ROTTEN TOMATOES: Hasbro, Universal Roll Dice On Monopoly, Battleship, More Comments

Hasbro, Universal Roll Dice On Monopoly, Battleship, More

by Jeff Giles | February 21, 2008

Summary

Last summer, we discussed the news that Hasbro intended to develop a number of its board games -- including Monopoly, supposedly to be directed by Ridley Scott -- into feature films. This week, that plan inched closer to reality. Back to Article

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cypress550 writes:
on Feb 21 2008 10:01 AM

has hollywood ran out of ideas to make board games into movies, come on

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DarthWonka writes:
on Feb 21 2008 10:11 AM

Risk, Guess Who, Life, Chess, Checkers

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The_Duckling writes:
on Feb 21 2008 10:37 AM

I've got a great idea. Professor Plum accidentally gets stuck on a battleship while buying the Boardwalk just as it's leaving for war. Luckily, he makes friends with a mysterious fortune-telling wackjob named Ouija and a dude filled with corn syrup named Stretch Armstrong. After a 12-15 Sea Monster with Haste kills the crew, they band together to defeat the beast.

I see money already. $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ Hehehehe

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arendr writes:
on Feb 21 2008 10:50 AM

Let's not forget that this has been done before. Pokemon, anyone? The whole point of the movie/tv show was to sell the game.

I'm not trying to justify it. In fact, I'm really turned off by this idea. But it's not like there isn't any precedent.

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arendr writes:
on Feb 21 2008 10:51 AM

And to throw my idea in the suggestion box: Chinese Checkers, starring Jackie Chan, Maggie Q, and the "Sulplise Guy" from UHF.

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SPfan79 writes:
on Feb 21 2008 10:55 AM

Has anybody seen that Robot Chicken sketch where the hungry hungry hippos are gritty detectives? Then Ben Stiller and Owen Wilson are officers "chutes and ladders?" I'd like to think some studio head saw that skit and said "hey...not a bad idea."

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arendr writes:
on Feb 21 2008 11:44 AM

In reply to this comment (#1591721)
That reminds me: $100 bucks says Owen Wilson will be in at least one of these films.

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TombstoneLawDog writes:
on Feb 21 2008 11:56 AM

arendr:

NO F#CKING WAY... that I'm taking that bet.

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kfarschman writes:
on Feb 21 2008 12:29 PM

That statement that Hasbro and Universal released is the type of godawful business vernacular by petty greedy super capitalists that makes me sick to my stomach and question the quality of humanity. It's that type of thinking that makes capitalism, film, and humans look bad. I guess I'm just glad I'm not apart of any business thinktank that has to think like that otherwise I would shoot myself in the face with glee.

I hope all are flops and they loose tons of money.

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mrdarklight writes:
on Feb 21 2008 01:22 PM

I can't wait to miss all of these movies.

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incredible_hulk writes:
on Feb 21 2008 01:32 PM

i hope they all bomb in theaters just for them being stupid

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sickofitall writes:
on Feb 21 2008 01:34 PM

In reply to this comment (#1591093)
creep ya you are a creep

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quietus28 writes:
on Feb 21 2008 01:37 PM

A shoe, a car, a thimble, and an iron all inherit a lot of money. They wander around, buying each other out, going past a place called Go, until one of them owns everything and the rest commit suicide.

As an aside, I wonder if a Monopoly movie could reference some of the material that has transcended the game, like the idea of a "get out of jail free" card. I would bet $100 right now that if they make a Monopoly movie, one of the characters will have a self-referential line like that in it.

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Coyote22 writes:
on Feb 21 2008 01:44 PM

"Candy Land" directed by Tim Burton and starring Johnny Depp, umm wait a minute here...

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Coyote22 writes:
on Feb 21 2008 01:46 PM

In reply to this comment (#1592073)
Haven't we already seen this one?

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JackHorner1979 writes:
on Feb 21 2008 02:08 PM

Monopoly won't happen. Too many actors will fight to play the "car".

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Lighthope writes:
on Feb 21 2008 02:31 PM

I'm waiting for Tic Tac Toe: The Motion Picture.

Pearls of Wisdom - "Anyone who wants power should immediately relinquish it." - The Doctor (Doctor Who: Profit of Doom)

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Silverevilchao writes:
on Feb 21 2008 02:32 PM

" Let's not forget that this has been done before. Pokemon, anyone? The whole point of the movie/tv show was to sell the game."

Yeah...except that the TV/Movies were so different from their original source material that they became their own entity.

Show = Action, Game = Turn-Based RPG.

That, and they ACTUALLY HAD MATERIAL TO GO OFF OF.

I mean, you have characters, you have narrative, you have plots, and you have a goal, all of which are in the Poke'mon games. Try getting THAT out of MONO-F***ING-POLY.

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Ashron writes:
on Feb 21 2008 03:01 PM

Yeah, the only one of these that might stand a chance (albeit slim) of being good would be Magic, because there is a great amount of source material and back story. But they screwed up Dungeons & Dragons, so they'd probably bone up a Magic movie too.

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arendr writes:
on Feb 21 2008 03:59 PM

In reply to this comment (#1592100)
"I mean, you have characters, you have narrative, you have plots, and you have a goal, all of which are in the Poke'mon games. Try getting THAT out of MONO-F***ING-POLY."

I'm not defending the studios here, but technically you do have that stuff in Monopoly just as you do in Pokemon. Think about it.

Characters: the car, the shoe, the iron are all based off of prototypical characters in the business world.
Plots and goal: well, the goal is to make money. trust me, they'll squeeze some sort of plot out of this.
Narrative: we play games because they're a microcosm of our world through competition. it's very much the same as with a video game or a sport.

Now the problem with this is they will really have to work hard to make it interesting at all. My whole point was that Pokemon was an attempt to capitalize on the easily addicted nature of children. These thought process behind these movies is likely the same.

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