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From: candycanearter07 <candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid>
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Subject: Re: "The Exit 8" movie
Date: Tue, 15 Jul 2025 19:20:08 -0000 (UTC)
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Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote at 00:14 this Sunday (GMT):
> On Thu, 08 May 2025 13:48:27 -0400, Spalls Hurgenson
><spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>
>>Hey, neat! They're making a movie based on "Exit 8".
>
> There's now a trailer for the movie. See it here:
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EoeWQjn0wF8
>
> It looks... well, I don't want to outright say 'not good', because I
> think it may have its moments. The problem is that it's a movie based
> on a game that can literally be finished in three or four minutes, and
> you can tell that they've stretched the material incredibly trying to
> get some drama out of it. I think the core idea is actually good
> fodder for a film, but you can't simply retell the game; you have to
> add to it, and unfortunately the film-makers seemed to be afraid to
> stray too far (or, you know, at all) from the source material. The
> trailer has a few moments where you can feel the weirdness factor
> seeping through, but even for the 90 second trailer it's already
> stretched thin. There's only so much you can stare at that guy's
> gawping face and not start to find it tiresome. 
>
> Disappointing, but not entirely surprising. I still recommend the
> game, though... if you can get /really/ cheap (or better yet, free).
> It's a neat concept very well executed, but for the amount of game you
> get even the current price of $4USD is waaaay too much.


If it was a short film (and was subtitled in English), I'd absolutely
watch it.
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