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Two Goals For Metal Gear Solid Movie (Two?!)

standardman — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 10:06:51 MDT

Robomatrixcop!

standardman

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adaorardor — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 10:50:16 MDT

@ArticulacyFTW: it's the subtext of robocop that is important; robocop is a pretty smart critique of anthropomorphic fetishism, replication, the 'ghost in the shell/machine', etc. in a way, it's like 'blade runner' with lower production values and a more satirical meta-narrative.

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ArticulacyFTW — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 08:08:01 MDT

I don't really understand why this guy is praising Robocop so much. Yes, the concept of a cyborg police officer wrecking bad guys that are trying to take control of the world through corporate greed and military weaponry while simultaneously cleaning up the city of Detroit is pretty sweet, and I admittedly loved the stuff as a kid, but I just saw the movie again recently and it was awful. The acting was terrible, the special effects were pretty sub par, even for the time, the pacing was bad, and the cinematography was not very good.

I really hope I don't come out at the end feeling like I did with Robocop, because I just felt astonished that they could have made a movie about a killer robot dude shooting up the place so boring.

But if it's like The Matrix, or hell, Wag the Dog, then that's okay.

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Sabre_Justice: Okay, no more long name. — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 00:46:08 MDT

@crummer: Laughing uncontrollably.

This and the longest sentence ever made my day.

Sabre_Justice: Okay, no more long name.

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Jaimz11785 — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 23:33:31 MDT

4 games? Fail.

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mackincheese — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 20:25:08 MDT

@Black-Dog-Howls: Really? Hmm. Well even still...I have low expectations for this film, unfortunately.

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face — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 20:11:16 MDT

i thought that the movie "Escape from New York".....nvm -.-

face

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MrSatan — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 18:50:49 MDT

Hell the guy actually sounds like he likes the game and is trying to do it justice. He does sound like he slathered it on a bit thick, but hopefully this project pans out well enough.

MrSatan

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SG79 — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 18:50:44 MDT

@Buttah:

It's Popyes, not Pop-Eyes. It's derived from the "ancient" cartoon character.

SG79

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cherrybomb — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 18:08:58 MDT

@NexusSIX:

agreed as ive seen a bit prior to link and looks good thus far however for de luca doing this? weaksauce; just another hollywood revamp or crap

cherrybomb

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KillerAJD — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 17:03:12 MDT

As others have said....holy crap at that paragraph. I couldn't even follow it the first 4 times, lol. Anyways, I hope the movie ends up being good. As one who hasn't played ALL of the MGS games, nor have seen I seen to many of De Luca's movies, I hope he makes a baseline connection between the movie and the game. I mean, look at postal. From a first glance, I thought I was watching some horrific action "thriller" movie. Make this good please!

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Spiffyness — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 15:40:46 MDT

I kinda like the idea of making a new story that isn't canon but takes elements from the games. I mean, the IDEAL thing would be to make a movie of MGS1, but the problem is that, if it was successful, then they'd naturally make an MGS2 movie. And there is NO FREAKIN' WAY that they'd be able to make a decent adaptation of MGS2 without cutting out most of the plot (they'd probably cut out the crazy stuff at the end, but that would ruin the whole point!).

I hope the movie at least has SOME of MGS2's themes and doesn't just go all nuclear bombs and whatnot.

Wait... I've got it! Since MGS2's plot is really confusing, they should make an adaptation by... QUENTIN TARENTINO! It'd be told BACKWARDS!

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Spiffyness — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 15:35:49 MDT

@anthonymh: Dang, you beat me to it. If this guy is half as good at making movies as he is at run-on sentences, then I have high hopes.

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Koztah — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 15:16:57 MDT

@Arttemis:

True story: My gf is Dutch, and her grandfather was in the Netherlands during WWII. A nazi stole his bike.

That's not even a joke.

Koztah

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Ctsephion — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 15:01:17 MDT

How many videogame to movie adaptations have been good/great

-----------------------------

1. FF VII- Advent Children

Lets see how many videogame t movie adapataions have been mediocre

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1. Silent Hill
2. Tomb Raider
3. Mortal Kombat

Now, lets see how many videogame to movie adaptations have been utterly raped...

-----------------------------
1. Super Mario Bros.
2. Street Fighter
3. Alone in the Dark
4. House of the Dead
5. Dungeon Siege
6. Wing Commander
7. Doom
8. Dead or Alive
9. Double Dragon
10. Street Fighter
11. Mortal Kombat: Annihilation
12. Resident Evil 1,2,3
13. Hitman
14. BloodRayne I & II

Soon to be -

- Postal
- Halo
And now...
- Metal Gear...

Excuse me while I go kill myself...

