Hollywood Envy

by narcogen , Andover, Massachusetts, Tuesday, June 11, 2013, 23:32 (3971 days ago) @ Cody Miller

Lol. More evidence for Hollywood envy in the game's industry. The ESRB rating thing in the beginning is even done up like the MPAA ratings before trailers, green background and all…

It's even cut like a movie trailer! A lot of cutscenes in there for a 'gameplay' trailer!

if you're saying ACTIVISION might have Hollywood envy, you may be right. Although mostly I think what they have is a desire to be seen as much more responsible for the creative content of the games they publish than they really are, not necessarily a desire to be seen more like films. That game trailers should ape the techniques of film trailers just seems to be like low-hanging fruit, not evidence of some deep insecurity.

It's projection. The film industry would like to think of the video game industry as deeply envious.

I can easily imagine that when film itself started to incorporate dialogue and linear narratives instead of just being clips of people sneezing and horses running, critics exclaimed that these pretentious twats should just go write a book.

Few old art forms ever really die out, but they can become much less attractive business propositions. It's not hard to imagine someday when Hollywood blockbusters are the entertainment industry equivalent of trade paperbacks.