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[PATV] CheckPoint ep.28 - UbiHardball
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I'm not entirely certain if I'm disappointed at the reality.
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I mean, sure, I think the people they've quoted are over-reacting and getting defensive, but on the other hand, making a game and making a movie are two vastly, vastly different things from a creative and a financial standpoint
I can see exactly why movie studios would get so offended that Ubisoft would assume that they can do what studios do, particularly when they're looking at adapting a four game franchise with a...questionably cohesive story into one two hour film
on that note, it is heartening to see games studios getting more creative control over their adaptations, but one has to wonder what sort of audience they're going to reach beyond people who have already played the games
e: whoa okay I just checked, that movie made 85 million dollars
it was still a flop but goddamn that is way better than I thought it did
I don't see why this is kicking up a fuss, though. I mean it's like if Hollywood took offense to some indie production company making their first movie. It's not like film making is something that you can't learn ( or hire people to do for you). I guess they just see the profit that they aren't going to make (maybe).
As an aside, regardless of what the Checkpoint gang are covering, during the credits when "Boom Kate Stark" comes up, I laugh. Though, I read it like "Boom... Kate Stark!"
Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.
Albert Einstein, (attributed)
It wasn't working the way we were doing it. It is time to try something that isn't the way we were doing it.
films and video games are too complicated as mediums for there to be a label as 'video game movie'
the variety of plot and subject matter per adaptation alone would lead to vastly different films, in addition to the different directors that have worked on projects
it's just idiotic to say that people have been 'trying the same thing over and over'
not just for you, but for all film makers everywhere
when you give someone the title "boom" in the credits, can you please just end it with an exclamation point
I think you can see that my reasoning is flawless
Our take is that Ubisoft said "We are making this movie. It is happening. Sony, you want to get in on this? Here are our terms."
I don't think Ubi is being handed the goddamn keys to Hollywood.
And I think it's a great plan.
It's like complaining your omelet is burnt before it's even been hatched.
What the studios do is make crap adapatations of game franchises regardless of the story. I would attest that Ubisoft is trying to do what Hollywood can't or won't do: Create a good movie adaptation.
At worst, this will be a lateral move.