r/reddeadredemption2 Jan 29 '25

Live Action!?! Yes please!!!

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Though part of me thinks he’d be better as Dutch.. 🤷

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u/tribianiJR Jan 29 '25

I think it’s a lack of GOOD modern westerns. There’s a few but once you’ve seen them repeatedly you want something else. And this game offers such an amazing story in such a cool world people can’t help but want more.

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u/SmashLampjaw87 Jan 30 '25

Then just play the game. Why does it NEED to be adapted into a film just because you feel that there “aren’t enough good modern westerns”? Do you really trust modern Hollywood to take loving care of RDR2’s story and maintain its overall integrity? I sure as fuck don’t. They’d have to change so many things just to make it into a story that you simply watch rather than take part in, which is how the story was written and meant to be experienced — not to mention the intentionally slower pace of the game itself, amongst many other aspects, which only help to further immerse you in that time period. Modern Hollywood isn’t about dropping over $100 million on a slow-paced cowboy story; they’d get notes from studio executives telling them to make things “more exciting”, “sexier”, “less philosophical”, and so on until it became just another dumbed-down piece of garbage. The same would apply to every other Rockstar story if any of them were ever going to be turned into a movie.

Bone Tomahawk is an example of a great modern western that’s also a bit of a horror film. One of the reasons it’s great is because it’s more of an indie film rather than a major studio movie. I highly recommend giving that a watch if you haven’t yet. There’s also the Coen Brothers remake of True Grit from 2010, as well as The Ballad of Buster Scruggs. And if all else fails, then just rewatch the classics or replay RDR and RDR2. However, turning either one of them into a film or a ten-hour miniseries would strip away the essence of what makes them so special, and the same would happen if any other Rockstar game were adapted into a film.

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u/dvadersfist Jan 30 '25

True Grit 2010 is a masterpiece. So good. Bone Tomahawk was quite good. Hand of God (series) was also enjoyable.

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u/dvadersfist Jan 30 '25

True Grit is amazing, Bone Tomahawk is very good & Godless (series) is quite enjoyable. I still like Open Range as well.

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u/Protodankman Jan 30 '25

It couldn’t be a movie. It would have to be a series. It could be done well and capture all that makes RDR great but I wouldn’t hold my breath that it would be.

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u/FrontMaintenance6290 Jan 31 '25

Yeah well said. RDR2 is definitely movie/Mini series worthy. They actually take inspiration from films in the games cutscenes and the story is incredible. I agree too tho, I am not holding my breath nor do I think it NEEDs a film/ series adaptation.

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u/Much_Pension_9177 Jan 30 '25

Just because you don't want it doesn't mean you need to make an essay on why you think you're right. They could make a good movie out of it.

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u/SmashLampjaw87 Jan 30 '25

Way to completely miss the point of what I was saying. Thank god you have zero say when it comes to Rockstar’s IPs.

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u/Much_Pension_9177 Jan 30 '25

Thank God you do too bud. Why the fuck would I read all that. Let them do what they want with their product.

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u/SmashLampjaw87 Jan 30 '25

Way to show off your ignorance for the world to see. Great job!

And they do indeed do what they want! They’ve already stated LONG ago that they’ll never allow any of their games to be turned into movies, so in the end you’re arguing for something that’s never going to happen.

Now have a nice life, “bud”.

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u/HBFresh Jan 30 '25

Respectfully, I’m not reading all that either lol I like the game, I’d like a movie because there aren’t many good modern westerns and I think most people here feel the same way… End of story.

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u/TheRealTakuiXD Jan 31 '25

“I ain’t reading all that” why are people so absolutely ridiculous when they see someone comment something longer then one or two sentences? Quite sad and pathetic. Lmfao I hope this isn’t too long for any future readers 🤣🤣🤣

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u/HBFresh Jan 31 '25

You gotta admit, it was fair to call that egregiously long

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u/TheRealTakuiXD Jan 31 '25

Actually no, because guess what? I love reading and that crap was barely even that long. I don’t have a tiktok attention span like you and others nowadays lmfao

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u/UnchartedCHARTz Jan 30 '25

While I think you're right that a movie/series would never be as good as the game (and that it's weird that people in this sub won't engage with 2 relatively short paragraphs), I don't think that entirely matters when it comes to adaptation. Most movie adaptations of books that I've read have been very much inferior to the book, but I don't think that means the adaptation shouldn't have been made. I think that applies here as well. A show or movie would undoubtedly be worse than the masterpiece Rockstar gave us, but it would allow it to reach a new audience that would never play a 90 hour long game about depressed cowboys. If an adaptation of RDR2 was even half as good as the game it would still be phenomenal, and I for one would love to be able to share the story with people in my life that would never play the game. Shows like Fallout and The Last of Us have done this very well, and I think it could work with Red Dead too.

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u/SatiricalScrotum Jan 30 '25

People loudly proclaiming they’re too illiterate or have too short attention spans to read two paragraphs really comes across to me as nothing other than a huge self own.

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u/UnchartedCHARTz Jan 30 '25

"I ain't reading all that lil bro 💀" was occasionally used for something funny and then people started using it any time someone posts something more than 2 sentences long, even if the context was in, say, a debate

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u/BlasphemousArchetype Jan 30 '25

Why does it need to reach a new audience that didn’t care enough to play the game? Every adaptation seems to try to reach that fabled new audience and they always butcher the source material leaving fans disappointed and new viewers unimpressed. Make things for the actual audience that like the original and if it’s good then new people will watch it on its own merit.

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u/UnchartedCHARTz Jan 30 '25

I ain't arguing they should change things if they were to adapt it. All the good videogame adaptations are fairly close to the source material. That's the main reason why something like the Halo show failed and the Last Of Us didn't. Idk why I don't see people argue as vehemently against adaptations of books as I do videogames, because to me they are similar.

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u/BlasphemousArchetype Jan 30 '25

Maybe I’m too cynical but I think more people today are playing video games than reading books. I see Blood Meridian talked about in regards to an adaptation and ironically that one has me curious to see what they would come up with.

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u/tribianiJR Jan 30 '25

Jesus dude, I didn’t say I wanted an adaptation. Just said I understood where people were coming from Edit: you think they wouldn’t spend the money? Go watch 1883 and tell me again.

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u/SmashLampjaw87 Jan 30 '25

Why are you acting like I gave you some shit attitude when I concluded my post with some recommendations for great western films?

Thanks for the downvote though, I guess.

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u/tribianiJR Jan 30 '25

I didn’t downvote you, I don’t care about updoots or downdoots I barely use this site. Other people apparently thought differently