A brilliant concept - mostly well-done. If you need special effects and exorbitant production values in order to make it work, then you don't really have a story worth telling, do you? Or haven't you ever seen the play "Our Town?"
And yet this story had effects, though subtle. The deep, dark mood of the twilight world was a familiar friend, wasn't it? And watching the strong characters posture and strive for some unknown goal is compelling. It forces one to expect the unexpected because, after all, it's only a dream, isn't it - and anything can happen in a dream. This is a strange, terrible childhood dream come to life. It evokes a sense of dreadful anticipation as it pulls memories out of the hidden folds of one's earliest nightmares. Memories of abandoned buildings or of midnight walks in the garden - places you weren't supposed to have gone because of the unknown, unseen and unspoken dangers that most certainly were lurking there. In this story, you'll see the embodiment of those hidden dangers. And don't forget the sense of invisibility that we all experience at some time in our lives - and now you will know the reason for that feeling, as well - or will you?
A mythical underground city? Not for those who have been there.
Now, quit playing with that computer and go to bed...
And yet this story had effects, though subtle. The deep, dark mood of the twilight world was a familiar friend, wasn't it? And watching the strong characters posture and strive for some unknown goal is compelling. It forces one to expect the unexpected because, after all, it's only a dream, isn't it - and anything can happen in a dream. This is a strange, terrible childhood dream come to life. It evokes a sense of dreadful anticipation as it pulls memories out of the hidden folds of one's earliest nightmares. Memories of abandoned buildings or of midnight walks in the garden - places you weren't supposed to have gone because of the unknown, unseen and unspoken dangers that most certainly were lurking there. In this story, you'll see the embodiment of those hidden dangers. And don't forget the sense of invisibility that we all experience at some time in our lives - and now you will know the reason for that feeling, as well - or will you?
A mythical underground city? Not for those who have been there.
Now, quit playing with that computer and go to bed...