Channel 4 blends Skins with Ready Player One in new drama Kiss Me First
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MMORPG’s are big business now, and aren’t the exclusive domain of gamers or computer geniuses anymore – even your dad can get on World of Warcraft if he wants to (the n00b).
And let’s face it the world as we know it is changing fast, and as usual it’s the ‘kids’ – more specifically teens – who are the torch-bearers for anything that involves social interaction and tech.
So, what happens when you blend the narrative of online gaming and virtual reality with the day-to-day drama and issues of teenage life?
Well if you add in a KILLER plot twist to that mix then you get Channel 4’s latest sure-fire hit TV series, Kiss Me First.
Based on the novel of the same name, Kiss Me First sees Leila (played by Tallulah Haddon) stumble across Red Pill, a secret paradise hidden on the edges of her favourite online game and encounters a bunch of like-minded gamers.
Following her discovery of the online paradise, Leila’s avatar stepping through a boundary into the Pill where she meets Tess (Simona Brown), a hedonistic, impulsive and insatiable girl who then tracks her down in real life.
Things look to be going smoothly but then a member of the group mysteriously disappears and our protagonist begins to suspect that maybe the hidden sanctuary isn’t the digital Eden its creator Adrian claims it to be. Now, the real adventure begins.
And if that’s whet your appetite, you’ll be please to know that Metro.co.uk can exclusively give you your first tantalizing glimpse at the innovative thriller.
The trailer throws us in at the deep end as we’re introduced to both Leila and Tess, however, things appear to take a turn for the worse after she discovers Red Pill and all the treats it has to offer.
As a series of shots flash between the real world and computer one, we’re given the impression things in Red Pill are quickly spiraling out of control while Leila’s life in the real world does the same.
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The two things are undoubtedly tied, but what’s the reason for its existence? Why does Tess track Leila down? Will the game get the best of Leila and her new friends?
Only time will tell.
Coming to our TVs thanks to Bryan Elsley’s (Skins, Dates) Kiss Me First is an innovative thriller which combines live action with stunning state-of-the-art computer-generated virtual world sequences in a TV drama first.
Kiss Me First is coming soon to Channel 4.
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