# any good movies based on video games? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [June 26, 2001, 7:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-good-movies-based-on-video-games/70189 "2001-06-26T07:01:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Albert\_Rose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9de053/32.png) [@Albert\_Rose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Albert_Rose)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2001, 10:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-good-movies-based-on-video-games/70189/21 "2001-06-27T10:13:48Z")
I still want to see a _Myst_ movie. I remember how mysterious and spooky that game was. ---
**Author:** ![kabbes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e99b99/32.png) [@kabbes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kabbes)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2001, 10:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-good-movies-based-on-video-games/70189/22 "2001-06-27T10:24:45Z")
I always thought that _Another World_ would make a good movie. Anyone remember that game? pan ---
**Author:** ![slortar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6bbea6/32.png) [@slortar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slortar)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2001, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-good-movies-based-on-video-games/70189/23 "2001-06-27T12:40:12Z")
Wing Commander the worst scifi movie ever? NEVER! It was bad (_cough_ rubber aliens _cough_), but I dare you to sit through Robot Holocaust and then tell me that again. šŸ™‚ Actually what strikes as possibly the worst idea for a movie is that Doom movie that thereā€™s been rumors of. Holy crap does that sound like it could be awful. Iā€™m picture Double Dragon, but without the ā€œcompellingā€ plot and special effectsā€¦ ---
**Author:** ![Mockingbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c68b51/32.png) [@Mockingbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mockingbird)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2001, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-good-movies-based-on-video-games/70189/24 "2001-06-27T14:28:25Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Arden Ranger \* > \*\* > This should be another thread or an email discussion, but what the hell. > > **Hauster** started it. šŸ˜› > > I wrote a review for the local gaming magazine but I canā€™t find it at the moment, so these are off the top of my head. > > As long as you seperated the game from the series, the show was cool (I had the hots for Julian Luna as played by the late Mark Franken). Because the only way it was close to the rules was in the clan stereotypes, _some_ of the Disiplines they showed and the political scene. The show did open with a near perfect ā€œstake him and leave him for the dawnā€ moment that was promising, but, alas, that was ruined when we find out later that the black cop is a Kindred, walking about merrily as you please in the morning sun. > > -everyone had the same disciplines except the Assaimite and Nosferatu. We can tell the clans apart because they dress different. > > -The Nos are supposed to be hideously ugly. Camille was the only one that was even remotely oogy. Daedelus was bald. Thatā€™s supposed to be ugly? Maybe to the Melrose Place crowd. > > -the only time we see fangs is in Julianā€™s fight with Camille and thatā€™s _after_ and _because_ Daedelus gives Julian some of his own blood to give him his powers for the fight. No. Less than a Blood Point of his blood isnā€™t going to give Julian extra powers and all Kindred have fangs, not just the Nos. > > -Lily claims Seduction is a Toreador Clan gift. Piffle. Anyone with the points to spend on the Ability has it. > > -When did the Nos gain Blood Rituals? Those are Tremere exclusives. > > -When did Assimites start taking women? Middle Eastern assassin clan has no female members (at least, not when the show was aired. Damned 3rd Edition ā€¦). They also arenā€™t shape shifters of the magnitude Eddie described or, hell, at all. > > -Brujah has the Princeā€™s niece forcibly embraced and then tries to kill the Prince. But the Prince isnā€™t \*allowed \* by the Council to do anything because ā€œitā€™s a personal vendettaā€. Sorry, no. Mr. Brujah embraced without permisssion and attempted to assassinate the Prince. Blood Huntable offenses and the Prince is judge, jury, and executioner in their cities. > > -Wolf Claws has been turned into a Wolf _Claw_ that everybody has. Lame, lame, lame. > > -After the 90210 Kindred fed, \* they could go out in the sun!