A Bioshock Movie Is In The Works At Netflix

Oooo. That sounds nice.

Hope it turns out well

Can't wait for people to complain about "Netflix making it woke" as if it wasn't always political.

Thats cool. I only want to see how big daddy looks in live action.

@Munchlax I never played the games, but does the story have politics in it? or is it being woke?

But can you blame them for thinking that? I mean its netflix we're talking about here.

I only watch Uwe Boll and Paul WS Anderson movie adaptations.

I hope it is Infinite. As much as I love the one in Rapture the one in Columbia is better for a movie!

I would kindly ask Nintendo to consider returning to their Zelda and Star Fox projects to make up for that huge freak out that got both of them cancelled instantly.

No way this is gonna be good

@Snatcher What do you mean by “Woke”

Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson as Andrew Ryan 👍🏼

Wow this would be great, leave it to Netflix for making good videogame based movies.

@Snatcher They're very political games. The thesis statement of the first game is basically "libertarianism is dumb". Infinite's message is a bit less focused but "the U.S. became and remains an imperial power due to its willingness to be unfathomably cruel to people" is a major theme.

I hope they don't butcher it.

@Snatcher The first game is a critique of libertarian ideology and the works of Ayn Rand.

@LouisaFerre Ah, So its just very political heavy, but not woke per say?

@Snatcher Depends on what you mean by that, I suppose. Infinite depicts many horrible acts of racism and basically says that race-based discrimination is bad. It implies that the U.S. was founded on racist ideals and would not be a superpower today if it didn't benefit from slave labor. Bioshock 1 was a bit different and is basically about how the idea of a stateless society is an impractical pipe dream and would inevitably result in chaos and neo-feudalism. I never played 2 because it was made by an outside studio without the involvement of the original creators and is generally considered to be painfully average. The image they included in their tweet seems to imply that they're only (or at least primarily) adapting the first game, so if they were faithful to the source material it would likely be overtly political but more focused on economic issues/the role of government than, for lack of a better term, "social issues".

@Snatcher I assure you that all 3 games are HEAVY on politics and moral dilemmas but none of them are "woke" by todays standards.

They do not try and force some agenda on you like many games try to do just to get awards for being "progressive"

@LouisaFerre What I meant by politics was pretty much what @Zuljaras said, Its politics for the sake of story or such.

What I mean by woke is again what Zuljaras said, There not trying to push a agenda.

So its political, not woke. Thanks guys.

Netflix making the movie? What could possibly go wrong with that? I mean, the death note movie turned out to be a masterpiece

I must say I am Bio-Shocked by this development. Actually not really. Seems like the kind of game that would lend itself well to a film adaptation. Bah, they'll find a way to screw it up.

@danemord is death note that one about that book that kills people when you write their name in it ? I liked that film

@Snatcher All politics is trying to push an agenda. Doesn’t matter what side.

@faint But I think politics for the sake of story, and then there is the woke kind that its actually meant to push something.

@Snatcher All politics are trying to push something. Woke is just a word people throw on things they don’t like. In my country, Republican politics in a film are normally trying to push religious fundamentalism (as an example) does it make them woke? They’re definitely pushing something.

@Would_you_kindly maybe if you're not that familiar with the manga or anime (I do, so I can't take a different perspective), but they completely butchered the lore 😅 not to mention all the plot holes

BioShock has been one of my favourite FPS series ever since I first played it. I've been waiting for the movie for so long.

@danemord yeah I don't watch anime & don't even know what manga is guess its like the resident evil movies where without playing the games they're decent flicks but when your a fan of the games they're terrible

Sounds good to me. I'll watch it. I loved the first game. Second game was good, I just felt like I spent too much time in Rapture at that point. The third game was good but I didn't care as much for the flying city versus the underwater, leaking, crumbling city. Ha ha, I guess that kind of conflicts with what I said.