Metal Gear Solid is the latest franchise to be given over to Hollywood’s tender mercies, with fans of the series left wondering whether the movie will follow in the glorious footsteps of Hollywood’s past video game adaptations, or the even more esteemed path of its many adaptations of popular Japanese entertainment franchises.
According to reports, as part of its glorious 25th anniversary the Metal Gear franchise will be getting a live action Hollywood movie adaptation produced by both Columbia Pictures and Sony.
Details of casting and which parts of the sprawling franchise will be first in line have yet to be announced.
Kojima Productions boss Hideo Kojima explains that he had been searching for years for a suitable production team to create a fitting movie adaptation, but with the availability of Avi Arad to oversee things and his reputed success at adapting American comic book classics (or Marvel comics at any rate) he had confidence he would do Snake justice as well.
Arad for his part pledges “not to do anything bad to the Metal Gear Kojima created” and promises “to make a wonderful movie in the spirit of the original,” doubtless dispelling the doubts of all but the most pessimistic of naysayers.
However, whilst few doubt Kojima’s competence or the power of the Metal Gear franchise, equally few will be able to forget Hollywood’s record at producing adaptations of both video games and beloved Japanese entertainment franchises…
They already made a Metal Gear Solid movie. It’s called MGS4. But seriously though, don’t think this is the best of ideas. MGS can get needlessly convoluted in places. Not exactly movie material, in my opinion. But Hollywood isn’t a democracy so any complaints or reservations we have would go ignored.
Why does everyone automatically assume this is going to be bad? This has every reason to be good.
Metal Gear is mostly cutscenes, anyway, so you can just have more cinematic scenes in place of gameplay.
I got an idea that will make this work: Have David Hayter write the screenplay. Hayter is a writer, he loves the franchise. He did the screenplay to Watchmen, and, ending aside, it was a very faithful adaptation. All they need to do is make it like a “Stale Beer Type” spy movie.
And besides, assuming it’s gonna be bad assumes that people can’t change over time. More and more, Hollywood directors are becoming more tolerant of Japanese franchises. I know we all want this to be Japanese, but can we at least SEE it before we decry it?
…why can video game based movies be animated? Why do they always have to be live action? Because if its animated it’ll cost more money??!! I dont give a single f♥♥k, make it animated damn it! Because in my opnion, video-game/anime based movies should be animated because it will always come out right and please the fans this way. If was a director, and i was directing a movie based on a video game/anime, I would make it animated, I dont care how much it costs. I’ll make it happen and please the fans.
I’ll try to explain as nice as possible.
In the 1960s, US cartoon writers found that their shows were terrible. They proposed an alternate method of getting views: market them to children. After all, they wouldn’t notice or care about any of the numerous problems.
Somehow, this completely mutated into “Animation is strictly a kids’ medium.” Animated movies tend to be PG, while live action movies tend to be more PG-13 or R. When was the last time an R-Rated cartoon was made? No, literally the last time it was made?
This will do the MSG no good. It will crash and burn.
Ewwwwww anymore raep done to MSG now?
When video-games and anime go to die. No, they just HAVE to reach the “general audience” by turning franchises and shows into generic hollywood s♥♥t!
Final Fantasy Spirits Within=Horrible
Dragon Ball Movie=Horrible
Why do these franchises have no justice done to them!?
Because the source material is crap to begin with. Garbage in, garbage out.