Fallout - The Movie

[T.H.O.R]

I'm sure forums like this have been done before. I just didn't really find any in my morning run-through. And last night when my wife and I went to see Wall-E (Hilarious movie, great job by Pixar as always) I found myself thinking;

"You know what would have amazing potential as a video-game movie..? Fallout. 'Nuff said"

Such a tremendous story, a wonderful environment to work with, the protagonist can easily be related to your every-day man...They just built it so well (in my opinion) I think, under the right director, and script writer..It could very well redeem the failing 'Video-game Movie' franchise.

Discuss?

Also, feel free to point out any other games that you feel have amazing movie potential, etc.

 

[HSIAMetalKing]

Fallout would be a fantastic movie. I couldn't agree more.

Not every game has the potential to be a good movie-- and looking at my game shelf, I can't really think of another one right now. But I'd sure as hell see Fallout: The Movie.

 

[T.H.O.R]

If they did it Live action, I'd really like to see how they portray the Brotherhood of Steel...The brotherhood power armor is still my favorite piece of video-game equipment, to date.

 

[GenHellspawn]

It would be way better in CGI, with the mutants and ghouls and whatnot. Although, if it was live action, I'd be interested as to how they'd film the military base.

 

[Silver]

No. Sure, it has potential, but everything has potential. The movie industry is so full of idiotic bigots though, that any attempt to make it into a movie now would probably be based on the third game, and an even bigger insult to the series than that one. It would probably be cutened up as well, to allow for more income from children watching it.

 

[T.H.O.R]

That's another problem I've had with films lately...why is everything rated PG or PG-13? Now, I did enjoy Wall-E, but that's because Pixar is damn good at what they do.

But when I want to see a nitty-gritty rough and bloody ACTION (NOT Gore or horror) flick, I can't seem to find one that's rated appropriately. Come ON guys, an action movie that's rated PG-13 or less, STARTS with the scales tipped against it.

A CG Fallout, even based off the third (which, from the looks of things is holding the values and story of the older game together quite nicely) would need an R rating to be anything short of bloody horse manure, blended in with your chocolate milkshake.


Here's to keeping your fingers crossed.

 

[Silver]

It should be based on Van Buren in that case. That's the only way I see it happening well. Anyone who knows what Van Buren is would most likely be competent enough to make it well (if they had a budget, which I doubt they would), and they'd be totally flipping off Fallout 3 at the same time and that annoying overgrown child they have working on it.

 

[xenxander]

The problem with video game to movie translations is that the movie industry doesn't understand that they can't make the movie "for everyone". Movies based on games need to stick very close to their game counterpart. If you try to deviate too far, you end up pissing off the game fans, and the non-game players are left with a resounding "wft did I just watch" feeling.

And I agree movies based on games need to have an "R" rating, as most of the games movie-worthy are "M" type games anyway, and when the movie finally moves from box office to rental (or live-stream), then those teen tards will still have the pleasure of watching it.

One "port" that was "okay" was Resident Evil, but only the first movie (and even then it was more 'action' than horror, which kind of killed the theme). Trailing too far from that concept with the second and even more so with the third (until it was so far off topic I hated the movie but still sat through it and even bought it on DVD just for the sake of completion of the trilogy...)

MK: Annihilation was a total flop, and Double Dragon took on a Humorous tone which was "o.k" but just not great enough to make it memorable.

TMNT (the first movie only) gave a good dark feeling to the turtles, but the second two just dropped the movie franchise into a bucket of pig crap and stirred it around for a good few weeks.

Those aside, "Tome Raider" wasn't 'that' bad and kept good with the concept well enough but who remembers "Super Mario Bros."? Probably no one - it wasn't a memorable movie even though it ran for 140mins... *smirks*

Fallout will really need to have its roots planted with mutant creatures and a hint of alien 'sci-fi' without over-hyping any one element and there you have it.. plus the movie will need three protagonists "not" working with each other - each on their own mission with their own objectives. This will give the fallout "movie" a hint of "open endednes" that the game was famous for. But I am not going to go too far out and hope for it, "Doom" was about killing DNA mutated "Human" Zombies instead of creatures from hell... *sigh*...

 

[stompy]

Fallout does have potential to become good movies, but like j-e-f-f-e-r-s and Silvertounge said, the director's will most likely cock it up.

 

[Johnn Johnston]

It could work, but most likely, it wouldn't.

