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UGH! Can we get a friggin' break from the nostalgia crap movies, and get an original idea?

I don’t think that’s possible for some reason. Hollywood doesn’t have any imagination at this point

Yeah, Hollywood does seem to be lacking in that area recently. And I thought Ready Player One did a good enough job of the old nostalgia trip already.

Agreed on Ready Player One but that’s a book that was brought to the big screen so it’s not a Hollywood idea either

Hollywood has never been original or set trends. It's always small independent directors/studios who are creative and do something different. When they come up with something successful then Hollywood jumps on the bandwagon and floods the market with movies of varying quality until we reach saturation point and those movies cease to make money. Then another independent studio/director comes along and does something original. And then Hollywood jumps on that bandwagon. Rinse and repeat. It's been like that since at least the 50s.

However, if this movie is fully cgi like The Jungle Book, then it could be cool. If it cgi/live action mix (like The Smurfs movie) then count me out.

IDK. I just saw Bright over the weekend. I loved it. The plot wasn't the most original, but the concept was awesome. Middle Earth meets LAPD. Takes racism to a whole new level.

Exactly. I'm far more forgiving of the book-film category. Video games, especially when the OG is a sidescrolling platformer, leave far too much to be interpreted storywise. Just look at the train wreck of Super Mario Bros. (Speaking of......)

Which Jungle Book? The last one with Idris as Sher Khan?

Agreed.  All of it

That’s a real poster?  You’re joking, right?

Yep. Not saying it has to be exactly like that. But if it's closer to that than the smurfs, then i'll be happy.

The problem with computer game adaptations is exactly what was wrong with comic book movies in the 90s. They are yet to crack the code. Back then studios took a lot of liberties with the source material to make the films more "cinematic" and "audience relatable" (with mild amounts of cheese thrown in as they keep thinking comic books were just for kids).

However, the one problem that remains with adapting a video game into a movie is a lot of the best video games are already massively cinematic in terms of scope and the visuals. What studios should do when adapting a property is bring on board some of the video game script writers to come up with a new story just for the movies. Don't adapt a storyline that has already been featured in the game, don't do things you think "the audience will love" and treat the source material with the same reverence and respect as comic book movies now receive.

I believe it is a real poster.

Worse still is that games with really great stories often have good chunks of the story that play out in the game play. Like I would love to see the first God of War fleshed out into a movie, but too much of what made the game story great would have to be cut. And who wants that?

I wanted to hate the Ratchet and Clank movie. As a stand-alone movie with an alternate timeline, it was pretty good. It had enough tie-ins to appease the fans, but didn't try to redo the original.....until the corresponding game. All the movie scenes were related to the story of the movie while all...., well maybe 97.4% of the game play was an HD make over of the original game.

One of my favourite game franchises is Assassins Creed. However the film makers seemed to think the most interesting part of the game was to focus on modern day in the real world, when any gamer will tell you all the best and most interesting stuff happens inside the animus when you're in the past. Like I said, filmmakers are clueless when adapting the good parts of a video game, which is why they should get some of the game developers on board from brainstorming stage to the script stage.

Agreed, I like the movie for Assassin's Creed but did feel that it fell short of it's game counterpart

Or better yet, quit trying to keep the entire project under wraps and let the spoiler out that the movie is going to be made, like at a prestigious con. Poll the demographic that will most likely see your movie: "What do you want to see the most in a ________ movie adaptation?"

I'm going to pass on this until i get live action Tetris and Pong movies.

Don't mock. Apparently they are working on a live action Tetris movie. And a Pez movie also.

Holy crap snacks, you're not joking! I thought for sure you were making a joke. I was about to respond "hahahaha. that's funny" or something and I thought, "wait, let me just check..."

I still want my live action Pong. ;)

Excuse me...when have you ever known me to mock?  ;D

From the producers of The Fast and the Furious. Well, at least they got the right people to do a Sonic movie. :D

Yeah, I just don't know what to say on an idea like this. I really don't. Sonic is an OK character and I know they've done some cartoons, but a movie? We'll see, I guess. (or we won't, freedom of choice and all)

I'm the same. As a video game character, Sonic is awesome. But there's nothing really in the games that can really be made into a cohesive cinematic movie (or is there? Hardcore Sega gamers please feel free to chime in).

The first trailer will tell us all we need to know. But as of right now, I suspect this will be another miss for the video game movie adaptation genre.

