NOTHING LIKE A GOOD CAMEO

NOTHING LIKE A GOOD CAMEO

August 31, 2022

On this day, I was watching Latto’s video for her single, “It’s Givin”. It’s a standout track on her sophomore album, 777, and its produced by FNZ, JetsonMade, and Pooh Beatz. While I was watching the video, I saw several cameos from the likes of Angela Simmons, Chloe x Halle, Ella Mai, Flo Milli and more. That’s when I thought man its something about a good cameo that just make a video/film/track, etc hit harder. I believe its because of several things..

I.CAMEO SHOWS SUPPORT.

Cameo is defined as a small character part in a play or movie, played by a distinguished actor or a celebrity. Meaning that this is someone who doesn’t have to be apart of whatever their making a cameo in. Their role is minor and its probably free of charge, so its something about this project that is so respectable by the person making the cameo, that it makes the cameo worthwhile. I believe the audience can pick up on that and something goes off in their head like wow this person must believe in this things they’re in otherwise why are you here?

II.CAMEO CAN ALSO BE A SIGN OF RESPECT.

The main example of this are probably the Stan Lee cameos. Other than the fact he probably had a literal contract clause that required him to make a cameo in most Marvel movies, I’m sure most people would not be opposed to seeing a founding pillar of Marvel make an appearance for a few seconds. Stan Lee cameos were the living embodiment multiple years filled with sacrifice, failure, and triumph. You saw the movie’s vision as Stan Lee made his standard pop in. You think about the external things that I mentioned previously before you dive back into the deep comic world built by him and others.

A well placed cameo can take a simple video to moment in time. If you can create a moment and possibly create a timestamp in history then your piece of performative art accomplished everything it could be and more!

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THE MOVIE GAME

August 31, 2022

I was looking at the beautiful BAPE x MARVEL bapesta collabs and when I saw the Hulk sneaker, for some reason I thought about that atrocious HULK game that was released when the 2003 HULK movie dropped.

I started to think about why did every movie game totally sucked? I remember everytime a blockbuster was set to release, Lord behold a video game counterpart was release alongside it. One of the times I was scarred by the movie game was The Grinch. It was released on the Sega Dreamcast and served as a companion to Jim Carrey’s Grinch film (which was actually good). What hurted the most about The Grinch game is I didn’t even want the damn game! Here’s how I ended up getting it anyway.

This Game Sucked!!!

One day we was in Blockbuster and my mother was taking me and my brother to get video games for our Sega Dreamcast My favorite type of game has always been fighting games, so when I saw Street Fighter I was ecstatic! But my mother said, “Vonnie you always get those type of games, why don’t you try something different”, it was the worst advice she ever gave me lmao. I tried something different and what I got was an utter piece of s***. No effort was put into it at all, an obvious cash grab.

Unforturnately this wasn’t a one off, it had to be a reason the movie game stop being an essential extension of the blockbuster movie. I was on wikipedia the other day looking at MCU info and noticed the only video games made for the MCU was for the first two phases. None of the games were received well and they all suffered from clunky gameplay, average graphics, and a repetitiveness mechanic that would fry your brain if you let it lol.

TRASH!!!!!!

I’m glad someone got the memo and finally stopped making these horrendous games. However, I do wonder what was the breaking point? Excessive critical panning or low sales? It had to be commercial because we know if it makes money another one is getting made.

Do you remember any good movie games? Let me know in the comments or something!

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