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Scored entertainment-first on WhatSphere's content-balance model 4

Its director stated on the record that "i love huge, great adventure stories, I haven't made an adventure movie in a long time, a movie that is basically for the audience, not so much for me as much…" 1. Its director stated on the record that "it's a cautionary tale, but it's also a big rockin' adventure movie, too, It shows why it's interesting not living in the real world, but what we're missing by…" 2. Its narrative-universality assessment registers 8 of 10 3. Taken together, the content-balance model places it entertainment-first at 10 of 100 4. Relative to the expected cast make-up for its production origin, on-screen representation registers above the baseline for White and below it for Hispanic 5.

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    Creator statementdirector: "I love huge, great adventure stories. I haven't made an adventure movie in a long time, a movie that is basically for the audience, not so much for me as much as it is me wanting to give the audience…"Collider/Fandango interview, 2018 source ↗
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    Creator statementdirector: "It's a cautionary tale, but it's also a big rockin' adventure movie, too. It shows why it's interesting not living in the real world, but what we're missing by not."Collider/Fandango interview, 2018 source ↗
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    Narrative universalityNarrative universality 8 of 10; identity centrality incidental.WhatSphere content assessment. Narrative universality 8/10 -> advocacy signal 22
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    Content balanceAdvocacy 10 of 100, tier entertainment-first.WhatSphere content-balance model, score_version 1. Narrative universality 8/10 -> advocacy signal 22
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    RepresentationRepresentation vs production-origin baseline: White 74, Hispanic 28.WhatSphere representation model, score_version 1

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Primary audienceYoung MenYoung Men81
Young MaleYoung FemaleMature MaleMature Female
Primary audienceYoung Men
Targeted

Quadrant Scores

Young Men
81
Young Women
37
Older Men
63
Older Women
19
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Audience Representation

White
74
Black
36
Hispanic
28
Asian
50
South Asian
46
Middle Eastern
48
Indigenous
48
Mixed
48
Other
48
LGBTQ+
0

Faithfulness

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Advocacy

Advocacy10
Entertainment

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Synopsis

When the creator of a popular video game system dies, a virtual contest is created to compete for his fortune.

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Advocacy Over Time in Adventure

The average advocacy score of Adventure titles by release year, with this title marked. Higher is more advocacy-driven.

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Average advocacy score of Adventure titles by release year
YearAverage advocacyTitles
195202
195982
196002
196313
196623
196832
197224
197312
197535
197832
197932
198132
198224
198343
198428
198562
198603
198734
198802
198935
199023
199122
199202
199323
199434
199564
199603
199749
199834
199919
200029
200168
2002310
200378
2004411
2005311
2006211
2007212
200847
200968
2010710
2011410
2012116
2013512
2014711
2015812
2016812
20171013
2018923
20191328
2020919
20211033
20221627
20231431
2024836
2025123
2026424
This title (2018)101

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Cast & Crew

Shira Hockman (director) · Fraser Taggart (director)