Video: Gamer
Oh good lord. This has to be one of the silliest ideas I've ever heard. A dystopian future (they always seem to be dystopian don't they) where death row inmates compete in battle that is controlled by gamers. As in, mind control level of control. IE, real people are your game avatar. It's Running Man meets the Matrix, after a fashion. Or perhaps Battle Royale.
Isn't the whole point of gaming to be an escape from reality, not to control it? Still, it will probably have lots of pretty explosions.
Hey, It's Another "Gamer" Trailer [Kotaku]
Sgt. Sausagepants
Posted to Video Games, Videos on 22 May 2009
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I hate it. Make it go away forever. And let us never speak of it again.
:(
It's an interesting, though overdone, theme... and that's why it keeps coming back. Human beings watching other human beings kill each other because it's fun or something. I have no doubt this will be terrible, but that's just my sociopathic, willing-to-kill-human-beings-for-kicks side talking I guess. It's part of all of us that play video games, or at least those writers think so.
Truth be told, it'll probably be decent "turn off your brain" fare, like Crank or The Transporter movies (and no, I did not just namedrop those because Statham's a hunk. Although... le sigh...), ultimately meaningless in the long run but a fun ride while it lasts.
The only thing I noticed was the hunky back, bicep and manboob of that guy shirtless at 1:22... the rest was all that silly action movie bull that I tend to ignore :D
Already seen it twice in Death Race and The Running Man.
Surely if this were real, after the first few headshots the 'avatar' would laugh and find a quiet secluded spot from which the only sound that would emerge for the next five minutes would be "fap fap fap...", and perhaps occasionally interrupted by the crunching of cornchips.
I say if you're going to film a stereotype, go aaaaall the way.
Is the guy's name "Cable"? At first I thought it might be some re-imagining of the Marvel character, but apparantly not.
Still, if Gerard were my avatar, I wouldn't make him go all violent...I'd probably just make him take off his clothes and dance for me...just saying...
So basically, 'The Running Man' with PS3 controllers and no Arnie.
Meh.
Oh Michael C. Hall, for everyone's sake, please don't try any more accents.
It's a retelling of ENDER'S GAME you fools!
Read a book
Nothing related to Ender's Game, at least nothing that could be claimed under copyright, as the odious Orson Scott Card is working on his own film adaptation.
Kyra Sedgwick should know better. She has a hit TV show, she can't need the money that badly.
OH GOD, ITS GOING TO EAT ME! THAT MONSTER WITH THE GIGANTIC MOUTH IS GOING TO SWALLOW ME WHOLE!
Oh... wait. It's just Kyra Sedgewick. Sorry, false alarm. Jeebus that woman scares me.
@starri,
Actually, Kyra Sedgwick and Kevin Bacon lost a bunch of money in that Bernie Madoff ponzi scheme, so you can't really blame her for taking whatever scripts land in front of her.
Ugh, this looks like absolute garbage.
First of all: Premises involving tournaments where death row inmates are released are absolutely sick. They're in there for a reason, you know. And you just wanna put them back on the street? Nope. Bad idea is bad.
Then there's the whole thing about trying to make me feel sorry, you know, for death row inmates. Nope. Not likely going to happen.
If this is one of those "oh he was falsely accused" scenarios, than I have two problems. 1: What are the f'n odds that he's the one who might win? 2: I think we have more stories and movies about people who are falsely accused than the number of people who have been falsely sent to death row.
Bah, the whole thing just makes me angry so I'm going to stop now.
The only thing saving this is Gerard Butler. Yet, I'm very dissapointed in him for agreeing to do this crap... oh well, bad economy.
I'm sure Gerard will be just fine during this recession. Maybe less caviar and whatever, but they'll all live. None of these people HAD to do this shitty, shitty movie. I don't forgive any of them for being this stupid.
I hope Michael C. Hall starts exercising the same standards he has in TV roles.
And if I had Gerard Butler under my control you'd be damned sure I wouldn't put him smack in the middle of danger. It would be pure gay action.
Zzzzzzzzzzzzzz...
Oh hey, I forgot how I used to love Manson's version of Sweet Dreams :D
The movie's kinda... meh, might watch it while I'm making dinner & waiting on friends to come over. Wouldn't waste time on it otherwise. Especially since there's Michael C. Hall who's a definite yuck-no in my case >_>
Btw. remeber how in general the old ones (80's movies for example) were more colorful?
They should just slap all this new s**t to monochrome....
Why's Dexter talking to the Closer?