I know that it's actually a book, but Dune... It'd be a niche game certainly because of the way it should be made, but it could be quite awesome. It will probably never happen though. I can't really think of any movie franchises that haven't already been done that would make a good MMOG off the top of my head. I'll have to think more on it. 8)

Originally posted by Darkholme

I know that it's actually a book, but Dune... It'd be a niche game certainly because of the way it should be made, but it could be quite awesome. It will probably never happen though. I can't really think of any movie franchises that haven't already been done that would make a good MMOG off the top of my head. I'll have to think more on it. 8)

It's not a movie, it's 2 movies.... well 1 and a mini-series. Disney freaking BUTCHERED it though. First quarter was ok, then it started skipping huge chunks and I can't really see how anyone who hadn't read the book could have possibly followed wtf was happening.

I wouldn't say it wouldn't happen, you do know that Dune as the first RTS right? Major success there. I'm actually surprised a decent movie version hasn't been made yet, probably because it would have to be 3 or 4 hours long with a HUGE budget to make it right.

www.imdb.com/title/tt0087182/ 1984 Disney. It's junk. I just watched it for the first time about a month ago. I could never get through the first part, but I read the book about 2yrs ago and finally picked it up.

www.imdb.com/title/tt0142032/ SciFi Channel Mini-Series. Not too bad actually. Not great, suffers from the plague of all SciFi Channel movies though....... horrible acting.

 I'm surprised someone with a Fremen avatar didn't know about those! You should be ashamed.

 The movies may have not been great but I'd love to see the Transformers as an MMO... also.. Harry Potter series, and the Chronicles of Narnia I think would both make good MMOs.

Originally posted by MuffinStump

Big Trouble in Little China

...of course.

Actually I would also list some anime titles here but everyone would freak out :)

 

The Chang Sing (Sing Dings), the Wing Kong. What more can a guy ask for? Mebbe a neutral Truckers faction?

Faction leaders- Lopan and Egg Shen.

bumbling heroics, or lack thereof

knife throws

mullets

moccasins

Really- what is stopping this game from being made? I want Kurt Russell voice overs and ridiculous banter, alongside some kung-fu combat.

Laugh if you must but i think pitch black/chronicles of riddick

the necromonger vs furrian vs bounty hunters vs elementels would just rock imo

I'm really thinking Harry Potter is the shoe-in for most likely to be made MMO. It has insane MMO potential. I'm sure it wouldn't be done right, though.

No use getting excited.

I would say Farscape would make a good mmo.

Hannah Montana MMORPG  would be greeaaaaat :)

Originally posted by TheHatter 

 I'm surprised someone with a Fremen avatar didn't know about those! You should be ashamed. 

Of course I know about them! That's Otheym from the Dune mini-series by the Sci-Fi Channel... All I meant was that it was a book first and the movie(s) are widely despised by most fans of the novels. Myself, well I watched the original back when it was in the theatre, and actually enjoyed the mini-series (both of them), though I do agree they could have been much better. I am also a big fan of the original Dune RTS... 8)

I would do anything for a Chronicles of Narnia MMO. I'm not too sure how the game mechanics would go, but I've always wanted to visit Narnia. Since I can't get there though my wardrobe, I guess I'll have to settle for the next best thing; through my computer screen. And hey, some of the races there are especially interesting too. Like the mermaids!

Though I've always envisioned Narnia to be more of a sandbox though, because I can't see it following a rigid class/profession structure. It would be a lot more relevant to the world itself if you could chose to specialise in what you wanted rather than simply following the class structure, something like EVE Online.

Firefly would make an awesome space-western based sandbox.

For the themepark, I'm thinking zombies.Resident Evil, Land of the Dead.  Instances where the goal isn't to get to the bottom, kill the boss and get the loot. It's just to get the hell out before you get dead.

World needs a survival-horror MMO, I reckon.

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Originally posted by grunt187
Laugh if you must but i think pitch black/chronicles of riddick
the necromonger vs furrian vs bounty hunters vs elementels would just rock imo

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Not laughing at all. Have you seen the animated flick as well? I really love that artistic take on those characters.

At any rate, now is the time for me to demand a Shadowrun movie so that I can then demand a Shadowrun MMO based on it. :)

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Originally posted by Irish

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Originally posted by MuffinStump

Big Trouble in Little China
...of course.
Actually I would also list some anime titles here but everyone would freak out :)

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The Chang Sing (Sing Dings), the Wing Kong. What more can a guy ask for? Mebbe a neutral Truckers faction?
Faction leaders- Lopan and Egg Shen.
bumbling heroics, or lack thereof
knife throws
mullets
moccasins

Really- what is stopping this game from being made? I want Kurt Russell voice overs and ridiculous banter, alongside some kung-fu combat.

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Finally a voice of reason.

Mullets for everyone

Chronicles of Riddick

Serenity/Firefly

Older series than firefly, but BABYLON 5 !!! (though maybe too old to get the hype needed/deserved).

Then of course Harry Potter, though the hype is getting down, with thte last book being out for some years now and only a couple films to get out. But yes, it has potential, if played between the end of book 7 and the epilogue, or between chapter 1 and chapter 2 of book 1.

Shadowrun, done right, could rock: technology AND magics (both academic and organic), a contemporary and dark setting with orcs, trolls, and elfs, the megacorps, the size of the world.

Although I could also think of a couple comics that could be great, like Lanfeust or Donjon...

Maybe someone has suggested this already, but, uh...

Zombieland?

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Originally posted by dstar.
Chronicles of Riddick
Serenity/Firefly
 

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The exact two that came to my mind!

;)

- Constantine

The ultimate war between good and evil on earth.

- Underworld

An eternal war between lycans and werewolves.

- Transformers

Humans, caught in the middle of a war between two machine races, battle for each side to tip the scales of balance in their favor.

Originally posted by xpowderx

Well, could not find the original thread of this. That being said, I saw this movie called PUSH. Have to say if any movie in recent days would make a excellent MMORPG. That would be it. The Movie itself even had nmes of the different classes. Different factions, as well as diverse skill sets. Thats my pick!

Example of Classes out of Push are :

 1. Mover: Telekinesis endowed character.

 2. Reader:Can see future events or in mmorpg style. Can track or do other types of warranted abilities.

 3.Sniffer: Can track people places things off of objects.

 4. Minder: Talk about a psionicist :-D

Cannot remember all. But the gist of things is every endowed human has different gifts/abilities. They all can use those abilities at different levels.

The classes also do not pertain to standard classes like assassins, rogues, fighters ect. Which would be a benefit as well

Could only imagine a assassin who is a sniffer or a reader.

Well thats my pick! What ya think? Whats your idea for a movie based mmorpg.?

I did enjoy Push, but felt it just took another spin at Heroes, I wouldn't mind a MMORPG Push, but would even like Heroes to become a MMORPG much more.

But most of all I would like a Bladerunner game, to be honost any genre would do if they could get the right feel of Bladerunner, but a MMORPG......for me that would just  "hopefully...depending how it would turn out"  be a dream game.

Debbie does Dallas.

Deliverance

Howard the Duck

Seriously

Blade Runner
Alien vs. Predator
Flash Gordon
Battlestar Galactic
Dawn of the Dead
Terminator
The Sword and the Sorcerer
 

 I'd love to play a faithful Cthulhu mythos mmo, but it's probably still has to many IP obstacles to make that happen. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy mmo would be interesting.  A Gravity's Rainbow would be intellectually provocative. A mmo based on some of the Philip K Dick SciFi books has been mentioned above and would be a great universe to base a game on.