You sank my...BATTLESHIP! Teaser Trailer
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Board games being turned into movies. Robot Chicken predicted this would happen, with their hilarious skit about a Hungry Hungry Hippos movie. "We're hungry...for justice!"
Why? I'm a big fan of the original movie. I thought it was a hilarious and underrated movie. Even if it was a box office bomb.
Because that was twenty-six years ago? And because today's audience (a) barely remembers it, or (b) wasn't even born back then?
If the game is still popular, you might as well make another stab (pun intended) at a movie version.
^
That the film was a failure does beg the question, though... generally.
I understand the basic logic behind making films based on board games - you have brand recognition and a premise which can be used to construct a film. I am, sure, you could make just any film about a naval battle, or corporate greed, or global conflict, but call it Battleship, Monopoly or Risk and you have the name recognition too.
That much I get.
But that there's been four or five boardgame films suggested to be in development when there's never been a successful boardgame film (has there?) is the bit that throws me. Is Hollywood presold on the idea that boardgame movies will be a big thing?
This abstraction of brand recognition... well, I wonder if we'll reach a point where we have Dolby Surround Sound: The Movie.
That the film was a failure does beg the question, though... generally.
I understand the basic logic behind making films based on board games - you have brand recognition and a premise which can be used to construct a film. I am, sure, you could make just any film about a naval battle, or corporate greed, or global conflict, but call it Battleship, Monopoly or Risk and you have the name recognition too.
That much I get.
But that there's been four or five boardgame films suggested to be in development when there's never been a successful boardgame film (has there?) is the bit that throws me. Is Hollywood presold on the idea that boardgame movies will be a big thing?
This abstraction of brand recognition... well, I wonder if we'll reach a point where we have Dolby Surround Sound: The Movie.
Bah! No need to mess with a classic.
Well, I don't want to turn this thread into yet another endless debate on the pros and cons of remakes, let alone of a movie that isn't BATTLESHIP. But . . .
1) Seriously, while it's a fun movie, I'm not sure the original CLUE is generally considered an untouchable "classic." I mean, we're not talking CASABLANCA or even YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN here. We're not exactly trampling over sacred ground . . . .
2) And, again, where's the harm in making another adaption? Its not like the old movie is going to be yanked out of circulation or was going to be shown in theaters again anytime soon. If anything, a remake will remind people that the previous version exists and put it back in the spotlight again. Right now it's just gathering dust on video shelves, neglected and forgotten, but you just know that, if and when a new version hits the theaters, the original will be reissued in a spiffy new DVD, there will be "where are they now?" articles on the original cast, and TCM or AMC will air the movie in prime time--probably for the first time in decades! Probably be the most attention the movie has gotten since it first came out.
3) Stories can get retold all the time. If DRACULA or ROBIN HOOD can get remade every decade or so, two versions of CLUE in twenty-six years doesn't strike me as excessive . . . .
1) Seriously, while it's a fun movie, I'm not sure the original CLUE is generally considered an untouchable "classic." I mean, we're not talking CASABLANCA or even YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN here. We're not exactly trampling over sacred ground . . . .
2) And, again, where's the harm in making another adaption? Its not like the old movie is going to be yanked out of circulation or was going to be shown in theaters again anytime soon. If anything, a remake will remind people that the previous version exists and put it back in the spotlight again. Right now it's just gathering dust on video shelves, neglected and forgotten, but you just know that, if and when a new version hits the theaters, the original will be reissued in a spiffy new DVD, there will be "where are they now?" articles on the original cast, and TCM or AMC will air the movie in prime time--probably for the first time in decades! Probably be the most attention the movie has gotten since it first came out.
3) Stories can get retold all the time. If DRACULA or ROBIN HOOD can get remade every decade or so, two versions of CLUE in twenty-six years doesn't strike me as excessive . . . .
I suppose any entertainment property can be turned into a movie but Battleship? I think it just has disaster written all over it...
You might even say that it gives you a sinking feeling...
^ Whatever floats your boat. 
Navy you'd prefer a more serious military-themed film such as K-19?^ Whatever floats your boat.
When Speed 2 came out, Jason Patric was talking about the state of movies and made a crack about Coca-Cola: The Movie. Then last week, I found out that there's a movie with Eric Roberts called The Coca-Cola Kid.
If you mean adapting a source material without a story, then yes.
The actual fim, however, appears to have a story. This trailer is no different than a million other trailers in that regard.
I might see this, I LOL:Ed out loud in the theater when I realized what it was but it might be entertaining enough.
Seriously, I didn't know this movie was supposed to be based on the game, and I didn't get the idea from the trailer. I only read about that on the Interblag later on.
I didn't see one. All I saw was a farrago of summer-blockbuster clichés.
For those who are not familiar with the word, "farrago" means "a mass composed of various materials confusedly mixed; a medley; a mixture."
It was originally the Latin word for "cattle fodder," which seems especially appropriate when talking about a summer blockbuster.
Thanks for the language lesson.
But don't be a douchè. The same argument can be applied to virtually any trailer (or teaser in this case, even moreso). There is a story presented there, but whether or not it us a good or interesting one is certainly up for debate.
^ C'mon, man, I think the warships vs. alien ships thing looks like it could be silly fun, but there's not going to be any kind of deep story here.
He's right about the summer movie clichés: The authoritarian father who doesn't want the bad boy to date his hot daughter. The guy who is the best of the best but has to rebel against the system because of his personal demons.
It's a movie based on a board game, how can you possibly be upset by the insinuation that the story is pretty thin? It doesn't mean you can't still enjoy it.
He's right about the summer movie clichés: The authoritarian father who doesn't want the bad boy to date his hot daughter. The guy who is the best of the best but has to rebel against the system because of his personal demons.
It's a movie based on a board game, how can you possibly be upset by the insinuation that the story is pretty thin? It doesn't mean you can't still enjoy it.
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