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SubjectI know it's a marketing ploy, my grievance is... Reply to this message
Posted byDeath Knight
Posted on12/13/04 04:02 PM



> > Hell, i agree with you, most game plots have 2 paragraphs worth of story, but
> > the same can be said for a great deal of movies, so my point is, why change
> > something that sucks to something that also sucks just as much?
>
> Name recognition = free advertising. Fanboys will go see it just because.
>
>
The story they came up with to slap together with the name is even more lame than the actual "story" of the game.


> > Point is, Hollywood execs are retards and should be shot at sunrise.
>
> Last I checked, they're making tons of dough on scripts that I could write while
> taking my morning shit, so I guess if your focus is money...
>
Yes, i'm talking more about the sense of the artform, not the market value.


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*since they are making movies of every shitty game out there  Terry Bogard12/13/04 10:41 AM
.*But then they'd actually have to make a decent movie instead of a half-assed marketing ploy.  Death Knight12/13/04 12:42 PM
..*Re: But then they'd actually have to make a decent movie ...  Marv12/13/04 03:07 PM
..*Video games are fucking stupid, that's why  ChachiSqrPants12/13/04 01:45 PM
...*Which is why you gotta ask  Halcyon12/13/04 11:17 PM
....*Re: Which is why you gotta ask  ChachiSqrPants12/14/04 01:01 AM
.....**groan* yeah but...  Halcyon12/14/04 01:34 AM
...*Dude, i'm not defending game's plots here...  Death Knight12/13/04 02:36 PM
....*awww, my point here was...  Terry Bogard12/13/04 05:19 PM
.....*maybe  ChachiSqrPants12/13/04 05:42 PM
....*Re: Dude, i'm not defending game's plots here...  ChachiSqrPants12/13/04 03:17 PM
......I know it's a marketing ploy, my grievance is...  Death Knight12/13/04 04:02 PM
......*Re: I know it's a marketing ploy, my grievance is...  ChachiSqrPants12/13/04 04:04 PM
.......*It's a fucking action movie...  Death Knight12/13/04 04:13 PM
........*it's better because of women  newsdee12/13/04 07:16 PM
........*Re: It's a fucking action movie...  ChachiSqrPants12/13/04 04:17 PM
.........*Well, whatever, you're the movie study, i just like watching 'em. :-) NT  Death Knight12/13/04 06:13 PM
..........*Not really, I just know what I like -nt- and I like movies  ChachiSqrPants12/13/04 06:24 PM
....*SHOT AT SUNRISE!   Ti-BOne12/13/04 02:50 PM