Vote in TTToTTT Day 5 - Cinematic Video Games vs. Legacy Sequels (Patreon)

And our second match-up of Round 2, this is going to be a tough one...

Playing "Cinematic" Video Games As Someone Who Cares About Cinema (submitted by Jacob Geller)

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The Anatomy of a Legacy Sequel (submitted by Harrison Webb)

I used to play a decent amount of video games, but pretty much stopped about ten years ago when I got too busy with making videos. And in that time games have evolved and become increasingly cinematic. So for this, I would actually play some of these games (like The Last of Us) and look at how they work as storytelling mediums. What are the pros and cons of long interactive movies? Would these stories be more effective just being movies? Are the ultra-realistic graphics too deep in the uncanny valley? And...how much will gamers yell at me for my dumb opinions?

The legacy sequel, or "legasequel" has become a consistent feature in modern cinema, and while these movies have a lot in common, there are also a lot of variations in their approach. so we'd get into Top Gun: Maverick, The Force Awakens, Blade Runner 2049, Matrix Resurrections, Ghostbusters: Afterlife, Tron: Legacy...but also go all the way back to The Color of Money, which is kind of the original one.

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