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Hollywood taking another crack at making an adaptation, this time with Netflix taking up the mantle.

https://www.ign.com/articles/bioshock-movie-netflix
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I just don't see any way this will be good.
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C@LAg said:

powerbelly said:

I just don't see any way this will be good.

You just know they're going to work in racism, the patriarchy, etc. Into the social fabric of the story instead of sticking with what actually worked in the original story
Bioshock infinite has a fair bit of racism and white supremacy. I wouldn't be surprised to see them expand that over the themes of the first game.
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Would you kindly not screw this up?
Claude!
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gggmann said:

Would you kindly not screw this up?
Narrator: They did not, in fact, not screw it up.
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The first two Bioshocks are my two favorite video games of all time. The series as a whole does a really good job at critiquing early 20th century conservatism and 1950s liberalism, but I'm not sure how this would be done fairly in modern day Hollywood. I think this is probably 10 years too late, maybe it'll be done well, but I hope it doesn't turn into "white men are evil".
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C@LAg said:

You would think after the spectacular blandness of uncharted, the disappointment of the tomb raiders, the apparent s*** show of Halo, etc. Etc etc that Hollywood would finally give up on this crap.
If they didn't give up on it after Super Mario Bros, what makes you think they'd do so after any of those?
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I'm quite sure somewhere there is a Gears of War script getting ready to be pitched as well .

Cause why not ? Fresh ideas are overrated.
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Movies are most likely to fail but the Witcher has been pretty fun at least.
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Yeah... but that's more based off a book series than a game.
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Such an amazing story and premise, but yeah there's no way this will be any good

Would like to see Del Toro take a crack at it
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C@LAg said:

powerbelly said:

I just don't see any way this will be good.

You just know they're going to work in racism, the patriarchy, etc. Into the social fabric of the story instead of sticking with what actually worked in the original story
So sticking to the original story then. Bioshock had all of those elements.
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In related news, who's pumped for Sonic the Hedgehog 2!?
JJxvi
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Never go see a movie based on a video game.
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Oh I don't know, I think the old Richard Garriot Ultima PC games would be great movie fodder.
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The setting is awesome. Would love to see a cool version on the big screen.
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This could be really fun, if done right. The underwater environment, dystopian, steam-punk elements would make a really dark and atmospheric film. The issue is that Netflix is involved, it's hard to have much faith in what they put their money behind since there's so much bad content on there. It could end up feeling like a movie from the sy-fy channel, in the worst way.
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An L of an Ag said:

Oh I don't know, I think the old Richard Garriot Ultima PC games would be great movie fodder.
Hell yeah. Ultima 7 would be great.
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