Comments on: Bioshock: the Movie

By: Logan Prata

Logan Prata — Wed, 17 Nov 2010 20:41:43 +0000

Amazing document, well written I have to admit.

By: Dalton Ovitt

Dalton Ovitt — Wed, 17 Nov 2010 11:45:17 +0000

Why is it that the content jogs my memory of another similar person that I just read in other places?

By: sana

sana — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 14:51:06 +0000

I request the rat’s ass to be given immediately.

By: Gnarkill666

Gnarkill666 — Sun, 18 May 2008 19:07:52 +0000

dude wow i don’t give a rats ass about what any of u shitheads say about the last 2 pirates movie they were awsome! and this is about bioshock so SHUT UP!i think doin this movie would be
sick and think verbinski can make good monsters(splicers) and the ring was actually good i hear someone that worked on sweeney todd will work on this so combine verbinskis water and zombies and his thrill the ring with sweeney todds bloody delightfullness my theory is that this movie will be the shit and the game was cool to it would be awsome if they had it in first person it would give u the excitment of cloverfield!rock hard!

By: YogSo

YogSo — Mon, 12 May 2008 16:10:25 +0000

All this discussion about the pros and cons of translating videogames into movies, and I’m very surprised no one has thought about the possibility of this occurring:
Bioshock · The Movie – The Videogame, the official adaptation of the acclaimed film, coming soon to every platform… :-P You know it may happen…

By: Subjective Effect

Subjective Effect — Mon, 12 May 2008 05:49:09 +0000

@SixStringSamurai

BioShock is a shell of the game it should be. We were promised so much more and really all we got was something that is deeper than the usual FPS fare – it wows Haloites and so on. For anyone who played System Shock 2 (and is was billed as the “spiritual successor” to SS2) it was an exercise in frustration. The key moment is just that – nothing amazing precedes nor follows it (though it was good). The rest of it is just a massive hint at what could have been.

As to The Ring – it’s too in your face. Ringu was much more of a psychological horror. Yes, it delivers the boogaboos at the end but it was subtle and horrifying. The Ring is full of “He couldn’t see me!” Arnie-in-Predator moments. I understand why some people like that as it’s more accessible but that’s the problem – The Ring assumes you and it aren’t capable of engaging with the horror that is in the mind. And when you set out like that you pretty much fulfill your prophecy.

By: arqueturus

arqueturus — Sat, 10 May 2008 11:19:10 +0000

I think this has potential at least.

Gore has a fairly good track record overall, Mousehunt was a thing of awesome and you can’t lay the blame of the last two PotC films entirely on his doorstep as they just fell to the usual diminishing returns law of Hollywood blockbuster Sequels. He does seem to have the knack of getting good ingredients together (script, cast, production) and baking them into a tasty dish

It could certainly turn out to be brilliant and that’s a big start, most game to movie licences don’t even have such a rich foundation as Bioshock to work with.

My fingers are firmly crossed.

By: malkav11

malkav11 — Sat, 10 May 2008 07:05:13 +0000

Verbinski’s “The Ring” is the only J-horror remake I’ve ever liked better than the original. It just oozed tension. Then again, that might have something to do with the order I saw it in…it was my first exposure to the J-horror phenomenon. All the others, I saw the original Asian movie first and the American remake later or not at all.

By: SixStringSamurai

SixStringSamurai — Sat, 10 May 2008 05:43:42 +0000

Wth? I can scarce believe there are people who, dare i say it, dislike Bioshock? Maybe they like, have old computers? Unbelievable!

*gasp!

By: DigitalSignalX

DigitalSignalX — Sat, 10 May 2008 02:33:02 +0000

It bears reminding that many rather decent movies have been inspired from far less creative origins then video games and comics. I’m thinking of things like 20 page short stories, campy noir and science fiction pulp, etc which I suspect everyones initial reaction was “how could they make a movie from that?”

By: Nimic.

Nimic. — Fri, 09 May 2008 21:38:46 +0000

I really liked the first Pirates film. As in, one of the best action-films I’ve seen. The other two weren’t good at all, of course. Though I agree with everyone who has said that this should be about Rapture before the fall (and during). That would actually make for a pretty good story.

Oh, and I have no idea how involved he was with The Ring (if he basically copied the original or what), but that’s the only horror movie I’ve ever been genuinely terrified of. I’m usually too logical to get scared by movies like that, but The Ring had me. Of course, The Ring 2 didn’t scare me at all, since it seemed to “change the rules”, and in my mind that ruined everything. First you’ve got to copy it, then you’ve got to show the movie to someone else. Oh, and she can get you anyway. At least keep scary illogical stuff consistent.

/rant

By: Anthony Damiani

Anthony Damiani — Fri, 09 May 2008 21:29:32 +0000

Honestly, I’ll just be going to ogle the architecture.