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Asteroids, the classic cult-80's video-game, the one where you "blow up rocks and shit," is being made into a movie. Despite the complete absence of a plot, characters, and a defining trait that would differentiate it from other movies about the cosmic trifecta (space, aliens, and asteroids ), Universal Pictures is taking on the dirty deed. Because every 16-Bit game has been bastardized in the last decade (see: Super Mario Brothers, Mortal Kombat, Street Fighter, Double Dragon), it's time the 8-Bit classics get a shot on the silver screen. To assist directors in this endeavor, we have created a list of other potential 80's video-game film adaptations.
1. Centipede: The Wreckoning
Earl is a centipede without a cause, for he is the hunted. In a moment of depraved animalism, seven bratty children from the future plot to hunt Earl with laser-beams via their new trackball guns. The stakes are made higher when Earl discovers he is the last living male of his race. Can Earl find love in a post-apocalyptic bug's world? Do nice guys always finish last? We're rooting for you big guy.
2. The Princess and the Frogger
Starring Dig'em Frog (Smacks: The Cereal), this new film from the Coen Brothers takes place in a sleepy town one mile away from New Jersey's Paramus Parkway. Ted Wilson, a neurotic frog with homegrown values and a crewcut, leads an ordinary life curating flies at the local museum - until he is mistakenly identified as the ruthless leader of a secret anarchist society. Three rifles and two plot-twists later, Ted is on the run. Amidst the confusion, one clear question remains: he can hide, but can he run...across the highway?
3. Galaga: Armadependence Day
In what critics are calling an "Asteroids-killer," Galaga could be the first film to top Asteroids in the box-office this year. Bruce Willis is Clyde Derkin, an ex-army pilot who must save the universe from an asteroid that is about to collide into Earth. Shot off in space to aid astronauts on their mission to prevent this catastrophe, Derkin encounters a group of menacing aliens who are plotting to incinerate the White House. Optimus Prime is rumored to make a guest appearance.
4. Tetris
2012 what? The real end of the world is not a Mayan prophesy of inexplicable natural disasters - it's when giant, multi-colored blocks of death descend from the sky to crush us all.
5. Burgertime
The synonym for "America's pass-time." Leading man Jonah Hill works as a two-bit clerk in a rundown hamburger joint. Though he began flipping burgers as a side-job to pay for a new dirt-bike, an unforgettable cast of awkward friends and Michael Cera makes this an experience he'll never forget. This is Judd Apatow's Burgertime.
to read more: http://www.popsense.com/20
1. Centipede: The Wreckoning
Earl is a centipede without a cause, for he is the hunted. In a moment of depraved animalism, seven bratty children from the future plot to hunt Earl with laser-beams via their new trackball guns. The stakes are made higher when Earl discovers he is the last living male of his race. Can Earl find love in a post-apocalyptic bug's world? Do nice guys always finish last? We're rooting for you big guy.
2. The Princess and the Frogger
Starring Dig'em Frog (Smacks: The Cereal), this new film from the Coen Brothers takes place in a sleepy town one mile away from New Jersey's Paramus Parkway. Ted Wilson, a neurotic frog with homegrown values and a crewcut, leads an ordinary life curating flies at the local museum - until he is mistakenly identified as the ruthless leader of a secret anarchist society. Three rifles and two plot-twists later, Ted is on the run. Amidst the confusion, one clear question remains: he can hide, but can he run...across the highway?
3. Galaga: Armadependence Day
In what critics are calling an "Asteroids-killer," Galaga could be the first film to top Asteroids in the box-office this year. Bruce Willis is Clyde Derkin, an ex-army pilot who must save the universe from an asteroid that is about to collide into Earth. Shot off in space to aid astronauts on their mission to prevent this catastrophe, Derkin encounters a group of menacing aliens who are plotting to incinerate the White House. Optimus Prime is rumored to make a guest appearance.
4. Tetris
2012 what? The real end of the world is not a Mayan prophesy of inexplicable natural disasters - it's when giant, multi-colored blocks of death descend from the sky to crush us all.
5. Burgertime
The synonym for "America's pass-time." Leading man Jonah Hill works as a two-bit clerk in a rundown hamburger joint. Though he began flipping burgers as a side-job to pay for a new dirt-bike, an unforgettable cast of awkward friends and Michael Cera makes this an experience he'll never forget. This is Judd Apatow's Burgertime.
to read more: http://www.popsense.com/20
Paramount and DreamWorks have officially announced that they will be making Transformers 3, and releasing the film on Friday, July 1st 2011.
As the third flick gears up for an other kick at the summer time box office, Shia LaBeouf says the third Transformers film would be "darker" than the first two movies, and also revealed that it's likely to raise the stakes in the third instalment
He said: "It will be darker, something crazy will happen, someone has to die."
