Comments on: Recipe for Destruction http://girlsdontgame.com/2008/06/04/recipe-for-destruction/ Everyone knows girls don't play video games. Thu, 09 Sep 2010 21:04:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1.2 By: Demosthenes http://girlsdontgame.com/2008/06/04/recipe-for-destruction/#comment-3068 Demosthenes Thu, 05 Jun 2008 03:54:35 +0000 http://girlsdontgame.com/2008/06/04/recipe-for-destruction/#comment-3068 I was wondering when you guys were going to write the mandatory "Uwe Boll sucks" article. It had to come some time, this IS a gaming blog after all. I think it is a rule that you have to bash him at least a once I agree that Resident Evil is probably the best video game adaption out there. I liked it a lot, but I watched the first movie before I had played any Resident Evil, so I don't really know how faithful it was. Plus, Amelia Something-ovich kicks major ass. I still want my Zelda movie that IGN promised me :( I was wondering when you guys were going to write the mandatory “Uwe Boll sucks” article. It had to come some time, this IS a gaming blog after all. I think it is a rule that you have to bash him at least a once

I agree that Resident Evil is probably the best video game adaption out there. I liked it a lot, but I watched the first movie before I had played any Resident Evil, so I don’t really know how faithful it was. Plus, Amelia Something-ovich kicks major ass.

I still want my Zelda movie that IGN promised me :(

]]> By: Shalkis http://girlsdontgame.com/2008/06/04/recipe-for-destruction/#comment-3070 Shalkis Thu, 05 Jun 2008 05:07:08 +0000 http://girlsdontgame.com/2008/06/04/recipe-for-destruction/#comment-3070 Be careful what you wish for. Cartoon adaptations of Zelda in the 80ies were atrocious. Sure, it had Zelda, Link and Ganon, but Link's personality was completely butchered. Instead of the altruistic do-gooder we've know and love, he was a teenage brat with an attitude problem. Be careful what you wish for. Cartoon adaptations of Zelda in the 80ies were atrocious. Sure, it had Zelda, Link and Ganon, but Link’s personality was completely butchered. Instead of the altruistic do-gooder we’ve know and love, he was a teenage brat with an attitude problem.

]]> By: Leslie http://girlsdontgame.com/2008/06/04/recipe-for-destruction/#comment-3071 Leslie Thu, 05 Jun 2008 05:22:22 +0000 http://girlsdontgame.com/2008/06/04/recipe-for-destruction/#comment-3071 Man, anyone sane who cares for their fellows of the species will bash Uwe Boll for his accumulated atrocities committed. That aside, this was mostly a comedic dig at the general premise I see in most of these films- not necessarily targeting anyone in particular. That April Fools Zelda trailer was hawt, for sure. But as Shalkis said, there's a history of a total distortion of Link's personality that I'd be horrified to see again! Oh, horror! Man, anyone sane who cares for their fellows of the species will bash Uwe Boll for his accumulated atrocities committed. That aside, this was mostly a comedic dig at the general premise I see in most of these films- not necessarily targeting anyone in particular.

That April Fools Zelda trailer was hawt, for sure. But as Shalkis said, there’s a history of a total distortion of Link’s personality that I’d be horrified to see again! Oh, horror!

]]> By: Demosthenes http://girlsdontgame.com/2008/06/04/recipe-for-destruction/#comment-3073 Demosthenes Thu, 05 Jun 2008 05:40:16 +0000 http://girlsdontgame.com/2008/06/04/recipe-for-destruction/#comment-3073 That is the problem with a Zelda movie, Link never fucking says anything! He is too bad-ass for speech. Regardless, I would see it no matter how terrible it was, and I would love it. The cartoons only butchered it because it was the freaking 80's, and nothing good came from that era, besides speed metal. I forgot to mention that there is a petition making its way through the webz, asking for Uwe Boll to cease and desist from ruining anymore good games. It has about 100+ thousand signatures already, and Uwe Boll himself said that if it reached a mil, he would seriously consider resigning. Google "Stop Mr. Uwe Boll" and do your gamer community a BIG favor. That is the problem with a Zelda movie, Link never fucking says anything! He is too bad-ass for speech.
Regardless, I would see it no matter how terrible it was, and I would love it. The cartoons only butchered it because it was the freaking 80’s, and nothing good came from that era, besides speed metal.

