Video Gamers Podcast - What If…? Video Game Movie Edition – Gaming Podcast

Episode Date: July 24, 2025

Gaming hosts Josh, Ryan, and John are heading to Hollywood (well, kind of) in this blockbuster-themed episode of the Video Gamers Podcast! We're talking about which great video games deserve the big screen treatment—and who we’d want in the director’s chair. Would Christopher Nolan nail the mind-bending world of Control? Could Jordan Peele turn Bioshock into a horror masterpiece? From sprawling RPGs to intense action titles, we’re breaking down our dream gaming adaptations and the perfect filmmakers to bring them to life. Whether you’re into narrative-heavy epics or high-octane shooters, this is one episode you don’t want to miss. Let’s talk video games, movies, and the directors who could make gaming history!   Thanks to our MYTHIC Supporters: Redletter, Disratory, Ol’ Jake, Gaius, and Phelps   Thanks to our Legendary Supporters: HypnoticPyro, Patrick, Jigglepuf and PeopleWonder   Connect with the show: Support us on Patreon: patreon.com/videogamerspod Join our Gaming Community: https://discord.com/invite/Dsx2rgEEbz Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/videogamerspod/  Follow us on X: https://twitter.com/VideoGamersPod  Subscribe to us on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@VideoGamersPod?sub_confirmation=1    Visit us on the web:https://videogamerspod.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

No Frills delivers. Get groceries delivered to your door from No Frills with PC Express. Shop online and get $15 in PC Optimum Points on your first five orders. Shop now at NoFriills.ca. Hello fellow gamers and welcome to the Video Gamers Podcast. Ever played a game and then thought, man, this would make the best movie if it was just done right? Well, today we're doing just that. We're taking some truly epic games and then turning them into the most epic blockbuster movies you can imagine. The sky is the limit as we get any director

and theme and style we want. If you don't leave this episode saying, heck yeah, then you might need to check your pulse. But first, some introductions are in order. I am your host Josh, and joining me, he's the Gimli of our ragtag crew, but it's only because he's short and smelly. It's Ryan. I'm taller than you, by the way.

No, you're not! Yes, I am. What? How tall are you? I am 5'10". I'm 5'10", so you're not taller than me. Yeah, but you're bald and I'm not. Oh, you're using your hair? That's unfair! Come on, man!

Okay, okay. That's what it is, man. That's fine. Focus on my disability, Ryan. That's fine. You know? Actually, you know why guys go bald later in life? Because they have more testosterone. So what's that say, Ryan? I'm happy with my low T, apparently. day, Ryan. I'm happy with my low T, apparently. Because look at that big old head of hair. This is fair, because I called you Gimli and short and smelly. So that's a fair term right there. Which I did, by the way.

Sorry, I'm hijacking already. I'm making my wife watch Lord of the Rings. She hasn't watched any of them. So we're watching Two Towers. And Gimli is sitting there in the hall, you know a Rohan and he's just You know the meat is all dripping down his face and so I was just thinking last night I'm like dude Gimli so disgusting and then you go ahead and come and call me Gimli So dwarves are not known for their personal hygiene or but you should see the ladies

Yeah, well, you can't tell apart cuz they have beards too. This is true See the latest yeah, well you can't tell the park's they have beards too. This is true He's got the body fat percentage of Gollum and he calls game pass his precious John Wow Grossly That is so spot on. Golem's lean is anything. Yeah, but he's like gross lean. Why does he look like Golem? I said you had Golem's body fat. I kinda heard you look like Golem a little bit. By the way, I've stood next to both of you guys and you guys are like Tinder 510s.

Like there's no way both of you guys are 510s. That's fair. That's fair. I might be 5'9 and a half now. On a random. Oh man. John thrown us under the bus. We're starting out. Everybody's throwing shade already. Like we've been 30 seconds in. Oh man. Oh boy. Guys, I I'm excited about this one. Um, so this was, you know, we talked about the legend of Zelda movie that's getting made in the twig episode on Tuesday. You know, we have seen some really good movie adaptations from video games recently. I mean, we had the last of a series on HBO.

