>hands down one of the greatest fantasy film to book adaptation in cinema history Literally the heroes journey completely with slaying the evil hound after him the entire time >not one single video game adaptation It would be an awesome game if done right like the early Gothic & Demon's Soul's games
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You posted over in /tv/ calling The Neverending Story "forgotten", like a retard. This is only confirmed by your belief that the book of the Neverending Story is good. It's not. The first half which the film was based on was great, no doubt, but the second half is a boring disjointed mess thanks to the magical wishing desert sphinx. It's so tonally bust that it was known for making people drop the book entirely.It wouldn't even work as a point and click, let alone some third person thing. The c64 attempt was trash.
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>>731121091Return to Oz, The Dark Crystal and Willow is better than this, and those suck !
>>731122701Dilate, Never Ending Story is great, Dark Crystal too.
>>731122701>>731122850how was that recentish dark crystal game
>>731122889I tried it quickly a while ago, it was kind of a generic tactic style game, enjoyable, if you want some Dark Crystal stuff, then it may be worth a try.
>>731121091Dude...the film is a complete antithesis to the bookIt's why the writer hated it so much
>>731121091>not one single video game adaptationWasn't there an actual MMORPG adaptation of this in like late 90's or very early 2000's, the preWoW era?Or did that get canceled? I remember reading previews of it when I was a kid and founding it fascinating as a concept, but I was on dialup at the time, so I didn't really follow MMO games news on releases.
>>731123545You might have been thinking of "Neverwinter Nights" which did get an dail up MMO through AOL & had goldbox tier gameplay
>>731123178>Ende, who was reportedly "revolted" by the film, requested they halt production or change the film's name, as he felt it had ultimately and drastically deviated from his novel; when they did neither, he sued them and subsequently lost the case.Shoulda negotiated that contract better.
TURN AROUNDLOOK AT WHAT YOU SEEEEEEEEeeeeEEEEEeeEEEEEEeee
>>731123178He mostly had issue with the original ending where Falkor becomes real and helps Bastian bully his bullies.It was a silly moment in the film and nothing bad happens to the bad kids, but Ende thought that single moment undermined the whole story.Ende also took issue with the special effects. But his problem wasn't that they were good or bad nor anything like that. His problem was that the movie used special effects at all.Like, what the fuck did he expect?
>>731121091name 3 other works of fiction that has you slaying an evil hound that is after you the entire time
>>731121091I cannot look at her anymore without thinking about those cringe god threads on /b/ that anon has been posting for over ten years.
>>731121091How did they drop the ball with the sequels so hard?
>niggas itt aint heard about Auryn Quest
>>731124020>sequelsThey made more of them?
>>731121091Wait 15 years until the woke shit has died down and people dare to make movies with all white people again.
>>731123798>You might have been thinking of "Neverwinter Nights"No, I have been thinking about Neverending Story. Trust me, I can tell the fucking difference between DnD and Ende's universe. Also, this was like 5 years before Neverwinter Nights was even a thing in gaming industry, this was back in the Infinity Engine era of RPG's, and the planned Neverending Story MMORPG was a first person game.
>>731124094*and games
>>731124094You never watched the moviehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KjVi6K_mG68
>>731124085Yeah, i think two more.
Currently playing Zelda Link to the Past.Should I watch Dark Crystal afterwards?
>>731123943He also didn't like the Sphinxes having giant bare tits and called them strippers sitting in the desert. I liked the tits but they do look almost comically round.
>>731124112>>731123798Found it. The project was originally named "The Real Neverending Story" and was in development since 1996, originally planned as a first person hybrid MMO / singleplayer action/RPG/adventure something.It was actually insanely ambitious and cost about 10 million dollars back in 1996 money to develop.It was a game that was meant to run on two separate engines simultaneously, switching engine entirely for interior and exterior locations. I remember this being a massive selling point in the previews, them really, REALLY pushing this idea of exterior locations being unlike nothing you've played before.It ended up in development hell, the company went bankrupt, eventually Akela stepped in help to assemble the few existing assets and pieces of code into a singleplayer action platformer titled:"The Real Neverending Story Part 1: Auryn Quest"Which flopped spectacularly.So yeah, a bit of completely forgotten gaming history. One of the most ambitious European projects of the 90's - now completely lost to history.
