Where Do Video Game Adaptations Go Wrong | Ep 305

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Tomb Raider is finally here. A reboot of the Angelina Jolie franchise, many still have no idea that those films and now this new one are based on a very successful video game series. The problem is this: while books have numerous critically and commercially successful films adapted from their works, and comic books have followed suit the last decade, video game adaptations are notoriously deemed poor imitations at best. If not bad, mediocre, and if not mediocre, simply not respected. So the question is this: Why can studios not seem to grasp how to properly adapt a video game to the screen?

Also this week: Walking Dead’s waning numbers, OJ Saying it wasn’t me it was the one armed man. Reviews of Thoroughbreds, Strangers, and Jessica Jones Season 2.

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Discussed on this episode of The Hollywood Outsider Movie and TV Podcast:

(0:00 – 25:22) Film and TV Discussion: Walking Dead’s waning numbers and when should we give up on shows, OJ’s imaginary friend may have been the killer, Let's see where this goes

(25:23 – 42:13) Review‖ Thoroughbreds, The Strangers Prey at Night, and Jessica Jones Season 2 , Upcoming movies

(42:14 – 1:10:50) From the Outside in: Where did Video Game Adaptations go wrong?

(1:10:51 - 1:14:15 ) Closing thoughts

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