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I saw the 1st 30 minutes of the Fallout 3 movie last night. It was called "The Book of Eli".

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FormerDittoHead Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-23-10 11:02 AM
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I saw the 1st 30 minutes of the Fallout 3 movie last night. It was called "The Book of Eli".
*SPOILERS FOR FALLOUT*

FALLOUT 3 SPOILERS.

Don't read this if you haven't played Fallout 3.

I know post-apocalyptia has been a theme in sci-fi for years now. "Road Warrior" "Terminator" etc. but the similarities were striking between the very popular Fallout 3 and "The Book of Eli".

Assuming you've actually played Fallout 3 and then see The Book of Eli, if you don't think there isn't a "page" stolen from the game's art direction, set design, costuming, etc, you're blind.

I know its a wish that will never be fulfilled, but I envision THREE Fallout movies, and for ONCE, a movie actually being faithful to a game, rather than take "the idea" for the game, and then make something practically completely unrelated and completely brain dead.

NOW HERE'S HOW THEY SHOULD DO A FALLOUT MOVIE: THREE MOVIES.

Movie 1) The Mysterious Stranger (MS from now) is good. Quests: Megaton, Wasteland Survival Manual, Soil Stradivarius, 3 Dog, Declaration of Independence (I just think Sydney was a great character), but after letting the ghouls into Tenpenny, gets disillusioned and goes from good to neutral.

Movie 2) MS starts out bad to the bone. Megaton, Tenpenny, rides with Jericho, etc., but ends up neutral after taking sides with Hannibal Hamlin. A sequence with him walking around the Lincoln memorial, then looking down toward the capita with Hamlin's followers coming in makes for an awe inspiring ending to the 2nd movie.

Movie 3) Catching up with Dad, Project Purity, Little Lamplight, Vault 87, Raven Rock, hooking up with Fawlkes, and a teaser for a 4th movie...

It pisses me off so much to see how much MOVIE there would be. Better than the last 3 Star Wars movies, but frustrating to know it's never gonna happen, at least not by anyone except maybe Ewe Boles.
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YOY Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-25-10 04:04 AM
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1. Ewe Boles...
There is a place in hell for that man...
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Tunkamerica Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-10-10 01:08 AM
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2. who is that? i only wonder because we share a last name
and that spelling isn't as common as bowles.
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realisticphish Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-10-10 02:00 AM
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3. sorry to disappoint
but i think they mean Ewe Boll, a horrendously bad director
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ewe_Boll
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FormerDittoHead Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-10-10 02:31 PM
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4. Yes. Ewe Boll. The man who has destroyed "video game movies" for a generation.
People not into video games (or into good movies) would never know of him.

from the wiki:
"Boll's movies, particularly those based on video games, have been near-universally panned by critics, and he is often called the new Ed Wood."

Boll's home country Germany give special tax breaks for movie productions, and Boll is able to finance his movies in such a way that they don't need to make a real profit.
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Tunkamerica Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-11-10 05:55 PM
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5. yeah i tried looking up the original name and couldn't find much besides this thread
thanks
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