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Message: [QUOTE="Ezri_Muldoon, post: 323665, member: 29375"] Well written, even if it was a big odd to not see any reference to Digimon's Our War Game as Summer Wars is essentially an expansion of its concept. With Mamoru Hosoda (who directed both) [URL='https://otakuusamagazine.com/mamoru-hosoda-exclusive-interview/']openly admitting as such in interviews.[/URL] "The [I]Digimon[/I] movies I did were both 40 minutes each and with Toei Animation that was the only length I was able to work on since I always wanted to make movies. [I]Summer Wars[/I] became the feature-length version of that idea because I was constrained by the time of 40 minutes before that, so yes, [I]Digimon[/I] kind of started my idea for [I]Summer Wars[/I]." And whilst your take on it as a warning of over reliance on digital services & a metaverse dystopia is completely valid. Considering its origins, I've always related it more to a digital utopia where avatars alleviate any physical limitations causes by disabilities and their customisation alleviating discrimination by having everyone presented by their personality, rather than appearance first. With the whole thing requiring a delicate balance or else outside corruption takes us right back to where we are now. But each to their own, and my immersion in Y2K era of infinite digital possibilities is a bias I can't shake when ever I see cyberspace depicted as a tangential plane of existence. ::sailor-embarrassed [/QUOTE]

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