Re: Call Me 'Consumer.'jeff_duntemannJune 2 2014, 17:47:53 UTC
Why Vanellope couldn't leave her game didn't bother me; she probably failed some kind of background MD5 hash check or something like that. She was damaged, and having something to check to see that damaged software doesn't leave a game is reasonable. I twitched a little harder at why the bugs were allowed to leave *their* game. Granted they weren't damaged, and if you can grant that sophisticated subroutines can go wandering around between game consoles, it doesn't violate the literal sense of the premise. Perhaps the bugs can't just walk out the front door, but have to be carried somehow. That might have been harder to predict by the game's designers.
My overall impression is that there was just enough internal consistency to allow the willing suspension of disbelief, which made the tale work pretty much as designed.
Carol and I just finished weekend-sitting our two nieces, and watched a direct-to-DVD Disney flick that I assumed would be awful, but wasn't: *The Pirate Fairy*. It's a sort of Peter Pan prequel focusing on Tinkerbell and the fairy society she lives in. More significantly, we see fairy science and technology, presented as an internally consistent framework that much impressed me. Again, it's targeted at the 7-10 year old girl audience, but I was surprised at how much I enjoyed it.
The common theme here: Solid scriptwriting. Maybe it's a coincidence, but I see more attention paid to scripts these days. Let's hope it's a trend and not just a statistical artifact.
My overall impression is that there was just enough internal consistency to allow the willing suspension of disbelief, which made the tale work pretty much as designed.
Carol and I just finished weekend-sitting our two nieces, and watched a direct-to-DVD Disney flick that I assumed would be awful, but wasn't: *The Pirate Fairy*. It's a sort of Peter Pan prequel focusing on Tinkerbell and the fairy society she lives in. More significantly, we see fairy science and technology, presented as an internally consistent framework that much impressed me. Again, it's targeted at the 7-10 year old girl audience, but I was surprised at how much I enjoyed it.
The common theme here: Solid scriptwriting. Maybe it's a coincidence, but I see more attention paid to scripts these days. Let's hope it's a trend and not just a statistical artifact.
Good to hear from you again, BTW.
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