\* Hel-_lo_. > > -When a Kindred is embraced _all_ their body fluids are replaced with blood. All. Of. Them. But, oh look, thereā€™s Alexandra after a night of rousing passion with her mortal boyfriend on lily white sheets. In the sun. They did include blood tears from Sasha, which was cool. Too bad they only did it once. > > The last two episodes are the best, which is where it started showing promise. They had a different writer and director from the rest of the series. Unfortunately, any promise was squashed by the network when it cancelled it. They compromised too much and Rein-Hagenā€™s target audince (the gamers) was not the same as Spellingā€™s. The show was doomed from the beginning when Rein-Hagan had to accept Aaron ā€œLove Boatā€ Spelling as a producer to get the show on the air and Spelling was trying to sell it to the \*Melrose Place / 90210 \* crowd. > > If the man responsible for Vampire feels the need to _apoligize_ to V:tM fans and players, the show does not measure up. \*\* 1. Spell my name right, snot. 2. He apologized because it hurt the bottom line of fanatic gamers who expect that Hollywood will make a perfect translation of a game to a movie or television show. 3. The target audience wasnā€™t gamers, it was an advertising demographic like any other television show. 4. It is possible for other clans to use and acquire Tremere powers. 5. **Lillie** wasnā€™t necessarily saying it was only a Toreador gift. It could be interpreted from context that they just do it better. 6. Just because Spelling did 90210 and Melrose does not mean all his shows are that way. Kindred was NOT like either of those shows, and neither is Charmed for that matter. ---
**Author:** ![Arden\_Ranger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b487fb/32.png) [@Arden\_Ranger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arden_Ranger)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2001, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-good-movies-based-on-video-games/70189/25 "2001-06-27T18:04:49Z")
Relax, **Hastur**. Sheesh. Iā€™m notorious for mispelling names. Ask **manhattan**. Obviously the game shop and the radio station here got a different marketing package than the rest of the world but whatever. > [@](#): > > It is possible for other clans to use and acquire Tremere powers. According to the clanbook, they canā€™t. ---
**Author:** ![rjung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/45deac/32.png) [@rjung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjung)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2001, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-good-movies-based-on-video-games/70189/26 "2001-06-27T19:23:43Z")
For the record, _Pokemon_ started off as a video game, specifically for the Nintendo Gameboy. The programmer modelled it after his childhood hobby of collecting and training crickets to fight each other. The cartoons, merchandise, card game, and other stuff all came later. ---
**Author:** ![pezwookiee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/9d8465/32.png) [@pezwookiee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pezwookiee)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2001, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-good-movies-based-on-video-games/70189/27 "2001-06-27T20:31:07Z")
A friend of mine told me that ā€œTronā€ was a videogame first. Can anyone back this up? If weā€™re including role-playing games, I guess we better include Dungeons & Dragons. (I didnā€™t see it and am not really interested in the role-playing game movies, but no one had mentioned it, soā€¦) And I do recall liking Pac Man the cartoon. Still, not a feature film. Oh and the one last random bit: The animation in Final Fantasy does look great. Most of it. Next time you see the long version of the trailer, look at the lip sync. Ugh. ---
**Author:** ![pezwookiee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/9d8465/32.png) [@pezwookiee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pezwookiee)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2001, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-good-movies-based-on-video-games/70189/28 "2001-06-27T20:43:40Z")
A friend of mine told me that ā€œTronā€ was a videogame first. Can anyone back this up? If weā€™re including role-playing games, I guess we better include Dungeons & Dragons. (I didnā€™t see it and am not really interested in the role-playing game movies, but no one had mentioned it, soā€¦) And I do recall liking Pac Man the cartoon. Still, not a feature film. Oh and the one last random bit: The animation in Final Fantasy does look great. Most of it. Next time you see the long version of the trailer, look at the lip sync. Ugh. ---
