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felis_ultharusSo I found out that Advent Children is playing on the big screen here in Montreal, for a little less than the price of a normal movie. We're one of the few places in the world with big-screen showings, which is good because my many efforts to procure myself my own copy keep running into snags. Tickets went on sale today, and they're almost sold out already.
I have high hopes, though movies based on video games are notoriously bad. Then again, most video games are notoriously plotless, and Final Fantasy VII is the the name that keeps cropping up in any argument I've read for video games as an art form.
It's a rare gem in a mostly-wasted medium, with brilliant plot twists, traceable literary inspirations, well-developed characters, well-thought-out ideas. It also has a lot of queer content, which always endears any story to me, though it doesn't sound like any made it into the movie.
(I'm still amazed at the lot of things they got away with in the game, given the censorship of all things Japanese when it came out, and the usual perception of a video game market aimed entirely at macho teenage boys.)
My own writing is continuing well, though despite my best efforts to put together something for my class presentation on Tuesday, I'm still drawing a blank. I work best under pressure, but I don't even have much of an idea at this point, and shall likely spend Sunday and Monday in the library.
I have high hopes, though movies based on video games are notoriously bad. Then again, most video games are notoriously plotless, and Final Fantasy VII is the the name that keeps cropping up in any argument I've read for video games as an art form.
It's a rare gem in a mostly-wasted medium, with brilliant plot twists, traceable literary inspirations, well-developed characters, well-thought-out ideas. It also has a lot of queer content, which always endears any story to me, though it doesn't sound like any made it into the movie.
(I'm still amazed at the lot of things they got away with in the game, given the censorship of all things Japanese when it came out, and the usual perception of a video game market aimed entirely at macho teenage boys.)
My own writing is continuing well, though despite my best efforts to put together something for my class presentation on Tuesday, I'm still drawing a blank. I work best under pressure, but I don't even have much of an idea at this point, and shall likely spend Sunday and Monday in the library.
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Date: 2005-10-09 05:35 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2005-10-09 12:47 pm (UTC)No better story has ever been committed to the video game medium. 'Twould be like refusing to see Casablanca until they colorized it, and digitally replaced Humphrey Bogart with Aston Kushner, because he's prettier.