You Can Forget About Wanting to See 'Uncharted: The Movie'
The LA Times posted a story today regarding the new David O. Russell directed Uncharted movie.
Previously we heard that Marky Mark was going to headline as Nathan Drake, but now Russell states that instead of going treasure hunting, the entire Drake family will be some sort of antiques Gestapo.
Quote:
"This idea really turns me on that there's a family that's a force to be reckoned with in the world of international art and antiquities ... [a family] that deals with heads of state and heads of museums and metes out justice," he said.
"This idea really turns me on that there's a family that's a force to be reckoned with in the world of international art and antiquities ... [a family] that deals with heads of state and heads of museums and metes out justice," he said.
Indiana Jones?
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Movie executive: "So, hows that new George Washington biopic going?"
Director: "Great! I just fell in love with the idea of him cutting down the cherry tree and then not being able to lie about it. It literally gave me an erection. So I'm thinking, what if George was so racked with guilt over cutting down the cherry tree that he dedicated his entire life to protecting trees from those who would do them harm. And also he lived in the 1980s. And also he could talk to squirrels, and like, an entire family of them helped him thwart the evil tree killers. I'm thinking Brendon Fraiser for the lead."
Movie executive: "That sounds fantastic. Keep up the good work."
I'm open to artistic license. So I'll reserve judgement without seeing this within the context of the movie, but they did literally have an awesome 2 hour film laid out for them by Naughty Dog.
Directors seem to think that the highest form of the art is to transcend to source material, in the same way that Kubrick took "2001: A Space Odyssey" to heights that A.C. Clark hadn't imagined.
Sometimes this is appropriate, sometimes it's not.
It's probably appropriate with games, which are not directly ameenable to narrative retelling. But, I think this guy's going too far. You shouldn't change the premise that dramatically. It's then a new story entirely.
I'm sure he feels the pressure to create a "new premise", something that we haven't seen before, as that creates new narrative opportunities and viewer interest, as well as marketing opportunities.
So, in the end, could be a good move, could be bad. But there could be nothing worse than trying to make it exactly like the game.
Wait...
So the whole thing about Francis Drake's tomb (probably the coolest part of the game), and the ensuing adventure is being dropped?
Yo, Fuck this noise!
Sounds like the writer wants to make a movie about something, and is using the fanbase of the game to ensure some success. This officially has nothing in common with the game or the spirit of the game.
This is just some stupid horse-shit
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RT by @patrickklepek : I believe that the more details of the Uncharted movie piss fans off, the more likely it is that that the film has a chance of being decent.
RT by @patrickklepek : I believe that the more details of the Uncharted movie piss fans off, the more likely it is that that the film has a chance of being decent.
Of course by that logic Max Payne and just about every other videogame movie ever made would've made billions at the box office and Uwe Boll would be a god among movie directors.
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