I forgot to mention that there is a petition making its way through the webz, asking for Uwe Boll to cease and desist from ruining anymore good games. It has about 100+ thousand signatures already, and Uwe Boll himself said that if it reached a mil, he would seriously consider resigning. Google “Stop Mr. Uwe Boll” and do your gamer community a BIG favor.

]]> By: Leslie http://girlsdontgame.com/2008/06/04/recipe-for-destruction/#comment-3075 Leslie Thu, 05 Jun 2008 07:07:53 +0000 http://girlsdontgame.com/2008/06/04/recipe-for-destruction/#comment-3075 This post sums up what I think about the petition: http://angryrobot.ca/2008/04/07/stop-uwe-boll-petition :( Great effort, though. I think the only game movie I've seen that seemed like it really cared about its origin's premise was the first Pokemon movie. Hmm, it's been years since I saw that, though... This post sums up what I think about the petition: http://angryrobot.ca/2008/04/07/stop-uwe-boll-petition :( Great effort, though.

I think the only game movie I’ve seen that seemed like it really cared about its origin’s premise was the first Pokemon movie. Hmm, it’s been years since I saw that, though…

]]> By: *vlad* http://girlsdontgame.com/2008/06/04/recipe-for-destruction/#comment-3080 *vlad* Thu, 05 Jun 2008 12:21:12 +0000 http://girlsdontgame.com/2008/06/04/recipe-for-destruction/#comment-3080 Resident Evil and Tomb Raider were two movies that I felt did the original video games justice. Just compare them to Bob Hoskins as Mario, or JC van Damme and Kylie Mynogue in Mortal Kombat. Lets face it, when you are turning a video game like Doom into a film, there really isn't a lot of background material to deal with. I would challenge anyone to come with the a decent script for that sort of film. Resident Evil and Tomb Raider were two movies that I felt did the original video games justice.
Just compare them to Bob Hoskins as Mario, or JC van Damme and Kylie Mynogue in Mortal Kombat.

Lets face it, when you are turning a video game like Doom into a film, there really isn’t a lot of background material to deal with. I would challenge anyone to come with the a decent script for that sort of film.

]]> By: Alison E http://girlsdontgame.com/2008/06/04/recipe-for-destruction/#comment-3083 Alison E Thu, 05 Jun 2008 14:02:42 +0000 http://girlsdontgame.com/2008/06/04/recipe-for-destruction/#comment-3083 It is to my deep shame that despite total agreement on the Zelda cartoon, even in the eighties when it was out, I watched it every single day and currently have it on DVD. Sometimes I watch it in the dead of night when no one is around, or when my best friend and I have enjoyed too many refreshing adult beverages. I looked forward to every Friday when it was Zelda instead of Mario Brothers. Hi, my name is Alison, and I'm a member of Zelda Fangirls Anonymous. But seriously: ahmahgahd, why did they make that characterization choice? It was a mystery to me when I first read about it in Nintendo Power, and they explained it by saying Zelda was five years older than Link, which... okay, and I'm not going to say real teenagers AREN'T brats like that sometimes, but hello, that's why we call it a fantasy escape, we don't want it to be like actual life. We, you know. Live that. The choice just baffled me, especially when the comic that ran in Nintendo Power based on the SNES Zelda was SO TOTALLY AWESOME, proving that you CAN give Link lines without making him a moron. (The Metroid one was pretty good too, and Samus had purple hair. Apparently she was going through her no one understands me and I'm going to be a bounty hunter pirate phase.) The OOT and MM mangas likewise succeeded on this, and also answered the burning question I had re: who pierced Link's ears. (Oh, YOU WERE THINKING IT TOO, man pulls the sword out of the stone and wakes up seven years later with pierced ears, I WOULD THINK HE WOULD WANT TO KNOW WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED.) I enjoyed the Resident Evil movie and the sequel, because my friends and I decided there were really only two things we wanted from it. We wanted Jill Valentine to whine and also kick ass, bonus points if she did so at the same time, and we wanted the villian to employ a rocket launcher. Both of these things occurred, therefore it was awesome. However, the same friends and I willingly and knowingly went to see Fast & Furious: Tokyo Drift, so our taste in modern cinema is highly suspect, if not hysterically bad. It is to my deep shame that despite total agreement on the Zelda cartoon, even in the eighties when it was out, I watched it every single day and currently have it on DVD. Sometimes I watch it in the dead of night when no one is around, or when my best friend and I have enjoyed too many refreshing adult beverages. I looked forward to every Friday when it was Zelda instead of Mario Brothers. Hi, my name is Alison, and I’m a member of Zelda Fangirls Anonymous.

