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lalalei2001 Since: Oct, 2009
#6751: Dec 12th 2018 at 6:49:17 PM

I want more Disney villains who are open about being villains so they can have Villain Songs and stuff. Surprise villains rarely get toys or screentime as villains. I think part of what made Turbo's reveal work so well is that he was already a villain before the reveal.

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PhysicalStamina ain't nothin' but a party y'all (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Coming soon to theaters
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#6752: Dec 12th 2018 at 7:03:12 PM

Honestly I thought Ralph filled the role of antagonist pretty well, even if he didn't mean to.

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KnownUnknown Since: Jan, 2001
#6753: Dec 12th 2018 at 7:17:33 PM

I still suspect that at some point in development Yasss was intended to be the movie's villain, before they decided against it. A lot about her design and her role in the plot seem like they could have skewed that way if the writers so chose.

PhysicalStamina ain't nothin' but a party y'all (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Coming soon to theaters
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#6754: Dec 12th 2018 at 7:21:51 PM

Do you think they decided against it because they felt it'd be too obvious?

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KnownUnknown Since: Jan, 2001
#6755: Dec 12th 2018 at 7:36:41 PM

I think it's more likely that they ultimatly just wanted the story to focus on Ralph and Vanellope's relationship without adding a villain into it. I'd be surprised if Disney chooses whether or not they do villains based on whether it would be too obvious or not.

Edited by KnownUnknown on Dec 12th 2018 at 7:37:31 AM

kyun Since: Dec, 2010
#6756: Dec 15th 2018 at 7:18:08 AM

... so someone just added an answer to some questions in the main page. Namely, Ralph DID know the address of the arcade center, and Litwak just found out the wheel came from "a Litwak fan". Is that just something I totally missed?

Soble Since: Dec, 2013
#6757: Dec 15th 2018 at 10:26:02 AM

and putting the funniest moments IN the trailers is one of the biggest mistakes they ever did concerning this movie anyway

Hah. Called it.

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KnownUnknown Since: Jan, 2001
#6758: Dec 15th 2018 at 10:27:26 AM

[up][up] Yeah, I don't recall that either - though only the latter is really iffy to add if there's no actual statement of it.

kyun Since: Dec, 2010
#6759: Dec 15th 2018 at 3:39:53 PM

Granted, it's not out of the realm of possibility for the video game characters to know the address of the arcade center. They could easily see it written down if any human were to hold a label or statement in front of the arcade cabinet screens. The second answer, though, isn't in the script, as far as my memory tells me.

Pichu-kun ... Since: Jan, 2001
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#6760: Dec 15th 2018 at 5:07:07 PM

Ralph Breaks The Internet feels like a movie that's hard to watch often since it's so contemporary. I suspect in ten years it'll be a fun nostalgia trip, though. It's very 2018.

PhysicalStamina ain't nothin' but a party y'all (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Coming soon to theaters
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#6761: Dec 15th 2018 at 5:08:57 PM

By making a movie centered around the internet, that as pretty much unavoidable. Every decade has its Unintentional Period Pieces. This is just going to be one of ours.

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Pichu-kun ... Since: Jan, 2001
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#6762: Dec 15th 2018 at 5:13:43 PM

[up] I'd say 101 Dalmatians was unintentional. This movie is in no way unintentional. If anything, they doubled down on how current it is.

PhysicalStamina ain't nothin' but a party y'all (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Coming soon to theaters
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#6763: Dec 15th 2018 at 6:18:23 PM

[up]That's a good explanation, I think. If this movie's gonna be dated no matter what, might as well go all in on it.

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KJMackley Since: Jan, 2001
#6764: Dec 16th 2018 at 7:37:59 AM

Doug Walker did say something interesting in that it does functionally nothing new with the "visually realize the internet" premise that a lot of other works have done, such as Futurama nearly 20 years ago. He added that the PG rating meant they really couldn't go all-in with the idea, as it still had to be family friendly.

