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R Rated Tekken Movie = Good?
Demtor \| 9:12 AM on 07.01.2008	7 comments

I'm a huge fan of movies, but an even bigger fan of games. However, the two forms of entertainment have been at odds with one another for as long as I can remember. Very, VERY, few video game movies manage to get it right. So when I came across this news, I am hopeful for at least one enjoyable video game movie in the future.

I mean, could they really get it right here? Doubtful. But hey, an R rated bad movie is better than a PG-13 rated bad movie. So this is a good thing right? I mean, if there is going to be a terrible movie based on a good game, why not throw some violence in there to make up for its shortcomings?

Take the movie Wanted for example. Were it not for the R rating, I don't think I would have loved that movie quite as much as I did. Same could be said for the last Rambo flick. Thankfully there are some people in the industry who still see the value of putting some balls into their action flicks. I mean, isn't that what they are suppose to be about anyways? Gratuitous violence and over the top action!? Yes, please!

I would hope the success of Kill Bill, Sin City, and 300 (to name a few) would have already shown film makers the value of keeping violence in action films today but apparently someone tried hard to shit on Die Hard 4 in a big way. Tsk, tsk.

Keep the heads rollin' I say >:-) Both in my games and in my movies!

Please come back to your roots Mr. Chow!

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7 comments | showing # 1 to 7

GuitarAtomik

That's....interesting and hopefully true. Tekken doesn't need to be R rated at all but I'm all for a brutal martial arts movie. Ironic that they'd go this route for this yet the Mortal Kombat movies all managed to stay PG-13.

B-Radicate

I agree. Studios need to stop marketing EVERYTHING to the PG-13 audience. They wonder why ticket sales are declining and I'll tell you, it's because adults, the people who have the ability to go see a movie and the money to do so, generally don't have anything to go see that isn't watered down for the kiddies.

Just like studios have ruined horror films in the past few years they've neutered a lot of action flicks, too. Here's to hoping things turn around and we get some "balls" (as you put it) in more of our movies.

Nice read.

TrailerParkJesus

Are kangaroos and pandas and tree trunk people gonna be in it? That might be disastrous or fantastic. I'm not sure which I want.

GuitarAtomik

@TrailerParkJesus

Now imagine kangaroos and pandas and magic tree trunk men FIGHTING people in a rated R setting! I think I just sold myself on this movie.

Krahsh

(insert lame Mokujin inspired joke about getting a woody)

I dunno how excited I could get about a tekken movie regardless of rating but as a long time fan of kickass spfx makeup in movies I definitely agree about keeping my action movies packed with graphic violence.

I need to track down a copy of Riki-Oh sometime soon.

Demtor

LoL@ Jesus & Guitaratomik - Awesome ideas the both of you!

Thanks for the comments guys.

@B-Radicate - I think my low point for movies this summer was finding out that Prince Caspin was rated PG. Ugh. The trailer shows all of these huge pitched battles and epic duels and then bam... rated PG... WTF? They couldn't even go PG-13 like everyone else seems to be doing these days thanks to comic book movies.

Thats also an interesting point you bring up with Horror films. I was never a big fan of them but I know there are a lot of people that think they just kind of miss the point these days with too MUCH gore actually. Instead of intense, suspenseful scares, its mostly over the top torture porn ever since Saw ushered in the new era.

For me, horror movies can't seem to find that perfect balance. Either there is way too much, or way too little. Its a tricky thing because what people really find scary varies so much from person to person.

And on a different note, are horror movies actually intended to scare you? Or are they meant to gross you out? Or both? Arguments could be made for all of the above but I'll leave it for those that have seen their fair share of horror movies, as I have not.

Demtor

Riki-Oh! I have heard about its B movie greatness before. I'll have to add that to my Netflix queue. I just watched Deathrace 2000 over the weekend which was surprisingly not as awful as I expected, haha.

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I'm 25 and grew up on Nintendo and PC Gaming. Basically when my brother would have the TV to game I would be killing Nazis in Wolfenstein 3D or mapping out dungeons for Eye of the Beholder. When the SNES was released, the same pattern was repeated only with Doom and Lands of Lore in the mix. Throw in some Warcarft and Duke Nukem and I was two mouse clicks away from being addicted to PC gaming for life. Thankfully my brother was gracious enough to have a life so I could waste mine on our consoles when he had things to do, lol.

Back then every Friday it was almost an unspoken tradition to ride our bikes to Video Action down the block and rent a game for the weekend. Good lord we rented some terrible Nintendo games, but hey, we hadn't played them yet, so we had to try them. Home Alone and Cliffhanger would teach me otherwise.

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Getting a PS2 was a no brainer for me in high school. How could I not after devoting countless hours to my PS1 with games like Resident Evil 1 & 2, Alundra, Bushido Blade, FF8, FFTactics, Wild Arms, BoF3, Vagrant Story, Syphon Filter, Grandia, Silent Hill, Castlevania:SotN, Metal Gear Solid... I mean, sweet Jesus there were A LOT of great games for Playstation. Yeah they look old and busted now but back then they were amazing. So PS2 was just the next natural step up.

I PC gamed a lot more after that, heh. For some reason the PS2 console couldn't hold my attention past the obvious choices like GTA3/VC/SA and MGS2 & 3. Probably had more to do with my upgraded PC and the fact that PC games had a lot more appeal to me during the PS2's life cycle. Morrowind, Fallout 1 & 2, Diablo 2, Half-Life 2, Farcry, Deus Ex, Thief 3, Warcraft 3, Call of Duty, Gothic 1 & 2, Oblivion and then... World of Warcraft. Above all other reasons I find myself so behind on games, its because of WoW. That and around the time of WoW's release I started dating girls. I am now 3 years clean from WoW and am a better gamer for it. Only 1 year clean from women, and also a better gamer for it, lol.

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My DS also begs for my attention as I slammed through GTAIV. I also love reading fantasy novels from R.A. Salvatore, watching movies and GOOD anime as well. There just isn't enough hours in a day. Man, it is a great time to be nerd these days though!