With this blog I am treading into a territory I've often tried to stay neutral on and kept an open mind. When I saw the trailer for this game though a few months ago it sends me into a conflict with myself. Lollipop Chainsaw is a new game coming to major gaming consoles that depicts a chainsaw-wielding cheerleader that fights hordes of the undead. At the helm you have Suda51 and James Gunn, Suda being well known in the gaming industry for being the "Tarantino of Video Games" and Gunn working on major films. In the first trailer it shows the protagonist, Juliet Starling, as being a cute and innocent individual while having a figure that would certainly make many feminists stand on their heads.
I chose this trailer as it stands as something of a "guilty pleasure" in which I find it mocks the mindset I have that wishes to keep the thoughts and feelings of others in mind while the other part just wants to play it and see what is going on. Knowing Suda's work though I know for a fact there is a great deal being left out that will be left to those that actually play the game. He has a way of taking a character and truly fleshing them out into a very deep and meaningful individual that his fans know him for. On the surface I think this game looks bad and many probably will be outraged by it, but ultimately trailers these days can be misleading while others hold true to what they set out to achieve and provide those that buy their products. Will I think the game will fully redeem itself? No. Will I still buy it and probably enjoy myself? Yes.
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