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Movies that are like certian videogames
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There are a bunch of crappy videogame movies out there, but some movies give off an extremely similar vibe that some games do, even if the source material is completely different. To Give you an idea what I mean, here are some movies that are defiantly worth watching if you like the videogame I compare it to.
Dagon
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z7QREJdUyf4
A modern retelling (I can't say how close since I haven't read the full story yet) of HP Lovecraft's 'Shadow over Innsmouth'. Guy ends up on an island with his girlfriend, but said island is crawling with crazy Spanish speaking cultists who also happen to be tentacle spewing water breathing fish mutants. I got an instant Resident Evil 4 vibe from this movie and I swear I heard a cultist shout 'Un foresstero!' while the mob was chasing the protagonist. I really enjoyed the movie in it's own right but defiantly worth a watch if you enjoyed the atmosphere of Resident Evil 4.
Hard Boiled
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CL6E5kb9bAo
First off, this movie was directed by John Woo, whom in turn worked on the recent game Stranglehold, Hard boiled being an unofficial sequel, but this movie also inspired Max Payne and probably half of any high octane 3rd person shootemup. An absolute masterpiece of coriography. Just imagine a Jackie Chan movie where everyone is an armed homicidal maniac and you will get the gist of this movie.
Jacob's Ladder
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I0kW6xuxtPU
A fantastic movie about a troubled Vietnam war veteran who's hallucinations range from horrific war flashbacks to a truly creepy scene in a twisted insane asylum straight out of Silent Hill. Granted I don't remember too much of this movie but I defiantly remember getting a major Silent Hill vibe from it.
Necronomicon
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mhTkcIaZHyI
(I apologize for the crappy trailer) Another HP Lovecraft movie that starts out with Lovecraft himself finding the necronomicon and reading 3 tales from it. This movie's premise reminded me a lot of Eternal Darkness, eg, the protagonist reads from a book to further the story which has an effect on the world around them. A definite B movie but anyone who loves their anamatronic special effects and monster suits should give this one a look.
So, anyone else recommend any movies that remind you a lot of/give off the same atmosphere as certain videogames? I think it's a good idea to keep it fair specific, eg, this movie reminds you of this game or else we will probably have a dozen war movies reminding people of even more war games. I don't think anyone has to point out that Saving Private Ryan reminds them of their favorite WW2 videogame.
There are a bunch of crappy videogame movies out there, but some movies give off an extremely similar vibe that some games do, even if the source material is completely different. To Give you an idea what I mean, here are some movies that are defiantly worth watching if you like the videogame I compare it to.
Dagon
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z7QREJdUyf4
A modern retelling (I can't say how close since I haven't read the full story yet) of HP Lovecraft's 'Shadow over Innsmouth'. Guy ends up on an island with his girlfriend, but said island is crawling with crazy Spanish speaking cultists who also happen to be tentacle spewing water breathing fish mutants. I got an instant Resident Evil 4 vibe from this movie and I swear I heard a cultist shout 'Un foresstero!' while the mob was chasing the protagonist. I really enjoyed the movie in it's own right but defiantly worth a watch if you enjoyed the atmosphere of Resident Evil 4.
Hard Boiled
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CL6E5kb9bAo
First off, this movie was directed by John Woo, whom in turn worked on the recent game Stranglehold, Hard boiled being an unofficial sequel, but this movie also inspired Max Payne and probably half of any high octane 3rd person shootemup. An absolute masterpiece of coriography. Just imagine a Jackie Chan movie where everyone is an armed homicidal maniac and you will get the gist of this movie.
Jacob's Ladder
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I0kW6xuxtPU
A fantastic movie about a troubled Vietnam war veteran who's hallucinations range from horrific war flashbacks to a truly creepy scene in a twisted insane asylum straight out of Silent Hill. Granted I don't remember too much of this movie but I defiantly remember getting a major Silent Hill vibe from it.
Necronomicon
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mhTkcIaZHyI
(I apologize for the crappy trailer) Another HP Lovecraft movie that starts out with Lovecraft himself finding the necronomicon and reading 3 tales from it. This movie's premise reminded me a lot of Eternal Darkness, eg, the protagonist reads from a book to further the story which has an effect on the world around them. A definite B movie but anyone who loves their anamatronic special effects and monster suits should give this one a look.