Ctsephion

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mind in rewind — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 14:51:49 MDT

@gildedlink: Cocaine's a hell of a drug.

mind in rewind

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gildedlink — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 14:48:31 MDT

Referring to the quote, when the hell has a sentence ever been 11 lines long? Or is this man a robot O.o

gildedlink

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YUYU — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 13:45:17 MDT

@TearsandScreams: Actually, I hear the movie's gonna have a pretty impressive budget.

YUYU

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LordPotato — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 13:44:43 MDT

I love Robocop.

LordPotato

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mind in rewind — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 13:37:53 MDT

@Brian Ashcraft: No, come back! You were right all along!

On another note, I'm surprised DeLuca could take some time off of his busy schedule of snorting blow off of a hooker's ass to answer a few questions.

mind in rewind

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Garro — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 13:33:54 MDT

I'd be far more confident if Kojima himself decided to produce a entirely CG Metal Gear movie. Adaptations are just beyond tricky, and a new storyline that tied into the MG universe would sit better with fans.

If this man screws up Metal Gear, rivers will run red.

Garro

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adaorardor — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 13:11:52 MDT

@Black-Dog-Howls: "I mean come on, cyborg ninjas dancing with automated mecha that go moo".

those 'mecha that go moo' are probably inspired by 'robocop' (or at least both draw from the same referential pool); in robocop, at the end of one of the battles with the ed-209, the ed-209 falls down the stairs, lands on its back, and screams like a dinosaur.

adaorardor

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excel_excel — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 13:09:53 MDT

@TearsandScreams: back in september of last year that was a lot of noise about him being Solid Snake in the movie, but my list was more of a dream list *sniff*

excel_excel

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TearsandScreams — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 12:54:17 MDT

@excel_excel: You honestly think Christian Bale would touch this with a fifty foot pole?

I just don't think game movies need to be made. Metal Gear practically is a movie anyway (not meant in a detrimental fashion), it is an interactive story of sorts, it's why I and many others love it. I feel that if you take that interactivity away you're left with a fairly meh story (it's not great on it's own...not really, remove your involvement and it's not on par with a decent espionage thriller), and characters that just don't work on the big screen. I'm sure it'll get made, and I'm sadly tipping it as another to add to the scrap heap of game movie disasters.

TearsandScreams

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excel_excel — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 12:28:21 MDT

Ok here it is, if this guys doing production then we gotta work with what we got... what matters most is the director anyway... roles people ROLES.
Christian Bale as Solid Snake.
Jon Voight as The Conenel.
Justin Long as Otacon.
that is all

excel_excel

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Malaky — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 12:13:38 MDT

*pant* I need to catch my breath after reading his sentence... And the beginning of the sentence seems to be cut, does that mean it was longer?? I hope he won't be the one writing the dialogue.

On the movie itself I'd really like it if it was just following the plot line of the first Solid game. For me it really is the best storyline out there and there is so much potential in it. Oh and stay away from the Satire in my opinion... Robocop was good but that was more than 20 years ago and I think it aged badly.

I think Hugh Jackman would make a great snake as I loved the start of the first Xmen movie where he was in Alaska. But I really think this should all be done in CG. Unless you want to dub every line to fit David Hayter's voice on an actor and such.

Malaky

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YUYU — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 12:13:21 MDT

Y'know, it would be wise of him to make the movie about MG1 and MG2 for the MSX. That way you can stick pretty closely to the original plot, and still take some creative liberties but still be okay. The story wasn't really hard to understand, so I can see it doing well on the big screen.

And even if someone is a fan of the games but doesn't like the idea of the movie, they might still see it if Kojima works to fill in some of the plot holes between MG and MGS.

That would be a very wise descision IMO.

YUYU

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Gaff — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 12:11:28 MDT

@Cchrist: [en.wikipedia.org]
Do your research before saying something like that.

According to the rest of the interview, Kojima seems to have considerable influence on the script. This might just turn out okay.

But that interviewer really needs to learn to edit. Zero punctuations doesn't always work.

*drumroll*

Gaff

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Solidsky — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 12:03:27 MDT

DONT DO IT!!!! DONT DO IT... PLEASE FOR THE LOVE OF SNAKES

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new_pornographer — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 11:54:58 MDT

KURT WIMMER? Oh geez, I didn't really think all that much of Equilibrium bar the action scenes, and they were forgotten pretty quickly.

I havn't seen Ultraviolet but the rep it has makes it seem a waste of time to try and watch.

One Tough Bastard? I must investigate!

new_pornographer

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Gam3r — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 11:44:53 MDT

He keeps talking incessantly about Robocop. I can't wait to watch Robometal Gear.

