• Ð Greıt Þu̇mpkin@lemm.ee
    82·
    1 year ago

    Fucks sake even the original projects are just repainted iteration, Moana, Frozen, and Encanto are all Disney Princess stories, MAOI EVEN CRACKS JOKES ABOUT IT!

  • DreamButt@lemmy.worldEnglish
    83·
    1 year ago

    Funny. Back in the day when Tumblr was big people loved theory crafting for these kinds of things (and those still there probably still do). Interesting to watch capitalism monitize and exploit facets of human life in real time

    • Godort@lemm.ee
      3·
      1 year ago

      And the monkey’s paw curls another digit.

      Actually there is probably some irony referencing the events of a 120 year old story that has been re-made and referenced countless times to describe what is happening here.

  • qooqie@lemmy.world
    83·
    1 year ago

    I for one love gigantic universes that are fleshed out with tons of content. Then again I love warhammer 40k so maybe my opinion means less

  • Seraph@kbin.social
    8·
    1 year ago

    I’m convinced they just refuse to read and use books the way they used to. There’s several books and series I’d love to see made instead of the same recycled shit.

    But I guess you can’t predict sales for something brand new and that’s starting to bite us in the ass. We need more studios taking big risks on something new.

    • pjhenry1216@kbin.social
      9·
      1 year ago

      I feel like they have poor track records in choosing books. They seem to only ever choose Young Adult Fiction… which isn’t bad, but if the ones they tend to choose, they’re usually very tropey.

      And we have A24 studios. They seem to be doing a pretty good job lately.

    • EveryMuffinIsNowEncrypted@lemmy.blahaj.zone
      21·
      1 year ago

      I’m actually glad they don’t really adapt books as much anymore. Their track record on adaptation in recent years have been such that they’ll probably just ignore preestablished lore in favor of whatever bullshit they think will sell more a lá Halo.

      • Seraph@kbin.social
        3·
        1 year ago

        They’ve done that a lot, with nearly every series I can think of. But I’d rather them at least attempt to adapt something than say “we can’t execute the source content exactly so we won’t try”

  • Cylusthevirus@kbin.social
    321·
    1 year ago

    It’s there. To paraphrase Anton Ego though, new things need people to stick up for them. So if you see a new story, go see it and tell your friends. Everything Everywhere All At Once is a great example. Amazing movie, and it’s stuck with me.

    • llama@midwest.socialEnglish
      45·
      1 year ago

      I feel like EEAAO was somehow engineered to get people to say they like it for no particular reason, it almost feels like they made a movie that would be a social faux pas to say you didn’t like it. But actually I found it super boring and it remains a mystery to me why top rated movies are what they are.

    • asteriskeverything@lemmy.world
      1·
      1 year ago

      Is there a community well suited for a topic like this? For now I’m gonna also list some not franchise/reboot etc. I won’t exclude things based on books since I don’t always know and they don’t follow close always anyway.

      Horror : The Menu Barbarian The black phone

      Comedy : The unbearable weight of massive talent Spin me round Palm Springs

      I wish it was easier to see a list of things you have watched already. These are the few I can remember being happy with. I think it’s action movies really that suffer from this trend and variation of playing it safe and a lot more freedom to take financial risks.

    • DrQuint@lemm.ee
      16·
      1 year ago

      Yeah yeah, EEAAO mentioned again. Again. How original.

      How many of you motherfuckers here watched RRR and why the fuck haven’t you yet? It’s the best movie of last year. Yes the intro makes it look like a generic action bollyflick with more money, but they actually did quite a fair bit beyond that.

      • Cylusthevirus@kbin.social
        21·
        1 year ago

        I mean I tried to watch RRR. It was … unintentionally funny. But by all means go on hating popular thing.

        • DrQuint@lemm.ee
          1·
          1 year ago

          hating popular thing

          I’m not hating on the movie, learn to read dingleberry.

          I’m hating on people going “we need to support small endeavors” and then going and suggesting the second largest success of the year behind only the most profitable movie of all time. Not that RRR is lagging much behind, but man, at least way less people watched it and at least it isn’t spammed everywhere. Even less watched Inside and literally no one ever says it. Nope, it’s always the same movie.

          The equivalent this year would be someone saying “you guys need to watch Barbie”. Like. We know. Nothing should compel anyone spreading that word some more. Crippling unoriginality trying to put itself on a pedestal deserves being called out.

    • Capitao_Duarte@lemmy.eco.br
      5·
      1 year ago

      I’ve heard so many good things about WH40k, but every time i search about it I get overwhelmed. Don’t know where to start. Any tips?

    • asteriskeverything@lemmy.world
      131·
      1 year ago

      Ikr when we really want more Ryan gosling and Margot robbie! How is that not obvious to them???

      That said my favorite thing about it is they finally managed to nail that elusive women market and don’t even understand why. Wonder woman, reboot Ghostbusters, so many half assed money grab attempts thinking feminism is just lame rah rah girl power. Yet it’s the barbie movie that nails it and captures all audience’s. And the answer is more toy movies haha.

      • Zeth0s@lemmy.world
        713·
        1 year ago

        Sorry, but Barbie and feminism in the same sentence is painful to hear. Feminism is about changing society to make it more equal, not barbie… Barbie is about selling the most conservative toy ever (together with j.i.joe)

        That’s why everyone is going to the toy movies. Because the political message of barbie is as fake as barbie, but it helps selling toys

              • Nudding@lemmy.world
                13·
                1 year ago

                Unless the movie can erase 75 years of unrealistic beauty standards, does it matter how nice the movie made you feel?

                • asteriskeverything@lemmy.world
                  3·
                  1 year ago

                  What matters is the message the movie has to say and it had a true feminist message about equality.

                  Also The cast had barbies and Kens of all ethnicities and sizes.

                  And the movie was a really important moment for a lot of women and girls. I think it’s super closed minded to the point you’re the one missing out if you won’t give it a chance just because it is based around a toy with a problematic history.