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Hollywood, Please Stop Adapting Video Games into Film

20th March, 1 replies

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Dear Hollywood,

You are good at what you do. You make movie magic. Blockbusters, indies, novel adaptations, comic-book adaptations; all of these excel on screens across the world. But time and time again you fail to bring convincing adaptations of video games to the big screen. Since 1989 you have attempted to adapt the interactive/visual medium of video games to the solely visual medium of film. Since 1989 you have not improved with your number of attempts. Hollywood, please stop adapting video games to film.

Video games are a very special form of entertainment. They are a medium which requires interactivity. This gives players a specific feeling of accomplishment, frustration, elation, and disappointment. Films can arguably do the same, but to nowhere near the same effect. This interactivity creates a relationship with the gamer which no film, book, or other medium of entertainment can. Adapting video games to films loses a large amount of this relationship immediately.

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  • Jarrod Garripoli
    I think movie adaptations that have to follow a strict story have a tougher time than those that do not. For example, if a movie was made for The Last of Us, there's only one bit of source material to draw from, whereas a movie about Assassin's Creed has plenty more and will likely be able to have a standalone story.
    — 21st March

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