But seriously: ahmahgahd, why did they make that characterization choice? It was a mystery to me when I first read about it in Nintendo Power, and they explained it by saying Zelda was five years older than Link, which… okay, and I’m not going to say real teenagers AREN’T brats like that sometimes, but hello, that’s why we call it a fantasy escape, we don’t want it to be like actual life. We, you know. Live that. The choice just baffled me, especially when the comic that ran in Nintendo Power based on the SNES Zelda was SO TOTALLY AWESOME, proving that you CAN give Link lines without making him a moron. (The Metroid one was pretty good too, and Samus had purple hair. Apparently she was going through her no one understands me and I’m going to be a bounty hunter pirate phase.) The OOT and MM mangas likewise succeeded on this, and also answered the burning question I had re: who pierced Link’s ears. (Oh, YOU WERE THINKING IT TOO, man pulls the sword out of the stone and wakes up seven years later with pierced ears, I WOULD THINK HE WOULD WANT TO KNOW WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED.)

I enjoyed the Resident Evil movie and the sequel, because my friends and I decided there were really only two things we wanted from it. We wanted Jill Valentine to whine and also kick ass, bonus points if she did so at the same time, and we wanted the villian to employ a rocket launcher. Both of these things occurred, therefore it was awesome.

However, the same friends and I willingly and knowingly went to see Fast & Furious: Tokyo Drift, so our taste in modern cinema is highly suspect, if not hysterically bad.

]]> By: Leslie http://girlsdontgame.com/2008/06/04/recipe-for-destruction/#comment-3087 Leslie Thu, 05 Jun 2008 15:32:53 +0000 http://girlsdontgame.com/2008/06/04/recipe-for-destruction/#comment-3087 Vlad - Your comment thus begs the question of "Why even make a relatively background-free game like Doom into a movie?" The answer is in the post. It starts with the Brand Name. :) Vlad - Your comment thus begs the question of “Why even make a relatively background-free game like Doom into a movie?”

The answer is in the post. It starts with the Brand Name. :)

]]> By: RiotMonster http://girlsdontgame.com/2008/06/04/recipe-for-destruction/#comment-3101 RiotMonster Thu, 05 Jun 2008 21:05:57 +0000 http://girlsdontgame.com/2008/06/04/recipe-for-destruction/#comment-3101 Allison E FTW.. that comment made me laugh out loud.. which baffled my supervisors since I'm at work =P I could be easily amused or that was just so funny XD Allison E FTW.. that comment made me laugh out loud.. which baffled my supervisors since I’m at work =P
I could be easily amused or that was just so funny

XD

]]> By: Demosthenes http://girlsdontgame.com/2008/06/04/recipe-for-destruction/#comment-3103 Demosthenes Thu, 05 Jun 2008 21:35:25 +0000 http://girlsdontgame.com/2008/06/04/recipe-for-destruction/#comment-3103 ZOMG Alison owns! I didn't know there was an SNES comic for zelda. I need to consult the internet immediately. ZOMG Alison owns! I didn’t know there was an SNES comic for zelda. I need to consult the internet immediately.

]]> By: Bakemonky http://girlsdontgame.com/2008/06/04/recipe-for-destruction/#comment-3104 Bakemonky Thu, 05 Jun 2008 21:57:56 +0000 http://girlsdontgame.com/2008/06/04/recipe-for-destruction/#comment-3104 Excellent prognosis for the evolution of the "video game to silver screen" recipe. It seriously is spot on for every gaming movie I have ever seen. I didn't even realize it until you said it, but step # 4 was so true, I actually wept blood (not tears, 'cause I'm a guy, and crying blood is amazing). If a director is going to make a video game movie, then he should have the entire movie be BASED off the game. Why did the Street Fighter Movie have absolutely no haidukens by Ryu or Ken? Oh well, at least Advent Children did manage to feature almost every one of Cloud's seven limit breaks from the game. Much love gaming girls. Keep it up. Excellent prognosis for the evolution of the “video game to silver screen” recipe. It seriously is spot on for every gaming movie I have ever seen. I didn’t even realize it until you said it, but step # 4 was so true, I actually wept blood (not tears, ’cause I’m a guy, and crying blood is amazing).

