11-11-2005, 06:32 PM
My argument is only flawed when looked at from a different perspective then intended...let me explain, LOTR and sin city are great movies and there have been a decent amount of book to movie adaptations mainly because that the majority of the content is created by the individual reader, so there is a lot of room for the movie version, you have complete interpreterative freedom, when it comes to manga or comics you have much freedom not as much but still images leave much to be desired.
Now I am not saying all book or manga adaptations are good but there is more freedom.
When you have a video game you already have the characters and locations and events completely fleshed out before your eyes, you know all there is to and just having a movie rehash what you know already would be pointless.
Now although sin city is already visible and drawn out you dont have voices and music and movement, go watch and old silent film and you will see what I mean its like night and day. So them being true to what made sin city so alone in its genre and stand out and then adding music and movement only to enhance that is what made it sucessful and a great movie, if you like movies like that, that is.
From my point of view most games are interactive movies so a game on a movie is redundant unless they want to explore the game world and tell some new stories.
Now I am not saying all book or manga adaptations are good but there is more freedom.
When you have a video game you already have the characters and locations and events completely fleshed out before your eyes, you know all there is to and just having a movie rehash what you know already would be pointless.
Now although sin city is already visible and drawn out you dont have voices and music and movement, go watch and old silent film and you will see what I mean its like night and day. So them being true to what made sin city so alone in its genre and stand out and then adding music and movement only to enhance that is what made it sucessful and a great movie, if you like movies like that, that is.
From my point of view most games are interactive movies so a game on a movie is redundant unless they want to explore the game world and tell some new stories.