-QUOTE from your journal" Now that the Hollywood pros are working in the game industry, games are gaining star power? We've done very well without them so far, thank you very much, and there are plenty of stars in this industry already. Maybe they're not particularly well recognised by the media - or the buying audience - but they've been making games for years, even decades, and they are infinitely more deserving of attention than the high-profile stars and film directors who are only now jumping on the bandwagon. The proof is in the pudding, however (or rather, in the games), and, in time, it's the game developers who will get the recognition they so richly deserve. -

I tottaly agree with you that the gaming industry doesn't need hollywood "experts" to get any better. But by reading the article, you linked with, i have say that there is a good part on this. You see it says that there might be a reverse strategy by filming industry creating movies using storylines from games (well it names HALO and DOOM but still that's a start...)! Now ihave to state that from day one when i finished TLJ that was a thing that was on my mind. What if TLJ was transformed into a movie? Even with real actors and not animated like Final Fantasy. Well i know that a couple of games like Mortal Kombat, Street Fighter or even Resident Evil were crap as movies but they were crap as games too (although i have to say i rather enjoyed the Resident Evil series :))...
TLJ is a big game also in duration and so it isn't easy to be played over and over again. I had it finished about 3 times and the only reason i don't do it again is because i am bored of solving the same puzzles over and over again. Thus came the idea of a TLJ movie. I'd love to sit to my chair and watch April do her thing without me...What's your opinion on this?

Sure, Hollywood's looking to video game properties for fresh ideas, and while that's not necessarily a bad thing, experience has shown that the filmmakers often pay little regard to the original storylines, characters, and even setting. Resident Evil, for instance, while a relatively fun flick, still deviated a great deal from the original story.

This will have to change, and the next batch of games-to-movies might remain more faithful to the source material - just like the best of the recent comic-book adaptations. There's a reason why certain games achieve critical and commercial success, and there's no reason for publishers and developers to compromise their properties just to appease Hollywood. I'm quite certain that it won't be too long before some of the highest profile multiplex franchises around will have been born on the PC and consoles. Personally, I'd gladly pay to see a Half-Life, DOOM, Monkey Island, Silent Hill, Zelda, or Prince of Persia movie. Hell, I'd much prefer to see Knights of the Old Republic on the big screen rather than Episode III.

As for a TLJ movie... Only if it's done right, with a large budget, a great cast, beautiful sets, top-notch effects, a talented writer, and an A-list director. That said, it'd be great fun to some day see Stark and Arcadia come to life on the silver screen. And who knows? It could happen.  ¶ 17:36