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> These had a lot of blood sweat and tears poured into them It goes both ways. Both the video game and the film/tv IP need to have some sort of deeper meaning

> These had a lot of blood sweat and tears poured into them It goes both ways. Both the video game and the film/tv IP need to have some sort of deeper meaning and writing. You just can't write a cohesive story for a cynical multiplayer FPS like Quake, Wolfenstein II, Doom, etc whose whole appeal in the 1990s and 2000s was gore and shock value. There's a reason people my age (below 35) have never played and oftentimes haven't even heard of Quake or Doom or Wolfenstein but have heard of Fallout or Half Life. > Most Hollywood game adaptations are the same as the Disney live actions. They have their hands on an IP, they want to flip it into easy money... I've given a list of the majority of video game movies created this past decade. They made bank and were well written and have mass appeal.

everdrive 20d ago
>You just can't write a cohesive story for a cynical multiplayer FPS like Quake, Wolfenstein II, Doom Except you CAN! Doom and Quake films are begging to just be reskinned Aliens. Begging! I have no idea why someone doesn't just make this film.
- floren 20d ago
  But you could just watch Aliens.
- alephnerd 20d ago
  > Except you CAN! Doom and Quake films are begging to just be reskinned Aliens That's my point. The fact that you need to pitch these kinds of games as a knockoff of a better movie shows why they simply aren't viable IP. Nerdy boomer nostalgia ain't cutting it for IP whose entire value was derived from being edgy and shock+gore driven.
  - everdrive 20d ago
    >Nerdy boomer nostalgia What group are you in? My impression is that they have the worst taste of all.
    - alephnerd 20d ago
      > What group are you in Too young to really remember 9/11 but old enough to remember watching the airstrikes on Baghdad in 2003 and the Indian Ocean Tsunami. So I guess I'm technically GenZ or a very very young Millenial. Essentially, I grew up during the PS2, Xbox, GameCube, Xbox360, Wii, and PS3 era. Basically, I'm old, but HNers tend to be a decade or two older.

everdrive 20d ago

>You just can't write a cohesive story for a cynical multiplayer FPS like Quake, Wolfenstein II, Doom Except you CAN! Doom and Quake films are begging to just be reskinned Aliens. Begging! I have no idea why someone doesn't just make this film.

floren 20d ago
But you could just watch Aliens.
alephnerd 20d ago
> Except you CAN! Doom and Quake films are begging to just be reskinned Aliens That's my point. The fact that you need to pitch these kinds of games as a knockoff of a better movie shows why they simply aren't viable IP. Nerdy boomer nostalgia ain't cutting it for IP whose entire value was derived from being edgy and shock+gore driven.
- everdrive 20d ago
  >Nerdy boomer nostalgia What group are you in? My impression is that they have the worst taste of all.
  - alephnerd 20d ago
    > What group are you in Too young to really remember 9/11 but old enough to remember watching the airstrikes on Baghdad in 2003 and the Indian Ocean Tsunami. So I guess I'm technically GenZ or a very very young Millenial. Essentially, I grew up during the PS2, Xbox, GameCube, Xbox360, Wii, and PS3 era. Basically, I'm old, but HNers tend to be a decade or two older.