It was meant to be part one of a trilogy, but a sequel does not look to be happening given it underperformed. The whole thing was a giant memberberries for Gen Xers like the Bumblebee movie was. It did show me how full of crap most anti-woke YouTubers are. They would constantly proclaim how audiences are tired of Hollywood milking IPs with sequels, prequels, and reboots only to then complain that Transformers One was a great movie that should not have bombed.
I also tend to think of the Ys series as a more subtle example. Particularly once you get to Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of Dana, there's a feeling of "this is good, but it doesn't feel like Ys anymore."
A few years back, I finally got around to watching Liberty Valance. Everyone shits on Wayne with that joking “Pilllllllgrim” impression, but I was impressed by what a devastatingly good insult it was in the context of the movie. In one word it conveys “you’re a do-gooder idealist on a mission and your time here won’t matter because you’re going to leave.” Old Looney Tunes were like that, too. How many adults who grew up with those know that Nimrod was actually a great hunter and it was just Bugs being sarcastic? I remember my confusion watching the 90s X-Men and seeing the robot Nimrod pop up. “Wait, did they name the robot ‘moron’ on purpose?”
I know exactly what you mean. Everything's too colorful, character designs are freaky and make no sense, there's too many radical plot elements (time travel, overpowered mcguffins) in a single story.
Practically every piece of art can be traced back to a classical fairy tale or parable. Through all of history, skilled artists and storytellers understood that all art is tied to a select few common ancestors and would, instead of trying the failing task of making something entirely new (borderline impossible, and there's no guarantee something entirely unique would even be good or worthwhile) would opt instead to remake and refine previous archetypes and structures—adapting them for the artist's time with all the appropriate window dressing.
I think the worst thing is our cultural sphere hasn't managed to cultivate any Robert E. Howard, Lovecraft, Moorcock, Tolkien equivalents or new ones who stand out altogether. Who was the last real writer that people considered to leave a huge cultural impact? JK Rowling? When was the last time a franchise had some cultural watermark like Star Wars, Aliens, Terminator, LOTR? Alot of games were copying those guys like DND, Warhammer, Dragon Age, Mass Effect and now we have people copying games that copied those guys, but are doing it so that the characters all this have post-ironic lingo or meta commentary and subversion. I don't know if its because creating a new world is hard or if writing is hard, but the reality is that there hasn't been a new story to draw heavy influence from.
There's too much entertainment to choose from. We're being flooded by movies, games, songs and books. It's hard to remember what movie you saw yesterday when there's 300 more in your backlog. Famous writers didn't have nearly as much competition in 1995 because the internet was only starting to become a thing. Add Youtube to all that and you have a generation of consumers who can't even focus on the media they're consuming.
Batman led Doomsday outside the city in purpose, which makes sense considering he's been mad that whole movie about the damage Superman caused. It's part of the plot that he wants to keep collateral damage as low as possible.
That's completely fine because Leia and Padme are supporting characters in their respective trilogies. Important supporting characters but supporting characters never the less. Most supporting characters don't get much character development or evolution in movies simply because that can make the story unfocused and eat too much screen time. If they do it's often in response or reflection to the main character but this isn't the job of these characters. They mainly exist to give motivation for Luke and Anakin and to fless out the world building.
Which Mortal Kombat game do you like more? Mortal Kombat or Mortal Kombat?
Part of me wonders if people like this may exist, but they just don't see a point, because they've seen what happened to the great works of the past.
MORTAL KOOOOMBAAAAAAT!
The fuck did you say, bro?
I mean, we can discuss their merits as movies (I personally find the Conan films a bit dull) but its inarguable that thanks to the movies, most people see Conan (and barbarians as a whole) as just dumb, unthinking brutes who power through everything, which is not only of dubious historacity but also a far cry from Howard's character.The fuck did you say, bro?
Ah. Yes, they aren't faithful adaptations of the stories, that's true. I would say the first is a great film, though. The sequel is pretty awful.
I remember feeling the opposite for awhile--that the first was dull but the second, despite arguably being a bigger insult, was at least dumb fun.
The accent wasn't the only thing.
