The guy hasn’t even messed up his supposed God of War adaptation yet, and he’s already looking to maul other franchises. Bret “The Rat” Ratner directed such films as Rush Hour, Rush Hour 2, Rush Hour 3 and X-Men 3, which killed the franchise so dead that rumors suggest they will rely on prequels for a few films to avoid dealing with that whole clusterfuck.

Now, he’s telling MTV his awesome idea for a new way to mess things up:

“I love ‘Guitar Hero’ and I think it’s a part of pop culture. I would love to do a ‘Guitar Hero’ movie, if Activision would ever let me. I’m trying to convince them, but why would you have a movie screw up such a huge franchise? Not that I would make a bad movie. So that would be cool, to do a ‘Guitar Hero’ movie. ”

And here is his idea for the plot:

“It could be about a kid from a small town who dreams of being a rock star and he wins the ‘Guitar Hero’ competition. One of these dreams-[come-true] kind of concepts.”

Um, did this guy miss the entire Guitar Queer-o episode of South Park (watch it for free here)? It basically shat all over that idea before it was even a Bret Ratner idea (they are so ahead of their time!).

Ratner also mentions that he’s still spinning his gears over a God of War adaptation, but isn’t half as excited about it as he is about this Guitar Hero lameness:

All he would say is that he’s “doing a movie version of ‘God of War,’” declining to provide an update on the status of the project nor his ideal casting for the possible film’s roles.

You know why a Guitar Hero movie won’t work? Because a film can be good and include Guitar Hero, but can’t be good and be about Guitar Hero. No one cares if they aren’t playing it themselves.

We’re afraid of similar problems on the Facebook movie, but we are convinced Aaron Sorkin can find an interesting way in for audiences. The Rat, on the other hand? Less convinced that is going to work out.