You know, it's like people are kind of figuring out how to make these video game movies after what seems like a hundreds of failed attempts. And it got us thinking like, dude, like, you know, what's a game in your mind that would be like, bro, if they could just make this into a movie. And then it gets you thinking like, yeah, but what like what kind of style like what director like would you want heading this up? Because if you get the right director, and you get the right theme and the right tone to the movie, well, then it's like, dude, this could be absolutely incredible. Lord of the Rings comes to mind as some of the best movies ever made,

you know, thus the intro for both of you guys. But it really kind of got us thinking like, what are some games that you wish you could see made into movies, but have them be done the right way by the right directors and all that stuff. And then we all kind of sat down and we started kind of coming up with ideas.

And as we started doing that, we were like, yeah, yeah, this is pretty good, man. So we're gonna dive into it, man. What are we gonna say, John? I'm gonna say, like, I'm more excited for this one than I've been in a while. This is just such a fun, this is like right out in my alley where you take like two different nerd topics

and find the intersection. Like I'm like stoked for this one. I will say it got me really excited when I started to think about these games that could be movies, but then to think about like the directors that could turn these things into masterpieces. And I say a lot,

I don't watch a whole lot of TV. If I'm going to watch TV, I generally, it's either a show with my wife that we watch together at night so we can spend some time together, or I am watching movies because I'm a huge movie buff. And so I'm with you on this one, John. It was really fun to kind of be like, dude, if this guy could make this movie on this game, like this could be a masterpiece. If we don't get an expedition 33 reference on this show, I quit because I know that's going to come up. Uh, it's not on my list though, because I figured one of you two, I know it's not to would come up with, it's not on my list because I figured it would be on one of yours Wait, why?

Totally Ryan are you guys are in luck? Play the outro music I'm disappointed in both of you cuz you knew I wasn't gonna do it You knew I wasn't gonna do it. I thought John was gonna do it. I'm like, John, well, surely. Take Expedition 33. Well, I thought the same for you. I have to say, in fairness, as far as I know,

they are going to be making an Expedition 33 movie. And so let's just assume that's gonna happen. We've covered that game to death. Yeah, that's fair. And we love it. And let's talk about other games. It needs to be a movie. So we all agree that that was like the one game

that instantly comes to mind where it's like, bro, they need to make a movie out of this and do it right. So, okay. All right, well now that we've got that out of the way. Ryan, why don't you start us off on this one, man? What is the game that you want to see made into a movie and then do you have,

you don't have to have a director if nobody comes to mind, but I think it kind of helps like lock in like the tone or the vibe of like what you're hoping for for the movie as well. So what do you got, man? For sure. So I want to go with a game that I recently played

within the last couple of years. I was forced to play and it would make such a cool like movie if it was done right and I'm gonna go with Heavy Rain. Oh that's a great pick I didn't even think about that dude. Oh oh I know the perfect director for this please tell me you nailed the director on this. Oh I already decided I'm just gonna do Quentin Tarantino for everything. Quentin Tarantino? Okay I mean. Blood and guts and gore and like that goes goes good with everything, but what was yours? What was your director?

David Fincher, Seven. Okay. The movie Seven, that like thriller, horror-y, like dark thriller. David Fincher on Heavy Rain would be absolutely a great. Yeah, I gotta say, I like your pick more, Josh. Like I love Quentin Tarantino and like Django Unchained is like one of my favorite movies ever.

But Quentin Tarantino movies come with a certain type of dialogue. Like SO-Terror, non-sequiturial dialogue or whatever. And I think Heavy Rain is already a very cinematic game. I like the more dark, gritty sort of David Fincher feel for that. Yeah, dude, that's OK. Ryan, I have to give you credit because I didn't even think about Heavy Rain, but the second you said that, I was like, David Fincher, that's gotta be the guy.

No, that's a good one. And I was just, you know, I'm just kind of kiddin' with the director stuff. Like I just, I love Quentin Tarantino and I love his movies so much. So I was like, before I was like, I'm pickin' him for everything. But this is okay, this is my Ethan Mars.

