The only way they can do a Duke Nukem flick is to dilute the character, strip him away of what makes Duke Nukem who he is – and there is no self-respecting Duke fan on the planet that wants to see that happen. Deadpool is just a very violent fellow and for some reason, violence is frowned upon sure – but its not considered as bad as sexual images or more specifically a male being overtly sexual towards women. This is not like the fan outcry for an R-rated Deadpool movie a few years back (but we got it eh?). Six years later and not much has changed I can only imagine what the furore would be like if the game was released now. Do you really think a film where the hero gets a double blow-job from two fan-girl twin sisters dressed in school-like uniforms while he sits there playing a video game will fly in today’s movie climate? The backlash over Duke’s style of humour was immense when Duke Nukem Forever was released in 2011. Hollywood and film-making in general is changing (for better or worse) and you just can not have a character like Duke Nukem in a film doing what he does. All of this shit going on right now and they think its the right time to make a Duke Nukem movie? It may have flown fifteen years ago, maybe ten…possibly even just squeezed in five years ago – but now? Not a chance. The fact that every time you turn on the TV or check out the news, there is yet another big name producer/director/actor being accused of some kind of sexual misconduct. Given the fact that right now, Hollywood is in the midst of a ‘feminist uprising’ and there are a string of films (remakes/reboots) coming soon where the male parts are being swapped for female ones. Yes he is outdated but that is part of the amusement that many, many people do not get. But that is because I get the joke, I know he’s supposed to be a parody. Duke is a pastiche of 70s and 80s action heroes, he’s an overblown stereotype expanded to the level of absurdity and I love him for it too. Yeah he loves ‘the babes’ but he treats them with little regard, objectifying them, looking at them as sex objects and so on. He was playing with alien boobies long before Luke Skywalker did so in Star Wars: The Last Jedi. See, Duke is a very obnoxious, overtly sexist and just downright rude to boot. Many reviewers felt that Duke Nukem was just not ‘right’ in this now PC world we live in. Not only because the game was a complete dog to play with vastly outdated game mechanics and terrible level design but also due to Duke’s trademark style of humour. You see, when the abysmal Duke Nukem Forever was finally released it was slammed by critics. There is a major problem with this idea and that problem is the character of Duke himself. a pair or Ray-Bans and stick a stogie in his mouth…and voilà! But can he do the voice? Yeah, Cena seems the perfect choice for the role (either him or Dolph Lundgren from Rocky IV) and even though I want to see a Duke Nukem flick, even though I think they have the right man – I don’t think they should even attempt making it. While I personally think John Cena is not a great actor – I really can imagine him as Duke. I salivate at the thought of the larger then life Duke Nukem being brought into the world of cinema. Now I love me some Mr Nukem, he’s one of my all time favourite game characters and I’d love to see a big screen film made. All we had was one screenshot to whet our appetite.It has recently been announced that wrestler turned actor (aren’t all wrestlers actors?), John Cena is in talks to play video game superstar Duke Nukem in an upcoming flick. This was like the coolest thing ever when I was 12 and it was harder to find smut on the internet without getting caught by my mom and dad.Īnyway, Quake had a sequel, Doom had a sequel, Unreal had a sequel, Half Life had a sequel, Wolfenstein had a sequel even Sin had a sequel but the most eagerly awaited of them all – Duke Nukem Forever – never emerged. If you went up to them and pressed the space bar Duke Nukem would hand them a dollar bill and they would flash their tits. One of the earliest – and coolest – though was Duke Nukem, where you played a wisecracking idiot who had to rid the world of a bunch of scary ass aliens and monsters who would regularly tell you to SUCK IT DOWN in a scary voice.ĭuke Nukem was cool because he was a total badass and whipped out dumb lines like ‘it’s time to kick ass and chew bubble gum, but I’m all out of gum’ and the game also featured naked women who would be hanging out in strip clubs dancing. Stop the press! Duke Nukem is back! If you’re anything like me (a stoner in his mid 20’s) then you probably spent a good portion of your early teens playing first person shooters on your PC, the pinnacle of which was probably something like Half Life 2 or Quake 3.
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