Video games have had a very tenuous relationship with the silver screen since their birth.  Even with all the tech and gizmos out there, like using VR in the casino industry, some of the best first-person shooting or FPS games in history were developed from film titles, like the awesome Nintendo 64 smash hit Goldeneye 007, while some of the most revered FPS titles have been adapted into mediocre films, like the Doom movie.  So what other FPS franchises could prove to be a Hollywood hit, if they were to be made?

Star Wars Battlefront

There’s already two Star Wars trilogies, with a few more on the way out, with mixed reviews for The Last Jedi… The fun of the Battlefront games, however, lay in the struggle for control of cities and battles rather than the swinging of lightsabers. Gamespot lauded Battlefront for giving players the element of choice: stay in to defend your base through a number of nodes, fly out to attack or provide support. A film based on this FPS would feature the choices of soldiers for the Empire and Rebel Alliance playing out on an intergalactic scale, without the need to include the usual names of Jedi and Sith who dominate the Star Wars series.

Half-Life

The first-person shooter that put shooting games on the map, Half-Life tells the story of mute engineer Gordon Freeman in his attempts to overcome aliens and government agents alike, at times using nothing but a crowbar. AllGame said that Half-Life set the stage for all shooting games after it, for good reason. This FPS could be put on film since it tells a much more complex story than did prior shooting titles like Castle Wolfenstein. Despite Freeman’s muteness, screenwriters would likely be forced to give him a speaking role.

Battlefield

Rival game developers Call of Duty plan their game titles around a fictional war between the U.S. and Russia. This contest pales in comparison to Battlefield’s vision of a World War Three, a conflict fought between every world power where alliances rise and fall like the tides. The new release of Battlefield 4 will determine whether or not the USA can get an upper hand on the Middle Eastern Coalition, and whether or not China or the EU will step in to seize power. This FPS could be an action movie, a war movie, a thriller or even a spy flick.

So, unless you have been living under a rock for the last decade, the chances are that you have probably heard of Netflix. Perhaps the world’s leading online streaming service, it provides subscribers with access to the world’s best films, series, documentaries, and original media.

Depending on where you are in the world, you might get slightly different options available to you, but if you use Netflix VPNs like the ones listed on securethoughts.com/netflix-vpn/ then you will be happy to know that you can watch whatever you like regardless of where you are. Now you know that, let us tell you a few more things about Netflix that will baffle, intrigue and amaze!

The idea for Netflix came about in 1997 where the now CEO was charged a fine of $40 for returning a late VHS to a hire store.

Netflix was actually started before Google. It was launched as a subscription service in 1997, whereas Google started in 1998!

Back in the year 2000, Netflix offered to sell themselves to Blockbuster for a sum of $50 million. Now Blockbuster is on its knees and Netflix is worth a staggering $20 billion. You can read the full story here https://www.cnet.com/news/blockbuster-laughed-at-netflix-partnership-offer/

Netflix can be streamed in 50 countries worldwide and has over 57.4 unique accounts which translates into users numbering quite a lot more than that!

Netflix is the biggest user of internet bandwidth and internet traffic in lots of countries. In the US for example, it accounts for 1/3 at peak times!

The average Netflix customer watches an average of 90 minutes of content a day.

Did you know that 60% of Netflix users are classified as binge watchers and indulge in their hobby at least once a fortnight. Business Insider have a great list of the most binged series here http://www.businessinsider.com/most-binge-watched-netflix-shows-of-2017-list-2017-12

The size of all of Netflix content combined is over ONE PETABYTE of data. Incase you didn’t know, that is a LOT.

The most watched TV show on Netflix is Breaking Bad.

There are over 76,000 categories on Netflix with some peculiar ones such as “cool moustaches” and “mind-bending romantic foreign movies”.

If you are lucky enough to work for Netflix, the lowest starting wage is $18 per hour and a free subscription. You also get as many days off as you like, as long as its booked in advance and you still complete your work.

Actor Adam Sandler has signed a four-movie deal with Netflix, based purely on the fact that Netflix rhymes with Wet Chicks.

Did you know that Netflix has its own awards called The Flixies? It is mean to be a bit of a laugh and users are able to vote on their favourite shows based on categories that reflect the way people consume content e.g. Best Marathon TV, or Best Commute Shortener.

We hope you enjoyed these, now go watch some Netflix!

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A good sports film alway guarantee to shed a tear and spread a cheer in equal measures.  We all love to see an underdog, and we all want to win.  And we all want to win with Titanbet Sports too.  We wanted to look at some facts behind some of these much loved films:

Cool Runnings

When a Jamaican sprinter is disqualified from the Olympic Games, he enlists the help of a dishonoured coach to start the first Jamaican Bobsled Team.  One of the other bobsled teams lent the Jamaican team a back-up sled so they could qualify.  The crash scene we see at the end of the movie is actually the real footage taken from the 1988 Winter Olympic Games.  Awesome.

Rocky

Rocky Balboa, a small-time boxer, gets a supremely rare chance to fight heavy-weight champion Apollo Creed in a bout in which he strives to go the distance for his self-respect.  Rocky was the first sports film to win an Oscar for Best Picture.  Cher was considered for the role of Adrian, but the part went to the wonderful Talia Shire.  Butkus, the dog was actually Sylvester Stallone’s very on dog.  Adrian!

Kingpin

A star bowler whose career was prematurely “cut off” hopes to ride a new prodigy to success and riches.  The scene where Ernie McCracken bowled three strikes in a row was real.  According to the Farrelly brothers, Woody Harrelson was an absolutely awful bowler.  The advert Ernie McCracken does for the children, was completely ad-libbed by Bill Murray.  And Jim Carrey was first choice to play Ernie McCracken.  Strike!

Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story

A group of misfits enter a Las Vegas dodgeball tournament in order to save their cherished local gym from the onslaught of a corporate health fitness chain.  Ben Stiller broke three cameras while filming one scene.  The hardest part of filming the dodgeball scenes was not flinching when they knew they were about to be hit.  Dodge!

The Karate Kid

A martial arts master agrees to teach karate to a bullied teenager.  I’m talking about the original and best one, the 1984 film…  Both Charlie Sheen and Sean Penn turned down the role of this iconic character.  When he originally auditioned for the role of Miyagi, Pat Morita faked his Japanese accent and was rejected the part. After a little coaching from his uncle who taught him, he auditioned for a second time and got the part!  Wax off!