Gears of War is shaping up to be a visually stunning movie that will meet the excitement for the game franchise. Some encouraging words were shared about the very creative creatures faced in the game and whether they would be included in the film.
“I don’t think you would want to see a movie of this game without them in it,” said Morgan of the likelihood that Corpsers, Seeders and, yes, Berserkers, would wreak on-screen havoc in the much-anticipated video game adaptation.
So what could he tell us about the creatures of the “Gears of War” movie?
When asked specifically whether we’ll see Corpsers and Berserkers getting some screen time, Morgan told MTV, “If I have anything to do with it, you absolutely will.”
“And I do,” he added. “So the answer is ‘Yes.’”
Yeah yeah, blah blah blah, video game movies suck, blah blah. Ok, that is out of my system.
I like that they are intending to keep all the favourite creatures in the movie. Some of the best parts of video game movies (even though they often fall short) is seeing your favourite foes on screen. So as much as it might sound trivial to make a point to say they are going to get screen time, I will remind you of another epic fail in the video game movie genre.
Wing Commander.
I was a HUGE FAN of the Wing Commander series. I was diappointed not to see anything new come out for it since Prophecy, but I was encouraged to see the movie. And a trailer for Star Wars Episode 1 was shown before it.
Anyways, the movie dwelled on the story of the main character NOT played by Mark Hammil, but the master thespian Freddy Prinze Jr and his eternal sidekick Matt Lillard. But what we REALLY wanted to see was some space battles or some fisticuffs with the iconic enemies of the series. The Kil’rathi. Instead the most we see of these foes are a blurred comm screen image of a face, and an arm coming out of the darkness. Their presence in the movie didn’t even rank as a cameo. Stupid.
What the hell? This ruined most of the film for me (Freddie Prinze Jr ruined the rest). I could have forgiven the bad acting and misplaced plotlines if we could have at least got some awesome visuals and some decent action. Then I could have slipped this movie into that awkward level of acceptance that we pocket video game movies into.
So Gears is already looking like it will have some great visuals, and it will have all the iconic foes.
