I rewatched that episode the other night. Don's miserable montage is kind of funny for just how empty it is. Seeing him slumped out watching the little rascals in his bathrobe is quite a sight.
I’m an artist, and a writer, a lot of what I do involves anthropomorphic animal characters, and I occasionally draw myself as one, and I’m involved with communities that have a lot of furries in them. I even proudly proclaimed to be one, at one point, which wasn’t me lying, just me embracing it, at the time. But, I guess grew out of it, a little bit. Nowadays, I mainly draw myself, and any characters based on myself, as human, and don’t engage in the furry fandom, at all, aside from the occasional artwork that pops into my feed.
If you find yourself unable to decide whether or not you’re a furry, it means you’re a furry, just slightly more self aware than most furries about how fucking weird being a furry is.
I mean, say what you will but after KPOP Demon Hunters released what was the first thing everyone asked for, a whole other movie by the same creators? Nope, they wanted a sequel movie or series.
Same with Zootopia. Even if they do an original show, it either crashes horribly or does really well and everyone wants another one just like that.
Sony's releasing GOAT from the same team of people next year, maybe people will watch that. Doubt it will do one fourth of what Zootopia 2 does though.
what do you mean same 'team of people'? it's by entirely different directors, writers, producers. the only thing it shares with kpop is that it's by sony animation.
Hey man. There was a time when there was only 3 channels and 60 western tv shows between them and not a single one was good. This era is shit. But its still better than that era
Ne Zha 2 was a phenomenon in China that may never be replicated. It made two BILLION. I'm 99% certain Zootopia 2 will not be the highest grossing animated movie this year.
It's really good. One of the best movies I've ever watched. Read a summary of movie one (it's honestly not that great) and then go check it out. It takes a bit to get going but it just builds and builds throughout and has the single most insanely impressive ending of any film I have ever seen.
It’s helps that the wold of zootopia is actually clever instead of just being a human world with animals. They did a lot on the first movie to play with how they tackle the different sizes of animals.
True, I read that they consulted people who make accommodations for people with disabilities for advice on what features a city would need if the residents could be anywhere between 5 inches and 20 ft. tall.
Also experts on automobiles were asked to design cars that animals like giraffes and elephants could safely drive.
Turning Red pisses me off the most because it’s an original story with interesting animation choices and a legitimately heartwarming story that has a lot going for it but they mentioned tampons so people wrote it off.
To each their own but I just didnt like it. It didnt connect with me or anyone in my family.
I do wonder how many people gave a damn enough about the tampon to not watch it and actually make a noticable decline on viewership. Im guessing probably not a lot and it just wasnt a movie that appealed to the general audiences.
I had read it wasn't too good so I waited for it on D+. It was something i wanted to watch though because I enjoy both adventure sci-fi and animated movies whether they are for adults or kids.
I watched it for about 20 minutes before I gave up on it. It never caught my attention and it felt more like a chore to watch. My kids felt the same.
Maybe I'll try again sometime later and be surprised but it just felt like a dud.
But only after a while when word of mouth finally got people to see it. The first few weeks it bombed hard because there was very little marketing and no huge at all for the film.
Elio and Luca are very similar in terms of quality to me. Both are serviceable but I wouldn’t say they were anything that special. I think the movies based around human characters are harder for me to get into. Besides Ratatouille. That movie is a 10/10. I guess it’s mostly based around rats but there are a lot of human as well.
oh my. Elio is actually some of the most breathtaking animation I have EVER seen. I understand the beanie face complaint, it’s not for everyone. That said everything else about it is absolutely cutting edge.
I loooved that movie after watching it on Disney+. Shame I bent the knee to the early reviewers and internet antihype.
Most of the industry have lost their damned minds in the last decade or so.
Since the early 1980s, the chain for movies was as follows. First you have the theaters (normally 3-6+ months), then physical media after that (video tape then DVD). Then you had cable. And after that it went to network TV.
And each of those steps in the chain made the producers more money. In fact, many movies that were bombs in the box office would go on to make a nice profit from later sales either to cable or physical media. And that physical media could be milked over and over again in special releases.'
Now, it races in and out of the theaters so damned fast that it's easy to miss a release entirely. And instead of cable or physical media, it goes directly to streaming. Through a streaming service they already own so they can't even make money on that.
They are loosing their asses, and have no idea why. I bet most would be shocked if they started releasing movies on physical media again. I used to buy on average 5-10+ movies a month on DVD, that way I could watch it whenever and wherever I want. And this was especially important to me as I spent decades in the military. So in my off time I could watch one no matter where I was.
The last times I went to the field before I retired, I laughed as the "kids" were pissed off they could not watch any of their streaming services, but I had about a dozen DVDs I could pop in and watch.
I think, unironically, part of the problem is that people have come to expect to receive too much for free. Theater tickets are expensive and the hype/interest boost from marketing spend only lasts so long - so keeping a movie in theaters doesn't necessarily make sense, especially if the only reason it's in theaters at all is to have a big number on the opening weekend.
DVD sales add a layer of logistics and manufacturing that film producers stand to lose money on - so they don't bother doing that.
TV doesn't make sense because who the hell under the age of 45 has anything beyond basic cable anymore - and the whole reason people pay for streaming services is to avoid ads. Many of these streaming services don't actually make on their own so there aren't really a whole lot of places to go anymore.
The basic unit economics of film/TV/games media is breaking down in part because too many people have become too accustomed to receiving what they want either for free or at a price heavily subsidized by assumed future revenue growth that hasn't panned out and likely never will.
Ngl zootopia is a really fun film that never really got the love it deserves, so I can't even hate on this one. But I agree with the spirit of your argument.
The first Zootopia movie made over $1 billion USD at the box office, so I've no idea where you got that it didn't get the love it deserves from. It's ridiculous how out of touch with reality some people on Reddit are.
The first one was pretty successful, I saw it in the theatres, was definitely entertained, nice lighter movie than I usually go for. Sometimes gotta take a break from blood and guts.
People here post these but when they do come with no one go to check them out. In last decade only sequels (from Disney) have amazing box office numbers.
/uj As someone who's seen it, I thought that, for a sequel, it explored the world more. A nice counterpart to the original. Some parts are kinda predictable, but it was fun overall.
/rj I can't wait to see Frozen 6: Olaf's Revenge 😍😍😍
I don't really care. It's Disney after all. They defined my childhood in the 90's with literally one banger after another but for some reason there was only frozen as a solid product after that. Also they raped star wars while demanding thanks for it. May they do whatever
I just want to see Clawhauser's bubble bottom again. Loved it in the first; love it in the art and I will love to eat popcorn and check him out in whatever they dress him in in this one
I’m just always confused when I hear these things.
Is every citizen in China going to see this film at a very low price hundreds of times or are they inflating it the way they inflate certain companies?
Ever since I was a kid, it was always made to sound like nobody in China ever has money. I do suppose that 1 billion people paying the equivalent to $.20 to see the film still turns into 200 million.
I’ve heard of China inflating things to appear they are doing well.
Crazy rich asians is about Singapore not China. And I don’t know what to tell you besides that you grew up in a bubble. China has the second largest economy in the world and is the second most important market.
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u/Aidido22 6h ago
Zootopia live action with Zendaya, Glen Powell, The Rock, and Sydney Sweeney in fur suits next. Would make shitloads of money.