I "grinnikte" at the "Fear is the mind killer"-reference, but that was pretty much it. I don't like the weird Playstation campaigns either; things must have at least some sense for me. But then, I'm not the target audience anyway. ;)
I do wonder about who is the target audience. There are a lot of subtle geeky references. But they all refer to old stuff, so they would basically only be fun for old geeks. The fact that I recognized only a few, means you have to be a hardcore old geek to 'get' them. So that is a limited target audience for whom this is fun.
Apart from that, over-the-top weirdness can appeal to hip youngsters, without having to 'get' the references. But for that it somehow feels not too over-the-top enough and not weird enough. There is still too much 'sense'; too much of a 'storyline' if I compare it to Playstation ads.
So I don't think the movie is that good. But like I said, I'm definitely not the target audience. And either way, it must have been fun to do and stepping out of your comfort zone is always good.
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I do wonder about who is the target audience. There are a lot of subtle geeky references. But they all refer to old stuff, so they would basically only be fun for old geeks. The fact that I recognized only a few, means you have to be a hardcore old geek to 'get' them. So that is a limited target audience for whom this is fun.
Apart from that, over-the-top weirdness can appeal to hip youngsters, without having to 'get' the references. But for that it somehow feels not too over-the-top enough and not weird enough. There is still too much 'sense'; too much of a 'storyline' if I compare it to Playstation ads.
So I don't think the movie is that good. But like I said, I'm definitely not the target audience.
And either way, it must have been fun to do and stepping out of your comfort zone is always good.
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