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Will we see lootboxes in movies too?

moksly 5y ago
Probably something new that’s worse than lootboxes as more and more of the world wises up to them. I get the jest, but hiring a former Zynga and EA executive seems like a pretty smart move to me. EA has sold people the same sports games every year, for what 30 years? That’s the kind of executive experience that an enterprise organisation cares about.
onion2k 5y ago
Se7en's "What's in the box?!" ending would change significantly if you had to pay to find out.
- admiral33 5y ago
  Worth a watch?
  - King-Aaron 5y ago
    Yeah, it's a pretty good movie.
  - unixhero 5y ago
    Too speculative and too explicit, frankly showing some very horrible things. Not watching again.
    - theshrike79 5y ago
      There are movies that are worth that one watch, but you'll never watch them again. Schindler's List is one of these. And then there are movies like A Serbian Filme, where just reading the Wikipedia synopsis[1] is enough to nope the F out. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Serbian_Film https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Serbian_Film
      - guggle 5y ago
        I found this one even more boring than disgusting. And it was pretty disgusting.
  - grenoire 5y ago
    At least once.
  - dogorman 5y ago
    Not unless you enjoy being saddened and disturbed.
  - swilliamsio 5y ago
    Fantastic film. Well worth a watch.
  - onion2k 5y ago
    It's a very well crafted piece of cinema that intelligently deals with the idea of detectives chasing down a psychopath. The characters are well defined and well acted, and the plot isn't really 'guessable'. It's Brad Pitt's best movie. As others have said though, it is definitely a bit gratuitously sickening in places but not in a way that's out of step with the plot of the film. It almost crosses into the horror genre in places (in a Hostel or Saw franchise sort of way). If you're squeamish it's probably best to stay away.
    - vimacs2 5y ago
      Agreed, great movie. Only thing that I dislike is it does that trope where it makes a waaaaaay bigger deal out of somebody killing the villain than would actually be realistic, almost implying that somehow the protagonist has somehow become as bad as the guy who [REDACTED] his [REDACTED].

Probably something new that’s worse than lootboxes as more and more of the world wises up to them. I get the jest, but hiring a former Zynga and EA executive seems like a pretty smart move to me. EA has sold people the same sports games every year, for what 30 years? That’s the kind of executive experience that an enterprise organisation cares about.

onion2k 5y ago

Se7en's "What's in the box?!" ending would change significantly if you had to pay to find out.

admiral33 5y ago
Worth a watch?
- King-Aaron 5y ago
  Yeah, it's a pretty good movie.
- unixhero 5y ago
  Too speculative and too explicit, frankly showing some very horrible things. Not watching again.
  - theshrike79 5y ago
    There are movies that are worth that one watch, but you'll never watch them again. Schindler's List is one of these. And then there are movies like A Serbian Filme, where just reading the Wikipedia synopsis[1] is enough to nope the F out. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Serbian_Film https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Serbian_Film
    - guggle 5y ago
      I found this one even more boring than disgusting. And it was pretty disgusting.
- grenoire 5y ago
  At least once.
- dogorman 5y ago
  Not unless you enjoy being saddened and disturbed.
- swilliamsio 5y ago
  Fantastic film. Well worth a watch.
- onion2k 5y ago
  It's a very well crafted piece of cinema that intelligently deals with the idea of detectives chasing down a psychopath. The characters are well defined and well acted, and the plot isn't really 'guessable'. It's Brad Pitt's best movie. As others have said though, it is definitely a bit gratuitously sickening in places but not in a way that's out of step with the plot of the film. It almost crosses into the horror genre in places (in a Hostel or Saw franchise sort of way). If you're squeamish it's probably best to stay away.
  - vimacs2 5y ago
    Agreed, great movie. Only thing that I dislike is it does that trope where it makes a waaaaaay bigger deal out of somebody killing the villain than would actually be realistic, almost implying that somehow the protagonist has somehow become as bad as the guy who [REDACTED] his [REDACTED].