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MOVIE DISCUSSION:
Kathryn joins Melvin to discuss another indie-horror-game-turned-movie, Exit 8! First off, how is it as an adaptation? Also, can a 40-ish minute game really get turned into a 90-minute movie? And what about a dramatic throughline; what's keeps audiences emotionally hooked?
Topics:
- (PATREON EXCLUSIVE) 25-minutes discussing The Hollywood Reporter's "Inside PIxar's Scrapped Movie 'Be Fri' and the "Devastating" Aftermath" by Ryan Gajewski, how we feel about Disney/Pixar canceling a Magical Girl movie, and how it's hard to tell if this is a win or loss post-KPop Demon Hunters. (PATREON EXCLUSIVE)
- What is Anomaly Horror, and what are Kat & Melvin's thoughts on the original indie game?
- For Kathryn, it felt like a really good Twilight Zone episode. For Melvin, there was a moment where he wondered if it'd become his #1 film for 2025.
- How does the film embrace the Anomaly Horror genre, and why is Anomaly Horror so popular nowadays?
- How do we respond during "everyday" anomalies, things that disrupt the status quo?
- There's so much humanity to this story.
- Mel, "It is interesting that his dramatic thing is that, "If I'm not caring for my neighbor, how can i care for my family?""
- The ending feels like a call to action.
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