So, anyone else recommend any movies that remind you a lot of/give off the same atmosphere as certain videogames? I think it's a good idea to keep it fair specific, eg, this movie reminds you of this game or else we will probably have a dozen war movies reminding people of even more war games. I don't think anyone has to point out that Saving Private Ryan reminds them of their favorite WW2 videogame.
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Children of Men as well.
That would make sense :P
You got it mixed up, assuming I'm reading it right. Stranglehold is the sequel to Hard Boiled, and there be nothing unofficial about it.
Of course, the game that they made for it seriously stunk, because it was a rushed tie-in, rather than a fully thought out game.
What with the whole inter-dimensional experiement gone wrong/portal storm/creepy monster things
Heh, funny you should mention that...
wiki link with a reference to the Raising the Bar book.
didnt know that other stuff though, dont see the similarities to doom and quake..
Quake (and to some extent Doom) I could kinda see with the head crabs, and the inter-dimensional stuff (especially towards the end of one).
It's also been said before but the original Vampire Hunter D looked like a Castlevania game before there were Castlevania games.
NSFW, obviously.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uoRj0YFOqjk&feature=related
I would play that forever and ever.
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When you have done so come talk to me about how awesome both are in their own very special way.
Proof that RE4 would have been better with gymnastics based martial arts.
Has some common themes, aloneness in space, strong women, last minute countdown sequences, truly alien creatures (Aliens & Metroids), final battles against Queens with help(Queen Alien vs Ripley in Powerloader / Mother Brain vs Samus with Super Metroid energy)
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That is the most ridiculous fight scene I have seen I a long time.
Zerg and Tyranids also come to mind as inspired by these movies.
It's entirely possible that these maneuvers actually originated in the comic books (I'm not a big comic book reader), but he uses the Thunder Clap and the Car Boxing Glove weaponization.
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Aliens and Saving Private Ryan. There you go, 90% of all FPS games.
In my defense, I was like 13 at the time and didn't get that Starship Troopers was hugely satirical and that I liked it for all the wrong reasons.
Oh man, I thought I was the only one that loved Mutant Chronicles. It has a phenomenal soundtrack.
I was surprised to learn it's based off of a pen and paper RPG. Does that mean that everything cycles back around on itself and implodes?
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The reason you get this vibe is because Lovecraft was a gigantic influence on Eternal Darkness. Naming conventions, the idea of cosmic gods from beyond space and time - hell, the mansion is even set in Rhode Island, and you can probably draw parallels between the Tome of Eternal Darkness and the Necronomicon.
GREAT movie, too. It doesn't have any special effects to speak of; it relies primarily on the very fucked up nature of an abandoned mental hospital.
Other then the aliens invading, it really isn't anything like it. War of the worlds was bad.
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Well, it had tripods.
Yeah I always thought Van Helsing was the closest we'll get to a good Castlevania movie.
Also nobody has mentioned Escape from New York, which is Metal Gear with everything except the giant robot. Again, apparently this doesn't count because it inspired the game/character design?
Also, of note: Stranglehold is the official sequel to Hard Boiled -- in fact, Woo is working on the film version of Stranglehold at the moment.
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Also yeah, Aliens has inspired to varying levels every single sci-fi shooter. I mean, Johnson is Apone just straight ripped. I'd question whether this is a bad thing though. And let’s not forget it effectively created the genre in the first place (with some influences from Heinlein).
There is absolutely nothing awesome about Mutant Chronicles. FO3 has super mutants, and Mutant Chronicles has the word "mutant" in the title. That movie is a million times worse than any Sci-Fi channel original movie, which is a shame because Ron Perlman is awesome..
Oh there's another similarity to FO3 I suppose
Plus it gave us Sarge of the Halo series
On that note the new AVP game looks perfect. Too bad you can't play as danny glover or arnie though
The upcoming Pandorum looks like a Dead Space movie, maybe because the people behind it wanted to make a Dead Space movie but ended up not being able to or something.
Such a blatant rip off, but I love Blade Runner so much that I adored Snatcher.