**Author:** ![SPOOFE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c5a1d2/32.png) [@SPOOFE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SPOOFE)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2001, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-good-movies-based-on-video-games/70189/29 "2001-06-27T22:21:54Z")
> [@](#): > > Actually what strikes as possibly the worst idea for a movie is that Doom movie that thereā€™s been rumors of. Holy crap does that sound like it could be awful. Well, they donā€™t know if itā€™s going to be Doom or Quake (or both). But, for the record, I think a Doom movie COULD workā€¦ if done right. Itā€™d have to incorporate some of the styling of _Aliens_ā€¦ although, given Hollywoodā€™s brilliance, theyā€™d probably try to make it in the style of _Batman & Robin_ (i.e.- theyā€™ll try to make it clever and wittyā€¦ and fail). ---
**Author:** ![Mercutio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/51bf81/32.png) [@Mercutio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mercutio)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2001, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-good-movies-based-on-video-games/70189/30 "2001-06-27T23:05:56Z")
**Street Fighter BLEW, SUCKED ASS, ATE DONKEY SHIT, LICKED A MALE CARIBOUS ANUS** The characters were changed around, the plot was not at all anything like the game and **for the love of christ!** the ending was horrible. Know the original batman movie when him and robin are on a bouie in the middle of the ocean and about to get hit by a torpedo? Then they cut to them driving along talking about how a whale threw itself in front of the torpedo before it hit them? The ending was WORSE than that. They building/whatever is gonna explode, cut to them outside with chunks of god knows what flying in the air and then they all pose in different style as if they were fighting and then the street fighter logo appears over the shot! WHAT IN THE HELL IS THAT? THAT WAS **SHHHHHHHHIIIIIITY!!!** :mad: ---
**Author:** ![Sterra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8c91f0/32.png) [@Sterra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sterra)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2001, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-good-movies-based-on-video-games/70189/31 "2001-06-28T00:23:10Z")
Tomb raider. An awful movie. Final fantasy is basically where Square was going with the games. If youā€™ve ever played FF8 its alot of movie with a tiny bit of game thrown in. And it ties in pretty close with the game I would say. The ripping out of the soul is one death type spell. Basically to tie in the game is to make a futuristic/magic setting. Mortal kombat followed in movies like it did in games. Great first movie and it just went downhill from there. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2001, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-good-movies-based-on-video-games/70189/32 "2001-06-28T01:58:19Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by LNO \* > \*\*Okay, waitasec, waitasec, waitasec. > > So I heard about a Final Fantasy movie, and thought to myself, ā€œMeh. So weā€™re going to have an animated movie about those gun-sword things and Cloud and chocobos of different color. I guess itā€™ll do pretty well in the Final Fantasy fanbase, but not for me.ā€ > > Then I saw the trailer, and didnā€™t see ā€œHeal IIIā€ or ā€œBahamutā€ and not a single Chocobo. It even looked like a really good movie. Itā€™s moved up to the top of my to-see list for summer movies ā€¦ but why the hell is there a Final Fantasy appellation on it if it doesnā€™t have all the typical Final Fantasy stuff? Iā€™m sure thereā€™s a very valid reason for this - Iā€™m not dumping on the movie - Iā€™m just confused. > > Help? \*\* Good question[s] and Iā€™m the man with the answer[s]. The movie is not based on any particular Final Fantasy game. Each of the games are totally separate, each being the ā€œFinal Fantasyā€ for the world it takes place in. The movie is Earthā€™s Final Fantasy. No Magic. No Bahumut. No Scary Bad Guy who Wants To Lay Waste To Planet. The writer of the series wrote the movie and he is what ties it together. The themes of the movie are the same as the themes of the games. Love, Power, Perserverance, all that crap(so to speak). So you see? Tomb Raider was pretty much the game on the big screen. Mortal Kombat was the game on the big screen. Final Fantasy barely even deserves to be called a video-game to the screen movie because it is essentially ā€œwhat Final Fantasy would have looked like if it had been a movie.ā€ If you played Final Fantasy VI-IX, youā€™d see more in common with the movie than was available in IV(which you call II). The series has evolved and this is culminating in the movie. Will it be good? Absolutely. Will it be great? Tough to tell. The games take 50 hours to beat. Thatā€™s 50 hours to tell the story. The movie is 100 minutes. Thatā€™s pretty tough to do. Oh, by the way, I liked Mortal Kombat. Why? Well, Game: Cool Techno music and fighting. Movie: Cool Techno music and fighting. They never pretended to be anything else. ---
