News Abrams and Newell in talks over Valve film

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  1. brumgrunt

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    Griffter What's a Dremel?

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    Valve head honcho Gabe Newell... should it not be "Valve's head honcho Gabe Newell..."
     
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    Griffter What's a Dremel?

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    would round of his geekdom... round off :)
     
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    Rather have Ep3 first plz.
     
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    So that movie should arrive before the next ice age?
     
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    All I can say is DO IT! DO IT! DO IT!
     
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    I'm a wirter! Pick me!

    Anyway, either one of these has the potential to make a great film but would probably be ruined by something. Probably Hollywood.

    If you do make one, don't make it 3D!
     
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    John Waters as the thin man?
     
  9. lacuna

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    If they closely followed either the Half Life or Portal story you would end up with a very dull film. They would have to change it make it marketable and that would alienate the 'fans'.

    We saw how poor Doom was as a film but I don't think they could have made it much better.
     
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    Problem with Doom is that it's so ingrained into gaming culture that it's become cheesy round the edges, so to really reacreate Doom as a movie it would have to be quite corny.

    Kinda the same way the original Street Fighter movie was SO AWFUL it was actually just right!
     
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    I'm not getting too excited about this after what happened with PJ/NB and Halo, i'll take the "wait and see" approach.
     
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    Anybody see the FarCry film? Only Mortal Kombat Annihilation is worse
     
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    amen
     
  14. Speed

    Speed I'm all you need!

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    Isn't J. J. Abrams a bit busy wrecking Star Trek and soon Star Wars?!
     
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    Sloth #yolo #swag

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    Maybe the Portal movie can incorporate the puzzle aspect of the game with Dora The Explorer style choices and questions.

    I hope these never get made. The story's nice but the enjoyment is in playing through them.
     
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    As long it is not Uwe Boll it is all sizzle with me.
     
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