Disney fairy tale stuff bores me

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• Princess Alice

  2017-02-19 19:01:20

  You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022

  Ok.
• Crystal

  2017-02-19 19:01:53

  Munch munch, chomp chomp...

  Aight.
• Imipolex G

  2017-02-19 19:02:11

  Touch the cow. Do it now.
  

  Me too, high five fist bump etc .
  
• Princess Alice

  2017-02-19 19:06:46

  You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022

  I like a lot of Disney fairy tale stuff, though admittedly a lot of it has been pretty samey.
  
  I'm just a sucker for fairy tales in general. In fact, I kinda wish other studios did fairy tale movies more often
• Anonus

  2017-02-19 19:10:16 edited 2017-02-19 19:10:35

  I've learned to tolerate drama...except on the boat

  In the past the result of that has often just been aping Disney
• Section42L

  2017-02-19 19:16:07

  We can do anything if we do it together.

  Imipolex G said:

  Me too, high five fist bump etc .
  

  
  
• Sredni Vashtar

  2017-02-19 20:16:02

  “I'm surprised. Those clothes… but, aren't you…?”

  I'm vaguely interested in Moana because it's drawing on entirely different cultural resources but Disney is just a very "OK" studio, much of the time. Strong quality control, but rarely anything particularly exciting or intriguing. Boring technical perfection, in fewer words.
  
• Crystal

  2017-02-19 20:29:22

  Munch munch, chomp chomp...

  Sredni Vashtar said:

  I'm vaguely interested in Moana because it's drawing on entirely different cultural resources but Disney is just a very "OK" studio, much of the time. Strong quality control, but rarely anything particularly exciting or intriguing. Boring technical perfection, in fewer words.
  

  Yeah... yeah. I very strongly feel this. The films that really lean into cultural stuff, be it mythological or otherwise (I again think of Atlantis as it's essentially my favorite film by them), like with Atlantis and it's solid combination of likable and endearingly expressive - to my memory - characters, strong historical and literary inspirations, and a good execution.

  
  

  I, personally, struggle to think of even a few of the films that have even two of those components (plus some which I almost certainly left out), and I quite like fairy tales. They're serviceable but flavorless.
• Anonus

  2017-02-19 20:39:41

  I've learned to tolerate drama...except on the boat

  My favorites of theirs are One Hundred and One Dalmatians and Lilo & Stitch, the latter of which was the brainchild of someone John Lasseter pushed out because ???
• Viani

  2017-02-19 20:42:43

  ☭ B̤̺͍̰͕̺̠̕u҉̖͙̝̮͕̲ͅm̟̼̦̠̹̙p͡s̹͖ ̻T́h̗̫͈̙̩r̮e̴̩̺̖̠̭̜ͅa̛̪̟͍̣͎͖̺d͉̦͠s͕̞͚̲͍ ̲̬̹̤Y̻̤̱o̭͠u̥͉̥̜͡ ̴̥̪D̳̲̳̤o̴͙̘͓̤̟̗͇n̰̗̞̼̳͙͖͢'҉͖t̳͓̣͍̗̰ ͉W̝̳͓̼͜a̗͉̳͖̘̮n͕ͅt͚̟͚ ̸̺T̜̖̖̺͎̱ͅo̭̪̰̼̥̜ ̼͍̟̝R̝̹̮̭ͅͅe̡̗͇a͍̘̤͉͘d̼̜  ⚢

  

  Disney plays it safe. It's boring,but it's not about to test what it's audiences boundaries are.

  
  

  And the team behind Moana did a lot of research when they jumped into that culture. Which is great. 
• Anonus

  2017-02-19 20:51:04

  I've learned to tolerate drama...except on the boat

  personally I can't wait for the Lasseter-Catmull regime to tire itself out so we can get some more quasi-experimental stuff like they did in the early 2000s

  
  

  they have no excuses to revert to being the shambling zombie they were in the '70s and much of the '80s
• Sredni Vashtar

  2017-02-19 20:54:14

  “I'm surprised. Those clothes… but, aren't you…?”

  Lilo & Stitch was exceptional.
  
  Also I'll probably watch Zootopia because I'm furry garbage.
  
• Crystal

  2017-02-19 20:55:00

  Munch munch, chomp chomp...

  Oh, and L&S.

  
  

  I know I'll watch Zootopia at some point because it's on Netflix.
• Section42L

  2017-02-19 20:58:33

  We can do anything if we do it together.

  I know I should watch Zootopia at some point myself, too.
• Imipolex G

  2017-02-19 21:01:44

  Touch the cow. Do it now.
  

  I would watch Zootopia if it were called Mootopia.
  
• Anonus

  2017-02-19 21:16:44

  I've learned to tolerate drama...except on the boat

  I half-wonder how conventional my choices are

  
  

  Most people my age seem to prefer the Renaissance
• Viani

  2017-02-19 22:09:53

  ☭ B̤̺͍̰͕̺̠̕u҉̖͙̝̮͕̲ͅm̟̼̦̠̹̙p͡s̹͖ ̻T́h̗̫͈̙̩r̮e̴̩̺̖̠̭̜ͅa̛̪̟͍̣͎͖̺d͉̦͠s͕̞͚̲͍ ̲̬̹̤Y̻̤̱o̭͠u̥͉̥̜͡ ̴̥̪D̳̲̳̤o̴͙̘͓̤̟̗͇n̰̗̞̼̳͙͖͢'҉͖t̳͓̣͍̗̰ ͉W̝̳͓̼͜a̗͉̳͖̘̮n͕ͅt͚̟͚ ̸̺T̜̖̖̺͎̱ͅo̭̪̰̼̥̜ ̼͍̟̝R̝̹̮̭ͅͅe̡̗͇a͍̘̤͉͘d̼̜  ⚢

  

  I watched Zootopia in theaters and never got a single "This is for furries" feel at all. Like isn't most of their most popular characters Bipedal animals? Like I swear I was waiting for Goofy or Donald to pop up there once but I guess they didn't want to disrupt the feel.
• Tanya

  2017-02-19 22:18:28

  Pizza Dog

  
• Anonus

  2017-02-19 22:22:46

  I've learned to tolerate drama...except on the boat

  Counterclock said:

  

  Not #brand enough, doesn't count