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http://www.ign.com/articles/2012/11/01/castle-wolfenstein-movie-announced

Mein Leben!
Awesome.
"Castle Wolfenstein is an action adventure film in the vein of Captain America and Inglourious Basterds. The story follows a young US Army Captain and a British Special Agent on a top secret mission to Castle Wolfenstein, where Hitler will be for the unveiling of a new secret weapon. After reaching the Castle, our heroes are confronted with Himmler’s SS Paranormal Division and must fight, not only for their survival, but for a mission that could alter the course of the War."

Well, that sounds ... like a horrible script for an incredibly campy action C-movie that I might still eventually watch due to its connections to an iconic franchise in my favorite hobby.
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mondo84: Mein Leben!
The interesting thing about that quote is that no German would ever say that. It's grammatically correct, but simply nothing we would ever say in this form. And the characters in Castle Wolfenstein can't even pronounce it correctly. ;)
Post edited November 01, 2012 by Psyringe
/scans the page quickly to see if Uwe Boll is mentioned anywhere
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amok: /scans the page quickly to see if Uwe Boll is mentioned anywhere
AHAAHAHAHAHA, I was thinking the same thing when I saw "Castle Wolfenstein movie is coming".
They've been planning this for years, but I'm still excited. I was sad for a bit because I was certain that Captain America was going to be the closest we were getting to a Wolfenstein movie (barrin the Sci-Fo original 'SS Doomtrooper,' of course).
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Psyringe: "Castle Wolfenstein is an action adventure film in the vein of Captain America and Inglourious Basterds. The story follows a young US Army Captain and a British Special Agent on a top secret mission to Castle Wolfenstein, where Hitler will be for the unveiling of a new secret weapon. After reaching the Castle, our heroes are confronted with Himmler’s SS Paranormal Division and must fight, not only for their survival, but for a mission that could alter the course of the War."

Well, that sounds ... like a horrible script for an incredibly campy action C-movie that I might still eventually watch due to its connections to an iconic franchise in my favorite hobby.
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mondo84: Mein Leben!
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Psyringe: The interesting thing about that quote is that no German would ever say that. It's grammatically correct, but simply nothing we would ever say in this form. And the characters in Castle Wolfenstein can't even pronounce it correctly. ;)
I agree. Sounds like it is going to be another one of those boring action movies with everyone dying except the main character because the main character is like Rambo. Then the main character has to face the main super villain. The main character wins and gets the girl. Then the movie ends.
Post edited November 01, 2012 by langurmonkey
I must admit, i'm pessimistic about this one.

After i saw how far the Doom movie missed the key elemens, and deviated too far from the games that started it all - i fear this movie is in risk of sharing the same fate as many B-movies.

Let's hope that a competent movie director and crew get the job with this production.
Post edited November 01, 2012 by Solei
I make a point to avoid movies based on video games unless people rave about it (which hasn't occurred yet).

Video games based on movies have fared somewhat better (most still suck, but occasionally, you'll see a good one).

I enjoy playing video games and I enjoy watching movies, but I don't really have a problem with compartmentalizing my hobbies.
Post edited November 01, 2012 by Magnitus
Oh lord
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Magnitus: I make a point to avoid movies based on video games unless people rave about it (which hasn't occurred yet).
I have my doubts it'll ever happen as most video games make for poor source material and/or Hollywood uses them as cheap cash-ins rather than using good, creative talent within a given property.

I'd love to see a well-done Uncharted flick as I really enjoy the modern-day Indiana Jones flair those games have, but it's probably not in the cards; the current project just doesn't seem like anything to get excited about.

Scott Pilgrim vs The World is the best video game-like movie that's actually not based on video games. That's about as good as one could ask for. Edgar Wright did a bang-up job mashing that one together.
I don't care about this movie, and I assume that it's going to be wretched, but I do love "in the vein of Captain America and Inglourious Basterds," since those two movies are pretty much completely dissimilar from each other.
They should make a movie adaptation of Hellboy.
So long as they keep Paul Anderson out of it...
Can't be worse than the "Doom" movie.