Gam3r

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StratfordX — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 11:43:21 MDT

@RCagent: he was referring to the satirical elements in the robocop story. have you seen Robocop? this is good. very good.

StratfordX

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Mecharine — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 11:41:39 MDT

They should try to adapt the MGS3 storyline. More people will relate better to that, since there isnt any talk of clones, or cyber ninjas, though youll probably need to get rid of half the bosses, like cloaked dude and cosmonaut on fire man.

Mecharine

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Takuthehedgehog — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 11:28:54 MDT

Wow. That was one of the longest run-on sentences I've ever seen.

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Arttemis — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 11:21:30 MDT

About the MGS movie:
It's nice to see that Michael DeLuca, the producer, is attempting to recreate the sense of Paul Verhoeven's work. Total Recall and Robocop are really amazing classics.

Kurt Wimmer, the director, is the one that will have 'creative control' over the project, though. With only 3 movies under his belt (Ultraviolet, Equilibrium, One Tough Bastard - [www.imdb.com]), my newly earned faith isn't exactly cemented.
Having seen most of Equilibrium and its fancy 'gun-fu' action scenes, dark settings, and character(lol) direction, I can imagine the MGS movie lacking a lot of depth that the games revolved around.

Personally, I think this would have been better staying off the big screen.

Arttemis

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Arttemis — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 11:06:29 MDT

@Cchrist: Are you fucking serious?

"He was born in Amsterdam in 1938 so he didn't see that much of the war. Besides although alot happend "bodies in the streets" is not one of them. Do your research before you say something like that. That's what imdb is for."

So you visit IMDB and because it doesn't mention his tragic WWII experiences, you conclude that:
1) Because he was in Amsterdam, he didn't see much of the war.
2) There were no bodies in streets. (wtf?)

Thank you for clearing that up - because of you, now I know that Amsterdam was unaffected by WWII, and IMDB is the ultimate source for historical events...
......
......
......

If this was meant seriously in any way, I can't express my feelings of remorse - surely, it must be difficult being that ignorant, and I feel for you.

Arttemis

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king_e_dawg — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 10:45:42 MDT

The Metal Gear movie's producer is name-dropping Paul Verhoeven? Sign me up!

king_e_dawg

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foxhound009 — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 10:40:41 MDT

IF HE'LL SCREW UP MGS.. THE SHIT WILL HIT THE FAN!!!

foxhound009

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Megan Fox iz Hot ^-^ -ph15h — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 10:35:57 MDT

As long as Uwe Boll stays 10 miles away from any production I'll be happy...

Megan Fox iz Hot ^-^ -ph15h

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Niric — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 10:27:55 MDT

Oh - Wait. I just noticed this was about the producer, not the director. My bad. Spoke to quick.

-Niric

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Niric — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 10:25:52 MDT

So I thought it was going to be Kurt Wimmer directing this? I guess that was just rumor. I was excited to have him direct this movie as I really enjoyed Equilibrium. I was also hoping this was because Christan Bale was going to play Solid Snake and he had worked with him before. I guess I'm way behind on my game news after being out of the loop for a short while.

-Niric

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ConfuciusMax — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 10:17:35 MDT

At least no one has tried to do xenosaga as a movie, then 1 cut scene would be 1 movie :-)

ConfuciusMax

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VicViper99 — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 10:11:59 MDT

I agree 100% with PissedPS3Fan. The Metal Gear stories are often very convoluted, perhaps because they are very Japanese in style and suffer a little in translation. This was what made FF: Spirits Within a huge box office flop. Japanese storytelling doesn't always mesh well with American audiences. I agree that Kojima should be involved, but to make a Metal Gear movie work well would require the right balance between Kojima's creativity and the skills of people who know how to make good films. Seeing that all video game movies pretty much suck ass, I would be very surprised if the actually did it right. Hollywood has so far given me zero confidence that a good video game movie will ever be made.

VicViper99

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The_Antihippy — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 10:05:18 MDT

You know what, I just want to see The Pain in the movie.

That would rule.

The_Antihippy

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Blah8 — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 10:03:45 MDT

I like the thought he's giving to the series, but I will forever be skeptical of developing cross-media original storylines within established franchise universes. It's one thing to make a film adaptation of Metal Gear Solid for PSX, but it's another thing to try and squish four or more games worth of extensively developed story and thematic elements into a single, original movie set within the bounds of the MGS universe. I'll remain skeptical until I see some more information.

Blah8

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PissedPS3Fan — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 09:54:43 MDT

As much as I would love to see a kick-ass MGS movie, I KNOW any movie adaptation of it will suck. For one, the story is already convoluted as fuck. Entertaining in video game form, yes, but this brings us to point two. Hollywood writers have a knack for "creative embellishment". Couple this with trying to fit the story into a ~2 hour timespan, and you get a recipe for a totally suck ass story.