And I think you'll, you may appreciate this one. I wanna go with Jake Gyllenhaal because you kind of want to like him, but you also are annoyed by him You hate him. You know I That's Jake Gyllenhaal Okay, he doesn't know me like I like ever so slightly, but I think he's like a really good actor Oh, he's a good actor too, but you kind of like are you just want to punch his face He's like he's got a punchable face. That's right. Dude, you went the extra mile. I don't have any actors on my list. Oh, really? Like I only went with like the director

and kind of like the vision I see for the movie kind of thing. So, but you're right. Like he would make a really good Ethan Mars. I could see him. What was it that he was in that movie where they kidnapped the guy? What was the, um, movie with that guy and the thing and the place and the guy and he was the, um... Gosh, I'm John Blake. The movie with that guy and the thing and the place. Yeah, the thing and the guy and he's like, yeah, they, you know, they, yeah. I don't know. Anyway, that's a good call, man. Anyways.

Yeah, so yeah, Heavy Rain, I thought it'd be a good like, uh, kind of thriller. Good summer thriller. John, I didn't know you played Heavy Rain. I watched a lot of it. A lot? That's, I mean, it's like you said, very cinematic. That's basically the game. Like you said, very cinematic. Exactly, yeah. I didn't feel compelled to play it

because I watched a lot of the cutscenes. We did a play through where I, yeah. We did a play through where I sat at Paul's house and they both watched me and we played through the whole game together, which was awesome. Watching somebody play that game is unlike any other gaming experience, man.

That's pretty sure. John! Jason. Jason. Jason! Jason! Press X to Jason. Yep.

Yeah. So John, what do you got, man? What's the first one up for you, man? So I'm super stoked. By the way, I'm biased, but I am in love with all my picks. So of course. Oh, I love mine as well, man. So my first one is the Ori and the will of the wisp or the Ori indie game franchise. There's only two games so far,

criminally underrated games, by the way, you can get them cheap on Steam or whatever your game purveyor of choices. But beautiful games, too. Beautiful games, beautiful art direction uh sweetly dark which is like a it's like a like bullseye for me every single time the music is outstanding but what i would love to see on this is i would love to see it directed by Guillermo del Toro i love Guillermo i love the guy he's on my list i'm going to mention him here in a little bit. His Pan's Labyrinth in particular, such an outstanding movie. I would love to see Ori done in a practical effects supplemented by CG sort of style,

where it's kind of like what they did with Mandalorian, where you had lots lots of the like Physical puppets and they kind of use CG to fill it in to modernize it and complete the pictures or whatever But as much practical stuff as possible kind of like a modernized dark crystal or a labyrinth or whatever Yeah, oh dude exactly and like I think that this or and the Will of the Wisps or the Ori story, Ori story is perfect for it. The character designs are pretty but also can be kind of like on the ugly gritty side or whatever.

And I just think it would lend so perfectly to his directorial style. He's got the expertise to pull it off and just perfect for that practical slash CG format. I would love to see it. I also, Josh, don't have any actors. I personally like movies with lesser known actors in them. When I see the same actor too many times, it kind of pulls me out of it. So I would like most of my stuff to be casted independently, but the directors I think are important. And I think Guillermo del Toro would nail this. Guillermo del Toro is one of my favorite directors, dude. And Pan's Labyrinth is how I discovered him, you know, because I saw this movie and I was like, oh, this looks really neat. For anybody that's listening,

if you haven't seen Pan's Labyrinth, it is unbelievably good. Now it is a subtitled movie, but don't let that throw you off because it's all in Spanish. But oh my goodness, the visuals and the story in that are right up my, I love like dark fantasy.

And some of the like nightmare characters that you see in Pan's Labyrinth are Incredible dude, so if you haven't seen it I'm sure it's on Netflix or somewhere where you can just stream it for free at this point. It is so good, dude So good excellent Ryan's looking he's like dude. I've never seen this No, man. All right boys. I'm gonna. I'm gonna pull out the big guns right away. Oh, baby. I Want to see cyberpunk 2077. Mmm. I want to see it, you know made into it John did you start I feel like you mentioned cyberpunk the other day and then I haven't heard anything Did you are you playing it?

