‘Firewatch’ Adaptation Movie on the Way
By George Robbins
Moving forward is a difficult thing for many studios to do nowadays, but they have managed to make do with what they’ve got. This is the reason why movies are being able to immediately get back to work even though the pandemic is still ongoing. Although the pandemic is still going strong, there have been new rules and regulations put in place to allow production crews to get back to the films they were making. This also allows many opportunities for the rest of the film industry as a whole as it eventually gives way for theaters to get some of their business back. Many movies that stopped part way through for their productions have been started back up again and this has given people a lot of work recently.
While the world was locked away behind closed doors at home, there were many people that continued to work as the rest of the world was shut down. Among those people were the writers who are responsible for the creation of entirely new ideas for movies and it gives studios something to do when they get the chance. Writers are not the only people that help a film get made as producers are also responsible for this and it is the reason why so many movies get made in the first place. So during the quarantine, it only makes sense that bored producers would look for something that they could make a movie out of. This is why we are now hearing about another film that is based upon a video game, ‘Firewatch.’
Video game movies are not often well-received by the public as they usually don’t do a great job at translating between the game and the big screen. There are, of course, some exceptions to the rule that people have been following over the years that all video game movies are bad. A vast majority of the ones that have already been made, however, have not been received well by the public and it has resulted in great failures for many movies. This comes from the disconnect that happens between the two mediums of a video game and a movie. Movies are something that people just watch to see a story while video games are interactive and let people play the story. This results in people just not really enjoying the film that much because they would rather play the game at home.
Things may actually end up working out for ‘Firewatch’ though because of the way that the story in that game is set up. While there are aspects of exploration found in the game, there are a lot of story elements that, if done correctly, could be well adapted to a movie format. For those who don’t know, in the game you play as a forest ranger in a lookout tower who is just trying to keep watch of the surrounding area to prevent hazards like a forest fire. Unfortunately, while much of the game is suspenseful and tense which draws in the player, the conclusion leaves much to be desired and it is critically regarded as the worst bit of the game. This is a topic up for debate though, since there was mixed criticism about the game’s ending. Let’s hope that whoever is working on the film can keep it in the same vein as the game and can give it a satisfying ending.