>not one single video game adaptation
>>731124580They do were memorable though.fucking scared me as a kid, because how they roasted that one guy's face
>>731122060I was also bored by the second half when I was a kid, but it CAN be reworked into something enjoyable.It's what a movie is supposed to do after all. You can even take huge liberties but keep the message at least.I'm not surprised the guy got mad at Hollywood, it was a book about the dangers of escapism and they almost made it a glorification of it.
I remember nothing about this shit other than the kid is reading the book during a storm, the dog dragon thing scared the shit out of me as a kid, and the horse drowns in a swamp.
>>731122701I noticed you didn't mention The Labyrinth, presumably because you know it's the best.
>>731122060The second half is good in concept (and very important to the overall story) but the execution wasn't particularly interesting.
>>731121091Back in elementary school, the teachers decided to show this movie at the end of the school year. A girl from one of the other classes started crying when the horse sank into the swamp. Still funny when I think of it almost 30 years later.
Stupid fucking movie
>>731124860Why?
>>731122060Second half is awful, especially the ending. In the book, there is a city full of people who never escape Fantastica (which seems to be most people who enter), and then the book ends by saying Bastion helps lead many more people there. The Empress basically consumes them.
>heroes journeywhat hero? what did the main character even do? all i remember is them having no defining characteristics whatsoevereven as a kid i was weirded out by how soulless this movie felt
>>731124819Not him, but..Return to Oz is better. Bowie is overrated in general
>>731124894whats the point of the swamp scene?
>>731124894They whole kid reading the book ruined the pace and aesthetic of the movie. Should have removed Bastion all togther
>>731124939Wasn't atreu there because of morla?
>>731124939To have the horse die so they didnt lose your interest, the whole movie is like that carrot and a stick where about the moment you turn it off out of pure boredom they through something remotely interesting to keep your attention
the kid was relentlessly handsomeI always thought it was a girl
>>731124420I never saw the third one, but I did see the nostalgia critic review of it. Holy shit.I vaguely remember the second one being some sort of weird narnia ripoff with the evil queen. I think there was also a cartoon based on the second movie.
>>731121091What is it about fantasy movies?What makes them so great?I really miss those kind of movies
>>731125503>legend of zelda movie at home
>>731124939That the horse fell to nihilistic despair.
>>731125612Wtf, that is literally me
>>731122701>claiming that The Dark Crystal sucksalright buddy get in the essence extractor
>>731125612what was the point of showing that happening
>>731125683For attention to keep your interest
>>731125683Why the swamp was called "the swamp of sadness"
>>731125683symbology of people IRL who have loved ones who fall into sadness, nihilistic depression, and the struggle to try to "pull them out of it". Supporting them, pleading with them, bargaining with them, getting angry with them, etc. etc. and finally, losing them, despite doing fucking everything you tried to do.
>>731125683Honestly constructively to allow the kid to ride the dragonCant ride a fucking flying dragon with a horse
>>731125852
>>731123178Wonder if he saw the third movie before he died. The one that had Jack Black as the main antagonist where he's the leader of a group of school bullies.
>>731122637based homestar poster
>>731125276>>731125728watching a horse die doesnt really keep my interest amigo>>731125852what makes you think that? seems like youre pulling that out of your ass>>731125889they could have just completely removed the horse then
What did Bastian call the girl at the end? I only ever watched TNES on subtitle-less VHS and have no fucking idea what he screamed into the storm.
>>731126009That was quite literally the saddest scene in the movie though
>>731126084why was it sad? because le poor horsey?
>>731126009>watching a horse die doesnt really keep my interest amigoIts the most memorable thing of the entire movie for me, except for Sphinx titties
>>731126038Moon child
>>731126038Moon Child
My grandmother was obsessed with this movie, especially the horse and the dog thing saying morgue scenes. I didn't understand the movie since I was a little kid when I saw it.
>>731126168Seriously?
>>731126142Yeah What are you a heartless psychopath?
>>731124762>escapism badI still don't understand the logic behind this retardation. Life is miserable, but you're not allowed to use fantasy to make it bearable, you have to be miserable just because.
