Bring Blaster Master To The Big Screen

[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="549"] Blaster Master was originally a video game, but would make for a great movie![/caption]

One of the biggest areas that Hollywood seems to have adequately neglected and replaceed with literally dozens upon dozens of remakes... are the movies that are based on video games... Don't get me wrong when I say that there truly are some impressive movies based on video games... There are some duds as well... But there are some truly fun ones that still need to be made!

So I am hopping that with this series, to bring awareness to Hollywood about the fact that it is not time yet for Hollywood to remake everything it has ever made... That time will come, but until then there are other avenues to exploit... And one of them being, 'movies based on video games!'

Another great example that I personally feel could be adapted to serve as both a great movie as well the classic NES video game that it already is, is the classic video game, 'Blaster Master' (1988).

[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="468"] Blaster Master... A great game, could be a great movie![/caption]

Now I will admit to the fact that unless you were born before about, '2000', then most people will have almost certain have forgotten about this killer game (the truth is, I hate to say it, but this game did not get a whole hell of a lot of recognition when it first came out either...)

Never the less, this video game would make an amazing movies... The reasons are as follow:

1. I think there are periods in general where, in Hollywood there is just not the right group of talent available to make a truly amazing Science Fiction movie (This may be the reason why there was literally, 'YEARS' between each of the early Alien movies...) But I think with the success of, Prometheus (2012), that, the time to strike for a Science Fiction movie, with a great cast, is now.

2. I think to really do this movie right, that up until recently the technology to make the special effects to the caliber necessary for such a great movie was not really available until recently.

3. And since the story is fairly well established in the video game, even with the usual, 'Hollywood' changes, it would be almost impossible to destroy the story for this story.

But don't take it from me, check out this clip from the video game, and lets get started with pre-production!

http://youtu.be/Wakyt-KtoBU

Blaster Master (1988) - Video Game Review

[caption id="attachment_557" align="alignright" width="307"] Official Score = 3 1/2 Devils[/caption]

Don't get me wrong there are ton of truly awesome games out there today, and I would even go so far as to say that at least technologically that all the games that are coming out today are far superior then the games we used to play back in the 80s & early 90s, but for my money, there is still something truly awesome about setting down to play around of, 'Mega Man', or trying your hand at, 'Space Harrier 2'  or any of the other countless classics that are floating out there today!

Now I suppose I ought to tell you guys why I am mentioning this... Well before I answer that, let me pose a question to you... Is there a video game that you played when you were a kid, that may have not particularly been the best game that was out there then, but was still so truly awesome that it was almost like... Your dirty little secret?

[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="580"] 'Jason' taking off for his destiny![/caption]

Well for me that game was, 'Blaster Master' (1988)... This run and gun style Sci-fi game that was developed and released by Sunsoft for the NES, told the story of Jason a boy whom after chasing his frog down a hole comes to discover basically a tank by the name of, 'Sophia The 3rd'... This tank was specifically designed to destroy mutants, so Jason ends up mounting the weaponized Vehicle and takes off after the mutants and to destroy their leader!

[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="300"] Mutants beware![/caption]

In the end I ended up finding out about this game from a friend of mine back in the late 80s, and when I tried it at his house, I have to admit that I freakin loved it!

You see this game has (for it's day), some amazing graphics, and being able to play as both the tank and the kid is an awful lot of fun, and surprisingly easy... (A little to easy in some cases... If you don't watch out, some times after jumping on to another platform you can end up rolling off by mistake...) But the music was great, and the bad guys (both boss and regular) were a lot of fun...

I guess really my main issue is with the controls being a little to easy (like I had mentioned just above), because the truth is, is that there are moments when the movements of your guy just go out of your control...

But in the end, this game is truly a blast, and if you get a chance to try it out, I think you might find the same thing as well!

http://youtu.be/Wakyt-KtoBU