Smart and tightly-written, Cyber Chase's lack of scope is the only thing preventing it from being a classic.Director: James Cameron Starring: Ed Harris, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Michael BiehnMost sci-fi films look to the cosmos for signs of new life. And if that wasn't enough, it's the only Scooby-Doo animated feature to spawn its own real video game (for the PlayStation and Gameboy Advance), which would make that game self-referential fiction within.oh man, I'm getting dizzy. A video game arcade featured towards the end of their titular Cyber Chase even features the Scooby-Doo and the Cyber Chase video game, thus making it self-referential meta-fiction within self-referential meta-fiction within self-referential fiction.
It's certainly one of the most subversive and mind-bending Scooby adventures. It's very clever, with loads of potential, most of which is not realized with the brisk run-time.
Sharp viewers will recognize Cyber-Shaggy's alternate costume from the 13 Ghosts of Scooby-Doo and Scooby-Doo and the Reluctant Werewolf. The gang are beamed into their own video game (called Scooby-Doo and the Cyber Chase) and are forced to play through the levels in order to catch the virus (so to speak), eventually encountering their digital selves and digital versions of classic villains from the past. But instead of enjoying the novelty they are terrorized by an entity born of a computer virus who has entered the real world. gang go visit a college friend who has made a video game based on their exploits. Velma Dinkley: We would gladly get rid of him for you.įred Jones: You know, if all ten of us team up, the Phantom Virus wouldn't stand a chance!Ĭyber Shaggy: Well, I guess we gonna go after the Scooby Snax eventually.ĭaphne Blake: So you'll help?Ĭross Neuromancer with In the Mouth of Madness, add a little bit of Tron, Terminator, and set it in the Scooby-Doo universe and you pretty much have the basis for Cyber Chase. There's just no reason go after them, because even if we get the Scooby Snacks, we'd just go right back to the beginning of the game.Ĭyber Shaggy: Until you guys showed up with that Phantom Virus, that is. Velma Dinkley: You mean, you guys don't know where the Scooby Snacks are?Ĭyber Velma: We know where they are.
They're probably guarding the Scooby Snacks. There's stores, theaters, and parks, and lots of tasty food.Ĭyber Daphne: But what about all the monsters and villains?Ĭyber Shaggy: We haven't seen any. Fred Jones: Wow, this is nostalgic! I miss this old van.Ĭyber Fred: In Cyber World, things never get old.
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