A movie has to follow a very, very linear path. The game is a post-apocalyptic sandbox. They just wouldn't mix well, while keeping the original feel of the game.

God help us if Uwe Boll even has the idea of making a Fallout movie, then all bets are off.

 

[John Galt]

A wonderful game and compelling plot, but due to the linearity of movies and the "cock-it-up" factor present in many directors, it would be impractical. The movie industry would try to make it appeal to everyone in order to offset the colossal special effects budget required. If you want to see what happens when the movie industry tries to transfer what works in one media to what works in movies, look no further than Starship Troopers. I don't think any fans of Fallout could bear watching their beloved being strung along like that.

 

[Silver]

It could work, but most likely, it wouldn't.

A movie has to follow a very, very linear path. The game is a post-apocalyptic sandbox. They just wouldn't mix well, while keeping the original feel of the game.

God help us if Uwe Boll even has the idea of making a Fallout movie, then all bets are off.

Then again, the feeling of the game comes from the setting, the excellent plot and writing, more so than "I can run around in circles for three days!"

 

[Johnn Johnston]

I can't disagree with that, but the sandbox element is an integral part of Fallout. Imagine taking that part out of Fallout. It just wouldn't be the same.

 

[PurpleRain]

A wonderful game and compelling plot, but due to the linearity of movies and the "cock-it-up" factor present in many directors, it would be impractical. The movie industry would try to make it appeal to everyone in order to offset the colossal special effects budget required. If you want to see what happens when the movie industry tries to transfer what works in one media to what works in movies, look no further than Starship Troopers. I don't think any fans of Fallout could bear watching their beloved being strung along like that.

Nooo. I actually liked Starship Troopers.

I agree though, Fallout can never and will never work as a movie unless I'm doing it! Wait a few more decades for me to get some cred.

 

[John Galt]

You know, it might actually work as a graphic novel. Think about it: it could take advantage of the awesome setting and art of Fallout, it wouldn't have the need to appeal to everyone, and...well, those are the only two reasons I can think of but they're damn fine reasons.

 

[tiredinnuendo]

One must ask themselves this when considering a "Fallout" movie.

- Would I approve of a protagonist who would be rough around the edges, not initially wanting to go on his quest, but after a discovery about the value of human life, becomes a true crusader for the cause of right?
- Would I like the positive black character, the woman whom the hero slowly grows to love, the totally incompetent guy who may be a traitor, the child with oracle powers, and the friendly dog doomed to die in the last third of the film to all appear in this movie?
- Would I enjoy a movie containing exactly two factions (humans and mutants, because audiences can't follow more than two), where the humans are cold and calculating and therefore not all that good, and the mutants are all just insane?
- Would I enjoy the inevitable "trapped in a prison and growing to love the love interest" scene, where they are saved by the totally incompetent (and possibly reformed) guy?

... you know, I could just keep going with this pretty much forever.

- J

 

[MasterLu]

I like to think we may have evolved from the stage where games made into films automatically equals so much crap. Resident Evil and Tomb Raider one through twelve are all ...passable movies at least.

As for movies being linear.. well no shit they are linear. Fallout and for example the Elder Scrolls series are broadly in the same ballpark gamingstyle-wise, but where Fallout has a very distinct style (both visual and in terms of humor, music, setting etc) Oblivion is pretty much as run-of-the-mill fantasy baloney as they come. Linearity doesn't haven anything to do with it. I will admit to liking Starship Troopers, even though I never read the book and the game(s) turned out to be less than impressive (yes, that's the order, not the other way around).

I'm just ranting, but StarCraft is another example of a well fleshed-out universe with characters and story and style that's just begging to be made into a trilogy. Not to mention Diablo...

As for Uwe Boll... hell, look at what Peter Jackson did when he got something to work with that didn't involve zombies and lawn movers. (Alright, I want a Fallout-the-Movie without Uwe Boll as much as anyone)

 

[John Galt]

Nooo. I actually liked Starship Troopers.

While the movie had its own merits, it wasn't close to the militaristic philosophy-fest that the book was. The book lost a whole lot (and gained a bit) in the translation between formats.

 

[T.H.O.R]

Nooo. I actually liked Starship Troopers.

While the movie had its own merits, it wasn't close to the militaristic philosophy-fest that the book was. The book lost a whole lot (and gained a bit) in the translation between formats.

Truth. Oh well, in the mean time let's just cross our fingers close our eyes and pretend all is well.