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EXIT 8 – Game vs. Film Adaptation

Elvis The Alien | July 13, 2026



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  2. @Cooe.

    July 13, 2026 at 11:13 am

    11:40 … It's because it's Japan. "The nail that sticks out gets hammered down" and all that other collectivist culture bullshit. In real world Japan, there's just as much of a chance this same exact thing would happen than someone would stick up for the mom.

  4. @Sunkeneyesbrokenlies

    July 13, 2026 at 11:13 am

    As an editor, I’ve seen a few edits of this movie and you made me watch it genuinely 10 out of 10 would recommend to anybody who’s into liminal whore or ARG‘s I’m absolutely obsessed and they did it so beautifully and I didn’t even know there was a game until you said so that’s what and treated me so much thank you so much for giving me this information. Have a great day.🎉

  6. @DonJxr

    July 13, 2026 at 11:13 am

    The reason the movie has its exit 8 underground is also maybe to set up the sequel (if they ever got green lit), because the second game is called Platform 8 , which takes place in the train itself

  10. @-jakey-

    July 13, 2026 at 11:13 am

    Yeah when I was passing my first kidney stone I went to the ER and people treated me like a crackhead because I was laying on the cool floor moaning in pain

  11. @Evelyn_Okay

    July 13, 2026 at 11:13 am

    This movie is also a great commentary on the current male loneliness epidemic brought on by hyper-capitalism and digital isolation, which is especially bad in Japan's corporate culture.
    I assume the ending shows a version of the man's life if he leaves the city and moves to a small beach-side town to pursue a family instead of another temp-job

  12. @shortpettite

    July 13, 2026 at 11:13 am

    I feel like what I'm going to say is a hot take. I think anomaly games are inherently lazy. Maybe I'm wrong, but basically design one space that you use repeatedly, and the player must spot the one (or a few) differences to move forward. I don't mean loop games as a whole. I mean very specifically, anomaly games, where that is the only objective gameplay. Silent Hill PT is a loop game, but you have puzzles and different stuff to explore.

  14. @corbeau92

    July 13, 2026 at 11:13 am

    I am neither a film critic nor even Japanese, so what I am about to say is simply based on my limited knowledge of Japan (which is likely biased by my Western upbringing). From my point of view, there is definitely a deeper reading to be had, but I believe the film's primary message is much simpler: generational conflict. I will try to elaborate by isolating the characters:

    "The Lost Man": He is a young man, perhaps in his early to mid-twenties. He is lost (literally and figuratively); he finds himself having to face responsibilities he is not prepared for and tries to escape them by plugging his ears to isolate himself. In the labyrinth, he learns by trial and error, but he tends to dwell too much on details, risking failure. When he interacts with someone younger, he is uncertain about how to treat them but tries his best to listen. His ending pushes him into action, to stop being a "silhouette" in the crowd, to act when he sees something that goes against his moral compass, even if society would want him to remain silent.

    "The Walking Man": He is a man in his forties or fifties; he is extremely rigid. Even in his situation, he refuses to part with his briefcase, even though it serves him no purpose at that moment and might even come to harm him. He was raised by an even stricter society than the current one (and Japanese society is already by nature very severe); when he interacts with "The Boy," he expects him to obey without question. Even when "The Boy" displays strange behavior, it doesn't concern him. He takes no time to try to understand the reasons, without realizing that simply trying to get down to the boy's level (shown literally by the placement of the handle) could bring him a great deal. His ending indicates that if he continues on this path, he will transform into a "drone," a person who simply repeats the same movements continuously, never able to escape. Maybe I am going too far with this one, but I think his staircase goes up because in Japanese society, to climb the ladder, almost no matter where you want to go, you must fit into a very specific mold.

    "The Boy": He is extremely young but perfectly capable of observing the world around him; he does not speak because he assumes adults will not listen to him no matter his efforts. To him, adults are frightening (even his mother, though conditionally), and he only speaks to "Lost Man" from the moment the latter takes the time to show interest in him. Unlike "The Lost Man" and "The Walker," he does not dwell on details; if he sees no problem at first glance, he simply moves forward. Conversely, his point of view allows him to notice things that escape "grown-ups," but he takes no trouble to point them out if he thinks he won't be heard, unless he feels truly in danger. I think the flood damage is a reflection on the world we leave to the next generation. His ending is ambiguous because, although he is intelligent and on the verge of escaping, as a child he feels the need to follow the example of adults; the film leaves the decision to the viewer as to whether he follows "The Walker" or if he has reached the exit.

    I may be fully wrong but, at least to me, it's to get to people of "The Lost Man"'s generation that the movie is a video game adaptation.

  30. @ad0xa

    July 13, 2026 at 11:13 am

    Couldn't the meaning of him going down the stairs instead of up also mean they are just taking him deeper? Bc then when he finds himself in the train and seeing the same scene with the crying baby it's like the loop has just enlarged? Now he would need to find the rules and go the right path to get back to the first layer of the loop to then get out of reality. Or go deeper. XD

  31. @lemmyelk

    July 13, 2026 at 11:13 am

    I had never heard of backrooms but I watched the movie off the buzz and loved it probably more than most people because it was fresh to me. I had never heard of Exit 8 but heard I should watch it if I liked Backrooms and it was a great suggestion. I dont know if I would have been quite as entertained if I was familiar with those concepts already though

  38. @socialperson9983

    July 13, 2026 at 11:13 am

    I think the boy is his unborn son that's in purgatory since she might or might not keep him. So he reached out to his father for help. Very good and emotional movie, I'm impressed.

  42. @gamescape7758

    July 13, 2026 at 11:13 am

    I actually really liked this movie. Never played the game but my daughter dragged me to it and we spent the 45 minute car ride home going over theories as to what happened.
    For such a simple concept there are alot of things going on.

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