Are you did you did you start it fizzle like? I just don't know if you're playing it cuz you said you're playing metaphor and I'm like, bro You can't play metaphor and cyberpunk at the same time. No, you can't I'm telling you. Here's the thing right for my life Cloud gaming is where it's at. I will I don't need to have the highest graphical bump in a game I need great gameplay in a great story and punk graphical bump in a game. I need great gameplay and a great story and ever punk Okay. Yeah fair fair. I only played like an hour or two of it, but it was it was good, but uh, but I am

Basically slay I'm shackled to my PlayStation or my PC if I wanted to play it with cloud gaming, bro I've got TVs all over my house, man And I've got Xbox controllers all over my house that are all paid paired to my TVs and so if I'm in the living room and I'm like hey I've got 20 minutes to play I just turn it on get 20 minutes in and then my wife's like hey I want to watch a show down here great I go to the bedroom pick it up I can play it wherever I want and I don't have to move anything it is like so dude guys if you aren't on game pass it is off for me

It's awesome. It's like it is nerve gaming nirvana for me. It's what lets John play be able to play games So I mean that's fair at some point you really should just sit down and experience cyberpunk Do okay top five all-time game for me and and for a lot of people dude it is that good so any cyberpunk 2077 Ryan can at least relate to me on this one and I want it to be directed I'm gonna butcher that I'm having a hard time with names lately guys Dennis Villanueva from Dune Don't Dennis Villanueva new way the director of Dune and and Blade Runner 2049. This dude knows how to make a sprawling,

like dystopian future that like has emotion in it. Cyberpunk 2077 has that like that grit, that darkness. It's got like some philosophical stuff where it's like, it kind of comes out in Dune a little bit where it's like do you side with the Fremen? Do you side with the Harkonnens? You know House of Treadies that kind of thing and you get all that intrigue you see this with cyberpunk with the different like kind of factions and the choices that you have to make and stuff like that. This is not uncharted territory for

Dennis because he has he made Blade Runner 2049 which is very cyberpunk in a lot of its kind of visualization and neon stuff and things like that. I think he would absolutely crush being able to make a cyberpunk 2077 movie. I think he would absolutely nail the characters like he did in Dune. I think he would make it feel like you're in Night City. I would buy a ticket the second they announced this movie, man, if I found out that Dennis Villanueva was making Cyberpunk 2077. I don't see a way that he would botch this. I think it would be a crime.

I think you're totally right. I think that is a freaking amazing director pick. I wasn't personally a fan of the new Dune movies. Oh, really? Well, like I can respect what they were. Like I liked everything about them on a surface level. I just, I don't know. I can't get into the Dune lore for some reason, man. I just, it's...

It's a little convoluted. I will say this. It's just not for me. I don't know what it is. It's just... That's a bold statement, but I think that the remade like the the newest Dune movies are the best sci-fi movies that have been made since Star Wars Dude, legitimately, I think there's a lot of people

There's a lot of people that would agree with you Josh and and I have to respect that I don't know why it doesn't resonate with me man. I just don't have the mental stamina for it for some reason but Blade Runner 2049, Chef's Kiss, that's a 10 out of 10 movie for me. I love that movie and I think that basically if they just like did that same movie but cyberpunk, it would be like perfect. Yeah. That would be- All right, Ryan, we're back to you buddy. What do you got? Hold on. I have one quick question. Who would you put as Jackie?

Dude I Actually thought I knew you had to have thought about I know and I really struggled because it's like Jackie Welles like my boy big character. He's got to be super likable, but he's got to kind of be meaty at the same time Who is the guy that played? Dude, I'm so bad with actors names, but the dude that played Hellboy, he's got the big chin. Oh, Ron Perlman. Ron Perlman.

Ron Perlman. I think he's a little old for Jackie, but like- I could see that. But like that stature and that kind of presence is like- The big square block, yeah. And Ron Perlman to me is a likable guy. Yeah. And he's got that kind of gruffness, but he's got that kind of like teddy bear, like, I don't know, like if you look at Hellboy, right? Like Hellboy is kind of the

same thing, right? Where it's like, he's this big, tough, bad guy, but he's like a teddy bear also. So yeah. That's a good one. I was just curious. I don't know if that's the best answer, but like off the top of my head, that was one where I was like, I did, I did think about this and I struggled. Everybody, I'm sure anyone that's played it will think about that character for sure. Yeah. So the one I am gonna go with, why not make the best movie ever made when you're coming from the best video game ever made? Okay, I wonder who the director is on this one.

We're gonna go with Red Dead Redemption 2. Yeah. I already said, dude. You got to go with them. Quintarantino, man. Ah. OK. That actually fits.

I know. That's what I meant. That's originally what I decided. And I'm like, you know what? I'm just going Tarantino across the board after that one. But this one is like we talked about, you know, the movies he's created. It's just that style.

