The Top 5 Video Games That Deserve A Movie (Or At Least A Good One)

Video Games being adapted into feature films is quickly growing popular now a days. From Resident Evil to Max Payne, to the now in-development pictures such as Assassin's Creed, and even the recent Need For Speed, it seems like almost any game can get made for the big screen. Now obviously not every game is currently in development, and some of the movies that have been made are less than great (the movie in the picture above, for example). This got me thinking, "What games DESERVE movies?" There are some games that have been around forever, and have either been neglected or wrecked when it comes to cinema. Then there are some games that are fairly recent, but there is just so much potential that Hollywood needs to capitalize on the opportunity, and the sooner the better! And for some games, the right movie could relaunch its popularity. So, here is a list I've compiled of:

The Top 5 Video Games That Deserve A Movie (Or At Least A Good One):

5) Kingdom Hearts. Kingdom Hearts (as some of you may know from previous posts) is one of my all-time favorite video games.  It's full of Disney characters, a good plot, and to make things better it's combined with the world of Final Fantasy. Now Final Fantasy has made a few animated film that were very well made. My proposition is that Disney make the film with the same style of animation. Disney produces a TON of animated films with Pixar, and I think that a Kingdom Hearts Movie would go over Great! Granted that with all of the cut-scenes in the game, combining them would practically be a movie itself. There's just so much story there, and just the fact that almost every Disney character EVER would be in the film would sell itself. It would also make dedicated Disney fans to go back and watch the original Disney movie of their favorite character, and it would also increase sales of the upcoming HD Remixes of the games AND promote sales for Kingdom Hearts 3.

4) Mortal Kombat. I'm aware that Mortal Kombat has had a few movies as well as TV series. My problem is that they just weren't made well (again that's in my opinion). I feel like modern special effects would help a lot. The right cast, the writers from the games (and maybe even some of the writes from DC Comics since they made the original comic series for Mortal Kombat) , and then a creative yet gory director like the team from Sin City (Frank Miller, Robert Rodriguez, and Quentin Tarantino) or a team of that nature, and there's great potential! I'm a big fan of the Mortal Kombat Series (and am VERY excited for the new game!), so I definitely don't want to see it ruined. And again, I'm not necessarily saying that the older adaptations are bad, I just feel like they could be done better now. I'm dying to see a Sub-Zero fatality in today's CGI!

3) Pokemon. HUR MAH DUR!!! If you have been keeping up with my posts, I'm a major Pokemon Geek! Pokemon has been around since 1998 (That's 16 years, and I'm 21). It's one of the few game series that not only has withstood the test of time, but is continually putting out products, and are being received well (yes it's met with skepticism the further it prolongs, but it's overall well received). It's also a franchise that is constantly putting out animated films (I think I've seen all of them now thanks to Netflix and HuluPlus). I'm more wanting a live-action film (which in a previous post I've already compiled the best choices as far as actors go for a live action film). My fear however is that either a) it's just too big of a project or that b) it would entirely toooo expensive to be done well. None of us want a botched film, especially when it's such an iconic franchise. But still, a live-action scene where a beautifully well made CGI Pickachu thunder-strikes Chris Hardwick and Chloe Dykstra as team rocket and sends them "blasting off again" is one of my dreams!

2) Left 4 Dead. The Left 4 Dead Series is a very special game to me; it helped fuel my once considered to be "unhealthy" zombie obsession. The game has only been around since 2008, but has quickly become a cult classic. It's got a great cast of characters, including a whiney bad-boy type and a babbling red-neck. The zombies are a combination of both 28 Days later type zombies along with "special infected" which resembles zombies from Resident Evil. What makes this game even more movie adaptable is that the game resolved around the survival of 4 very different characters, which would add a lot of potential drama between zombie killing. I know that the most people would say that the whole "survivors verses the living dead" thing almost played out, but honestly the elements with in this game, combined with the right director, could really stand out for itself. But with the game full of movie posters with killer tag-lines already, it'd be awesome if we could really see a No Mercy campaign movie!

$ finally, the video game that deserves a movie the MOST

1) Nintendo. I'm sorry, this is kind of cheating. I say Nintendo because their are SO many titles that deserve a decent movie. Obviously the Mario Brother's movie that's shown above was a bust. The Legend of Zelda had an animated tv show that didn't hold up. Sonic has had several disastrous adaptations. Metroid would be awesome if it was adapted. They ALL have been around forever and deserve a fair chance! Do individual films, dish out a Super Smash Bros movie and combine them all, or do like Marvel with the Avengers and do both (That's actually be pretty sweet!!)! I've heard that some of these are possibly in the works, but then again Ghostbusters 3 has been rumored for years now, so you can never really tell until that trailer pops up on YouTube or your TV. There's just so much potential with any one of these franchises. Zelda and Mario are growing more and more popular with each new video game instalment, and a Sonic movie could remind people just how awesome a blue hedgehog that has a money-hording really is! And Metroid could be the next Alien! But while we may not can decide which one deserves a movie the most, I think all of us are ready for a kickin' CGI Bowser!

That's my list! Any one of these ideas would make an amazing movie! Is there a game that I missed? Any suggestions on who could direct a live-action Kirby movie? Is the world ready for another Mortal Kombat movie? Let me know in the comments, and until next time, let the  Geekery that's inside all of us shine true!

