I like Shiny, and Dave Perry's a smart cookie. But it looks a bit below-par with respect to what people expect from their next-generation consoles these days. Some of that flight stuff looked almost like it was running on a PSOne. Gameplay is King, and I'm hoping that's where it'll really shine, and the sheer wealth of Matrix plot/info/goodies will probably make it worth a play anyway. But it'll be a shame if the computer game (for a film effectively based around a computer game) doesn't live up to the standards set by the films, and other tie-ins such as The Animatrix. The whole vibe I'm getting from it is "simplistic". I'd be interested seeing the GameCube or XBox versions, though. I'd like to believe they'll look better (even if the gameplay's the same), but then that just raises the question - "Why hype up the masses with the most rubbish looking version?". Uneasy, definitely...
I agree. It's like a film out of time (helped, largely I think, byt the historical setting). As retarded as it sounds, that's one of the reasons I liked "The Mummy". You either know what I mean or you don't. But that's why Indy's so popular. It's just bloody good fun. An awesome film.
As for films made off the backs of books, I half-agree. Most of the time, I find that they don't seem as good because of the inevitable comparison with the book. It's hard to truly assess films like that, because they always have to follow the line between keeping half the audience up to speed, and not boring the other half who already know what's gonna happen. It's a bit unfair on the source material, really. But then, every once in a while, you get a "Lord of the Rings" or a...erm... "Harry Potter"?
Game-to-film conversions. Now THEY suck.
That's a good thing, though - it shows that there isn't a film to end all films. The Matrix and LOTR may be popular now, but give Hollwood another 20 years, and who knows what we'll be watching? Despite it all, the original spirit of those films is there on celluloid forever, and I for one will be buying the DVDs in order to partake of that special Indy magic.
Extras are all well and good, and usually I love them, but this is one of those rare cases where I'll be buying the box-set just for the films, not for the whole package.
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I like Shiny, and Dave Perry's a smart cookie. But it looks a bit below-par with respect to what people expect from their next-generation consoles these days. Some of that flight stuff looked almost like it was running on a PSOne. Gameplay is King, and I'm hoping that's where it'll really shine, and the sheer wealth of Matrix plot/info/goodies will probably make it worth a play anyway. But it'll be a shame if the computer game (for a film effectively based around a computer game) doesn't live up to the standards set by the films, and other tie-ins such as The Animatrix. The whole vibe I'm getting from it is "simplistic". I'd be interested seeing the GameCube or XBox versions, though. I'd like to believe they'll look better (even if the gameplay's the same), but then that just raises the question - "Why hype up the masses with the most rubbish looking version?". Uneasy, definitely...
I agree. It's like a film out of time (helped, largely I think, byt the historical setting). As retarded as it sounds, that's one of the reasons I liked "The Mummy". You either know what I mean or you don't. But that's why Indy's so popular. It's just bloody good fun. An awesome film. As for films made off the backs of books, I half-agree. Most of the time, I find that they don't seem as good because of the inevitable comparison with the book. It's hard to truly assess films like that, because they always have to follow the line between keeping half the audience up to speed, and not boring the other half who already know what's gonna happen. It's a bit unfair on the source material, really. But then, every once in a while, you get a "Lord of the Rings" or a ...erm... "Harry Potter"?
Game-to-film conversions. Now THEY suck.
That's a good thing, though - it shows that there isn't a film to end all films. The Matrix and LOTR may be popular now, but give Hollwood another 20 years, and who knows what we'll be watching? Despite it all, the original spirit of those films is there on celluloid forever, and I for one will be buying the DVDs in order to partake of that special Indy magic. Extras are all well and good, and usually I love them, but this is one of those rare cases where I'll be buying the box-set just for the films, not for the whole package.