Oh, man. Is it the Hateful Eight that he did where it was kind of like the movies he's created, like it's just that style. Oh man. Is it the hateful eight that he did where it was kind of like the group of cowboys? Is that the one? Yes. I think in the right. Which is a great movie and also Django and Shane, great movie. But right. I don't guy Ryan, I don't know, man.

Uh, like I haven't the, what the dialogue, because you've got like, you know, you've got Micah Parsons, you've got Dutch, you've got Arthur Morgan, like that, that back, and this is one of the reasons I love Quentin Tarantino, especially like in Inglorious Basterds. The opening of Inglorious Basterds is one of the best openings of a movie ever.

So good. And that dialogue between like the homeowner and the Nazi guy is like, it's second to none, dude. And I could absolutely see like Arthur and Dutch having this back and forth the suspension like yeah that's tension building up like especially between like Micah and Arthur like it's a little off base because it's like Red Dead is just a straight-up Western you know what I could see that Quentin Tarantino spin well if you were gonna do like a backup, like I would say, your director that you picked for

yours, I forget his name again, or whatever. Who, mine? Dennis. You gotta say it though, because I don't know how to pronounce it. Hear me out though. This is somebody speaking from ignorance here, but I think I've got a pretty good understanding of why that game resonates with so many people. And I've heard people talk about the ending of Red Dead enough with Arthur Morgan. There's

a turn that is very sad, I believe. Name a Quentin Tarantino movie where you felt sad for somebody. Reservoir Dogs. Okay. I felt really bad for people in reservoir dogs, but it wasn't like, and again, I may be off base. Whole fiction. That one, you feel bad. In a, I'm trying to like, you know, preserve people's innocence with the ending of Red Dead here, because like, from my understanding- It's been out long enough that you can spoil Red Dead, and Ace has passed that point now

too, so we don't have to worry about Ace anymore. My understanding is that the reason it resonates with people so much is because it is like an emotionally weighted sort of experience, not unlike the ending to The Last of Us, where you go like, oh gosh, you know, I'm so, like I feel, I feel like my heart is going out for this person.

I can't think of a, and I love Quentin Tarantino, like Django Unchained is like a top five movie for me. I can't think of a single moment in a Quentin Tarantino movie where I felt that. I feel like Quentin Tarantino movies are very much cerebral brain movies, which I love, but they aren't emotional heart movies. I may be way off base though.

No, I get what you're saying because he kind of leans into the violence and the outbreak of violence kind of suddenly with characters dying and stuff like that. So I get what you're saying, but I also kind of get Ryan's take on the... It's, I think like, because I mean, when I, if I was to think about my feelings like watching Kill Bill or Django Unchained

or any of these movies, when these situations happen, the bulk of the time, I feel like it's the same as when I played Red Dead. Like that just happy enjoyment and love of what I'm seeing, what my eyes, it's just eye candy. I just, like, that's the same feeling that I would get between the two. Yeah, so. I'll tell you that makes me want to play Red Dead less. Yeah The my impression of this was like if I were to pick a director for this I would pick like

For my impression of what Red Dead 2 is like Danny Danny Boyle from like 28 days later He did 28 like where it's like gritty visceral action, but like lots of great dialogue, lots of character development that has a humorous tone to it, but it's not like schlacky or whatever, you know? Like that, and really emotionally heart stringing it. But if what you're saying is is that that Red Dead is really more of kind of like a Like for funsies type game like that. I don't know like I wouldn't I was now I'm hearing it's like like GTA with a

Like Western cosplay like I don't like that doesn't drive me No, I mean the story and the depth is still there and then with the the character development and how you See the struggle with the gang and everything so it that's all there But at the end of the day it is a open world game you go and you Just blow up a town or you do crazy things and weird stuff happens So like there's different ways you can take it just like whatever direction they would want to take that film Fair enough, you know the way the way do it But I mean, I don't know I loved I mean we all said how much we loved all the Tarantino movies So like to me, I think it would fit but I could see if you wanted to take it in that more very

Almost spiritual direction of like how deep it is, you know, then you could definitely go with a different director Yeah, and and to also to your credit like I have no doubt That Quentin Tarantino would make an awesome movie out of it Yeah, all right John. We got to move on. What's your what's your next pick buddy? Okay, my next one's gonna be short sweet, but very to the point here after having just finished Indiana Jones and the great circle they should just make that game into the next Indiana Jones and the Great Circle, they should just make that game into the next Indiana Jones movie. I've heard really good things about this game.

