# And the Next Video Game to be Turned into a Movie Is. . . **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 18, 2007, 9:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-the-next-video-game-to-be-turned-into-a-movie-is/423151 "2007-10-18T09:42:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2007, 9:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-the-next-video-game-to-be-turned-into-a-movie-is/423151/1 "2007-10-18T09:42:30Z")
[Joust!](http://biz.gamedaily.com/industry/feature/?id=17262) > [@](#): > > “_Joust_ is an arcade game that’s as old as _Pac-Man_ and has global awareness,” said Cerenzie. “We took one element of the game and the brand itself and built a whole new world around it for the film.” > Cerenzie calls the new script by Marc Gottlieb “_Gladiator_ meets _Mad Max._” The film is set 25 years in the future and includes a Las Vegas suspended in mid-air. > “We’ve updated the game into a commercial, tent pole movie,” said Cerenzie. “Marc has done an amazing job in creating a tantalizing and filmic world based on the original game.” > “This film is the type of action-packed story that appeals to all four quadrants of the movie-going public and we are excited to be in the Midway Games business once again,” said Peters. While I have to admit that I think it’d be pretty cool to see guys doing battle on giant flying ostritches on the big screen, I can’t really see how they’d make a movie out of it. But hey, maybe they’ll finally explain how to kill that damned pterodactyl. ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2007, 11:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-the-next-video-game-to-be-turned-into-a-movie-is/423151/2 "2007-10-18T11:02:54Z")
I’m sorry…my mind boggled. Whosawhat’ssaidwhataboutwhonow? ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2007, 11:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-the-next-video-game-to-be-turned-into-a-movie-is/423151/3 "2007-10-18T11:48:27Z")
[Minesweeper - The Movie](http://www.collegehumor.com/video:1770138) ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2007, 12:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-the-next-video-game-to-be-turned-into-a-movie-is/423151/4 "2007-10-18T12:14:45Z")
I can’t see how they think Las Vegas will be able to be floating in as few as 25 years. And how riding birds to joust on will become possible in 25 years. Seems to me it should be a Fantasy or SF story set in an entirely different world. Hmmph. ---
**Author:** ![Astroboy14](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/df705f/32.png) [@Astroboy14](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Astroboy14)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2007, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-the-next-video-game-to-be-turned-into-a-movie-is/423151/5 "2007-10-18T16:33:39Z")
[QUOTE=GuanoLad] I can’t see how they think Las Vegas will be able to be floating in as few as 25 years. [/QUOTE] Global warming? ---
**Author:** ![DrFidelius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drfidelius/32/3447_2.png) [@DrFidelius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrFidelius)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2007, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-the-next-video-game-to-be-turned-into-a-movie-is/423151/6 "2007-10-18T16:39:15Z")
I’m still waiting for the big-screen adaptation of Dig Dug. ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2007, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-the-next-video-game-to-be-turned-into-a-movie-is/423151/7 "2007-10-18T17:00:50Z")
[QUOTE=Tuckerfan] But hey, maybe they’ll finally explain how to kill that damned pterodactyl. [/QUOTE] Well, _duh_. :rolleyes: Aim your lance into the pterry’s open beak, but _only_ when it’s open. Counterintuitive at first, since the mouth only opens when it’s lunging in for the kill. The trick is basically to hover, and manage your altitude very carefully as you wait for it to strike. Geez, how did you make it out of the 80s alive? 😉😛 ---
**Author:** ![MaxTheVool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MaxTheVool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MaxTheVool)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2007, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-the-next-video-game-to-be-turned-into-a-movie-is/423151/8 "2007-10-18T17:10:26Z")
So… what are the four quadrants of the movie-going public? ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2007, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-the-next-video-game-to-be-turned-into-a-movie-is/423151/9 "2007-10-18T17:13:45Z")
IIRC it’s something like Young males, young females, adult males, adult females. ---
**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2007, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-the-next-video-game-to-be-turned-into-a-movie-is/423151/10 "2007-10-18T17:20:34Z")
I always thought [Contra](http://contrarnold.ytmnd.com/) would make a good movie. ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2007, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-the-next-video-game-to-be-turned-into-a-movie-is/423151/11 "2007-10-18T17:24:14Z")