**Author:** ![TheNerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/858c86/32.png) [@TheNerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheNerd)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2001, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-good-movies-based-on-video-games/70189/33 "2001-06-28T02:17:09Z")
> [@](#): > > he movie is not based on any particular Final Fantasy game. Each of the games are totally separate, each being the ā€œFinal Fantasyā€ for the world it takes place in. Dammit. I was going to say that. I do have high expectations for this movie. Square kicks ass, and they know how to tell a story. ---
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2001, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-good-movies-based-on-video-games/70189/34 "2001-06-28T15:48:15Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by SPOOFE \* > Super Mario Bros: Where the hell did they come up with this techno-gothic-punk world for the Mushroom Kingdom? Jump boots? Big yellow fungus? De-evolver? And since when did Bowser wear a frigginā€™ suit? The problem is that Mario Bros the game didnā€™t have much of a story. Itā€™s just jumping and throwing stuff and trying to reach the princess. Thatā€™s not enough to carry a feature length movie, so they have to create all that other crap. > [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by SPOOFE \* > Street Fighter: The main character was RYU, to begin with (at least, he was in the original SF). And the story existed for the sole purpose of moving you from one fight to the otherā€¦ in fact, most people played through the game thinking that there WAS no plot (there technically wasā€¦ surprised?) > > Double Dragon: > > Mortal Kombat (both of 'em): Well thatā€™s kind of the problem. The focus of the game is on you playing the battles. The cut sceans between battles just adds some continuity. So while the games may have been great to play, there really isnā€™t much of a story there. Maybe some cardbard villans and 1 dimensional heros, but thatā€™s about it. > [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by SPOOFE \* > Wing Commander: Since when did the Tigerā€™s Claw look like a giant Space Submarine? Since when did the thing split in half to launch fighters? Since when did the Kilrathi look like wet-furred space leeches? Not a SINGLE element from the original games made it into the movieā€¦ heck, if they just kept the starships and starfighters looking the same as they did in the game, this movie mightā€™ve had SOME entertainment value. Producers have to reach a broader audience than just people who like the game. Wing Commander didnā€™t suck because the Tigerā€™s Claw looked like a giant codfish, the fighters looked like old boilers, and the ship interiors looked like leftover sets from Das Boot. It sucked because the characters (in the movie) were weak, the story was standard aliens invading Earth stuff, and aliens had not personality. ---
**Author:** ![Wolverine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ba9def/32.png) [@Wolverine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wolverine)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2001, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-good-movies-based-on-video-games/70189/35 "2001-06-28T18:23:24Z")
Mahaloth stole all my thunder. I agree with him 100%. Even on the Mortal Kombat thing. I knew I was watching a bad movie but it still was a lot of fun and didnā€™t disappoint me. It followed the games fairly faithfully and had a great soundtrack. I canā€™t wait for The Spirits Within. Unfortunately, I will be delayed a couple of weeks by being in the Ukraine. Oh, for the record. Pokemon was made for Gameboy. Nintendo holds the video game rights exclusively and pushes the things out by the ton. They were able to get a cartoon series to coincide with the US release of the Blue and Red GB versions of Pokemon. The popularity skyrocketed and were able to push the movies quickly and inexpensively. By far, Street Fighter was the worst movie of the bunch. Canā€™t count Pokemon because it is a cartoon aimed at kids. Not live action. Though by all rights they all were pretty rank. Now Iā€™ve never played Tomb Raider and I thought the movie was merely normal Hollywood bunk. So comparing that to the other movies, it actually did good. (Canā€™t believe I put Hollywood bunk up so high. Either that or video game movies are really low.) ---
