So, a new batch of movies based on games is inbound. Most notably perhaps are the MGS and Max Payne movies.
Now, these kind of movies have been made before, with most crashing and burning instantly. Every one of them seems to fall short of the game, mostly by straying to far from the original concept or setting, but also with poor casting and wrong consultants onboard. I hear the Hitman movie is abyssmal, and I'm inclined to believe it, and Tomb Raider and Resident Evil were also a penny short of whale turd.
It seems that Mark Wahlberg will be playing Max Payne, an unexpected choice I must say, and probably a bad one. Much like Timothy Olyphant as the insidious Agent 47, he's about as scary as a trunk full of marshmellows if you ask me. We can only hope that Solid Snake won't be played by a nancyboy or witless twat without so much as beard stubble to show for.
Lastly, there are some games out there DYING to be filmatized:
Half-Life (probably with HL 2 as a backdrop, since it revolves a lot more around more scenic environments and more interaction), some of the roles could be;
Gordon Freeman: Johnathon Schaech.
Eli Vance: Bill Cobbs (Eli appears to be modeled after this guy! Uncanny likeness!).
Thief, starring David Hayter as Garret (cool voice, cool guy...).
Stalker: Shadow of Chernobyl starring Konstantin Khabensky as the Marked One.
Deus-Ex starring Thomas Jane and John Cena as J.C and Paul Denton.
Thoughts?
