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New plot for Splinter Cell film Comments by Tom Bramwell

4 January, 2006

Sam is now a cartoon badger.

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EvolutionSkippedUSA
04/01/06 @ 10:12
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Dwayne Johnson Rocks. Ahem.

/Watches tumbleweed roll by.

/Gets coat.

/Leaves. Ashamed.
Eighthours
04/01/06 @ 10:16
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Uh-oh, this spells trouble! Basically dumping your source material is very rarely a good thing in the movie world!
Flightrisker
04/01/06 @ 10:21
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I presume Clancy's writing the plot

/yawns
Lagto_Soa
04/01/06 @ 10:30
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Peter Berg nobbed Linda Fiorentino in The Last Seduction. Fair play to 'im.
rinoaMW
04/01/06 @ 10:39
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at least Uwe Boll hasn't sniffed out this one :)
Talha
04/01/06 @ 10:42
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Well at least Uwe Boll would make it so bad it would be interesting. By the way, they would be better off focusing on the game's plot, but I hate it when movie 'adaptations' of games change the basic premise of a game, and take away any of its hook. I am looking at you, Doom.
feinry
04/01/06 @ 11:00
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i didn't know berg was a director as well
can't remember the movies he played in, but i def remember his face
he directed Rocks in the jungle movie? was it any good?
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Cyhwuhx
04/01/06 @ 11:02
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.::: If it's Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell, why has someone else written the novels?

Unless of course the "Tom Clancy's" mark is just a marketing thing. But, heaven forbid, that couldn't possibly be true right?
bdaggers
04/01/06 @ 11:06
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YAY ! more badgers in games, thats what I say.

/hasn`t read the article - doesn`t want illusions shattered.
Kami
04/01/06 @ 11:51
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No mushrooms or snakes, then?
asphaltcowboy
04/01/06 @ 12:00
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Clancy hasn't written any Splinter Cell books... so I doubt he'll be writing the plot or script, though I'm sure someone could make a decent screenplay out of most things he writes...
Bumbuliuz
04/01/06 @ 12:01
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Berg used to be an actor on Chicago Hope after that he turned to directing. I can point out 2 good movies he has doen. Very Bad Thing with Cristian Slater and Friday Night Lights with Billy Bob Thornton and also he did the flick with the Rock The Rundown. Nice re-search EG. He has a good rep as a director. Saying he is the perfect pick for this film is another matter. Time will tell.
Carpathian
04/01/06 @ 12:22
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I read this thread purely due to the badger reference.

I now feel cheated - can I have my money back, please ?
Dire
04/01/06 @ 12:47
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Berg was also in collateral and copland.

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reality_cheque
04/01/06 @ 12:50
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"actor Dwayne Johnson"?!?!?

I would not call that acting. Next you'll be telling me Hulk Hogan was 'acting' in Suburban Commando!
Royal Fool
04/01/06 @ 12:56
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When Ubisoft bought out Red Storm, they kept the rights to use the "Tom Clancy" brand name as well. I suppose Clancy earns a nice sum for having his name attached to all those products... he doesn't write much of the stuff that has the brand name these days, instead just "coming up with the ideas" and then letting other ghost writers take care of the details.
Kostabi
04/01/06 @ 13:02
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Benson really gets the shaft with his novels, I haven't read any of his Splinter Cell stuff but if it's anything like the Bond books he writes then no doubt they are very good. Great movie material, right there.

Are you listening Eon Productions? Use his stuff you bastards!

/spits on Die Another Day.
Kosumo
04/01/06 @ 22:23
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Peter Berg's Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: The Official Move of the Game

There a nice simple title to round it all up.

Honestly I reckon Mr. Johnson's acting was quite good in Doom, a lot better than some of his earlier attemps and is definatly making some progress. It's just hard to shake that "Rock" image off (still pretty fucking hard when he keeps that name too).

And yes, in an unlrelated note: There most definatly should be more badgers in games.. and movies. With Mushrooms.
Kami
05/01/06 @ 03:07
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And snakes. Don't forget the snakes.
UncleLou
05/01/06 @ 07:27
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Now he would make a good Sam Fisher. :p
Lagto_Soa
05/01/06 @ 10:54
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No, here's the man for the job.

No mugshot? A travesty!
Xune
05/01/06 @ 13:18
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How about the guy that actually does the voice for Sam and is a competent actor, Michael Ironside.

Ooohhhh, controversial!
Lagto_Soa
05/01/06 @ 14:41
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Only problem being that Michael Ironside's in his 50s. I thought he was a competent actor as well until I saw Highlander II - oh yeah, and The Next Karate Kid, which was (astoundingly) even worse.
Xune
05/01/06 @ 17:30
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Oh no, actor makes bad film shocker! That's never happened before.

And seriously, what does Ironsides age have to do with it? Prosthetics can make a middle agaed white woman look like a black teanager, are you telling me that hollywood can't make a 50 year old man look like a 40 year old man?
Lagto_Soa
05/01/06 @ 17:41
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He's 55. And what would be the point of prosthetics when you could just cast someone closer to the right age? Someone who might actually have some 2006 audience pulling power, at that?

As for his films, he seems to be one of those decent actors who'll sign up for any old shite just for a laugh, so his bad-to-good film ratio is a wee bit higher than most.
Xune
05/01/06 @ 17:47
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Who went to see Doom? Doom fans. Who went to see Resident Evil? RE fans, who's going to see Splinter Cell? Hmmm, that's a toughie. The pulling power is the game to movie crossover, not the actors.

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