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Wait a minute, Guitar Hero had a story? | |
The third one did. | |
And it was a real tour de force. Probably the finest storyline in a videogame since Geometry Wars. Call me a cynic but if this happens, it'll e the most shameless cash-in since Mac and Me. | |
"Brett Ratner Wants To Do A Guitar Hero Movie" Fuck. No. Why? In that order. | |
This isn't going to happen. And if it does by some fluke, who cares? It's just Brett Ratner. | |
Oh, come on guys, it could be good. They could make it about a kid trying to cope with a crappy dad and a mentally handicapped brother, but then he finds out that his brother is AWESOME at Guitar Hero, and through a series of hilarious events and a climatic battle with a spoiled rich kid (His secret weapon? One of those thousand dollar Rock Band 2 drum kits), they could learn the meaning of true friendship and family! Oh, wait. They already did that years ago. It sucked back then, too. | |
This is a god awful idea. I don't think they should have been able to make a Guitar Hero game in the first place, let alone a film. I mean come on, it's a guitar........play it. There's NO need to further encourage people not to play actual instruments and replace skill/talent with button mashing. *sigh* This is worse news than the 9th Elm St. film | |
I was going to comment on the article, but I clicked on one of the links and got shown some video by a girl called Miley Cyrus. Anyone want to clue me in on who she is and why her video has 20 million views? | |
She's Billy Ray Cyrus' daughter. Apparently she does a TV show for children but I find the fact she's Billy Ray Cyrus' daughter far more interesting. | |
He can't be serious, he just can't be. He's serious. | |
I think I've got the perfect actor for this | |
Bet it's going to star that 8 year old kid on youtube playing DragonForce on expert. | |
A hack director who ruins franchises wants to make a movie about a Rhythm game with basically no plot? Yeah I can totally see that working *sarcasm* | |
I'd rather see things move in the other direction, a narrative game which uses the guitar mechanic, the way Patapon uses a drum motif. | |
I'd rather see things move in the other direction, a narrative game which uses the guitar mechanic, the way Patapon uses a drum motif. | |
The film will be about players, a drama, with humour and teenage angst. It can actually sell. I'm not even sure I have something fundamentally against this, because unless I'm wrong, it won't pretend the game itself had an exploitable plot. It would look at gamers. But we can expect the treatment to be completely outdated or extremely cheesy, and the film being a suckage of spectacular proportions. But again, I could be wrong. If so, it's an absurd idea. | |
If they turned the South Park episode Guitar Zero into a feature length comedy it might work, but South Park already did it as a 20 minute episode (which of course was brilliant). | |
"This summer....they needed a hero.....but what they got....was a GUITAR HERO" *everyone's head in the movie theater explodes simultaneously* | |
Ladies and gentlemen: consider your minds fully blown. | |
This movie will not just blow your mind, it will also make all of the audience shit brix upon entry. | |
Like in all soaps, you'll only ever see the characters playing the game - or rather, mashing the controls randomly - to the sound of some stock beeps from Space Invaders. The characters will then throw down their guitars in disgust, complaining that they "couldn't get past the monsters to the other side". | |
Some people have more money than sense. It'd be such a flop. | |
In a world, plagued by mediocrity; Where rap, and poor rock talent runs rampant. There is but ONE MAN who can be our hero, our, Guitar Hero! GUITAR HERO! Comming to a stadium theatre near you! | |
Black: I..I can't do it...he's too powerful and keeps getting the Whammy bar powerup.. Cooper: Jack....it's time...it's time to use...THE STAR POWER! *casts a spell on Jack* *J-black shakes his guitar* Black: Oh fuck yeah I'm shooting fire from my guitar and levitating. *pesccis hair is burned* Black: FROM WHENCE YOU CAME, YOU SHALL REMAIN, UNTIL YOU ARE COMPLETE AGAIN! Pescciss: Wrong movie dumba...WTF?! *explodes* *Kidman flashes breasts at the end, making the movie a huge success* | |
You sir have given this too much credit. It doesn't even deserve those three kind words. Remember that topic about 'caring less'? This is one of those situations. | |
Jesus, why can't the film industry think of an original Idea instead of riping off games, books, and whatever they can find? | |
Fuck that, it would just end up being another movie like The Wizard. Kid from a small town wins a competion in the game the movie is advertising? It's pretty much the same thing, except there's no Lucas and there won't be like a..."power guitar", or something | |
No | |
well it may be bad, but im sure its no worse than the sims movie rumor. | |
Obviously he remembers the movie - The Wizard http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wizard_(film) Not only is a Guitar Hero film idea bad to begin with, but letting Brett "how to screw up a successful franchise" Rattner tackle it would guarantee it would suck beyond comprehension. | |
Miley Cyrus and hannah montana are the same person. And im not joking. I work at target, ive seen my share of back to school merchandise. | |
The idea he's got is pretty much the exact same plot as The Wizard, as other mentioned. But no, it'll be even WORSE than The Wizard. Okay, it's called "Guitar Hero: The Movie". Strike one. Almost all movies that are titled "The Movie" suck. It's about a kid playing guitar hero. Strike 2. Who wants to WATCH some kid play guitar hero, or video games AT ALL?
No, quite incorrect. They'd get some big-time kid actor, and billboard his name to sell the movie. This child actor won't even be good at guitar hero, or maybe he's one of those anti-fun "guitar hero is stupid, it teaches people to NOT try real instruments" activists. (As a side note to that party, it's a game. No one criticized Duck Hunt players for not going out to shoot ducks.) | |
That...is...the most EPIC thing EVER! I want production to start on this film right now! | |
Pure win. Just needs more shifty scenes with the devil. | |
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Brett Ratner Wants To Do A Guitar Hero Movie
Brett Ratner says he'd really love to do a Guitar Hero movie, but in a remarkable burst of insight added that he doesn't think Activision would want him to screw up the franchise.
Ratner, the artistic driving force behind movies including the Rush Hour franchise and the last (and by far crappiest) chapter in the X-Men series, expressed his interest in the game to Jocelyn Vena of MTV News. "I love Guitar Hero and I think it's a part of pop culture," he said. "I would love to do a Guitar Hero movie, if Activision would ever let me. I'm trying to convince them, but why would you have a movie screw up such a huge franchise? Not that I would make a bad movie. So that would be cool, to do a Guitar Hero movie."
"It could be about a kid from a small town who dreams of being a rock star and he wins the Guitar Hero competition," he added. "One of those dreams-[come-true] kind of concepts."
Ratner's claimed his relationship with Activision through his Brett Ratner Brands consultancy has given him a considerable amount of influence over the Guitar Hero games. "I have a deal with Activision for their branding," he said. "For instance, naming Guitar Hero: World Tour, coming up with the new Guitar Hero game name. It's sort of like Rock Band. So they said, 'Come up with a name.' And I did, and it became Guitar Hero: World Tour."
I think Activision's reluctance to hand Ratner the keys to a Guitar Hero movie speaks well of the company, despite his protestations that he wouldn't make a bad movie out of it. Some movies are inherently well-suited for translation to the big screen, and some just aren't. Besides, not doing a Guitar Hero movie will give Ratner more time to collect acclaim for directing music videos in which people sing directly into a camera.
Source: MTV Multiplayer
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