Taxi Driver (Cancelled)

[hot perch]

https://www.unseen64.net/2009/05/24/taxi-driver-xbox-ps2-cancelled/

[timid ice]

Taxi Driver (Cancelled)

[buoyant iris]

It's sad reading the backstory of how development ended. Now I have a reason to hate Scorsese. I'd say if anyone has any playable builds of the game, leak it so we can piss Scorsese off.

[upper scarab]

Youch that is quite a story

[drowsy flax]

Holy hell that's really a sad reason.

[drowsy flax]

"I don't want my entertainment product to become an entertainment product."

But at least, in devil's defense I can see why Scorsese could be pissed off by the videogame.
The concept of the movie is more of a critique to how people just plain ignore more needed folks until they become a hero, or a criminal.

And converting the movie about a deranged fellow in need of serious therapeutic help, to a videogame styled like "GTA 3 without Cops chases" is kindly a slapped on the face to the message of the movie, because... We know that GTA is not well-known to be a videogame that puts in doubt what the main characters are doing.
Maybe in modern era a game of Taxi Driver that thrives towards the same message like the movie is possible, but not in sixth generations consoles, unfortunately.

[stone latch]

its the same thing as the Scarface game where throwing out how the film ends was the right call for a video game, but there's no question that it also shits all over the movie's themes by doing that

I think its extremely silly to hate Scorsese solely because he said no to a Taxi Driver game. this isn't a case where a soulless suit went "where's the money in that?" its the creator of the thing not wanting his well respected film reduced to merchandise

because that's what a lot of film people see video games as, merchandise

could someone pull off a Taxi Driver game that still respected the themes of the film? I think so. would this be the game to do it? eh......

[drowsy flax]

And being honest, at the first time I saw the screenshots I thought "Oh shit, it's like Max Payne with Free-Roam segments".

If someone's interested to play something like this game, then Max Payne is a good option, it has his gritty and dark ambience combined with the fun of bullet-hell

[sly bronze]

Are you talkin to me?

[drowsy flax]

Who more you're talking to?

[buoyant iris]

Well when he was making the film, he signed away the products rights and such to the distributor so he could fund production. So technically speaking, he's not allowed to have any say in the matter.

[timid ice]

@foggy flower

[foggy flower]

Nice

And yes, I want it revived

[upper scarab]

Unfortunately as long as Scorsese lives we probably won't see this