If a director is going to make a video game movie, then he should have the entire movie be BASED off the game. Why did the Street Fighter Movie have absolutely no haidukens by Ryu or Ken? Oh well, at least Advent Children did manage to feature almost every one of Cloud’s seven limit breaks from the game.

Much love gaming girls. Keep it up.

]]> By: FleshandLace http://girlsdontgame.com/2008/06/04/recipe-for-destruction/#comment-3106 FleshandLace Thu, 05 Jun 2008 22:58:09 +0000 http://girlsdontgame.com/2008/06/04/recipe-for-destruction/#comment-3106 zomg. My boyfriend wants to get a triforce tattoo on his butt. Because, if you tell someone you've got a triforce tattoo -- obviously... they ask to see it. / slightly offsubjectness :P zomg. My boyfriend wants to get a triforce tattoo on his butt.

Because, if you tell someone you’ve got a triforce tattoo — obviously… they ask to see it.

/ slightly offsubjectness

:P

]]> By: Demosthenes http://girlsdontgame.com/2008/06/04/recipe-for-destruction/#comment-3107 Demosthenes Thu, 05 Jun 2008 23:06:50 +0000 http://girlsdontgame.com/2008/06/04/recipe-for-destruction/#comment-3107 OMG I just found out, like two days ago, 200 hundred people walked out of a free showing of Uwe Bolls "Postal" because, get this, He showed terrorists crashing into the world trade center. That is just wrong. I hated him mostly for the fact of the shitty movies, but he is evidently a giant asshole too. OMG I just found out, like two days ago, 200 hundred people walked out of a free showing of Uwe Bolls “Postal” because, get this, He showed terrorists crashing into the world trade center. That is just wrong. I hated him mostly for the fact of the shitty movies, but he is evidently a giant asshole too.

]]> By: Leslie http://girlsdontgame.com/2008/06/04/recipe-for-destruction/#comment-3111 Leslie Thu, 05 Jun 2008 23:31:56 +0000 http://girlsdontgame.com/2008/06/04/recipe-for-destruction/#comment-3111 Bakemonky - Crying blood? Certainly does not sound comfortable! Step 4 is where all the coolest trailers usually get you... "Oh that was my favorite move in the game and they put it in o m g!" etc. Advent Children actually didn't do too badly, at least from what I could gather - I hated FF7 with a passion and repressed most of my memories of playing the game. :\ Bakemonky - Crying blood? Certainly does not sound comfortable! Step 4 is where all the coolest trailers usually get you… “Oh that was my favorite move in the game and they put it in o m g!” etc. Advent Children actually didn’t do too badly, at least from what I could gather - I hated FF7 with a passion and repressed most of my memories of playing the game. :\

]]> By: Monique http://girlsdontgame.com/2008/06/04/recipe-for-destruction/#comment-3117 Monique Fri, 06 Jun 2008 01:14:36 +0000 http://girlsdontgame.com/2008/06/04/recipe-for-destruction/#comment-3117 Demo-- I told her to mention that, but she didn't. I mean it made me sick. It's not the 9/11 shit, either, it's that he DID it to be more infamous :( Demo–
I told her to mention that, but she didn’t. I mean it made me sick. It’s not the 9/11 shit, either, it’s that he DID it to be more infamous :(

]]> By: Leslie http://girlsdontgame.com/2008/06/04/recipe-for-destruction/#comment-3121 Leslie Fri, 06 Jun 2008 02:03:21 +0000 http://girlsdontgame.com/2008/06/04/recipe-for-destruction/#comment-3121 Yeah, I didn't feel like expounding upon that particular subject because it is what you said - a testimony to Uwe Boll and his blatant ego and narcissism. The less anyone mentions of his intentionally terrible escapades the better, especially of that particular topic. Yeah, I didn’t feel like expounding upon that particular subject because it is what you said - a testimony to Uwe Boll and his blatant ego and narcissism. The less anyone mentions of his intentionally terrible escapades the better, especially of that particular topic.

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