Showing posts with label Matthew Broderick. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Matthew Broderick. Show all posts

Saturday, 25 July 2020

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A total eclipse of the heart

Upon occurrence of a full moon, cursed by a millenarian spell, Bully is transformed into a fish, while his girlfriend, Monica, switches back from a hawk to her human self. Next cycle, the scenario is vice-versa-ed, guaranteeing that the lovers can never reunite in their human form. To reverse the spell, Bully must free Monica from her cage and together head towards the submarine temple of the sun to await a solar eclipse or Sol Negro in Spanish.

A grandiose scheme encapsulating a melancholy, tethered plight of fancy that distils to a feeble platformer, realistically completable in under fifteen minutes once the player is familiar with the layout and enemy attack routines. Sol Negro's most accomplished feature is its unofficial association with the medieval dark fantasy film, Ladyhawke, starring Matthew Broderick, Rutger Hauer, and Michelle Pfeiffer. Which explains why the majority of my article focuses on that instead. Not an award-winning piece by any means, but you know, it's all relative. One of the key differences you'll notice between the two mediums is the animal substitution situation in the game; there's no sentient fish in Richard Donner's movie. Instead, Rutger Hauer alternatively appears in lupine form. Introducing an aquatic species was no doubt as an excuse to shoehorn in some underwater levels to add a splash of much-needed variety.

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Tuesday, 21 July 2020

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I thought by now you'd realize, there ain't no way to hide your lion eyes

I explore accusations that Disney's The Lion King is shameless plagiarism, borrowing far more from The White Lion than fair use allows. Less controversial is Westwood's officially licensed video game inspired by the movie. It's a platformer in which you play as Simba as we chart his development from an inconsequential, plucky young cub to a fearsome lion, embracing his rightful place as king of the jungle. As Simba ages, learning to adapt to his environment, he grows in stature and aptitude, creating a real sense of progression. With Disney supervising, artistry, animation and sound are supremely refined, resulting in a beautifully polished homage worthy of the box office juggernaut that went onto delight theatre audiences as much as cinemagoers.

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