http://www.nbc.com/xiii/ 2-Night Event - Sundays, Feb 8th & 15th at 9/8c Tonight is the premiere of the XIII movie, based on this game: (Well actually it's based on the comic book but who's checking?) The game was a cel-shaded first person shooter, very cinematic for its time, with panels appearing for certain kills and visual onomatopoeias to mimic the comic book experience. The plot revolves around an amnesiac, accused of being involved in a plot to assassinate the President, and he's being hunted down by this guy: No, not David Hasslehoff. Not Gary Coleman either. Unfortunately. This is the first time that a video game movie is direct-to-TV. Not even the Uwe Boll movies have that distinct honor. Unfortunately. But maybe this one might be good, and could pave the way for more low-budget but true-to-source adaptations of video game movies. We may finally see movies that would never have a chance if it was pitched for theatres. What do you think? Will you be catching XIII tonight? I will, but I will be missing the sultry voice of David Duchovny.

Meh, I don't care enough to catch it. But yeah, like you said, based on the same book as the game. Also Bourne Identity is based on the book too. So the plots are similar.

Spoiler about the endgame: Spoiler: show spoiler hide spoiler Cliffhanger Sigh.

Spoiler about the endgame: Spoiler: show spoiler hide spoiler Cliffhanger Sigh. I'm hoping Spoiler: show spoiler hide spoiler The movie gives us the resolution we've been waiting for.

IS ADAM WEST IN THIS? LIKE HE WAS IN THE GAME? I WOULD WATCH IT THEN

I added it to the DVR. I'm trapped in the house for another few days so what the hey...I'll give it a go.

So it's a movie about a guy who can't remember he's trying to kill the president and Kitt is chasing him down? I'm there!

IS ADAM WEST IN THIS? LIKE HE WAS IN THE GAME? I WOULD WATCH IT THEN All I learned from XIII is that Adam West should be in every game. And Duchovny should never ever do voice work ever again. Ever.

XIII was a fantastic game.

Oh, so the movie IS based off the game. Weird, considering I don't remember the game being as good as people expected.

Adam West and Patrick Stewart (though not in XIII, for which I can't help but feel it's worse off for) should voice act in everything. Seth MacFarlane is that much more awesome for having them on FG and AD.

Adam West and Patrick Stewart (though not in XIII, for which I can't help but feel it's worse off for) should voice act in everything. Seth MacFarlane is that much more awesome for having them on FG and AD. Oh god yes, The Mayor is the funniest thing in family guy.

I worked on a small portion of this film for a while before I realized it was based off the game. It was a tiny part- i dont really know how the movie will turn out though.

I worked on a small portion of this film for a while before I realized it was based off the game. It was a tiny part- i dont really know how the movie will turn out though. Is it based on the game or based on the comics that the game is also based on?

I worked on a small portion of this film for a while before I realized it was based off the game. It was a tiny part- i dont really know how the movie will turn out though. That's pretty cool, what part? I just finished tonight's half of the movie. Holy shit, it was surprisingly good. Well, a few forgivable movie cliche flaws here and there that require some suspension of disbelief, but they kept the tension tight and they had the right atmosphere throughout. It was a bit slow and choppy in the beginning (after he was Nailin' Palin ), but it pulled off enough quality to match Bourne...for a TV movie. For a TV movie based on a videogame. That's impressive.

Oh, so the movie IS based off the game. Weird, considering I don't remember the game being as good as people expected. I'm pretty sure the game was decent. The demo certainly didn't get me to buy it, however. Note that this was back in a time when celshading was fairly new, and thus using it was a big deal. For some games, just introducing it to a new genre was the major selling point.

Why's this in G&T? Both the game and the mini-series are based off the comic book.

Why's this in G&T? Both the game and the mini-series are based off the comic book. Oh don't be elitist now.

Why's this in G&T? Both the game and the mini-series are based off the comic book. Seriously, I think this is reaching to consider this video game related Hell, I'm sure the only reason it got greenlit was because it was based off a comic book and comic book movies are all the rage these days And by the way: Val Kilmer is doing direct-to-tv movies now? That's so sad

I pity him enough that I would offer to fill his position in life. Out of pity, you know.

I pity him enough that I would offer to fill his position in life. Out of pity, you know. All I'm saying is that he used to be in movies like Tombstone and Spartan, giving performances ranging from solid to downright incredible, and now he's starring in a made-for-tv movie on NBC I like Val Kilmer and he deserves better

I dont know what it is based off (re: comic or game). I worked on a small montage of tv news channels, news paper pages and web pages.

Why's this in G&T? Both the game and the mini-series are based off the comic book. Seriously, I think this is reaching to consider this video game related Hell, I'm sure the only reason it got greenlit was because it was based off a comic book and comic book movies are all the rage these days Pretty much. Calling this a videogame movie is like calling The Dark Knight a videogame movie, because, you know, there've been Batman games before, right?

Man, that poster is terrible. What is it with movies and just sticking the star's face on the cover?

I was thinking about this, and I decided that the movie will be better animated. That's just me though.