Uwe, step away from the Metal Gear script!
Posted January 16, 2006 at 11:55 am by Spamalot
Joystiq reports that Uwe Boll, the man responsible for several recent floaters in the hollywood toilet bowl (Bloodrayne, Alone in the Dark), has been given a copy of the official Metal Gear movie script.
Despite his less than sterling reputation among movie-goers, someone must like him since most video game to movie adaptations land in his lap these days. Lets hope that he doesn’t get his hands on Metal Gear.
Personally, I don’t find the idea of a Metal Gear movie that exciting. The games, while very cinematic in their presentation, depend largely on the immersive gameplay to draw you into the story. With the exeption of MGS3:Snake Eater, if you remove the gameplay, than you’re left with a pretty wacked out story of secret societies, espionage, and cloning.
However, take Kojima out of the picture and throw Uwe Boll in and the movie loses all hope of being anything but a bomb
So, the only thing left to consider is:
Will this movie be similar in craptitude or worse than — [Insert Dolph Lundgren Movie Title Here]?
Leeched from Joystiq
January 16th, 2006 at 6:10 pm
i’ve never seen a movie by this guy, so i won’t comment with hyberbole, BUT i’ve heard NOTHING but BAD stuff about this guy. NOTHING. i don’t even know how he got UBER-ACTOR Ben Kingsley for his most recent outing, BloodRayne, OR Michael Madsen for that matter. maybe it was a studio move. but i’ll tell you this: Metal Gear won’t work as a movie unless it’s an original script, NOT based on a video game adaptation. and Snake better be PERFECT. with Boll’s guys track record and just all-round awful name, it’d be dumb to give this guy anything, let alone something that means so much to so many people. i’d like maybe for Ridley Scott to tackle this. or maybe Peter Jackson. i’d like to see PJ put his mind to ONE character, not his usual 36637 character tapestries. i’d also say yes to Brian Singer or Alex Proyas. or maybe, MAYBE Paul WS Anderson - even tho i don’t trust him AT ALL. actually, strike that last one. anyway, i hope it never gets made. and if it does happen LET KOJIMA DO IT! and give him 150 million dollars and 100% creative control. only THEN will i say “fast track that!”
January 16th, 2006 at 8:57 pm
They don’t understand that if they had Kojima do it, and gave him that control. *IT WOULD MAKE SO MUCH MONEY!!!*