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Make a Hotline Miami Film, You Cowards
🐔 Do You Like Hurting Other People?🐔
As Hollywood is plunging towards more and more video game adaptations, I decided to throw my hat into the ring and present the one adaptation that I would actually be excited to see.
I've loved the Hotline Miami games for a very long time, and I would love to see them get adapted. In this video I present my version of a potential film adaptation of Hotline Miami (while also borrowing some smaller details from the sequel).
Timestamps:
0:00 Intro
2:57 Hotline Miami 1
14:15 Hotline Miami 2
22:20 Style & Tone
27:48 Act I
44:03 Act II
49:57 Act III
1:07:06 Outro
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КОМЕНТАРІ

  • @FrankFreezy_
    @FrankFreezy_ 22 години тому

    great analysis my friend. I thoroughly enjoyed this video.

  • @LauraKirk-m8w
    @LauraKirk-m8w День тому

    One of my favorite movies

  • @LauraKirk-m8w
    @LauraKirk-m8w День тому

    I came across this movie by chance. I had no idea what it was about. glad I took a chance

  • @cryxibus
    @cryxibus 2 дні тому

    Why hasn't Jurassic Park developed a similar themed game?

  • @plague166
    @plague166 3 дні тому

    Signalis music peak

  • @Borgyboy09
    @Borgyboy09 3 дні тому

    1:15:15 you hear a clattering at the same time Ned coughs so my guess is he was holding the radio, tripped over something in his cave and then accidentally hit the button. Bit contrived but yeah

  • @godblesstrolls
    @godblesstrolls 3 дні тому

    I wanted fukes to die for three seasons and by the end of the show he was the only one I wanted to live with gaybaldy😊The blonde with a wig really looked like Shannon Dougherty which was a little erotic ;)

  • @joshisasjoshdoes8760
    @joshisasjoshdoes8760 4 дні тому

    This is one of my favorite movies. It introduced me to cosmic horror as a genre and got me hooked on horror films in general when before I mostly watched action movies. Annihilation changed me fr and holy shit the music is so good maybe my favorite soundtrack of any film I’ve seen

  • @doctorcranethetributemaker8699
    @doctorcranethetributemaker8699 6 днів тому

    I think a anthology series could work too and each episode would focus on a different character and would be made differently depending on how they see the world (similar to the hlm comics by plot) also I never noticed that the nuke beard died in took place before the first game because he was the last one to die in the new game + section of the second game where all the other characters die chronologically of how they did in the game

  • @chuckaxmear1508
    @chuckaxmear1508 6 днів тому

    I have a script being written right now. Have about 70 pages done.

  • @ericjpdt
    @ericjpdt 8 днів тому

    I think the biggest problem with this game is the alien himself. Most preciselly,the director AI. I think it's unfair for the game to let the alien know your position so frequently. The best parts of the game are when the Xenomorphs let the player breath for some time. Having the enemy atached to you all the time ruins the experience a bit

  • @libero2711_
    @libero2711_ 8 днів тому

    praising violence too much

  • @phrozac
    @phrozac 8 днів тому

    It pains me to see this played without the TAA mod Alias Isolation. Now that a sequel has been announced, they really should do a remaster of the OG game with better antialiasing which it got in 2019 on the Switch. Just finished another run of Isolation on a Legion Go using the mod at well over 60fps. The visuals still hold up to most modern games thanks to superb art direction.

  • @EnragedCondimentTray
    @EnragedCondimentTray 10 днів тому

    I’d hope it’d be animated

  • @myhead3
    @myhead3 11 днів тому

    Honestly, I didn’t like the script. It takes away a lot of the eerie vibes of the game. Making Jacket not be in a coma removes much of the intrigue the games had. As Jacket gets closer to waking up, his memories start bleeding into each other, with the dead bodies of people he’s killed showing up in his everyday life and even talking to him. Moments like Beard referencing how what just happened isn’t real, or Biker lying on the floor with half his head missing, are what give the story its dark, otherworldly vibe. That, along with Richard, is what makes the narrative so unique. Seeing Jacket’s face would feel wrong, hearing him speak would feel weird, and giving him a proper name just feels... off. Jacket is essentially supposed to feel like a force of nature, like Michael Myers or Jason Voorhees. Of course, there’s more to him, but it needs to be shown visually, not verbally. As for the fight choreography, I’ve always imagined something more akin to The Raid or Hardcore Henry.

