There’s been a lot of discussion about remakes and remixes in the video game industry. Super Mario RPG (2024) is an almost perfectly faithful remake of the original classic, while Final Fantasy VII Remake is largely faithful in capturing the “big moments” of the original, but also takes lots of creative liberties in gameplay and story divergences. Is there a right way to do a remake? Should the original be considered sacred and not allowed to change, or can it be a…
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Strange Darling 2023
I am absolutely a sucker for
- Out of order events
- Unreliable narrators / protagonists
- Playing with preconceived notionsSo Strange Darling was sort of designed for me to like! Visually it wasn’t particularly memorable, but good performances and a quick pace kept my interest throughout.
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Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie 1994
Background noise movie while sanding some costumes with a friend. Can confirm, is entertaining background noise, with some good fight scenes and gratuitous nudity to boot. Definitely needed some more Sonic Booms, though. Step up your game, Guile.
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FLCL Alternative 2018
Alt feels way more confident than Prog. The team figured out the essence of FLCL, and managed to change genres and themes while keeping that essence intact.
The character work is a huge step up from Prog. Having an episode focused on each character was a bold use of the limited 6 they had, but it works to great effect in filling in their motivations and relationships.
We need to understand how these friends feel, since the season hinges on…
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