As a reading experience, good. On tv, bad ... because it’s another reason for children not to pick up a book.
I like the concept, though. One of our family pastimes is alternate histories. What if “this” went differently? Then what? It makes everyone think.
Another crappy movie.
Kind of reminds me of the ending to Season 3 of Fargo that just finished (SPOILER ALERT!).
5 years after the story ends, the humble female cop now works for DHS, and is interrogating the evil mastermind in Brussels. She tells him, “in five minutes three men will come through that door, put you on a plane to NYC and take you to Rikers Island where you will be charged with 1st degree murder and income tax evasion, and I’ll go home and take my son to the State Fair for fried Snickers”.
He says “I’ll tell you what will happen, in less than five minutes a man who you will be powerless to stop will walk through that door with an order for me to be released”.
She thinks for a second, then says, “Nope, Rikers and Snickers”. He just smiles at her and the camera shows the door and fades out. The viewer is left to decide how it ends, and by extension what kind of world we really live in.
“Technology adds nothing to art. Two thousand years ago, I could tell you a story, and at any point during the story I could stop, and ask, Now do you want the hero to be kidnapped, or not? But that would, of course, have ruined the story. Part of the experience of being entertained is sitting back and plugging into someone else’s vision. The fact of the matter is, since the beginning of time, you could buy a Picasso and change the colors. That’s trivial. But you don’t because you’re buying a piece of Picasso’s $&#**^% soul. That’s the definition of art: Art is one person’s ego trip.”
- Penn Jillette
I picture director and film crew scrambling out constantly to reshoot certain scenes with every kids request.
There was a scene from the movie Fahrenheit 451 where the TV had a story, and at points in the drama the narrator would stop and ask the viewers what was supposed to happen.
Only one choice: “Sit in front of the monitor”.
Heh, well intentioned, maybe.
Probably end up a “Black Mirror” episode.
Didn’t the Tom Hanks character come up with this idea in the movie “BIG”?
How times change.
Wish we could have done that 8 years ago.