I think the only way it could work is by taking the digital graphic novels and animating them. Let Kojima write the script and give us a Snake + Meryl sex scene. I might watch that.

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Zeouterlimits — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 09:54:08 MDT

Lets just say this now.
Kojima>Lucas.

Zeouterlimits

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NexusSIX — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 09:52:05 MDT

Harry Gregson Williams = ftw!

NexusSIX

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wef — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 09:51:05 MDT

NIPPLE!

wef

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ConfuciusMax — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 09:42:26 MDT

And Harry Gregson Williams has to do the score for it, which will in turn sound like the music from "The Rock"

ConfuciusMax

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smitty1123 — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 09:38:07 MDT

@otimus: Animation is still viewed as predominantly a kids medium in the US. That's slowly changing, but it'll be a long time before an animated film geared for adults is viewed as anything other than an occasional curiosity in the US (e.g. Beowulf).

smitty1123

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Mr.SithNinja — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 09:37:55 MDT

@NumberONE: If you can't see what Robocop was in terms of satire and social commentary, then you are just freaking retarded.

@Frank: Uwe Boll should not even be allowed to WATCH this movie.

@gdf: Kojima in an Executive Producer for it. It should be ok.

@new_pornographer: I couldn't have said it better myself.... Well actually I could, but I am @ work and don't have the time. ;D

Mr.SithNinja

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Koztah — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 09:36:22 MDT

According to IMDB (yeah, I know), Kojima is "Executive producer and writer" for the film.

Koztah

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Black-Dog-Howls — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 09:35:43 MDT

@Demonbird: Matrix is "like Ghost in the Shell" which in turn is "like Neuromancer." This guy just needs to cut out Matrix and replace it with Gits and Neuromancer.

Black-Dog-Howls

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Black-Dog-Howls — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 09:34:50 MDT

@mackincheese: It isn't a Western obsession. Japan loves to make live actions. Almost every shoujo manga gets a J-drama. Then there are the shonen live action movies like the Death Note adapt.

In fact I was cringing the whole way through the Honey and Clover live action!

Black-Dog-Howls

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Demonbird — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 09:33:44 MDT

hmmm I like this guy, but I have never seen any movie that had "like the matrix" in the description turn out good.

Demonbird

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karmakid — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 09:30:40 MDT

good gravey otacon, thems two too long run on sentences. Guess he's referencing 'sons of librety'...better yet hope he's seen that compolation vid that konami post a while ago.

karmakid

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mackincheese — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 09:23:29 MDT

@otimus: I'm not sure if it's an American obsession exactly, but certainly a western one. I personally wish this never happened. Don't get me wrong - I hope I eat these words, but it's gonna be like the newer star wars movies, and the upcoming indiana jones flick - NOTHING that is released will meet the fans expectations.

mackincheese

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ConfuciusMax — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 09:20:32 MDT

Seriously though, there's a video of David Hayter playing snake on youtube for some award show. He's the only responsible choice since the voice has to be the same grisly sound as has been for the past 4 MGS games.

ConfuciusMax

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otimus — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 09:17:53 MDT

What's this American obsession to make everything live action?
Why can't it be animated? I mean, really?
Is there something terribly wrong in the general american mindset that it isn't a "Real" movie, unless it's live action or something? Because I sure as hell get that from adaptions and such.

The Metal Gear movie should either not exist, or it should be CG animated and directed by Kojima.

otimus

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photoboy — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 09:17:32 MDT

So has this guy just watched Robocop a few times and it's the only action movie he can think of to reference? I suppose some Robocop aspects can be included when dealing with Grey Fox but overall I think the MGS film is nothing like Robocop. I don't even think the corporate satire he mentions is particularly relevant.

Also the reference to the Matrix worries me as the only MGS game to be anything like that was Twin Snakes, and Ryohei Kiyamura's cut scenes were totally out of place in that game.

photoboy

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NexusSIX — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 09:14:58 MDT

christian bale would make a good young solid snake, but his voice just doesn't cut it for me. When I watched batman begins (which was an awesome batman IMO) I just didn't like christian bale's voice as batman. Christian Bale's voice as bruce wayne was acceptable.

NexusSIX

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diablodevil2 — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 09:14:19 MDT

"...there's so much story in Metal Gear as opposed to other video games that I think it's going to be a challenge but it's an upscale problem to have some much thematic subtexts and story material to draw from so I think we have a leg up already in that it's such a rich universe and Kojima is like George Lucas in terms of creating this universe so what it says about war by proxy in this kind of future where war has been outsourced to private companies I think can be almost very topical and also kind of satirical in like a Robocop kind of way, so I think if we can get a script that honors the storyline of all 4 games, but that also has a cinematic aesthetic you know the kind of aesthetic Verhoeven brought to Robocop or the kind of aesthetic the Wachowski's brought to The Matrix."

