One of the most prescient pieces of dystopian fiction, wrapped in a wholesome veneer. Like Idiocracy, it's hard to watch this film today without being viscerally horrified at how prophetic it's turned out to be. OW MY BALLS! could legit be a huge series nowadays, and frankly it would still be more worthwhile than lots of other content out there.
Children of Men, I feel, hews closest to the dystopia we are most headed towards... Even more than Wall-E or something like Brave New World... Also Momo by Michael Ende (who wrote Neverending Story) - that's pretty prescient, too...
But yeah, somewhat unexpectedly, I think Children of Men is where we are headed. Although I don't think even the filmmakers (was it Cuaron?) predicted that we would deliberately stop having children, even before the unintentional fertility crisis kicked in...
One for the last great Pixar movies. I’m glad Disney aren’t remaking Pixar movies yet. They would guarantee give EVE corn rolls and have her slobber over the ships captain (who would be voiced by Margot Robbie.)
I'd say close but you'd have to extend that by at least two years to 2010 as you know what came after this?
UP, that beginning scene BROKE the audience barely 10 minutes in and was just a fantastic film. Then after that Toy Story 3 which WAS the perfect ending to the series that shouldn't have continued after that.
I'd say looking at their filmography, Pixar's decline properly started around 2017, there they get stuck in unnecessary sequels and diversity pandering.
It doesn't help that Lasseter's first production with Skydance struggled (it assumingly was a lackluster/bad movie), so the idiots that believe the MeToo shit wholesale are now claiming that he had little to do with Pixar's success.
The movie where the guy jumps really high? I haven’t seen it but that’s what I got from the marketing. A jump jumps really high and it’s supposed to be amazing for some reason. I think it was around the time of 300 and I felt like too much fiction was having a “hero jumps on the air dramatically with their sword held high” trying to emulate a scene at the end of 300.
So, John Carter felt like a movie built around hero jumps dramatically with sword held high!
And “Planes”, although I think that is technically Disney, not Pixar, even if it resembles a Pixar film in most ways (except the humour, dialogue and plot. So I guess not “most” ways)…
In the fourth one it's interesting that Forky's creator intended him to be a toy, but he kept insisting he was trash, and had to come to terms with being a toy like everyone else clearly saw him as ...
I'm not sure it would be possible to do a sequel to Wall-E, because the story is effectively... Finished. Unless perhaps there were still other colony/refugee ships floating out there, somewhere, yet to be discovered..?
But also given how far we've slid towards the society of AI-dependent blob people, as portrayed in the movie (even in those 16 years), I just cannot imagine one of the companies which has so heavily contributed to creating that situation (i.e. Disney) remaking something so... Pointed, lol.
not sure it would be possible to do a sequel to Wall-E, because the story is effectively... Finished
That hasn't stopped the studios before. Just look at all the terminator sequels after 2, pacific rim 2, etc. All they need for a quick cash grab is a lazy retcon that largely ignores what happened in the prior movie.
I mean, I would argue that Wall-E himself is more "human" in many of his behaviours than, say, Buzz Lightyear (gasp, controversial, I know) or indeed most of the characters in Cars 2...
So is Eva, at times.
Because this is Pixar, and Pixar specialises in anthropomorphizing various non-human critters, objects, etc.
Versus Dreamworks, which kind of does this successfully with Kung Fu Panda, but, for example, Toothless is very clearly an animal. Just a very intelligent one.
HTTYD is still my favourite 3D animated movie of all time, however. Followed by Wall-E, followed by UP (the first 20 minutes or so of which is... Probably the most successful "human" thing Pixar ever made). I grew up with Toy Story 2 and Cars, but for some reason neither resonated with me quite as much (though Bug's Life, El Dorado and Tarzan did, so... Take that as you will)...
When aiming to tell a good story, Truth will win out, even if you're trying to lie. A good story resonates with the truth in one way or another. A bad story will unapologetically lie to your face and the dissonance will be too much to believe.
Where's the representation? It seems the Eva robot is implied to be female and is full of grrlboss tech that nobody else has. Figured that would be enough for the snowflakes.
They see the robots as gay because robots have no gender and therefore are the same sex.
Or...
They see as different make and models being compatible for love so it's some trans bullshit and I feel more sick typing and trying to think about this so I'm just going to stop this run on sentence.
One of the most prescient pieces of dystopian fiction, wrapped in a wholesome veneer. Like Idiocracy, it's hard to watch this film today without being viscerally horrified at how prophetic it's turned out to be. OW MY BALLS! could legit be a huge series nowadays, and frankly it would still be more worthwhile than lots of other content out there.
Children of Men, I feel, hews closest to the dystopia we are most headed towards... Even more than Wall-E or something like Brave New World... Also Momo by Michael Ende (who wrote Neverending Story) - that's pretty prescient, too...
