Movies and games.
After entering the 21st century, the distance is getting smaller and smaller.
Both have a common function, which is to provide entertainment.
For the more serious audience, for the player who plays more deeply, that is, from the real world, into another world.
The box office success of "Out of Control Player" once again gave the confidence to combine the two entertainment methods of film and game.
The last time, I remember exactly How ToKir.
According to the current Hollywood tone, it should be necessary to take advantage of the situation to create a "player universe".
It is also magical to say that the game entered the movie, first from the game adaptation, and once flooded for a period of time.
However, the vast majority of genre films that seem to be able to drive circle-breaking with the help of game fans have failed.
The few that can achieve box office success and make a series of them are at most good popcorn grades, and then without exception are getting worse and worse.
Then there's the 2018 interactive film Black Mirror: Pandasnake, which is considered another future for cinema.
The characters in the story will make choices according to the wishes of the audience, and finally come up with various endings.
The fundamental difference between a movie and a game is that the audience cannot participate in the story and affect the fate of the characters, while the game is the complete opposite, and the player's participation is the core fun.
Interactive films make up for the natural "flaws" that movies can't engage the audience.
One of the reasons why game adaptations are generally not accepted by players is that when players watch movies, they can't find the kind of experience of playing games.
Perhaps in the near future, theater seats will be dedicated to interactive movies with voting buttons, and the choice of characters will be based on the results of the votes. This will definitely increase the enthusiasm of the second brush, because different matches are likely to get different endings, and the sense of participation in the game is more or less there.
It's just that, whether it's story or gameplay, Black Mirror: Pandasnake isn't mature. This combination of film and game also needs a more groundbreaking milestone work to drive.
Game adaptations, interactive movies, are the two easiest modes to come up with.
Who would have thought that the real success of breaking the situation would be the most primitive way.
Game-themed movies.
Before Ready Player One, disney animation Invincible Destruction King tapped into the potential of this "game movie."
The story is not strictly a game adaptation, but borrows from the characters in the game. Disney spared no expense to buy the rights to various classic "Little Overlord Games", based on a solid script, the audience not only gained happiness in the adventure of the protagonist destroying the king, but also found the feeling of playing the game that year.
The various game skills in the movie will evoke the common memories of a generation.
Although it is still impossible to play in the movie, it is likely that some people will watch the movie and go home and can't help but use the computer to reminisce.
Can arouse the audience's impulse to play the game, such a game movie can actually be regarded as a success.
Game adaptations like 2014's "Need for Speed" and 2016's "Assassin's Creed" have some classic elements and scenes of the game, but they are more Hollywood special effects cool movies, and it is difficult to synchronize with the feeling of playing the game.
Because the film takes into account some realistic logic factors, some of the "skills" in the game are integrated into the reality of the film, and there is no such taste. For example, "Need for Speed" cannot restore the operation and setting of drift and nitrogen acceleration in the game.
It turns out that without directly adapting the game worldview, but only using the elements and settings of the game, and applying them to a new, more mature script, such a game movie will be more likely to have a miraculous effect.
2017's Brave Games: Battle jungle tells the story of several children who are caught up in a game console and need to complete a level mission to return to reality.
Even though the original version of the game was an old-fashioned board game, not a video game, but everyone in the film has three lives and has a special skill setting, it is a very game-like feeling.
Moreover, this has no fan base at all in China, and even the old version of the 1995 film is little known, and it can get a high box office of 491 million yuan, which shows that this kind of game movie does not need to rely on feelings.
Of course it is better to have feelings.
Ready Player One has become a carnival for game fans, movie fans, and anime fans.
All kinds of endless "Easter eggs" were exchanged for a continuous scream in the theater.
Especially when Gundam appeared, it was directly exploded.
Movies have always been fundamentally different from games.
You can't expect a movie theater to turn into a game hall in the future.
Even if virtual reality technology can really be like the "oasis" in "Ready Player One" in the future, it will be difficult to enter a movie to play the game.
A movie is a movie.
Games are games.
However, the film can borrow some of the characteristics of the game to create a powerful entertainment effect, as well as a sentiment effect.
You know, with the development of computers, games are also quickly updated.
A game that was popular 10 years ago has become a sentiment 10 years later.
Many players are tired of playing and don't want to play anymore, but it is a good memory. It feels a little boring to download and play again, and even if you can find your former companions to play with, the whole world does not have the same atmosphere as before.
At this point, movies become a great way to remember old games.
Different from "Ready Player One", the game elements borrowed by "Runaway Player" are more "young", most of them are large-scale 3D games after the 21st century, and the overall style is more comedic.
"Ready Player One" has a deep game philosophy, Spielberg expressed the theme of "enjoy the game", criticizing the phenomenon that many gamers, especially after the emergence of online games, lose the original intention of the game in order to achieve victory and vanity.
"Runaway Player" seems to want to express a lot, such as "Grand Theft Auto" (GTA) such a more violent game, the screenwriter must want to criticize, in addition to similar to "Truman's World", the importance of self-will choice in life.
The most profound point is that the hollywood sequel flood is satirized by the villain's desire to make money through sequel games. Runaway Player is an original film that doesn't even have to be based on a novel like Ready Player One.
But perhaps because of the transition from Fox to Disney in the middle of the production, the style is generally different from the previous Fox films, at least it is conceivable that R-Ann Reynolds originally conceived a lot of R-rated lines.
In the end, the film turned into a complete popcorn, and the exploration of the theme stopped and instead enhanced the entertainment. To exaggerate, Ryan Reynolds may be Hollywood's next king of comedy.
Similarly, Runaway Player brings back a variety of game skills and interesting situations in the game.
For example, NPCs will only repeat those few words, and the magnificent scene of being hit by a car.
This allows gamers to find the feeling of playing the game, and it can also let the audience who have not played the game experience the fun of playing the game.
Who says game movies can only serve gamers?
Out of Control Player says, no.
Of course, the most exciting thing is the variety of Easter eggs.
The advantage of going to Disney is that the copyright is really easy to get.
While it's not a big deal to say that popcorn movies (except Marvel movies) spoilers don't have much impact, it's best not to read any reviews and spoilers before watching Runaway Player, otherwise it won't be so surprising.
The linkage from the "Disney Universe" is really no less than the scene of the debut of "Ready Player One" Gundam.
There are also two celebrities with live cameos, which are really textbook.
Not as perfunctory as a cameo in some movies.
The game world is full of strange things, only the unexpected, nothing can not be done.
"Ready Player One" and "Runaway Player" have every reason to create a "player universe", which does not require careful planning of multiple movies like the Marvel Universe, but can focus on making original movies and promoting the rebirth of original movies, because "cosmic linkage" is not in the plot, but in copyright.
As long as you conceive a virtual game, let the characters take risks in the game, as long as there is copyright, then all kinds of possibilities that could not be realized can be realized.
You can make the Terminator T-800 debut in Battle Robocop;
Let Laura fight against the Prince of Persia;
Aragon touched Alsace, oh, why not?
Marvel vs DC, yes, most likely in the "Player Universe".
Of course, there is no good enough script, and it is useless for you to invite the Qi Tian Grand Saint Sun Wukong over.