Holy run-on sentance, Batman! O.O I couldn't even follow it the first three times XD

diablodevil2

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HorseJacked — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 09:13:26 MDT

@cheeses: Peter Facinelli as Liquid Snake Confirmed! not really, but you seriously just found the perfect look-alike

HorseJacked

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Black-Dog-Howls — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 08:55:46 MDT

He mentioned way way waaaay too many American movies. Despite Kojima's love of American cinema Metal Gear always comes off anime cyber punk.

Give this guy every single bit of Ghost in the Shell, Zone of the Enders, Metal Gear codec conversations and cutscenes, and maybe some Full Metal Panic and he'll be good to go.

I mean come on, cyborg ninjas dancing with automated mecha that go moo.

Black-Dog-Howls

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ThePimpOfSound — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 08:55:40 MDT

Sure thing, run-on sentence man.

ThePimpOfSound

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TwinkyC — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 08:47:38 MDT

@Fury-genesis: Christian Bale could work as Snake also, but Hugh Jackman sounds like a pretty good choice.

TwinkyC

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YUYU — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 08:46:45 MDT

Okay people, here's the PERFECT CAST for the Metal Gear movie/s:

Anyone agree?

YUYU

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ninjafetus — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 08:41:51 MDT

I can't believe all the Robocop hate in these comments.

Each time a director mentions Robocop, I'll have more faith in him. Heck, if he just repeated the word "Robocop" 57 times when they asked him a question, I would proclaim him the greatest director of all time.

You guys seriously need to go watch Robocop again. (Well, the first one.)

ninjafetus

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SigmundTheSeaMonster — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 08:39:39 MDT

I see a nipple!!!

I saw Robocop when it was in the theater and till this day am surprised at how violent "Red" was! *Dad from That 70's Show...

"NNNNnnnnn BAM!"

SigmundTheSeaMonster

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GhaleonUnlimited — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 08:39:01 MDT

That's quite a first sentence.

GhaleonUnlimited

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kPod — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 08:32:52 MDT

I like Little Nicky! "You have a heart-shaped heiny!"

But, when I saw 'Metal Gear Solid Movie', I was begging for it not to have Uwe Boll as the director.

kPod

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Kanik — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 08:29:31 MDT

I once filmed an awful robocop rap video - the highlight of my life.

Every movie should be like Robocop.

Kanik

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LoopyChew — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 08:27:54 MDT

@new_pornographer: He made a movie last year (or maybe the year before?) called "Zwartboek ("Black Book" in English)," back in his native Dutchland (er, Amsterdam). It was a war movie, and garnered generally positive reviews.

I have conflicted feelings over his adaptation of Starship Troopers. While it was definitely entertaining and enjoyable, I wanted an adaptation of Starship Troopers, the book, not SPACE BUENOS AIRES, 90210. Total Recall (that was him, right?) and the original RoboCop were gold (I'm speaking about the latter as a nine-year-old, admittedly).

LoopyChew

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NumberONE — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 08:20:41 MDT

This motherf----r said Robocop twice! Get him the ---- away from this project, post f---ing haste!!!

NumberONE

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smitty1123 — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 08:19:59 MDT

Ahhh Robocop. Back in glory days of the 80s, when you could have a scene like this in a movie and still market toys from it:

smitty1123

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Derigor — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 08:15:37 MDT

Original Robocop, unrated version. Best DVD Ever.
Make something even close to that for me to see in a theater and I will eat my own C#$&

Derigor

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Laidbackga — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 08:13:57 MDT

WTF? I tipped this like three weeks ago when this story was on /Film...

Laidbackga

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Fvash — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 08:11:28 MDT

@Danin: Ouch, I'm 4 minutes too late! X_X

Fvash

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Fvash — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 08:10:37 MDT

Holy run on sentences, Snakeman!

Fvash

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acez2087 — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 08:08:38 MDT

Producers who want to make movies that appeal people who haven't played the game are making their first BIG mistake right there. That is the numero uno thing that will piss off all hardcore fans (even weekend gamers). That's like saying "Allright, we're going to have an almost identical storyline, but yet toward the middle twist in some elements that may resemble the Transporter or God-for-FUCKING-bid Robocop 3. It just makes no sense in my eyes. If for some foresaken reason, you MUST incorporate a pure and tasteful franchise such as Metal Gear Solid with Hollywood, please for the love of GOD mainstream the story line from the game itself. Why not just fuse all 4 games into a Trilogy? As he stated that it would be like the Matrix in a way. Make it a damn Trilogy so they don't misinterpret ANYTHING. Period. End of story.

acez2087

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Danin — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 08:06:59 MDT

Holy run-on sentence, Batman.

