Okay, should you ever be out in the town with me (and despite that a 5’1″ Chinese girl often stays in your sight from the corner of your eye), ‘if’ for some reason we hit a store that sells DVDs and I disappear as fast as Speedy Gonzales, don’t panic. The little gamer girl can be usually found by the ‘Manga/Anime’ or ‘World Cinema’ section. It’s just my typical nature that I’ve got a knack for spotting DVDs based on video games. So what’s brought this up then? Well recently I watched Resident Evil: Degeneration, which I totally enjoyed and recommend to anyone, and no doubt the majority of the fans will love it.
Now, let’s forget about live action films because they just fail. I’ll watch them but never with high expectations. Look at the upcoming Street Fighter: Legend of Chun-Li (apart from her threatening thighs and extreme kick-ass combat, what frickin’ legend?!) and more of a comic/anime front, Dragonball : Evolution (an American Goku, big fat lol and slap on the forehead!)
Nothing hits the heart of nostalgia better than the video game cartoon and CGI animated movies. Seeing our fictional characters in their familiar cartoon/CG portrayal is a lot more satisfying than the sore attempts of actors/actresses replacing the imagery. My heart is still on the mend from witnessing the nightmare of Kylie Minogue being Cammy!
Anyway before I start fuelling the fire of hate, I dug out of my beloved gaming DVD collection to show you lot my two most treasured pieces of awesomeness!
Seriously, who hasn’t watched these over and over?! I don’t care if it’s a cliché that I’m in love with Final Fantasy 7 like the rest of the globe, seeing a new angle to that world was the most brilliant and revitalising experience. On top of that I’m feeling extra nice so for any other squ’enix fans who haven’t seen it already, you have got to watch Final Fantasy: Last Order! Guilty as charged, I own all three released films of Street Fighter even if Alpha and Alpha Generations are a bit poopy. However it’s got to be said that there is no more epic scene than Chun-Li fighting Vega in her apartment (yes I bum Capcom a lot!)
So yeah, to prove my point, in all the video game movie productions you can’t deny that the ‘toons win over the live action. I know most frown upon the ideas of directors snatching at pieces of our favourite games and ruining them for us but things would be different if I had the power and resources, hehe. I can understand the appeal of seeing video game figures come to life on the big screen, there have been times when I’ve completed a game or been touched by certain scenes/plots that would fit a movie. Whether this is how the directors/producers were originally inspired by the same passions I’ll never know; (back to live action) let’s pick on the Hitman film. Surely I believe a lot of us (if given the decision) wouldn’t have included the stupid sword fight of honour or the unnecessary hint of love!
Well if wishes could come true, I’d certainly like to see these games become films. Cartoon films is my choice:
Maybe it’s more the fact that I’d love to relive the moments in a movie form; these would win by default if produced on the same plot line of the original games. Maybe one day it’ll happen (more likely it won’t) so here’s something to ponder for yourself, what would you like to see come to life?
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