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It would be neat if they recorded multiple different "paths" and made it into a Chose-Your-Own-Adventure style semi-interactive movie, but I imagine that could

It would be neat if they recorded multiple different "paths" and made it into a Chose-Your-Own-Adventure style semi-interactive movie, but I imagine that could easily become prohibitively expensive. I'll be immensely disappointed if they don't include a gag about maximizing / prioritizing bullets over everything else.

duxup 2y ago
I kinda like the idea of a film (but maybe a serious one), that picks a couple branches and films the results. We get that with time travel films that explore how small changes might change someone's destiny, but usually those are a little more focused on the time travel aspect and such. It wouldn't have to be every branch to be interesting ... you could have effectively 3 films that maybe branch at the midway point or something.
- Cthulhu_ 2y ago
  Netflix has a number of interactive movies (Minecraft, Black Mirror: Bandersnatch), and it was one of the promised things when DVDs came out, but it remains a niche market / novelty.
- jerf 2y ago
  Clue actually did this in the theaters: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clue_(film) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clue_(film) Though it's just an ending. Someone should do this again, only more subtly. The internet would figure it out in a bit, but it'd be fun watching people argue about what actually happened in the movie before they figured it out. Half surprised someone hasn't had this idea to generate buzz.
  - psunavy03 2y ago
    That's one of the reasons Clue tanked in the theaters and then went viral before "viral" was a thing. They didn't do a good job specifying that there were three endings, and due to the lack of internet and social media, people got confused and put off by the idea. The VHS/DVD/Blu-Ray does the idea better, because it gives to all three with transitions like "here's what could have happened," etc.
BobbyTables2 2y ago
Sounds like someone else has watched “Black Mirror: Bandersnatch”

duxup 2y ago

I kinda like the idea of a film (but maybe a serious one), that picks a couple branches and films the results. We get that with time travel films that explore how small changes might change someone's destiny, but usually those are a little more focused on the time travel aspect and such. It wouldn't have to be every branch to be interesting ... you could have effectively 3 films that maybe branch at the midway point or something.

Cthulhu_ 2y ago
Netflix has a number of interactive movies (Minecraft, Black Mirror: Bandersnatch), and it was one of the promised things when DVDs came out, but it remains a niche market / novelty.
jerf 2y ago
Clue actually did this in the theaters: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clue_(film) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clue_(film) Though it's just an ending. Someone should do this again, only more subtly. The internet would figure it out in a bit, but it'd be fun watching people argue about what actually happened in the movie before they figured it out. Half surprised someone hasn't had this idea to generate buzz.
- psunavy03 2y ago
  That's one of the reasons Clue tanked in the theaters and then went viral before "viral" was a thing. They didn't do a good job specifying that there were three endings, and due to the lack of internet and social media, people got confused and put off by the idea. The VHS/DVD/Blu-Ray does the idea better, because it gives to all three with transitions like "here's what could have happened," etc.

BobbyTables2 2y ago

Sounds like someone else has watched “Black Mirror: Bandersnatch”