>>731126242Yeah seriously
>>731126254are the writers psychopaths? they put in a horse just to kill it off next scene.
>>731126278>Life is miserable Not if you have a full belly and a roof over your head. Don't be dramatic.
>>731126142>>731126009It's genuinely so fucking boring trying to talk to you spergs about anything with even the slightest crumb of nuance.
>>731126342So you'd be happy living your entire life in prison? That's a roof and food.
>>731126374the problem is there wasn't any. they put in a horse then killed it off immediately to tug at your heartstrings. it is cheap as fuck. if there is nuance or symbolism to it, you are welcome to go ahead and explain it. you have jackshit. the movie sucks.
>>731126305>are the writers psychopaths?Well yeah and Jewish too
>>731121091Why won't you say my name, anon?You have to say my name!SAVE US!
>>731126423There's a difference between not being happy and being miserable.
>>731126487MESUGAKI
>>731126305nta, but sometimes you have to be pretty heartless as a writer in order to get the proper emotional impact. I feel pretty bad about a lot of the things I put my characters through, but that's the point, the suffering is what makes them characters to begin with. A triumph means nothing if it had no cost, and a confilct has no weight if there is no real threat.This is just general writing stuff. Its been years since I saw neverending story, so I can't speak about it specifically.
>>731126487QUE TE JODAN
>>731126487Can you post the gif of her smoking weed
>>731126505And prison is miserable.
>>731126487Wreck it Ralph
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>>731126635Thanks lol
>>731125683I don't understand what was so sad about the scene for the viewer. There was basically zero emotional investment into the horse.
>>731121091>>731124672>not one single video game adaptation
>>731126554i don't actually think they were psychopaths anon, just don't like the whole "wow a dog died and you didn't cry you monster!" attitude.
>>731121091It's just a generic Zelda game lol
>>731126693Thats a symptom of your Asperger's
>>731126693We get it you’re retarded
>>731126038Moon Child. But they made the actor say it using 3 syllables so he pronounces it more like moon chi yuld.
>>731126242Moonchild is a hippie name, and is coincidentally the name of his mom, which as we know, is dead.
>>731126745>>731126797why are you so fucking triggered at this? am i being too right? your movie is DOGSHIT lmao
>>731126914>oh wow look at me I look past THE VEIL and see it for what it is aren't I just hecking special my guys??You're cringe and embarrassing no cap.
>>731126914You are getting triggered by a death scene
>>731126960>>731126939i'm not throwing a tantrum cause i can't accept other's opinions. you are welcome to explain whats so kino about the movie. but you won't because you are a fucking stupid nigger lmao
>>731121091>roll out 50 fucking rpg threads>time for the completely off topic fantasy threads now>very obviously bumping your own threadsIs this the part where you tell you actually only ever post on /tg/ and hate this place despite making these shitty threads every single day
>>731127034Yeah you're so cool and above it all.What's next? Gonna tell us you didn't cry when Mufasa died? Because you're just so in control of your emotions. Oh my god so cool and above it all.The scene is designed to evoke emotions. It's okay to feel emotions. You're not cool for not feeling emotions. You're just autistic.
>>731126278The book is not saying "escapism bad" at all.It's saying fully losing yourself in escapism can be dangerous, but having no escapism (imagination) at all is miserable.
>>731127034I'm not calling the whole movie shit just because of one scene
>>731126914>>731127034Theres that Asperger's again
>>731127118>NOOO NOOO THE MOVIE IS GOOD STOOOOP WAAAAAAAAAH
>>731126278>>731127142Escapism is something meant for rest which is necessary for the continued health of a person.But eventually you got to get back up and continue enduring the world otherwise you will start to rot physically, and mentally.The mistake that creatives make in this regard is that escapism is not the cause, its a symptom of a shit life to which the only answer they as professionals have is to keep working at it which rings hollow if struggle alone is not enough.
>>731127320Nobody said the movie was good you autistic spaz
>>731127351so you're all pissing and shitting and throwing a tantrum about a movie that isn't even good? lmao fucking 4chan
Oh my god he's just SO above it all.
