Comments on: Friday movie roundup – June 15

By: Megan

Megan — Mon, 18 Jun 2007 21:54:03 +0000

I love love LOVED!!! Trixie Belden. I loved her so much I named my first dog Trixie.

By: Lindsay

Lindsay — Mon, 18 Jun 2007 04:27:34 +0000

I love Trixie Belden. I read my mom’s old books when I was a kid. I work at a bookstore and I just saw that they have released new hardcover editions of the books, or at least the first ten books. Trixie Belden lives on! I always found her less annoying than Nancy Drew. Call me crazy.

By: Tina-Banina

Tina-Banina — Mon, 18 Jun 2007 03:14:49 +0000

For Mark A.: I think the pin-up girl is in reference to the silver surfer. In the review of that movie Eric hypothesizes that Stan Lee added a surfing character to the comic book because at the time, (1960′s) all the cool kids were surfing. The pin-up girl illustrates just how sexy surfing was at the time.

By: RandyTayler

RandyTayler — Sun, 17 Jun 2007 05:26:24 +0000

The first Nancy Drew book is called “The Secret of the Old Clock,” and tells the story of a missing will. Where could the will be? Where, oh WHERE?

I’ll give you a hint. The secret of the old clock is that the will is inside it.

Oh, crud. I gave it away.

Anyway, I read it when I was a kid, and it was the first novel I ever read all in one day. Hmm. Possibly the ONLY novel I read in one day.

As for video game movies, what about Resident Evil, eh? That was a fun little romp.

By: Super Deadly Ham Attack

Super Deadly Ham Attack — Sat, 16 Jun 2007 18:48:26 +0000

True story time: I went to see DOA last night with three of my wiseass friends, and since the theater was empty aside from us, we laughed at the movie and made various wisecracks. Only at the very end, as we were getting up to leave, did we notice a middle aged man and come into the theater (just as the film was starting), and had been sitting there for the entire time staring directly at the screen. Creepy.

So what’s the point of this story? DOA is terrible, and I only recommend seeing it if you have some friends to make fun of it with, and look out for creepy middle aged men, I guess.

By: Greg

Greg — Sat, 16 Jun 2007 18:44:11 +0000

Video game movies suck because they try to cater to what they consider their target demographic. DOA appeals to horny teenage boys, because it is well-known that they put a lot of effort to make the breasts bounce “realistically” (read: they bounce a lot more than real ones do, and especially the fake ones that would be required to make a real girl shaped the same as the game characters). Horny teenage boys don’t care about interesting or realistic plots, so this movie succeeds on every level expected of it. Scantily-clad women with fake boobs, kicking butt.

A Zelda movie would suck because it would try to cater to young kids.

By: Mark A

Mark A — Sat, 16 Jun 2007 15:15:10 +0000

BeeDub, I’m not sure if LoZ would work – especially the later games – but I would definitely go to see it anyway. If for no other reason, becuase the muic would rock. Can you just picture that music done with a real orchestra?

By: Mark A

Mark A — Sat, 16 Jun 2007 15:13:30 +0000

On a completely different note: Eric, why is there a pin-up girl on this blog entry?

By: BeeDub

BeeDub — Sat, 16 Jun 2007 13:14:34 +0000

I firmly believe that a “Legend of Zelda” movie could rock. Of course, RPGs, by their very nature, have a lot more storytelling and backstory involved in them from the get-go than, say, “Super Mario Brothers.”

By: Timmy!!!

Timmy!!! — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 22:17:54 +0000

Video games don’t work as movies because they’re different media and each has its own strengths and weaknesses, particularly when it comes to telling a cohesive story.

It’s like…you know how people always say of movies based on books, “yeah, well, it wasn’t as good as the book”? That’s because books are, by their very nature, better suited to telling involved stories than movies are (9 times out of 10). The mistake the video game movie directors make is trying to turn the plot of a video game into a movie, which usually involves keeping a goofy, convoluted backstory or character models, despite the fact that they are usually hard to swallow on the big screen.

Look at the recent glut of comic book movies. The ones that succeed adhere to the spirit of their source material, while adapting the story to a different medium. Of course, it helps that, like comic books, movies are a visual medium, but a movie that was exactly like the comic book would probably feel really silly and unbelievable. Because that’s just how comic books are!