if you could re-do any bad movie adaptation or game adaptation, which would you choose?

[Oly J]

hello people,

so yeah the question is simple enough, there have been any number of terrible movies adapted from good things be it books, anime or video games, and there have been probably just as many bad games adapted from movies and such,

so my question is, if you could pick one, to re-do as you see fit, which would you choose and why? also if you can think to elaborate, how would you go about it?

my immediate reaction to this question was originally, "well I'd re-do "Dragonball Evolution" obviously, but then I thought, no, as soul-crushingly bad as I thought DBE was, I wouldn't try to adapt Dragon Ball to a live action movie, I just don't beleive it can be done, I don't think it should even have been attempted in the first place, some things just don't translate well into certain other mediums, or if this particular one can I wouldn't begin to know how to tell the story of Dragon Ball, within the timeframe of your average movie, and the budget would have to be gargantuan...but I digress

so I thought, what else is there? and another movie immediately came to mind "Percy Jackson and the Lightning Theif" seriously, as adaptations go that movie was pretty terrible, and even if you ignore the source material and forget that it's based on a book, it's still just not a very good movie, every excuse is made for product placement, and the casting is terrible, Uma Thurman as Medusa? come on! the only casting choice I liked was Ray Winstone as Ares and they cut him out of the damn thing...but again I digress

basically if you've read the book and seen the movie you probably know what my problem is, it makes "Eragon" look faithful by comparison (more on that later)

basically if it wasn't obvious already I'd just make a more faithful adaptation...it would also have to be pretty long

as for casting, well a few names come to mind

I wouldn't know who would play any of the main characters they'd have to be age-appropriate so child actors/actresses mostly...the only one I could name would be Seamus Davey-Fitzpatrick as Percy

I would also have...

Christopher Lee as Chiron...or failing that, Sean Connery (he's supposed to be old)
Benedict Cumberbatch as Hermes...just seems apropriate somehow
Medusa would be CGI but I would have here voiced by Linda Young
Kevin Nash as Ares (though Ray Winstone was a good choice)
I'd keep the guy that played Luke...I forget his name but he worked pretty well with the crap he was given I thought

Liam Neeson as Zeus....yeah...I know...but I think it works
Gary Oldman as Hades

and that's all I can think of really....sorry to go off on such a tangent but thinking of actors was more fun than I expected



I mentioned "Eragon" earlier, I would have that re-done, but I wouldn't bother with a movie, I'd just adapt it into a video game, I think it works better, you've been very patient with me if you actually read this far so I won't bore you with too many details but the world of Alagaesia seems far too expansive to me to be well-represented in a movie, or even several, with that said, if LOTR could be done then why not? but I'd love to see a video game about it though, or maybe two, though if that were the case I don,t really know where one should end, if you ended each game where each book ended a couple of them would be kind of anti-climactic, so, maybe I'd do a game of the first book, and then put the other three into a second one

(by the way I haven't read "Inheritance" yet so no spoilers in comments please)


but anyway that's just me....yes I am aware I have a lot of time on my hands, I'm off college for the rest of the week lol

anyway what did you think of mine? (if you read it) and what would yours be?

 

[bobmus]

These two are my most hated book to film adaptations, and I'd ask for a redo in a heartbeat.
I Am Number Four was an okay film, but I'd still have liked a better adaptation of the book.

 

[JimB]

I'm gonna have to say the Green Lantern movie. Despite the fact that the character is essentially God except for a handwavey "limitation" about needing sufficient willpower, he's always been one of my favorite characters. They could have done so much better with the material. Yech.

...Wait, does this poll take into account that first we'd have to convince people to actually give us money with which to produce the movie? Because if that's the case, no movie I would want to remake would ever get off the ground, because no sane person would fund it.

(PS: Captcha is "sacred cow" in solid green. Nice.)

 

[Erja_Perttu]

I'd redo Tron Legacy. The visuals and soundtrack were so lovely - if only the script were up to anything. That film seemed like a great big badly thought out waste of potential.

 

[Inquisitor Slayde]

Max. Payne.

It took a near admirable amount of terrible choices to screw up turning Max Payne into a movie.

I will keep my long rant about it to myself and just say everything about the movie we got was painfully terrible when it could have been so good.

