#Root film

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monthly game tag time!

march

1. Hob

very fun little puzzle adventure game. i wouldn't say it was anything super special, but i am already thinking of replaying it. also i played the definitive edition, if that makes a difference to anyone.

april

1. Resident Evil 3

way too short, but otherwise very good. just as solid as the re2 remake.

2. Resident Evil 0

gonna be honest, i had a very hard time following the story in this one, but the fact that the gameplay is so reminiscent of the re1 remake automatically boosts it for me.

3. House Party

yes, that House Party.....what can i say, i was bored & it seemed funny & lighthearted, & it was. gave me a laugh when i really needed one 👍

started but not finished yet:

Root Film - started in march.

Fear & Hunger - started in april.

Higurashi When They Cry - Chapter 3 - started in april.

[d0llqueen]

Just completed the visual novel Root Film

I liked the ending & it has it's charm but idk if I would recommend it to most people personally despite this.

If you really like detective mysteries this isn't mind blowing but pretty good.

Non spoiler free praises & complaints under the cut if you don't want the mystery spoiled don't read.

The only thing I wish I knew going blind was that the game is not horror and maybe play Riho's 2 chapters 1st then all of Yagumo

Imma start with my biggest pettiest gripe, the premise. This game is described in advertising and starts as a haunted film story. I love ghosts!

Chapter 1 resolves in the haunted video being a fake despite the fact that there is still an in-universe reason why the original production was canceled.

Personally I'm disappointed & really dont like the genre being changed as that influenced my decision to buy & play but fine. I still like mysteries...BUT

The canceled drama is integral to the actual story & haunts the narrative. I wish the writing played into this harder instead of keeping the murders in chapters 2-6 (Yagumo 1-4 & Riho 1 & 2) seemingly unconnected until the twist in chapter 7.

I also think Riho's 2 chapters being the 1st 2 films of the canceled drama was cool, but I'm not sure the twist is as impactful as it could've been.

Like the twist is that the villain has been involved with everything & INCITED the incidents but you do not see her in Riho's chapters.

The fact that Riho's chapters are in-universe fiction is hinted at ok, but you have no way of telling the true villain is involved until the gane tells you.

You could guess the fakeout villain but I had NO PROOF it was the true culprit outside of well the person the game leads us to think it is dies

And the whole time you don't know who Riho IS just that you have to play both of her chapters before Yagumo chapter 4 because they both have a shared location you need context for.

Also Yagumo vaugely angsts about finding out why the show cancelled, but does not say it's because Riho's actress is his dead sister until the last act. Riho's story doesn't indicate this but I don't think it needed to. Yagumo wouldve been more sympathetic & compelling from the start if I knew this from his chapter 1, maybe 2 if you had to have him vaugely angst about it.

So for his chapters 1-4 he's a new upcoming director who is rude to his underpaid assistant Manabe. It's played as a joke but it's not funny. And he keeps putting his, both his employees (who are both very helpful & patient), and his new actress's livelyhoods at risk solving murders and pursuing this lost media.

He has a good reason! But! The game! CHOOSES! Not to tell the player!! Until halfway through the last chapter!

I will say despite the mean to Manabe jokes the crew seem to have a pretty good relationship, even with the new addition Hitoha they seem like they'll all be lifelong friends even after they split up in their careers.

That's why despite pulling both the dead older sister AND an alive younger sister

(who is in the same field that the dead older sister is in but the game never touches on that she's barely a character just there to segway into Yagumo's past & give 1 piece of info I think was unnessicary)

-despite both those things, the final confrontation still has stakes because you care that your friend, who you've gotten on with for 3 chapters, doesnt die.

I think both characters having a terminal illness is heavy handed. I think it does work better for your friend, because you the player know her better than Yagumo's sister. It's harder to handwave motives the better you know a character. It makes more sense with Hitoha but the fact that the game already used the same twist earlier kinda cheapens it. Especially when other, stronger motives serve the same purpose earlier.

I think the emails were a good twist tho. I wish we had SEEN Riho's actress get the emails as well intead of being told but that doesn't affect how I feel about the MO itself & plenty other characters were involved the this 3rd act puzzle that WAS established from chapter 1. And it was a good segway from chapter 6 to 7.

Also keeping Kanade the camera guy mostly silent & unseen until halfway through Yagumo's route was a good way to show his character & makes sense with his profession.

A lot of times the tonal shift was weird tho. Like a heavy plot point (murder, danger, threat to liveleyhood) would happen, then next scene is goofy bonding, then the characters act bored investigating, but then a discovery & everyone gets serious.

I liked what it did for the character dynamics but kinda wish it was arranged a litte bit better as it could break momentum sometimes.

So while I DID enjoy the game, with a guide, otherwise it wouldve been too slow, there are too many issues for me to recommend it UNLESS you suffer from a want of murder mysteries like i do. And if I could talk to my younger self I would give the same warning I did above the cut.

