There have been quite a few stinkers so far (Mario Brothers, Dead or Alive , Doom , Alone in the Dark
Bloodrayne… in fact most films by Uwe Boll)
But this could top the lot. Universal has secured the film rights to the classic Atari video game "Asteroids”.
It’s the 30 year old game featuring the little triangle that fires missiles at 2D, um, asteroids. I’m not sure what’s more surprising, the fact that it’s being made at all or that Universal had to fight three other studios for the rights.
According to Comingsoon.net, Universal is also developing movies based on Hasbro board game properties such as "Battleship," "Candyland," "Ouija," "Monopoly" and "Clue."
Seriously! Sadly it seems Michael Jackson died just as unfathomable weirdness was becoming cool again.
1 comments:
I've been thinking about this, and it could actually work as a borderline-impenetrable existential piece about the struggle for meaning in a world of absolute light and dark. Kinda like the future scenes in The Fountain, but without the lotus position.
And for the record, Doom and DOA:Dead Or Alive are much-needed guilty pleasures against the all-pervasive broodiness that seems to be taking hold of modern action cinema. You can watch The Dark Knight time and time again, but sometimes you just want to see The Rock waving a Big F**ing Gun about!
NJM
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