DeSanto Visits CITY OF HEROES

Hmmmm, not sure about the flick, but will they ever release this badboy on a platform!!!!

Could be interesting (I used to love the game). Of course being a Video Game movie it is likely already cursed. Have to see how it progresses.

Agreed, guys. The game was definitely fun (for a while), and with the proper writer and director, could be a good combo of "X-Men Meets Alien."

The comic for the game was cool, and the city being full of superheroes could make this a fresh face in the genre. I won't hold my breath, though.

I hear Uwe Boll is up to direct. Its about time he came out with another quality video game-to-movie flick. I mean, he is the Man.

ahhh Pony,,,,,,Really? Uwe Boll joke again, Really? I thought you could do better than that....lol.....anyway, I am not familiar with this game, but it does sound like it could be a fun movie if it is done right and not made all kiddie friendly. Go for the borderline pg-13/R feel. That would be good. Justice League meets Independence Day. Do It.

I played City of Heroes for a year and really enjoyed it... mostly. I just got tired of the MMORPG nature. Level grind, badge hunt, task force missions, lather, rinse, repeat. To a certain extent it becomes monotonous.

The community itself changed. Originally we would get into discussions on the board about politics, racism, education, and people took the time to think about the on-line community they were creating. (Granted there were still annoying twelve year-olds whose immaturity was legendary). Then they introduced the PVP arena and City of Villains. It became a much more competitive place when that happened. Personally, I found that to be really antithetical to the whole idea of playing heroes.

That said, the game has one of the single best character creation formats and is probably the very best original super hero video game out there. In terms of stories and mythologies worked into the game it is all there. I assume the script will focus on the support characters within the game, the original heroes of Paragon City.

Just as long as it's better than FF, Elektra, and Ghost Rider, I'll be hap--

Who am I kidding? I'll never pay money to see it.

I'll hold off until we get some more news on this project: plot, casting, etc. This could be OK, but too many ifs are in play to get too excited about this.

Unlike Thundercats, THIS is something that could be a good source material for a movie.

I reserve judgment until we learn more, but I am hopeful.

Great game - and I like City of Villains, too - but I wasn't around when the PVP really kicked in so I dunno how that affected things - I liked there being no PVP.

I think Thundercats would be fine source material. No reason why it wouldn't. This seems weak and generic.

what this all depends on is the characters. who will they have, and what will they be able to do?

perfect world: a creative writer (writer/director, whatever) would take advantage and really create some exciting characters then spin this whole premise into the fighting aliens thing.

of course, tone, treatment, story, direction and budget all have to do with it too.

this could be a new template for full-on kick-ass superhero action in movies... or, it could suck.

'til some talent is assigned (to the script, director) I say the jury's still out.