I’ve posted several topics describing how immersive video games are and the culture that has developed because of that feature. A friend of mine posted an article on Facebook the other day that in my opinion will change the judgment passed on to Gamers.
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The article explains how audiences have been experiencing Avatar blues after seeing Cameron’s latest masterpiece. The writer states that the movie was almost too immersive and shares several posts from Avatar forums. Many people state that after seeing the movie, life was just “gray” and nothing was worth doing anymore. Others grew depressed knowing that they will never actually be able to experience Pandora, the planet where the movie takes place. Sound a little familiar?
Its a really interesting article. At first, I felt sorry for these people and thought they should get a life – but then I realized that it had an all too familiar tune.
What do you all think? Have the tables been turned on the general public??
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I haven't seen Avatar yet (we went to see Sherlock instead) but even so I find it hard to believe one could become THAT depressed after seeing a movie. I've been a gamer all my life. I watch anime and science fiction almost as a life style. I've had emotional attachments to characters and worlds but never have I ever gotten so messed up that I considered killing myself.
I'm not saying that people shouldn't feel sadness over seeing a movie. The greatest stories are supposed to have that kind of impact on the audience. However, I'm noticing a worrying trend with people these days. At first I thought it was limited to the small population of Twilight fans but now this has happened. I hate to say it so bluntly but these people need to get a grip.
Yes, right now our planet is in horrible shape. but instead of getting depressed about it never being some beautiful fantasy land get up and start doing something (sane) about it. Start a petition to the government to make a move toward hydrogen fuel (the tech does exist) or electric powered cars. Push for a stop to deforestation. The list could go on for a while. The point is that if you feel that strongly about the state of the world we live in, use that passion to do something (sane) positive for the REAL world.
The most worrying thing about that whole article is how it shows just how many people out there have that fragile of a grip on reality. After reading up on what a good many of the Twilight fans have done when someone showed simple apathy toward their beloved series I wanted to believe that that sort of behavior was limited to a very specific group of people but now it makes me wonder.
Chris,
Tru DAT! It's like people are too comfortable to act, until forced. No one is stopping you from making this world a better place. Go join the Red Cross or Peace Corps or something. But heaven forbid you should have to take part or be responsible for your own adventure/life. I had a friend, a bit of a globe trotter, who was sick of the Bay Area and needed a change. He volunteered on a Mercy Ship which is a US grade Hospital on a big ass ship out on the coast of Africa. Yea you might risk a giant bug spraying acid on your skin, but adventure isn't suppose to be perfectly safe.
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People have confused reality with fiction since a long time ago.
Remember the "Star Trek" cult?
I dont think that this confusion is anything new.
I think that this is a minority of society that the media hounds are blowing out of proportion.
Then again, if they get suicidal, this would definitely be a cause for alarm.
The movie was vivid & has an ideology that our world gravely needs to adopt but I never thought that it would have such a profound effect on people.
Maybe they think that they'd end up in the Nav'i planet when they die?
hahaha~~ fat chance!
The fact is these people should really look at what they already have & build on that. Use the ideology from the movie as a vision for the future.
Act instead of react.
Well the movie WAS pretty immsersive. The 3D he used was continuous, and you could always see it, and not trying to poke your eye out. If you're the kind that can "have fun," this really can push it.
This isn't game- or movie-related, but still on the mark: every time I read a favorite book of mine (esp. Ender's Game), I too am a little bummed out once I finish. It is almost like having to say good-bye to old friends and return to reality. However that only lasts for a day or two with certainly no suicidal tendencies!
As other commentators have already said, immersion into entertainment is nothing new. Even during the Great Depression, people were "escaping" to the movies to block out the hard times going on all around them. Avatar is just the latest iteration of that. Who knows what future forms this type of immersion will take!
how are these people gonna deal with playing Heavy Rain?
better hide the razorblades! :)
Personally, in my cynical opinion, that it is not a case of "get a life" it's more of "get a culture".
Of course this is not a new thing. We've been discovering all these fantastic worlds ever since we started reading. Full in detail, beautifully crafted. We could remain there for hours and when we got back we would devour everything we could on pirates, dragons, spies, etc.Dress ourselves as a favorite hero and spend the whole day in a silly costume.
We continued loving and visiting some of these worlds but we grew up ever since. We know we live here.
"These people" were just not ready. Probably never read anything more significant than Code DaVinci and movie novelizations. They never experienced that feeling of sadness upon finishing a book and having to say goodbye to your adventure companions and a whole world of fantasy.
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