Brett Ratner wants to make Guitar Hero Movie - bit-tech.net Forums

CardJoe · 16th Sep 2008, 11:02

http://www.bit-tech.net/news/2008/09...r-hero-movie/1

Brett Ratner has been pressuring Activision to let him make a Guitar Hero movie it seems, but Activision is saying no.

Woodstock · 16th Sep 2008, 11:09

WTF, how the hell would that work, why would you try

Krikkit · 16th Sep 2008, 11:17

Ugh, that'd be the worst film conversion ever!

DXR_13KE · 16th Sep 2008, 11:23

it is FAIL even before it starts being made.

CozaMcCoza · 16th Sep 2008, 11:25

I think South Park already did this one in Guitar Queer-o.

DaMightyMouse · 16th Sep 2008, 11:50

Maybe he will Uwe Boll it! ... or is it Bole? ... Bleh

Mentai · 16th Sep 2008, 12:00

"it's like now there's no reason to make a movie about it"

Wow... just, wow....

Flibblebot · 16th Sep 2008, 12:11

Nope there's no reason to make a movie about it because it just wouldn't make sense. You'd just end up with yet another "small band makes good" story, it wouldn't bring anything new to the genre.

Just another example of Hollywood seeing a bandwagon and just jumping on it without any thought

simosaurus · 16th Sep 2008, 12:38

and good luck finding a good actor that can shred

mmorgue · 16th Sep 2008, 12:39

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"I'd really like to do it, but they [Activsion] are not letting me...I expressed my interest, but because it's such a success, it's like now there's no reason to make a movie about it," Ratner told EW.

There's no reason to make a movie about this because it's one of the worst movie ideas we've ever heard of. It would only go to embarass Activision, hence why I'm guessing they said no.

Darkedge · 16th Sep 2008, 12:53

dumb idea however more Guitar hero i don't mind as long as it's not just dross. Lets have some classic Rock bands. I for one would buy Guitar Hero: Dire Straits to try and play Brothers in Arms and Telegraph Road.. I'd even buy the fake steel guitar for it..

Guitar Hero: McFly however can f*ck right off.

*lets the insults commence*

Veles · 16th Sep 2008, 14:51

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Originally Posted by Darkedge

dumb idea however more Guitar hero i don't mind as long as it's not just dross. Lets have some classic Rock bands. I for one would buy Guitar Hero: Dire Straits to try and play Brothers in Arms and Telegraph Road.. I'd even buy the fake steel guitar for it.

Or they could be good and release the songs as DLC. I don't really like what Activision are doing with the GH franchise. First they release a shoddy GH3. Ok, it wasn't that bad, but battle mode was awful and they made loads of changes that didn't need to be made. Now they're trying to cash in with thousands of Guitar Hero <Band> games.

mikeuk2004 · 16th Sep 2008, 16:41

eh? Is it April already?

Darkedge · 16th Sep 2008, 17:30

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Or they could be good and release the songs as DLC.

An the DLC means that it'll be cheaper? not a chance, hasn't happened so far.

Darkedge · 16th Sep 2008, 17:31

Not to mention a boxed game or different SKU will get discounted. DLC takes AGES to do that.

pendragon · 16th Sep 2008, 17:51

I'm fine with them making more Guitar Hero games.. but I think we can all agree that a Guitar Hero Movie...would be amazingly bad... especially if Uwe Boll somehow gets his mits into it :P

wharrad · 16th Sep 2008, 18:07

Maybe it'd come with a plastic camera and some coloured buttons. The only way to watch the movie is if you can be a good enough camera man to press the right buttons in order?

*I'll get my coat

nilesfoundglory · 16th Sep 2008, 21:21

The only way I could imagine this would work is if Brett were willing to break his mold of so-so action films and do something different. He could easily take the direction that Julie Taymore did with "Across The Universe" (I'm not saying it was a well-executed film, I'm saying it was a good idea) and just make a musical with a reasonable enough plot. He could be a little more experimental and make something really off-the-wall like "Six String Samurai" since I don't see the base elements of Guitar Hero really making for a very good plot overall. (Gain fans, save the world?) There are good-enough ways to make a film here...

...The only thing holding back the whole thing is, well, it's Brett Ratner. Unless he's hiding his creativity behind these formulaic crap-fests he calls films, he's not the man to get the job done.

ethanator · 17th Sep 2008, 03:12

that is the stupidest f**king idea i have ever heard

Spaceraver · 17th Sep 2008, 06:49

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Originally Posted by ethanator

that is the stupidest f**king idea i have ever heard

Never played the game, never will, but your comment sums it up.

16th Sep 2008, 11:02	#1
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Flibblebot Free from artificial flavourings Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Right here, right now Posts: 2,229	Nope there's no reason to make a movie about it because it just wouldn't make sense. You'd just end up with yet another "small band makes good" story, it wouldn't bring anything new to the genre. Just another example of Hollywood seeing a bandwagon and just jumping on it without any thought __________________ My uber-system: 66Mhz 486DX2, 8Mb RAM, 20Mb hard drive, 256 colour VGA adaptor (goes all the way up to 800x600!), keyboard AND serial mouse

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Darkedge Supermodder Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: UK Posts: 334	Not to mention a boxed game or different SKU will get discounted. DLC takes AGES to do that.

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wharrad Hypermodder Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Burford, Oxfordshire Posts: 866	Maybe it'd come with a plastic camera and some coloured buttons. The only way to watch the movie is if you can be a good enough camera man to press the right buttons in order? *I'll get my coat __________________ Jimmy Carr - "It's easier to get forgiveness than permission"

16th Sep 2008, 21:21	#18
nilesfoundglory What's a Dremel? Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 7	The only way I could imagine this would work is if Brett were willing to break his mold of so-so action films and do something different. He could easily take the direction that Julie Taymore did with "Across The Universe" (I'm not saying it was a well-executed film, I'm saying it was a good idea) and just make a musical with a reasonable enough plot. He could be a little more experimental and make something really off-the-wall like "Six String Samurai" since I don't see the base elements of Guitar Hero really making for a very good plot overall. (Gain fans, save the world?) There are good-enough ways to make a film here... ...The only thing holding back the whole thing is, well, it's Brett Ratner. Unless he's hiding his creativity behind these formulaic crap-fests he calls films, he's not the man to get the job done.

17th Sep 2008, 03:12	#19
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