Prince of Persia is actually pretty good! - Page 4

Professor Smarmiarty · 06-02-2010, 03:49 AM

You are missing a key element of the ride and that is that the ride is staffed with puppets. We don't really have the art of puppet theatre in the West but it is still an important art in Eastern Europe in particular and the theatre there brings up an important point about puppets.
Puppets are very uncanny valley, combined human features with stiff roboticness, an unease by the fact that they are so shiney, so perfect, so unhuman. To mitigate this when watching puppet shows we infuse something of ourselves into the puppets, some essence of who we are and what we expect to see. Thus how you interpret the ride comes down to your own preconceptions of the ride. If you come onto the ride (or the movie intriguingly) just looking for a fun-filled romp through the world of comical pirates that is what you get, if you're looking for a deep social commentary on the role of literature/the arts on our perception of the removed past then that is what you'll get.

Archbio · 06-02-2010, 03:55 AM

Yeah, critics criticizing things. What's that about?

Magus · 06-03-2010, 01:29 PM

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Originally Posted by bluestarultor

the ride's song was changed from "bottles of rum" to "bottles of milk" after somebody sued.

A little bit of me died when I read that.

Red Fighter 1073 · 06-10-2010, 01:14 PM

Okay, all I have to say about this being a good adaptation of the VG series is that when you don't even have the same NAMES as the VG series, let alone a fucking completely different plot altogether, then you've got yourself a pretty awful movie adaptation. I mean sure, if they had called it Prince of Persia: This Has Absolutely Nothing To Do With The Game, then I would've just brushed the movie off as just another mindless film.

But I mean, c'mon at least get the names right! Okay, give the Prince a name if you really feel like he must have one, but I mean at least keep the daughter's name as Farah! What's so wrong about that name that you feel the need to change it?

EDIT: And Warrior Within be damned, Sands of Time actually had a decently enough plot to try and adapt into a film. But with that being said, I guess I'll go see the movie and at least appreciate it in its own right.

The Sevenshot Kid · 06-10-2010, 01:48 PM

A Prince and Princess trapped in a palace filled with monsters might make a good plot for a horror film, sorta like Pandorum, but that doesn't fit the tone of the series. It's action/adventure and the movie made changes to fit the tone of the games while sacrificing plot. A straight adaptation would have been horrible and this one turned out to be pretty okay.

TDK · 06-10-2010, 09:35 PM

I just got back from Prince of Persia and I greatly enjoyed it, even if it has little to do with the games besides the dagger and junk.

ZAKtheGeek · 06-10-2010, 10:01 PM

It seemed like they were short on time or something, because some parts of it almost seemed to play in fast-forward. Also, the story didn't end up making too much sense. I might not have been paying enough attention.

I thought it was okay. Never played the games.

bluestarultor · 06-10-2010, 10:16 PM

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Originally Posted by ZAKtheGeek

It seemed like they were short on time or something, because some parts of it almost seemed to play in fast-forward. Also, the story didn't end up making too much sense. I might not have been paying enough attention.

I thought it was okay. Never played the games.

The story is too simple to NOT make sense.

Nobody is going to accuse it of being deep.

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06-10-2010, 01:14 PM	#34
Red Fighter 1073 Rocky Wrench Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 1,351	Okay, all I have to say about this being a good adaptation of the VG series is that when you don't even have the same NAMES as the VG series, let alone a fucking completely different plot altogether, then you've got yourself a pretty awful movie adaptation. I mean sure, if they had called it Prince of Persia: This Has Absolutely Nothing To Do With The Game, then I would've just brushed the movie off as just another mindless film. But I mean, c'mon at least get the names right! Okay, give the Prince a name if you really feel like he must have one, but I mean at least keep the daughter's name as Farah! What's so wrong about that name that you feel the need to change it? EDIT: And Warrior Within be damned, Sands of Time actually had a decently enough plot to try and adapt into a film. But with that being said, I guess I'll go see the movie and at least appreciate it in its own right. __________________ My Sprite Sheet/Mafia Roles Last edited by Red Fighter 1073; 06-10-2010 at 01:17 PM.

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ZAKtheGeek Worth every yenny Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: not my mind that's for sure! Posts: 1,299	It seemed like they were short on time or something, because some parts of it almost seemed to play in fast-forward. Also, the story didn't end up making too much sense. I might not have been paying enough attention. I thought it was okay. Never played the games. __________________ Pyro Icon - It needs your love. I haven't looked at it in months.

06-02-2010, 03:49 AM	#31
Professor Smarmiarty Sent to the cornfield Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: K-space Posts: 9,758	You are missing a key element of the ride and that is that the ride is staffed with puppets. We don't really have the art of puppet theatre in the West but it is still an important art in Eastern Europe in particular and the theatre there brings up an important point about puppets. Puppets are very uncanny valley, combined human features with stiff roboticness, an unease by the fact that they are so shiney, so perfect, so unhuman. To mitigate this when watching puppet shows we infuse something of ourselves into the puppets, some essence of who we are and what we expect to see. Thus how you interpret the ride comes down to your own preconceptions of the ride. If you come onto the ride (or the movie intriguingly) just looking for a fun-filled romp through the world of comical pirates that is what you get, if you're looking for a deep social commentary on the role of literature/the arts on our perception of the removed past then that is what you'll get.

06-10-2010, 09:35 PM	#36
TDK Sent to the cornfield Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Reality Posts: 2,914	I just got back from Prince of Persia and I greatly enjoyed it, even if it has little to do with the games besides the dagger and junk.