Space Invaders – The Movie?
And lo, Hollywood has officially run out of ideas. Rumours are abound of a feature film adaptation of the seminal arcade game SPACE INVADERS. Apparently, Warner Bros are looking to acquire the rights to the classic games title and turn it into a CGI driven action extravaganza.
Okay. Right then.
How the hell can you turn the Space Invaders video game into a movie which won;t just annoy the heck out of people? There’s no plot other than ‘Aliens and spaceships get blown up and some buildings take a beating.’ Come on, even Independence Day had more of a plot than that.
I guess one of the only ways this could be pulled off would be to set it in one of those post-apocalyptic settings that Hollywood is so find of right now. Then again, if the film was helmed by Michael Spierig and Peter Spierig (the guys behind the awesome SF/vampire flick DAYBREAKERS), then maybe it would have a chance.
Seriously though, a movie calling itself SPACE INVADERS is only going to be your average alien invasion flick with the title slapped on it for brand familiarity. Sure, there will be some set pieces that resemble the classic game, but, honestly, what’s the point?
