| The world's first interactive movie, as it is billed, isn't really very
interactive after all. At various points in the movie you make choices
for the lead character by pressing buttons. However, you either vote
for what the majority in the audience wants, or you lose. In my case,
there was a gang that was half the audience, and they would team up and
force all of the selections in their favor. So it's not really interactive.
At the end, the movie gives a score and compares the audience to other
theaters where the movie is playing, which I felt was extremely hokey
and worthless. Interactive movies will make more sense for home video,
where the viewers actually *do* get to choose what happens, but for
a large viewing audience, it's a joke. Also, the "movie" is a mere
25 minutes long. You have to watch it several times to see the different
plots. |