The record-breaking box office for A Minecraft Movie has been followed by a rush of announcements for more films based on games
  • RightHandOfIkaros@lemmy.worldEnglish
    81·
    3 days ago

    IDK, the old Resident Evil, Tomb Raider, Super Mario Brothers, and Silent Hill live action movies weren’t extremely well received. To say it is only the result of the IP and nothing else is not exactly true IMO, there is more to it than that.

    • otp@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      7·
      2 days ago

      I think those films generally fall into the either the “don’t know how to turn it into a movie” or “the fans will buy anything” camps.

      Now, gaming movies are getting bigger budgets and such, and probably more involvement from the game companies.

      EDIT: Also, the IPs now have way more fans than they did before. Thinking of SMB, at least

    • MolochAlter@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      2 days ago

      That was before the systematic casualization of nerd hobbies, people were still protective of the things they were fans of.

      If you’re in circles of hardcore fans, we hate this shit just as much as back then LMAO

    • Grandwolf319@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      41·
      2 days ago

      To be fair though, old video game movies had a much younger fan base, now those fans are in their 40s and have kids.

      I remember Tomb raider was such a niche film, no where near critical mass recognition.