Follow the progress of the Myst movie

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Well, that didn't take long...

Obviously making a movie out of the game itself would be completely retarded... I don't think anyone would argue that watching someone poke and prod their way through puzzles for two hours would be groundbreaking cinema (mind-numbing, yes, but certainly not groundbreaking). However, there *is* a lot more to the Myst franchise than just the games. The characters and civilizations that pop up in the games are fleshed out with far more interest in the three Myst novels, and there's an additional 10,000-year swath of history to build a great movie in without even touching the characters that Myst fans all know and love while still keeping it in the same universe.

Personally, if they're going for making a film adaptation of something already published, I hope they make a movie out of the Book of Ti'ana. Not an action-oriented tale by any means, but it's a very smart story with plenty of interesting characters, settings, and happenstances. Honestly, I think a more intellectual game-to-film crossover would work better than trying to adapt a shooter, which has worked *so well* in the past :P.

"..the most static, boring game of all time.."

I should cut you where you stand.