I'M GONNA WRECK IT!

[PCD]

Kind of a toss-up if this goes in here or the games forum, but, hey.

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I'm making an effort not to get too excited for this movie, but I can't help but be impressed that Disney managed to get their hands on Nintendo and Sega character rights--didn't even remodel the characters, just took the straight models. I hope this ends up as a proper love letter to gaming, rather than just riding on the excitement of getting to have such famous figures in their game. Only going off this trailer, though, I'm very cautiously optimistic.

[Arcanum]

Screw caution. I'm excited.

[Locke cole]

This... looks great, actually.

Anyone else reminded of Kid Radd?

...However, I didn't think Zangief was a villain so much as "another fighter". I thought it was mostly Balrog, Bison, and Vega who were the villains of early Street Fighters.

[akaSM]

I want to watch that movie. Now.

[POS Industries]

...However, I didn't think Zangief was a villain so much as "another fighter". I thought it was mostly Balrog, Bison, and Vega who were the villains of early Street Fighters.
Cold War politics aside, I suppose it can be looked at in terms of his being a CPU opponent that any given player might face. Like he says, just because you're a badguy doesn't mean you're actually a bad guy.

[Premmy]

This movie looks good, but I hate John C Riley. I am at a crossroads.
Cold War politics aside, I suppose it can be looked at in terms of his being a CPU opponent that any given player might face. Like he says, just because you're a badguy doesn't mean you're actually a bad guy.
Yeah, the zombie was there and you can't really call zombies "Villains" so much as " aggressive obstacles"

[Bells]

wait... did i just saw the Ghost from Pacman in a Meeting with Zangief, Bison, Kano, a Zombie, robotnik and Bowser.....?



...i...

...yeah... gonna watch it.

[Premmy]

You just described any random episode of Robot Chicken.

[Locke cole]

No, this is completely different.

Presumably, the meeting doesn't end with half of them dismembering the other half before committing tearful suicide.

[Flarecobra]

I'd rent it at least.

[Nique]

My only problem is, why DIDN'T they get Pixar in on this? It's suspicious. Like, Disney made Chicken Little presumably because Pixar had the good sense not to be involved.

EDIT: I mean. I guess I'm still not sure how Pixar and Disney's relationship works anymore. Like, Pixar is technically involved because they own Disney or something?

[Ryong]

I'm sure licensing all these characters wasn't a bitch!

[POS Industries]

Like, Disney made Chicken Little presumably because Pixar had the good sense not to be involved.
Conversely, Disney made Tangled all by themselves and it turned out pretty good, whereas they worked together with Pixar to make Cars 2 which was a gigantic pile of shit.

Like basically Disney is still making animated movies, but apparently no one wants to see classic, hand-drawn 2D animation anymore according to studio executives so they are also a major CG animation studio in their own right.

EDIT: I mean. I guess I'm still not sure how Pixar and Disney's relationship works anymore. Like, Pixar is technically involved because they own Disney or something?
They are separate, autonomous companies with Pixar happy to accept large sums of money from Disney on occasion.

[Yrcrazypa]

The zombie doesn't look like any old zombie, it looks like one of those axe zombies from one of the House of the Dead games. That may just be a random, unfounded guess though.

I am at least slightly interested in this movie, with my expectations being tempered based on it being a movie about video games.

[Shyria Dracnoir]

The zombie doesn't look like any old zombie, it looks like one of those axe zombies from one of the House of the Dead games. That may just be a random, unfounded guess though.

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You're not as unfounded as you think (zombie's about 1:00 in).

[Locke cole]

I am at least slightly interested in this movie, with my expectations being tempered based on it being a movie about video games.

I think a movie about video games has a better chance of being good than a movie about a video game.

[PCD]

I think I saw this best described as a sort of Who Framed Roger Rabbit for video games, at least from the crossover aspect. Probably not that class of quality, but the same sort of concept at least.

[Nique]

Anyone else reminded of Kid Radd?



Kidd Radd should come out in a graphic novel or something.

