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lewattoo Fly Air Madeline from Planet Auguste Since: Apr, 2013 Relationship Status: Maxing my social links
Fly Air Madeline
#1701: Apr 27th 2014 at 10:24:12 AM

Bump because this is my favorite forum game. tongue

"I'll show you all of Paris, I'll take you on a tour, we'll go up and up and up so high they'll long for an encore!"
RatherRandomRachel "Just as planned." from Somewhere underground. Since: Sep, 2013
"Just as planned."
#1702: Apr 27th 2014 at 10:37:12 AM

It ends up hugely confused because it can't decide whether to go back or not.

Neon Genesis Evangelion as done by by Pixar with the cast of Fruits Basket

"Did you expect somebody else?"
PhysicalStamina (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Coming soon to theaters
#1703: Apr 27th 2014 at 11:57:32 AM

It's only very slightly Lighter and Softer, but still rather dark for a kids' film. Some things obviously had to be edited out, but the themes are still about the same, and its about as faithful to the series as it possibly could be. Diehard fans hate it for the edited content and toned down violence, but others still like it for what it is, and even sometimes argue that it's better than the original due to being backed by an actual budget this time.

Butch Hartman and Yoshio Sakamoto's Batman Arkham Asylum

It's one thing to make a spectacle. It's another to make a difference.
Bluesunnyday Big Scientist from The Blue Lagoon Since: Apr, 2011
Big Scientist
#1704: Apr 27th 2014 at 12:07:41 PM

Batman is an average dude, that no one understands. Mom and dad are both dead, The Joker's really an asshat. Doom and gloom down in his cave,

Etc etc etc...

Surgeon Simulator 2013, The Musical

Blue Pacific, signing off...
RatherRandomRachel "Just as planned." from Somewhere underground. Since: Sep, 2013
"Just as planned."
#1705: Apr 27th 2014 at 12:14:36 PM

The first song is 'I am the very model of a modern heart surgeon' and becomes Black Comedy mixed with Vulgar Humour.

Dora The Explorer as done by David Lynch

edited 27th Apr '14 12:14:48 PM by RatherRandomRachel

"Did you expect somebody else?"
Dimentiosome! A guy that loves writing but sucks at it. :P from Saskatoon, eh? Since: Feb, 2014 Relationship Status: Holding out for a hero
A guy that loves writing but sucks at it. :P
#1706: Apr 27th 2014 at 12:25:11 PM

[up][up]Fairly Oddparents?

Essentially the same plot, but Dora gets head trauma 1/4 the way in and begins suspecting everyone is plotting against her. Slowly but surely, she goes insane...

Mona Lisa: The video game (based on the movie (based on the painting))

edited 27th Apr '14 12:25:29 PM by Dimentiosome!

It's just like learning, but times three; it's your Kafeenafé. Mind screw? Yes. Awesome? Yes.
foxmccloud4387 Since: Mar, 2011
#1707: Apr 27th 2014 at 12:34:56 PM

Based on the critically acclaimed film from last year, Mona Lisa is a puzzle game/visual novel where a hapless young man from Milan learns that the subject of da Vinci's most iconic self portrait is really the keystone to Europe's ensured survival. Once oddities start appearing all over the continent, the protagonist must look for clues to discover who the woman really is...

Transformers: The Cookbook

edited 27th Apr '14 12:35:35 PM by foxmccloud4387

nigelstack345 Let's dance, boys! from Subspace Since: Dec, 2010 Relationship Status: THIS CONCEPT OF 'WUV' CONFUSES AND INFURIATES US!
Let's dance, boys!
#1708: Apr 27th 2014 at 12:38:06 PM

Every recipe on the book either cooks up an explosion, oil/metal mixes, or loud noises. Megan Fox also appears in every page.

Super Smash Bros: The Live TV show

Vote. .#Bayonetta 4 Smash
RatherRandomRachel "Just as planned." from Somewhere underground. Since: Sep, 2013
"Just as planned."
#1709: Apr 27th 2014 at 12:52:11 PM

It's essentially lots of fighting and is told by a large Italian man who can't make heads or tails of what's going on, and has to explain it as well as he can. As a Drama series.

The Legend Of Zelda as done by Pier Paolo Pasolini.

"Did you expect somebody else?"
arcanephoenix Resident Bollywood Nerd from Bombay(BOMBAY!), India Since: Sep, 2011 Relationship Status: RelationshipOutOfBoundsException: 1
Resident Bollywood Nerd
#1710: Apr 30th 2014 at 12:15:07 PM

Think Link roaming around Skyrim, complete with all the obscene details of bodily waste disposal and sexual intercourse and varied sexual acts. He then has an orgy with a number of Zelda clones, which seems to provide a subliminal message about the state of the world and human depravity and a deep sense of... pathos?

