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What pinball theme would have a shot of becoming a successful movie?

By Rezdog

3 years ago



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    #1 3 years ago

    We have countless pinball machines themed after bands, tv shows and Hollywood blockbusters but no Hollywood blockbuster, tv shows or bands themed after pinball machines. This thread is where we fix this pop culture oversight.

    For example:

    TAXI - picture a 80’s comedy/thriller staring a young Nick Cage who dreams behind the wheel of his Big Yellow cab of becoming a international assassin. Little does he know that after picking up his first passenger on that hot July evening that his dreams would soon become his (and our) reality. Intrigue, violence and yes a little romance abound on the streets of the big apple as a cavalcade of wacky characters enter his cab only to soon exit stage right ..... or is it stage wrong?

    #2 3 years ago

    Mousin’ Around in a similar style of Home Alone. However, I’m not sure slap stick violence is acceptable anymore.

    #3 3 years ago

    Honestly, black knight could be a cool action movie if it was done right.

    #4 3 years ago

    PinBot will make a sick SciFi
    You can make it a trilogy with bride of pinbot and Jackbot

    #5 3 years ago
    Quoted from Rezdog:

    TAXI - picture a 80’s comedy/thriller staring a young Nick Cage who dreams behind the wheel of his Big Yellow cab of becoming a international assassin. Little does he know that after picking up his first passenger on that hot July evening that his dreams would soon become his (and our) reality. Intrigue, violence and yes a little romance abound on the streets of the big apple as a cavalcade of wacky characters enter his cab only to soon exit stage right ..... or is it stage wrong?

    or you know... the tv show Taxi which was a thing already...

    You could take any original themed machine and make a movie or tv show out of it. The problem is the majority of them were just ripping off something they probably couldn't get the license to or something already in the public domain.

    High Speed could be turned into a fast n furious style movie complete with SR cameo (maybe as a cop or something)
    (hopefully with a better plot, it should be hard anyway)

    Funhouse, could be a ripoff of that movie Magic with the puppet that comes alive set in an old/abandoned amusement park.

    #6 3 years ago

    Maybe they wouldn't actually call it "Pinbot", but a movie inspired by the Pinbot/BOP story, these huge robots being constructed in space for some mysterious purpose, might be cool. I always wondered what Pinbot's motives were, and that "WE CONTROL THE UNIVERSE" callout makes me think he might have been built for sinister reasons.

    #7 3 years ago

    They could make some kind of cool moving combining Sorcerer, Grand Lizard and Pharaoh!

    #8 3 years ago

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    #9 3 years ago

    Big Game is the easy choice here. So many ways to bring that amazing game to life.

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