Can somebody help me figure out what Naughty Dog meant by this?

Okay, so just about everyday I go to Google News and look up 'Uncharted' to see how the game and movie is doing. I've been unhappy as to what the movie rumors have been in the past few months. Well recently, the director, David O'Russell confirmed that he does indeed want to make the story into a crime-boss, Sopranos-esque thing (you can find his interview here). I was indeed upset that not only does he want Mark Wahlberg to play Nate (awful choice) but he wants the story to be like Sopranos. And he believes the game is already like that. More to the point; I Tweet to Naughty Dog,  "@Naughty_Dog Is my #Uncharted broken? Because I seriously don't remember any family dynamics in the whole game. What's with that director?" And they come back with:   "@solidejake Take literal quotes re: the film out of discussion, you don't think our characters' relationships have some analogies to family?" Can someone help me translate to what they mean? Thank you.

Nathan Drake had to of been created somehow. 

Everything in Uncharted is about Drake wanting to settle down and start a family, only to have relationships (buildings in the game) collapse around him. How can you not see this. >_>

They're saying that the characters in Uncharted arguably have a family dynamic, despite not actually being a family.
 
IE: Sully could be seen as a father figure to Drake, Flynn could be the disgruntled brother, stuff like that.

also the blue people are like imaginary friends and Zoran was the step-father who likes to beat his kids.

You should tweet back that you always got a brother-sister vibe between Nate and Elaina.

I think Uncharted was caused by trees trying to thin out the human population.

Family dynamics doesn't have to include blood-relations.  Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker are like brothers in Rush Hour.  The A-team are like a family.  That terrible ending to Lethal Weapon 4.  The list goes one.

hopefully the negative fan reaction will make him quit the project. 

" hopefully the negative fan reaction will make him quit the project.  "

How about we stop bitching until we see the film

From what I understand with Nathan Drake, wasn't his family based on a bunch of explorers and not crime bosses? I mean, yes they could interfere with crime bosses trying to make money off of artifacts, but nothing like the Sopranos. That's just horrible.

" @Brendan: No disrespect to you, but did you read what the director wants to do to Uncharted? He claims that there will be a crime family that run museums and handle artifacts. Seriously, read that interview I linked. "

It has Mark Wahlberg...  I mean.. Why are we even discussing this?

It means your hope in a good video game movie is hilarious! 

So Nathan Drake is somehow part of an Italian crime family despite his name being Nathan Drake and claiming ancestry to Sir Francis Drake.
 
The movie should star Ryan Reynolds with Craig T. Nelson as Sully, not Mahk Wahbehg with the cast of Goodfellas.

WAIT.... they're making a Uncharted Movie??

I'm really excited for the Uncharted Movie. David O. Russell knows how to get a good performance out of Mark Wahlberg and I'd prefer it to be another story involving Nathan Drake as opposed to Uncharted or Uncharted 2's story. The man made Three Kings and Flirting With Disaster, so that gets my vote for him to make a good action movie with comedic elements. 
@Brodehouse: Nah, Ed O'Neill for Sully.

Yeah this is stupid... the movie was made for him in the game! I'm sure most people wouldn't mind a copy/paste job.

" They're saying that the characters in Uncharted arguably have a family dynamic, despite not actually being a family. IE: Sully could be seen as a father figure to Drake, Flynn could be the disgruntled brother, stuff like that. "

If you think the movie will be anything like the game, you're delusional. The movie will take it's own liberties with story and characters...the sooner you accept this, the better.

" @TheFreeMan said:

" They're saying that the characters in Uncharted arguably have a family dynamic, despite not actually being a family. IE: Sully could be seen as a father figure to Drake, Flynn could be the disgruntled brother, stuff like that. "

This is probably the right interpretation. "