Turbois a low budget short film that shows us what the future of videogames could hopefully brings us one day. Turbo follows main character Hugo Park who longs to join Pharaoh King's expert team of gamers. Shamus, the main antagonist of Turbo, also wants to join Pharaoh King's team so the two battle it out through the 4D fighting game called Super Turbo Arena. Apparently, the future holds amazing advancements in technology but game companies have reverted back to the 1980s standards of naming games based on what the game is about.
What's really impressive about this short film is how great the visual effects look. A four man team called Ember Lab worked for five months creating the effects and the whole movie was made for under $100,000. The 20 minute film is set to premier on April 30 in Los Angeles and will go on sale on the official Web site as well.
Check out the trailer after the jump. How's it looking to you?
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Never Back Down was fucking AWFUL. I hope Hamza is drunk or his account was hacked or something, and those weren't his true thoughts. Sorry dude, but that movie was HORRIBLE.
Oh man, laugh city. It'll be worth watching with friends and drinking. Wouldn't pay to see it though. At all. Also, whoever thinks that the "extreme haircut" thing looks good needs to be sterilized.
Video games are SERIOUS BUSINESS. If this actually does happen in the future, will this be a good thing or bad thing? Anybody watched Avalon? It's a polish/japanese movie about people around the globe playing a virtual reality game where they fight to get points to get to the next level and stuff. It's kind of weird, but interesting.
I don't know, it doesn't look too bad, compared to more high budget tripe I've paid to see.
After that crap Dragonball live action movie set a new low (even after DOA and House of the Dead), I'd actually check this Super Turbo out for a laugh. It's like The Wizard, but with fighting and somewhat original, something that's needed for these type of films.
You never know, it could be good. As a gamer, I'm gonna keep an open mind on this. I'd like to know more.
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2:00 PM on 04.05.2009
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Holy motherfucking shit, I can't stop laughing.
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It looks absolutely terrible in every way, but it isn't quite terrible enough to rank it as one of the worst movies ever made.
After that crap Dragonball live action movie set a new low (even after DOA and House of the Dead), I'd actually check this Super Turbo out for a laugh. It's like The Wizard, but with fighting and somewhat original, something that's needed for these type of films.
You never know, it could be good. As a gamer, I'm gonna keep an open mind on this. I'd like to know more.
What I'd like to see Dtoid do, is dig a little deeper on this film. See if you can get an interview with those creating it or something.
How about it, Jim? Can you find out some more info from ST's creators?
Looks like Never Back Down would be a better example and as a fan of both movies and MMA, it's one of the worst films I've ever seen.