Yeah, I'm thinking about such cringe worthy classics as Super Mario Brothers (1993) and Street Fighter (1994.) No, it wasn't until Mortal Kombat (1995) that we got a good game adaptation. And, they're few and far between. (Doom (2005) anyone? ::) )

Again, when you look at comic book movies, in terms of truly great ones that made the industry sit up and take notice that they could be good and successful we had Superman (1978), Batman (1989), Blade (1998), X-Men (2000), Spiderman (2002) and then Batman Begins (2005). Between 1978 and 1998 there were 2. Then when Blade came out (mainly because it wasn't marketed as such) they broke the code and then the beginning of the golden age began. Video games are going through a similar teething process. It will happen eventually.

I mean, it could be good. It all depends on who does it and if they can put together a decent story from the basic concept of a super speed hedgehog who saves forest animals from a villain with stupid looking hair. As I said, they have the right people behind it. The Fast and the Furious producers made a movie about street racers/criminals and an undercover cop, which isn't a lot to go on, and it's f*ng awesome. So, there's hope for this movie too, if it's done right.

I've played most of ACIII and some of Unity, but they were both way better than the movie. I still enjoyed the movie (mostly for the parkour), but it wasn't nearly as good as the games.

The first Fast and Furious movie is essentially a remake of Point Break, but with street racers instead of surfers. That may explain why it worked so well.

I thought The Fast and the Furious looked dumb until I actually saw it. It turned out to be great, and look at the franchise it spawned.

I guess this raises the question: Will this movie be based on the cartoons, comics, or videogames?

Yes. ;)

I had actually forgotten about the comics.......which is odd because I have the first 50 issues.

I honestly didn't know there were comics. (not surprising, I just didn't know) So, I guess I owe you a "you learn something new every day" point. :) I really only know there was a cartoon because I've seen clips of it in a Death Battle video, where Sonic fought Mario.

The original pilot mini-series

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Nice! Good stuff, Logos. :)

I’m scared.

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Very

I hope it's good but looking forward to it

Hi All,

I'm half expecting Max Zorin to fly into view in his blimp! (Older film and Christopher Walken fans will get this)

Point to you for the gratuitous Walken reference (that was actually the first movie I remember watching at the cinema with my parents)

I was lucky enough to see Bond at the cinema too as my family knew the Chief Projectionist so I got to see it from the Projection Room.

But regards Sonic, I had a pair of Adidas three stripe sneakers in red and white - everyone used to poke fun at me as I also had a "Flat-top" spiked hairstyle!

Were you trying to copy Kid & Play? LOL

Point for that

That was House Party wasn't it? And if I recall one of them wore a "onesie" all In one pyjama suit. Not even my sense of fashion was that bad.

Would that be View to a Kill?

Yes indeed, A View To A Kill. Roger Moore was at the top of the Golden Gate Bridge in the finale when Walken flew in in the Blimp.

That would be House Party 3 with the pyjama jammy jam. They both wore pyjama suits with trainers (which i thought was the coolest of the cool when i was younger. Then the Fresh Prince wore something similar and I again thought it was cool, with added elements of jealousy).

Yeah, for some reason Fresh Prince had more of an impact on me than Kid 'n' Play. It just felt such a well crafted comedy and it had the Charlton Happy Dance. I even learnt the theme tune and rap.

But back to Sonic, I've Hogged this topic too long with my ramblings....

point inbound

I remember playing roleplaying game Heroes Unlimited and based my character on Sonic (although my character was a mutant with his own armour and electricity powers).

It's called a lightning shield. Hallo?

I think I had electromagnetic pulse, speed tasking and energy claws in addition to the armour. Like I said, my rpg character was loosely based on Sonic. I beefed him up a bit to be more badass during our adventures.

BWAHAHA! I'm not that much of a Christopher Walkin fan (he's alright) but I have every Bond film.

I'm kidding, but just sayin'

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I dig it

Looks more like a force shield to me! ;) :D

There was the original shield which was pretty much that, a force shield that was good for absorbing 1 hit.....which really didn't absorb as much as kept you from losing your rings.

Then in Sonic 3 they introduced 4 new shields:

Insta-shield: natural shield that Sonic could produce by double-tapping the jump. Only lasted an instant, and I don't think anyone ever really utilized it that lived outside of Japan.

Bubble shield: formed a water bubble around Sonic, deflected certain types of shots, allowed Sonic to breath underwater indefinitely, and had weird bounce power.

Fire shield: formed a fire barrier around Sonic, deflected most shots, protected from all fire hazards and walk on lava, and had a semi-effective fireball power.

Lightning shield: (best) formed an arc of lightning around Sonic, deflected most shots, protected from all electrical/energy hazards, had an awesome jump boost giving added height, and had an electromagnetic draw on rings.

