Comments on: Line Between Ironic Humor and Fact Finally Collapses: Midway’s Joust Adaptation Official

By: Gav-star

Gav-star — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 16:10:20 +0000

Still waiting for ‘Elite’ the movie

By: drmagoo

drmagoo — Wed, 05 Sep 2007 15:57:38 +0000

Hey, I used to watch Q-Bert.

The only way this movie will be passably good will be if it’s actually just video of the game.

By: Pete

Pete — Wed, 05 Sep 2007 13:28:21 +0000

I’m sorry, but even a day later, I’m still a bit bewildered. Who wakes up one morning and thinks: “You know what would make a cool movie? Joust.” Probably the same person who came up with the Q-Bert cartoon. “Hey, you know that game where you jump around on cubes? That would be an awesome show!”

Someday, we’ll come to our senses and grind up network and studio executives for meat.

By: carpboy

carpboy — Wed, 05 Sep 2007 05:47:41 +0000

Now that Transformers has come and gone while I spent most of the production cycle basically closing my eyes with my hands over my ears singing LA LA LA LA LA, I guess I need something new to do that for.

By: Tyrell

Tyrell — Wed, 05 Sep 2007 00:17:35 +0000

Optimistic until the cast Shia Labeouf as the knight and J. Lo as the ostrich.

Okay, I’ll stop now.

By: Sean

Sean — Tue, 04 Sep 2007 20:50:29 +0000

I remain optimistic that this will blow my socks off… oh who am I kidding.

By: Daniel Swensen

Daniel Swensen — Tue, 04 Sep 2007 20:23:37 +0000

I keep mercifully forgetting about Wing Commander. Damn you Dr. Pete.

By: Pete

Pete — Tue, 04 Sep 2007 20:20:30 +0000

That may contend with Wing Commander and the entire Resident Evil series for worst video-game adaptation.

By: Daniel Swensen

Daniel Swensen — Tue, 04 Sep 2007 18:55:48 +0000

I actually didn’t mind Knight’s Tale. Not a great movie, but an entertaining one. It had the temerity to do away with the traditional orchestral score (which is just as anachronistic as the classic rock they did put in) and they make some pretty up-level jokes that would be easy to miss if you didn’t study English literature. They even make a Simon the Summoner joke.

I’m going to go out on a limb and predict Joust will be devoid of such humor.

By: Tyrell

Tyrell — Tue, 04 Sep 2007 18:52:44 +0000

Didn’t they already make this? I think it was called A Knights Tale. It had one of those gay cowboys in it. Not the one with the hot sister, the other one. And it had that guy from the Illusionist too. Not Edward Norton, not Paul Giamatti, the bad actor with the bug eyes. Rufus Sewer or something. And Wash, it had Wash in it too.