>>731127443Nobody is throwing a tantrum but you buddy
>>731127553have a look here>>731127530
>>731127625Wow Jesus we get it your too cool try cry when the horsey diedGod damn
>>731123886Turn aroundGo on and spread those Cheeee-eeeeee-eeeecks
>>731125503The ancient symbolism of myth speaks directly to the undernourished soul of modern man
>>731124073Lol wtf, you could tell me this was a modern indie game and I'd believe it
>>731126487N
>>731126635I don't think thats the same person
>>731124859I remember hearing about some kid who cried and got a nightmare over coraline and the teachers had to apologise to his parents over it kek
>>731127074 Bro you post like you got banned from /tg/ for not understanding basic game mechanics and now you're on /v/ hoping no one notices. Every time you remake these threads it feels like déjà vu with extra brain damage.
>>731124534You should watch it no matter what.
I remember this movie being an absolute snorefest as a kid. Was it really that good?Also some big animatronic creature that was supposed to be friendly scared the shit outta me.
>>731124584Wow it really does look like shit:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rD4jbCmJsPwThe sad part is if they had a more realistic plan for the original idea for the game, it would've turned out a lot better from what I've seen:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8qQK2Q0ofAg
>>731125503I miss unironic sci-fantasy
>>731130397Like Leiber, Vance and Howard?
>>731121091figment
>>731121091How can it be good and not have any kind of CGI retards
>>731125503Incredible imagery but the plot was virtually incomprehensible.
>>731125948>How do we continue after The Nothing?>We'll call it.... The Nasty
>>731133865>And after the Nasty? The Lewd and The Horny>...is that what the Princess in two w->Shutup, we don't talk about that.
>>731123812Whiny little bitch, that film is the only reason anyone has ever even heard of the book.
>>731124534Final Fantasy IX is actually a pretty good companion piece for all the 80s dark kid's fantasy stuff like Dark Crystal, Neverending Story, Return to Oz, etc.
>>731122701The Dark Crystal mogs all of them but NES is a close second
>>731126487I shat pants when she broke the 4th wallran out of room in panic
>>731122701Trooncoded post.
I really fucking hate that onions slop stranger things used the song from Neverending Story
Fucks sake I've been remind of that image of Falkor fucking the princess and her going 'Why Bastion why!'
>>731140218the entire point of stranger things is so Gen Xers can go "member the 80s?", of course it's nothing but 80s nostalgia refrences
>>731140491I'm almost Gen X and I can't fucking stand the jerk off nostalgia bait. Just watch the 80s movie, it's still great. No need to blast that song in that horrible slop show. Fuck it makes me irrationally angry
>>731121091The Last Guardian looked like Neverending Story to me, infact all Shadow of the Collosus and Ico gave me the same vibe as I got from the movie as a kid back in the 80s.
>still upLooks like the shitty moderator is back to make the board even worse
>>731123951Wheel of TimeHound of the Baskervilles"The Hound" by H. P. Lovecraft.
>>731142428what is this tranny crying about?
>>731125852I like this interpretation.
>>731121091Figment Thread>>731136081
>>731121091The horse dying never made me cry as a kid. But the stone giant last scene did.Big fucking hands can't protect your friends from the nothing.
>>731143729*cancertroon general
>>731144228still not the franchise with the eurobeat theme for homos
>>731144474I have no idea what you’re talking about but ok
>>731144560>I haven't seen the first movieok
>>731144679that theme is not eurobeat, mutt
>>731144679>t. furtroon schizotard
>>7311240202 is all right.I will never watch 3.
>>731144772>>731144878>made by a eurobeat composer >eurobeat music labelnot eurobeatLMAO!
Is Drawn to Life for the DS similar in feel to The Neverending Story?
>>731144978slow day in the general, sis?
>>731145047you're just denying reality at this point tranny
Why does she have a chad neck?
>>731145103>3hrs old>17 replies it’s tough
>>731145215not my faultand it doesn't matter what you call your gay disco musicit's all the same kind of electronic sounding trash
Wow, /tv/ posters really are the biggest retards on this site. Anyways, this movie, The Last Unicorn, and Dark Crystal are fucking awesome and all deserve game adaptations.
>>731121091Midiocare movieTerrible adaptation of a decent fantasy book for children
>>731145463>tranime avatar
>>731145378>anyways
>>731145692Yes, nigga?
>>731145794>nigga
