DOA Coming to the Theater Near You

pamri writes "DOA: Dead or Alive, the movie based on the Dead or Alive video game series is set to be released on August 25. The preview images and the trailer point to a more Charlies Angels 2 type fluff than a serious action movie. The girls are also seem friendlier with each other, in odds with the intense competition in the game." I tell people I bought a 360 for Oblivion. But I really bought it for the ladies of DOA.

Just What We Need

[Metabolife]

Another hollywood movie with absolutely no substance, and being based off a video game will probably condemn it to begin with. Does the MPAA actually blame pirating for declining sales?

What did you expect?

[interiot]

Dead or Alive's sole purpose seems to be to outdo Lara Croft for the most inaccurate representations of women in games. Did you really expect the movie version of that to have a whole lot of substance?

Ahem

[Rydia]

I present to you, ladies and gentlemen, the reason why no-one takes games (and by extension, gamers) seriously.

Congratulations, DoA-lady-fanciers! You're pathetic.

Re:DOA??

[Anonymous Coward]

The Command and Conquer series has the potential for a fun film or two.

It was hard enough trying to maintain suspension of disbelief in a game setting, never mind a movie. "Okay, we've penetrated to the heart of Moscow, first let's set up a mining operation in Red Square..."

Pam Anderson

[IflyRC]

Sounds like a cheesey Pam Anderson movie/tv series. Take a bit of "Barbwire","Charlie's Angels", and anything from the 70's jiggle television era and we're there.

Re:What did you expect?

[rovingeyes]

"...the most inaccurate representations of women..."

Its otherwise known as fantasy. Why would I want to pay 10 bucks to see ugly fat women in movies and games?

Re:Ahem

[Gulthek]

A lot of people take movies seriously, yet we have porn.

A lot of people take books seriouly, yet we have smut (or romance) novels.

A lot of people take video games seriously, yet we have DoA.

If anything, videogames have the tamest seedier side of any entertainment medium.

That said, I do enjoy playing Dead or Alive and enjoy looking at the ladies, especially Lei Fang. Although my wife and I prefer Soul Calibur for the better gameplay and better campy material. She likes to ogle Nightmare and play Voldo, I like to ogle Sophitia and play Mitsurugi.

Right now we are playing Dreamfall. I enjoy the attractive main character, while she really digs Reza's (the character's ex boyfriend) voice.

See how the medium can appeal to all? :-)

Not pretending

[El_Smack]

At least it's not a self-proclaimed "Serious Movie" that has the female actresses bare their breasts and shake their asses because "It's Important to the Plot".

It seems more honorable to me to sell the movie with "Hey buddy! Hot chix kicking ass, and you get a couple peeks at the goodies!"

Kinda like the Man Show, no pretentions, no redeeming values. Just girls on trampolines.

Only one Dead or Alive that matters...

[so1omon]

D.O.A [imdb.com] contains explicit portrayals of violence; sex; violent sex; sexual violence; clowns and violent scenes of violent excess, which are definitely not suitable for all audiences.

Re:Just What We Need

[mumblestheclown]

Actually, you defeat your own "insightful" (cough cough) observation with your use of the word "another." Hollywood has been making fluff movies since forever regardless of the selective-memory / myth of a golden age syndrome you suffer from.

But hell, this is slashdot. If it makes a dig at the MPAA/RIAA and/or justifies piracy, it's "insightful."

Re:Just What We Need

[capnchicken]

Resident Evil was the best video game movie I've ever seen. But don't get me wrong, I'm still waiting for the Mario Bros. sequel they alluded to at the end of the first one.

Yep, still waiting......

Re:Homeworld

[FuturePastNow]

One can argue that there's already a Homeworld TV show, since Homeworld was heavily influenced [wikia.com] by the original Battlestar Galactica series. Of couse, there are many other influences in Homeworld. Yes, it would make a good movie, though it would probably take a trilogy of films to do right.