Premium Episode 237: eXistenZ Movie Night (Sample)
Mar 22, 2024
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Dive into the world of gaming and virtual reality with a look at the movie eXistenZ and its eerie parallels to our internet culture. Explore the controversial themes, compare it to The Matrix, and examine how these films have shaped our views on reality and gaming.
Existennes presents a nightmarish and polarizing view of gaming through surreal virtual reality, contrasting traditional futuristic gaming portrayals.
Existennes and The Matrix offer contrasting perspectives on virtual reality, with Existennes exploring eerie and unsettling themes while The Matrix focuses on commercial success and cultural impact.
Deep dives
The Unique and Disturbing Elements of Existennes
Existennes delves into a surreal virtual reality world filled with grotesque and erotic scenes, blending elements of horror and sexuality. Characters interact with bulging, pulsating game consoles and engage in disturbing acts like licking bioports. The film presents a nightmarish and polarizing view of gaming, contrasting with traditional futuristic gaming portrayals. Despite employing cutting-edge CGI, Existennes creates a surreal and unsettling atmosphere, challenging viewers' perceptions of reality.
Existennes vs. The Matrix: Divergent Takes on Virtual Reality
Existennes and The Matrix, released closely together, explore the concept of virtual reality in contrasting ways. Both involve ports connecting individuals to alternate worlds and depict programmers facing external threats. While The Matrix achieved massive commercial success for its action-packed narrative, Existennes, with its eerie and dream-like ambiance, offers a unique and unsettling perspective on virtual reality. The Matrix's impact on gaming innovations and enduring cultural references contrasts with Existennes' more introspective and unsettling exploration of simulated reality.
What if there was a videogame so indistinguishable from the real world that anyone who played it began to wonder if their entire life was nothing more than a game? What if there was a movie that, in depicting this, stumbled upon the unnerving truth of our present relationship to the internet? What if that movie came out one month after The Matrix and totally bombed while the Matrix would go on to release three sequels and establish the language of conspiracy theory culture? Get your bio-port fitted, lube up your game-hole and jack into this week’s QAA movie night, “eXistenZ.”
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Music by Pontus Berghe. Editing by Corey Klotz.
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