The NYT announced that the Warner Brothers subsidiary Legendary Pictures have bought the option for the big screen adaptation of the massively multiplayer online role playing game World of Warcraft. A WoW movie is a terrible idea for so many reasons. A few, you ask? 1. It has no plot. 2. The game is good because it's you doing the things, not some beefed up beefcake in a Lordi outfit. 3. The only reason they're interested in the property is because it has so many users. It's called a cash-in, people. 4. Hello niche market.

Five other properties that have been wildly successful in one format only to be mangled in another include:

1. Dungeons and Dragons: table-top role playing as a movie? 2. Steve Irwin: decent bloke, terrible film 3. Jackson 5: great band, terrible cartoon series 4. The Birdcage: they should've kept it in French 5. Pac Man Fever: great game. Music?!