TRANSSMISSION #8 //CHANGE EVERYTHING

We started Planet Fiction to do things differently so…we are!

I’ve always wondered why entertainment seems so, um, simple? Take THE DARK KNIGHT RISES, loved it but did we REALLY need to see Bruce and Selina at the end and have him and Alfred nod? Wasn’t it kinda obvious without having it fully explained to us? Why are franchises always an exact re-telling of the same book you already read or a re-hash of that book you already read with an “updated look”? Why is every video game just a bloody re-do of its predecessor (“oh SURE it’s different…we put a “13” on the box”)?? Personally, I refuse to believe that the entertainment consuming public is really that dumb, so much so that were banking on it!

Planet Fictions READ WATCH PLAY pillars are there for a reason – when we create a transmedia franchise you READ the first part of the story, WATCH the second and PLAY the third (or some clever combination thereof), it’s still linear storytelling, just utilizing multiple screens but more importantly it brings something NEW to the table – fresh concepts, new stories and you have no idea what the ending is going to be. Amazing. We know.

Absolutely a new take on STAR TREK is great (they can do ANY story now, its brilliant) and actually modernizing SUPERMAN instead of simply following the film cannon is amazing…but let’s have more STAR WARS, let’s embrace more of THE MATRIX, let’s dive in to a unique universe that is accessible and fun and, dare I say, pushes the envelope and gives us a story (and ending) that we aren’t expecting (“I am your father”? COME ON, RIGHT?!)

Now if you’ll excuse me, Empire is about to start (which I am VERY happy to argue is far better than Jedi, by the way. Anyone? Anyone??)

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-Chris