CBR

  • Ridley Scott reacted to Fortnite's parody of his "1984" commercial for Apple. 1 / 8

  • Scott said Fortnite should have used its platform to issue a better message. 2 / 8

  • He felt the commercial should have talked about democracy or a similar issue. 3 / 8

  • The original "1984" commercial is a riff on George Orwell's novel 1984. 4 / 8

  • Scott's commercial showed Apple battling computer conglomerates. 5 / 8

  • The parody positions Apple as the overlord crushing dissent of any kind... 6 / 8

  • While Fortnite is posed as the plucky upstart battling Apple's supremacy. 7 / 8

  • The ad ends asking viewers to join the battle against Apple's rule. 8 / 8