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This article was published by Jordan Greer (@Jordan) on February 7th, 2018 in the Gran Turismo Series category.
This.[...] but I haven’t seen a single video game based movie that wasn’t awful.
They should have gotten Ron Howard.
GT has never been story driven unlike NFS so this would literally be a generic racing film with a bolted on title. Also I can imagine the general public would find a film about circuit racing not as big a draw as illegal street racing!
What’s with turning video games into movies as of late?
There's also the Uncharted movie mentioned in the article; Tom Holland has star power, and the story is essentially Indiana Jones.
I wouldn’t be opposed to it if they weren’t complete trash, but I haven’t seen a single video game based movie that wasn’t awful.
I dunno; as @MrWaflz55 alludes to, Rush was a fantastic film, and I think it did fairly well with the general public.
OT but, almost a full day after the “launch” (pun intended) of the most prestige and extraordinary car event ever, the GT news writers still haven’t picked up on it yet?
And what would even be the story line of a Gran Turismo movie?
GT has never been story driven unlike NFS so this would literally be a generic racing film with a bolted on title. Also I can imagine the general public would find a film about circuit racing not as big a draw as illegal street racing!
I'd love to see a movie following people from game to GT Academy to professional racing. I know there was a TV series (Was it just 1 season?), but it could be much better as a documentary rather than looking like a reality TV show.It might be dead, but there is possibilities the project is on hold. Maybe they are waiting for the right time since there is internal problem in Sony's themselves. However, I guess this is for greater good of GT itself since there is no clear foundation for movie storyline by the way.
Actually, if you noticed the game simply let you choose for being a casual player who likes driving cars and just having fun or either a dedicated racer who loves challenges and pushing your limit and skills towards victory. There is no back story or true starting point to begin with. I thought it would turned up worse if they try and forced to add fictional characters and made up plot which is going to ruined the essence of GT imo. Complete opposite for such movies like Mortal Kombat and Tomb Raider, which already have it's own storyline from the start.
I also had some prediction back when the movie adapation announced that the movie isn't completely about GT itself as video game, but mixed with GT Academy elements where the main protagonist had to walk his path from amateur to pro racing driver. Perhaps that the only thought I had for GT movie being make sense and work as storytelling medium. But, if they wrapped the project for real then I'm fine with that. There are other and plenty source materials (including video games) that is better to adapt into movie by the way.
It's very much off-topic, since we're not mind readers.OT but, almost a full day after the “launch” (pun intended) of the most prestige and extraordinary car event ever, the GT news writers still haven’t picked up on it yet?
I thought the Silent Hill movie from 2006 was really well made. One of my favorite horror flicks.I haven’t seen a single video game based movie that wasn’t awful.
It's very much off-topic, since we're not mind readers.
Games don't translate well to film, and films don't translate well to games, for two reasons.
Games don't translate well to film, and films don't translate well to games, for two reasons.
Unless you're playing something by Quantic Dreams, games are interactive, but films are passive. In the game you participate in the action and direct how it unfolds - for better or worse - while you just sit and watch the narrative of a film.
Secondly, even games with the barest nod at a single player story have 10 hours or so of content. You can't compact that into 90-120 minutes of film and not miss something out, and you can't stretch a film out to 10 hours unless you're Peter Jackson (and even then, there's a few too many CGI battle scenes).
That said, I actually thought Assassin's Creed was a reasonable attempt. Oh sure, it wasn't very good, but they did a fair job of recreating the feel of an Assassin's Creed game in film form and covered most of the salient game plot points - Assassins, Templars, Pieces of Eden, Abstergo, the Animus (the film version makes marginally more sense, in fact) and even the bleeding effect - even though it was a bit rushed by nature of the medium.
Still, how you'd make a Gran Turismo film escapes me. As does the question of why you would.
Still, how you'd make a Gran Turismo film escapes me. As does the question of why you would.
How bout another Top Gun but with GT acadmey instead?
Why are people so closed? The Gran Turismo movie could talk about beauty in the motor world, a player who becomes a professional until a story is told about the creation of the saga ... There are so many things that can be done around Gran Turismo,. The only thing they and you think is about is racing and cars, which is not true.
I think he's referring to the launch of the Tesla Roadster into space. Beautiful launch, I watched it live. The car has David Bowie's 'Space Oddity' playing on a loop. What's also cool is Elon glued a Hot Wheels Tesla to the dashboard with a miniature spaceman in it that a friend had given him. Would be cool to have the new Tesla in the game. That car is crazy fast.
Games don't translate well to film, and films don't translate well to games, for two reasons.
You could definitely tell Christophe Gans was a fan of the series, what with the almost 1-1 recreation of the SH1 Alleyway scene, the camera shots located inside spinning fans and the otherworld looking remarkably faithful to Silent Hill 2 and 3's. Definitely wasn't perfect, and I personally wish it stuck a bit closer to the original SH1 in the second half, but it's one of the few videogame adaptations that I don't completely hate. Shame he never directed the sequel, what a flaming dumpster fire that turned out to be.I thought the Silent Hill movie from 2006 was really well made. One of my favorite horror flicks.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0384537/