Thats a shame. I'd like to see a Monkey Island film, I think the humour would translate well to screen and be accessible to anyone.mr_cyberpunk wrote:I assume you mean SCUMM - well The Curse of Monkey Island had been planed for sometime, but was ditched once Pirates of the Caribbean came out. I'd give anything though for DOTT the movieLEC adventure games
Here's a school play rendition of the first game though thats fun to watch: http://youtube.com/watch?v=R91iBFsdrvI
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I'm having a Monkey Island themed 21st party in April, so thats gonna be fun.
Just something I'd like to bring up. We hired a Galleon lol
No really, we got a full sized Galleon. Anyway I'm going as Guybrush purely cause i look like him, well MIsle2 anyway.
Mortal Kombat sucked.. the only good thing to come from that movie was the KICK ARSE theme song that made it into one of the games.
Just something I'd like to bring up. We hired a Galleon lol
No really, we got a full sized Galleon. Anyway I'm going as Guybrush purely cause i look like him, well MIsle2 anyway.Mortal Kombat sucked.. the only good thing to come from that movie was the KICK ARSE theme song that made it into one of the games.
ANY Monkey Island movie would SCHOOL Pirates of the Caribbean so badly it woulda hurt. But everything good in Pirates were stolen from Monkey Island anyway, and the masses of people and kids who've not played the games would only think it's a cheesy rip-off of Pirates, because... clearly, Pirates came first 
Think about it - Will Turner and Jack Sparrow together make up both the serious and comical sides of Guybrush Threepwood, Elizabeth is Elaine, and Barbossa is LeChuck. They've got a ghost-ship, a dog with the jail-cell keys in his mouth (also tempted with a human bone between the bars in one scene), a mysterious voodoo-lady living in a swamp, the similarities are ENDLESS once you start really looking.
I was half-expecting them to kill Barbossa with Root Beer.
Conclusion - Monkey Island has been made into a movie. It's been freely adopted into the Pirates-franchise we know today. Shamelessly thieved from the hard-working boys (some formerly of) LucasArts Adventures.
...bastards!
-Fred
Think about it - Will Turner and Jack Sparrow together make up both the serious and comical sides of Guybrush Threepwood, Elizabeth is Elaine, and Barbossa is LeChuck. They've got a ghost-ship, a dog with the jail-cell keys in his mouth (also tempted with a human bone between the bars in one scene), a mysterious voodoo-lady living in a swamp, the similarities are ENDLESS once you start really looking.
I was half-expecting them to kill Barbossa with Root Beer.
Conclusion - Monkey Island has been made into a movie. It's been freely adopted into the Pirates-franchise we know today. Shamelessly thieved from the hard-working boys (some formerly of) LucasArts Adventures.
...bastards!
-Fred
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1. Monkey Island should be a movie.
2. Super Mario Brothers was awful. It also didn't reflect the game very well either. Bowser went from cartoonish to psychopath, but that's what happens when Dennis Hopper plays him.
3. So far, the only video game based movie I've liked is Silent Hill.
4. Let's hope Uwe Boll doesn't nab the license for Monkey Island.
And as for House of the Dead...it was made to be blatantly cheesy and is only enjoyable as such. Heck, when they were making one of the bigger gunfights in the movie, they dubbed it the "Matrix Scene". Alone in the Dark tried to be serious, and thusly sucked because of it. Same with Bloodrayne. However, all of the anonymous chicks in House of the Dead can act the pants off of Tara Reid. Why? Because she blows.
2. Super Mario Brothers was awful. It also didn't reflect the game very well either. Bowser went from cartoonish to psychopath, but that's what happens when Dennis Hopper plays him.
3. So far, the only video game based movie I've liked is Silent Hill.
4. Let's hope Uwe Boll doesn't nab the license for Monkey Island.
And as for House of the Dead...it was made to be blatantly cheesy and is only enjoyable as such. Heck, when they were making one of the bigger gunfights in the movie, they dubbed it the "Matrix Scene". Alone in the Dark tried to be serious, and thusly sucked because of it. Same with Bloodrayne. However, all of the anonymous chicks in House of the Dead can act the pants off of Tara Reid. Why? Because she blows.
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Maybe you made the error of taking the movie too seriously.mr_cyberpunk wrote:Mortal Kombat sucked.. the only good thing to come from that movie was the KICK ARSE theme song that made it into one of the games.
Actually I thought it was still better than the games which - in my opinion - are only boring and mindless beat-em-up games.
Good observations Fred. I had thought the fact its a comedy was similar but didn't really think about some of the further details. Since the movies were just based on a Disney theme park boat ride thing, I guess they had to get a plot from somewhere That bit when Jack Sparrow is sliding down ropes or whatever (been awhile), surprised he didn't use a rubber chicken pulley.
That bit when Jack Sparrow is sliding down ropes or whatever (been awhile), surprised he didn't use a rubber chicken pulley. (Ruri_Ayanami from the old Tex Murphy ezboard).
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Yeah, basically the only thing Pirates don't BLATANTLY STEAL from Monkey Island is the surreal bit of the humor. I will give examples in addition to your mention of the rubber chicken with the pulley, such as the Big Whoop carinval and LeChuck's lack of slaw(sp?) with his value meals, and these quotes:
"Hi, I'm selling these fine leather jackets..."
"A pack of stunningly rendered jaguars are coming right at me!"
"You look more like a flooring inspector."
"It's right there in the fine print in hi-res black and white!"
I swear, I'm half expecting Jack Sparrow's one weak point to be porcelain. Just wait and see if Elizabeth doesn't become 'Governor Swann' in the last movie. They are ripping off Monkey Island at every bloody turn, they *almost* should give Guybrush Threepwood a cameo appearance.
Oh, and yes, this has been a sort-of pet peeve of mine for a long time.
(In the words of George Carlin: "I don't have pet peeves, I got major psychotic f***in' hatreds!")
-Fred
"Hi, I'm selling these fine leather jackets..."
"A pack of stunningly rendered jaguars are coming right at me!"
"You look more like a flooring inspector."
"It's right there in the fine print in hi-res black and white!"
I swear, I'm half expecting Jack Sparrow's one weak point to be porcelain. Just wait and see if Elizabeth doesn't become 'Governor Swann' in the last movie. They are ripping off Monkey Island at every bloody turn, they *almost* should give Guybrush Threepwood a cameo appearance.
Oh, and yes, this has been a sort-of pet peeve of mine for a long time.
(In the words of George Carlin: "I don't have pet peeves, I got major psychotic f***in' hatreds!")
-Fred
Pirates, vampires, zombies, ninjas, ghouls, aliens, goblins, monsters, robots, sorcerers, undead, werewolves, demons, mutated dinosaur-cyborgs and those pesky phone salesmen! The shotgun is a one-size-fits-all solution!
