I have known Sir Ridley Scott was involved in making a live action Monopoly for a little while now. In fact, I even thought this could be a fun escape into the world of fantasy economics in today's otherwise turbulent times. Imagine a world where people can buy things with pink and orange paper, its like a "What If... Russia was a Capitalist Nation" story. I was looking forward to this free spending action extravaganza, but it looks like Ridley just smacked a giant Hotel on my anticipation.
A report on CHUD.com has been posted stating that Sir Ridley is now looking to direct the Parker Bros. board game adaptation. It even goes as far as to say Sir Ridley wants to make the film sci-fi, with the "futuristic sheen" of his iconic Blade Runner. WTF!?!? A sci-fi Monopoly? How does that make any sense. I am all for sci-fi blockbusters, I am all for ANYTHING Sir Ridley does, heck I might even be interested in board game adaptations into feature films, but I can't help but get the feeling that this is a Hershey Kisses and bubble gum type scenario. Then again, who am I to pre judge a certifiable genius. Perhaps he will even go one step further and add a horror element to movie, the Flat Iron has to pass go in two turns or a chest burster Alien will collect a 500 Space Dollar tax.
One can only hope it will be half as good as this impending Masterpiece.
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Since when is Ridley Scott a certifiable genius? Two classic films and then an annoyingly uneven filmography do not a genius make.
And wasn't Wall Street the big screen adaptation of Monopoly?
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