Massively Multiplayer: Gaming In The New Millennium
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Considering that the director of the first John Wick got his start on the Matrix movies, I regret to put before you that that butterfly has probably already flapped.
A nice ripple in seeing Kristen Stewart get her start in network television rather than indie/mainstream film. I also liked the touch that you didn't turn it into a joke about her acting. Pre-Twilight, she had a reputation as a talented up-and-comer, and lately has undergone a positive reevaluation among the film press thanks to stuff like Personal Shopper.
Getting attached to Lane as an eleven(ish?) year-old is also going to be a different spin on attitudes toward her in the long-term, sort of like how Neil Patrick Harris played off Dougie Houser for several years when he made his comeback until he'd reestablished himself as an adult. The curse of child starts, y'know. Although scoring a Best Actress nominee as a kid, during the height of the panic/handwringing over reality television, could play out in different ways over the coming years, depending on how Lane plays out quality-wise.
Getting attached to Lane as an eleven(ish?) year-old is also going to be a different spin on attitudes toward her in the long-term, sort of like how Neil Patrick Harris played off Dougie Houser for several years when he made his comeback until he'd reestablished himself as an adult. The curse of child starts, y'know. Although scoring a Best Actress nominee as a kid, during the height of the panic/handwringing over reality television, could play out in different ways over the coming years, depending on how Lane plays out quality-wise.
I'm kind of surprised they haven't done a TV series with a Groundhog Day type scenario; it seems like it would save a lot in the budget, and be entertaining at the same time.
I'd forgotten that Lucy Liu was Trinity ITTL, nice! So what's Carrie-Ann Moss doing instead?
Can I presume that there's an 'unrated' version on DVD that restores the cut scenes?
I like that the Katana got a bone by having the "least glitched" version of Enter the Matrix.
(and it wasn't just cake, it was cheesecake)
Does Life on a Stick still get made ITTL and if so does it do any better?
I'd forgotten that Lucy Liu was Trinity ITTL, nice! So what's Carrie-Ann Moss doing instead?
Can I presume that there's an 'unrated' version on DVD that restores the cut scenes?
I like that the Katana got a bone by having the "least glitched" version of Enter the Matrix.
(and it wasn't just cake, it was cheesecake)
Does Life on a Stick still get made ITTL and if so does it do any better?
It's a repetition issue. Groundhog Dog works well in compact format: a two hour movie or a 45 minute episode. Turning it into a series takes a lot of clear-eyed thinking* and talent, and it can easily be a failure. Look at the (in)famous "Endless Eight" arc in Haruhi where they attempted a long-form time loop story. In 2003/2004, I think such a show would (at best) be a one-season wonder that gets a cult following on DVD. In the 2010s, it'd be somewhat more viable on cable or a streaming service; this timeline is riiiiight before all that stuff really takes off in the full-blown Golden Age of Television.
* For instance, when The Next Generation did its time loop episode, one of the things the director did early one was film the repeated scenes at a different angle in each loop — one might cut between actors for close-ups, another might just hover the camera over a conference table for a top-down shot — simply so they'd be visually interesting for the audience.
that is because they would take two chapter at most kyoani grediness make them kill their golden goose, that and that awful novel 10.
It's certainly possible, though Rockstar might not think it's worth it to do. They do have some other projects for the Katana in the works, so GTA may get brought over. It's up in the air right now.
Mmmm, it's comparable to Sonic Riders, though it also rips off Tony Hawk and White Mountain a bit.
That IS a possibility. Keanu's got to be doing something else at this time, so we'll see what ends up happening.
This is sadly true, no John Wick ITTL.
Carrie-Anne Moss just won Best Supporting Actress for playing a woman who has a lesbian fling in a film called The Losers Of Promontory Point. And yep, a "Director's Cut" version will be released at some point.
Mmm...that's still a couple years off yet so we'll see.
Anything post 2010 should not be count as existing(Steve universe was a stange thing) so depend what happen when reach that point, can happen, can not, can become something far different, can be back forward or delayed.
Like Steven Universe and Once Upon A Time, Stranger Things has a genuine shot at making it to TTL despite all the butterflies that would be in the way by then. You won't be hearing about it for a good while though.
So it seems. I can see why Beta would be happy, there still being a chance for Stranger Things to exist here is pretty cool to me as well.
This feels like it'll be Nintendo's "Jump the Shark" moment ITTL. (In "The Great Divorce" OTL-in-ITTL, it'd probably be something like the N64 sticking with cartridges.)
Wind Waker was controversial OTL, but its cel-shading helped lead to a later reevaluation that's cemented it a much more positive reputation. Hero Eternal sounds like it's just conventional improved graphics, which won't age anywhere near as well as Wind Waker. Although it sounds like both games play with the notion of Zelda-as-legend within its own universe—WW's whole schtick is basically about getting over the past, with Link and Tetra deciding they don't need to play the roles of "the Hero" and "Zelda" note for note alongside Ganon, culminating in the last remnants of Hyrule being allowed to drown and the Master Sword abandoned.
Thinking about Zelda I think id rather have a Renaissance kind or a wild west one.
That was Ocarina original Idea in OTL BTW and some elements are noted in BOTW too alongside the ultra tech of some.
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