.
You see, when you attempt to turn a popular video game franchise into a movie, you're removing the crucial element that made the video game so popular in the first place; interactivity.
Without interactivity, a movie based off a video game might as well be a series of live action cutscenes you can't skip. I don't care how good the director is (I admit, I like 28 Weeks Later), but this movie will never be good.
You see, when you attempt to turn a popular video game franchise into a movie, you're removing the crucial element that made the video game so popular in the first place; interactivity.
Without interactivity, a movie based off a video game might as well be a series of live action cutscenes you can't skip. I don't care how good the director is (I admit, I like 28 Weeks Later), but this movie will never be good.
UGHHHH! Bioshock cannot be a good movie because you need a main character that not only has a face, but also has a characterazation about him that makes the audience some how relate. Bioshock's main character is basically a *****, so how could they make a movie with a flawed main character. Unless they make it about Ryan, which I would love!
That's because that's the only English movie he's done, the rest, if what I read on Wikipedia is correct, have been in Spanish. And there were only a few in Spanish. So it seems like he's probably an up and coming director, but it looks like he's won some awards, and I'm perfectly ready to believe that the movie could be great. I realize that a lot of people didn't like Silent Hill, but I've always felt that it wasn't just a good video game movie, but it was a good movie period, it may not have been solid for a horror peice, but from the perspective of being a thoughtful cinematic peice it was well done. I have the feeling that Mr. Fresnadillo could also make a deep thoughtful film out of the Bioshock premise, and those who are willing to forget that it was a game, and just enjoy it as a movie, could very well find an excelent film. The world of Rapture is rich in potential, it would be a shame not to allow it that potential.atomictoast said:
You hit it right on the money. Especially with Bioshock, if they base it on the first one, I will hate it. I will feel no immersion whatsoever, and I won't like the story because I don't get to choose what to do with the little sisters. Like you said, a lack of interactivity destroys anything branching off of a game.HardRockSamurai said:
Thats basically the whole truth, and nothing but the truth. However if one game has the ability to make a good movie, its Bioshock. I'd just like to see more of rapture. The only way they could do it right, was if they took a great deal of license with the game. Which they won't.HardRockSamurai said:
Too subtle.D4zZ said:
Here is the link for the News Room Coverage:
http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/read/7.133067
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Anyway, I never saw 28 Weeks Later but some people seem to think it was good. Either way, as long as the director is committed to the Bioshock source material, we're gold. But if we stray away a bit too much... hmm...
The problem with making games into movie is that games last for many hours whereas movies only last about two hours so what they basically do is boil the movie down o the key plot points even removing characters to make it fit. Bioshock's story is far too complex and nuanced to be boiled down to two hours, but I'd love to see them prove me wrong.
Maybe it can focus on another character other than Jack like Tenanbaum or (As Drtydecepticon said) Ryan and Jack can just be a background character.
Maybe it can focus on another character other than Jack like Tenanbaum or (As Drtydecepticon said) Ryan and Jack can just be a background character.
Cool. I loved 28 Weeks Later, so this will probably be awesome. And now it has a higher probability of being R.
Gore Verbinski doesn't do R rated movies.
Gore Verbinski doesn't do R rated movies.
i think it could be good. I hear that Wentworth Miller is going to be in it. you know, the guy with the tattoos from prison break.