The game is divisive - some consider it proof that video games are the spawn of Satan and Cthulhu, while others state that video games are finally considered high art.

Death Note, directed by Quentin Tarantino.

edited 30th Apr '14 12:17:17 PM by arcanephoenix

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Jinxmenow Ghosts N' Stuff Remix from everywhere you look, everywhere you look Since: Oct, 2012 Relationship Status: Not caught up in your love affair
Ghosts N' Stuff Remix
#1711: Apr 30th 2014 at 5:30:35 PM

The same, but more, basically. There's the same level of planning, but complimented by over-the-top violence, shootouts, car chases, et cetera. Some people are upset that there is now a large amount of action shoved into the finely crafted plot. Some people say it allows people who might not otherwise enjoy the show to be lured in by Tarantino's action and then come to appreciate the gambits and excitement (and of course Tarantino's action is as strong as ever). What everybody can agree on is that animation suits Tarantino well, considering he was already larger than life to begin with.

Dark Souls, the Ralph Bakshi animated film.

"Monsters are tragic beings. They are born too tall, too strong, too heavy. They are not evil by choice. That is their tragedy."
lewattoo Fly Air Madeline from Planet Auguste Since: Apr, 2013 Relationship Status: Maxing my social links
Fly Air Madeline
#1712: Apr 30th 2014 at 8:21:36 PM

The plot is about an unnamed man in knight-like attire roaming a pseudo-medieval Earth after a nuclear holocaust. Animation is choppy and often nonexistant and is usually saved for the graphic decapitation scenes. Scenery is expressionistic and there is sparse dialogue, mostly from the attackers. This film is reportedly Bakshi's most personal work.

LazyTown: The Darker and Edgier Retool by Peter Gabriel

edited 30th Apr '14 8:48:30 PM by lewattoo

"I'll show you all of Paris, I'll take you on a tour, we'll go up and up and up so high they'll long for an encore!"
SKJAM Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Baby don't hurt me!
#1713: May 2nd 2014 at 5:46:46 AM

The primary difference in the plotlines is that the ill effects of laziness and poor eating are actually shown. On camera. Also, sometimes people actually get mildly hurt by Robbie's schemes. The music is great, with compositions from all over the world. The real horrible bit is that Sportacus' new actor is a complete dud—athletic, yes, but with no charisma. People buy the soundtrack album, not the videos.

Kill la Kill the live action adaptation by Alfred Hitchcock.

edited 2nd May '14 5:48:11 AM by SKJAM

RatherRandomRachel "Just as planned." from Somewhere underground. Since: Sep, 2013
"Just as planned."
#1714: May 2nd 2014 at 8:24:21 AM

It essentially plays clothes as horrific eldritch items which are something only the main characters can see - they have to break free while others don't get what they're fighting against.

Sword Art Online as done by Seltzer and Friedberg

"Did you expect somebody else?"
Jinxmenow Ghosts N' Stuff Remix from everywhere you look, everywhere you look Since: Oct, 2012 Relationship Status: Not caught up in your love affair
Ghosts N' Stuff Remix
#1715: May 2nd 2014 at 9:07:25 AM

"More like bored-art-online, amirite?"

"Oh, snap, playa! My black ass!"

The Guns Of The South as a Don Bluth animated musical.

"Monsters are tragic beings. They are born too tall, too strong, too heavy. They are not evil by choice. That is their tragedy."
lewattoo Fly Air Madeline from Planet Auguste Since: Apr, 2013 Relationship Status: Maxing my social links
Fly Air Madeline
#1716: May 22nd 2014 at 12:32:28 PM

The movie is notable for being the first Disney-esque animated film with villain protagonists who win. The entire film plays out like a 1990s Disney animated movie from the perspective of the villains, with the South singing extravagant songs about death and destruction of the insufferable goody-goody north. The "gun" is not an AK-47, but a magic wand given to the protagonists by a time-travelling wizard and his array of funny animal compatriots. Don Bluth's artistic choices make every fight scene look like a flurry of sparks and neon lights.

War and Peace as a family-friendly 3D platformer by 1990s Rare

"I'll show you all of Paris, I'll take you on a tour, we'll go up and up and up so high they'll long for an encore!"
Smasher from The 1830's, but without the racists (Don’t ask) Relationship Status: The best thing that ever happened to a bum like me
#1717: Jul 10th 2014 at 11:46:10 AM

Rare didn't read the book because it was too long, as a result the entire thing is about talking animals collecting everything to meet demands for the villain. The game ends with the villain making a joke about how unfaithful it is before his disney villain death.