**Author:** ![PublicBlast](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/779978/32.png) [@PublicBlast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PublicBlast)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2001, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-good-movies-based-on-video-games/70189/36 "2001-06-28T19:09:41Z")
The American live-action film was horrendous, true, but the Japanese full-length animated movie is pretty good: the art is good, the fighting intense, and thereā€™s actually a decent plot about the rivalry between Ryu and Ken and the efforts of Vega (M. Bison in US) to take over the world. (And the final scene after the credits is hilariousā€¦) For those who havenā€™t seen it: try to get the subtitled version rather than the U.S. dubbed version. First of all, they felt compelled to dub in heavy metal music over the silence or subtle music of the Japanese original. Second of all: your day will be ruined after hearing a bad American voice-over scream ā€œTetsu-maki-senpuu-kyakuuuuu!ā€ Still, though, worth renting even in dub. ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2001, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-good-movies-based-on-video-games/70189/37 "2001-06-29T00:14:22Z")
The word on the _Final Fantasy_ movie is that the visuals are staggering, but the story doesnā€™t really work. Yeah, itā€™s being done by the same folks who work on the game, but the Square supervisor has been quoted as saying he wants the movie to feel like youā€™re watching somebody (else) play a FF game. If you get sucked in by the demo clips playing in the window of your local software store, maybe thisā€™ll work for you. Me, Iā€™m worried. Oh, and _Tomb Raider_ was [a steaming sack of camel cum](http://moviegeek.homestead.com/files/tombraider.htm). ---
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2001, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-good-movies-based-on-video-games/70189/38 "2001-06-29T02:32:13Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by AkashJ \* > The American live-action film was horrendous, true, but the Japanese full-length animated movie is pretty good: the art is good, the fighting intense, and thereā€™s actually a decent plot about the rivalry between Ryu and Ken and the efforts of Vega (M. Bison in US) to take over the world. (And the final scene after the credits is hilariousā€¦) > \*\* Yeah, I actually did see that back when the SciFi channel used to show anime other than Tenchi Muyo and Dragonball Z. It wasnā€™t that bad, even though Iā€™m more of a fan of the giant fighting robot genre. I think videogames translate to cartoons more readily than live action. The live action Street Fighter with Van Damm was bad. The live action Double Dragon was 1000 times worse. I think Scott Wolf from Party of Five was one of the DD twins. ---
**Author:** ![Mekhazzio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b38774/32.png) [@Mekhazzio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mekhazzio)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2001, 8:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-good-movies-based-on-video-games/70189/39 "2001-06-29T08:18:13Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by msmith537 \* > **Wing Commander didnā€™t suck because the Tigerā€™s Claw looked like a giant codfish, the fighters looked like old boilers, and the ship interiors looked like leftover sets from Das Boot. It sucked because the characters (in the movie) were weak, the story was standard aliens invading Earth stuff, and aliens had not personality.** Thatā€™s rather the point. The games (the first two, anyway) had interesting characters, fascinating storylines with quite a few subplots, detailed backstory and a riveting multi-dimensional alien culture (thinking in particular of the resistance movement and the defector Ralgha) It wasnā€™t a story of ā€œEarth VS The Aliensā€, it was a story of first contact with another sentient species, and how the complete culture clash led both into a vicious war that, eventually, was being waged long after the original disagreement was forgotten, and both sides were committed to genocide simply because the other was. It was power and corruption, it was the glory and stupidity of war, it a few people trying to shift the weight of their vast societies onto a better path. Heroes and villains, and a whole lot of in-betweens, and you never knew who was