Uh.... WTF?!

[fionaskye]

http://movies.ign.com/articles/791/791923p1.html

Seriously?  I love love love this game ... but a movie?!  Uh...  No?

[mando]

I so see that sitting on a shelf for about a million years if it actually is part of the production schedule or if it actually ever gets made.
I get the feeling that the guy in charge of greenlighting this must have been mid-way through a mid-week bender when he put this through. Or the only words he heard in the discussion were "It'll be like 'The Truman Show!'".
I don't see a lot of money going into this project, so I'm going to assume that they're planning on using the game itself to create it.

[Pucci]

I'm going to assume that they're planning on using the game itself to create it.

It'll be live action, so they're using humans. I wonder who the hell would want to be in a Sims movie? I vote Angelina Jolie for the role of Bella Goth.

[mando]

It'll be live action, so they're using humans. I wonder who the hell would want to be in a Sims movie? I vote Angelina Jolie for the role of Bella Goth.

Maybe, but only if there's an ex-porno actress that goes by that name as well.
And live action? Good lord, why don't they just take the money, throw it in a tub and light it on fire. It would certainly be going to better use, at least it would keep them warm.

[dorquemada]

Some people who are involved in the project previously did masterpieces like Eragon or Scary Movie 3. So it's gonna be truly top quality movie. :mrgreen:

[feathered]

I wonder, will it be in simlish and will there be subtitles? Otherwise, this is certainly in the bizarro end of the spectrum.

[Tramen]

Saw this posted at S2C...

what the wha?

 :shock:  :shock:  :shock:

[frivolous]

ugh.
who remembers when they were planning to make a live-action dragon ball z movie and then cancelled it out of nowhere?
lawl.
hope that happens here.
coz...
ugh.

[Frank]

Ok,ok.....I too was like what the fucking hell...but then I gave it some thought........IF a Sims movie were to be made...........How to..........

1)Base the plot loosely off of Soapdish from years ago, except a Maxis game programmer gets knocked out and wakes up in the Sims.

2)Start from the get-go, A sims movie, except no plumb-bobs. We'd see cow-plants, zombies, you name it.

That's all I have for now...........Yes, I'm a movie nut, and a bigger FX nut,lol.........

[fionaskye]

1)Base the plot loosely off of Soapdish from years ago, except a Maxis game programmer gets knocked out and wakes up in the Sims.

Eh...  That might not be too bad actually...

Don't hate me.

[alia]

That sounds like the only feasible solution to me.

Don't get me wrong, it sounds like a dumb idea, but at least there would be a  plot.

All the other movies that are based on a game have been mediocre at best.
Don't get me started on the Blood Rayne movie, which I (unfortunately) saw. It was terribly bad even though I was very drunk at the time.

[SparklePlenty]

You guys are amateurs. Pshaw!! My sons made me take them to see BOTH Pokemon movies. I had to be physically restrained from clawing my own eyes out!

[calalily]

You guys are amateurs. Pshaw!! My sons made me take them to see BOTH Pokemon movies. I had to be physically restrained from clawing my own eyes out!

PWNED - Thomas the Tank Engine, movie and daily without end for about 2 years, including prying the clutched Thomas out of the hand for bath and bed.

[fionaskye]

I so feel your pain.  Around my house, it's the original "Hobbit" animated movie.  I've seen it so many bloody times now that I can literally turn the sound off and get the dialogue spot on at any point in the movie.  But then again, it's rather fitting for my son to be so crazy about all things Tolkien.  His middle name is Aragorn after all.

(Yes, my husband and I are GIGANTIC nerds.  What of it?)

[Bliss]

Personally, I think if it is done right (although it looks like it won't be) it'd be interesting.  Backstory on the Goths would be nice. Maybe even the Newbies and such.