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From the creators of Frozen comes: Frozen 1.5

Looks alright but very much in line with Disney's recent movies.

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[–] ArugulaZ@kbin.social 16 points 1 year ago

The story of a woman who tries to find something, ANYTHING worth buying from a discount Chinese mail order company.

[–] Kyrrrr@lemmynsfw.com 15 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Between this stuff and marvel content, Disney is pretty set on taking no risks. Hopefully this opens up space for smaller studios to make new and better things

[–] turkalino@lemmy.yachts 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

You know what I think would be cool? If Pixar was the taking-risks-branch, while Disney proper released low-risk content based on their main IPs like Mickey, Star Wars, etc. But Disney seems set on making "new" IPs/universes which are half-baked copies of past successes (looking at you, Elemental)

[–] ummthatguy@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That's roughly how Dreamworks came up. The core team working on The Prince of Egypt sent their scrubs and/or co-workers being punished to work on Shrek

[–] bionicjoey@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 year ago

That's why literally everything about Shrek is dunking on Disney

[–] nevernevermore@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago

I enjoyed elemental as a piece about first generation immigrants. Also found it refreshing that Disney allowed it to be a love story, and that drove the plot. But yes, the scene where they all get to element city or whatever was a total retread of zootopia

[–] ummthatguy@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Not so different from the Michael Eisner era of the late 90's to early aughts where everything got multiple direct to video sequels.

[–] BlinkerFluid@lemmy.one 8 points 1 year ago

I give it four yawns out of a firm stretch, followed by a nap and being awoken by the usher.

[–] Lemmygizer@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Alan Tudyk as the Animal Companion. Yup not treading any new ground here.

[–] ummthatguy@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago

Disney can piss away their money, but Wash is the man.

Disney is giving us more of the same...

[–] GCostanzaStepOnMe@feddit.de 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Maybe I just can't see it on my phone screen, but didn't they have a different art style in the teasers? Like a more paper-y look?

[–] wjrii@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

It's fairly subtle on my monitor, but I can definitely see some cell-shading, almost resembled Don Bluth rotoscoping.

Gotta admit, it felt like a half measure, and I didn't love what little I saw. Looked more like saving money than innovating. Willing to be convinced otherwise though.

[–] rkw_social@beehaw.org 3 points 1 year ago

Basing this solely on the trailer, the King is not wrong. Not everyone's wishes should be granted. As the ruler / government of the country, choosing the wishes that have the best impact on the well-being of the kingdom is kind of his job. Catching the person who is granting wishes randomly, or just all wishes is a reasonable course of action for the King. Of course, he's probably a baby-eater or something equally villainous to make the audience hate him.

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[–] RobMyBot@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Stupid question, are these Disney movies still good? It feels like there's just so many every year now, I can't keep up with new releases and the quantity makes me question the quality.

[–] simple@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

The last few have been ok at best, you aren't missing that much.

[–] reddig33@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Milking that IP like they’re Mattel with a Barbie home video franchise.

[–] Ilflish@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Genuinely upset when they gave the goat a voice. He was so cute...

[–] skybreaker@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

It's Alan Tudyk. He only makes things better

[–] llii@feddit.de 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's the star from Mario Galaxy!