"Battleship: The Movie" or "Yes, this is a real thing"

[Kerensky287]

By Milton Bradley. And Liam Neeson. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GzWXCcCnivY)

Quick summary for those of you not in a position to see the trailer:

The main character (a hot-blooded navy prodigy) is dating the daughter of Liam Neeson (no-nonsense admiral). Some shit goes down, main character gets CHEWED OUT, and then right before he gets fired or something, they find - oh shit - ALIENS.

The humans can only shoot one target at a time because, y'know, alien shields. The alien projectiles are colored pegs. I shit you not.

Rihanna's gonna be in it too apparently.

MOVIE OF THE YEAR

[The Sevenshot Kid]

Rihanna's gonna be in it too apparently.

As many of my friends would say, "I'd sink my battleship into that."

[Julford Hajime]

The more I think about just how utterly ridiculous this movie is, the more excited I get about it.

Like it seems to be trying too hard to be one of those "So bad it's good" movies, but at the same time the attempt at trying too hard is more hialrious than anything else.

[Karrrrrrrrrrrresche]

I'm pretty sure I made a post about how such a movie would go a long time ago.
If they stole my idea I'm gonna have to press charges.

[Magus]

Still prefer the Colbert version (http://www.hulu.com/watch/97344/the-colbert-report-tipwag-guns-on-amtrak-fake-lesbians-and-battleship-audition#s-p1-st-i1).

[synkr0nized]

Huh.

Maybe there's hope for that Minesweeper movie after all.

[EVILNess]

Huh.

Maybe there's hope for that Minesweeper movie after all.

Candyland, starring Vin Deisal as Gloppy the Molasses Monster, Salma Hayek as Queen Frostine , and Nicholas Cage as the Duke of Swirl. 2013.

[phil_]

Candyland, starring Vin Deisal as Gloppy the Molasses Monster, Salma Hayek as Queen Frostine , and Nicholas Cage as the Duke of Swirl. 2013.I'd much rather have some Japanese animation company (maybe A-1, I dunno) do a cutesy interpretation in the same vein as the Animal Crossing movie.
Huh.

Maybe there's hope for that Minesweeper movie after all.There will be no minesweeper movie! No movie could possibly capture the depth and elegance of minesweeper in two hours!

[tacticslion]

Dudes. This is Milton Bradley. Making a movie. I'm watching it.

I take it none of you guys've ever seen Clue (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NHEpuz_gUGM)?

Best. Board-game. Movie. Ever.

Much better than some other movie I could mention based on a board game (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6h2s6o3E8fA). I give it even odds.

*No, I'm not confusing Milton (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milton_Bradley) Bradley (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milton_Bradley_Company) with Parker (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_S._Parker) Brothers (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parker_Brothers). Milton Bradley has a FAR superior track record to another game company: Wizards of the Coast (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wizards_of_the_Coast). None is, in fact, far better than anything WotC has officially published.

[Marc v4.0]

Nicholas Cage as the Duke of Swirl

Pretty sure that is already one of his titles.

[BitVyper]

As many of my friends would say, "I'd sink my battleship into that."

You should get new friends.

[The Sevenshot Kid]

You should get new friends.

They're all I got! Plus, you can't stop being friends with your teammates. That would make the relay races very awkward.

[synkr0nized]

Dudes. This is Milton Bradley. Making a movie. I'm watching it.

I take it none of you guys've ever seen Clue (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NHEpuz_gUGM)?

Best. Board-game. Movie. Ever.


The difference is that there are characters, story, and mystery interwoven with comedy there. Battleship is just a bunch of ships shooting at each other, and - as mentioned - involves giant pegs falling onto them. Yes, stellar.



Also, I thought maybe folks would know about the Minesweeper movie (http://www.collegehumor.com/video/2200127/elephant-larry-minesweeper---the-movie), but maybe it's old enough / people forgot / it wasn't obvious I meant that.

[Magus]

I figured it was such a classic that people had seen it and dismissed it out of hand as a viable idea, when in fact it would be the best video game movie ever pretty much out of the box by sheer default.