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Offline Flipside

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http://uk.gamespot.com/news/6212902.html?part=rss&tag=gs_news&subj=6212902

Asteroids....The Movie?!?

Edit: I suppose at the very least, the writers have a clean slate to work with...

 

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Shortly into the movie they'll run out of lives and the audience will need to insert more money to continue. Or they might have all walked out by that point.

 

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The most realistic 2D vector graphics ever put on-screen!!!1!1

 

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 :eek2:

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It'll probably be better than most of the tripe out there.  :drevil:

 

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I'm still patiently waiting for the day when Hollywood realizes that movie adaptations of games just aren't worth it anymore.

I suppose this proves I'll be waiting even longer than I thought.

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I can't even begin to think about the plot of this particular movie, if they can pull this off then WOW
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I hope they stay faithful to the original

 

Offline BloodEagle

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I hope they stay faithful to the original

You win the thread.  :lol:

 

Offline eliex

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Same with Rodo, I find it hard bordering on impossible to think up of a decent plot for the movie. Perhaps someone will just realize that some things can't be done.

 

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Somewhere in Hollywood, a starving screenwriter burns the last copy of his amazing but unmarketable script to stay warm..

There's one problem with your theory: A portal to Hell is located in the center of Hollywood. It's never cold there.

 

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Somewhere in Hollywood, a starving screenwriter burns the last copy of his amazing but unmarketable script to stay warm..
There's one problem with your theory: A portal to Hell is located in the center of Hollywood. It's never cold there.
True, but the US has a black president in office. Hell has well and truly frozen over.

 

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There's one problem with your theory: A portal to Hell is located in the center of Hollywood. It's never cold there.

Do not presume to know what Hell is like, fool!

Hell will have no fire, burning rock, or stalagmites/stalagtites. Hell will be just above freezing, raining, and with deep, sticky mud that makes movement next to impossible. You will never be warm or dry there.
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Either way, it won't be the first place you think of travelling to when looking for a vacation.

 

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That's why they call it hell.
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It's the composer I feel sorry for...

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Dunno about the plot, but it should be interesting if they're hoping to include the flying saucers and hyperspace jumps.

  

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To be honest, I think this actually has the potential to be the best game tie-in ever. Let's face it, the reason most movies of computer games are tripe is because they attempt to follow the plot and/or characterisation of the game and adapt it to the completely different medium of the cinema. This is a recipe for disaster because things that work well in a game rarely work well in a movie.

With Asteroids however they have a virtually clean sheet. All they have to do is nick the plot line from The Last Starfighter and they've got a possible hit on their hands. :D
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You have a good point.  There's literally no previous continuity or characterization that they could possibly screw up, so they can basically do whatever the hell they want with it. :p