[Premmy]

I think I saw this best described as a sort of Who Framed Roger Rabbit for video games, at least from the crossover aspect. Probably not that class of quality, but the same sort of concept at least.

Feels kind of like Shrek or Monsters Inc. to me.

[Nique]

Def feeling the Monsters Inc. vibe, but that comes mostly from a feeling that I'm going to need to work really hard at suspending disbelief in order to enjoy this movie.

[The SSB Intern]

I'm sure licensing all these characters wasn't a bitch!

Imagine all the paperwork for the video game that will surely by sold as a tie-in.

[Locke cole]

They should just make Sugar Rush instead.

[Magus]

lol Q'Bertese.

Might have worked better with pastiches for all those other characters. I mean, it's hard to have Bowser in the movie without noticing that Wreck-It Ralph is just a pastiche of Donkey Kong and Fix-it Fred is a pastiche of Mario, and so, hey, where is Donkey Kong and Mario?

That said, how could I not love the concept? It didn't even attempt to dumb-down things--you'd have to be more than just familiar with Pac-Man or Mario as pop culture icons to know who Zangief is, so it does appear to be interested in doing something for people who love video games as well as the audience as a whole. Like Scott Pilgrim was enjoyable to anyone but it had things like the Fairy Fountain music from Zelda that only people who play video games are going to get.

[Locke cole]

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[Magus]

Silly? Referencing King of Kong makes it genius in my book! A+ stellar joke there, comrade!

[Locke cole]

Vindication!

[Nique]

I don't get it.

[Locke cole]

It's a reference to a bit in the documentary The King Of Kong.

[Magus]

I don't get it.

Hand-in your badge, Nique, you're relieved of duty.

[Betty Elms]

My only problem is, why DIDN'T they get Pixar in on this? It's suspicious. Like, Disney made Chicken Little presumably because Pixar had the good sense not to be involved.

EDIT: I mean. I guess I'm still not sure how Pixar and Disney's relationship works anymore. Like, Pixar is technically involved because they own Disney or something?
Disney purchased Pixar. Disney was originally the studio's distributor, now the two have a much more symbiotic economic relationship, although they remain separate entities as studios. John Lasseter, Pixar's Executive Vice President at the time of the acquisition was made Chief Creative Officer of Disney, and Edwin Catmull, then the president of Pixar, was made president of Disney Animation.

That's how it works. People always act like the two are either completely autonomous or Disney now runs the shit out of Pixar creatively, but when it comes to the output of animated films, Pixar essentially took over Disney albeit without revamping the studio itself to an exceptional extent. They didn't get Pixar in on this because it's a Disney film. Disney has been making both CG and traditionally animated films for some time, at no point did they start divvying up projects based on medium.

Also Disney made Chicken Little because they effectively shut down their traditional animation branch in 2004 in order to hopefully better compete with Pixar and Dreamworks.

Like basically Disney is still making animated movies, but apparently no one wants to see classic, hand-drawn 2D animation anymore according to studio executives
That was the studio exec decision like 9 years ago, Disney has resumed creating traditionally animated films although people like to pretend they haven't in order to justify being grumpy. Another thing people like to pretend: that studio executives are the ones saying nobody wants to see classic, hand-drawn 2D animation, when really that claim kind of is backed up by box office grosses.

[Nique]

Hand-in your badge, Nique, you're relieved of duty.

Listen, I tried to watch some documentaries about classic video games. It was bad times. That Pac-Man champion guy is a douche.

[tacticslion]

I want to see this movie. I'm so worried that my sudden hype from what amounts to a little more than "hey, flashy game characters" trailer is going to crash so hard. But I must. See. This. Movie.

EDIT:
reference Pastiches or whatever, DK isn't there likely because he's now a bona-fide actual honest-to-goodness hero with his own villains and stuff, and Mario isn't there because, you know, he's not a villain (although one could make the case that when he was still Jumpman he was kind of villainous and paying for his ways by having to jump barrels to rescue his girlfriend Pauline).

Also, where can I watch me some of those documentaries. I want to see them.