My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic: The Friendship Express, sponsored by Mountain Dew and Doritos, and featuring Dante from the Devil May Cry series.

MobileLeprechaun In Perpetual Finality from Grayrock, TX Since: Aug, 2009 Relationship Status: Yes, I'm alone, but I'm alone and free
In Perpetual Finality
#1718: Jul 10th 2014 at 11:51:40 AM

The movie is, in and of itself, mediocre, with Dante only making a brief appearance and having five lines of dialogue, but ardent fans soon realize that it contains hidden messages. An ARG is spawned, and 4channers later uncover that the whole thing was a massive viral marketing ploy for Hasbro's unprecedented official MLP: FiM hentai dating sim. The entire internet goes down for several days due to the overwhelming neckbeard uproar.

Death Note on Ice!

make it through this year if it kills you yet | 2001-2019
Boxen whatever he can Since: Jan, 2013
whatever he can
#1719: Jul 10th 2014 at 11:54:02 AM

It turns out that L doesn't want to find Kira because of the Death Note, but because he wants to dance with him. And sing.

Hitman as written by Stephenie Meyer.

edited 10th Jul '14 11:54:12 AM by Boxen

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lewattoo Fly Air Madeline from Planet Auguste Since: Apr, 2013 Relationship Status: Maxing my social links
Fly Air Madeline
#1720: Jul 10th 2014 at 12:15:31 PM

The game is a TPS/dating sim hybrid centering around a mafia member and his relationship to a young teenage girl. The game chronicles how the mafia member's relationship to the girl convinced him to turn away from his life of crime and join the FBI. The mafia member goes from a charismatic and interesting character to a paper-thin sex object in the process.

[down] Ahem.

Spider-Man anime made by Studio Gainax

edited 10th Jul '14 2:03:47 PM by lewattoo

"I'll show you all of Paris, I'll take you on a tour, we'll go up and up and up so high they'll long for an encore!"
SKJAM Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Baby don't hurt me!
#1721: Jul 10th 2014 at 12:17:36 PM

The book is told from the viewpoint of a quirkily beautiful young woman who is the only one who notices Agent 47 is different from the other students at their college. He turns out to be attracted to her as she is the one woman he has ever had emotions about. The story ends with her marrying 47 and becoming a hitperson herself. It's a better love story than Twilight, but still does not please fans of the games, and flatly contradicts the other novels' continuity.

Super Friends, Live action TV series by the writers and producers of Game of Thrones but without George R.R. Martin.

arcanephoenix Resident Bollywood Nerd from Bombay(BOMBAY!), India Since: Sep, 2011 Relationship Status: RelationshipOutOfBoundsException: 1
Resident Bollywood Nerd
#1722: Jul 10th 2014 at 2:55:14 PM

S 1 E 1 ends with Bruce Wayne falling on his parents after being pushed from a height after seeing Superman in a tryst with Wonder Dog. The series makes the characters extremely different, but only slightly less one note, in lushly variant and well shot surroundings, from the space headquarters to the lower dregs of Gotham City.

In all honesty, it could work; Weiss and Benioff are masters of Adaptation Distillation and it may not be too different from the original.

Game of Thrones, directed by Michael Bay.

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MaplePlatoon (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#1723: Jul 10th 2014 at 3:44:51 PM

Almost all the character deaths are retconned into being caused by explosions, and somehow the US Army saves the day.

Meteos, the 1970's sci-fi b-movie!

Aldo930 Professional Moldy Fig/Curmudgeon from Quahog, R.I. Since: Aug, 2013
Professional Moldy Fig/Curmudgeon
#1724: Jul 10th 2014 at 3:45:51 PM

[up][up] There are explosions and giant robots in a medieval setting. It's the worst thing anyone's seen in years. It makes a hundred billion dollars.

Barney And Friends meets Friday The13th.

edited 10th Jul '14 3:46:01 PM by Aldo930

"They say I'm old fashioned, and live in the past, but sometimes I think progress progresses too fast."
PhysicalStamina (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Coming soon to theaters
#1725: Jul 10th 2014 at 4:17:29 PM

Instead of killing people, Jason now hits them! How vile! Can Barney and his ragtag team of small children bring this menace to justice?

Kill la Kill by the original writing team of Spongebob Squarepants.

edited 10th Jul '14 4:17:36 PM by PhysicalStamina

It's one thing to make a spectacle. It's another to make a difference.

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