From Pleading Fans: A Faithful Castlevania Film

To:  Paul W.S. Anderson

A moment that many of us fans have waited and even prayed for has finally arrived, yet it has been mixed with a scrape.

The moment: A film based on the excellent video game series Castlevania has been announced.

The scrape: The writer and director will be none other than Paul W.S. Anderson.

I have two things to say about that: First, thank God that it isn't Uwe Boll. And second: The Resident Evil films.

Do I really need to say anything else? With the possible exception of Mortal Kombat (opinions are widely varied regarding that film), Anderson has proven that he is (according to a general consensus among video game fans) horrifyingly incapable of producing a video game-based film that is pleasing to the most important aspect of both the game-and-film industries: The fans.

We are the people that are at the stores and the box offices on the first day of releases. As fans, our appreciation is matched by no one. Despite these factors, we are the ones who catch the majority of the spit - straight in our faces - when we find that the companies that produce these films really don't give a damn about us. They show it by letting this garbage out into the open, solely for the purpose of a faceless entity getting their hands into our wallets.

It's beginning to seem as if the same thing will happen to yet another game that is cherished world-wide. It also seems that nothing is stopping Anderson from developing it.

And so, the purpose of this petition is to provide a means for fans to voice their opinions and desires for the upcoming Castlevania film. At this time, our main wish is that the story of the film is accurately integrated from that of Castlevania's. It wouldn't be difficult to do it justice. There's plenty to work with that eliminates the need for any of the devices that were employed in the Resident Evil films. We don't want another mindless action flick full of techno-rock and story liberties.

We hope and beg that those of you who are instrumental in the development of this project - which includes the folks at Crystal Sky Pictures, Konami, and even Paul W.S. Anderson - will listen to us, and genuinely consider our wishes.

Sincerely,

The Undersigned

The From Pleading Fans: A Faithful Castlevania Film Petition to Paul W.S. Anderson was created by Fans of the Castlevania series and written by Eric Stephen Vidnovic (Kent Weirdo) (kentweirdo@gmail.com).  This petition is hosted here at www.PetitionOnline.com as a public service. There is no endorsement of this petition, express or implied, by Artifice, Inc. or our sponsors. For technical support please use our simple Petition Help form.

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