Danin

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tiredluke129 — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 08:06:25 MDT

Holy crap that first sentence was a mouthful.
It took up half the paragraph!

tiredluke129

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ShirtGuyDom — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 08:02:14 MDT

Well at least he's trying.

ShirtGuyDom

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Fury-genesis — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 08:00:12 MDT

I think Kurt Russel just is too old at this point. If it was Kurt Russel as he was 20 years ago, during Escape From New York, then yes, perfect. But now, no. Maybe old and decrepit MGS4 Snake I suppose.

Also those who aren't making the connection, Solid Snake was inspired by Snake Plisskin, hence the reference to the character by Snake calling himself Plisken in MGS2.

In any case, I agree that Hugh Jackman would be a pretty good choice.

Fury-genesis

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Shin-Kaiser — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 07:55:00 MDT

@Frank: Lol! No need to fear frank, I reckon after Postal, Uwe Boll will not feature in any movie

Shin-Kaiser

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new_pornographer — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 07:49:18 MDT

@Cchrist:

Ok my bad! It was some years ago I read an interview/feature on him about his WWII experiences. In fact, I was 15 and I'm 26 now so apologies for the nationality - mistake. Don't get your panties in such a bunch over it though!

But with what I said about bodies in the streets still stands:

"In 1943 the family moved to The Hague, the location of the German headquarters in the Netherlands during World War II. The house of Verhoeven was near a German military base with V1 and V2-rocket launchers, which was repeatedly bombed by allied forces. The house of their neighbour was hit and also his parents were almost killed when bombs fell on a street crossing. From this period, Verhoeven mentioned in interviews, he remembers images of violence, burning houses, dead bodies on the street and continuous danger"

Respect
NP

new_pornographer

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wierzbowski — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 07:45:21 MDT

@ChrisLionheart: I always thought that an old snake (or big boss) would have to be Kurt Russel if the movie was ever made. It makes perfect sense, no?

wierzbowski

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Frank — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 07:42:44 MDT

Goal 1: Uwe Boll must not be involved in any way with this movie.

Goal 2: Uwe Boll must not be involved in any way with this movie.

Frank

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NexusSIX — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 07:38:44 MDT

Kurt Russel isn't too bad of a pick for Snake IMO. I would also think that Hugh Jackman wouldn't be too bad either if he acted seriously (not like Van Helsing). He's got the voice and the look.

NexusSIX

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sadisticfreak432 — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 07:36:30 MDT

Its not the fact that this guy directed Little Nicky (which I think is hilarious) and Ghost Rider. Its the fact that the guy he wants to write this, wrote Ultraviolet.......

Thats what has me worried.

sadisticfreak432

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Cchrist — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 07:35:46 MDT

@new_pornographer: Are you seriously fucking kidding me? Poland? POLAND? He was born in Amsterdam in 1938 so he didn't see that much of the war. Besides although alot happend "bodies in the streets" is not one of them. Do your research before you say something like that. That's what imdb is for.

(I'm very proud of my fellow Dutchmen)

Cchrist

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hoezee — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 07:35:37 MDT

i have good memories of little nicky. i am, on the other hand, against ghost rider. and nicolas cage. and a metal gear movie.

you can't get it right. you won't.

hoezee

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The_Antihippy — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 07:24:20 MDT

I'm calling it.

A feature length Codec conversation.

The_Antihippy

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Pancho_Villasan — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 07:18:42 MDT

I swear they better not mess this up, watching this take place and happen is like watching my dearest childhood memory be honored...or be mutilated, I still can't tell which one is happening.

Pancho_Villasan

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new_pornographer — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 07:14:41 MDT

@Everyone lamenting over Robocop comparisons

The original, first Robocop movie is an absolute classic. It's a shame that Orion pictures tried to milk that cash cow for all its worth and turned what could have been an amazing one off movie and made the character an absolute scifi cliche joke with no respect to the original.
Officer Alex Murphy was in immense confusion in that robot body, discovering who he was and his past life and the conspiracy by Dick Jones of OCP to make things go his way and hiring those cop killers, the privatisation of the police force and so much more stuff. When you try and empathise with the character it's really affecting.

Imagine if the Robocop movie was never made, and some company created a game that was the exact same story, just placing you in the Robotic character from the start with little backstory provided and you discovered everything from a first person perspective like the movie Robocop I imagine if it was pulled off right people would have lost their collective 'shit' over it.