Shia, who plays Sam Witwicky, said he expects a third Transformers film would carry the action beyond Earth and become "more of an intergalactic thing".
The Summer 2011 is really beginning to shape up as Transformers becomes the third film announced thus far for July — Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part II hits on the 15th and Marvel’s The First Avenger: Captain America hits on the 22nd. Paramount has also moved up the release date of Marvel’s Thor to May 20th to give the threequel more breathing room.
Many fans hope that Warner Bros will announce a sequel to The Dark Knight for Summer 2011, but logistically, it’s looking more like Summer 2012. There is only so many big blockbuster movies that can be released in the hot month of July, and 2011 is beginning to fill up fast.
**UPDATE**
It was announced that Transformers 3 would be hitting theaters on July 1st 2011. I guess someone forgot to clear the exact date by the director. Michael Bay wrote the following on his official website:
Wait a minute! I said I was taking off a year from Transformers. Paramount made a mistake in dating Transformers 3 - they asked me on the phone - I said yes to July 4 - but for 2012 - whoops! Not 2011!!! That would mean I would have to start prep in September. No way. My brain needs a break from fighting robots.
I’m guessing that the date will be moved back to 2012 or risk the possibility of going Bay-less.
more can be read at: http://www.slashfilm.com/2
As the third flick gears up for an other kick at the summer time box office, Shia LaBeouf says the third Transformers film would be "darker" than the first two movies, and also revealed that it's likely to raise the stakes in the third instalment
He said: "It will be darker, something crazy will happen, someone has to die."
Shia, who plays Sam Witwicky, said he expects a third Transformers film would carry the action beyond Earth and become "more of an intergalactic thing".
The Summer 2011 is really beginning to shape up as Transformers becomes the third film announced thus far for July — Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part II hits on the 15th and Marvel’s The First Avenger: Captain America hits on the 22nd. Paramount has also moved up the release date of Marvel’s Thor to May 20th to give the threequel more breathing room.
Many fans hope that Warner Bros will announce a sequel to The Dark Knight for Summer 2011, but logistically, it’s looking more like Summer 2012. There is only so many big blockbuster movies that can be released in the hot month of July, and 2011 is beginning to fill up fast.
**UPDATE**
It was announced that Transformers 3 would be hitting theaters on July 1st 2011. I guess someone forgot to clear the exact date by the director. Michael Bay wrote the following on his official website:
Wait a minute! I said I was taking off a year from Transformers. Paramount made a mistake in dating Transformers 3 - they asked me on the phone - I said yes to July 4 - but for 2012 - whoops! Not 2011!!! That would mean I would have to start prep in September. No way. My brain needs a break from fighting robots.
I’m guessing that the date will be moved back to 2012 or risk the possibility of going Bay-less.
more can be read at: http://www.slashfilm.com/2
from the desk of : Nicole
As some may know there is a gathering that is fast approaching! Start date: Saturday, June 27, 2009 - 11am Yonge and Dundas Square! Costumes are a MUST! (unless your Scott who is our photographer!) NO GUNS. I don't care how toy looking they are don't bring them! Once again sorry it is the same day as Pride. I will be heading over there on sunday for partying! To avoid Drama there are two people from the last gathering I don't want attending. Alex(girl) and Kijs. they should know by now that I don't want them there. If you hear they are planning on attending please tell them nicely not to. thanks :)
more info can be found at: http://tinyurl.com/lrutrx
See you there....
As some may know there is a gathering that is fast approaching! Start date: Saturday, June 27, 2009 - 11am Yonge and Dundas Square! Costumes are a MUST! (unless your Scott who is our photographer!) NO GUNS. I don't care how toy looking they are don't bring them! Once again sorry it is the same day as Pride. I will be heading over there on sunday for partying! To avoid Drama there are two people from the last gathering I don't want attending. Alex(girl) and Kijs. they should know by now that I don't want them there. If you hear they are planning on attending please tell them nicely not to. thanks :)
more info can be found at: http://tinyurl.com/lrutrx
See you there....
Anime North's Notes
Will the Coen Brothers Make a "Frogger" Movie?Jul 18, 2009
Transformers 3 hints July 1st 2011, and it might be Bay-less.Jun 26, 2009
On A Sidenote: ForceGathering!Jun 23, 2009
Found a sale today at Book Closeouts.Mar 23, 2009
Reflections on the art and business of animation in Canada....Mar 23, 2009
SPRING SALE at H A I R Y - T A R A N T U L A (w00t)Mar 18, 2009
aramount/DreamWorks to release date for 'Transformers :3'Mar 17, 2009
Twilight: the Anime?Mar 17, 2009