Surely we are not exaggerating too much if we say that in a quick survey of the best games of the last 20 years, Bioshock would be chosen practically without a doubt. Its launch in 2007 marked a before and after for many gamers and it quickly caught the attention and aroused the interest of some film studios, who saw in it its enormous potential beyond the PC, PS3 or Xbox 360 screens.
Netflix takes over Bioshock
After many attempts to bring the history of the 2K Games game to the big screen, Netflix has finally taken the bull by the horns and has taken over rights that have been going hand in hand for the last 15 years. Not in vain, at the height of the Pirates of the Caribbean movies, its director, Gore Verbinski, wanted to be responsible for the adaptation, but budget problems derailed any attempt by the American.
But things did not stop there: in 2012, Bioshock returned to the present thanks to another project, this time directed by the Spanish Juan Carlos Fresnadillo but which also failed, suggesting that when choosing how Rapture would adapt to the big screen there were disagreements of concept between those involved . Probably due to impositions from 2K Games which, as part of Take Two , is one of the video game companies that tends to be stricter with its franchises.
What do we hope to see in the Bioshock movie?
Bioshock is a game that marks when you discover it for the first time, and perhaps that is why fans of the franchise want to fall asleep before its adaptation to the cinema, even if it is within Netflix. That is why the first thing we want to know is Rapture , the submerged city where the protagonist arrives and which is built on the seabed. A monumental, imposing civilization that captivates from the first moment with its beautiful views that can be enjoyed from practically any corner. Another of the attractions of the film is to see what the city was like in its heyday, thanks to the little flashbackswho tell us about their social events and the achievements of the engineers who were until then when things were going well before chaos took over its inhabitants.
Of course we also want to see the Big Daddy in action with their already recognizable diving suits and protective suits that not only allow them to walk on the bottom of the sea without breathing problems, but thanks to their armored arm they can put an end to any threat that they pose the (already shattered) dream of Rapture and Andrew Ryan is in jeopardy. Of course, we also want to see those dark Little Sisters who are collecting, syringe in hand, ADAM by Rapture from the bodies of the few that are still alive or badly injured among the ruins.
And of course we want to know what the evolution of Jack, the protagonist, will be like throughout history, as he supplies plasmids to his body to gain powers and resistances with which to face all the dangers ( Splicers included) that they hide in a place that was once the most advanced civilization in the world. Remember that Bioshock is, precisely, the story of a perfect society project that fails miserably and in which coincidences are not so coincidental when we reach the end of its argument… so we hope that that suspense and that atmosphere of terror and science -fiction is well embodied on the big screen.