The pitchblack humour in those fake 'adverts' in the movie was great too.

With the semi-serious self referential tone of the MGS games maybe Paul Verhoeven would be a great choice to direct?
Does he still make movies? With his growing up in Poland during WWII where he saw 'bodies on the streets during the oppression' regularly I'm pretty sure he'd have some interesting opinions on war to translate into a movie.

Anyway after that tangential rant, I have high hopes indeed.

new_pornographer

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RandolphCarter — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 07:12:08 MDT

@RandolphCarter: Never mind. I'm an idiot...

Although I can't see anything more awesome if David Hayter was given the lead role.

RandolphCarter

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PooPooKaKaBumBum — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 07:11:58 MDT

@ChrisLionheart: You make perfect sense.

Hayter doing the script would be logical - and awesome. :D

PooPooKaKaBumBum

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Dauragon C. Mikado — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 07:03:27 MDT

oh no you didn't speak badly of Little Nicky!

Dauragon C. Mikado

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RandolphCarter — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 07:03:12 MDT

So from the quote he's talking about a guns of the patriots film? Because I'd hate to see a metal gear film where Raiden was the main character...

RandolphCarter

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el_rezzo — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 06:59:47 MDT

@demonknightinuyasha: Little Nicky was alright, had a great soundtrack for it's time.

As long as this guy is talking about the 1st Matrix and not any of it's sequels he may be on the right track. A leak of the script would put me at ease though.

el_rezzo

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Cchrist — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 06:58:01 MDT

@cheeses: Yeah if you're going for a very fast paced action movie withouth a character introduction. Because we all know metal gears weak point was its storyline.

Cchrist

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demonknightinuyasha — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 06:55:27 MDT

@SolDieR:

/agreed i own it on dvd even >.>;;;;;;

one of my favorite adam sandler movies evar.

demonknightinuyasha

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Vluk — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 06:51:42 MDT

Seriously, why not have Kojima direct it. He would be more than qualified, what with his games having such lengthy and detailed cut scenes.

Vluk

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Cappy — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 06:49:18 MDT

@crummer: That image is very powerful.

Cappy

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cheeses — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 06:48:05 MDT

Peter Facinelli as Snake.
Vincent Kartheiser as Raiden.

@Cchrist: Really? To much for one movie? Snake lands on Shadow Moses island, fights boss, learns the president is his brother, fights boss, meets up with Meryl, fights boss, disarms bomb, fights boss, fights his clone, credits roll.

cheeses

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ChrisLionheart — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 06:46:27 MDT

doesn't make sense. David Hayter should have the honors of creating the masterpiece known as the Metal Gear Solid Movie. Directed by James Cameron, starring Kurt Russell (as old snake). I can't imagine anyone actually embodying Solid Snake other than the original Snake Pliskin from Escape from New York as it was intended. But, hopefully Hideo will think of something.

ChrisLionheart

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catapult37 — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 06:45:43 MDT

@crummer: More like "incoherent, overstuffed plot" confirmed.

catapult37

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M.C.-Action — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 06:45:28 MDT

They´ll never make a good movie out of that reat game. No way! I guess they just **ck it up like always. That´s the way hollywood works. People who don´t even know this game will decide how this movie will be. That truly makes me sad :(

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catapult37 — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 06:44:18 MDT

@anthonymh: That's what I came here to say!

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shouting_niltz — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 06:42:40 MDT

Well, he talks like he knows what it needs to make a good Metal gear Flick. Passing that MG identity to the screen is necessary so we can relate to the game. Of course, that is not all its needed. Good story line, good photography, a REALY GOOD METAL GEAR :P, avoiding other movies clichés (please, avoid too much bullet time effects, that will relate to Matrix!), etc. But since Kojima will be involved in some way i guess we can see a good adaptation.

Video Games that have a big identity and back story are more suitable to a successful adaptation. The short films made for Halo were a good showcase of what would a Halo movie look like. The same happens with books. Take the example of The Lord of the Rings for example.

But yeah, we still need to rely on the work of a director, so anything can happen...lets just hope for the best!

shouting_niltz

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NexusSIX — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 06:40:11 MDT

@Candlejack: you're welcome. :)

NexusSIX

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Tom Clancy's Samuraidino — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 06:38:49 MDT

@crummer: There should be no more posts after that one....that was thread endingly good.

Tom Clancy's Samuraidino

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Cchrist — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 06:38:06 MDT

@RSTStop780: Fuck that.

1 game = 5 movies

No. Seriously, there's too much in there for just one movie.

They really shouldn't do this.