[QUOTE=Sitnam] I always thought [Contra](http://contrarnold.ytmnd.com/) would make a good movie. [/QUOTE] Stallone/Van Damme? ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2007, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-the-next-video-game-to-be-turned-into-a-movie-is/423151/12 "2007-10-18T17:36:34Z")
I wonder if they will include running like made to collect eggs before the land melts and they drop into lava? ---
**Author:** ![XT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xt/32/456_2.png) [@XT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XT)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2007, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-the-next-video-game-to-be-turned-into-a-movie-is/423151/13 "2007-10-18T17:44:21Z")
Here I thought it would be the much anticipated announcement of World Of Warcraft: The Movie! Joust?? Wow. Well, maybe we’ll be seeing the exciting new Pong! next on the hit parade. -XT ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2007, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-the-next-video-game-to-be-turned-into-a-movie-is/423151/14 "2007-10-18T17:46:30Z")
[QUOTE=DrFidelius] I’m still waiting for the big-screen adaptation of Dig Dug. [/QUOTE] I’m holding out for any videogame movie that starts with the letter Q. Qix or Q-bert would be awesome on the big screen, although you might have to be truly stoned out of your freakin’ gourd to appreciate a full-length Qix feature. ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2007, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-the-next-video-game-to-be-turned-into-a-movie-is/423151/15 "2007-10-18T17:47:35Z")
[QUOTE=xtisme] Here I thought it would be the much anticipated announcement of World Of Warcraft: The Movie! [/QUOTE] I think that might be better suited to a TV series. A really long series. With no plot. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Scumpup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce73a5/32.png) [@Scumpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scumpup)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2007, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-the-next-video-game-to-be-turned-into-a-movie-is/423151/16 "2007-10-18T17:50:10Z")
My hopes for \*\*Mr. Do: The Movie \*\* are dashed yet again. ---
**Author:** ![Antinor01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecae2f/32.png) [@Antinor01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antinor01)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2007, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-the-next-video-game-to-be-turned-into-a-movie-is/423151/17 "2007-10-18T18:19:32Z")
[QUOTE=Scumpup] My hopes for \*\*Mr. Do: The Movie \*\* are dashed yet again. [/QUOTE] Shame too, there’s a sequel all ready to go! ---
**Author:** ![hotflungwok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/edb3f5/32.png) [@hotflungwok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hotflungwok)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2007, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-the-next-video-game-to-be-turned-into-a-movie-is/423151/18 "2007-10-18T18:32:56Z")
[QUOTE=ShibbOleth] I’m holding out for any videogame movie that starts with the letter Q. Qix or Q-bert would be awesome on the big screen, although you might have to be truly stoned out of your freakin’ gourd to appreciate a full-length Qix feature. [/QUOTE] Q-bert would be Rated R. All that foul language. I think a movie based on Heavy Barrel would be great. Just mindless violence with a variety of weapons, and then, when it seems everything is doomed and this is the end… HEAVY BARRELL!!! Yeah that would own. On the other hand, I think a movie based on Sinistar would suck. Everything would move too fast to follow, the hero would die to things he could’t see, and then the big bad guy would appear in about 2 minutes and it would be over. Sound would be great though. ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2007, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-the-next-video-game-to-be-turned-into-a-movie-is/423151/19 "2007-10-18T18:39:50Z")
How about a video game version of **1942/1943, Tiger Heli** , or **Xevious**? Just two straight hours of watching an aircraft fly in one direction and singlehandedly incinerate _thousands_ of enemy craft. Two tiny wing mounted guns completely blanketing the screen with fire in a 60 degree arc. Now _that’s_ some exciting film in the making there. 😛 Or maybe a movie version of **Time Pilot**. That’s right, a one-man spacecraft from the future, armed with a laser, blasting the living shit out of some Sopwith Camels and bomb-lobbing blimps. _That’s_ a fair fight. :rolleyes: 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2007, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-the-next-video-game-to-be-turned-into-a-movie-is/423151/20 "2007-10-18T19:05:13Z")
I was gonna jokingly suggest **Berzerk: The Movie** but actually two hours of a guy wandering through a factory blasting the shit out of robots would be pretty damn cool. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-the-next-video-game-to-be-turned-into-a-movie-is/423151.md?page=2)