 

[LtWigglesworth]

Eragon definitely. But also the rest of the "His Dark Materials" trilogy should be made.

 

[malestrithe]

Watchmen.

Not saying it is a bad movie, I'm saying that I'm not a fan. I did not pay money to see an almost 3 hour motion comic, and that is what I got. A true adaptation keeps the core of the story and change things around just enough for it to work in a new medium. They do not say "see this trade paperback? Well this is the script and the storyboard. Now, lets make this movie." Instead, or rather, they should say, "which parts of this movie feel like the A storyline? Which parts fill like a B, C or D storyline. Which parts do we simply do not need?

If I were to adapt it:

A Story: Rorschach's investigation. Keep the scenes where he uncovers the conspiracy, keep some of his downright evil acts and keep his death. Keep the diary scene at the end of the story. Get rid of his time in prison because it slows the story down. Get rid of the shrink wrap.
B Story: Nite Owl II's life in general. His relationship to Silk Spectre, Friendship with Ror
C Story: Ozymandias. This story need a villain.
D. Silk Spectre's life. Say she got out of a bad relationship and not mention who.

De-emphasize, Manhattan, Comedian, and everything else.

After that, I would write my version of the story.

When I adapt something, I do not go into projects thinking that the source material is sacred literature. I use it a guide to create my own version of the story, emphasizing the parts that make better narrative sense and removing or changing the parts the do not. But that also does not mean that I get to change everything. The characters should remain generally the same, but if the

Before anyone says it, allow me to rebut the common objection:

No, the giant squid does not count as a significant change. The comic book's ending does not make any sense without having to go into pages long defenses of it. And the defenses I've seen worked just as good if you substitute Dr. Manhattan for Giant Squid.

The movie's ending worked for version of the story that was told. Even Alan Moore said himself that he could not think of a better way to end it, so he opted for squid.

 

[putowtin]

Street Fighter

how could you make this any better!?!

 

[Pegghead]

DOOM.

I know you can't expect much of an adaptation from what's essentially virtual action-porn, but considering it was the first game I ever played I felt a bit disheartened at the wasted potential of the film adaptation from a few years ago that starred The Rock.

I mean think about it, DOOM is essentially Flash Nukem the space marine running around at top speed listening to synthesised slayer and killing Hell. Don't tell me there isn't potential for a movie that's not just Dwayne Johnson trying to act in a half-assed attempt at both horror and trying to "legitimise" the source material.

 

[axlryder]

Dragon ball. It could be adapted into something much, much better. Resident Evil as my second choice. What pissed me off most about Resident Evil was not that everything was changed. Yes, that frustrated me, but it's understandable given the source material. No, what pissed me off the most is that, despite all of the changes, it was still a pandering, shitty movie with a Mary Sue for a protagonist.

 

[Casual Shinji]

Before anyone says it, allow me to rebut the common objection:

No, the giant squid does not count as a significant change. The comic book's ending does not make any sense without having to go into pages long defenses of it. And the defenses I've seen worked just as good if you substitute Dr. Manhattan for Giant Squid.

The movie's ending worked for version of the story that was told. Even Alan Moore said himself that he could not think of a better way to end it, so he opted for squid.

There's no need to go into a pages long defense, all that needs to said is that it needed to be an "alien" threat. A threat that is totally disconnected from humanity. That was the whole point. The solution for world peace.

Substituting the Squid for Manhattan completely nullifies the grand solution, because Manhattan has that link to humanity; He was human, he symbolizes nuclear power, and above all else he's the poster boy of America's nuclear dominance. How long do you think before America becomes the entire world's whipping boy for not keeping their blue god in check?

 

[Fasckira]

Tomb Raider. I'd keep Angelina as Lara (shes pretty much ideal for the role), but I'd make the story in a similar vein to Castaway; Lara would be predominantly silent, apart from occasionally talking to herself when trying to work out a puzzle or trap, and the film would cover her trying to actually raid a tomb. Of course there could still be the plot twists and the supernatural element towards the end (typical bad guys come in towards the end, steal the macguffin only for Lara to reclaim it at a critical juncture and escape as the tomb explodes/great doom kills bad guys etc).

 

[Scarim Coral]

Watchmen.

