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id_10t_ERROR
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Date Posted:
10/18/05 5:44am
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Being a geek I get into real strange conversations with other geeks, nerds and Dweebs.
I need help, not just with this, but with some info.
I was discussing with some friends computer games and movies - Who wouldnt after seeing DOOM (Yes it's Tuesday BWA BEA BWA HA HA HA)
We were discussing what was the first movie based on a computer game, After a few minutes of reflection on Tomb Raider (Giant Robots!!! get your mind out of the gutter) the earliest we could come up with was Wing Commander. We Decided TRON did not cout as it used games as part of the plot, not the setting for the plot.
Does anyone know of earlier ones?
Not That I mean to be a lurker, but I am short of time in my life
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Shadow_of_Evil
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10/18/05 6:28am
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Didn't they do a Super Mario movie(s)?
Does this count? I know it's not COMPUTER games but you know 
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Jedi-Aztek
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10/18/05 5:54pm
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If your including console games then I think Super Mario might have been the first.
Super Mario was released in 1993 and Wing Commander not until 1999 (I thought it was much earlier than that though)
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JOHNNAGE_THE_BRAVE
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10/18/05 6:16pm
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The first one was cloak and dagger wasn't it??? although cloak and dagger was a comic first.
if not it would be Mario Bros with Bob Hoskins and John Leguiziamo, and then possibly Mortal Kombat???
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Kartanym
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10/18/05 6:33pm
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There were a few around that era, early 90's. Mario Bros, Street Fighter, Mortal Kombat, Double Dragon. I'll use the trusted IMDB to discover the answer for you, oh mighty error
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Jedi-Aztek
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10/18/05 7:36pm
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I've never heard of cloak and dagger, so you could be right Johnnage.
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JOHNNAGE_THE_BRAVE
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well it was a comic turned game turned movie.
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soneil
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10/18/05 11:50pm
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I thought the cloak and dagger game was made for the movie and not the other way around. The whole plot of the movie revolved around some secret plans being hidden in the code of a computer game.
I can't think of any movies based on games that I would consider to be good movies. Tomb Raider was ok as far as action films go but not great. Most tend to be utter crap so I don't have high hopes for the likes of Halo and Doom. I think they're trying to drum up interest in Halo by plastering Peter Jackson's name all over it even though his involvement in it will be minimal.
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JOHNNAGE_THE_BRAVE
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10/19/05 2:15am
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resident evil was a good zombie movie, but saying that zombie movies generally have little substance, and only homages to romero.
And Mortal Kombat was pretty throw away, but entertained me at the time.
Come to think of it- AVP i suppose is a movie based on a comic turned game inspired by two different franchises!!!!!
WOWZER!
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FaLLeN-AnGeL
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10/19/05 2:59am
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I don't know which was the first, but I'm loving the trailer for DOOM at the moment. I love how 1st person shooter a lot of it looks, exactly how the game looked.
Oh, and I loved Super Mario Bros. 
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Saintheart
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10/19/05 4:02am
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C'mon, it's the Rock. He's funny as hell no matter what movie he does.
I have a soft spot for Mortal Kombat...mostly because of Christopher Lambert as yet another lightning-throwing immortal.
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soneil
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Have to agree there. I loved the Mortal Combat arcade game too (the first one anyway - never really tried the others). Wing commander was without a doubt the most disappointing. One of my all time favourite PC games and the game itself had a far better cast and script than the movie.
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JOHNNAGE_THE_BRAVE
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10/19/05 6:34pm
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Thankyou F_A! I thought I was the only looney raving about the 1st peson camera angles in the DOOM trailer!!!!
Plus Karl Urban is gonna be cool. He was cool in chronicles of Riddick.
( I think I'm the only person who loved that movie- and Pitch Plack and Dark Fury!)
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Kartanym
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10/19/05 6:39pm
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Not too sure on Doom yet. The 1st person shots in the trailer did take me by surprise. Here's hoping it doesn't suck too much.
I loved the Mario Bros movie too! I didn't care that it wasn't like the games, hell only an animated movie could be as crazy as the original NES games anyway. It was fun. Just wish I could find a DVD copy somewhere.
Oh, I didn't like Riddick, but I do like Pitch Black.
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JOHNNAGE_THE_BRAVE
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10/19/05 7:09pm
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I don't see why everyone hated it. I mean- Vin Diesel is a knob, but Crematoria and the Bounty Hunters, the necromonger empire designs were amazing, awesome sets. Seeing New Mecca and the Holy Man again- seeing "Jack" grown up and all insane.
And the ending was so incredible. Riddick becoming leader of the huge evil empire, and not being too happy about it!
The effects were pretty cool and the prisons were just like I imagined.
Dark Fury is cool too- created by the guys who does Aeon Flux.
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soneil
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10/19/05 9:18pm
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I liked Pitch Black & Riddick. Maybe not among my favourite films but pretty good. Actually the only other movie I've seen Diesel in is The Pacifier which I also liked (great one to watch with kids). 
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