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Video game to film adaptations are often seen as terrible, and sometimes even unwatchable. We're looking back at these films and giving them a second chance, reviewing them with a focus on finding the good in them.
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Friday May 28, 2021
Friday May 28, 2021
We review "GAMER", showcasing a future where online gaming now uses mind controlling nanites to swap out digital avatars for real life people, and where our badass hero is arguably only alive because a rich white kid owns him and tells him what to do.
CONTENT WARNING: murder, rape, mind control, alcohol poisoning, unfortunate gamer tags, mild language.
Featuring the voices of Marc Athanas, Wayne Bressette, and Nick Mohr.
Our theme music was composed by Jack Feerick, and performed and realized by Sam Feerick.
Friday May 21, 2021
Friday May 21, 2021
We review "Ready Player One", a dystopian future where everyone can finally afford their own VR suit but spend their lives slaving away for that Dream Life Celebration. Based on the book about our 80s nostalgia, and directed by the creator of that same 80s nostalgia.
CONTENT WARNING: murder, terrorism, slavery, consumerism, the feels, mild language.
Featuring the voices of Marc Athanas, Wayne Bressette, and Nick Mohr.
Our theme music was composed by Jack Feerick, and performed and realized by Sam Feerick.
Friday May 14, 2021
Friday May 14, 2021
We review Hardcore Henry, the action extravaganza that asks us to literally see the world through the eyes of our protagonist as he murders every obstacle between him and the next cutscene... er, plot point.
BONUS CONTENT - here's a link to the original short that served as proof of concept for the film:
Biting Elbows - 'Bad Motherf***er' Official Music Video (explicit lyrics)
CONTENT WARNING: amnesia, human experimentation, extremely stylish violence, unhealthy marriages, mild language.
Featuring the voices of Marc Athanas, Wayne Bressette, and Nick Mohr, with special gest Chris Niejadlik.
Our theme music was composed by Jack Feerick, and performed and realized by Sam Feerick.
Friday May 07, 2021
Friday May 07, 2021
We're back with 5 more films about video games, but not about a specific game. It's tangent time!
First up is "Scott Pilgrim VS the World", the action-fantasy-comedy-romance where Michael Cera must prove himself to his new girlfriend by fighting her seven evil exes in over-the-top martial arts combat. He's got the killer moves of your typical video game character, but the wimpy frame of your typical video game player. Will it be enough to win her, and us, over? FIGHT!
CONTENT WARNING: infidelity, narcissism, veganism, Canadianism, mild language.
Featuring the voices of Marc Athanas, Wayne Bressette, and Nick Mohr, with special gest Chris Niejadlik.
Our theme music was composed by Jack Feerick, and performed and realized by Sam Feerick.
Monday Apr 05, 2021
Monday Apr 05, 2021
"And lo, on the third decade, the User returned and He bestowed upon us the gift of eternal lightcycles, and the air was filled with sounds of Daft Punk, like bass dropping angels, and it was heavy, man." - TRON Legacy 12:17
Join us on an Easter Special celebrating the resurrection of a long dead video game film property, filled with more religious metaphors then the NES classic "Bible Adventures". Witness Jeff Bridges act against the only man talented enough to upstage him: another Jeff Bridges! It's time to dust off that Lightcycle in your pocket and return to the Grid in TRON Legacy!
CONTENT WARNING: absentee fathers, gladiatorial combat, genocide, insurrection, Christ allegories, mild language.
Featuring the voices of Marc Athanas, Wayne Bressette, and Nick Mohr.
Our theme music was composed by Jack Feerick, and performed and realized by Sam Feerick.
Friday Apr 02, 2021
Friday Apr 02, 2021
We're back for the second half of our 2-part "The Super Mario Bros. Movie" review!
It's time to turn on that elevator music, get your Goombas grooving, and bring this non-stop nonsense to a close. Featuring special guest Adam Prosser of the WHAT MAD UNIVERSE?!? podcast.
CONTENT WARNING: hostile grandmas, genetic manipulation, authoritarian rule, sexual advances from a plumber, unwanted sexual advances from a man-lizard, mild language.
Featuring the voices of Marc Athanas, Wayne Bressette, Nick Mohr, and Adam Prosser.
Our theme music was composed by Jack Feerick, and performed and realized by Sam Feerick.
For more from Adam Prosser, visit the WHAT MAD UNIVERSE?!? podcast:
Friday Mar 26, 2021
Friday Mar 26, 2021
BA DAH DUM DE DUM DUMB!
It's finally here! The film that started the video game adaptation "curse". We review "The Super Mario Bros. Movie", where CyberPunk shows up about 84 years too early and infects the entire mushroom kingdom with dystopian edginess.
Is this movie Game Over for finding anything good in video game adaptations? Is a better film waiting in another castle? Featuring special guest Adam Prosser of the WHAT MAD UNIVERSE?!? podcast.
For more info on the wild history of this movie, check out Gaming Historian's fantastic documentary:
The Super Mario Bros. Movie | Gaming Historian (YouTube)
CONTENT WARNING: extinction level events, parallel universes, awkward romances, day-job drinking, mild language.
Featuring the voices of Marc Athanas, Wayne Bressette, Nick Mohr, and Adam Prosser.
Our theme music was composed by Jack Feerick, and performed and realized by Sam Feerick.
For more from Adam Prosser, visit the WHAT MAD UNIVERSE?!? podcast:
Friday Mar 19, 2021
Friday Mar 19, 2021
We review Ace Attorney, where a defense attorney tries to make a name for himself in a court that favours the prosecution, and the only thing more dramatic than the verdicts are the haircuts.
CONTENT WARNING: murder, ghosts, corruption, sentient mascot costumes, mild language.
Featuring the voices of Marc Athanas, Wayne Bressette, and Nick Mohr.
Our theme music was composed by Jack Feerick, and performed and realized by Sam Feerick.
Friday Mar 12, 2021
Friday Mar 12, 2021
We review Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun Li, where our hero's journey from vagabond to vigilante puts her at odds with a scenery-devouring rogue cop and a bafflingly Irish slum lord. Also, Liu Kang!
CONTENT WARNING: forcible confinement, murder, vigilantism, mild language.
Featuring the voices of Marc Athanas, Wayne Bressette, and Nick Mohr.
Our theme music was composed by Jack Feerick, and performed and realized by Sam Feerick.
Friday Mar 05, 2021
Friday Mar 05, 2021
We review Street Fighter: Assassin's Fist, the tale of Ken and Ryu's early training in the Art of Hadou. Pro Tip of the Day: it's probably best to learn to block BEFORE you learn to fire deadly balls of energy from your hands.
For anyone interested in the short film that led to this full length feature, here's a link:
Street Fighter: Legacy (YouTube)
CONTENT WARNING: student rivalry, murder, ancient techniques of death and destruction, mild language.
Featuring the voices of Marc Athanas, Wayne Bressette, and Nick Mohr.
Our theme music was composed by Jack Feerick, and performed and realized by Sam Feerick.