As the first console I ever owned was a PS3 I never played any Sonic games beyond the first one. Which sucked as they looked amazing and fun. Never realised there were different kinds of shields (sounds a bit Mario Kart to me. In a good way).

What? PS3 as your first? Noob!  ;D

Ah. Well my friend, you've missed a lot. They were fun. Pretty much high speed platformers. Nothing too complex......until S3 Special Zones. >:(

There are no shields in Mario Kart.

However, I discovered something called Sonic Mania on the Switch. It is actually making me look hard at getting a Switch.

The Switch is pretty cool, you can dock it to play on a larger screen or undock it when traveling.  Our son loves it and it's pretty diversified in regards to games.  Don't expect high end graphics or anything like that but Nintendo prides themselves with being different and designing consoles and games for the entire family.

The PS3 was my first Current Console, meaning I got it while it was still the console of the day.  Growing up I got the consoles when the new ones came out and the old one went down in price.  In order I played on the Intelevison, NES, Super NES, PlayStation, Xbox, PS3 and that was my last console ( I still have it and it still works)

Did you ever play Sonic Adventure on the Dreamcast?

Parents wouldn't allow us to have one. Then I was at university when first playstation came out, but was having more fun drinking and meeting girls to play games a lot. So have developed into more of a casual gamer than anything. But I shall endeavour to change my ways and fully embrace the ways of the console.  ;D

They're available for the PS3:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonic's_Ultimate_Genesis_Collection

In fact, most of the Sonic games have been ported to pretty much every platform. Once the Dreamcast went belly up and they stopped making consoles, they started porting Sonic and their other properties to lots of different devices. I even watched a video the other day where they've released a collection of their games for smart TVs and Fire Stick, etc. No console needed.

This always intrigues me when I here it.  Not being able to afford one is something I can understand, but just out right not allowing it is another thing.

In that case, that is acceptable my friend.  Embrace the ways of the console, search your feelings!!!

I no longer play on my PS3.......because I have my PS4  ;D

The only PS3 game I still own are the Mass Effect trilogy (best game trilogy in history).

But I've played and loved many a PS3 game. Slowly working my way through the PS4 titles.

Bringing this back to the original post, I did briefly own Sonic on the PS3, and as a piece of nostalgia it was fine. Still prefer Super Mario Land on my gameboy (which I still have).

I guess I was always more a Mario fan (which gives me a great idea for a thread in the video game section)

I have them on the 360, but yes, that statement is a fact.

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Kudos to you my good man

You don't understand. I haven't had a draw to a system since the PS3. And the only two games I have my eyes on are 16-bit side-scrollers. ;D ;D (They also have a SEGA arcade with numerous Genesis titles that I WANT)

Growing up, I wanted an NES. On my 11th Christmas I got a Genesis. It came with Altered Beast. Then dad got Super Monaco GP. Then I saw. I don't remember how or where, but I saw a poster with various titles advertised on the back, and Sonic on the front. I saved all my birthday money the following April and immediately ran out and dropped $49.99 on a brand spankin' new cartridge. It was glorious. I'd never seen a side-scroller progress that fast. I eventually owned the 4 main titles plus Spinball. I rented 3D-Blast, and was able to beat it, but I didn't like the way it handled. It just wasn't 'Sonic'.

Same thing as 3D-Blast. It was too complex. Very Japanese (in my book are renowned for liking ridiculously difficult games). Too much level grading, which I swore I would never get into.

Ok, screw the Switch. I need THIS.

Mario vs Sonic. Have your say over on this thread

http://www.saberforum.com/index.php?topic=40448.msg689955#new (http://www.saberforum.com/index.php?topic=40448.msg689955#new)

And it's already getting good too  :D

I've never understood this logic. (I still play Atari games) But then, that same logic has netted me some stuff that my sister no longer wanted, like a Sega Nomad back when the Playstation came out. That Nomad is where I first played Sonic.  8)

Agreed. I still get on my PS2. In fact, I'm in the middle of a Wipeout Fusion binge.

I'm a casual gamer, remember. Not a hardcore gamer/game collector. Therefore you need to judge me by a different standard!  ;D

Fair enough. I’m a hardcore gamer, but a competitive one so I buy and own games and systems differently than most

Oh, I was never judging you. I was just saying that's a different way of thinking to me. But, to each their own. You've gotta go with what works for you.

I didn't mean judge as in "judge". I meant "judge" as in judge.

Got it.

Here on Marklar, every person place or thing is called Marklar.

(dammit, now I have to watch that South Park episode again, fortunately I have it on DVD)

Exactly