  • @psychedelicsoul3260
    @psychedelicsoul3260 11 днів тому

    He was in a lot of scenes it was so subtle but stood out so perfectly

  • @Rat_Online
    @Rat_Online 11 днів тому

    holy shit that was a load of drivel Ignoring you missing the point of both games as well as the style, saying shit like "we're in the best era of video game adaptations" when it's mostly just slop and how you want stuff to be mainstream. In any case your credibility collapsed because you somehow didn't realize edgerunnrs and devilaman had the same director. What a horrendously mid opinions stretched to an hour long drivel

  • @AB54099
    @AB54099 12 днів тому

    No snark whatsoever: Why not try writing a script and see if someone picks your draft? Keen on seeing that.

    • @criticalcoffee
      @criticalcoffee 11 днів тому

      Because I'm not intent on becoming a professional screenwriter?

  • @sababugs1125
    @sababugs1125 12 днів тому

    it should be a miniseries

  • @81bnforeal
    @81bnforeal 13 днів тому

    a movie? naw. a mini series? going through the story of the tweo games? highly stylistic violence? yes

    • @81bnforeal
      @81bnforeal 13 днів тому

      i also think so many of hl2's characters would work so well in film

  • @Dimitri9511
    @Dimitri9511 14 днів тому

    let the games be games and movies be movies. There's no need for such of videogame adaptations when the source material exist. There are things in between but they're different medias. Just because Hotline Miami has a story doesn't mean it can work as a movie adaptation. They're different experiences with each individual. Making a movie or TV series still doesn't work despite how faithful it gets. They're different types of genres that would not work. The only way it could work is on the anthology site but that's too much effort to do so.

  • @artemefimov8215
    @artemefimov8215 15 днів тому

    All in le head movie

    • @GasMaskedThings
      @GasMaskedThings 14 днів тому

      Awaiting the 10+ video essay by the inflationist

  • @mcili9161
    @mcili9161 15 днів тому

    I’ve been thinking about a Hotline Miami film since I first played the game in 2015, and I had always imagined something with action scenes that start out kinda fun and John Wick-like but by the midpoint of the movie have devolved into a New French Extremity type gruesome nightmare. All of the story bits in between would feel like if David Lynch at his most abstract (Inland Empire/Lost Highway) directed Drive

  • @Dictator-is1pe
    @Dictator-is1pe 15 днів тому

    They won’t make it true to the games ever, we need a true fan to helm the making of it

  • @NielsLangerakofficial-ty1sb
    @NielsLangerakofficial-ty1sb 16 днів тому

    I started a film school to one day make the Hotline Miami film in a good way, so just wait and see

  • @GregBonks
    @GregBonks 16 днів тому

    This game is one of the reasons I got into going to film school.

  • @LovesickJo
    @LovesickJo 16 днів тому

    In the Richter interrogation scene it'd be cool if he says the stuff about his mom and then say "if they sent you, you would've done the same for me." With hazy flashes of the same line from the scene with beard.

  • @mv3507
    @mv3507 17 днів тому

    The flares are incredibly useful for distracting the alien, and synthetics, who are very susceptible to it, and humans, who sometimes get distracted by them.

  • @writingeulogy
    @writingeulogy 17 днів тому

    I could see them do hotline miami as an anthology tv show. That's maybe 40 minutes of each character. The final episode can lead up to the finale and possibly be a political drama.