Not saying it is a bad movie, I'm saying that I'm not a fan. I did not pay money to see an almost 3 hour motion comic, and that is what I got. A true adaptation keeps the core of the story and change things around just enough for it to work in a new medium. They do not say "see this trade paperback? Well this is the script and the storyboard. Now, lets make this movie." Instead, or rather, they should say, "which parts of this movie feel like the A storyline? Which parts fill like a B, C or D storyline. Which parts do we simply do not need?

If I were to adapt it:

A Story: Rorschach's investigation. Keep the scenes where he uncovers the conspiracy, keep some of his downright evil acts and keep his death. Keep the diary scene at the end of the story. Get rid of his time in prison because it slows the story down. Get rid of the shrink wrap.
B Story: Nite Owl II's life in general. His relationship to Silk Spectre, Friendship with Ror
C Story: Ozymandias. This story need a villain.
D. Silk Spectre's life. Say she got out of a bad relationship and not mention who.

De-emphasize, Manhattan, Comedian, and everything else.

After that, I would write my version of the story.

When I adapt something, I do not go into projects thinking that the source material is sacred literature. I use it a guide to create my own version of the story, emphasizing the parts that make better narrative sense and removing or changing the parts the do not. But that also does not mean that I get to change everything. The characters should remain generally the same, but if the

Before anyone says it, allow me to rebut the common objection:

No, the giant squid does not count as a significant change. The comic book's ending does not make any sense without having to go into pages long defenses of it. And the defenses I've seen worked just as good if you substitute Dr. Manhattan for Giant Squid.

The movie's ending worked for version of the story that was told. Even Alan Moore said himself that he could not think of a better way to end it, so he opted for squid.

You better not mention that in a comicbook forum. Hardcore fanboy rage on how some movies are not 100% accurate (like X-men First Class and Kick Ass) to the source material.

As for me it would either be Dragonball or Green Lantern.
My only ideas to redo those two films is for Dragonball, it will be an Asian film only while with Green Lantern it will be more like that animated film First Film but live action.

 

[VoidWanderer]

Can I pre-emptively say Michael Bay's... interesting take on the TMNT?

 

[Diablo1099_v1legacy]

King of Fighters.
The entire movie has nothing to do with the games.

I came up with a plot as well.
Kyo finds his father missing and a Invite to a Fighting tournament.
He and his team goes to said tournament which is held on the BlackNoah Aircraft Carrier.
Have him meet the entire '94 Roster.
Then have each of them get killed off one by one.
Turns out Rugal (Played by Dolph Lundgren) is killing them off, Teen Serial Killer style but with Martial Arts, to add to his collection of Human statues.
After a few hopeless fights, the remaining cast tries to escape, Rugal sets off the self-destruct, final showdown between him and the rest of the cast, they escape just before the ship blows up.

Now, Compare this to the KOF movie.

 

[Ultress]

The Persona 3 anime. With the Persona 4 anime showing that it is poosible to make a good Persona anime, I think they should go back and give Persona 3 the same treatment and cut all ties to Trinity Souls.

 

[Raijha]

I'd have to agree with Eragon on this one. There was a chance to take an interesting (if not entirely well written/very cliche'd series) and turn it into a series of decent movies. Instead, we got a movie that almost anybody who had read the book couldn't even watch all the way through! It was really really terrible, and killed any chance of any of the other books in the series being turned into movies at all. If Twilight managed to get all of its *ahem* "content" turned into feature "films", Eragon should have had a much better chance than what it was given.

 

[Danny Nissenfeld]

The first game movie Uwe Boll got to direct which was either House of the Dead or Alone in the Dark depending on which one was greelighted first.

It might have put an end to him getting any subsequent gaming movies, and thus would have saved us from lots of bad movies >.>

 

[PsychedelicDiamond]

I'd really like to see a good Super Mario Brothers movie. You know, i'm thinking of something in the style of a pixar flick. I'm sure you could make a very funny and creative cartoon out of Mario if you actually tried.

Oh... and i'd really like to see a Silent Hill movie that does the games justice. To be honest, i often thought about how i'd do it and i came up with a few interesting ideas. Well... interesting to me. They might be completely boring to you. But that's not the point, i'd like to see a movie that doesn't try to adapt one of the games but rather uses the setting with an original plot.