[projectcatzo]

And Root Film somehow ends with the cops coming to save the day

[imperotenebre]

Root Film PS4 gameplay - prime impressioni

Vecchio stile ma intrigante

[tylerposey]

LOU FERRIGNO JR. Resisting Roots (2022)

[strapstreams]

Archive Update

Alright, time to finally wrap things up in Root Film! Come join Studio Yagumo as they try to uncover the truth behind the mysteriously cancelled Shimane TV pilot film from 10 years ago. Will everything be revealed, or will tragedy strike again?

One way or another, it all ends here with the fifth and final deep dive into Root Film: Films, Finales and F A T A L I T I E S, live now on the archive channel!

[girl4music]

SCRIPT: *Gabrielle kisses a male character*

RENEE: "Nope, rewrite it. Gabrielle is not doing that. Gabrielle wouldn't kiss a male character at this point in the show."

SCRIPT: *Gabrielle kisses a female character*

RENEE: "Look, that's certainly consistent with Gabrielle's character at this point in the show but why would she kiss some random woman she's just met?"

SCRIPT: *Gabrielle kisses Xena*

RENEE: "Oh fantastic! This is absolutely something Gabrielle would do. Finally me and Lucy get to smooch. Bring it on!"

It honestly floors me that the only time Gabrielle had a proper kiss scene past seasons 1&2 it was with Xena because that’s the only one Renee allowed to happen.

[fukutomichi]

Persuasion (2007) directed by Adrian Shergold Sam Hazeldine as Charles Musgrove & Joseph Mawle as Harry Harville

[sophieseals]

At this point I’m starting to wonder what alien fans actually want out of an alien film because NOTHING seems to make you happy

[nightmaredollyyy]

𝑺𝑳𝑰𝑷𝑲𝑵𝑶𝑻 𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑭𝑹𝑬𝑫𝑫𝒀 𝒗𝒔 𝑱𝑨𝑺𝑶𝑵 𝒎𝒐𝒗𝒊𝒆 𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒎𝒊𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒊𝒏 𝑳𝒐𝒔 𝑨𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒍𝒆𝒔, 𝑪𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒏𝒊𝒂, 2003 ♥🎬

𝑱𝒊𝒎 𝑹𝒐𝒐𝒕 𝒈𝒊𝒗𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒑𝒐𝒑𝒄𝒐𝒓𝒏🍿𝒕𝒐 𝒂 𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒐𝒎 𝒌𝒊𝒅 𝒊𝒔 𝒔𝒐 𝒄𝒖𝒕𝒆 😄🤘

🎥: 𝑮𝒆𝒕𝒕𝒚 𝑰𝒎𝒂𝒈𝒆𝒔.

[tequilamovie]

Paradox: A Rusty Lake Film

[itsshizyne]

My thoughts on The Ballad Of Songbirds & Snakes as a book reader:

• The movie was honestly really good, I enjoyed the fact that we could see most things from Snow’s perspective. Especially the final dialogue exchange between Snow & Lucy, I feel like it was perfect for their last words before Snow turned on her.

• The costume design was AMAZING!! Especially the chosen design for Dr Gail’s outfits. I could talk about those red and white garments FOR HOURSSSS!!!

• MY BABY BOY SEJANUS!!! I literally gripped my seat during THAT scene, it broke me, and it made my heart ache when it was clear that snow deeply regretted the decision to report back to Dr Gaul.

• I really wish they added more about Tigris’ character, such as the things she had to resort to in order to help her family survive the war. I just feel like we did not get to see the true extent of the relationship between Coriolanus and Tigris, I know it’s only a film with limited time, but I just wished they could’ve added it in.

• I also wish we learnt more about the Covey just like we did in the books, such as Maude Ivory, Goatman ect…but I absolutely LOVED the Covey.

• Tigris saying “You look just like your father.” Made my blood run cold, I feel like it ultimately represented the final transition to the ‘President Snow’ we come to see in the main Hunger Games Series.

• Also I wish that we had the exchange between Strabo Plinth and Snow, alongside more of a relationship between Sejanus and Coriolanus such as the small gestures (for example Sejanus and his cookies that his Ma often made and gifted Snow.) I feel like it would’ve added more to the deep betrayal that we get in the books.

I could say so much more but it would go on for hours so I’m going to stop here :)

Overall, the movie was great. It was definitely worth the wait, and I will be making it my personality for the next couple of weeks!!!

[tylerposey]

LOU FERRIGNO JR. Resisting Roots (2022)

[herefortheships]

It just occurred to me that people who watched BJBJ without the context of the first film don’t know that Betelgeuse needs to get married to gain access to the world of the living. So basically all they know is that Betelgeuse is obsessed with Lydia, has called her the love of his life for over 30 years, and all he wants is to marry her because he loves her. Think about it, all Lydia said was that when she was a teenager a trickster demon tried to force her to marry him. She didn’t say why. When Betelgeuse said there was a quid pro quo, he didn’t even bring up the marriage himself, but when Lydia brought it up, they never explained the reason why he needs or wants to marry her.

So tl;dr the casual audience that never watched the first BJ only knows Betelgeuse wants to marry Lydia because he’s convinced she’s the love of his life 😂🖤.

I totally wrote a longer post related to this, but it’s in my drafts for tomorrow bc it’s past midnight, I’m exhausted, and I have to proofread it. So expect that for tomorrow. Or, later today actually. Lol

Edit: Here's the other post.

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