  • @DmpstrPirate
    @DmpstrPirate 17 днів тому

    It's called "drive"

  • @acidaspida8885
    @acidaspida8885 17 днів тому

    YES OKEASE

  • @AbsolutelyCasual
    @AbsolutelyCasual 17 днів тому

    Not a good idea, name one single good video game movie.. I'm 33 so I've been up to date on video games since the Super Nintendo, the Super Mario Bros movie came out before I was even born I'm pretty sure but in my opinion it's good even though it's nothing like the video games😂. The next two video game movies I recall in my childhood were and I don't remember which came first but I was very familiar with both of the game franchises so the Doom movie featuring Keith Urban and Dwayne The Rock Johnson and the Resident Evil movie.. As far as the Doom movie went I didn't think it was terrible but it was not very much like the games at all other than a few poorly done first person sequences and also at the time The Rock was very popular.. even more popular than he was current day 2024 because back then he had just gotten into acting and was mainly known for being a wrestler and even people who did not watch wrestling knew who the rock was.. the advertising campaign for the Doom movie made it seem like The Rock was going to be the main protagonist of the movie in fact it was more Keith Urban I don't want to say too much more even though it's a 20-year-old movie in case anybody here hasn't seen it. It was kind of like the advertising for the movie Kangaroo Jack which came out around the same time. It showed this trailer of a animated kangaroo with a hoodie on and sunglasses that was saying a bunch of witty things with an Australian accent and spoiler alert.. The kangaroo in the movie Kangaroo Jack did not talk at all it was just a normal kangaroo all of the scenes they showed in the commercials with the kangaroo talking wearing sunglasses and a sweatshirt that was literally like a 30-second dream sequence in the movie.. Then the original Resident Evil movie came out and it started off in the Spencer Mansion which tracks with the game and even though it kind of got things a little mixed up it still kept it true enough to where it was a good movie and then the second Resident Evil came out and it started off kind of a blend of Resident Evil 2 and 3 with Nemesis and all that but all of the other Resident Evil movies after that were terrible every other video game movie that has ever released after the movies I've just named has been terrible

  • @rileyhall9320
    @rileyhall9320 17 днів тому

    get the guys who made The Raid. the action should be intense

  • @noway6633
    @noway6633 17 днів тому

    I could do it. Ive actually thought about it a lot. Both games. However, it wouldn't be worth doing unless you could get the rights to all the songs. Btw id also argue the cannon is jacket strangled richter into unconsciousness. So he survived but jacket didnt just let him off with a punch.

  • @VeelouC
    @VeelouC 17 днів тому

    What I love is the idea that it was innocent, it was evolution, change that was stopped because we fear losing what is familiar and accepting the unknown. Maybe the shimmer would fix all the environmental issues, it would provide a peaceful planet. Is disease evil? Viruses? In their 'head' aren't they just organisms that want to survive? There is no morality in nature. There is only the hubris of human significance.

  • @redwiltshire1816
    @redwiltshire1816 18 днів тому

    They already did it’s called hardcore Henry even had them both in payday 2 together

    • @Uhhok3
      @Uhhok3 15 днів тому

      Real ones watched Hardcore Henry

  • @bostonhalstead1937
    @bostonhalstead1937 18 днів тому

    Funny enough i think ryan gosling would be a good jacket bc of drive

  • @Premfn11
    @Premfn11 18 днів тому

    the fact that this game is still relevant says a lot about how good this game is and a lot about society today especially with stuff like the terrifier movies

  • @thenewadventuresofhenry6998
    @thenewadventuresofhenry6998 18 днів тому

    It is implied in the film that the Sun's sheer power was almost supernatural. And perhaps it is in real life.

  • @Thena_the_Grey
    @Thena_the_Grey 18 днів тому

    Commenting a bit late to party, but I just finished the series and I had my own thoughts post season 2. I do think season 3 was a little better than 4, but both weregreat in their own right given that they were so different than what we had been shown before. As far as the ending, including the movie version John gets to watch with his friend, I think felt it open to interpretation. From season 2, we are shown that every single person we follow is an unreliable narrator and can't even tell themselves the truth. From Barry, to Sally, the rest of the acting troupe, NoHoHank and especially Fuches. Genes' story changed every time he told it (where it concerned Barry). Sally was a mini-Gene, in that she was self-absorbed and displayed it several times that she morphs her thoughts into her own reality. All this to say that I thought the ending we see after season 2 or 3 could be ficticious and the movie version is correct. It would be a very simple matter to confirm Arlington records and I don't think the US Armed Forces tend to give full decorated burials in Arlington to former Marines who are found guilty of being a hired hitman. It adds a whole new layer to what we have to consider reality (his prison escape for example). It just struck me as an odd detail to include in that scene. I want to belatedly clarify I have done zero research into the show, follow up interviews or wiki's, so if everything has been explained by Bill etc and I am 100% wrontg thats cool.

