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The Worst Celebrity Renders of All Time

Watch as videogames transform your favorite stars into unrecognizable monsters

Words: Charlie Barratt, GamesRadar US

In the original Spider-Man film, Peter Parker is bitten by a radioactive arachnid and gains the powers of extraordinary strength, agility and reflexes. In a slight twist, however, the game based on the movie has Peter bitten by a radioactive marshmallow, gaining only the power of extraordinary puffiness. Both heroes could stick to walls, meaning the action remained largely unchanged.

This new origin proved so popular that, by Spider-Man 3, every character had been given a spongy and gelatinous makeover.

Above: The s'more, the better! (Sorry. We'll stop now.)



Breaking the fourth wall, Hulk's leading man lets us know exactly how he feels about his appearance in the game. That or his giant green alter ego is about to emerge through a single bulging eyeball. Or he just saw Bill Murray.

Whatever the hell's going on here, you can't help but share in his comically over emphasized pain.



We can excuse the blocky pixels and disjointed polygons; after all, Star Wars: Masters of Teras Kasi is another PS1 game. But unless Han Solo and Chewbacca sired a secret son we don't know about, we simply can't forgive that fugtastic dog mug. Yuck.

Incredibly, though, this is the rare instance in which Harrison Ford looks wrong in a game. We've played his characters on practically every console in every generation and, somehow, his trademark stubble and sarcasm always shine through.

Unfortunately, the same cannot be said for his costars...



Um, Leia? Maybe you should put the bounty hunter helmet back on... No no, not the metal bikini. Just the helmet. Thanks.

Come on, now... Mark Hamill's car accident wasn't THAT bad.


 
23 Comments
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MultiGamer  - 1 year 1 month ago 
First! That Bill Murray one was hilarious, also the jackie chan one.
TheGreatHobbe  - 1 year 1 month ago 
everyone from spiderman 3 scares me
midknight8  - 1 year 1 month ago 
Bill murray killed my parents in a clown suit too...
Flopsy  - 1 year 1 month ago 
It's "fiesta" and not "siesta" under the Goldeneye entry. Fiesta is a party and siesta is a nap.
Rasy2kG  - 1 year 1 month ago 
I think Val Kilmer's render in will Willow is pretty bad ass
statuslegendary  - 11 months 30 days ago 
Spot on, I laughed so hard at the bit about Sly. Whoever crafted that gem of a likeness over at Nintendo is a genius!

Great article as usual.
kaoticfish  - 11 months 19 days ago 
lol great article.
crazyhand  - 10 months 5 days ago 
macaulay culkin looks like a bloody salizar from re4
Oxfordcomma4  - 8 months 29 days ago 
Chuck Norris = burger head on karate robes? FTW
Julia roberts = fairy butterfly thing? FT... wait... OK
Mavarious  - 8 months 7 days ago 
hehehe, that was hilarious
BuckyKat  - 8 months 6 days ago 
The developer of Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves only had the rights to make a game based on the movie. They didn't get the rights to use any of the actor's likenesses which is why Robin Hood doesn't look anything like Kevin Costner nor do any of the other characters look like the actual actors that portrayed them.
Darkdraak21  - 8 months 6 days ago 
This one made me laugh very hard mostly at the bill murray one. This is absolutely one of your funniest articles.....EVER!
DUImonkey  - 8 months 15 hours ago 
man, i thought for sure the characters from the jackass game would make it in...
Forsakenday  - 7 months 10 days ago 
Hilarious. I love the create your own Goldeneye character. Awesome article.
youtouchedme2xtdar  - 6 months 13 days ago 
lovin it
LycanFox1  - 6 months 3 hours ago 
omg Harry Potter looks like a retard!
AtoMixxer  - 4 months 25 days ago 
Macaulay Culkin's rendering is positivally frighting.
Thelonius  - 3 months 27 days ago 
Fantastic artilce. Funniest thing i've seen all week!
Gsindahouse  - 3 months 26 days ago 
pretty funny, man
No, seriously...funny...real funny
WHAT THE HECK! on the spock thing, though
otherwise that joke about the propaganda poster was mercilessly hilarious
I'm in the middle of a library, okay go easy on me
SandroTheMaster  - 3 months 26 days ago 
"Fun Fact#2: The japanese believe David Bowie is the Devil"

For all the freaking Gods and Devils, the David Bowie one me laugh so hard I thought I'd die (again).

Also, the Macaulay Culkin's gave me a frightening flashback that I don't even know where it came from (and I really, really don't want to remember).
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