Dude, it's so good. And that it fits the vibe so well. It's exceptional, it's exceptional. And here is my thought for it, right? So you already have the blueprint for the story, they nailed it, right? The characters are perfect, the story is perfect, the ending is perfect.

The MacGuffin, the thing that they're going after in the game is perfect for an Indiana Jones game. And I think that what I would like to see is, I would like to see this done by Steven Spielberg, because I would like the tone of the movie to be as close to the original trilogy as possible but I would love to see a return to form back to basics sort of Indiana Jones movie and most importantly I would like for us

to start thinking about Indiana Jones like a James Bond where you are not necessarily tied to an actor, and you can move on to another actor for these experiences. I think that one of the problems that Indiana Jones has had is that it has become too reliant on Harrison Ford who has aged dramatically from part three to part four to part five, which part five was actually pretty decent. Part four was

Terrible, I think crystal skull No, the crystal skull was terrible Get in the fridge and survive a nuclear bomb I won't even give it that I won't even give it the time guys but I think that if we're able to find a new person, a new mantle to hold it up for a couple of movies and then move on to the next one, that would be my ideal situation for Indiana Jones. And basically, as far as ease to make,

man, they already made this great, just put it on film. Yeah, I like that, man. And I've heard good things. At some point, I'm gonna have to play Indiana Jones in the great circle dude because I have heard nothing, but stellar reviews It's like playing the movie dude or a movie. It's pretty sick Yeah, all right We got to speed this up a little bit guys because I want to get to a couple of these Next one for me is going to be Baldur's Gate 3 an

Incredible story with some of the most memorable characters in gaming. And when you have characters like Karlak and Lazele and Gale and Astarion, you need a director that knows how to have them interact with each other. But let's be honest, this is an epic, epic story too. So I want Peter Jackson, the Lord of the Rings director, to turn Baldur's Gate 3 into one of the most epic fantasy movies that people have ever seen. I want the scale that Peter Jackson brings

because this story has incredible depth to it. You know, it's a party-based game, and let's be honest, Lord of the Rings was a party-based adventure. You had the Fellowship of the Ring. So it's right on point for that as well. I love the fact that he uses practical effects. So, you know, these monsters and these D&D creatures in the world of Baldur's Gate and all that, I think he would absolutely represent

in a way like few other people could. I mean, I cannot think of a better fit if somebody was going to make Baldur's Gate three into an actually truly epic fantasy movie. You know, I know that some people would say, well, you could go like the more recent like Dungeons and Dragons movie route, which I thought was great. It was very, it had humor. Like it was fun, but that's not what I'm looking for for Baldur's Gate three. I want that epic fantasy party based, you know, interactions and stuff like that out of this, Peter Jackson would hit it out of the park in my opinion, if we can just get them to come out of retirement.

Yeah. And if you could, ah, something I didn't, man, Peter Jackson's a hard one for me. The Lord of the Rings trilogy. I'll get flack for this, but in my opinion it's the best trilogy of all time. But The Hobbit trilogy was quite bad. The King Kong movie I didn't care for. He also did this other movie called The Lovely Bones or The Lonely Bones or something like that. Hobbit gets too much hate. Y'all haters. Didn't he do Mortal Engines too where the big city's driver in the desert like swallow?

Oh, he produced it. Okay. But that movie flopped. Do mortal engines to where the big Produced But that movie flopped he did he did some fun movies before Lord of the Rings like he did this great little campy Horror movie called the frighteners with Michael J. Fox, which was great And then he did dead alive, which was just like a schlocky evil dead kind of movie But the Lord of the Rings, masterpieces. But I haven't really seen anything from him. I agree with you. If he can get back to true to form Lord of the Rings,

I would love to see Baldur's Gate in that format. When you made the greatest movies ever made, that's all you need on your resume. Nah, that's fair. Honestly, at that point. All right, Ryan, one more from each of us. Let's go quick here, cause we're running out of time. But what do you got?

