Board Game Movies

Revan: The trailer itself, I haven't seen. I was too concerned with the fact that a movie based on BATTLESHIP is coming out, seriously.

10Kan: ...

10Kan: There's nothing to stop them from making an actual good film there, but I have a feeling they won't.

Revan: Oh, they won't. http://www.cracked.com/blog/novelization-trailer-movie-battleship/

Revan: That's how I found out about it.

10Kan: And then there's that move that I swore was based on Rock 'em Sock 'em Robots, but actually isn't.

TalkingDog: I thought the same thing!

10Kan: Next up: Hungry Hungry Hippos

TalkingDog: That would be amazing. Genetically engineered military hippos escape! Like a warped Jurassic Park sort of thing.

10Kan: Exactly!

TalkingDog: "We need to get them to eat these marbles! It's the only way!"

10Kan: And their heads would burst from the water to gobble extras.

10Kan: ...On their freakish telescoping necks.

Revan: They would be defeated by white, spherical depth charges.

10Kan: The Game of Life: depressing drama about a guy who has next to no control over anything that happens to him, racks up incredible debt, yet discovers the cure for cancer, writes the Great American Novel and becomes president.

Revan: LOL

10Kan: Jenga: Action / Suspense: terrorists try to blow up a skyscraper while a team of engineers trapped inside work to move the bombs to blow up the terrorists and leave the building still standing.

Goosey: LOL

10Kan: Can anyone think of another classic board game turned awful film?

10Kan: Chutes and Ladders would be a family-friendly version of The Cube.

Revan: I can only imagine that Sorry! would be a Japanese game show where four neighboring families must don padded sparring equipment and fight to be the first to regroup at home for the big prize. Also, there are man-cannons strategically positioned around the block for ease of travel.

10Kan: And profusely apoligize to one another as they cracked skulls?

TalkingDog: The Japanese are very polite.

TalkingDog: Operation.

TalkingDog: A guy has a bomb inside him, wired to a light on his nose. If he dies, the bomb goes off and wipes out New York!

10Kan: LOL

Revan: It would take a very sadistic terrorist to rig an explosive to all the things this guy already needs operated on.

10Kan: Stratego: A secret war fought by two factions who carefully guard their agents' abilities until the time comes to strike!

10Kan: Like the Matrix if the agents were fighting against other agents.

10Kan: The protagonist discovers that his role is a human time-bomb, and tries to escape the conflict.

Revan: Donald Trump's life is Monopoly, and the global situation is Risk.

Sentynel: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LHY8NKj3RKs Minesweeper.

10Kan: LOL

TalkingDog: I love that video.

* TalkingDog has vague plans to work Minesweeper into a D&D battle.

Sentynel: A room full of magical traps, and either a team member's ability or an item which can detect the proximity of traps.

Sentynel: To make it more interesting, don't use a square grid.

TalkingDog: I'm dealing with people who aren't likely Minesweeper experts. I'll stick with the square grid.

Sentynel: A hex grid is actually easier as there are fewer adjacent squares.

TalkingDog: Moving to other computer games: Oregon Trail?

10Kan: TD: Most of the excitement would come from crossing bodies of water.

TalkingDog: True.

10Kan: That and Crazy Uncle Joe's driving urge to shoot all the wildlife between St. Louis and Oregon, even if he can only carry back 200 lbs of meat.

TalkingDog: SkiFree would be a hilarious movie. Skiers disappearing on the slopes. Reports of a monster darting quickly between the trees. The characters stuck at the top of the mountain while the lift is broken.

TalkingDog: I want to see a film version of the Boatmurdered saga.

10Kan: Better yet: a mini-series!

TalkingDog: Yes.

10Kan: Or a pseudohistorical documentary.

TalkingDog: Hangman? Hmm.

TalkingDog: Can't think of anything good for that.

Revan: Dyslexic Western.

Goosey: lol

10Kan: LOL

Revan: "Tarnation, Bill! You know ah cain't read!" "You've got to learn! This disabled war veteran's life depends on it!"