TurboFool

el.sand.bag

skullkid

otakucode

otakucode

KM91

What? No. Hollywood needs game adaptations like ... Videogames need movie adaptations. They're both shit, and they both rake in the bucks. Don't expect either to change any time soon.

shimage

Yes, Bioshock had a great story, but let's be honest here. A lot of that story worked because of the player's role in it. The "Would You Kindly" twist was awesome (in the literal sense of the word) not because it was diabolic or what it did to Jack. It was incredible because of what it did to US, the players. The realization that we, the goodly player, went hopping around offing people simply because someone asked us nicely to, was stunning.

In a way, it's very much ike the DaVinci Code. That book pulled people in because the reader became heavily involved in the puzzles, the mystery. And then when it was put on screen, there were some CGI bits over Tom Hanks' head and poof, there's the answer. The act of putting it on the screen flattened the depth right out of the work, made it mere pulp.

Bioshock was great because it was more than just a story about what happens to the characters in the game. It was about us, and that's something that will be lost when that gets ironed out onto the silver screen.

eakolb

I've got to agree on this. In my mind, the things that make Bioshock great are intimately tied up in the fact that it's a game. Translating it to something other than a game, it will be pretty much impossible not to lose some of that.

I mean, the game was about games. The whole point is missed if it's not a game!

Pantsman

wild_world_girl

The lack of a name isn't my issue (as proved with Fight Club). The problem is that the character doesn't speak, doesn't express any emotion and doesn't have a personality. This because the player projects his own image onto the character, allowing for a more immersive (is that a word?) experience.

That, for me, is one of the reasons Bioshock was such a great experience as a game.
And one of the reasons why a film adaptation may not work.

XenonXylophone

I'm going to reserve judgment until many, many more details come out (shouldn't we all?) I know it's easy to say this is going to suck, based on the horrible track record of video game movies, but there's some pretty decent material to work with here, and they seem to have signed on a director who is at least halfway decent. I hope the setting, backstory, and canon of the game all stay the same, but that a different story is told-(SPOILERS!) perhaps the building of Rapture and the fight between Ryan and Fontaine for control of the city. They could even go into the creation of Jack, which could be pretty cool. In essence, make the movie a prequel, showing the events that led up to Jack going to Rapture.

My hopes are high, keeping my expectations in check.

HootieMac: Section 9 Reject

Anyway the main character in Fight Club didn't really have a name either, other than Narrator. So the main character doesn't really need a name or identity for it to be a successful story or film... at least judging from FC.

amazinglarry

That would be from the 1992 movie "The Player" with Tim Robbins as the main character :)

Vetterli

kelptocratic

But I will definitly like to see the Bioshock film, although it won't be until DVD, because none of my gaming friends care about Bioshock.

I Spit On Your Comments

Well, I don't have time to confirm that right now, but I believe his name is written on a package/picture he handles during the beginning of the game.

This is what I have been told.

And you DO find out about the character. You just have to play the game the entire way through. Not saying anything other than that, though.

Xiatter

The dude in BioShock slowly gets revealed enough to make a decent protagonist in a movie. If they keep to the story it will work out well, otherwise it could be anything.

el_rezzo

Xerxes 8933A

I dont think any other game -> movie translation had this much talent behind it with a track record of Gladiator, Aviator, Pirates of the Carribbean ... etc.

gnawkz

thebluick

ElMuerte

SupaPhly

Hell, even if Bioshock ends up as Pirates of the Carribean under the sea, at least it will probably do well in the box office and get an ok critical reception. Both of which will be better for games in general than another Boll-fest that pans in the box office and the press.

ZhouYu

XenonXylophone

Laughing_Gas

sargemat

Woylez

Logician

Salen

SolInvictus

I will say this, as one of the first people on the internet to rave about Bioshock...everyone doubted me...this movie will be quite good. :P

PrivateJ0ker