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[Timu]

Has there ever been a good videogame adaptation?

Yes.

 

[MMarston]

That’s exactly the vibe I get. Some early 2000s shit on Nickelodeon.

The scene where she dual wields in the end woulda made me laugh out loud if not for other people in the room.


The 2013 reboot did that shit way better.

 

[Toa TAK]

Again— I was foolishly hoping for a narrative that would be better than a hodgepodge of the 2013 and Rise narratives but hey— let’s base our story off a video game. They’re known for good stories, right?

 

[DJ_Lae]

Has there ever been a good videogame adaptation?

The Resident Evils and Doom (and Street Fighter) are guilty pleasures in their cheesiness, but they're not particularly good. Same with Mortal Kombat.

Prince of Persia, Silent Hill, and Max Payne are all...okay. I guess.

Postal, oddly enough, is the single most faithful videogame movie I've seen. But that's not really a compliment.

 

[Unknown Soldier]

Has there ever been a good videogame adaptation?

The only one I can think of off the top of my head is Resident Evil.

 

[Ross61]

Again— I was foolishly hoping for a narrative that would be better than a hodgepodge of the 2013 and Rise narratives but hey— let’s base our story off a video game. They’re known for good stories, right?

I mean.... yes.

 

[itwasTuesday]

Has there ever been a good videogame adaptation?

Mortal Kombat
Aliens is the reverse.

 

[AlphaDragoon]

I liked it. Looks like a mix of old TR and the reboot, this Lara isn't exactly "green" from the looks of things. Also like that she actually had the dual guns, that always pissed me off about reboot Lara even though I prefer her in most ways.

 

[Stinkles]

Has there ever been a good videogame adaptation?

Mortal Kombat, original Tomb Raider was competent and watchable and both were very successful. In terms of artistic merit and cinematic importance?

Street Fighter.

 

[El_Chino]

Has there ever been a good videogame adaptation?

I really liked the first Silent Hill movie *shrug*

 

[Angelus Errare]

Looks decent.

Has there ever been a good videogame adaptation?

The first TR movie was pretty good...then the sequel came out.

 

[Caramello]

Looks fun. I have no idea what you guys were expecting here.

 

[Boke1879]

Looks better than those clips. But I don't know if this is something I'll go see in theaters. I'll either wait until it's on Blu Ray or when it's streaming on Netflix or something.

 

[InfiniDragon]

I'll be honest, I liked all of that.

It looks more like a mix of old TR and new one thematically while loosely being based on the new games' plot. Also dual guns?! Let's fucking goooooo, why won't you give me this in the new games SE. I love new Lara but I don't want a goddamn bow, I want two large calibur firearms.

 

[RedAssedApe]

TOMB RAIDER - Becoming Lara Croft

the snippets we see in this featurette look better than what they cut in the trailer. brief training montage!

she kind of has a funny running gait though and her jumping with her hands tied together looks goofy

 

[itwasTuesday]

Any time anyone asks me for advice for wedding playlist I recommend the mortal kombat soundtrack.

 

[N7 MRP Weasel]

Love it... Great casting choice, I've been in love with her since I saw her in Ex Machina

 

[El_Mau]

It wasn't that bad, I liked it.

 

[MMarston]

Looks fun. I have no idea what you guys were expecting here.

Even for all its faults, all they had to do was make a watered down, coherent and concise version of the Squenix reboot.


That's way more preferable than this thing that made me double take at my calendar to check if it was still 2003.

 

[RedAssedApe]

Yes.

there's been plenty of decent anime adaptations of games. those don't count

 

[Trey]

Has there ever been a good videogame adaptation?

District 9 was a dope Halo film.

 

[broncobuster]

Additional minute and fourteen seconds haven't changed my opinion. Looks alright. Still weird how her father asks her to help prevent the end of the world. Probably neater to have the setup of the 2013 reboot.

 

[Unknown Soldier]

Looks better than those clips. But I don't know if this is something I'll go see in theaters. I'll either wait until it's on Blu Ray or when it's streaming on Netflix or something.

One of the biggest reasons I'm thinking of getting that Moviepass thing is so I can watch even the least worthwhile movies in the theater. It's always better on the big screen.

 

[ZeoVGM]

Doesn't look terrible. Excited for another female-led action movie, either way.

(But really, "If you're listening to this, I'm already dead?" Really?)

 

[Slayven]

Is Walter Goggins the only person that embraces their fucked up hair line?

 

[Ross61]

Even for all its faults, all they had to do was make a watered down, coherent and concise version of the Squenix reboot.


That's way more preferable than this thing that made me double take at my calendar to check if it was still 2003.

That's not what that was? Maybe I seen a different trailer.

 

[DragoonKain]

The best video game movie ever is easily this.

