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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 Dec 04, 2020
Friday Dec 04, 2020
We review TRON, arguably the first video game film ever made, where game developer Jeff Bridges inadvertently enters a strange new world to get his royalties back and becomes the digital messiah.
CONTENT WARNING: industrial espionage, malicious AI, de-resolution, religious themes, ultimate frisbee, 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 Nov 27, 2020
Friday Nov 27, 2020
We review The Last Starfighter, a story of a small-trailerpark boy with big dreams who twirls his way towards victory. Are good movies about video game military recruitment a desperate battle against incredible odds? Strap in and find out!
CONTENT WARNING: galactic war, subterfuge, face melting, dirty magazines, bounty hunters, armed octogenarians, 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 Nov 20, 2020
Friday Nov 20, 2020
For our first expansion pack, we take a look at five films without a specific game to adapt, but are 100% influenced by video games as a medium. First up...
We review Wreck-It Ralph, where Donkey Kong leaves his game to go trophy hunting and it's up to Mario to bring him back, while falling in love with Master Chief along the way. But don't worry, everyone is just off brand enough to avoid a lawsuit.
CONTENT WARNING: classism, existential malaise, alien invasions, child abuse, death racing, 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.
Saturday Oct 31, 2020
Saturday Oct 31, 2020
BOO!
For our first ever holiday special, we look at 3 fan-made short films based on spooky game franchises. Can the fans make films about Resident Evil, Silent Hill, and Left 4 Dead a treat to watch, or do we get tricked into low rent knock offs with no scares to be found? Time to split up and check that strange noise coming from the basement!
CONTENT WARNING: suicide, conspiracies, car crashes, existential madness, unchecked modding, unchecked spelling, mild language.
Film Links:
Dave (Resident Evil) - Shawn Lebert
Rot (Silent Hill) - Corridor Crew
Impulse 76 (Left4Dead) - Airsoft GI
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.
Tuesday Oct 20, 2020
Tuesday Oct 20, 2020
For you, the day that we reviewed Street Fighter and learned how important brand recognition is when taking over the world was the greatest day of your life. But for us? It was Tuesday.
CONTENT WARNING: cocaine, cancer, world domination, imprisonment, genetic experimentation, brainwashing, 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 Oct 16, 2020
Friday Oct 16, 2020
We review Detective Pikachu, a buddy comedy that proves Deadpool can totally work with a PG rating so long as he's small and furry and able to shoot lightning out of his butt.
CONTENT WARNING: drugs, cockfighting, caffeine addiction, genetic experimentation, massage via coercion, mind control, 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 Oct 09, 2020
Friday Oct 09, 2020
We review Max Payne, the anti-hero's journey of Mark Wahlberg as he tries to find the men that murdered both his family and his ability to make more than one facial expression.
CONTENT WARNING: infanticide, drugs, murder, torture, conspiracy, hypothermia, childish insults, 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 Oct 02, 2020
Friday Oct 02, 2020
We review Tekken, the dystopian future where corporations rule the world through televised gladiatorial combat and the reluctant rebel Jin Kazama proves that cyborg killing machines and urban missile strikes aren't nearly as deadly as the power of flashbacks.
CONTENT WARNING: totalitarian regimes, concubines, infidelity, mortal combat (with a c), implied sexual assault, murder, 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 Sep 25, 2020
Friday Sep 25, 2020
We review Assassin's Creed, where Michael Fassbender proves how hungry he is for the Apple of Eden by chewing so much scenery that there's none left for Jeremy Irons.
CONTENT WARNING: murder, imprisonment, genetic experimentation, religious cults, hostage negotiation, so much stabbing, 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 Sep 18, 2020
Friday Sep 18, 2020
We review Doom, the first person shooter with way too many players on the map at once. Is this adaptation a showcase of Wild Awesome Destruction, or just a Bad Film Grind?
CONTENT WARNING: biological manipulation/demonic possession, dismemberment, decapitation, disobeying the chain of command, mass murder, 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.