People Who Made It “Weren’t Fans”

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People Who Made It “Weren’t Fans”

Game adaptations have been pretty underwhelming for a long time, until recently. Some of them have done a great justice to the original material. A similar story goes on for comic-based adaptations as well, as they had janky beginnings. Take a look at older Marvel movies, before the MCU was a thing. Yeah, you know what’s up.

Coming back to talking about video game adaptations, some were outright outrageous. For instance, Borderlands: The Movie, Hitman: Agent 47, and more. They have known characters, but they go way off when doing justice to the franchise. That is something Craig Mazin seems to realise, which made The Last of Us adaptation a success. Don’t talk about Season 2, it’s bad source material.

The Last of Us showrunner slams other game adaptations for surface-level effort

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Craig Mazin is a great director and writer when it comes to portraying stories. Not saying this because of the accuracy of The Last of Us adaptation, rather for his other works too, like Chernobyl, and Mythic Quest. Chernobyl remains a personal favorite for showcasing the entire story within five episodes.

Craig took the project personally, as he played the game. He understands the feeling that every player went through. But that was long ago, when he was just a director of subpar comedy films like Superhero Movie, Scary Movie, and more. During an interview with Esquire, Craig shared his thoughts when he first played and completed the intro:

I just was like, ‘What is this?!’ When it was over, I just thought, I’ve been playing video games my whole life. I never felt anything like that.

That’s exactly when we wished to adapt this, as he was a director at heart. However, for this portfolio, he felt that Naughty Dog wouldn’t allow it. It is fair to think. Fast forward to 2019, Mazin created a wonder that left everyone stunned, Chernobyl. That series showcases the stark contrast between his old self and his new self.

It is fair to say, Craig Mazin is a nerd at heart as well. All the parodies he has created have a lot of pop-culture references. For instance, the IMDB rating may say that, Superhero Movie was bad.

Well, that was exactly the point. Creating a worse version of Spider-Man was the story, and he succeeded. Showing how disastrous it would be if that version ever existed canonically. His being a nerd is what makes it special. This is what he said about adaptations being bad:

Everybody kind of laughed for a long time about how bad video game adaptations were, and there were a lot of bad ones. Mostly because the people doing the adaptation didn’t get it. They weren’t fans. They didn’t love it. But it’s changed.

It’s an irony that a parody creator sees more details when it comes to creating adaptations. His parodies may not have been very impactful, but the replication of source material is always there. For creating adaptations, the creator has to be a fan to do it justice.

Is it necessary for the creator of adaptations to be a fan?

Not necessarily, but yes, to some extent. If you look at the past of game adaptations, they weren’t good at all. Of course, the creator through its for nerds. They just want to see characters do their special thing and call it a day.

Sometimes, fans can create something with which fans may not agree. For instance, the Dark Knight trilogy by Christopher Nolan. It had all the key points for a Batman story, but a few things didn’t click with fans. Nevertheless, they were great adaptations.

Glad that is changing now for video games. It should have happened at the same time as comic adaptations, but anyway. As they say, better late than never. There are some fantastic game stories that can shake the world, and some of them are in works, Ghost of Tsushima, Splinter Cell, and more. Hope they turn out good.

What’s your favorite game adaptation? If you want an adaptation for a game, what would it be? Let us know in the comments below.

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