It's a movie short, but it's very good. Maybe because it can't overstay its welcome lol.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4drucg1A6Xk

 

[Toa TAK]

I mean.... yes.

The medium is well known for it?

Nah.

 

[JCHandsom]

 

[MMarston]

That's not what that was.

Um


duh?

 

[RedAssedApe]

That's not what that was. Maybe I seen a different trailer.

i think the poster you quoted has the same opinion as you

 

[Foxxsoxx]

Well that looked generic as fuck.

 

[UnemployedVillain]

I honestly wonder what would have left some of you impressed. It looks like Tomb Raider. Lara being badass, solving puzzles, dual wielding pistols, exploring, encountering the supernatural. What more could they have?

 

[Ross61]

Um


duh?

Forgot to add the ?

 

[JCHandsom]

The medium is well known for it?

Nah.

 

[WhiteRabbitEXE]

Man that was generic as fuck. They even managed to tick off like a half-dozen stock lines via daddy Croft. Like, every single line he says, lol. "I must be dead", "fate of the world", yadda yadda yadda.

 

[Vulcano's assistant]

Chances are that scene with Nick Frost is in the last 5 minutes of the film isn't it? She already has the braided ponytail and everything.

 

[kunonabi]

Yeesh, none of that looked good.

 

[itwasTuesday]

Is Walter Goggins the only person that embraces their fucked up hair line?

If I make it, you can add me to that list.

 

[Toa TAK]

Also doubly disappointing since WB usually puts out some great trailers, whether it’s in-house or outsourced, they can make average or bad movies look interesting or good (a la Godzilla or BvS).

 

[MMarston]

Forgot to add the ?

EDIT: Oh, I get it now.

 

[Slayven]

You mean you wish you looked that good 28 years ago?

You get one. Don't be Bronsonlee

 

[Stinkles]

Doesn't look terrible. Excited for another female-led action movie, either way.

(But really, "If you're listening to this, I'm already dead?" Really?)

You can’t be too careful. I have recorded five of these for my eight year old daughter along with the accompanying mysteries.:

Tape 1: If you’re watching this I’m already dead. you have to find the remote. I checked the seat cushions.
Tape 2: If you’re watching this I’m already dead. I don’t know why your mom is such a bitch all the time
Tape 3: If you’re watching this I’m already dead. you must solve the mystery of your missing college fund. Hint - it was my Miata.


You get the idea

 

[Ross61]

 

[Slayven]

If I make it, you can add me to that list.

God speed brother

 

[Unknown Soldier]

This looks completely generic. I guess they get a few points for actually trying to follow the story of TR2013 though although they are going to get massive negative points for mashing in the Evil Organization of RotTR instead of just going with the supernatural antagonists in TR2013.

You can't be too careful. I have recorded five of these for my eight year old daughter along with the accompanying mysteries.:

Tape 1: If you're watching this I'm already dead. you have to find the remote. I checked the seat cushions.
Tape 2: If you're watching this I'm already dead. I don't know why your mom is such a bitch all the time
Tape 3: If you're watching this I'm already dead. you must solve the mystery of your missing college fund. Hint - it was my Miata.


You get the idea

Tape 4: If you're watching this, it's probably Tuesday. Surprise, I'm actually Bison! Didn't you know Bison was your daddy?! Well now you do!

 

[AmuroChan]

A very uninspiring trailer. Looks generic as hell.

 

[LotusHD]

I honestly wonder what would have left some of you impressed. It looks like Tomb Raider. Lara being badass, solving puzzles, dual wielding pistols, exploring, encountering the supernatural. What more could they have?

It looked generic (Oh god, other people are using this word, is it gonna be a buzzword in this thread...) as fuck. Really, the only hook I got from this trailer is that I recognize who Lara Croft, so hey, maybe come check out this movie sometime. Otherwise, nothing really motivates me to come out and see it. I'm not even that familiar with Tomb Raider like that other than the basic premise, nor have I played the reboots.

Just looking at the trailer itself... It was just meh.

 

[ElBoxyBrown]

It looked generic (Oh god, other people are using this word, is it gonna be a buzzword in this thread...) as fuck. Really, the only hook I got from this trailer is that I recognize who Lara Croft, so hey, maybe come check out this movie sometime. Otherwise, nothing really motivates me to come out and see it. I'm not even that familiar with Tomb Raider like that other than the basic premise, nor have I played the reboots.

Just looking at the trailer itself... It was just meh.

Does that speak more about the source material? Cuz that sure looks like reboot Tomb Raider, with the good and the bad.

 

[The Technomancer]

Was she always the globetrotting daughter of parents who ran a multibillion multinational or is that literally the only type of origin story people are allowed to have these days?