[POS Industries]

That was the studio exec decision like 9 years ago, Disney has resumed creating traditionally animated films although people like to pretend they haven't in order to justify being grumpy. Another thing people like to pretend: that studio executives are the ones saying nobody wants to see classic, hand-drawn 2D animation, when really that claim kind of is backed up by box office grosses.
I think you may have misunderstood my intention, as I was merely clarifying that Disney has been pretty much all in on the CG animation thing for a while and that just because they're not making a traditionally animated film doesn't mean that they have to cling to Pixar to get the job done.

Obviously, if we live in a world where The Princess and the Frog can't even bring in as much revenue in theaters as Bolt, the studio is going to follow the money. No one's trying to "justify being grumpy" here, but thanks for being so super cool about it.

[Magus]

Listen, I tried to watch some documentaries about classic video games. It was bad times. That Pac-Man champion guy is a douche.

I just thought King of Kong was the one everyone had seen, due to it actually being quite well produced and near-universally lauded.

[Lumenskir]

Listen, I tried to watch some documentaries about classic video games. It was bad times. That Pac-Man champion guy is a douche.
I don't know what I'm more surprised by, that you've only seen non-King of Kong documentaries featuring Billy Mitchell, or that there are actually non-King of Kong documentaries featuring Billy Mitchell.

[Krylo]

Why the shit would anyone watch a documentary on anything, least of all video games?

[phil_]

Why the shit would anyone watch a documentary on anything?Because David Attenborough. And how else are we supposed to find out that aliens built the Eiffel Tower?

[POS Industries]

And how else are we supposed to find out that aliens built the Eiffel Tower?
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[Magus]

Why the shit would anyone watch a documentary on anything, least of all video games?

It was a pretty interesting character study of Steve Wiebe, who basically dedicated vast hours of his time to mastering the minutiae of Donkey Kong, often to the apparent detriment of his marriage and home life. I suppose this amounts to memorizing the minutiae of someone memorizing the minutiae of something, like a minutiae ouroboros. A rather amusing and entertaining ouroboros, though. It used some creative editing to create a narrative tale that is basically the videogame equivalent of Rocky, besides.

Like when you say it is a documentary on video games, I'd say it is more of a character study or at the least a documentary on a particular facet of them, focusing more on the people who do it than the things themselves.

[Krylo]

So because you're bored with nothing better to do than stare at the wall and doing something even more boring and pointless sounds like a good idea?

[Magus]

But I watched it because it was enjoyable/humorous, not because I was bored. I actively enjoy watching King of Kong.

EDIT: Like I know they are two different things, but do you feel the same way about Let's Play videos or the Angry Video Game Nerd or what have you? Just curious. I know I used to spend more time on internet forums talking about video games than actually playing them, so I try to avoid that now, especially since I have so little free time anymore.

[Krylo]

Mostly I'm just giving you a little shit for giving Nique a little shit.

Also, Angry Video Game nerd hasn't been funny for a long time.

Edit: Was pondering deleting that last one 'cause it came off a little nastier than I wanted it to but you already replied.

[Magus]

Mostly I'm just giving you a little shit for giving Nique a little shit.

Oh, well, then, I should have just went with the default reply for not having seen King of Kong:

Hand-in your badge, Krylo, you're relieved of duty.

[Krylo]

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[tacticslion]

THE VIDEO HAS BEEN REMOVED BY USER?!?!?! AAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHH!!!!!
(how am i going to get my fix now?)

[PCD]

Replaced it with another, just for you.

[tacticslion]

Replaced it with another, just for you.

YAY! Thaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaank you!

[PCD]

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I need this movie in my life immediately.

[Locke cole]

"WHY do I fix everything I touch?!"

[PCD]

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Also, the short before this movie, Paperman, looks absolutely gorgeous. I don't know if I can survive the next month.

[Locke cole]

Surprised nobody els has posted in this thread since.

The movie's been out for about a week now, and I saw it.

It was pretty great.

