Why oh WHY do they want to make movies off of DOOM and HALO?!

[Deja Q]

I mean, you bought the game and the hardware to run it on.

YOU are the star in those. First person shooter, you know!

YOU interact with other people online.

In a movie, you just sit there and gawk at a large screen and get nautious as you watch a bunch of stereotypes in bulky outfits beat up critters who look like rejects from the movie "Aliens".

Sad. Sad. Sad.

[billyskank]

1. Because they have completely run out of ideas

I knew that finally beyond a shadow of a doubt when they made the Scooby Doo movie.

Don't tell me it's a good movie. Even if it is, it still indicates a movie industry that is completely out of ideas.

[Deja Q]

3. There are plenty of ideas out there.

But most of those would not be seen as "appealing" (aka "instantly profitable") or incite thought (which is bad).

[billyskank]

4. I'm sure you're right

:(

[Az]

8. It's not that they have run out of ideas

It may seem like it. But the real problem is that the cost of producing a megastyle US movie has gone through the roof. As a result the production of movies is increasingly dependent on the financing. And that is dependent on being able to produce a forcast of profits based on known performance of past genres of movies.

Thus Hollywood can only turn out movies that have already been made or have a built in existing market.

[CatholicEdHead]

9. In other words new ideas are not worth the risk

so just take retreads and milk and milk them over and over.

[flvegan]

2. I can almost smell the forthcoming Quake movie

Bet Vin Diesel has a part in it...

[bridgit]

5. i am, however, ready for: aeon flux...

http://www.aeonflux.com

[Atlas Mugged]

6. I'm shocked that Duke Nukem hasn't been done yet.

And, as someone observed, Quake will probably be ruined, too.

Damn, I remembe when the Quake engine was such a big deal...

[ScreamingMeemie]

7. Well....the gun is really cool.

:shrug: