Every game from Doom to Silent Hill, Resident Evil to Mortal Kombat. When's Duke Nukem going to get some Hollywood love?
Maybe never, let's be real here, but leave it to some talented fans to bring gaming's wisecracking badass to life. The filmmakers put up the three minute clip, The Duke - Fate of Humanity, on YouTube on Christmas day.
As Duke would say: "What are you waiting for? Christmas?" He'd also say "Your face. Your ass. What's the difference?" and "Eat sh*t and die!" Yeah…
The clip is more of a tease than a short film, really, with most of the action only being hinted at. In fact, I think half of the short is devoted to a sexy dance, so I hope you're into that kind of thing. The folks behind the film tell Ripten they "would love nothing more" than to shoot a feature length film, "one with good action."
They should consider Mark Wahlberg for Duke, don't you think?
Yeah there totally needs to be a game where your character is so badass that he just walks around being a bad dude. You can't run, whenever there is an explosion you automatically look away, doors explode off their hinges whenever you walk near them, and the buildings are made out of enemies so no matter where you shoot, you kill something.
I disagree with all of you. Someone that badass doesn't yell. The name of the game would be something like "Kill Everything". That's it. Or maybe like it won't even have a written name, just the sound of gunfire.
That short film beat most Sci Fi Channel films in quality, easily.
Saw that yesterday. Looked really good, but it should've been about 3 times shorter. I love Duke Nukem, and they had the look down, but the pacing was like a lazy Sunday afternoon, not ass-kicking/bumblegum-chewing.
As much as I'd love to see a Duke movie, he's one of the characters who is ripe to get brutally Hollywoodified. In spite of the fact that he is the bastard offspring of bad Hollywood tropes, getting him on the silver screen would probably result in a massive overhaul of his character. He really hasn't undergone any massive re-imagining since his creation in the 1991, back before action movies really had much in the way of irony or style.
Dolph Lundgren, with all due respect, is fifty three years old and has a bit too much of a Swedish accent to come across as the All-American badass that is Duke. Bruce Campbell and Roddy Piper... That's just weird. They've already read their famous lines as other characters; for them to quote those characters while playing Duke, it's just weird.
Now I'm picturing Bruce Campbell with a red tank top and blonde highlights and I think you just ruined my day.
@Max Scoville
I seem to have misread you. I believe you meant 53 years YOUNG. Allow me to retort
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KF6U2-_Dhw4&feature=related
... But you're spot on the accent. I guess if we can accept Ahnold as the obvious American action hero, I think Action Sweden Man deserves a chance. Skeletor thinks so too.
With what i hear about the Uncharted movie and Marky Mark playing Drake, Do you really want him ruining a 3rd Game based movie. Does no one recall the piece of raped meat that was the Max Pain(full to watch) movie?
Eh, the guy looks enough like Duke (aside from his face which you never really saw), and the line at the end was close enough to his voice. If they nail that cast then I'd enjoy it. :)
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10:00 AM on 12.27.2010 | 
Still, cool stuff!
I'm sure you're being sarcastic, but read what you just wrote and tell me that wouldn't be an awesome game.
And not even in the good way.
Then I, good sir, shall be your first customer!
You can call it BADASS EXPLOSION: DEATHINING and the sequel BADASSER EXPLOSIONER 2: THE BADDERASSINING OF DEATHVILLE.
The caps are necessary for EXTRA BADASSNESS.
Fuck I've had too much sugar lately.
That short film beat most Sci Fi Channel films in quality, easily.
failing that, why not use one of the "real" dukes, Bruce Campbell and Roddy Piper?
As much as I'd love to see a Duke movie, he's one of the characters who is ripe to get brutally Hollywoodified. In spite of the fact that he is the bastard offspring of bad Hollywood tropes, getting him on the silver screen would probably result in a massive overhaul of his character. He really hasn't undergone any massive re-imagining since his creation in the 1991, back before action movies really had much in the way of irony or style.
Dolph Lundgren, with all due respect, is fifty three years old and has a bit too much of a Swedish accent to come across as the All-American badass that is Duke. Bruce Campbell and Roddy Piper... That's just weird. They've already read their famous lines as other characters; for them to quote those characters while playing Duke, it's just weird.
Now I'm picturing Bruce Campbell with a red tank top and blonde highlights and I think you just ruined my day.
I seem to have misread you. I believe you meant 53 years YOUNG. Allow me to retort
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KF6U2-_Dhw4&feature=related
... But you're spot on the accent. I guess if we can accept Ahnold as the obvious American action hero, I think Action Sweden Man deserves a chance. Skeletor thinks so too.
With what i hear about the Uncharted movie and Marky Mark playing Drake, Do you really want him ruining a 3rd Game based movie. Does no one recall the piece of raped meat that was the Max Pain(full to watch) movie?