But yeah, somewhat unexpectedly, I think Children of Men is where we are headed. Although I don't think even the filmmakers (was it Cuaron?) predicted that we would deliberately stop having children, even before the unintentional fertility crisis kicked in...
Hits all the points, that movie does.
One for the last great Pixar movies. I’m glad Disney aren’t remaking Pixar movies yet. They would guarantee give EVE corn rolls and have her slobber over the ships captain (who would be voiced by Margot Robbie.)
I'd say close but you'd have to extend that by at least two years to 2010 as you know what came after this?
UP, that beginning scene BROKE the audience barely 10 minutes in and was just a fantastic film. Then after that Toy Story 3 which WAS the perfect ending to the series that shouldn't have continued after that.
I'd say looking at their filmography, Pixar's decline properly started around 2017, there they get stuck in unnecessary sequels and diversity pandering.
I sure wonder what changed...
Oh right. They me-too'd the guy who had been the heart of the company after he'd been with them for 30+ years.
It doesn't help that Lasseter's first production with Skydance struggled (it assumingly was a lackluster/bad movie), so the idiots that believe the MeToo shit wholesale are now claiming that he had little to do with Pixar's success.
That John Carter movie was actually awesome and in a just world would have found great success and had several sequels.
The movie where the guy jumps really high? I haven’t seen it but that’s what I got from the marketing. A jump jumps really high and it’s supposed to be amazing for some reason. I think it was around the time of 300 and I felt like too much fiction was having a “hero jumps on the air dramatically with their sword held high” trying to emulate a scene at the end of 300.
So, John Carter felt like a movie built around hero jumps dramatically with sword held high!
It was amazing in 1912 when the book came out.
Cars 2 exists, don’t forget…
And “Planes”, although I think that is technically Disney, not Pixar, even if it resembles a Pixar film in most ways (except the humour, dialogue and plot. So I guess not “most” ways)…
In the fourth one it's interesting that Forky's creator intended him to be a toy, but he kept insisting he was trash, and had to come to terms with being a toy like everyone else clearly saw him as ...
He even tried to kill himself multiple times. Very on the nose.
I'm not sure it would be possible to do a sequel to Wall-E, because the story is effectively... Finished. Unless perhaps there were still other colony/refugee ships floating out there, somewhere, yet to be discovered..?
But also given how far we've slid towards the society of AI-dependent blob people, as portrayed in the movie (even in those 16 years), I just cannot imagine one of the companies which has so heavily contributed to creating that situation (i.e. Disney) remaking something so... Pointed, lol.
That hasn't stopped the studios before. Just look at all the terminator sequels after 2, pacific rim 2, etc. All they need for a quick cash grab is a lazy retcon that largely ignores what happened in the prior movie.
I'm just waiting for live action Cars.
I mean, I would argue that Wall-E himself is more "human" in many of his behaviours than, say, Buzz Lightyear (gasp, controversial, I know) or indeed most of the characters in Cars 2...
So is Eva, at times.
Because this is Pixar, and Pixar specialises in anthropomorphizing various non-human critters, objects, etc.
Versus Dreamworks, which kind of does this successfully with Kung Fu Panda, but, for example, Toothless is very clearly an animal. Just a very intelligent one.
HTTYD is still my favourite 3D animated movie of all time, however. Followed by Wall-E, followed by UP (the first 20 minutes or so of which is... Probably the most successful "human" thing Pixar ever made). I grew up with Toy Story 2 and Cars, but for some reason neither resonated with me quite as much (though Bug's Life, El Dorado and Tarzan did, so... Take that as you will)...
A bugs life and zootopia are stealth subversion classics.
First supposed to be about socialist revolution the other about racial harmony.
And instead we got Atlas Shrugged with bugs and the JQ with animals.
Amazing.
When aiming to tell a good story, Truth will win out, even if you're trying to lie. A good story resonates with the truth in one way or another. A bad story will unapologetically lie to your face and the dissonance will be too much to believe.
The irony that is Rorsarch being a rorsarch for understanding that concept is a pretty epic mealtime win in my book.
Considering the majority of Pixar's classics involve some sort of non-human protagonists, it really gets the noggin's joggin'.
Well there were a lot of fat useless idiots in that film... Pretty sure the usual suspects managed to relate on some subconscious level.
NPCs identify with robots, so this question never occurred to them.
No. You stop right there op. Not another word. They'll remake it and shit it up.
Where's the representation? It seems the Eva robot is implied to be female and is full of grrlboss tech that nobody else has. Figured that would be enough for the snowflakes.
They see the robots as gay because robots have no gender and therefore are the same sex.
Or...
They see as different make and models being compatible for love so it's some trans bullshit and I feel more sick typing and trying to think about this so I'm just going to stop this run on sentence.
They should've put this guy in animal kingdom instead of blowing money on space furries