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It being Hollywood, I think Aaron Eckhart would play a slick Kalinske. Maybe Sam Rockwell as Howard Lincoln?Quote:
Originally Posted by zetastrike
But it being a Seth Rogan flick, I figure it'll be something like Steve Carell as Lincoln and either Paul Rudd or Jason Segal as Kalinske.
That's if the flick is about the corporate side of things.
What a fuckin terrible idea.
I think it will show Sega in a positive light as a shit disturbing underdog. If it's anything like Moneyball brace yourselves Sega would get a big boost.
The book might be a good read.
If we're going to go the Lou Ferigno route.
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Following the success of The Accidental Billionaires and Moneyball comes Console Wars—a mesmerizing, behind-the-scenes business thriller that chronicles how Sega, a small, scrappy gaming company led by an unlikely visionary and a team of rebels, took on the juggernaut Nintendo and revolutionized the video game industry.In 1990, Nintendo had a virtual monopoly on the video game industry. Sega, on the other hand, was just a faltering arcade company with big aspirations and even bigger personalities. But that would all change with the arrival of Tom Kalinske, a man who knew nothing about videogames and everything about fighting uphill battles. His unconventional tactics, combined with the blood, sweat and bold ideas of his renegade employees, transformed Sega and eventually led to a ruthless David-and-Goliath showdown with rival Nintendo.
The battle was vicious, relentless, and highly profitable, eventually sparking a global corporate war that would be fought on several fronts: from living rooms and schoolyards to boardrooms and Congress. It was a once-in-a-lifetime, no-holds-barred conflict that pitted brother against brother, kid against adult, Sonic against Mario, and the US against Japan.
Based on over two hundred interviews with former Sega and Nintendo employees, Console Wars is the underdog tale of how Kalinske miraculously turned an industry punchline into a market leader. It’s the story of how a humble family man, with an extraordinary imagination and a gift for turning problems into competitive advantages, inspired a team of underdogs to slay a giant and, as a result, birth a $60 billion dollar industry.
Lol, Christuserloeser is going to LOVE this book. :p
Seriously though, I really do hope that the book isn't a Kalinske lovefest. There was a lot of groundwork set before he got there, and there were a lot of greatly talented people at SOA that made Sega's success happen. I hope they all got their due credit.
Why can't there a possibility that both sides can't be portrayed as a clusterfuck?
Bonus points that... well... it kind of really was a bit of a clusterfuck on both sides, let's be honest here. Anyone thinking the corporate world runs on well defined planned Chess clearly hasn't seen the corporate world, particularly that of pre-2000s gaming (and even then, the industry's barely improved). :p
I just hope it's full of talking dogs and/or babies. Those always make movies better.
Best you can hope for is a Crash Course History episode on the console war.Quote:
Originally Posted by Melf
Poetic license is generally fine, but the problem is that the film skews public perception of real people so heavily that it seems only fair to place some kind of disclaimer noting the liberties taken in framing the "battle." I had a number of arguments with friends in real life trying to convince them otherwise, but it didn't matter what I said because, after all, they just saw it for themselves on screen.Quote:
Originally Posted by cleeg
It's kinda how I feel reading general video game articles on-line. So much misinformation out there gets regurgitated until it gets accepted as fact. Whatever this movie details will become the new "correct" history in many peoples' minds.
Then we have the whole "CSI effect" which has apparently become a widespread nuisance in legal courts where people think you can just produce evidence like DNA tests on a whim.
The movie will undoubtedly be a Kalinske love fest because that's a simple story to tell. The book might be a little more informed.Quote:
Originally Posted by Melf
You know what actually might be better? A film adaptation of Steven L. Kent's "The Ultimate History Of Video Games". Much like "G4 Icons/Game Makers" and Machinma's "All Your History Are Belong To Us", it was my rock, my foundation towards becoming a "vintage" gamer. Ask anyone who's read it and they'll tell you point blank that it has more drama and depth than any big budget tv show could ever claim because it actually happened
IDK, just my two cents....
The movie in general is just boring. A bunch of dudes standing in front of arcade machines is boring so they had to play up another angle. I dont remember their being that much gameplay footage in the film.Quote:
Originally Posted by Benjamin