7. A Robotic Head Of Himself
In 1988, Jackson starred in Moonwalker, a film which consisted of various different short clips about the man in question, featuring plenty of music videos from his Bad album. Now not to spoil the ending or anything, but I’m just about to spoil the ending, so look away if you haven’t seen it! During the big climactic scene, Jackson becomes a robot version of himself and kills the bad guys, then he turns into a spaceship of course, and flies away. Surprising to no one, the critical reception was a little confused at best, most publications disapproving of the lack of any coherent plotline, as well as expressing concern over the whole stupid spaceship thing. Anyway, to cut a long story short, this robotic head actually exists, lights up and opens itself when you push a button, selling for around $2000-$3000. A steal!
6. The Moonwalker Video Game
To celebrate the lack of success from the aforementioned Moonwalker film, Jackson decided to keep the concept running by getting involved with several video games under the same name. Said games’ premise was much like the film’s premise (which itself was much like the real-life premise of Jackson’s beautifully perplexed imagination), where Michael would dance his way through scenes and save kidnapped children from the evil adult named Mr. Big. The player would take control of Jackson, fighting enemies with what was called “Dance Magic”, because obviously, Michael would never allow himself to make actual physical contact otherwise he would shatter like a porcelain teacup. The game itself was a moderate victory and was not the last of the singer’s exploration into the gaming media, including a short stint working on the Sonic the Hedgehog 3’s soundtrack. However, the man ultimately requested to be uncredited on that project, because he thought it sounded rubbish.
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