The most they got was negative You Tube comments, and the dark web was like going to an actual, real world hacker. But even then, neither Ralph or Vanellope have any concerns regarding how the real world views them, only with how their private world is impacted. Compare that to Toy Story, where the toys define themselves according to their owner AND each other, which is the underlying drama of each film.

kyun Since: Dec, 2010
#6765: Dec 16th 2018 at 8:51:57 AM

I couldn't figure out who this was for. Could it be fore TINY kids who know nothing about the internet yet? I seen 3-year-olds operate an iPad with ease. I highly doubt they wouldn't know what poor comments on Youtube are. SO if it's not for tiny kids, it can't be for OLDER kids, because older kids have SEEN the internet turned into a World Of Adventure and have satirical jokes about them in other media by that point, and done better!

Edited by kyun on Dec 16th 2018 at 8:52:19 AM

KnownUnknown Since: Jan, 2001
#6766: Dec 16th 2018 at 8:53:53 AM

Many movies (especially Disney movies, tbh) have things in them that one part of the audience understands more than another, and vice versa. That doesn't mean it's not "for" anybody.

Having seen movies that have no idea what they're doing and what its target audience is supposed to be, this is definitely not one of them.

Edited by KnownUnknown on Dec 16th 2018 at 8:54:54 AM

PhysicalStamina ain't nothin' but a party y'all (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Coming soon to theaters
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#6767: Dec 16th 2018 at 9:26:27 AM

Can't it just be "for" all ages? I dunno where you're getting this logic of "it's either for small children or preteens".

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InkDagger Since: Jul, 2014
#6768: Dec 16th 2018 at 12:49:53 PM

Agreed. Like, sure, small kids might not understand the intricacies of the internet and meme culture but the plot is still understandable as almost every plot point is explained as it comes up rather than relying on the audience to know what eBay or Buzz Feed are outside of the film.

lalalei2001 Since: Oct, 2009
#6769: Dec 16th 2018 at 12:58:13 PM

  • is reminded of how the Emoji Movie had internet trolls as malware*

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KJMackley Since: Jan, 2001
#6770: Dec 17th 2018 at 3:45:09 PM

The movie isn't confused about its target audience, that would suggest it includes some overt adult jokes and language in its attempt to appeal to adults. Kids will likely not get the pop up ad jokes or the Rick roll, but will still laugh at how silly the characters are while doing it. Likewise, adults will laugh at the contrast of Sugar Rush to Slaughter Race even though it is about as edgy as Death Rally meets Forza. If they threw in some GTA-esque "pay the hookers" type humor that would be skirting the line.

PhysicalStamina ain't nothin' but a party y'all (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Coming soon to theaters
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#6771: Dec 17th 2018 at 3:55:48 PM

Aw man, I don't like the thought of kids not even knowing what Rickrolling is.

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KJMackley Since: Jan, 2001
#6772: Dec 17th 2018 at 4:18:13 PM

How many eight year olds would have unfiltered internet access and would find themselves in a situation to get Rick rolled? Not saying there are no examples, but I don't think their activity involves much with surfing You Tube. That's more in the twelve and older range, which is the edge of the key demographic of the movie.

The Rick roll itself is one of the earliest memes, such that it's a meme that it's an old meme.

Edited by KJMackley on Dec 17th 2018 at 4:19:14 AM

PhysicalStamina ain't nothin' but a party y'all (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Coming soon to theaters
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#6773: Dec 17th 2018 at 4:47:34 PM

I get it, it's just... I don't like to think about it.

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KnownUnknown Since: Jan, 2001
#6774: Dec 17th 2018 at 5:07:57 PM

This is more of a silly personal aside than anything, but the oddest thing about Slaughter Race for me was how I knew it was supposed to be a GTA Online nod, but it kept reminding me of Burnout instead. It's basically Burnout Paradise, if Paradise City was even more of an over the top Wretched Hive.

Edited by KnownUnknown on Dec 17th 2018 at 5:09:25 AM

PhysicalStamina ain't nothin' but a party y'all (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Coming soon to theaters
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#6775: Dec 17th 2018 at 8:06:04 PM

The whole game is pretty much the Detroit stage in Burnout Revenge.

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