Broken Saints

Reverie · Posted: Thu Jun 23, 2005 8:50 am Post subject: American McGee's Alice

I played this game about a year or so ago, maybe a little bit longer than that. Needless to say, being a Lewis Carroll fan that I am, I absolutely fell in love with the game, as well as the story, the characters, and its dark and entrancing setting.

I've been hearing for a while about the production of the film. Since a lot of people here may have some idea as to what I am talking about, I thought that it would be fitting that I make a topic about this first. I'm also curious if anyone else around here has ever played the game, and ever thought it was going to be a movie.

Surprisingly, I sure as hell didn't.

But I'd like to look more into that either way.

From what I heard at first, it was going to be animated. I was a little bit dumbfounded by the idea, what with the game's twisted violence and all (not like that's ever stopped anyone though, right?), but...okay. Then I found this little article here:

http://aintitcool.com/display.cgi?id=20525

All right, so it's not an official piece, but it does raise some pretty good questions:
Sarah Michelle Gellar...as Alice....
So crazy it just might work!

OoiTY · Joined: 04 Feb 2003 Posts: 1306 Location: Malaysia

Hopefully it doesn't turn out as bad as most game-into-movie- movies.
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TClaymore · Posted: Thu Jun 23, 2005 11:01 am Post subject:

I hope the upcoming Prince of Persia movie doesn't fall into that curse either.

Go Alice! WHEE JACK IN THE BOX OF DOOM!
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¤ Dr Dood ¤ · Posted: Thu Jun 23, 2005 12:32 pm Post subject:

I reckon they should get someone actually young to play Alice. SMG rules and all, but pass for lovely young Alice she can not.

Also, if they do actually go ahead with the film, they're really gonna have to go all Sky Captain with it because I don't see how they could find decent locations for practically any of the levels from the game.
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TClaymore · Posted: Thu Jun 23, 2005 1:59 pm Post subject:

Maybe hand out some bad shrooms at the door to the theater?
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Kolian · Joined: 25 Apr 2005 Posts: 670 Location: BC

He isn't actually 'THE' main character (despite what he said on the Daily Show). I think he might be the 'Marine' from the Doom series, sort of, but the real main role is a different character altogether.

Besides, the Rock has been alright in the films he's done - the scripts were more to blame than his acting. With a decent action pilot, he could redeem himself.
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Zero (The Anon One) · Posted: Fri Jun 24, 2005 5:19 am Post subject:

True, true. Although the movie itself wasn't that great, the Rock was pretty hilarious in Be Cool.
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Mindless · Joined: 06 May 2002 Posts: 947

That game has some of the most incredible storyline branches and stunning music of any game I've ever played. Dreamlike in the very best sense of the word... no movie could do it justice to my mind, but here's hoping it'll be tolerable

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TClaymore · Posted: Sat Jun 25, 2005 9:27 am Post subject:

Yes, but Jordan Mechner himself is writing the script.
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Kolian · Joined: 25 Apr 2005 Posts: 670 Location: BC

They're calling that one 'Arabian Nights', right?
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TClaymore · Posted: Sat Jun 25, 2005 11:57 am Post subject:

Actually, I don't know.
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-Mr. Faber; Fahrenheit 451

"No matter where you go, people are connected."
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Shai hulud · Joined: 07 Mar 2002 Posts: 458 Location: Argyle, TX

I also heard of a Far Cry movie.

Two words soured me to this idea: Uwe Boll.
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Zeek · Joined: 05 Nov 2004 Posts: 469 Location: Soviet Canuckistan

www.uweboll.com sums up the general consensus about him as a director, for those not in the know

Terrible man.

The Doom movie is not a Doom movie at all in that it has no links whatsoever to the series of games.

The Eggplant · Posted: Tue Jun 28, 2005 6:20 am Post subject:

There are plans to make Max Payne into a movie now.
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