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Post by Bill Harbison on Feb 28, 2007 8:05:16 GMT -5
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Post by Simon Butler on Feb 28, 2007 9:58:34 GMT -5
Ah Platoon.... Such fond memories. Being sent down to London on my own to sit in some private viewing room in Soho to watch a movie that depressed me to my very soul. Not that is was a bad movie, cos it wasn't. Vastly overrated yes, not deserving of the cult status and the inane witterings about the "method" acting of Mumbling Marlon Brando, one of the worst bloody actors of all time, yet for some reason people rave about him. Emperor's new clothes I call it. Anyway...coming out of the cinema I was soooo down, cos I knew that the powers-that-be were expecting me to design something around this for the kids. The kids who were too damn young to get in to see the movie. I think I did a pretty good job all things considered and if it hasn't weathered the years too well, I'm not all that surprised. But it was a Crash Smash, I think it might have recieved a fairly decent reception in ZZap 64 too. So one jaded youtube type whining isn't going to keep me awake at nights. www.crashonline.org.uk/50/platoon.htm |
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Post by Bill Harbison on Mar 1, 2007 9:45:16 GMT -5
Not that is was a bad movie, cos it wasn't. Vastly overrated yes, not deserving of the cult status and the inane witterings about the "method" acting of Mumbling Marlon Brando, one of the worst bloody actors of all time, yet for some reason people rave about him. Emperor's new clothes I call it. Wasn't that Apocalypse Now? I just remember 'Porno' Sheen and Tom Berenger being in it but apparently so was Johnny Depp - who knew? |
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Post by Simon Butler on Mar 2, 2007 6:55:45 GMT -5
Certainly was. Thanks for correcting me there Billy m'boy...getting old and rambly in my dotage
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Post by mritoldyouso on Mar 5, 2007 9:09:06 GMT -5
I'd almost forgotten about Platoon, never knew there was a NES version of this game. I got the Spectrum version as part of the 'In Crowd' compilation (so no accompanying soundtrack tape) and thought it was quite good. graphics-wise the NES version looks just like a coloured in version of the Spectrum game.
It's very easy to load up an old game in an emulator, play it for 5 minutes without the first idea of what's going on and dismiss it as rubbish. Compare that to getting a new game every few months and taking the time to learn it and make maps etc and it's a completely different experience. It seemed in this reviewer's case where he didn't even seem to grasp the controls - perhaps he'd have preferred a 30 minute long tutorial mission.
I may be rather slow to notice this but there seems to be quite a common theme for these Ocean movie licenses (thinking of Batman, Platoon, Robocop, Total Recall) they all seem to be made from these minigame elements. Can't believe it took me nearly 20 years to notice that!
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Post by Gary on Mar 7, 2007 12:22:26 GMT -5
Don't forget Untouchables also. Apart from Total Recall, I think we were quite proud of those multi-section titles. We also tried it with Jurassic Park, but with mixed results.
Personally, I think our best movie titles were Batman, Untouchables, Robocop and Adams Family. There were probably more, but I can't think at the mo.
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Post by Swainy on Mar 8, 2007 5:46:04 GMT -5
To be honest, considering the time limit you guys had on the second version of Total Recal it wasn't that bad. Well, the Speccy version at least.
For me Robocop was your best movie tie in.
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Post by merman2 on May 24, 2007 18:51:59 GMT -5
C64 Platoon is excellent, got a ZZAP Sizzler.
Do any of the storyboards/designs still exist? Would be interesting to see the process that turned the movie into a game...
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Post by Mark Jones Junior on Jun 6, 2007 5:43:51 GMT -5
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Post by merman2 on Jun 17, 2007 17:13:56 GMT -5
That's really cool stuff, Mark!
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