I'm going to go with another one of my favorite games of all time. But again, with that kind of dark gritty, if they could recreate this world, true to form, true to like the game, um, I would be a very, very happy man. And I'm going to go with Bioshock. Ooh, absolutely in contention for me. Now what kind of vibe or director would you be going for? So this is one. Don't say Quentin Tarantino again.

No, I'm not saying Quentin Tarantino on this one. This one, again, popular director, so he's already been mentioned. But Guillermo del Toro was what I was thinking. Ooh, yeah, perfect. That's perfect. I would think that would create just that, oh, man, that just dystopian nature

of this underground world with, with the big daddies and the little sisters and oh man, just thinking about it gave me goosebumps and I got so excited and then I realized, oh yeah, it's not happening. Dude, I love the fact that all three of us have mentioned Guillermo del Toro on this too because he brings something to a movie that few people can and he brings that kind of dark dark mindset. When you're thinking of Rapture and what happened there, those crazy people and what happened,

and they kind of like, I mean, I feel like he could nail that vibe. And again, all practical effects, I love that he goes that route, and seeing an actual big daddy that isn't CGI and stuff would be super cool, dude. the little sisters like if he actually got kids to like play them and all Yeah, that's it is that game is a vibe. It is And he could do it. That's perfect for me. I think yeah, that's perfect. Yes. Yeah. All right, John

What's up next for you, buddy? Uh are gonna have time to for a couple of quick hits? We'll do a couple quick hits cuz I got a couple I need to mention We just maybe we don't need to go too deep into but okay I'm really struggling on what my next one is so I'll decide while you're talking. Yeah, so if this if this is my last one I'm gonna have to go with my favorite franchise of all time, which is Final Fantasy There was a Final Fantasy movie I don't know if you guys saw it, but it was like made in the early 2000s and beautiful beautiful art, but

really Circuitous nonsensical story. I would love to see Final Fantasy 12 Turned into a movie and I would love to see it directed by Rob Reiner Who did I don't know if you guys ever saw the movie stand by me, but it's like sort of Stand by me, dude. It's one of my favorite movies from childhood my mind too and and what they did was they nailed the sort of like coming of age Ensemble cast sort of thing in that remembering your friends from childhood. I love it stand by me So it's such a good movie, man And it holds up

but so I would love to see it directed by Rob Reiner and produced by James Gunn because I Also would want to see some of that like fun Guardians of the Galaxy style like interplay between the characters in this But the the cast in Final Fantasy 12 is one of the most fun RPG cast that I've ever seen. Specifically, there's a character, Vaughn, that is sort of the main protagonist. He kind of fills out the Luke Skywalker type role in the game or whatever. But super likable character and imprintable. You can put yourself into this character's mind. And also the female protagonist, Penelo,

you can do the same thing. But there's a couple of characters in this game that steal every scene that they're in, which is Balthier and Fran, who are kind of like the Han Solo and Chewbacca in it, that I think could be absolute trendsetters in pop culture, if they nailed them. And I think I think that frankly they could keep the Soundtrack the way it is. It's got it. Just a

beautiful soundtrack the judges in who are the antagonists in this game are some of the coolest looking aesthetic bad guys in gaming and Final Fantasy is overdue for for a good movie, man I mean like if if Hollywood is going to continue to pull influence from video games for Movies this one is like prime Prime real estate man. They should take this one and roll with it I know absolutely nothing about Final Fantasy after Final Fantasy 7 until like 15 and 16 I think it's just a people out there who have played 12 It is totally underappreciated, but the people out there who played 12 are gonna be like going yes finally

All right, I Guys for me Mass Effect, and there's one director that can absolutely Crush a space drama and he's probably one of my favorite directors ever and that is Christopher Nolan, dude the the story of Mass Effect and the universe and the you know, I mean it's a it's a sci-fi epic but it makes you think a little bit about some of the consequences and the politics that are involved and the sense of duty and all this stuff across galaxies. Nolan can absolutely crush this, dude. This might be the one where it's like, dude, if this could actually happen, it would excite

me more than any of these other ones, in all honesty. But dude, Mass Effect's story is second to none. Christopher Nolan to me is second to none. Interstellar Inception are two of my favorite movies of all time. Oh, Memento. Oh, God. Yeah, Memento, the Dark Knight trilogy. Dark Knight trilogy. I mean, my goodness, dude. My goodness. We won't talk about Tenet. That movie was just

weird. Yeah. But you get Christopher Nolan involved in a Mass Effect movie and Not only that but like dude like that you've seen what Chris Nolan can do with a franchise when you even Batman he nailed it Like oh the third one is underappreciated, but I thought the third one was awesome, too But you give this man a franchise man Yeah, yeah, and I can't think of a better franchise that would fit what he does so well there massive. Yeah I agree. There's already proof of concept dude

