#736 - FFAF: Video Games That Became Spy/Crime/Sports Dramas

The Counsel of Trent

Catholic Answers

Religion & Spirituality

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🗓️ 14 April 2023

⏱️ 19 minutes

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In this episode of free-for-all-Friday, Trent explores the true life stories behind 3 popular video games that inspired recent movies.

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Council of Trend Podcast, a production of Catholic Answers.
0:10.4	There's a trend in Hollywood to talk about the curse of video game movies.
0:15.2	When you try to adapt video games into movies, they often turn into pretty bad movies.
0:22.2	One of the first would be the Super Mario Bros. movie with Bob Hoskins, I think, and John
0:28.0	Lake, Wasamo.
0:29.0	Really, really bad.
0:30.4	The one I was a kid, I loved it because when you're a kid, you know, you know, recognize
0:33.8	that things are bad.
0:35.4	But today on the podcast, I want to talk about the stories behind video games, the real
0:40.8	life stories that have been turned into films that make them really interesting.
0:45.8	Oh, as you'll see with our second example, video game, the definition is going to be stretched
0:50.4	just a little bit.
0:52.8	Welcome to the Council of Trend Podcast.
0:54.5	I'm your host, Catholic Answers Apologist Trent Horn.
0:57.9	And today, it's Friday, free for all Friday.
1:01.1	We are free.
1:02.1	We're free people.
1:03.1	We can talk about whatever I want to talk about.
1:05.5	Monday and Wednesday, we talk about apologetics and theology.
1:08.2	But Friday is a nice day to just unwind and talk about anything that's fun and under the
1:14.6	sun.
1:15.6	So that's what I want to talk about today.
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