5 Of Some Of The Geekiest Things I Do

Some of you may actually reading these posts, and for that I appreciate it. A lot. Some of you may even be "subscribers" and read all of my posts. It's unlikely, but again I appreciate it. But some of you may be wondering, "What makes him an 'expert'?" "What qualifies him as a geek?" Well, I will GLADLY tell you. So, without further ado:

5 Of Some Of The Geekiest Things I Do:
(From eh to woah!)

5) I Named My Car Carol. So, my first ever vehicle was a Jimmy that I called Jimmy (I know, lame). It was awesome, but, I was NOT used to maintaining vehicles. So, I never changed the oil, ...... and...... kapoowie. No more Jimmy. So I saved my money and got myself an '05 Nissan Altima. It's a great car, and i tried so hard to keep it in good shape. But, I have a brother, Joel Campbell (Twitter: @JoelCampbel17 and Youtube: Far From The Tree Productions please check out his content) who, I love him to death, I do, but he isn't the most graceful and/or cautious of drivers. Joel backed in to my Nissan the DAY BEFORE my first payment! HUR MA DUR! Then, one morning I get woken up by my mother telling me that Joel backed in to it, AGAIN, trying to get to school. This car has been viciously abused everything, including a dog, my best friend Dean (Twitter: @bubbadean11), and a pillar of a carport (ok that last one was me, but it was just a scrape, I promise). But the two biggest and most noticeable impacts on my car was from Joel. Now with me being the Walking Dead fanatic that I was, decided to name my car Carol, because she's been abused by men, but she's a valuable asset and get's me where I need to go.

4) I Still Have (and want to buy and play) Yu-Gi-Oh! Cards. I fell in love with Yu-Gi-Oh! growing up. I LOVED Pokemon, and wasn't very athletic or studious in elementary/middle school. My cousin Will introduced me first to the show. I was at first confused, but the more I continued to watch, i became enthralled. Growing up I got a weekly allowance of $5, which was perfect because the local Movie Gallery weekend rentals were $4.99, and so were a pack of Yu-Gi-Oh! Cards. I collected and collected and traded and traded and really spent WAY to much of my parents money on them. Dean and I loved to play and would Duel each other all the time.  One year for Christmas my aunt and uncle actually got me my own Duel Disk! It was AMAZING! Another awesome thing was that when I got into Jr. High, everybody at school played, even the faculty! We had a club at school on Saturdays. I eventually got to where I had two awesome decks: one that was Dragon, Wizard, Warrior based, and the other was an Elemental Hero Deck (I know that most people think that the elemental hero cards are overrated, but honestly it works, and it if it didn't it wouldn't make people as angry). So I kept them. I have an urge every time I go to Walmart to go look and buy. I have no one to play with anymore, but whenever a challenger ever comes my way, I'll be ready to use the "Heart of the Cards!"

3) My Current Voice Mail Is Me Imitating The 11th Doctor. I've mentioned in previous posts that I've recently this year been introduced to Dr. Who and am Obsessed! Well, a few weeks back one of the younger kids at church were messing around with my voice mail and I was like, "Hey, I do a mean Matt Smith.... I'ma make a Dr. Who voice mail!" So I did....... And it's stayed that way out of sheer laziness. I've gotten a lot of calls since then..... including calls from my parents, my pastor, church members, and I wanna say an actual preaching appointment (this is meant to be funny, but some of you are just gonna be all shake my head this is so sad). So..... yeah......

2) Explain to People Why My Social Media Alias is 2nd Tier Guardian. This is something that i get asked fairly regularly "Where did you come up with the name?" "What does it mean?" I am a huge Guardians of the Galaxy fan (yes, even before it came out as a movie). Rocket Raccoon has been one of my favorite Marvel characters for years now. So when I found out about the movie, I was PUMPED! I saw the movie and absolutely LOVED IT!!! So beautifully made. I had also been having problems with my first twitter account. I for some reason was continuously and involuntarily following Hebrew-posting people for some reason, and I couldn't make it stop, so I deactivated the account. However, I have an addiction to social media, and needed a new account. This was shortly after watching Guardians, so it was fresh on my mind. Thus, 2nd Tier Guardian was created (Twitter: @2ndTierGuardian). The idea was that whenever the Guardians of the Galaxy are busy and someone still requires aid, they can just call me, 2nd Tier Guardian. After I made the new account, I later started this blog, and soon I just replaced all of my social media accounts with the name (except Facebook, I have to keep more professional looking for work).

& finally, by far one of the geekiest things I've EVER done

1) Have Sat Down And Have Determined The Best Casting Choice For A Live-Action Pokemon Movie. As those of you that have kept up with these posts can probably tell, I'm big into Pokemon. Now I know that most people are all, "Oh man, first gen or nothing!" I'm not like that, I've quite enjoyed all of the generations. However, if a live-action movie is going to be made (and it should!) then they've got yo start with the first gen. So, being the fan that I am, I teamed up with one of best friends in the world Jared (Twitter: @jaredconatser) one week at church camp, and we have compiled the perfect Cast for a First Generation Pokemon Movie! It is as followed:

Dream Cast for 1st Gen Pokemon Movie

Ash Ketchum-Josh Hutcherson

Misty-Emma Stone

Brock-Taylor Lautner

Professor Oak-Kristoff Waltz

Gary-Adam Scott

Jesse-Chloe Dykstra

James-Chris Hardwick

Meowth-Bill Hader

Giovani-Hugo Weaving

Nurse Joy-Emily Blunt

Officer Jenny-Anna Kendrick

Before some of you get outraged over the whole Taylor Lautner thing: tell me a better choice...... That's what I though. It just seems to make sense.

But there ya go! That's just a few of the geekiest things I do. Let me know what you all think, and please, share if you can out geek-me. And, look forward to another post about more geeky things I do. Continue onward in the way if Geekery my friends!