Weekly Poll Results: Board Games That Should Be Made Into Movies
I know last week’s poll topic was kind of a silly one, but I was still surprised by the results. Apparently Candyland is the board game that Film Junk readers would most like to see turned into a movie. Weird! I suppose that with Tim Burton directing and Johnny Depp starring it could be a pretty big success. Geek favourites Magic: The Gathering and Risk came in 2nd and 3rd in the poll, but I’m surprised Zombies!!! wasn’t higher on the list. And am I the only one who played Nightmare when I was younger? Say what you will, but I think that Gatekeeper character definitely deserves his own flick.
1. Candyland — 19.1%
2. Magic: The Gathering — 18.3%
3. Risk — 16.5%
4. Chess — 13.9%
5. Battleship — 8.7%
6. Zombies!!! — 7%
7. Fireball Island — 6.1%
8. Operation — 4.3%
8. Scotland Yard — 4.3%
10. Nightmare / Atmosfear — 1.7%
Comments (5)
Actually the GateKeeper inspired a somewhat wacky short shown at Toronto After Dark this year. The shot on VHS and edited with two VCRs added to the veracity of the thing….
Posted by Kurt on November 20th, 2008Awesome… did they get the actual guy to play The Gatekeeper?
Posted by Sean on November 20th, 2008I’m also surprised Nightmare was so low on the list, especially since it’s got a bunch of built in sequels! The Gatekeeper always reminded me of the Emperor from Star Wars.
Posted by Liz on November 20th, 2008Ha, I win! Yes Candy Land would be an awesome movie adaptation. They’d have to make it darker and sexier though … maybe bring in McG and the guy that directed the Spawn movie. That’s right 2 directors for Candy Land. And have Linklater do a fau-documentary within the story that deals with the issue of childhood obesity and diabettes.
Posted by Ian on November 20th, 2008monopoly is already in production by ridley scott isn’t it? hahaha..
but seriously guys it is. google it.
Posted by gooso on December 12th, 2008Leave a Reply