Perspective: The big successes such as “The Super Mario Bros. Movie” and “The Last of Us” — and the big failures — provide lessons for Hollywood to consider
The one-two punch from the video game industry in 2023 has parallels to how Marvel’s “Iron Man” and the Christopher Nolan-directed “The Dark Knight” broke the levee in 2008 for the eventual superhero movie deluge. This is a loud sign: Video game adaptations, when done right, are big business. “The Last of Us” has a good shot at winning awards, something superhero films have struggled to do.
“The Last of Us” also largely used the music created for the game by Gustavo Santaolalla, the Oscar-winning Argentine composer. Netflix’s “Cyberpunk 2077 Edgerunners” anime show used licensed music from the radio stations within the original game. Both shows also largely replicated locations seen from the games. “Last of Us” spent millions to re-create entire cities from the game, while Netflix’s “Cyberpunk” animators used the architecture of the game’s Night City for all of its locations.
All of these songs and visuals establish a tone for these stories. To change them in film and TV is to misunderstand what made the stories special.
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