Hasbro signs long-term movie deal to make toys into movies.

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Don’t know if it’s a Hasbro toy but Rock 'Em, Sock 'Em Robots is exactly the sort of high-concept thrillride that today’s audiences would just eat up.

Sadly.

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[QUOTE=delphica]
Lite-Brite the Movie would be awesome. If you were stoned out of your gourd.
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Alas, it’s been done.

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A G.I. Joe movie could be great. It could also be horrible (e.g., Corba-La)

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I would assume these would all have to be light-hearted fare appropriate for kiddies, since that’s the market for all the toys and games.

So what in blazes are they going to do with Battleship, the whole point of which is to blow up as many ships as possible, sending thousands of young men and women to their watery graves.*

*OK, that last part isn’t actually part of the game, but could become a problem in a film adaptation.

ETA: Why can I only see the difference between “to” and “too” after I click the button?

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[QUOTE=Bearflag70]
A G.I. Joe movie could be great. It could also be horrible (e.g., Corba-La)
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In case you didn’t know they are making one. And damn it Zartan better be in it. I spent hours and hours running in and out of the house to see him change color.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1046173/

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Happy am I to post the Onion link: Universal Options Hasbro.

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[QUOTE=Tahssa]
In case you didn’t know they are making one. And damn it Zartan better be in it. I spent hours and hours running in and out of the house to see him change color.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1046173/
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Zartan is indeed in it, played by Arnold Vosloo. You may have seen him as the villain Imhotep in The Mummy and The Mummy Returns, or Arab terrorist Habib Marwan in season 4 of 24.

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I don’t think anyone thought Clue would work.

But it did.

I love that movie.

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[QUOTE=Baldwin]
Happy am I to post the Onion link: Universal Options Hasbro.
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This is genius. I could definitely see Barrel of Monkeys as a wacky kid comedy.

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[QUOTE=TWDuke]
So what in blazes are they going to do with Battleship, the whole point of which is to blow up as many ships as possible, sending thousands of young men and women to their watery graves.*
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It’s fortuitous that this problem is mentioned within posts of G.I. Joe. The obvious solution: lifejackets. Lots and lots of lifejackets.

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[QUOTE=Sage Rat]
I rather enjoyed Zathura, though apparently it didn’t do very good at the box office.
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Yeah, but that was a movie based on a picture book, not a toy.

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[QUOTE=mobo85]
Now that I think about it, I’m surprised Disney never licensed a Stretch Armstrong-style Mrs. Incredible toy. After all, her superpower is stretching.
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<cough>Real Doll<cough>

Marc

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Trailer for Hungry, Hungry Hippos.