The world of Disney strange world is, well, weird. There’s the crazy underground realm full of blob-like creatures cloaked in warm colors, but even the “normal” land of Avalonia is different from our own. Directors Don Hall and Qui Nguyen wanted to create a world without technology when building Avalonia, and the result is a retro-futuristic solarpunk setting where people have personal airships but no cell phones or televisions. One thing that Avalonia does
“We wanted Ethan to be a gamer because our kids are gamers,” laughs Hall. “Every kid, every teenager is a gamer right now.”
But the filmmakers manage without computers and consoles strange world had to rely on another source of inspiration for Ethan’s gamer interest: tabletop gaming. Input Original outpost, the trading card game that Ethan and his friends love. In Original outpostplayers must work toge ther to build a settlement in the wilderness and learn to cooperate with the environment. We don’t really learn the specific mechanics of Original outpost
“There are rules. And there are more cards than we show,” he explains.
“It’s playable!” Chimes in Nguyen. “It was obviously based on a little bit katan and Magic the Gatheringas if these elements came hand in hand.”
If the general plot of Original outpost
“The rules of the game [were] actually secretly the theme of the whole film,” says Nguyen. “It was a nice trick that Ethan could say: Hey, that’s what this whole thing is about, living in harmony with the environment around you.”
strange world is now on Disney Plus.