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Joined: Feb 24 2006 Posts: 2578

I just watched the trailer for "Stay Alive."

And I'm mad.

It looks like pretentious propaganda bullshit -- the new generation's "Mazes and Monsters," with videogames instead of roleplaying.

Thoughts, anyone?

Posted: Feb 27 2006 06:37 pm

This looks lame. And it's an old concept too. It's been done on both The X-Files and Are You Afraid of the Dark among other places. And it has Frankie Muniz in it. Omigawd! The game is real! THE GAME IS REAL!!!!!!!!!!

No.

Pass.

Posted: Feb 27 2006 07:41 pm

They all look over 25 years old with business jobs! That's what pisses me off. They need to be teenage slobs that live in their parents basement and do nothing else with their lives. They die and society wins. That's a propaganda movie.

Joined: Feb 24 2006 Posts: 2578

Heh. They seem to be pushing the "addiction" thing too, which makes me wonder about the propaganda angle.

Yeah, the plot's a total rehash of stuff we've seen a million times before, and it was usually lousy then, too. It even reminds me of the TERRIBLE Dreamcast game based on the "Ring" movies.

Posted: Feb 28 2006 11:54 am

It was NOT terrible on Are You Afraid of the Dark! "Hey, we did it! We're fucking awesome!...oh no, some douchebag just put another quarter in the pinball machine and we have to do it all again! ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!"

Maybe that shouldn't be in quotes as I'm paraphrasing....

Posted: Feb 28 2006 11:59 am

There was actually a virtual reality episode of Are You Afraid Of The Dark too. You know, back when virtual reality was still considered cool because no one knew anything about it.

Posted: Feb 28 2006 01:35 pm

Syd Lexia wrote:

There was actually a virtual reality episode of Are You Afraid Of The Dark too. You know, back when virtual reality was still considered cool because no one knew anything about it.

Didn't it have that large brain virus and tried to plug into the main character's head all because he changed the combo on his friend's locker?

Posted: Feb 28 2006 01:38 pm

That's sounds about right... It's been awhile since I've seen it.

Posted: Mar 08 2006 06:16 am

It's pretty damn sad that i have to say the gastly grinner is cooler than malcom in the middle schizo kid (remember!?!! he talked to himself all the fucking time!!! if i did that at ANY AGE i would be in the loony bin but i digress.)

Strike that...it's not sad at all =D

Posted: Apr 10 2006 04:34 am

I just saw this movie.

DEAR GOD, IT WAS HORRIBLE!!!

Joined: Feb 24 2006 Posts: 2578

I may see it out of morbid curiosity. Someday.

Was it as anti-game propagandistic as I thought?

Posted: Apr 10 2006 03:03 pm

DarkMaze wrote:

I may see it out of morbid curiosity. Someday.

Was it as anti-game propagandistic as I thought?

No. It had little to nothing to do with video games actually. Sure they say "Fatal Frame" and "Silent Hill", but "Stay Alive" is just the MacGuffin for a much stupider plot.

I think the only anti-game propaganda in it is that a video game store clerk wears a "w00t" shirt... Or that a CEO hires his clerks based on the video game advice they give him.

Posted: Apr 10 2006 07:49 pm

OH NO SUPER MARIO CAME ALIVE AND FARTED ON ME

No thanks Hollywood!

Posted: Apr 11 2006 09:01 am

Tebor, did you just say McGruff? Clearly this is anti-crime/pro-law enforcement propoganda.

As for a w00t shirt and hiring clerks based on their gaming advice, that doesn't seem really anti-gaming at all, and it does seem like a good way to hire clerks at a gaming store as well.

Posted: Apr 11 2006 02:01 pm

Dr. Jeebus wrote:

As for a w00t shirt and hiring clerks based on their gaming advice, that doesn't seem really anti-gaming at all, and it does seem like a good way to hire clerks at a gaming store as well.

I don't think they ever say where the CEO works. From the establishing shots it would appear to be in a skyscraper. Sorry for the mix up.

The w00t clerk is just a little too stereotypical for my tastes... and who the hell wears a w00t shirt? That's just sad.

Posted: Apr 11 2006 08:14 pm

I dunno, there's people who wear shirts who just say "teh"

Posted: Apr 11 2006 08:44 pm

Murdar Machene wrote:

I dunno, there's people who wear shirts who just say "teh"

Oh God, I just died a little... Twisted Evil

Posted: Apr 11 2006 09:04 pm

http://www.questionablecontent.net/merch.php

You've been asking for it for months now, and here it finally is! Own the nerdy goodness that is Marten's TEH t-shirt. The men's shirts are sexy denim-colored Hanes Beefy Ts, the ladies' are adorable lilac Bella babydolls. The "TEH" itself is about 3.5" x 2" on the center of the shirt.

Replete with faggish emo glasses!

Posted: Apr 11 2006 09:13 pm

Murdar Machene wrote: