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What Celebrity would you rather see in Dead By Daylight?
Here's a link to Part 2:
https://forums.bhvr.com/dead-by-daylight/discussion/434435/what-celebrity-would-you-rather-see-in-dead-by-daylight-part-2/p1?new=1
Disclaimer:
There may be those who are not okay with the idea of celebrities like Nick Cage coming in as themselves. And that's okay. Let's say, if they came in as a mostly original character, but the license is the person's likeness. Sort of like Dbd Ghostface where it's just the mask and no Billy Loomis.
Our Candidates:
Justin Long - From movies like 'Jeepers Creepers', 'Tusk' and 'Barbarian'. He was previously mentioned in one of Dbd's satisfaction surveys in a list of potential licenses.
Jenna Ortega - Sable may have a rival. She's been in plenty of horror films like 'Scream' and 'X', and is very well known for her roll as Wednesday Addams.
Elvira The Mistress of The Dark - Would make a nice Legendary Set for Jane or Sable. An 80s icon who was previously DLC for 'Killer Klowns From Outer Space: The Game,' along with...
Tom Savini - another horror icon known for his work in special effects, along with acting, stunts and other things. This could be a Legendary Set for Jeff.
James A. Janisse - Host of the YouTube channel, 'Dead Meat.' He's previously said in a video that he was open to the idea of being in Dead By Daylight.
Vincent Price - One of many horror movie actors from films made as early as the in the 50s and beyond, such as 'House of Wax' and 'The Fly.'
Keanu Reeves - Known mainly for his roles as John Wick and Neo from 'The Matrix.' Along with Johnny Silverhand from 'Cyberpunk 2077.'
Any Famous Musician - For example; Michael Jackson, Ozzy Osbourne, Rob Zombie, Snoop Dogg, Elvis Presley etc. They'd definitely be a Legendary Set, though, unless they have too many good outfit options.
Ethan Hawke - He's also been in plenty of horror movies. When NOT playing Doctor Strange, he played roles as both the dads from 'The Purge' and 'Sinister,' along with The Grabber from 'The Black Phone.'
Sylvester Stallone - Known for his roles as Rambo, Rocky Balboa, and Dwight Manfredi from 'Tulsa King.'
Bonus Option:
Mathew Cote / Other
One rule for "other", it can't be an actor like Tony Todd and Neve Campbell with a significant roll. Imagine playing as the actress Neve Campbell and not Sidney Prescott, no Dewey, no Gale, no Randy, no Billy or Stu, just Sidney except kind of, but not really.
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Jenna Ortega
Usually I'd go with Elvira, however rewatching most of Scream franchise recently has changed my answer.
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Vincent Price
Though im not that familiar with his movies, ive been interested in things from the 1920s-1950s like h.p lovecraft's stories and stuff. Would love to see older themed characters like that.
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Elvira
Justin Long reminds me of Keidis from RHCP.
But Elvira would be my choice. She is an icon of horror, and ot would make sense to honour her in the only way DBD knows: by hooking her into oblivion.
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None of the above. Real people don't belong in games about brutally maiming, stabbing, torturing, and just all-around cruelty towards them. It's why, despite having 2 of my favorite perks, Nick Cage is my least favorite Survivor. It just feels in poor taste.
Characters that they play are fair game, even if they're wholly original creations where the selling point is the celebrity's likeness, but not the celebrity's themselves. Especially none that are deceased. That's just asking for controversy.
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If it was an OG survivor who happened to be given the likeness of a celebrity, permitted by them, technically a half-licenced, half-original survivor, would it really be any different than just calling them their IRL name? I'm not disagreeing with you, but Ash Williams was still voiced by and depicted as Bruce Campbell, a real life person.
Nancy and Steve would still be Natalia Dyar and Joe Keery, because while they don't have their voice, they still have their likeness. Nicolas Cage didn't have a significant role as a horror character, though he's been in plenty of horror movies, so I assume it would've been simple at the time to have Nicolas Cage come to the game as himself, but a fictional, more expressive version of him. And even if there happened to be controversy from the celebrities, BHVR could just remove them.
Again, I'm not disagreeing with you, I'm just stating the facts. If it was something like an IRL politician or an IRL serial killer, then yeah, that's probably going a bit far.
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I would consider it different, yes. The way I see it, Bruce is Ash but Ash is not Bruce.
I think my biggest issue with real people being in games like DBD is the fact that they are REAL. The characters they play can reasonably be separated from them, but what happens when the real person gets into some form of controversy, or something happens and they die? It just wouldn't feel right throwing them onto meat hooks, or sawing them in half with a chainsaw, or crushing their skull, or whatever other horrific acts can be applied to them, especially if it wasn't natural causes that sadly took them.
But maybe I'm just weird like that.
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I get your perspective. In fact, I respect it. Seeing a deceased celebrity that didn't go out from natural causes get added to a game about running from a killer might be a bit uncomfortable for some people, maybe even controversial.
Vincent Price was one of those who passed away from natural causes, I'm sure there's someone out there who'd like to play as a famous actor from the 50s in memory of them. But if it was someone that DIDN'T pass away from natural causes, like Tupac or xtentaction, then yeah, that'd be a questionable choice, even if there's still a lot of people that still like their music.
And again, any celebrity that might cause controversy, BHVR could just remove them like they did with Leatherface's unique survivor faces, WITH COMPENSATION, it's only fair that if BHVR were to remove Nicolas Cage due to any potentially harmful controversy, if BHVR removed him altogether and no one could play as him anymore, the people who bought Nick Cage get paid back their Auric Cells, every purchase of cosmetics paid back to them. Better to lose a short-term amount of money than experience a long-term diminish of reputation.
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