  • @user-bo6vy5eg8g
    @user-bo6vy5eg8g 18 днів тому

    Damn, this is a really good video. Good analysis, and you have good ideas on how to translate the story of Hotline Miami into a movie without removing all the complexities.

  • @Agua_Enlatada
    @Agua_Enlatada 18 днів тому

    That's an idea I've been spinning around in my head since I've finished the second game many years ago. I'm studying communications and one of the specialties is audiovisual content, so it's something I would like to do if given the opportunity. I mean, a movie with brutal action in a killer setting, with a great story and message sounds great. The second game would be a little more complicated, with all of it's non-linear storytelling. I think the second game should be a mini series. However, I feel like the message of Hotline Miami hits more in videogame form. The fact that the player is the one throwing themselves into the bloodshed and dying and repeating until only they remain alive makes the "Do you like hurting other people" hit. I feel like the same message in a movie would still hit, but much weaker.

  • @KiddCrowley
    @KiddCrowley 19 днів тому

    No, not every video game needs a movie adaptation. Especially when its clear Hollywood cannot faithfully adapt other media

    • @moonshine6304
      @moonshine6304 15 днів тому

      Hotline Miami is one of the games that would benefit from this imo, since the game is already heavily based on films and tv shows, it's not a Counter Strike case, you have fabric to work with here

    • @lentilpatient406
      @lentilpatient406 10 днів тому

      @@moonshine6304 I'm kinda of the opposite opinion where I don't think you could really present hotline miami in any other way than a game. It's style is kinda reliant on obscuring most of the detail of characters aside from their faces and textboxes + birds eye view gameplay work really well with that and those don't really work in a movie. I also think that the pacing of the narrative stuff just wouldn't work as a movie, it's too brief. I'd compare it to trying to make a movie about Lisa the Painful. Like it could technically be possible but you get the story in a jumbled up order and a lot of the time the game mechanics themselves or the fact that you're playing it out yourself is what makes the story unique so a movie would just be an inferior way of experiencing what makes it unique anyway. Like there's no possible way they could ever capture the sheer "uh oh" energy of when you switch from the perspective of the henchman getting high in the back room of the bar to the fans pulling up in their van after literally being shown that the level is called execution. That's my favourite moment in the entire series.

  • @theguyinthere
    @theguyinthere 19 днів тому

    I imagine a therapist in betwixt the action scenes that gives a time and date but no details about what's going on, just a "note" and you could work in the 50 blessings thing with the therapist like she's a spy or something.

  • @anmol6978
    @anmol6978 19 днів тому

    I feel like personally a Hotline Miami film would need to balance high octane action like John Wick or the Bourne movies along with elements of things like Splatter films such as terrifier or saw. it needs to be both exciting and true to the style of the gameplay while also being brutal and disgusting so that us the audience can also question why we are even rooting for this guy in the first place and why we ourselves enjoy watching it. First thing that comes to mind is the Hindi film Kill that came out earlier this year that has a pretty nice balance of well choreographed fight scenes along with brutal kills that they let you linger on. Also think that like the games the movie would also have to address the audiences compliance with it, why do we like watching some guy plow through a bunch of guys in increasingly horrific ways. Honestly I think a true hotline Miami film would take less influence from movies like Drive, Taxi Driver, or John Wick but more so something Cronenbergian, like a more bloody vibrant videodrome.

  • @theguyinthere
    @theguyinthere 19 днів тому

    I enjoyed the fan film from 2023. Funny enough i first played Hotline Miami in 2023, good year all round.

  • @magtegi2
    @magtegi2 19 днів тому

    fuck no

  • @miguelmurill1
    @miguelmurill1 19 днів тому

    What a bunch of bullsh*t. Seriously, someone has to tell you all.

  • @robertpound2328
    @robertpound2328 19 днів тому

    No, you're the coward for not making the movie.

  • @mr.j3rs3y
    @mr.j3rs3y 19 днів тому

    If we ever got something like this, I’d love to have Dennis and Jonatan show up as the janitors.