which. It was, all in all, a pretty darn good story. There was material in the games for great movies several times over, and they pitched it all in the crapper trying to make another Star Wars (complete with ā€œThe Forceā€ ripoff) For that, and that alone, the Wing Commander movie is truly deplorable, even overlooking the depths of its own hideousness. But then, so are the last three games in the series, so hey, at least the movie didnā€™t totally depart from the gameā€™s tradition šŸ˜› ---
**Author:** ![Tsugumo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/4da419/32.png) [@Tsugumo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tsugumo)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2001, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-good-movies-based-on-video-games/70189/40 "2001-06-29T14:07:52Z")
Unfortunately, most videogames to movies suck, sighā€¦Comic books arenā€™t doing too bad now. TMNT was good, X-Men was good, Batman was good (first two), Spiderman looks like itā€™ll be good, etc. Poor videogames, thoughā€¦I refuse to use any term other than ā€œcrapā€ to describe the live action Street Fighter. That movie was just wrongā€¦wrong in itā€™s purest form. The SF2 anime movie was sweet, especially at the time it was made (back before the Alpha series was even createdā€¦in fact the anime flick is what inspired the main Alpha guy to design the gamesā€¦he said that at the end of SF2Turbo (whichever was the last with the new chars and all) he figured he had done all he could doā€¦until he saw the anime flick). I saw the subtitled version a year or two before anyone in North America knew the thing even existed, hehā€¦Anyway, the plot was kind of poopā€¦but the videogames donā€™t have much of a plot either. And how are you supposed to tie in a ton of fighters from different parts of the world who fight? I mean, how many ways can you justify having an air force guy, a large sumo wrestler, a green beast-man, and a teleporting monk, etc. being in the same plot in under 2 hours? Not many people have seen it, but thereā€™s a series called Street Fighter II Vā€¦It was a TV series in Japan and you can snag videos (subbed/dubbed, the dubs are surprisingly not TERRIBLE, hehā€¦get the subbed if you can though, because Japanese voice actors always sound much cooler, even if you donā€™t know what theyā€™re saying) here. Itā€™s like 26 (28? donā€™t remember off hand) episodes in total, with like 3 to a tape. The focus is on plot instead of fighting, and the plot is actually pretty good. Ken and Ryu are the main characters and after getting beat up by Guile in a bar one night, they realize they might not be the best, so they (using Kenā€™s oodles of money) decide to travel around the world looking for other fighters and stuffā€¦You get to watch Ryu learn to throw fireballs, Ken do his first Dragon Punch while fighting Fei Long, the first time they meet Chun-Liā€¦lots of cool stuff. The fighting is kind of crappy compared to the movie (they repeat a lot of movements and use the ā€œsliding an image by slowly with a flashing backgroundā€ bit oftenā€¦but itā€™s not horrible), but thereā€™s a lot of plot (considering itā€™s based off a fighting game). Anyway, if youā€™re a Street Fighter fan, hunt it out and see what you think. The Street Fighter Alpha anime wasā€¦weird. The art/animation and some of the fights were sweet, but the plot was drunk. What the hell was with Akuma and his wooden puppet things? And why in the world was Birdie in so much of the second half when they could have put someone cool like Guy in? Who were those bad guys? Where was Bison? Itā€™s worth checking it out just to watch Dan get beaten severely twice though, hehā€¦When he threw his fireball the second time I cracked up. Dan, Dan, Danā€¦at least he tries. ā€œFinal Fantasyā€ is just a name. None of the games are related (except for ā€œCidā€) and the movie is nothing like the games (I would have killed for a 3d movie using characters like Kain, Cecil, Locke, etc. though, sigh)ā€¦Thereā€™s a crappy little anime series with the name ā€œFinal Fantasyā€ which has some of the worst dubbing Iā€™ve ever heard. They just slap the name on stuff so people will buy it, heh. Thatā€™s not to say that the stuff isnā€™t high quality most of the timeā€¦but the Final Fantasy movie will be enjoyable for LOTS of people, not just fans of the games. šŸ™‚ - Tsugumo (sorry, I like to ramble and mysteriously kill threads by posting in them, which I no doubt shall do with this one) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-good-movies-based-on-video-games/70189.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-good-movies-based-on-video-games/70189.md?page=3)