Cchrist

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aelfin — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 06:37:20 MDT

I couldn't read that. More punctuation please!

aelfin

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Candlejack — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 06:37:18 MDT

@NexusSIX: That was awesome. Awesome sauce even, all over it. Thanks for the link :)

Candlejack

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SeriousStu — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 06:36:14 MDT

Talking purely about the cinematics of the games, they're all very well acted and impressively directed that I feel a movie is quite unnecessary. Further more, I think it'd be a big challenge to cram that many game hours into a 2 or even a 3 hour long film, and I feel it will suffer because of it. As the Producer has already said, there's so much content, characters and story that a film would have to have many set pieces and characters cut that will no doubt disappoint viewers that have experienced the game.

Then again, I'm talking purely from a gamer point of view. I've played the games, enjoyed the stories, I was completely satisfied. I'd rather it remains on the medium it has originated from.

I doubt I'll be seeing the film and I'm not even sure if many fans of the series will want to either, unless you're really really into your Metal Gear stuff.

SeriousStu

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NexusSIX — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 06:34:11 MDT

I would actually have more confidence in these guys making the movie:

NexusSIX

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RSTStop780 — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 06:33:50 MDT

As long as he's not trying to do all four games, compressed into one movie it should be fine.

One game = One movie

RSTStop780

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Cchrist — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 06:33:10 MDT

@NexusSIX: Yeah just like advent children. OH WAIT!

hehe... nipple...

Cchrist

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kanashimaru — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 06:31:49 MDT

@Cchrist: It's not a fleshy nipple, but it's under the yellow cloth. Just look at her bewbie.

kanashimaru

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NexusSIX — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 06:31:16 MDT

@crummer: I completely agree with you. I am afraid, that the movie will put the game to shame. I don't know why Kojima himself couldn't direct it. In which case, GODDAYUM! I would love to see that. The problem with movie adaptations, is that they have a wider audience to cater to, as opposed to the small die hard fans or else the movie won't be financially successful.

NexusSIX

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Cchrist — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 06:30:12 MDT

@kanashimaru: There's a nipple?

Cchrist

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crummer — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 06:29:37 MDT

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Candlejack — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 06:28:53 MDT

@Cappy: Michael De Luca: "Codec? What's a Codec? WE HAVE GUNS LOL!"

Candlejack

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anthonymh — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 06:27:32 MDT

Sweet Jesus, that is the longest run-on sentence I've ever seen in my life!

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creid — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 06:26:27 MDT

Where'd the periods go?

creid

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RCagent — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 06:26:06 MDT

So basically he saw some screens of some of the Metal Gears and immediately thought of RoboCop.

Not Promising.

RCagent

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kanashimaru — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 06:25:50 MDT

Just to mention, that pic up there is a little Maximum Risky..with the protruding nipple...?

kanashimaru

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thePhildown — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 06:23:07 MDT

Just hearing the name of the movie "Ghost Rider" makes me cringe.

thePhildown

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Cappy — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 06:21:41 MDT

@Candlejack: As long as the movie features a gear in some form and a codec sequence, I'll be satisfied.

Very easy to please,
Cappy

Cappy

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asTer0id — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 06:21:31 MDT

hey, for a producer thats not a bad quote right there. Sounds like he knows what hes doing and realizes that a movie based on a game needs to do its own thing to be successful in a different medium. Who knows, maybe they'll strike that balance between being faithful to the source and creating something that works as a movie.

asTer0id

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Rhen — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 06:18:30 MDT

I like how there's only three sentences in that entire quote. The first is an incredibly long run-on sentence, and the last one doesn't even count.

I'm expecting this movie to be awful. Just like Ghost Rider.

Rhen

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Brian Ashcraft — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 06:18:29 MDT

@Buttah:
*sigh*
Gets coat and leaves.

Brian Ashcraft

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crummer — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 06:17:50 MDT

"a storyline that honors the storyline of all 4 games", Sequels confirmed?

I'm one of the biggest metal gear fans around, but this dude does not fill me with confidence. What I want to hear is that hes played all of the games to completion and wont let this movie be a steaming pile.

crummer

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OneManFreakShow — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 06:16:25 MDT

@Buttah:

I'm a terribly picky eater, but PopEye's has some delicious fries.

Yes, that's all I eat there.

OneManFreakShow

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Candlejack — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 06:16:15 MDT

I fear they'll fuck the plot up totally to make it Hollywood & Cinema capable. Similar to Hitman. The Agency turning on its best agent? SERIOUSLY? (Other than that Hitman was alright IMHO).

So, what to expect in the MGS movie. Maybe Snake saving the world from crazy Russian who use cyber-terrorism in an attempt to gain ultimate control over the USA. Then, Snake marries Meryl and they have two children. The end.

Candlejack