Can you imagine a Mass Effect movie with a Hans Zimmer soundtrack to? Like how they would introduce like the Reapers and the sound for those and everything. Like, my goodness, man. Gimme, gimme, man. Yeah, this, Christopher Nolan, a Mass Effect is like the peanut butter and chocolate pairing where I don't know if it actually gets

any more perfect, you know, like than that. All right guys, very quickly, do you have any quick hits? We can't dive into them, but just give me a movie and a thing, give me the 30 seconds if you got some. Ryan, do you have anything else? I'm't dive into them, but just give me a movie in a thing Give me the 30 seconds if you got so Ryan do you have anything? I'm out on mine. Oh, yeah, I'm done I don't got I got three and I just have to shout them out so shot I also have a Chris Nolan pick shadow of the Colossus. I think Chris Nolan would nail Because he's so good at those sort of big sweeping epics with all the required good at those sort of big sweeping epics with all the required epic shots that would be needed to pull off a shadow of the Colossus movie. I would love to see a proper Silent

Hill movie. The original one that came out, whatever it was, was decent, but I would love to see it directed by Ari Aster, who did Hereditary, which is just... Oh, okay I know I know neither you guys do horror movies, but in my opinion it is it is the it's the most terrifying horror movie ever I would love to see music by our friend Tobias Lilia who did this the score for Little Nightmares Yeah, and Pyramid head who's did you either you guys play any of the silent hills? Oh, yeah pyramid head in my opinion has the potential to be like one of the most like Iconic villains in cinematic history. I think that they could pull that off and then lastly I

Want to see a halo movie? done by James Cameron With music by by John Williams. You keep the halo music, obviously, but the score done by John Williams. And I would want it to be the most over the top, high budget movie ever. Like double the budget for Avatar

and just blow this thing out of the wall. Just super, super special effects coming at the yin yang, man, I would love to see that movie. Build the ring for real So I actually just thought I want to that I do want to throw in real quick cuz I thought about just before yours And I thought you're gonna take my director on it, too I want a helldivers to movie with Michael Bay. Oh Yeah, I'm down for that one talk about a popcorn

Perfect. Yeah Really good, dude. Yes. I'm down for that one. Talk about a popcorn movie. I know, right? Perfect, man. Yeah. Perfect. Oh, man. All right, well, real quick for me, I did have Hades, the game Hades. And Guillermo del Toro was my guy for that one, because I think he could do the characters. He's a master of the myth and monster type stuff going on. He's great with visuals, that kind of thing.

Another one, the last one for me, and this is kind of silly, but I could really see this working, is Ghost of Tsushima by Chad Stahl, I'm gonna put you, Stahlsky, the guy that made John Wick, the John Wick movies. He's the director for John Wick. So give me Ghost of Tsushima, but John Wick style.

Dude, the over the top visuals from John Wick. So give me Ghost of Tsushima, but John Wick style. Dude, the over the top visuals from John Wick and the fighting style of Ghost of Tsushima, it's got that graceful brutality to it. You know what I mean? And I could see that working in Ghost of Tsushima. That's a good one. That's a good one. I like that kind of just taking it out of the samurai epic and then turning it into a more modern actual fighting. Those sequence kills, just like John Wick does where you can, as Jin, you could do the

three or four or five guys. That'd be sick, dude. Yeah, but the visuals from John, they got better and better, but John Wick 4 where they're at the continental Osaka and then the overhead view when he's in the building with the dragon fire shotgun and all that. I could just see that working in a Ghost of Tsushima movie so well, dude. Love it.

So, oh my goodness, I'm all amped up now, man. I would watch all of these movies, dude. I don't know if it did it for the listening. Yeah, but I don't know, if you guys are anything like us, I'm hyped now, man. Why aren't people doing this, man? There's billions of dollars to be made here. Soon enough. All right all right listen thank you

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