[PCD]

Didn't want to double post, but I saw it opening day, first showing at the local theater. It was pretty much exactly what I was hoping for: a lot of fun, with lots of fun references that don't feel like they're pandering or leading too much of the movie. Fun characters, decent plot, a few jokes that fall flat but others that had me cracking up. Even had a couple really good tearjerker moments. Not a perfect movie, no, but a very good one that I'd recommend to anyone who enjoys a quality animated film.

[Nique]

I'll probably buy it. But I kind of want to see.a movie done entirely in 16 bit cinema graphics

[Aerozord]

Just saw it today and thing that stuck most in my mind, best ending credits I have ever seen for a movie.

Also loved the use of the one true code

[akaSM]

I watched it with a friend last friday and, there were a ton of little things I noticed <3. Even though the friend I watched it with didn't get a LOT of those small things, she was laughing a lot ^^. Also, the movie was pretty nice :3

[Aldurin]

Great movie, I loved how cameo's weren't shoved in our face in the whole manner of "HEY LOOK AT WHAT WE CAN AFFORD TO HAVE IN OUR MOVIE". They handled it well by making the facetime inversely proportional to their popularity. A lot of great cinematic and storytelling power going through it, I'm just kinda irked that I could see the "X is now a princess via varying definitions of magic" trope incoming like a meteor.

And the pre-movie short was aces for it's simplicity and subtlety in a time where over-the-top special effects are the staple of entertainment.

[Aldurin]

Actually now that I think about it Disney has beaten SEGA's quality record by managing to not ruin Modern Sonic within the single minute that he was on screen. Clearly they need to buy Sonic Team.

[Locke cole]

Actually now that I think about it Disney has beaten SEGA's quality record by managing to not ruin Modern Sonic within the single minute that he was on screen. Clearly they need to buy Sonic Team.

You're a few games too late for that sentiment to be fully true anymore.

[Aerozord]

I'm just kinda irked that I could see the "X is now a princess via varying definitions of magic" trope incoming like a meteor.

It didn't irk me too badly (normally I hate such a thing) because it had to happen. Within the confines of the setting the only way for him to rule was to replace the current one. Not purely for usual story reasons but because the rules of the game dictate what roles there are. Even the fact she was a princess and not a queen makes sense because lets be honest thats what game designers would call her.

but there are two things that did annoy me personally.
First is the whole, suddenly its a democracy. This initially didn't bug me because I was like, ok I guess she is just setting up a way to choose a new leader ok. Then she went, "but I'm still in charge", then why the hell didn't you just keep calling yourself a princess. No one says you cant be a princess and a racer, hell the game designed you with the intent of you being both.

Second is, the finish line reset the world, why exactly? And shouldn't that mean she isn't glitched anymore. It was the only time the rules set within the universe caused me to scratch my head.

These are minor though. They didn't upset me or ruin the movie. Really its more moments of confusing that hurt my immersion.

[PCD]

I didn't mind the finish line reset, personally; it made sense to me. The finish line is, after all, the most important goal in a racing game, and once she crosses it, she can't be ignored as a part of the game. King Candy made it sound like if she had really just been a left out glitch character, her role would have been invented, but since she's already got a role in the game in place for her, she'd just get popped back into place. Once the finish line reads her data, it registers that she's been broken, it has to do a major overhaul to fix the oversight of a removed character, resetting things to their proper arrangement to make sure. What, that wasn't all immediately obvious to you? Come on!

I ignored the whole "not a princess, a democracy!" as more little kid banter along the lines of the previous "I will execute everyone!" lines, myself. But I had a little trouble believing that, if she kept her glitch powers in the game proper, the owner of the arcade wouldn't notice and have the game get looked at. But hey, I'm sure the kids are all excited to have a glitch that makes the game easier for them, so.

[Aerozord]

I imagine they viewed the glitch as a cheat the character had access too. I mean wasn't crouch-jumping in the half-life engine originally a glitch or cart boosters in minecraft? Probably from an interface angle the players did have to do something to initiate her teleporting and figuring out moves through trial and error then spreading it through word of mouth used to be common in arcades. So to them it was probably viewed more as a code than something broken.

In any case, broken or not what arcade owner would dump a game thats making them money?