I'm writing a CGI Mario movie for Disney

[IloveJeffDunham]

Sounds good, but Ray Earl Jones should voice Yoshi.

Is he related to James Earl Jones?

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Pity, isn't it?

If you're talking about me...I don't care, I'm just writing one movie

[X-3]

Though you'll have to get someone else for Luigi and Waluigi, Robin Wiliams and Adam Sandler will be too busy playing Eggman and Sonic respectively in my Sonic movie by Universal Studios, directed by Christopher Nolan. Don't think of bringing in Kenan Thompson or Shia Labeouf though, they're playing Knuckles and Tails.

[VG_Addict]

Oh...voice actors...as in people who don't show up on screen, don't get paid much, not as recognizable, don't walk the red carpet or get an Oscar nomination

You honestly expect this to be nominated for an Oscar? Dude, you're writing a CGI movie for a VIDEO GAME CHARACTER. You're not writing the next Citizen Kane. Let's try to be a little more realistic.

[b l a n k]

Never heard of any of them

Perhaps, then, you should broaden your horizon, because I know who John DiMaggio is, and he's in my fantasy cast for Donkey Kong: Nintendo's First as the voice of Misc. Kritters.

On an irrelevant note, I've also got Mr. T as DK and Simon Helberg as Diddy. Come on, man. A big, burly black guy and a nebbishy Woody Allen-type playing off each other. Now THAT would be comedy!

DIDDY: Hey, hey, take it easy! You're forgetting about K. Rool...
DK: I pity K. Rool!

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Oh...voice actors...as in people who don't show up on screen, don't get paid much, not as recognizable, don't walk the red carpet or get an Oscar nomination

Does getting an Oscar matter that much to you?

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Let's try to be a little more realistic.

I know this guy. Realistic isn't even in his vocabulary.

[IloveJeffDunham]

You honestly expect this to be nominated for an Oscar? Dude, you're writing a CGI movie for a VIDEO GAME CHARACTER. You're not writing the next Citizen Kane. Let's try to be a little more realistic.

Beauty and the Beast, Toy Story 3, and Up were nominated for Best Picture

[b l a n k]

But you're missing the point, dude! Those movies aren't about video games! Movies based on video games have been historically frowned upon by all the Ebert-types.

[IloveJeffDunham]

But you're missing the point, dude! Those movies aren't about video games! Movies based on video games have been historically frowned upon by all the Ebert-types.

Maybe it's because those kind of movies fit better in animation, like my video game film is animation... CGI animation like the games

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I am doing my best to be realistic as possible

[b l a n k]

Maybe it's because those kind of movies fit better in animation, like my video game film is animation... CGI animation like the games

I am doing my best to be realistic as possible

1. No, no, you’re still missing the point. The point is, REGARDLESS OF ANIMATION STYLE, IT’S STILL A MOVIE BASED ON A VIDEO GAME. Movies based on pre-existing franchises - live action, animated, or made of LEGO - have always been seen as the definition of low-brow entertainment.

Succeeding in Hollywood requires years of hard work and making connections (which neither you nor I have, but there you go), and yet, you're acting like you can get this sold any time tomorrow. If you think being able to succeed off of just one script is as easy as 1-2-3-I-became-a-millionaire-by-the-time-I-graduated-high-school, you seriously have no idea how Hollywood works! Have you learned nothing since we last met?

2. Elaborate on what you think "realistic" means, won't you?

[The Flattest Pancake]

Everything Colonel said right there. Video game movies can be successful (e.g. Wreck-It Ralph).

But that wasn't chock full of Oscar-grade actors/actresses.

[DarkZero]

Wreck-It Ralph was less a movie about a video game than it was a movie set in a video game world, though.

[The Flattest Pancake]

Wreck-It Ralph was less a movie about a video game than it was a movie set in a video game world, though.

True, very true.

I guess it is very tough to find a video game movie that wasn't bad. Not everyone wants Doom starring The Rock or Super Mario Brothers starring Dennis Hopper.

[b l a n k]

Wreck-It Ralph was less a movie about a video game than it was a movie set in a video game world, though.

Pretty much. I've seen films that are self-reflexive about the film industry, but Ralph is self-reflexive with regards to the video game industry.

[IloveJeffDunham]

1. No, no, you’re still missing the point. The point is, REGARDLESS OF ANIMATION STYLE, IT’S STILL A MOVIE BASED ON A VIDEO GAME. Movies based on pre-existing franchises - live action, animated, or made of LEGO - have always been seen as the definition of low-brow entertainment.

Succeeding in Hollywood requires years of hard work and making connections (which neither you nor I have, but there you go), and yet, you're acting like you can get this sold any time tomorrow. If you think being able to succeed off of just one script is as easy as 1-2-3-I-became-a-millionaire-by-the-time-I-graduated-high-school, you seriously have no idea how Hollywood works! Have you learned nothing since we last met?

2. Elaborate on what you think "realistic" means, won't you?

Do you honestly think I'm that cocky?

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1. No, no, you’re still missing the point. The point is, REGARDLESS OF ANIMATION STYLE, IT’S STILL A MOVIE BASED ON A VIDEO GAME. Movies based on pre-existing franchises - live action, animated, or made of LEGO - have always been seen as the definition of low-brow entertainment.

Succeeding in Hollywood requires years of hard work and making connections (which neither you nor I have, but there you go), and yet, you're acting like you can get this sold any time tomorrow. If you think being able to succeed off of just one script is as easy as 1-2-3-I-became-a-millionaire-by-the-time-I-graduated-high-school, you seriously have no idea how Hollywood works! Have you learned nothing since we last met?

2. Elaborate on what you think "realistic" means, won't you?

Realistic means creative

[The Flattest Pancake]

Realistic means creative

Yes, but not too creative. Being creative is a good thing, but if you want to be realistic, you have to tone it down a bit.

[DarkZero]

^Except no. Many people believe that realism and creativity are opposing ends of the same scale, when they are, in fact, two perpendicular scales.

[IloveJeffDunham]

Yes, but not too creative. Being creative is a good thing, but if you want to be realistic, you have to tone it down a bit.

I am by not following the games too much, I'm trying to follow them as close as I can

[Random User]

Realistic means creative

No, it means "Having or showing a sensible and practical idea of what can be achieved or expected."

So I see where you went wrong.

[b l a n k]

Do you honestly think I'm that cocky?

No, I’m not saying you’re cocky BY NATURE as much as you are ACTING cocky. What a person is by nature and how a person acts are two distinct concepts. Also, your first post drips with blind confidence because it doesn’t say anything like, “Maybe, maybe not, we’ll never know,” as my first post does. In Hollywood, as in all art, it’s a lot about probabilities.

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Yes, but not too creative. Being creative is a good thing, but if you want to be realistic, you have to tone it down a bit.

Don’t go there, dude. He will hit you over the head with “I’m trying to be original!” until the cows come home.

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No, it means "Having or showing a sensible and practical idea of what can be achieved or expected."

So I see where you went wrong.

Ding ding ding! You got one right! May I take Disney Mario Movie with All A-List Cast Improbability for $200, Alex?

[Tyler]

It....it just can't happen.

[IloveJeffDunham]

No, it means "Having or showing a sensible and practical idea of what can be achieved or expected."

So I see where you went wrong.

And that's what I'm doing in this movie